This week we’re joined by listener Miki’s Stopwatch! He talks about his origins in anime and manga and then helps us dive into a huge discussion of recent anime we’ve all been watching. We’ll discuss Orange , The Rose of Versailles , Patlabor , Gakuen Handsome , Keijo!!!!!!!! , Drifters , March Comes in like a Lion , Yuri!!! on Ice , Mob Psycho 100 , and much, much more!!!...
On this episode Darfox rates Mob Psycho 100 higher than One Punch Man while dakazu finishes My Love Story!! and Inside Mari(Boku wa Mari no Naka) while checking out a remake of Takao Saito ’s Survival and a manga adaptation of The Garden of Words that we covered on Manga in Motion 4 (episode 64). Then we check out the starting chapters of Yu Yu Hakusho , Historie and WOMBS for our Triple Dip section!!!...
This week darfox kicks things off by taking a look at Mizuki Shigeru ’s most famous series Gegege no Kitarou , we discuss the lack of mainstream American non-fiction comics, and dakazu considers checking out a “manga” exhibition at the local art museum. Then we conclude our A Silent Voice retrospective by covering the final chapters and sharing our final thoughts on this phenomenal series!!!(covers chapters 43-62)
On this episode we debate the value of sequel manga akin to Boruto , dakazu takes a look at Rensuke Oshikiri ’s generic horror manga Sayuri , we discuss the 40th anniversary/finale of Shonen Jump ’s longest running series Kochikame , and talk about the new anime seasons of The Eccentric Family and Yowamushi Pedal ! Afterwords, we continue with our A Silent Voice retrospective! We delve into some new characters and the continuing drama of this touching series!!!(covers chapters 24-42)...
In this episode Seamus looks at another Shigeru Mizuki work, Nonnonba , and dakazu is satisfied with the conclusion of Jisatsutou(Suicide Island) . Then we jump into our newest retrospective, A Silent Voice ! We explain the significance of the Japanese title, praise the detailed artwork, and examine the great cast of characters and the realism behind their relationships and motivations!!!(covers chapters 1-23)...
This week we start off by thanking a listener, we examine characteristics of ONE ’s protagonists from One Punch Man & Mob Psycho 100 , and Seamus breaks down the levity of lighter chapters in Golden Kamuy ! Then we go over the final chapters of Billy Bat before breaking down the series, solving all the mysteries, and giving our overall thoughts on the series as a whole!!!(covers chapters 163-165)...
On this episode we reveal our plans for next week, Seamus drops The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi(Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu) but picks up Houkago Edge , dakazu talks about Nana to Kaoru and Jisatsutou(Suicide Island) ending, we examine the Orange anime and live action adaptations of Yowamushi Pedal and Bleach , and Darfox gets into the popularity of variety shows in Japan! In our Side by Side segment we compare 2 very different baseball manga, Ace of Diamond and H2 , but Seamus may be sick of all...
Welcome to our 100th episode and 2 year anniversary!!! We’re joined by special guest Ryan Higgins from the Comic Conspiracy podcast to talk about the history of manga published in America, our secret origins for manga, the end of Bleach , Gundam anime, and Hayao Miyazaki ’s take on Lupin the 3rd in The Castle of Cagliostro !!!...
On this episode Seamus explains the relevance of certain characters related to Norse Mythology in Vinland Saga , dakazu loves the Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji comedy spin-off about evil organization middle management in Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues(Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa) , and we catch up on another chapter of Billy Bat ! Then for our One Shot retrospective, we look at Rensuke Oshikiri ’s tragic tale of murderous middle schoolers in Misu Misou !!!...
Welcome to another solo-cast with dakazu! He’ll be talking about the other weekly shonen magazines and the manga series he reads in them, including Shonen Magazine , Shonen Sunday , and Shonen Champion !!!
