124 – Manga in Motion 13 – The Boy and the Beast

124 – Manga in Motion 13 – The Boy and the Beast

 After we explain the American Football, this week darfox and Seamus catch up on new chapters of Hi Score Girl and A Bride’s Story(Oyomegatari)! Also, dakazu loves the Zootopia like setting of BEASTARS and is touched by the story of a boy who loves people in Machida-kun no Sekai! Then we jump into another anime movie review with The Boy and the Beast! We share out thoughts and compare it to director Mamoru Hosoda’s other works!!!

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097 – Triple Dip 16 – Delicious in Dungeon, Detroit Metal City, Shamo

097 – Triple Dip 16 – Delicious in Dungeon, Detroit Metal City, Shamo

This week we discuss the trailers for the Blame! and A Silent Voice movie trailers, dakazu is excited about the re-serialization of Hi Score Girl, and we have a discussion about various manga that cover geek culture, such as Genshiken, Knights of the Dinner Table and Record of Lodoss War! Then we check out 3 new manga for another edition of Triple Dip! This time we look at Shamo, Detroit Metal City, and Delicious in Dungeon(Dungeon Meshi)!!!

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090 – Monster part 8

090 – Monster part 8

On our penultimate retrospective of Monster we move on from Martin’s arc, learn about the twins’ origins, and prepare for the finale by having Seamus predict who will live and who will die!!!(covers chapters 123-141) Also, dakazu has been re-reading Hunter x Hunter, Seamus finds more political elements in A Bride’s Story(Oyomegatari), and we take a quick tangent with soccer and comic strips!

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088 – Monster part 6

088 – Monster part 6

Seamus has started reading A Bride’s Story(Oyomegatari) again, darfox talks about the Yowamushi Pedal movie, and dakazu is moved by the biography manga about Cambodian Deminer Aki Ra in Mitsurin Shounen Jungle Boy. Then, secrets are revealed as we wrap up the ‘Mr Grimmer arc’ in Naoki Urasawa’s Monster!!!(covers chapters 87-104)

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