130 – Saikyo Selections 6 – Sailor Moon with Dawn “Usamimi”

130 – Saikyo Selections 6 – Sailor Moon with Dawn “Usamimi”

This week Dawn “Usamimi” from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast is back to talk about one of her favorite series, Sailor Moon! We examine everything from the differences of the manga vs. the anime to the recently aired Sailor Moon Crystal! Also on this episode, Dawn’s been reading Goodnight Punpun and recommends Naoki Urasawa’s Manben for a look behind the scenes of creating manga, darfox checks out Reiraku and likes the unique art of BEASTARS, we celebrate the English release of My Brother’s Husband and Ichi-F, we discuss the difficulty of translating and the slippery slope of fan-translations, and we’re hyped for devilman crybaby by Masaaki Yuasa but not so much for Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution!!!

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108 – Triple Dip Redux 1 – Golden Kamuy, Vinland Saga, My Brother’s Husband

108 – Triple Dip Redux 1 – Golden Kamuy, Vinland Saga, My Brother’s Husband

Seamus is absent this week but we use this opportunity to get Darfox caught up on some manga he missed while he was out! We revisit Golden Kamuy, Vinland Saga, and My Brother’s Husband to get darfox’s thoughts on these series! Also dakazu reads a cute series documenting a mangaka’s husband becoming a ramen chef in Danna ga Kyou Kara Ramenya, but isn’t sure how to feel about the fashion manga Fuku wo Kiru Nara Konna Fuu ni(Do it this way if you wear the clothes)! We also discuss the newly translated My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness!!!

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074 – Manga in Motion 6 – Night on the Galactic Railroad

074 – Manga in Motion 6 – Night on the Galactic Railroad

Itadakimasu! This week Seamus sees the connections of Ainu to Princess Mononoke from new Golden Kamuy chapters while dakazu loves more childhood tales of Hi Score Girl author Rensuke Oshikiri in Pico-Pico Shounen. Darfox is concerned about LGBT representation in Jisatsutou(Suicide Island) but dakazu appreciates how My Brother’s Husband handles the issues and we look at the newest chapters of Billy Bat. Finally, we discuss the 1985 adaptation of Kenji Miyazawa’s classic fantasy novel Night on the Galactic Railroad!!!

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065 – Triple Dip 11 – My Brother’s Husband, Golden Kamuy, Sakuranbo Syndrome

065 – Triple Dip 11 – My Brother’s Husband, Golden Kamuy, Sakuranbo Syndrome

On this episode dakazu examines post World War 2 Japan and Japanese occupied China in the sobering Areyo Hoshikuzu. Then we revisit recently translated Golden Kamuy and My Brother’s Husband from dakazu’s Whatcha-Been-Reading, along with listener suggested Sakuranbo Syndrome for our Triple Dip!!!

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