419 – Chainsaw Man part 1
October Extravaganza comes to a bloody end with the start of our Chainsaw Man Retrospective. But not before our special guest schools us on some of the current anime airing this season. Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast talks to us about Urusei Yatsura, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, and more!
Continue reading417 – Triple Dip 66 – Franken Fran, Wonderland, Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation
October Extravaganza continues with Morgana and Darfox returning from New York Comic Con! We discuss their trip, Bad Boys, Happy Home, Fire Punch, Chainsaw Man, and more! Then we check out Franken Fran, Wonderland, and Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation for a Triple Dip!!!
Continue reading416 – Prose Picks 2 – Earthlings
With Darfox and Morgana away at New York Comic Con, Seamus and dakazu have decided to revisit Prose Picks and read a novel! They check out Sayaka Murata’s tale of a woman trying to escape societal expectations in Earthlings! They also discuss Ooku: The Inner Chambers and Fire Punch!!!
Continue reading410 – New Chapter Check-in 10 – Chainsaw Man part 2
This week Darfox and dakazu are doing a long overdue New Chapter Check-in! They discuss the newest chapters and story arcs for Chainsaw Man, Black Clover, My Hero Academia, and more!!!
Continue reading404 – Dorohedoro part 2
This week we travel further into the chaos as we continue our Retrospective on Dorohedoro! We also discuss Go to Sleep (I Miss You), The Haunted Bookstore – Gateway to a Parallel Universe, the return of Chainsaw Man, and The Boys season 3!!!
Continue reading397 – Manga in Motion 55 – Nicky Larson
For the final installment of our City Hunter Multimedia Retrospective we’re joined by our friend Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast to discuss the 2018 French action comedy Nicky Larson! We also have spoiler-talk for volume 18 of BEASTARS and impressions on the new Star Wars: Mandalorian and Star Wars: Visions manga!!!
Continue reading393 – Triple Dip 61 – The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!, Sunrise Snack Bar, Ragna Chronicle
Seamus is back so we’re doing a Triple Dip based on series from Manga Planet Library! We’ll be checking out The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!, Sunrise Snack Bar, and Ragna Chronicles! We also discuss My Summer of You, Fujimoto Tatsuki Tanpenshuu, and the end of Golden Kamuy and Chi. ~Chikyu no Undou ni Tsuite~!!!
Continue reading391 – Blue Giant part 2
On this episode we preview Doomsday Cleaning, Darfox and dakazu talk about Chinese splatter film Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, and they praise Tatsuki Fujimoto’s latest one shot Goodbye, Eri! Then we wrap up our Retrospective on Shinichi Ishizuka’s jazz manga Blue Giant!!!
Continue reading380 – Recommendation Round-up 1 – Short Series
Seamus was available this week so we’re switching up our schedule and doing a new show called Recommendation Round-up! We present short series that we think you should buy, such as Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey, Queen Emeraldas, Crocodile Baron, and more! dakazu also made a special quiz about Ryo Haneda’s Black Guard!!!
Continue reading364 – Manga in Motion 49 – Perfect Blue
Night 2 of October Extravaganza has us looking at Satoshi Kon’s directorial debut with the psychological thriller Perfect Blue! We also have a spoiler-filled discussion on BEASTARS volume 14 and dakazu talks about the ending of Kunihachibu and Shintaro Kago’s Choudouryoku Mouko Daishuurai!!!
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