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Volume #329 ~ Dororo #2
Happy Anniversary to us!! I think it has been three years now. 400 podcasts later and more than 2500 and we are still going. I’m a little grizzled and crankier, and I sure don’t have the time to record a podcast every other day (or every week), but I think we are still think [...]...

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[ Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:36:46 +0000 ]


Side Dish #45 ~ Con Report: Aurora @ AX08
Happy Anniversary Aurora Pub! Congrats on one year of shoujo, josei and now seinen! Aurora is one of those pubs that makes me scratch my head. They have so much potential. With so many strong one-shot josei titles and a number of good short series from their long history dominating that market in Japan, I would [...]...

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[ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:17:52 +0000 ]


Side Dish #44 ~ Manga Education with Manga University
People talk about the versatility that manga has over other forms of sequential art. Sadly we hardly get to see it. I don’t know why that is. It might be because of marketing issues or maybe just short-sighted fans/readers, but manga in this part of the world is only scratching the surface of its potential. Japanese [...]...

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[ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:08:26 +0000 ]


Manga a la Carte ~ a Tribute to My Heavenly Hockey Club w/host Jack Tse
So Jack was been on hiatus for a while. Every MangaCaster is permitted his time of, no worries they all come back (looks at the inactivity from ErinF). I know this because the crew have manga hearts. Their arteries are filled with ink and tone. Their minds are designed to read in panels and [...]...

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[ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:52:59 +0000 ]


Con Alert ~ Anime Expo 2008
Anime Expo is only days away now. I’ve got my airline tix, my work schedule and am working on my dinner schedule. Manga once again has a strong presence at this major anime con and I believe I should be able to get a few audio clips to share with you all. Anime Expo 2008 the West [...]...

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[ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:45:05 +0000 ]


Volume #328 ~ He’s My Master + Kaze no Hana
これが私の御主人様 2 by: まっつー & 椿あす He’s My Master 2 by: Mattsu & Tsubaki Asu SquareEnix/Seven Seas/Shounen/Gag-Moe - Rated 16+ - $9.99 With his mansion a war zone swamp with gator and volunteer military corps, Yoshitaka thought a change of scenery would do him and his maids good. Now it was already a hoot making those skimpy maid outfits for [...]...

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[ Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:47:37 +0000 ]


Volume #327 ~ CatEyed Boy + SunDome
It’s time to… SEINEN UP, seinen up baby! Two relatively new releases for mature readers this episode. One attacks readers from the mad mind of Japan’s favorite strip-shirt wearing horror mangaka via a cute and cool catboy (moe or is it meow?); while the other basically shocks readers into rethinking what manga is capable of, [...]...

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[ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:06:49 +0000 ]


Volume #324 ~ Honey & Clover + Gunsmith Cats BURST
Back to reviewing… Not that I have the time right now (still got a book to finish adapting)… But for mature titles I make time. Oh and if you haven’t read enough about TP, I finally give my thoughts on the subject. Nothing too new, but there might be something about some other rumors that [...]...

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[ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:03:30 +0000 ]


Side Dish #43 ~ BroBooks at Fanime
Some more audio from Fanime for those of you who were not able to make it to the West Coast last month. Broccoli Books Panel Dates: 05/24/2008　14:00 - 15:00 Venue: Fanime 2008, San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California Host: Jonathan Kung Special thanks to Broccoli Int. for a good weekend. And good luck to them in their manga hunt, [...]...

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[ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:52:50 +0000 ]


Volume #323 - Kuro and Metro Survive
棺担ぎのクロ。1 by: きゆづきさとこ Shoulder a Coffin -KURO- 1 by: Kiyuduki Satoko Houbunsha/Yen Press/4-koma/Fantasy-Comedy - Rated 7+ - $10.99 If you traveled from town to town carrying a coffin on your back you’d possibly garner some bad attention.  If you also wore nothing but black and had a Vampire Hunter D cap, you’d possibly be asking for trouble. And if you [...]...

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[ Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:26:56 +0000 ]


Volume #326 ~ Minima, Zombie Loan and Fairy Tail
After too long a hiatus, Jack returns with what could only be described as a power surge. (sorry for the baseball reference…) Three big titles covering the gambit, shounen, shoujo and josei and the results… Well they are 100% Jack Tse, but you wouldn’t have it any other way would you! FAIRY TAIL 1 by: 真島ヒロ Fairy Tail [...]...

