283 – 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!?
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A manga about a red oni boy who desperately wants to make friends and his blue oni brother.
Another wonderful manga by Sakumo Okada. Love the premise of this one. The dynamic between the brothers is well setup. The red oni Arata can’t make any human friends because red oni give off an aura of disgust. His brother Izumi can make human friends but is ostracized from the oni world because blue oni are considered tools by red oni for their special healing powers.
The way the story progresses with Izumi learning more about his blu oni background and Arata befriending his bully is equally humorous and touching.
A great premise with excellent complex character relationships. Recommend it.
~dakazu
244 – Manga in Motion 37 – Tekkonkinkreet
We follow up our last episode by checking out the 2006 anime film adaptation of Tekkonkinkreet! We compare the anime to Taiyo Matsumoto’s manga and talk about why it looks like so much like a Masaaki Yuasa film!
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