474 – Morgana’s Manga Makeup 6 – Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!, Trigun, Scum’s Wish
We’ve got a mega-sized episode for you this week! Morgana gets to experience Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!, Trigun, and Scum’s Wish for the first time! We also talk about libraries, Asian market snacks, Tower Dungeon, and more!!!
Continue reading429 – Triple Dip 67 – Tales of the Kingdom, Children of the Sea, Welcome Back, Alice
On this episode we share our most anticipated manga for 2023, Morgana talks about Embrace Your Size, Darfox has been watching Kaguya-sama: Love is War, and dakazu checks out Kaina of the Great Snow Sea! Then we review Welcome Back, Alice, Tales of the Kingdom, and Children of the Sea for a new Triple Dip!!!
Continue reading408 – Triple Dip 64 – Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, Marvel’s Secret Reverse, Wolverine: SNIKT!
On this episode we answer some emails, dakazu finishes rewatching Black Clover, and Morgana is enjoying Netflix’s The Sandman. Then we get into a new Triple Dip episode by examining the Marvel manga crossovers of Marvel’s Secret Reverse and Wolverine: SNIKT!, along with the official release of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou!!!
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A manga about humans fighting a losing battle against alien invaders intent on destroying the Earth.
We’ve discussed this on an older episode.
Another wonderful book by Tsutomu Nihei! Abara was made before Nihei focused on commercial manga so it still carries a lot of his distinct darker ink work from earlier in his career. I personally prefer this style that was founded in BLAME!. If you’re a fan of BLAME! more than Knights of Sidonia than I would recommend this to you. It maybe thematically the same “Dying Earth” genre that Nihei uses but it’s such a visually stunning read with some truly grotesque body horror.
Available in English from VIZ.
~dakazu
362 – Triple Dip 54 – Uncle From Another World, Mieruko-chan, Eniale & Dewiela
Ryan aka RUSH is back to fill in for Morgana and Seamus! He’s been reading Mashle: Magic and Muscles, Claymore, BEASTARS, BLAME!, World Trigger, and more to impress Darfox-sempai! Afterwards, Ryan helps us check out Uncle From Another World, Mieruko-chan, and Eniale & Dewiela for a Yen Press Triple Dip!!!
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Continue reading334 – Morgana’s Manga Makeup 3 – Mob Psycho 100, Phoenix, Give My Regards to Black Jack
On this episode Morgana takes a break from terrible teens of The Flowers of Evil with the Real Friends series, while Darfox and dakazu check out the live-action movie adaptation of Misu Misou! Then we get Morgana’s thoughts on Phoenix, Mob Psycho 100, and Give My Regards to Black Jack for another round of Morgana’s Manga Makeup!!!
Continue readingBiomega
A manga about a synthetic human agent on a mission to track down a young girl who is immune to the deadly virus that transforms people into zombie-like drones.
We’ve discussed this on a previous episode.
As a fan of Tsutomu Nihei I should have read this much sooner. This series is extremely similar to BLAME!. The main character is basically Kyrii but they gave him a cool motorcycle and an even bigger gun. The story focuses on a dying Earth that’s about to be over run with horrible mutated creatures. The Earth get’s transmuted drastically midway through the story and it’s fantastically drawn by Nihei.
If you prefer BLAME! over Nihei’s later stuff like APOSIMZ then I think you’re really enjoy this book.
Available in English from VIZ.
~dakazu
295 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 3
This week Morgana teases more BEASTARS, Seamus can’t process what’s happening in Land of the Lustrous, and dakazu read a manga adaptation of Nobel Prize winning The Unwomanly Face of War! We also discuss Shueisha’s JUMP Manga School before getting back to our Yu Yu Hakusho Retrospective where we examine the Dark Tournament and find it exactly like wrestling booking!!!
Continue readingNoise
A prequel to BLAME! that explains the origins of the city. The story follows a young detective as she investigates a cult who are trying to summon safeguards into base reality to cause chaos.
This one is going a bit divisive for fans of BLAME!. I personally like having an official explanation about the origins of the silicon life and the birth of the city but I can also see how this removes that mystery from BLAME!.
There’s also a bonus chapter of Tsutomu Nihei‘s one-shot prototype of BLAME! which is really interesting to see because it shows just how much Nihei expanded on both his art and story before his official debut.
Currently available from Kodansha Comics.
~dakazu
278 – Retrospective Redux 2 – BLAME!
This week we revisit the cyberpunk world of BLAME!. It’s Morgana’s first time reading a manga by Tsutomu Nihei and she has a lot to say about the impressive artwork and confusing story. How does returning to this sci-fi adventure hold up for the other hosts? Tune in to find out!!!
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