396 – Manga in Motion 54 – City Hunter Anime
For part 3 of our City Hunter Multimedia Retrospective, we watch the original 1987 anime! dakazu also discusses his discomfort with reading Hokuou Kizoku to Moukinzuma no Yukiguni Karigurashi and his excitement reading Taeko Uzuki’s Minato Machi Blues!!!
Continue reading363 – Triple Dip 55 – Dai Dark, Cat Eyed Boy, Otherside Picnic
It’s time for another month of horror themed episodes for this year’s October Extravaganza! We’re kicking off Night One of the festivities with a Triple Dip on Dai Dark, Cat Eyed Boy, and Otherside Picnic! Also, dakazu reads another version of Kasane along with Taeko Uzuki’s newest book that was eighteen years in the making!!!
Continue reading237 – One Shot 18 – My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2 with Jocelyne Allen
Translator Jocelyne Allen returns as we finish the trilogy of Kabi Nagata books by reviewing My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2!!!
Check out Jocelyne’s awesome blog and hire Jocelyne for translation and interpertation!
Continue reading215 – Ode to Kirihito part 2
This week we wrap up our Retrospective review of Ode to Kirihito by Osamu Tezuka!
Continue readingShin Kazoku Keikaku
A manga about a single mother working as an escort who starts a relationship with a porn director.
I talked about Taeko Uzuki at length on a recent episode. Although this series is fiction, it’s shocking to think that the majority of the events that take place are based on real life accounts that Uzuki went through. And there are some rough things that happen to the mother in this series.
The most impressive thing about this manga is the honesty and realism to the story. You can easily believe what the characters are going through, even though some of their reactions are over the top for the sake of comedy. It gives more agency to the plights and struggles of the mom in particular.
I highly recommend Uzuki’s Ningen Karimenchu to learn about her life and her triumphs.
~dakazu
Ningen Karimenchu
A manga memoir about Taeko Uzuki’s life.
This is the most powerful and raw autobiographical manga I’ve ever read. I actually put this above My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness. Uzuki has had a life full of hardship but also full of love. Her struggles with schizophrenia and suicide only make her story stronger and full of hope. I was moved after finishing this series and will now forever be a fan of hers.
100% recommended.
~dakazu
211 – Manga in Motion 33 – Animal World
Apologies in advance as Seamus had to skip this week’s podcast so we changed from our planned retrospective to another Manga in Motion instead. So at darfox’s request we look at the Chinese Animal World based on Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji!
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