397 – Manga in Motion 55 – Nicky Larson

397 – Manga in Motion 55 – Nicky Larson

For the final installment of our City Hunter Multimedia Retrospective we’re joined by our friend Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast to discuss the 2018 French action comedy Nicky Larson! We also have spoiler-talk for volume 18 of BEASTARS and impressions on the new Star Wars: Mandalorian and Star Wars: Visions manga!!!

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396 – Manga in Motion 54 – City Hunter Anime

396 – Manga in Motion 54 – City Hunter Anime

For part 3 of our City Hunter Multimedia Retrospective, we watch the original 1987 anime! dakazu also discusses his discomfort with reading Hokuou Kizoku to Moukinzuma no Yukiguni Karigurashi and his excitement reading Taeko Uzuki’s Minato Machi Blues!!!

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395 – Manga in Motion 53 – Jackie Chan’s City Hunter

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!!!

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385 – Manga in Motion 52 – Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions

385 – Manga in Motion 52 – Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions

Your move! On this episode we prepare to duel by watching Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions! Also, Morgana reads the vampire BL Fangs, dakazu drops Gente but loves Bye-Bye Atashi no Oniichan and Zashiki Musume to Ryourinin, and Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction ended!!!

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381 – Manga in Motion 51 – Lu over the Wall

381 – Manga in Motion 51 – Lu over the Wall

On this episode we answer some emails, talk about Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Taiko no Tatsujin, and Seamus reads more Even Though We’re Adults! Then we review Masaaki Yuasa’s 2017 film about a teenager meeting a song loving mermaid, Lu over the Wall!!!

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373 – Manga in Motion 50 – Netflix Cowboy Bebop

373 – Manga in Motion 50 – Netflix Cowboy Bebop

Join us this week as we examine Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop! We breakdown everything from the stellar casting to the questionable story structure! We also finally get around to a spoiler-filled discussion on BEASTARS volume 15!!!

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364 – Manga in Motion 49 – Perfect Blue

364 – Manga in Motion 49 – Perfect Blue

Night 2 of October Extravaganza has us looking at Satoshi Kon’s directorial debut with the psychological thriller Perfect Blue! We also have a spoiler-filled discussion on BEASTARS volume 14 and dakazu talks about the ending of Kunihachibu and Shintaro Kago’s Choudouryoku Mouko Daishuurai!!!

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348 – Manga in Motion 48 – Ping Pong the Animation

348 – Manga in Motion 48 – Ping Pong the Animation

On this episode we mourn the sudden death of Kentaro Miura, talk about the vast impact of Berserk, and discuss the strenuous work schedules of manga artists! Then we review the fantastic Ping Pong the Animation and examine the changes director Masaaki Yuasa made to the Taiyo Matsumoto’s original manga!!!

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345 – Manga in Motion 47 – Homunculus

345 – Manga in Motion 47 – Homunculus

This week we take a quiz on foreign manga publishers and talk about book publisher Shueisha creating an app for independent game developers! Then we examine yet another lackluster live-action adaptation on Netflix with Homunculus!!!

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341 – Manga in Motion 46 – ON-GAKU: Our Sound

341 – Manga in Motion 46 – ON-GAKU: Our Sound

This week Morgana talks about Harley Quinn variant covers, Darfox chomps into the sadness burrito of Violet Evergarden the Movie, and dakazu thinks Bokurano: Ours is effective at being awful. We also can’t stop talking about how much we loved ON-GAKU: Our Sound! And tune in afterwards for a bonus spoiler discussion on Zack Snyder’s Justice League(The real Seamus Cut)!!!

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