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[ Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:01:33 +0000 ]


Side Dish #42 ~ Talking Characters with Netsu Maika
I got to hand it to Broccoli Books. Every year when they show up at Fanime they seem to be there with a special guest and every year I tend to walk away impressed not only by the talent of the artists they work with but by the people they work with. This year’s special guest [...]...

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[ Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:57:46 +0000 ]


Side Dish #41 ~ Trilingual Manga Chat with Kôsen
Not sure if you all noticed but PW’s Comics Week recently ran an interview I conducted with mangaka duo Studio Kôsen. I got to meet the Spanish mangaka while they were in Tokyo. Aurora and Diana made the long trip to hit Japan’s hot-spots and share their work with manga makers/shakers. Somehow I was lucky [...]...

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[ Sun, 18 May 2008 06:41:43 +0000 ]


Volume 325 ~ Dororo & Apollo’s Song
Two from Vertical and two from Tezuka… And strangely enough I am not going with popular opinion with these two. アポロの歌 by: 手塚 治虫 Apollo’s Song by: Tezuka Osamu Shonen Gahosha/Vertical/Shounen/Sex Ed - Romance - Rated 18+ - $19.99 The 70’s were a troubled time in Japan as they were across the globe. It was a time of revolution. Whether it [...]...

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[ Thu, 15 May 2008 06:14:05 +0000 ]


Volume 322 ~ High School Girls 9 and Gunslinger Girls 6
We are talking about shoujo! But we are not reading shoujo… Manga about girls! Oh and if anyone has news on ADV’s manga plans let us know. I haven’t seen a listing for Gunslinger Girls 7 or an actual volume Yotsuba 6 yet. Are they still in business? Did they began working on PiQ and drop [...]...

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[ Fri, 09 May 2008 03:35:48 +0000 ]


Side Dish #40 ~ that Con in Tokyo That isn’t About Comics
Tokyo International Anime Fair 2008 Dates: 03/27-03/30/2008　10:00 - 18:00 Venue: Ariake Big Sight, Tokyo So what is the difference between an American anime fest and a Japanese one? I got to sit down and talk to reps of America’s largest ani-cons and they broke it down for me in ways that even a manga fan could understand. [...]...

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[ Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:33:42 +0000 ]


Volume 321 ~ Fairy Tail & Gun Blaze West
GUN BLAZE WEST #1 by: 和月 伸宏 Gun Blaze West #1 by: Watsuki Nobuhiro Shueisha/Viz Media/Shounen/western adventure - Rated 16+ - $7.99 I am sure that at one point or another every red blooded American male wanted to be a cowboy. They wanted their own gun and bandaliers, and more importantly they wanted to someday go off on an [...]...

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[ Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:03:46 +0000 ]


Volume 319 ~ Battle Club and DOMINION
  ドラゴンヘッド #3 by: 望月峯太郎 Battle Club #3 by: Shiozaki Yuuji Shonen Gahosha/TOKYOPOP/Seinen/wrestling comedy - Rated 18+ - $9.99 In the world of sports manga there is only one true path to strength. Rivalry, training, friendship, and finally defeating your personal demons. In Battle Club, all of that happens in and out of the wrestling ring. In fact, most of it [...]...

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[ Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:23:04 +0000 ]


Volume #318 ~ dragon head & Brave Story
Two from TP. Two under the radar and two reasons to SEINEN UP! ドラゴンヘッド #1+2 by: 望月峯太郎 dragon head #2 by: Mochizuki Minetaro Kodansha/TOKYOPOP/Seinen/thriller - Rated 16+ - $9.99 So we had mechanics in a subway in Metro Survive. Let’s check out what teenagers trapped in a bullet train tunnel will do with no light, limited food and water and no [...]...

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[ Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:08:09 +0000 ]


Volume 317 ~ minima! & Metro Survive
minima! #1 by: 桜井まちこ minima! #1 by: Sakurai Machiko Kodansha/Del Rey/Josei/comedy - Rated 13+ - $10.99 The world of toys… Man sends chills down my spine as it brings back memories of the old FAO Schwartz in SF. “Welcome to My World/Welcome to My World/ Welcome to Our World of Toys!!” Well the world of toys seems to be a [...]...

