316 – Manga in Motion 44 – Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Our October Extravaganza continues this week as we review the 2000 animated feature, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust! The hosts talk about watching the movie together, Morgana geeks out about vampires, dakazu is shocked at how many parts John DiMaggio played, and we start a Darfox fire alarm beep counter! Also, dakazu talks about the end of BEASTARS!!!
Continue reading314 – New Chapter Check-in 5 – My Hero Academia
Morgana and Seamus are out this episode so Darfox8 and dakazu settle in for a New Chapter Check-in! They’re excited to dive into full spoiler discussions on My Hero Academia, Chainsaw Man, Black Clover, and more!!!
Continue reading313 – Retrospective Redux 3 – A Silent Voice
This week we dive into spoilers for volume 8 of BEASTARS, Morgana checks out Pop Life from Star Fruit Books, dakazu loves Requiem of the Rose King, and we rejoice at the upcoming release of Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns! Then we revisit one of our beloved Retrospectives with A Silent Voice and find ourselves with a lot of critiques for Yoshitoki Oima’s beloved series!!!
Continue reading305 – Kasane part 2
On this episode Morgana joins Deb Aoki’s Best & Worst 2020 Comi-Con panel, we celebrate the 2020 Eisner awards manga winners, and we discuss the newest volume of BEASTARS! Then our Retrospective on Daruma Matsuura’s Kasane shocks us with a new character and we compare this tale of misery with spoilers from The Last of Us Part II!!!
Continue reading302 – Triple Dip 43 – BL Metamorphosis, A Man and His Cat, Hi Score Girl
On this episode Morgana catches up on Witch Hat Atelier and SPY x FAMILY, dakazu experiences the 27 Club with Shiori Experience – Jimi na Watashi to Hen na Oji-san, and we run down all the new manga licensing announcements! Then it’s time to make up for our last Triple Dip with three excellent series, as we examine A Man and His Cat, BL Metamorphosis, and Hi Score Girl!!!
Also congratulations to the winners of our 300th episode manga giveaway contest, Dwayne, John, and Dawn! Thanks again to everyone who participated!
Continue reading297 – Triple Dip 42 – I Want to Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die, Crown of Love, INVESTOR-Z
This week Morgana looks forward to reading more Blue Flag and BEASTARS while dakazu shares some of his favorite manga artists active on Twitter! Than the crew are ready to tear apart one of the three manga they read for Triple Dip! Will it be I Want to Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die, Crown of Love, or INVESTOR-Z!!!
Continue reading295 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 3
This week Morgana teases more BEASTARS, Seamus can’t process what’s happening in Land of the Lustrous, and dakazu read a manga adaptation of Nobel Prize winning The Unwomanly Face of War! We also discuss Shueisha’s JUMP Manga School before getting back to our Yu Yu Hakusho Retrospective where we examine the Dark Tournament and find it exactly like wrestling booking!!!
Continue reading289 – No Longer Human part 1
On this episode dakazu talks about Nagata Kabi’s new series Meisou Senshi! Then we examine the first half of Junji Ito’s manga adaptation on Osamu Dazai’s classic novel, No Longer Human!!!
Continue reading287 – Triple Dip 41 – Doraemon’s Long Tales: Noby in Devilfish Castle, Noby vs. the Mecha Army, Noby and the Dino Knights
We’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of Doraemon by doing a Triple Dip on Fujiko F. Fujio’s Long Tales manga adaptations of the anime movies! We’re reading VOL. 4: Noby in Devilfish Castle, VOL. 7: Noby vs. the Mecha Army, and VOL. 8: Noby and the Dino Knights!!!
Continue reading279 – Triple Dip 39 – Classmates: Dou kyu sei, I Hear the Sunspot, 10 Dance
On this episode we’re doing a special Boys’ Love edition Triple Dip! Morgana leads the charge as we dive into sweet romances and problematic troupes in the first volumes of Classmates: Dou kyu sei, I Hear the Sunspot, and 10 Dance!!!
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