426 – Recommendation Round-up 2 – Single Volumes

426 – Recommendation Round-up 2 – Single Volumes

This week we answer emails while dakazu talks about Nagata Kabi’s new manga, a Gengoroh Tagame food manga, Hunter x Hunter, and more! Then we present our suggestions for awesome single volume manga in a new edition of Recommendation Round-up!!!

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277 – Manga in Motion 41 – Mary and the Witch’s Flower

277 – 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!!!

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241 – One Shot 19 – Maiden Railways

241 – One Shot 19 – Maiden Railways

This week we read about relationships that meet and travel at trains and train stations in Asumiko Nakamura’s Maiden Railways!

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203 – One Shot 14 – Manga Poverty with Deb Aoki

203 – One Shot 14 – Manga Poverty with Deb Aoki

We’re joined by lovely manga journalist Deb Aoki this week to talk about the changes in the Western manga industry, compare them to the problems in Japanese publishing that are addressed in Shuho Sato’s memoir Manga Poverty, and rejoice over the plethora of recent manga licensing news!

Check out Deb’s twitter, professional site and Manga Answerman articles!

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