This week we discuss the trailers for the Blame! and A Silent Voice movie trailers, dakazu is excited about the re-serialization of Hi Score Girl , and we have a discussion about various manga that cover geek culture, such as Genshiken , Knights of the Dinner Table and Record of Lodoss War ! Then we check out 3 new manga for another edition of Triple Dip ! This time we look at Shamo , Detroit Metal City , and Delicious in Dungeon(Dungeon Meshi) !!!...
We kick off this week’s episode with an emergency Billy Bat update and discuss the megaton reveal from the newest chapters! Then it’s time for another Saikyo Selections ! We check out various cases(covers chapters 40-44, 62-67, 92-98) from the most popular shonen mystery series Case Closed(Detective Conan) while trying to break down the series and the genre!!!
On this episode dakazu laments over terrible manga but loves twisted relationships in the autobiographical Nikkan Yandere Fuufu Manga(Yandere Married Couple) , Seamus checks out a cute Korean web comic Spirit Fingers , and darfox digs the distinct art style of the Mob Psycho 100 anime! Then we compare and contrast the 2 cycling manga Yowamushi Pedal and Over Drive for another Side by Side !!!...
On this episode Seamus finishes A Drifting Life while dakazu talks about boys who love yaoi in The Highschool Life of a Fudanshi(Fudanshi Koukou Seikatsu) and an autobiographical manga about overcoming anxiety and connecting with others in My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness ! We also start a new section called One Shot where we’ll be doing single episode retrospectives on a shorter manga. Listen as we discuss Shojo Fight manga artist Yoko Nihonbashi ’s previous work G Senjou Heaven’s Door !!...
After taking a quick wrestling tangent, Seamus continues with Yoshihiro Tatsumi in A Drifting Life , dakazu talks about the new 3D Berserk anime, and darfox explains the wackiness of Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ ! Then, for Triple Dip , we revisit some newly translated manga dakazu has talked about! We discuss the beginning of Chimamure Sukeban Chainsaw , Mustard Chocolate , and Shojo Fight !!!...
This week Seamus dives into Yoshihiro Tatsumi ’s autobiography manga A Drifting Life while dakazu and darfox hash out all things grim dark with Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and it’s polar opposite sequel, the upbeat Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ . Then darfox leads us our discussion of our Manga in Motion selection Trigun: Badlands Rumble ! Love & Peace!!!
Welcome to the final episode of our retrospective on Naoki Urasawa ’s Monster !!! We finish covering the final chapters, examine the controversial ending, and give our final thoughts on the series as a whole!(covers chapter 142-162)
On our penultimate retrospective of Monster we move on from Martin’s arc, learn about the twins’ origins, and prepare for the finale by having Seamus predict who will live and who will die!!!(covers chapters 123-141) Also, dakazu has been re-reading Hunter x Hunter , Seamus finds more political elements in A Bride's Story(Oyomegatari) , and we take a quick tangent with soccer and comic strips!
This week dakazu checks out Junji Ito ’s take on a political thriller in Yuukokuno no Rasputin , darfox examines Naruto expanded fiction Boruto , Seamus likes the post-war supernatural investigators in Ubume no Natsu , and we dive into the prison break arc of Monster !!!(covers chapters 105-122)
Seamus has started reading A Bride's Story(Oyomegatari) again, darfox talks about the Yowamushi Pedal movie, and dakazu is moved by the biography manga about Cambodian Deminer Aki Ra in Mitsurin Shounen Jungle Boy . Then, secrets are revealed as we wrap up the ‘Mr Grimmer arc’ in Naoki Urasawa’s Monster !!!(covers chapters 87-104)
This week darfox8 checks out Tsutomu Nihei’s take on Western comics in Wolverine: Snikt ! and dakazu returns to incompetent child soldier stereotypes of Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam . Our retrospective of Monster continues as we wrap up the Mr Schuwalt arc and are introduced to new characters of Mr Grimmer and Agent Suk!!!(covers chapters 69-86)
On this episode Darfox gives Yu Yu Hakusho some anime love, dakazu checks out the Satoshi Kon & Katsuhiro Otomo joint project World Apartment Horror and also learns about quirky routines of everyday people in Sono "Okodawari", Ore ni mo Kure Yo!! . Then we continue our Monster retrospective as Tenma and Johan close in on each other!!!(covers chapters 51-68)
Seamus starts us off this week with pop culture references to The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift in Time Prisoners( Space-Time Prisoner) . Then dakazu can’t believe a mangaka’s real account of living in the woods in Disappearance Diary while discovering Rensuke Oshikiri range in his works Misu Misou , Dero Dero , and Dohii! Obake ga Boku wo Penpen Naguru!(Gosh! The Ghost Keeps Slapping Me!) . We close out with our Monster retrospective as we delve deeper into the characters of Eva Heinemann a...
