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Mugen no Juunin – Bakumatsu no Shou

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Mugen no Juunin – Bakumatsu no Shou

A sequel series to Blade of the Immortal that places Manji into the Bakumatsu period of Japan.

I questioned this series when it was announced because I already condemned the original Blade of the Immortal manga for its grimdark themes. After reading it, I can say it’s strictly alright. I give huge props to Kenji Takigawa for mostly recreating Hiroaki Samura distinct art style but you can still tell this isn’t drawn by Samura himself. And while it’s moderately amusing to see Manji interact with famous revolutionaries like Ryoma Sakamoto and fight against the Shinsengumi, the story reads more like fan fiction by writer Ryu Suenobu then something that’s supposed to be cannon. I would only recommend this to die-hard Blade of the Immortal fans who also love Japanese history.

~dakazu

292 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 1

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292 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 1

The time is finally here! We’ve been waiting over four years to start a Retrospective on Yu Yu Hakusho! Join us as we examine the first three volumes of Yoshihiro Togashi’s beloved series about the delinquent Yusuke Urameshi, who goes from ghost to spirit detective! Morgana and Darfox have lots of love for the anime but dakazu has issues with the loose English translations! We also answer emails and Seamus rereads Vinland Saga!!!

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265 – Anime Interlude 12 – Fire Force

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265 – Anime Interlude 12 – Fire Force

Miki’s Stopwatch returns to join us for another episode of Anime Interlude! We discuss our favorite series from the summer 2019 season and our impressions of new anime from fall 2019. Also dakazu won’t shut up about his man-crush Kenjiro Tsuda!!!

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244 – Manga in Motion 37 – Tekkonkinkreet 

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244 – Manga in Motion 37 – Tekkonkinkreet

We follow up our last episode by checking out the 2006 anime film adaptation of Tekkonkinkreet! We compare the anime to Taiyo Matsumoto’s manga and talk about why it looks like so much like a Masaaki Yuasa film!

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140 – Triple Dip 22 – Battle Angel Alita, Fist of the North Star, Blade of the Immortal 

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140 – Triple Dip 22 – Battle Angel Alita, Fist of the North Star, Blade of the Immortal 

This week Seamus catches up on BEASTARS, Chi no Wadachi continues to entice us, reddit introduces darfox to 8-Sai Toshishita no Dousei no Ko ni Koishita(Fell in Love with a Girl 8 years younger) and Deai-kei Site de Imouto to Deau Hanashi(Met my Sister on a Dating Site), and dakazu’s next manga/anime binge will be ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Department! Then we jump into a bloody battle themed Triple Dip with Blade of the Immortal, Battle Angel Alita, and Fist of the North Star!!!

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136 – Manga in Motion 16 – Your Name.

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136 – Manga in Motion 16 – Your Name.

This week Seamus makes predictions for what happens next in Vinland Saga and Chi no Wadachi, darfox digs the love triangle in Prison School and is enjoying ATOM: THE BEGINNING, dakazu pulls a Seamus and spoils himself on Furenaba Ochin, and we talk about upcoming live action movie adaptations of manga, such as Gintama, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, and Blade of the Immortal. Finally, we look at the super popular anime movie Your Name. and give our opinions about it!!!

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114 – Tezuka Osamu’s Phoenix part 2

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114 – Tezuka Osamu’s Phoenix part 2

This week dakazu loves tales of bizarre foods in Kiritani-san cho!, sore Kuunsuka!?, darfox gets to read the Dune-like Imuri, Seamus is working to catch up on March comes in like a lion(3-gatsu no Lion), we discuss Takashi Miike manga to movie adaptation like Blade of the Immortal, and rant about Terraformars. Then, things get serious during our retrospective of Phoenix as we share some personal feelings about the subject matter of death.(covers volume 2-Future)

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