338 – One Shot 36 – Mermaid in the Bottle & Leaper & Mine-kun is Asexual
On this episode we answer lots of emails and dakazu reads about the devastation on the Sanriku Railway during the 2011 Tohoku tsunami in Santetsu! Then we review Isaki Uta’s Mine-kun is Asexual, Mermaid in the Bottle, and Leaper! All three doujinshi are available from Irodori Comics!
Continue reading247 – Manga in Motion 38 – Mind Game
It was a surprise that Seamus was available this week so we changed our schedule around to bring you another Manga in Motion instead! We take a look at the trippy avant-garde animation sequences in Masaaki Yuasa’s directorial debut, Mind Game!!!
Continue reading242 – Manga in Motion 36 – The Night is Short, Walk on Girl
On this episode we check out Masaaki Yuasa’s The Night is Young, Walk on Girl! Will we be able to spot all the references to Tatami Galaxy?
Continue reading222 – 2018 Year End Review with Morgana Santilli
Welcome to our special year end episode! This year returning guest Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli joins us to pick our favorite manga & anime from 2018!
Check out Morgana’s website and follow her on twitter!
Continue reading150 – One Shot 6 – Tomie with Dawn “Usamimi”
Welcome to our mega-sized 150th episode! Seamus is out but Dawn “Usamimi” from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast returns to talk about horror manga! We take an in-depth look at Junji Ito’s earlier work Tomie and talk about Junji Ito’s other works, the live-action movie series, answer what qualifies as horror, and suggest other horror manga! We also discuss rewatching Eureka Seven: AO, seeing Kiki’s Delivery Service in theaters, praise for Goodnight Punpun, the lovable delinquents of Slam Dunk & Yu Yu Hakusho, the guilty pleasures of Dragon Ball Super, finally watching My Hero Academia, the bad seasons of Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories, the reboot of Magical Circle(Mahoujin Guru Guru), the upcoming Netflix’s CG reboot of Saint Seiya, the live-action Ajin: Demi-Human, the Psycho-Pass season that ‘shall not be discussed’, hate watching The Lost Village, hype for Devilman Crybaby, Masaaki Yuasa’s The Night is Short, Walk On Girl & Lu Over the Wall, bio-flesh horror in A.I.C.O. Incarnation, the anime adaptation of Golden Kamuy, bad CG in BERSERK, the live-action One Piece TV show, and an email from BEASTARS creator Paru Itagaki!!!
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