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

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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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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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067 – Triple Dip 12 – Vagabond. Dragon Head, Saint Young Men

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067 – Triple Dip 12 – Vagabond. Dragon Head, Saint Young Men

Happy New Year! Darfox8 is back and it’s time to get caught up on manga! This episode Seamus reads a new shoujo manga Horimiya, dakazu learns about the Japanese prison system in Keimusho no Naka(Doing Time), we have a quick update on new Billy Bat chapters, and we triple dip into Vagabond, Dragon Head, and Saint Young Men(Saint Oniisan)!!!

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066 – Manga in Motion 5 – Steamboy

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066 – Manga in Motion 5 – Steamboy

Happy Holidays! This week Seamus explains what St. Stephen’s Day is, while dakazu talks about the journal manga My Darling is a Foreigner and Blue Giant; a new manga about Jazz from the author of Gaku! Then Seamus gets his shoujo manga fix with orange and we talk about the technical achievements/shortcomings of our Manga in Motion title Steamboy; from AKIRA creator Katsuhiro Otomo!!!

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

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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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