544 - Morgana's Manga Makeup 7 - Mushishi, The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn, Sensei's Pious Lie

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(Osomat...

21 Mar 201655min

On this episode we have a lengthy discussion about Zack Davisson's article Confessions of a Manga Translator involving what the role of a translator should be and the difference between translating ma...

14 Mar 20161h 44min

Welcome to our new segment Saikyo Selections where we'll be looking at a single story-arc from a long running popular manga and analyze it's major themes! The first series we'll be covering is Naruto ...

7 Mar 20161h 39min

On this episode Seamus is reading about androgynous Richard III in Requiem of the Rose King(Baraou no Souretsu), dakazu likes the simple shoujo manga Mustard Chocolate, and we find out who's involved ...

29 Feb 20161h 7min

Itadakimasu! This week Seamus sees the connections of Ainu to Princess Mononoke from new Golden Kamuy chapters while dakazu loves more childhood tales of Hi Score Girl author Rensuke Oshikiri in Pico-...

22 Feb 201650min

Welcome to our last Goodnight Punpun retrospective! We'll be covering the final chapters and discussing what happens, talk about our favorite moments from the series, and ponder if the ending leaves P...

15 Feb 20161h 42min

After taking a sidetrack talking about wrestling, dakazu loves the Dragon Quest 5 fanfic web comic Katachikubi dashita ossan no ato tsuketara tenkuu no tsurugi wo mitsuketa(How I stalked some dude wit...

8 Feb 20161h 27min

We kick off this episode with more Billy Bat! Then dakazu learns the true powers of licensed Disney songs in Sexy Joyuu-chan - Girigiri Mosaic while Seamus learns about the final twist in Orange. Afte...

1 Feb 20161h 23min