419 – Chainsaw Man part 1
October Extravaganza comes to a bloody end with the start of our Chainsaw Man Retrospective. But not before our special guest schools us on some of the current anime airing this season. Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast talks to us about Urusei Yatsura, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, and more!
Continue reading363 – Triple Dip 55 – Dai Dark, Cat Eyed Boy, Otherside Picnic
It’s time for another month of horror themed episodes for this year’s October Extravaganza! We’re kicking off Night One of the festivities with a Triple Dip on Dai Dark, Cat Eyed Boy, and Otherside Picnic! Also, dakazu reads another version of Kasane along with Taeko Uzuki’s newest book that was eighteen years in the making!!!
Continue readingCat Eyed Boy
A manga about a strange cat eyed boy who is hated by humans and demons.
I rather enjoyed this manga! I liked how the titular cat eyed boy was morally grey and how is sometimes ambivalent towards the plight of humans. He even sides with the monsters if the humans are evil and deserve to be punished. I can see the appeal this series would have to young readers, as cat eyed boy isn’t your straight forward hero. Kazuo Umezu‘s monster designs are creepy and he does include violence but I wouldn’t say it’s extreme enough for a content warning. I’m glad this series is available from VIZ.
~dakazu
The Drifting Classroom
A horror manga about an Elementary school that gets transported to a strange remote world.
The Drifting Classroom is a classic horror manga by the famed master of horror Kazuo Umezz. The series is pretty tame compared to more extreme horror works but that is due to The Drifting Classroom being targeted for children. In that sense this manga may not be suited for most horror fans but if you want to see where Junji Ito got his inspiration from then I recommend you read this series.
It’s available in English from VIZ.
~dakazu
306 – Fantasy Magazine 2 – Science Fiction
Seamus is out this week so Morgana, Darfox, and dakazu submit their top science fiction manga picks they’d like to license for another edition of Fantasy Magazine! We also discuss Monster #8, Chainsaw Man, I Had That Same Dream Again: The Complete Manga Collection, Lv1 Maou to One Room Yuusha, Mieruko-chan, and more!!!
Continue reading277 – Manga in Motion 41 – Mary and the Witch’s Flower
On this episode dakazu checks out more volumes of Maiden Railways, Darfox experiences his first Kazuo Umezu manga with The Drifting Classroom, and Morgana wasn’t expecting the dark turns in BEASTARS. Then we compare Studio Ponoc’s debut movie, Mary and the Witch’s Flower, to Ghibli films for Manga in Motion!!!
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!!!
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A manga about a humanoid chicken named Chicken George born inside a futuristic chicken manufacturing plant.
I remember finding this randomly in my brother’s room. It was my first experience with Kazuo Umezu manga and I have to say it positive. I thought the famous ‘Umezu face’ looked pretty stupid and the story wasn’t scary but just really weird. I’ve gone back to the series as an adult and can now appreciate the artwork. I still think the story is more strange than scary though.
~dakazu
234 – Give My Regards to Black Jack part 2
This week we continue learning about modern Japanese medicine through the lens of Shuho Sato’s Give My Regards to Black Jack!
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