338 – One Shot 36 – Mermaid in the Bottle & Leaper & Mine-kun is Asexual
On this episode we answer lots of emails and dakazu reads about the devastation on the Sanriku Railway during the 2011 Tohoku tsunami in Santetsu! Then we review Isaki Uta’s Mine-kun is Asexual, Mermaid in the Bottle, and Leaper! All three doujinshi are available from Irodori Comics!
Continue reading126 – Tezuka Osamu’s Phoenix part 7
This week we explain Valentine’s Day customs in Japan, Seamus watches more March comes in like a lion anime, darfox finishes Nana to Kaoru but wasn’t sure what to expect of the new Shonen Jump series We Never Learn!, and dakazu checks out Spider-Man: The Manga! Then, we return to our retrospective of Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix by jumping into the Genpei War era of Japan!!!(covers volume 7-Civil War part 1)
Continue reading101 – Side by Side 4 – Ace of Diamond vs. H2
On this episode we reveal our plans for next week, Seamus drops The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi(Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu) but picks up Houkago Edge, dakazu talks about Nana to Kaoru and Jisatsutou(Suicide Island) ending, we examine the orange anime and live action adaptations of Yowamushi Pedal and Bleach, and Darfox gets into the popularity of variety shows in Japan! In our Side by Side segment we compare 2 very different baseball manga, Ace of Diamond and H2, but Seamus may be sick of all these sports manga!
Continue reading038 – Triple Dip 5 – What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Hi Score Girl, Jisatsutou
This week Seamus finishes Onward Towards our Noble Deaths, dakazu gets into naginatas with Asahinagu, and darfox is caught up on Nana to Kaoru. Then get ready for some more Triple Dip with Hi Score Girl, Jisatsutou(Suicide Island), and What Did You Eat Yesterday?(Kinou Nani Tabeta?)!!!
Continue reading029 – Nausicaä part 1
We start off by delving into non-fiction manga with Ichi-F: A Worker’s Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Then darfox gives an update on Jisatsutou, Seamus is back to his yuri ways in Sweet Blue Flowers, and Nana to Kaoru leads dakazu to explain censorship laws? Finally, we begin our next retrospective of Hayao Miazaki’s acclaimed manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind!!!(covers vol. 1)
Continue reading011 – Parasyte part 2
This week we discuss the creepy live-action Nana to Kaoru movie, dakazu tries to explain what Ikigami is, and we catch up on current Naruto & Bleach. Then we jump into our Parasyte read-through by discussing the Mom arc(covers chapters 9-16)
Continue reading010 – Parasyte part 1
On this episode darfox reads Nana to Kaoru to learn about doms and subjects(?), dakazu rants about the downfall of Bleach, and we start our read through of Parasyte and learn to love tentacle gore!(covers chapters 1-8)
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