On this episode Seamus takes a break from manga to talk about the Vertigo comics, we discuss Robert Rodriquez directing Alita: Battle Angel , darfox revisits the Prison School chapter from last week that has been re-edited, and dakazu finds a manga from his youth that was released from Dark Horse as single issue comics called Grey . Then it’s time for more Monster ! Now that the prelude is over, we get into the dramatic thriller storyline of Dr Tenma pursing Johan!!!(covers chapters 17-32)...
On this episode Seamus catches up on March comes in like a lion(3-angatsu no Lion) , darfox gets into translating slander in Prison School , and dakazu reads a horror version of Mushishi in Tsubaki and salary negotiations of professional baseball in Gurazeni: Money Pitch ! Then we begin our newest retrospective of Monster , the work that made Naoki Urasawa what he is today! Listen as we discuss the story, characters and have dramatic read-throughs of the select scenes in what we’re calling Monst...
On this week’s mega sized episode Seamus tries reading Happiness , dakazu forces himself to read the gore porn Elfen Lied and lite novel fluff Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? but rejoices in the return of Hunter x Hunter and Beet the Vandel Buster ! Special guest and resident anime expert Kenzo talks about Gintama , Bleach , Boku Girl , and Tomo-chan is a Girl!( Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko!) . Then we run through the new shows of the Spring 2016 season, discuss some news about upcomi...
On this episode Seamus is still reading Golden Kamuy , darfox is over classical monsters, dakazu found another manga about Jobs and Wozniak in Steves , and laughs about the real model photo-shopped manga Gun Dragon Sigma . Then we compare two sports manga in our Side by Side segment! This time we look at the polar opposites The Prince of Tennis and Baby Steps !!!
Wrestlemania weekend won’t stop us from bringing you a new episode! Seamus talks about the newest arc of Vinland Saga , darfox is enjoying One Punch Man , dakazu loves the hilarious behind-the-scenes stories in Anime Prison School wo Tsukutta Otoko-tachi(The Men who made the Prison School Anime) and looks at Shuzo Oshimi’s earlier work Avant-Garde Yumeko . Then we jump into Tokyo Ghoul , Trigun , and Shuumatsu no Laughter for our latest Triple Dip!!!...
This week darfox talks about the weekly wait for new chapters, dakazu talks about the popularity of battle royale style mangas in Weekly Shonen Magazine , and we explain what Mahjong is. Then it’s time for our new segment Side by Side !!! We’ll be looking at 2 different manga that cover the same sport and compare them! In our 1st episode we’ll be examining basketball manga Kuroko's Basketball(Kuroko no Basket) and Ahiru no Sora !!!...
This week Seamus gives A Bride's Story(Otoyomegatari) another chance, we examine character archetypes from Gundam and Neon Genesis Evangelion , dakazu is surprised by the success of Mr. Osomatsu(Osomatsu-san) and applauds the end of Assassination Classroom , and we discuss how Italy loves Lupin III: Part IV . We then compare The Life of Gusko Budori against our last Manga in Motion , Night on the Galactic Railroad and see if the same creative team made another hit!!!...
