526 – Triple Dip 86 – Love and Heart, My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999, Wotakoi

526 – Triple Dip 86 – Love and Heart, My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lv999, Wotakoi

We’re still on Mars with our special Martian cast. Today’s episode is a Triple Dip! Featuring Love and HeartMy Love Story with Yamada-Kun at Lv999, and Wotakoi.

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362 – Triple Dip 54 – Uncle From Another World, Mieruko-chan, Eniale & Dewiela

362 – Triple Dip 54 – Uncle From Another World, Mieruko-chan, Eniale & Dewiela

Ryan aka RUSH is back to fill in for Morgana and Seamus! He’s been reading Mashle: Magic and Muscles, Claymore, BEASTARS, BLAME!, World Trigger, and more to impress Darfox-sempai! Afterwards, Ryan helps us check out Uncle From Another World, Mieruko-chan, and Eniale & Dewiela for a Yen Press Triple Dip!!!

Save 20% off Manscaped products by using our discount code: MANGAMAC

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Noise

Noise

A prequel to BLAME! that explains the origins of the city. The story follows a young detective as she investigates a cult who are trying to summon safeguards into base reality to cause chaos.

This one is going a bit divisive for fans of BLAME!. I personally like having an official explanation about the origins of the silicon life and the birth of the city but I can also see how this removes that mystery from BLAME!.

There’s also a bonus chapter of Tsutomu Nihei‘s one-shot prototype of BLAME! which is really interesting to see because it shows just how much Nihei expanded on both his art and story before his official debut.

Currently available from Kodansha Comics.

~dakazu

284 – Girls’ Last Tour part 1

284 – Girls’ Last Tour part 1

On this episode Darfox rejoices in the English release of Blood on the Tracks while dakazu checks out a new manga made by an Osamu Tezuka AI called Paidon! Then we begin our retrospective on the empty world of Girls’ Last Tour by Tsukimizu and discuss it’s themes of finality.

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278 – Retrospective Redux 2 – BLAME!

278 – Retrospective Redux 2 – BLAME!

This week we revisit the cyberpunk world of BLAME!. It’s Morgana’s first time reading a manga by Tsutomu Nihei and she has a lot to say about the impressive artwork and confusing story. How does returning to this sci-fi adventure hold up for the other hosts? Tune in to find out!!!

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BLAME!

BLAME! 

A manga about a man named Kyrii who wanders through an ever growing cybernetic mega structure in search of Net Terminal Genes.

One of the greatest sci-fi manga you will ever find. Tsutomu Nihei’s experience as an architect shines through in the sprawling landscapes of towering buildings that gives his work a sense of scale you just don’t find in other artists. This is one of the ultimate “show, don’t tell” stories I’ve ever seen.

I feel a little bad for Nihei because it’s really hard not to compare his other titles like Knights of Sidonia and APOSIMZ to the excellence of this debut work.

We’ve done a Retrospective on this.

Available from Kodansha Comics.

~dakazu

248 – One Shot 21 – Abara

248 – One Shot 21 – Abara

On this episode we take a look at Tsutomu Nihei’s short sci-fi series Abara! We talk about Nihei’s focus on bioorganic designs and compare it to his other works BLAME! and APOSIMZ!!!

Abara is available for purchase from VIZ.

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184 – Anime Interlude 6 – Pop Team Epic

184 – Anime Interlude 6 – Pop Team Epic

It’s that time of the year again to ask our reoccurring guest, Miki’s Stopwatch, to join us for an episode to recap the last season of anime!

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181 – Manga in Motion 26 – Fullmetal Alchemist 2017 with Paula & Haile

181 – Manga in Motion 26 – Fullmetal Alchemist 2017 with Paula & Haile

We’ve had to make some changes this week. The Triple Dip will be pushed back to next week. Instead we’re joined by special guests Paula and Haile, two of dakazu’s friends! They’re here to talk about composing music based on Junji Ito, LGBT representation in manga/anime, and our Manga in Motion pick, the live-action Full Metal Alchemist!

Make sure to check out Paula’s awesome webcomic Hoof Fellas and her amazing Spiral song! Also buy Haile’s shirts!

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179 – Princess Jellyfish part 7

179 – Princess Jellyfish part 7

This week we enter the Singapore arc of Princess Jellyfish. Only two more episodes of our retrospective to go til we finish Akiko Higashimura’s romantic comedy!

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