116 – dakazu diversions 3 – Morning Magazine, Afternoon Magazine, Evening Magazine, Young Magazine

116 – dakazu diversions 3 – Morning Magazine, Afternoon Magazine, Evening Magazine, Young Magazine

Seamus and darfox are out again so it’s up to dakazu to tell you all about more manga he’s reading! This week, he’ll be running down manga from Kodansha’s seinen magazines: Morning, Afternoon, Evening, and Young Magazine!!!

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115 – Tezuka Osamu’s Phoenix part 3

115 – Tezuka Osamu’s Phoenix part 3

On this episode dakazu talks about one of the earliest video game manga with everything from Satan to Swastikas, Game Center Arashi! He also loves the new bleak and violent post-apocalyptic revenge tale of a man on fire(literally), Fire Punch! Then we jump into another volume of Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix and talk about one of our favorite tales of the immortal bird!!!(covers volume 3-Yamato/Space)

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114 – Tezuka Osamu’s Phoenix part 2

114 – Tezuka Osamu’s Phoenix part 2

This week dakazu loves tales of bizarre foods in Kiritani-san cho!, sore Kuunsuka!?, darfox gets to read the Dune-like Imuri, Seamus is working to catch up on March comes in like a lion(3-gatsu no Lion), we discuss Takashi Miike manga to movie adaptation like Blade of the Immortal, and rant about Terraformars. Then, things get serious during our retrospective of Phoenix as we share some personal feelings about the subject matter of death.(covers volume 2-Future)

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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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111 – One Shot 3 – the gods lie.

111 – One Shot 3 – the gods lie.

This week Seamus check’s out Satoshi Kon’s manga Tropic of The Sea, darfox catches up on Yuri!!! on Ice and March comes in like a Lion, and dakazu shares the Seinfield-esque tales of Utsu Gohan and praises the non-linear storytelling in the fantasy action series Ryuuma no Gagou! We then discuss Seamus’s recommendation the gods lie. for our short series retrospective section, One Shot!!!

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109 – Manga in Motion 10 – Redline

109 – Manga in Motion 10 – Redline

This week Seamus is back from his Chicago vacation, dakazu gushes over the current series by Wandering Son manga artist called Musume no Iede(I’m a Runaway Girl) for interweaving various character relationships, and we continue our thoughts of the March Comes in like a Lion and Yuri!!! on Ice anime! Then we jump into another Manga in Motion pick with Redline! We try to dissect this chaotic mess of a movie and breakdown all the references to other anime it crams into it’s 102 minute running time!!!

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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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107 – Anime Interlude 4 – March Comes in like a Lion

107 – Anime Interlude 4 – March Comes in like a Lion

This week we’re joined by listener Miki’s Stopwatch! He talks about his origins in anime and manga and then helps us dive into a huge discussion of recent anime we’ve all been watching. We’ll discuss Orange, The Rose of Versailles, Patlabor, Gakuen Handsome, Keijo!!!!!!!!, Drifters, March Comes in like a Lion, Yuri!!! on Ice, Mob Psycho 100, and much, much more!!!

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106 – Triple Dip 17 – WOMBS, Yu Yu Hakusho, Historie

106 – Triple Dip 17 – WOMBS, Yu Yu Hakusho, Historie

On this episode Darfox rates Mob Psycho 100 higher than One Punch Man while dakazu finishes My Love Story!! and Inside Mari(Boku wa Mari no Naka) while checking out a remake of Takao Saito’s Survival and a manga adaptation of The Garden of Words that we covered on Manga in Motion 4(episode 64). Then we check out the starting chapters of Yu Yu Hakusho, Historie and WOMBS for our Triple Dip section!!!

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