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[ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:15:24 +0000 ]


Volume 316 ~ With the Light… & Andromeda Stories
Family…Everyone has one. Sometimes they bring you joy; sometimes they bring the end of mankind… You cannot escape their influence! Pick your poison with Volume 316. 光とともに… #1 by: 戸部けいこ With the Light… #1 by: Tobe Keiko Akita Shoten /Yen Press/Josei/drama - Rated 13+ - $14.99 No one ever said raising a child was easy. They need to be fed. Diapers [...]...

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[ Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:19:48 +0000 ]


Morning Report #13 ~ Looking at 07 (finally)
Only took us two months (plus) but we finally got our picks for 2007. Last year had its share of great titles. From the artsy seinen of Town of Evening Calm to the yuri sweetness of the Last Uniform it almost seemed impossible to settle on a few. Fortunately Jack Tse didn’t just settle on [...]...

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[ Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:06:34 +0000 ]


Volume #315 ~ Yozakura Quartet & NANA
Please be patient with me, I am struggling with bronchitis and am praying I don’t get pneumonia. Luckily I recorded this podcast two weeks ago… Yeah, I have been sick since the start of the month (edited out the coughs from the last two recordings, you know so I don’t contaminate you all through your [...]...

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[ Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:52:49 +0000 ]


Volume #314 ~ Alice on Deadlines & Galaxy Angel II
As I am sure many of you are aware, making good manga is not easy. Yeah anyone can draw a comic and yeah what is “good” is to me could be “chopped liver” to the next person, but I think anyone would agree a good comic not only has at the very least adequate art [...]...

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[ Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:03:55 +0000 ]


Volume #313 ~ Hell Girl and Blood Relatives
Once again feeling a little shoujo. And with valentines day only hours away why not celebrate it with a little taste of the OCCULT!!! Two shoujo titles that will make you scream. Or they made me scream… 地獄少女 #1 by: 永遠 幸 Hell Girl #1 by: Eto Miyuki Kodansha/Del Rey/Shoujo/horror - Rated 16+ - $10.99 It’s a sad sad world out [...]...

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[ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:57:42 +0000 ]


Volume #312 ~ Black Dog and Gunslinger Girls
Now seinen manga is pretty diverse. Fantasy, romance, drama, educational, sports… Today though I take a look at an old favorite…stereotypical action manga. At least the leads are female. SEINEN UP! 黒神 #2 by: 林達永 & 朴晟佑 Black God #2 by: Lim DallYoung & Park SungWoo SquareEnix/Yen Press/Seinen/action - Rated 16+ - $10.99 I possibly shouldn’t go on a tangent like this [...]...

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[ Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:25:50 +0000 ]


Volume #311 ~ the Last Uniform & Kyoukaku DOG’s
It’s Feb so love is in the air. In this volume I look at high school love in an all girls school. And then I close out with the love shared between a high school girl and her “dog”… キョウハクDOG’s #1 by: しゃあ Kyouhaku DOG’S #1 by: Shaa MediaWorks/Infinity Studios/Seinen/romance-comedy - Rated 13+ - $10.99 Sendai is known as the “mad [...]...

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[ Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:57:09 +0000 ]


Volume 310 - Unbalance 2X and Guin Saga
Back on track and back to what makes this place run…Seinen. Seinen romances - I grew up on the stuff. Seinen fantasy - I think many anime otaku saw their share back in the mid-90’s. SEINEN UP! 언밸런스x2 #2 by: 임달영/이수현 Unbalance X2 #2 by: Lim DallYoung/Lee SooHyon Daiwon IC/Infinity Studios/Seinen/romance-comedy - Rated 13+ - $10.99 Jin-ho is earnest…but darn is [...]...

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[ Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:21:15 +0000 ]


Volume #307 ~ Gunsmith Cats & Hikaru no Go
Out of order… Sadly, that sign is often sitting around my desk. Never got around to unpack the lappy after the Japan trip so this episode has been on the shelf for a while. Shame too because these titles are definitely worth a look. ガンスミス キャッツ by: 園田 健一 Gunsmith Cats BURST #1 by: Sonoda Kenichi Kodansha/Dark Horse/Seinen/bounty hunting action [...]...

