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!!!
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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
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.
Continue reading278 – 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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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
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.
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!
Continue reading181 – 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!
Continue reading179 – 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!
Continue reading139 – Manga in Motion 17 – BLAME! (2017)
On this episode Seamus revisits Ōoku: The Inner Chambers but hates the early modern English translations, dakazu is sad that Musume no Iede(I’m a Runaway Girl) has ended, he talks about photoshopping Gundam models to create Moblie Suit Gundam Thunderbolt Gaiden, darfox comes for the cat but stays for the lesbian confessions of Watashi no Kawaii Koneko-chan(My Cute Little Kitten), and dakazu is fed up with the filler episodes of ATOM: THE BEGINNING! Then, with a heavy heart, we review the Netflix 3D anime adaptation of BLAME!. Listen as we complain about nearly everything, struggle to find positives things, and discuss what we would have wanted from this movie.
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