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

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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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118 – 2016 Year End Review

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118 – 2016 Year End Review

Happy Holidays! This week dakazu checks out another female relationship compilation called mon*mon and he kinda digs the mashup of famous historical figures with generic battles in Reincarnation no Kaben! Then we list off the top manga and anime that we enjoyed(and hated) since our last Year End Review and recap our favorites from this past year!!!

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073 – Goodnight Punpun part 6

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073 – Goodnight Punpun part 6

Welcome to our last Goodnight Punpun retrospective! We’ll be covering the final chapters and discussing what happens, talk about our favorite moments from the series, and ponder if the ending leaves Punpun happy or in hell!! GOOD VIBRATIONS!!!(covers chapters 122-147)

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072 – Goodnight Punpun part 5

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072 – Goodnight Punpun part 5

After taking a sidetrack talking about wrestling, dakazu loves the Dragon Quest 5 fanfic web comic Katachikubi dashita ossan no ato tsuketara tenkuu no tsurugi wo mitsuketa(How I stalked some dude with an exposed nipple and stumbled upon the Zenithian Sword) and the touching recollection of a mangaka’s recovery from the ICU, Shinde Ikikaerimashita Repo(I died and came back to Life: The Report). Then we dive into Goodnight Punpun and the dark choices that awakens Punpun to whom he always was!!!(covers chapters 100-121)

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071 – Goodnight Punpun part 4

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071 – Goodnight Punpun part 4

We kick off this episode with more Billy Bat! Then dakazu learns the true powers of licensed Disney songs in Sexy Joyuu-chan – Girigiri Mosaic while Seamus learns about the final twist in orange. After that we explore more Goodnight Punpun and discuss Sachi and Punpun’s somewhat healthy relationship.(covers chapters 79-99)

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070 – Goodnight Punpun part 3

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070 – Goodnight Punpun part 3

Welcome to part 3 of our continued retrospective of Goodnight Punpun! We’ll be discussing the truth behind God and the eccentric Pegasus ensemble!!(covers chapters 57-78) Also, Seamus gets to the twist of orange, we look into the science of ‘shipping’ characters, and we breakdown the next chapter of Billy Bat!!!

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069 – Goodnight Punpun part 2

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069 – Goodnight Punpun part 2

On this episode dakazu is in love with a Edo period Japanese astronomer in Tenchi Meisatsu, Billy Bat starts its final arc, we lament the 3D animated BLAME! movie coming out this year, and spend lots of time getting into dark topics for our continuing retrospective of Goodnight Punpun!!!(covers chapters 35-56)

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068 – Goodnight Punpun part 1

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068 – Goodnight Punpun part 1

This week we discuss the holiday break for manga magazines, darfox8 explains why he didn’t start Fairy Tail at the beginning, and dakazu talks about popular manga getting bloated. Then darfox8 revisits A Silent Voice, Hajime no Ippo, and Berserk from Triple Dip 9. Finally, we begin our retrospective read-through of Inio Asano’s Goodnight Punpun and discuss everything from the dark plot to the crazy side characters.(covers chapters 1-34)

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043 – Triple Dip 6 – BECK, Goodnight Punpun, Prison School

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043 – Triple Dip 6 – BECK, Goodnight Punpun, Prison School

Time for another Triple Dip! This week we check out Goodnight Punpun(Oyasumi Punpun), Prison School, and BECK! Seamus also reads about A Drifting Life from a book on Drawn & Quarterly Publishers and dakazu loves the anime shorts of Wakakozake. Enjoy!!!

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