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[ Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:59:09 +0000 ]


Volume #309 ~ Appleseed and Nodame Cantabile
Mature manga…Got to love it. Two titles for sophisticated readers this evening. You’ve got to SEINEN UP! Seinen up, BABY!! (JOSEI UP too if you can!) アップルシ－ド by: 士郎 正宗 Appleseed #1 by: Shiro Masamune Seishinsha/Dark Horse/Seinen/cyberpunk - Rated NA - $14.99 WWIII is over and what is left of mankind is struggling to survive. But there is life on this [...]...

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[ Sun, 27 Jan 2008 06:03:22 +0000 ]


Volume #308 ~ Witchblade Takeru and Dorothy of Oz
Woohoo first volume of the year! Only a month after the last one… Luckily I recorded another one tonight so expect more audio in the near future. WITCHBLADE丈琉 by：小林靖子 & 隅田かずあさ Witchblade TAKERU by: Kobayashi Yasuko and Sumita Kazasa Top Cow and Akita Shoten/Bandai Ent/Shounen/action - Rated 16+ - $9.99 You know the story. You possibly have seen the anime and [...]...

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[ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:07:43 +0000 ]


Side Dish #39 ~ Comic Marble
More magazine talk… This time I take a look at a seinen romance comedy mag from mahjong manga kings Takeshobo. I should mention that Comic Marble is an off-shoot of Kindai Mahjong magazine. I liken it to an omake edition for when regular gamblers lose their money and need to focus their attention on other [...]...

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[ Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:07:59 +0000 ]


Side Dish #38 ~ Weekly Manga Sunday
Don’t let anyone say gekiga is dead. It’s still kicking but really this genre was never a big seller. Even the great Tatsumi was never really appreciated as much as say Aduma Hideo was (in their respective primes). Koilke has his Gekiga King line and Comic Ran; LEED has their own gekiga lines that Saitou [...]...

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[ Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:39:49 +0000 ]


Volume #306 - Vampire Hunter D (manga) and SunDome
It’s been a while since I did a worst of podcast. Two bad bad titles this evening. Don’t know what you should do with these but I know I want my time and brain cells refunded. Vampire Hunter D #1 by: Takaki Saiki DMP Books/seinen/fantasy-action - Rated 16+ - $12.99 You know the story. You possibly have seen the [...]...

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[ Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:26:35 +0000 ]


This Week in Manga #02
I will not use the holidays as an excuse for the lack of podcasts on the site this month. Truth is that the MangaCast has been all over the place. I was in New York… TWICE!! Jack was partying in Vegas. I can’t even talk about what Eva has been up to with the Eisners. [...]...

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[ Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:06:51 +0000 ]


Volume 305 ~ Hikaru no Go & My Dearest Devil Princess
Wanted to post this first thing in the morning but I didn’t realize how much time these took to get together. Either I am getting old or podcasting is a slow process. Hikaru would possibly say I am too old for this. Though if I had a devil in a box I’d wish for faster [...]...

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[ Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:30:17 +0000 ]


Volume #304 ~ Hanami and Yagyu Ninja Scrolls
You cannot spell MangaCast without MM4MM. So after a short break with josei, shounen and shoujo, we go back to our roots and dig into the seinen. Ninjas, samurai and taekwondo… Ah yeah its good to be manly!! Ｙ十Ｍ #1 by: せがわ　まさき Yagyu Ninja Scrolls #1 by: Segawa Masaki Kodansha/Del Rey/seinen/action - Rated 18+ - $13.99 As I told my sempai [...]...

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[ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:46:18 +0000 ]


Volume #303 ~ Walkin’ Butterfly and 10, 20, 30
Josei manga is slowly creeping into the manga conscious. So I thought it was about time to devote another podcast to manga for women. Let the MM4MM fans feast on leftovers for another day or two, we are talking ladies manga from Korea and Japan this volume! 10、20그리고30 by: 강모림 10, 20, and 30 #1 by: Kang MoRim NETCOMICS/josei/slice of [...]...

