347 – Ping Pong part 2
This week dakazu talks about Sui Ishida’s new series Chojin X and the end of pesuyama poppy’s Jibun(Onna) no Karada wo Yurusumade! Then we finish up our Retrospective on Taiyo Matsumoto’s fantastic sports series, Ping Pong!!!
Continue reading306 – 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 reading283 – Saikyo Selections 12 – Space Brothers
This week Darfox talks about Masaaki Yuasa’s Ride Your Wave and dakazu is saddened by the abrupt ending of Oni Shine. Then we examine the long running popular series Space Brothers! What will Seamus and Darfox think of Chuya Koyama’s comedic tale of two brothers pursing their childhood dreams of going to space!?
Continue readingMoonlight Mile
A manga about 2 mountain climbing friends who race to see who can reach the highest heights in outer space after climbing every mountain on Earth. One takes the military route while the other focuses on construction and development.
I love this series and it’s near future setting for space exploration and development. Compared to Space Brothers of PLANETES, this is a very R-rated story that doesn’t shy away from hardcore sex scenes and graphic violence. One of the most interesting elements in Moonlight Mile is the development war between USA and China to become the first to colonize and claim the moon for resources.
Unfortunately Yasuo Ohtagaki has put this on hiatus and is currently working on Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt. When he finishes working on that I really hope he decides to comeback and finish this great series.
~dakazu
207 – Manga in Motion 31 – Little Witch Academia
This week we look at the 2012 anime project that grew into it’s own full television show, Little Witch Academia! We’ll be looking at the original short and the crowd funded movie!
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