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)
Continue reading086 – Monster part 4
On this episode Darfox gives Yu Yu Hakusho some anime love, dakazu checks out the Satoshi Kon & Katsuhiro Otomo joint project World Apartment Horror and also learns about quirky routines of everyday people in Sono “Okodawari”, Ore ni mo Kure Yo!!. Then we continue our Monster retrospective as Tenma and Johan close in on each other!!!(covers chapters 51-68)
Continue reading085 – Monster part 3
Seamus starts us off this week with pop culture references to The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in Time Prisoners(Space-Time Prisoner). Then dakazu can’t believe a mangaka’s real account of living in the woods in Disappearance Diary while discovering Rensuke Oshikiri range in his works Misu Misou, Dero Dero, and Dohii! Obake ga Boku wo Penpen Naguru!(Gosh! The Ghost Keeps Slapping Me!). We close out with our Monster retrospective as we delve deeper into the characters of Eva Heinemann and Inspector Lunge!!!(covers chapters 33-50)
Continue reading084 – Monster part 2
On this episode Seamus takes a break from manga to talk about the Vertigo comics, we discuss Robert Rodriquez directing Alita: Battle Angel, darfox revisits the Prison School chapter from last week that has been re-edited, and dakazu finds a manga from his youth that was released from Dark Horse as single issue comics called Grey. Then it’s time for more Monster! Now that the prelude is over, we get into the dramatic thriller storyline of Dr Tenma pursing Johan!!!(covers chapters 17-32)
Continue reading083 – Monster part 1
On this episode Seamus catches up on March comes in like a lion(3-angatsu no Lion), darfox gets into translating slander in Prison School, and dakazu reads a horror version of Mushishi in Tsubaki and salary negotiations of professional baseball in Gurazeni: Money Pitch! Then we begin our newest retrospective of Monster, the work that made Naoki Urasawa what he is today! Listen as we discuss the story, characters and have dramatic read-throughs of the select scenes in what we’re calling Monster-piece Theater!!!(covers chapters 1-16)
Continue reading082 – Anime Interlude 3 – Miss Hokusai
On this week’s mega sized episode Seamus tries reading Happiness, dakazu forces himself to read the gore porn Elfen Lied and lite novel fluff Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? but rejoices in the return of Hunter x Hunter and Beet the Vandel Buster! Special guest and resident anime expert Kenzo talks about Gintama, Bleach, Boku Girl, and Tomo-chan is a Girl!(Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!). Then we run through the new shows of the Spring 2016 season, discuss some news about upcoming anime adaptations, and rant about shows that just wrapped up like Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans and Mr. Osomatsu(Osomatsu-san)! Finally we discuss the anime movie Miss Hokusai!!!
Continue reading081 – Side by Side 2 – The Prince of Tennis vs. Baby Steps
On this episode Seamus is still reading Golden Kamuy, darfox is over classical monsters, dakazu found another manga about Jobs and Wozniak in Steves, and laughs about the real model photo-shopped manga Gun Dragon Sigma. Then we compare two sports manga in our Side by Side segment! This time we look at the polar opposites The Prince of Tennis and Baby Steps!!!
Continue reading080 – Triple Dip 14 – Shuumatsu no Laughter, Tokyo Ghoul, Trigun
Wrestlemania weekend won’t stop us from bringing you a new episode! Seamus talks about the newest arc of Vinland Saga, darfox is enjoying One Punch Man, dakazu loves the hilarious behind-the-scenes stories in Anime Prison School wo Tsukutta Otoko-tachi(The Men who made the Prison School Anime) and looks at Shuzo Oshimi’s earlier work Avant-Garde Yumeko. Then we jump into Tokyo Ghoul, Trigun, and Shuumatsu no Laughter for our latest Triple Dip!!!
Continue reading079 – Side by Side 1 – Kuroko’s Basketball vs. Ahiru no Sora
This week darfox talks about the weekly wait for new chapters, dakazu talks about the popularity of battle royale style mangas in Weekly Shonen Magazine, and we explain what Mahjong is. Then it’s time for our new segment Side by Side!!! We’ll be looking at 2 different manga that cover the same sport and compare them! In our 1st episode we’ll be examining basketball manga Kuroko’s Basketball(Kuroko no Basket) and Ahiru no Sora!!!
Continue reading078 – Manga in Motion 7 – The Life of Gusko Budori
This week Seamus gives A Bride’s Story(Otoyomegatari) another chance, we examine character archetypes from Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion, dakazu is surprised by the success of Mr. Osomatsu(Osomatsu-san) and applauds the end of Assassination Classroom, and we discuss how Italy loves Lupin III: Part IV. We then compare The Life of Gusko Budori against our last Manga in Motion, Night on the Galactic Railroad and see if the same creative team made another hit!!!
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