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[ Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:12:02 +0000 ]


Yaoi Press @ YaoiCon 2007 (Audio UP!)
Mornings at YaoiCon… No offense but for an 18+ event I wonder why the publisher programming starts so early. With auctions, contests and parties going on late into the evening some people can’t get up by noon let alone 10:00am! I’d like to have a few of these around 5:00 or 6:00p on Saturday and [...]...

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[ Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:37:56 +0000 ]


Volume #302 ~ Love Com and Yotsuba&!
I cannot remember the last time we had three review podcasts in one week. Feels like the good old days. And after reading these two great comedies I feel like wrapping up at least two more by the end of the week (sorry Erin). In all seriousness, these are two strong comedies and they are [...]...

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[ Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:59:28 +0000 ]


Volume #301 ~ Presents and Coyote Ragtime Show plus a Preview of Slam Dunk and the Origin of Naruto
Jack took the MangaCast to our next century of audio and I will try to guide you through most of it. The next 100 start off with some horror and some space pirate action. Not sure which is more frightening (especially since my review of Coyote Ragtime Show wasn’t very positive). I’ll let you be [...]...

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[ Thu, 08 Nov 2007 07:05:16 +0000 ]


Takanaga Hinako @ YaoiCon 07
I have noticed one difference between niche and mainstream is name recognition. In mainstream manga people know titles and artists are not quite as relevant. Among the niche artists are recognized more.  Getting the attention of that base of fans is more important when selling certain genres. Takanaga Hinako is a mangaka who has earned [...]...

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[ Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:09:29 +0000 ]


WHOOOHOO!!! Episode #300 ~ Yagyu Ninja Scrolls, EMMA and the Last Uniform
When the MangaCast launched back in 2005 I didn’t really imagine that it would have survived long enough to reach 300 episodes. Truth be told there have been almost 400 podcasts on this blog over the last 28 months but the original MC, manga reviews, where Jack, Jarred and I have regularly put our [...]...

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[ Tue, 06 Nov 2007 05:13:15 +0000 ]


My Fellow Otaku, I Give You: I, Otaku
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[ Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:17:14 +0000 ]


This Week in Manga with Jack Tse #1
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[ Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:42:19 +0000 ]


Volume #298 ~ Kurohime & Undertown
I don't know if you have noticed this but I don't review shounen much here. Outside of the occasional IWJ! and Kekkaishi review, I tend to almost specialize in seinen. Sorry about that... Today we look at two shounen titles. And they come from two sides of the Pacific ocean. One is a western and one is a fantasy-adventure. Guess which is from Japan and which is from North America... 魔砲使い黒姫 by: 片倉・狼組・政憲 Kurohime #1 by: Katakura Masanori Rated: 16+ Price: $7.99 V...

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[ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:13:41 GMT ]


Volume #297 ~ Banya and King of Cards
Another Korean title tonight and a shoujo trading card game manga from a BL mangaka... Enough said listen to the podcast. I will be in the corner crying after my Bears lost! T-T (There goes the New Orleans trip... I am still praying for Roses though) 폭주배달부 반야　　#2 by: 김영오 Banya the Explosive Delivery Man #2 by: Kim YoungOh Rated: 16+ Price: $12.99 Dark Horse/Haskan Pub/Shounen/action Fast, Precise, and Secure! The delivery man's motto should be everyone's motto. To Ba...

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[ Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:34:31 GMT ]


Volume #296 ~ Black God & Tanpenshu
We have our first of three Yen Press reviews tonight and this one is a good one. Black God is shaping to be a solid title, particularly for shounen action fans (not smart enough for the seinen readers that SquEn marketed this to but I am sure that doesn't matter to most readers). Tanpenshu on the other hand is straight from the SEINEN UP file. A handful of tightly written and cleanly drawn short manga from a manga genius. To me this is the best short series of 2007. Nothing else comes close. ...

