276 – New Chapter Check-in 2 – Attack on Titan
Darfox and dakazu are ready to kickoff 2020 with a New Chapter Check-in to talk all about the current story arcs of their favorite popular series! Darfox continues to love Black Clover and Chainsaw Man while dakazu tries to explain the hot mess that Attack on Titan has become. Also a followup bonus spoiler discussion about Death Stranding!!!
Continue reading274 – 2019 Year End Anime Review with Manga Mavericks
2019 is coming to a close and it’s time to do our annual wrap up! This year we’re splitting our Year End Review between anime and manga. So for part 1 we’re joined by LumRanmaYashaand Colton from the Manga Mavericks podcast to talk about our top anime of 2019!!!
Continue reading269 – New Chapter Check-in 1 – Haikyu!!
Welcome to New Chapter Check-in where dakazu and Darfox8 will be talking full spoilers about the newest story arcs for popular manga every month! Our inaugural episode will cover Black Clover, Haikyu!!, My Hero Academia, and more!!! Also bonus discussion about Death Stranding!
Continue reading258 – State of Shonen 1 – We Never Learn
When Seamus is away, shonen will save the day! Morgana is back as an official member of the hosts this episode so we discuss the current arcs and happenings of our favorite shonen manga series, such as We Never Learn, Black Clover, Fire Force, and more!!!
Continue readingBlack Clover Review
If you’ve heard about Black Clover by Yuki Tabata, you’ve likely heard about how derivative it is of Naruto, or maybe you’ve heard of how Shonen Jump is trying to push it and manufacture some sort of popularity. While I can’t speak to the marketing push or resulting fandom, I can speak to the qualities of Black Clover and why it’s my favorite battle manga. It’s a book with a lot of familiar elements, but one that focuses so acutely on the strengths of its characters and genre that any comparisons to juggernauts like Naruto end up being favorable.
229 – Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection part 2
On this episode we continue our review of Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection with stories about Toru Oshikiri, a scary doll, unfortunate face clamps, and the Ito family dog Non-non!
Continue reading223 – Triple Dip 33 – The Full-Time Wife Escapist, Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin, Bokutachi ga Yarimashita
On this episode we look into the first volumes of The Full-Time Wife Escapist, Rainbow: Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin, and Bokutachi ga Yarimashita for another round of Triple Dip!
Continue reading222 – 2018 Year End Review with Morgana Santilli
Welcome to our special year end episode! This year returning guest Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli joins us to pick our favorite manga & anime from 2018!
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Continue readingBlack Clover
A manga about a young boy determined to become the Magic Emperor, defender of the kingdom, despite being born with no magic power. He uses anti-magic swords and competes against his childhood friend and rival as he climbs the ranks of the Magic Knights.
…Yeah so this is 100% the plot of Naruto except you’ve replaced ninjas with magic.
Despite the unoriginal setup for this shonen battle manga, Black Clover is really enjoyable. Yuki Tabata’s art style is perfect for his action scenes that use dynamic paneling.
One aspect of this series that I want to praise is it’s refreshing take on the rivalry between Asta and Yuno. Unlike other shonen battle series where the main rival usually hates the protagonist, Yuno respects and believes in Asta and purely wants to compete with him.
One of the highest quality by-the-books shonen titles right now.
~dakazu
213 – Guest Gaiden 2 – Representation with Amelia Cook
This week we launch our first special guest themed Gaiden series with Amelia Cook, creator of the Anime Feminist website! Get ready for a mega-sized episode as we interview Amelia about her manga/anime origins and how she started Anime Feminist. Then she joins us for a in-depth discussion about representation in manga/anime as we analyze our own positive and negative examples of female characters in shonen battle manga!
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