395 – Manga in Motion 53 – Jackie Chan’s City Hunter
This week dakazu talks about Our Flag Means Death being BL, more series from Manga Planet Library, and Jiro Matsumoto’s Ichigeki and beautiful place! Then it’s time for Part 2 of our City Hunter Multimedia Retrospective where we examine the Chinese action comedy film City Hunter starring Jackie Chan!!!
Continue reading271 – Fantasy Magazine – Horror
This week we launch our new format called Fantasy Magazine! Morgana, Darfox8, and dakazu have all drafted non-licensed or out-of-print series to create their ultimate horror-themed manga magazine! Listen in as we present our picks of Petshop of Horrors, Dai Dark, and Jisatsutou and then debate whether or not they fall under the category of horror!!!
Continue reading260 – 5 Year Anniversary Retrospective Redux 1 – Parasyte
Come join us as we celebrate 5 years of podcasting! dakazu’s made a top 5 list of the most bizarre/interesting manga he’s ever talked about and we take a look back at one of our first Retrospectives ever, Parasyte!
Continue readingIchigeki
A manga about a group of country peasants who are recruited and trained to become an assassination squad against the Satsuma during Bakumatsu era Japan.
Wow. I don’t think I’ve ever read anything by Jiro Matsumoto that’s this grounded in reality. It doesn’t come close to the strange psychological nature of his other works like Freesia or Joshi Kohei. I assume this is because the writing is handled by Yoshio Nagai.
Matsumoto’s brutal violence fits extremely well with the historical setting of feudal Japan. It honestly might be the easiest of his series to recommend for newcomers.
~dakazu
257 – One Shot 22 – not simple
On this episode dakazu talks about Kimi ga Bokura wo Akuma to Yonda Koro, Shigeru Mizuki’s Hitler, and Ichigeki! Then we dive into the tragic tale of Ian in Natsume Ono’s not simple!!!
Continue reading195 – One Shot 12 – Ultra-Gash Inferno with Chris Hepburn
On this episode we’re joined by listener Chris from Canada and we’re reviewing Suehiro Maruo’s Ultra-Gash Inferno! Will the hosts be able to stomach the world of ero-guro?!
Continue reading191 – Saikyo Selections 10 – Gintama
On this episode we dive into the hilarious comedy stylings of Gintama!
Continue readingFreesia
Jiro Matsumoto’s tale of alternative history Japan where Retaliatory killings are legal law.
We talked about the series on a previous podcast but I reread this reprinted “Love” version. Matsumoto’s writing style is a no-holes-barred look at a almost dystopian society. He creates vile characters and doesn’t shy away from drawing brutal misogyny and excessive violence. There’s a strange appeal to his very adult stories but you have to be willing to stomach a lot of gross things on the way. This series may turn some away but I’m fascinated with the dream-like reality main character Hiroshi lives in. Read it for yourself to decide.
~dakazu