065 - Triple Dip 11 - My Brother's Husband, Golden Kamuy, Sakuranbo Syndrome
On this episode dakazu examines post World War 2 Japan and Japanese occupied China in the sobering Areyo Hoshikuzu. Then we revisit recently translated Golden Kamuy and My Brother's Husband from dakazu's Whatcha-Been-Reading, along with listener suggested Sakuranbo Syndrome for our Triple Dip!!!
21 Des 201542min
064 - Manga in Motion 4 - The Garden of Words
Seamus is back to talk about popular shoujo manga; including AKB49 - Renai Kinshi Jourei, Whispered Words(Sasameki Koto), Tenbin wa Hana to Asobu, and Kimi ga Suki!! Then dakazu explains the comedy of the long running Afro Tanaka series and we talk about teacher/student romances done right in The Garden of Words for Manga in Motion!!!
14 Des 201542min
063 - dakazu diversions 1 - Shonen Jump
Seamus and darfox are both out this week so dakazu solo-casts this episode, talking about all the current series he reads(or doesn't) in Weekly Shonen Jump!!!
7 Des 201536min
062 - Triple Dip 10 - Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Ushio to Tora, Video Girl Ai
This week Seamus deals with cheesy storylines in Vinland Saga and dakazu can't stop praising the Sci-Fi epic Imuri! Then, it's time for more Triple Dip! We discuss gratuitous panty shots of Video Girl Ai, horror design in Ushio to Tora, and gush over male harems in feudal Japan from Ooku: The Inner Chambers!!!
30 Nov 20151h 3min
061 - Manga in Motion 3 - Angel's Egg
On this episode Seamus finishes Planetes, dakazu talks about the JSDF in Rising Sun and kids playing golf in Rising Impact. Then we get into a lengthy discussion about manga spin-offs of other manga and look at Mamoru Oshii's anime art film Angel's Egg(Tenshi no Tamago)!!!
23 Nov 201555min
060 - Triple Dip 9 - Berserk, Hajime no Ippo, A Silent Voice
Kenzo joins us this week to tell us about dropping Bleach, lamenting the end of Gintama, and his guilty pleasures of My Girlfriend is a T-Rex(T-Rex na Kanojo) and Boku Girl! Then it's time for another Triple Dip! We look at the 1st volumes of Hajime no Ippo, Berserk, and A Silent Voice!!!
16 Nov 20151h 9min
059 - Blame! part 5
On this episode we welcome the return of the mangaka in Billy Bat, then we reach the ends of the Megastructure and Killy's journey as we finish our Blame! retrospective and we give our final thoughts on the series and the cyber dungeon.(covers chapters 51-65)
9 Nov 20151h 41min
058 - Blame! part 4
Get ready for tales of a 40 year old slacker dad in I'll Give It My All… Tomorrow, mysterious dream sequences in new chapters of Billy Bat, and the biggest appearance of characters with actual names in our penultimate discussion of Blame!!!!(covers chapters 38-50)
2 Nov 20151h 21min
