508 – Twiple Dip 11 – The Summer Hikaru Died 2, Don’t Call It Mystery 3-4, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai 2
Join us as we continue to take advantage of Seamus’s absence and revisit some manga for a Twiple Dip! We check out The Summer Hikaru Died 2, Don’t Call it Mystery 3-4, and Dragon Quest: The Adventure Dai 2!!!
Continue reading494 – Triple Dip 81 – Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, Papa and Daddy’s Home Cooking, Kemono Jihen
Seamus is actually out this week so we take advantage with a Triple Dip he would never agree to do! We look at Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, Papa and Daddy’s Home Cooking, and Kemono Jihen! We also talk about Zom 100, Wind Breaker, and more!
Continue reading326 – Manga in Motion 45 – Promare
We’re a year late to the zeitgeist but this episode the hosts review the 2019 hit anime film Promare! Also Morgana also talks about Junji Ito’s Remina and dakazu gushes about Ousama Ranking!!!
Continue readingDragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
A manga based on the video game franchise Dragon Quest. The story follows a human boy raised by monsters named Dai who dreams of becoming a hero and defeating the Demon King.
This series is the pinnacle of my childhood nostalgia for shonen battle manga. I grew up reading this series and loving every cheesy, sappy, cliche, shonen moment. I still stand by the fact that Pop is the greatest side character ever created. Rereading this many years later as an adult did not change my excitement for the challenges and perils the characters fought against until the exciting final battle. My only complaint is that the creepy prevy master character comes off really poorly in modern times.
A masterpiece of shonen battle manga. I’m super excited for the upcoming anime reboot this year.
~dakazu
Beet the Vandel Buster
A manga about a boy warrior who inherits the weapons of his idolized heroes and begins his journey to rid the world of demonic Vandels who plague the lands.
Riku Sanjo and Koji Inada worked together on Dragon Quest – Dai no Daibouken, which is one of my favorite manga I read growing up. Beet the Vandel Buster is very similar but allows these two to create an original adventure without the trappings of Dragon Quest that’s just as good.
I was really saddened when the series went on hiatus in 2006 after Inada became ill. Miraculously it’s been revived a decade later and I’m super happy I get to keep reading this great shonen series.
I also loved the anime and it’s opening themes by the now defunct music duo sunbrain. Our podcast outro will always be wishmen from the 2nd opening!
~dakazu