034 – Nausicaä part 6
This week dakazu hates animorphs & internet memes in Killing Bites, Seamus learns the moral lesson of Yurikuma Arashi, darfox doesn’t like the generic story bits of My Love Story!!(Ore Monogatari!!), and in our read through of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind we witness Nausicaä become Jesus!!!(covers vol. 6)
Continue reading033 – Nausicaä part 5
We start with a long awaited Billy Bat update! Then prepare yourself for rants against underage hentai dubbing in Koe de Oshigoto! and more of the same stuff in the new Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring(Naruto Gaiden). Finally we get existential with insects and mutant mold in our Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind retrospective!!(covers vol. 5)
Continue reading032 – Nausicaä part 4
After we ponder a communal hikikomori lifestyle, Seamus learns about shogi in March comes in like a lion(3-gatsu no Lion), dakazu finds an adult spin on roommate comedy 2DK, and darfox prepares more destiny in Boruto: Naurto the Movie! Afterwords we dig into a huge info dump in the next part of our Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind retrospective!!(covers vol. 4)
Continue reading031 – Nausicaä part 3
Spring anime is here! Both darfox and dakazu are enjoying Blood Blockade Battlefront(Kekkai Sensen), Rin-ne(Kyoukai no Rinne), and My Love Story!!(Ore Monogatari!!) but not Ultimate Otaku Teacher(Denpa Kyoushi) or The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan(Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu). Meanwhile Seamus discusses wives of the Caspian Sea in A Bride’s Story(Otoyomegatari). Then we continue our Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind retrospective as Nausicaä goes to war!(covers vol. 3) Also some bonus talk about the Hayao Miyazaki documentary The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness!!
Continue reading030 – Nausicaä part 2
This week dakazu talks about another cooking manga What Did You Eat Yesterday?Kinou Nanitabeta? that’s about a gay male couple, along with a Magical Girl parody manga Magical Girl Ore(Mahou Shoujo Ore)! Then we jump into Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and compare the events of both film and manga to each other!(covers vol. 2)
Continue reading029 – Nausicaä part 1
We start off by delving into non-fiction manga with Ichi-F: A Worker’s Graphic Memoir of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant. Then darfox gives an update on Jisatsutou, Seamus is back to his yuri ways in Sweet Blue Flowers, and Nana to Kaoru leads dakazu to explain censorship laws? Finally, we begin our next retrospective of Hayao Miazaki’s acclaimed manga Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind!!!(covers vol. 1)
Continue reading025 – Slam Dunk part 10
Tune in as darfox delves into Newtypes with Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin before we embark on our final discussion of Slam Dunk!! We’ll cover the final chapters along with our favorite matches and moments from this classic manga series.(covers chapters 243-276)
Continue reading024 – Slam Dunk part 9
On this episode Seamus2389 finishes Girl Friends and we tangent to the grossness of Bunny Drop, dakazu talks about Mob Psycho 100 by the author of One Punch Man, and we dive into the penultimate part of our Slam Dunk retrospective where Shohoku faces off against the National champions Sannou!!(covers chapters 216-242)
Continue reading023 – Slam Dunk part 8
This week darfox explores muscle suited teenagers who hunt ancient technology in Spriggan, dakazu shares a shoujo manga that stars a guy in My Love Story!!, and we discuss Shohoku’s 1st match of the Interhigh against Toyotama in part 8 of our Slam Dunk discussion!!(covers chapters 186-215)
Continue reading022 – Slam Dunk part 7
Despite some technical issues, this week Seamus gets his yuri on with Girl Friends, dakazu rants about nonsensical panel layouts in Blood Blockade Battlefront, and we delve into part 7 of our Slam Dunk discussion with the Shohoku vs Ryonan rematch!!(covers chapters 149-185)
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