250 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 1
We’re joined by the awesome Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli as we jump into a full Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura’s Tokyo Tarareba Girls!!! How will we feel about Higashimura’s meta-commentary about women in their 30s needing love and marriage to find happiness?
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Chi no Wadachi
A fantastic thriller about a mother obsessed with her son.
The chilling tension that Shuzo Oshimi brings us in this series is amazing. It’s such a slow burn but that makes the tension more palpable. It’s definitely my favorite book that Oshimi has done to date.
~dakazu
177 – Princess Jellyfish part 5
This week Seamus reports back from seeing a theatrical adaptation of Naoki Urasawa’s Pluto and we continue with our retrospective review of Princess Jellyfish!
Continue reading170 – 2017 Year End Review
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays! Our final podcast of 2017 will be our year end review where we cover our favorite manga and anime from the past year!
Continue reading169 – One Shot 9 – Ibitsu
This week we review a horror manga suggested to us by a listener called Ibitsu. We also have a discussion about what makes manga masterpieces and the increase of manga franchises filled with sequels and spin-offs. Please enjoy!
Here is a link to the horror web manhwa darfox mentioned.
Continue reading168 – Manga in Motion 24 – In This Corner of the World
On this episode we’ll be reviewing In This Corner of the World, another anime hit from 2016, to find out if it can pull at darfox’s heartstrings!
Continue reading167 – Saikyo Selections 9 – Golgo 13
This week we’ll be looking at the longest running manga ever, Golgo 13! Does it stand the test of time? Listen to hear our thoughts!
Continue reading163 – Manga in Motion 23 – A Silent Voice
Darfox is back and we’re ready to review the anime movie adaptation of A Silent Voice for our main segment Manga in Motion!
Continue reading157 – Creator Cross Section 1 – Rumiko Takahashi
On this episode we can’t stop praising new Chi no Wadachi and BEASTARS chapters, we discuss pre-orders helping official manga releases, Seamus finds Queen’s Quality too melodramatic, dakazu dislikes Jaden Smith’s Netflix anime Neo Yokio, and he finally gets to read Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths. Then we start our new segment, Creator Cross Section, where we examine several works by one manga artist and look for common themes! Our first creator is Rumiko Takahashi and we look at Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Mermaid Forest, Ranma ½, and Inuyasha!!!
Continue reading155 – Saikyo Selections 7 – Cobra
This week Seamus checks out a new yuri manga After Hours, dakazu checks out both the manga and live-action drama of Otoko Meshi, darfox gives a questionable synopsis of the Rurouni Kenshin anime as we discuss it’s re-serialization in Jump SQ, and we do a quick update on new Chi no Wadachi and BEASTARS chapters. Then we take a look at Cobra for Saikyo Selections! We examine the originality of Buichi Terasawa ’s design, see the influence of James Bond and Total Recall in the story and characters, and discuss the pop culture significance the series had on future anime, manga, and media all around the world!
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