166 – Triple Dip 24 – Coppelion, Shigurui, Mardock Scramble

166 – Triple Dip 24 – Coppelion, Shigurui, Mardock Scramble

Quick heads for this week’s episode. We have a serious discussion about the ramifications of selling lolita hentai in Japan. It’s time stamped in the description so you can skip over it if the subject matter offends you.

This week we check out Coppelion, Shigurui, and Mardock Scramble for Triple Dip!

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165 – One Shot 8 – A Distant Neighborhood

165 – One Shot 8 – A Distant Neighborhood

Seamus is out sick this week but it isn’t stopping us from doing a One Shot retrospective on A Distant Neighborhood!

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164 – Creator Cross Section 2 – Tsutomu Takahashi

164 – Creator Cross Section 2 – Tsutomu Takahashi

This week we’ll be examining seinen manga artist Tsutomu Takahashi. What will first time readers, darfox and Seamus, think of this slightly unknown manga artist!? Tune in to find out!

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162 – Seamus on Shonen 1 – Shonen Jump

162 – Seamus on Shonen 1 – Shonen Jump

We apologize in advance that due to scheduling issues with darfox we have canceled our original plans of reviewing A Silent Voice movie this week. Instead, Seamus will be giving his impressions on current running manga in Shonen Jump!!

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161 – Triple Dip 23 – Arakawa Under the Bridge, Princess Jellyfish, Toaru Ossan No VRMMO Katsudouki

161 – Triple Dip 23 – Arakawa Under the Bridge, Princess Jellyfish, Toaru Ossan No VRMMO Katsudouki

This week dakazu is back and it’s time to talk about the first volumes of three different manga for our Triple Dip section!

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159 – Saikyo Selections 8 – 20th Century Boys

159 – Saikyo Selections 8 – 20th Century Boys

This week our regular host dakazu is gone so Darfox8 and Seamus are left to fend on their own. This doesn’t stop them from talking about manga, specifically 20th Century Boys for our Main Segment Saikyo Selections!

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158 – Manga in Motion 22 – Robot Carnival

158 – Manga in Motion 22 – Robot Carnival

This week we reintroduce ourselves and answer emails, Seamus is excited for the upcoming official release of Shojo Fight, we look at the newest chapter of BEASTARS, and dakazu appreciates Fruits Takuhaibin for it’s mature themes without resorting to titillation. Then, for Manga in Motion, we review Robot Carnival! We praise the wonderful animation and music while examining the future careers of it’s many directors!!!

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157 – Creator Cross Section 1 – Rumiko Takahashi

157 – Creator Cross Section 1 – Rumiko Takahashi

On this episode we can’t stop praising new Chi no Wadachi and BEASTARS chapters, we discuss pre-orders helping official manga releases, Seamus finds Queen’s Quality too melodramatic, dakazu dislikes Jaden Smith’s Netflix anime Neo Yokio, and he finally gets to read Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths. Then we start our new segment, Creator Cross Section, where we examine several works by one manga artist and look for common themes! Our first creator is Rumiko Takahashi and we look at Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Mermaid Forest, Ranma ½, and Inuyasha!!!

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