293 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 2

293 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 2

This week Darfox is finally ready to read Gambling Apocalypse: KAIJI while Seamus and dakazu discuss the unpredictable changes in To Your Eternity! Then we continue our Retrospetive review of Yoshihiro Togashi’s Yu Yu Hakusho as Yusuke and the gang fully transition into shonen battle manga antics!!!

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284 – Girls’ Last Tour part 1

284 – Girls’ Last Tour part 1

On this episode Darfox rejoices in the English release of Blood on the Tracks while dakazu checks out a new manga made by an Osamu Tezuka AI called Paidon! Then we begin our retrospective on the empty world of Girls’ Last Tour by Tsukimizu and discuss it’s themes of finality.

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276 – New Chapter Check-in 2 – Attack on Titan

276 – New Chapter Check-in 2 – Attack on Titan

Darfox and dakazu are ready to kickoff 2020 with a New Chapter Check-in to talk all about the current story arcs of their favorite popular series! Darfox continues to love Black Clover and Chainsaw Man while dakazu tries to explain the hot mess that Attack on Titan has become. Also a followup bonus spoiler discussion about Death Stranding!!!

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Dämons

Dämons

A manga about a man who’s desire for revenge awakens the power to control iron prosthetic arms like they were his own.

We’ve discussed this manga on an older episode.

This series is based on a one shot by Osamu Tezuka. It’s kind of amazing that Hideyuki Yonehara took such a small and short story that Tezuka did and crafted it into an epic 13 volume adventure.

Unfortunately I’d only say this is a pretty average action series. I’ve read Yonehara’s Full Ahead! Coco and this seems to be on par with his abilities. You get some decent action scenes but a lot of the narrative structure and overall designs are pretty insignificant.

Interesting because of it’s existence but not because of the manga itself.

~dakazu

224 – One Shot 16 – In Clothes Called Fat

224 – One Shot 16 – In Clothes Called Fat

This week we look into Moyoco Anno’s character study of an obese woman with In Clothes Called Fat!

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215 – Ode to Kirihito part 2

215 – Ode to Kirihito part 2

This week we wrap up our Retrospective review of Ode to Kirihito by Osamu Tezuka!

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214 – Ode to Kirihito part 1

214 – Ode to Kirihito part 1

On this episode we present part 1 of our Retrospective review of Ode to Kirihito! We explore the themes of discrimination in this mature series from Osamu Tezuka!

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203 – One Shot 14 – Manga Poverty with Deb Aoki

203 – One Shot 14 – Manga Poverty with Deb Aoki

We’re joined by lovely manga journalist Deb Aoki this week to talk about the changes in the Western manga industry, compare them to the problems in Japanese publishing that are addressed in Shuho Sato’s memoir Manga Poverty, and rejoice over the plethora of recent manga licensing news!

Check out Deb’s twitter, professional site and Manga Answerman articles!

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169 – One Shot 9 – Ibitsu

169 – One Shot 9 – Ibitsu

This week we review a horror manga  suggested to us by a listener called Ibitsu. We also have a discussion about what makes manga masterpieces and the increase of manga franchises filled with sequels and spin-offs. Please enjoy!

Here is a link to the horror web manhwa darfox mentioned.

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