113 – Tezuka Osamu’s Phoenix part 1 with Toby Xi

113 – Tezuka Osamu’s Phoenix part 1 with Toby Xi

Toby from The Comic Conspiracy podcast joins us to talk about his history with manga/anime this week! We discuss his favorites like Saint Saiya, Captain Future, Slam Dunk, City Hunter, and more! Also, darfox explains Yuri!!! on Ice to Toby, Seamus updates us on Mizuki Sigeru’s Showa, and dakazu gets into Boku no Shoukibo na Seikatsu where mangaka Shigeyuki Fukumitsu’s favorite subject is his wife. Finally, we unknowingly start a new retrospective series with Osamu Tezuka’s magnum opus, Phoenix!!!(covers volume 1-Dawn)

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112 – Manga in Motion 11 – Unico with Dawn “Usamimi”

112 – Manga in Motion 11 – Unico with Dawn “Usamimi”

Special guest Dawn “Usamimi” from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast joins us this week! She tells us about how she got started in anime/manga fandom and we check out one of her favorite childhood anime movies The Fantastic Adventures of Unico for Manga in Motion! We also discuss A Silent Voice mangaka Yoshitoki Oima’s new series To Your Eternity, dakazu likes a new josei transgender clothing series Boy☆Skirt and the comedic intricacies of a real life husband in Shougi no Watanabe-kun!

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042 – Pluto part 4

042 – Pluto part 4

Tune into our final retrospective of Naoki Urasawa’s Pluto!! We’ll cover the final 2 volumes of the series and compare it with Osamu Tezuka’s original storyline!(covers chapters 48-65) We also discuss Solanin, Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring(Naruto Gaiden), and get ready for the summer anime season!

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041 – Pluto part 3

041 – Pluto part 3

This week Seamus jumps young adult pursuing their band dreams in solanin while dakazu reads a manga by a famous erotic gay artist, My Brother’s Husband. Then darfox and dakazu discuss the seedy world of Japanese scouting in Shinjuku Swan. Finally, we learn everything about Gesicht and marvel at Naoki Urasawa’s mastery of the human drama in part 3 of our Pluto retrospective!!!(covers chapters 30-47)

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040 – Pluto part 2

040 – Pluto part 2

This week Seamus has been reading Monster, dakazu can’t hate the neet siblings of Hatarakanai Futari, and we get into a mini rant over Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring(Naurto Gaiden). Then it’s time to talk about stupidly named anti robot groups and real life amalgamations of the Iraq War in the next part of our Pluto retrospective!!!(covers chapters 16-31)

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