397 – Manga in Motion 55 – Nicky Larson

397 – 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!!!

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393 – Triple Dip 61 – The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!, Sunrise Snack Bar, Ragna Chronicle

393 – 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 YouFujimoto Tatsuki Tanpenshuu, and the end of Golden Kamuy and Chi. ~Chikyu no Undou ni Tsuite~!!!

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391 – Blue Giant part 2

391 – 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!!!

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380 – Recommendation Round-up 1 – Short Series

380 – 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 JourneyQueen EmeraldasCrocodile Baron, and more! dakazu also made a special quiz about Ryo Haneda’s Black Guard!!!

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364 – Manga in Motion 49 – Perfect Blue

364 – 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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363 – Triple Dip 55 – Dai Dark, Cat Eyed Boy, Otherside Picnic

363 – 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 DarkCat 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!!!

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359 – State of Shonen 2 with Ryan aka RUSH – Dr. STONE

359 – State of Shonen 2 with Ryan aka RUSH – Dr. STONE

This week dakazu and Darfox are joined by their friend Ryan(RUSH) who has been helping out with content on our YouTube channel! Ryan joins us to tell us about discovering anime through Toonami and reading One Piece in the Shonen Jump issues he bought at Blockbuster! Then we dive into the current story arcs on Ryan’s reading list of popular shonen manga, such as Dr. STONEBlack CloverTokyo Revengers, and more!

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351 – Triple Dip 51 – Boys Run the Riot, Even Though We’re Adults, I Think Our Son Is Gay

351 – Triple Dip 51 – Boys Run the Riot, Even Though We’re Adults, I Think Our Son Is Gay

For our second week of Pride Month Spectacular, we’re doing a LGBTQ+ themed Triple Dip! We’ll be looking at the first volumes of Boys Run the RiotEven Though We’re Adults, and I Think Our Son Is Gay! Also Darfox finally read Perfect World and dakazu learned about real Japanese communal bath houses in Nyuuyoku Yankees!!!

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344 – One Shot 39 – Children of Mu-Town & Ripples

344 – One Shot 39 – Children of Mu-Town & Ripples

On this episode Morgana buys over $400 of BL, Darfox sees Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train, and dakazu loves the diversity of representation in Akachan Honbucho! Then we hope to get more pull quotes on Glacier Bay Books by reviewing Children of Mu-Town and Ripples!!!

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331 – Triple Dip 48 – Blue Giant, My Dress-Up Darling, My Androgynous Boyfriend

331 – Triple Dip 48 – Blue Giant, My Dress-Up Darling, My Androgynous Boyfriend

This week we share our favorite social media content and dive into a massive spoiler discussion for BEASTARS volume 10! Then it’s time for a new Triple Dip with Blue GiantMy Dress-Up Darling, and My Androgynous Boyfriend!!!

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