514 – One Shot 77 – …And the Strange and Funky Happenings One Day, The Other Side of the Clouds
Apologize in advance and we dealt with some technical issues recording this episode! We review upcoming Glacier Bay Books titles of …And the Strange and Funky Happenings One Day and The Other Side of the Clouds! We also discuss the American Manga Awards and more!!!
Continue reading418 – Manga in Motion 57 – Pet Shop of Horrors
October Extravaganza continues but this time dakazu is away. So Darfox, Seamus and Morgana must bravely tackle the Pet Shop of Horrors in our main segment. But not before talking about Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! and the new Urusei Yatsura anime.
Continue readingPetshop of Horrors
A manga about a mysterious pet shop hidden in Chinatown run by Count D that deals in legendary and fantasy creatures.
We’ve discussed this on a previous episode.
This is a really great! I really enjoyed Matsuri Akino‘s Colorful Crow so I was looking forward to reading this. What I didn’t expect was for Akino to present the fantasy creatures in human forms. It adds an extra beautiful and creepy aspect to these episodic morality plays about the human buyers who often mishandle their creatures. This usually ends in tragedy which reveals the actual animal forms of each creature. Akino’s art is deliciously steeped in 80’s/90’s shoujo. You have to enjoy that style if you want to enjoy this book. Unfortunately the English editions are now out of print. Someone please bring it back for me and Morgana!
~dakazu
271 – 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 readingColorful Crow
A manga about a wannabe delinquent who ends up signing a contract to become the guardian protector of an old shrine run by crows.
We’ve discussed this manga on an older episode.
This is my first experience reading a Matsuri Akino series and I really enjoyed it! Akino has a really retro style that makes characters look like they’re straight out of a shojo series from the 70’s. It worked perfectly with the story as the spiritual crows are represented as old school delinquents.
Unfortunately the series concludes abruptly after 3 volumes but reading this has gotten me more interested to read Pet Shop of Horrors so I might look for that next.
~dakazu
252 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 3
On this episode we celebrate with Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli about Tokyo Tarareba Girls winning the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia before we continue with our Retrospective review into volumes 6 & 7!!!
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