059 – Blame! part 5
On this episode we welcome the return of the mangaka in Billy Bat, then we reach the ends of the Megastructure and Killy’s journey as we finish our Blame! retrospective and we give our final thoughts on the series and the cyber dungeon.(covers chapters 51-65)
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Get ready for tales of a 40 year old slacker dad in I’ll Give It My All… Tomorrow, mysterious dream sequences in new chapters of Billy Bat, and the biggest appearance of characters with actual names in our penultimate discussion of Blame!!!!(covers chapters 38-50)
Continue reading057 – Blame! part 3
On this episode Seamus finds more teenage drama in orange, dakazu finds another cooking manga with single fathers in Papa to Oyaji to Uchi Gohan and then rants about the horror of Shiritsu Hakanai Gakuen(Hakanai Private High School; No Pants, No Problem). Then it’s another epic discussion of Blame! as we wrap up the Toha Heavy Industries arc and discuss the possible connection between Killy and Seu!!!(covers chapters 25-37)
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This week we start off with a Billy Bat update hour, Seamus continues with Planetes, darfox and dakazu discuss the ending of the Blood Blockade Battlefront(Kekkai Sensen) anime, we talk about the One Punch Man anime, and end with a long recap of the next set of Blame! chapters in our Retrospective!!!(covers chapters 12-24)
Continue reading055 – Blame! part 1
On this episode Seamus talks about the space garbage men of Planetes, darfox goes deep into Prison School, and dakazu follows teenage serial killers in Kamisama, Kisama wo Koroshitai.(God, I want to kill you)! Then we discuss the mystery and lore of the world of Blame! and determine that protagonist Killy is a wizard!!!(covers chapters 1-11)
Continue reading050 – Akira part 6
Get ready for a mega sized 50th episode! We have big discussions about new chapters of Billy Bat and the conclusion of the modern SF classic, Akira!!!(covers volume 6)
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This week Seamus dives into some non-fiction with Showa: A History of Japan, dakazu gives love to the well designed main character from Tensai Yanagisawa Kyouju no Seikatsu(The Ingenious Life of Professor Yanagisawa), and we discuss the downfall of Tetsuo in our Akira retrospective!!!(covers volume 5)
Continue reading048 – Akira part 4
On this episode dakazu talks about Gundam cosplay gone wrong with special guest star Wolverine in Iron Acguy before we dive into the post-apocalyptic section of Akira and try to explain it’s meta-physical pseudo-science!!!(covers volume 4)
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This week we talk about natto on rice, the end of What a Wonderful World!(Subarashii Sekkai) taking a dark turn, and how the anime of Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls(Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou) is porn. Then we have an extra long, in-depth analysis on our current series Akira!!!(covers volume 3)
Continue reading046 – Akira part 2
On this episode dakazu revisits O-Parts Hunter(666 Satan)(done by the younger twin brother of Naruto manga artist), darfox feels the forced Naru x Hina in The Last – Naruto the Movie, Seamus continues consuming more Inio Asano manga with What a Wonderful World!(Subarashii Sekai), we discuss anime adaptations of manga done right, and how Metal Gear Solid rips off Akira!!!.(covers volume 2)
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