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[ Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:20:38 GMT ]


Volume #295 ~ MPD Psycho #1 and MAIL #3
As I go through the Side Dishes I recorded in Osaka and Tokyo, I found a mangacast I recorded while in Nippon. Yeah, I completely forgot about this Dark Horse cast. Maybe it was the heat. Maybe it was the thriller/horror themes the two titles are associated with. Either way something wanted me to suppress all memories of... 多重人格探偵サイコ (１) by: 田島 昭宇 & 大塚 英志 MPD Psycho #1 by: Tajima Shou & Otsuka Eiji Rated: 18+ Price: $10.99 Kadokawa/Dark Horse/Shounen/my...

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[ Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:08:38 GMT ]


Side Dish #36 ~ Futomaki: Comic Valkyrie

The world of eromanga has changed quite a bit in the last 4-5 years or so. There was a time when most of these pubs specialized in eromanga, adult magazines for men and tabloid mags. Very few of them really tried to expand outside of that adult male market. And the ones that did might have had come from a more mainstream business in the past. Now eromanga is in a strange state. Pubs are shutting down. Magazines are discontinued. Or that is what you see mentioned on blogs. What you don't hear i...

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[ Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:12:16 GMT ]


Maki Side Dish #35 ~ CoreMagazine's BangaIchi (18+)
More ero Side Dishes to enjoy. This time I take a look at CoreMagazine's BangaIchi. This mag is slick. Amazing art from start to finish. Maybe thats why it is called "Ban ga Ichi"? But looking at this mag a little closer it might be called "banger ichi" because most of the girls in this mag are in the bishojo age range. Kinda funny how HiyoHiyo's covers don't really express that but then again CoreMagazine is one of the more respected ero-pubs out there. I mean they have a BL line and publish ...

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[ Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:37:00 GMT ]


Volume #294 ~ Spirit of Capitalism (18+)
Geh... My college football related impulses basically ruined my weekend and eros week. I apologize to the three of you old enough to read adult manga. So for those of you who are here for the ero-mangacasts set your calendars to Sept 27 and go run out to buy a copy of the Tuna Empire's latest. This is must buy ero!! 資本主義の精神 by: まぐろ帝國 the Spirit of Capitalism by: Tuna Empire Rated: 18+ Price: $19.99 Akaneshinsha/Icarus/ero-manga/OL If manga and anime have taught me...

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[ Mon, 01 Oct 2007 05:43:07 GMT ]


Volume #291 ~ Venus Versus Virus, Samurai Commando
Posting from an Akihabara manga-kissa and I have to agree with most people`s opinions about these... I could in theory live in one of these. The rent is a little high but then again I don`t have to pay utilities and most soft drinks are free. Hmmm. My little cubicle even has a safe. I could keep a change of clothes there or in a locker by the subway station. As I debate whether to move the office to Soto-Kanda or not, Jack is preparing for the worst by ramping up his review output. This time h...

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[ Wed, 15 Aug 2007 05:16:19 GMT ]


Maki Side Dish #33 ~ Young Comic Magazine (18+)
Ero Manga doesn't get the love it deserves in the States. In Japan even major pubs release the stuff. The peeps who bring you Pilgrim Jager, Hellsing and Trigun also release ero manga. And they have some of the best artists in the business drawing for them - Ero manga and mainstream alike. Sadly I don't know why american pubs haven't released their eros before. I imagine there is some secret code or something that is maintaining people's images or something. But I would love to see Hatsuki Ryo,...

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[ Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:02:37 GMT ]


Maki Side Dish #32 ~ Comic Gumbo

Manga magazines are not selling as well as they used to. Peeps can get their manga and novel mags online or on their cells, so printed phonebooks are no longer convenient. New publisher Digima is trying to give people cheap... err actually free manga in exchange for convenience. And they are getting attention. Their titles can now be read for free online (like Flex Comix... actually both are on the Yahoo Comics site). And more and more established artists are joining the fold. What I did fin...

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[ Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:47:49 GMT ]


Volume #289 ~ Alive and le Chevalier d'Eon
So Jack kinda thought the transvestite angle was a little too much in his review of d'Eon. Will I be critical of the wig, goth attire and sudden boobage or will I enjoy the strange twist on Rococco poetry. And Alive is my vote for the best new shounen title of the year. Strong start and great pick up for Del Rey. シュヴァリエ (1) by: 冲方 丁 & 夢路 キリコ le Chevalier d'Eon #1 by: Ubokata Tou/Yumeji Kiriko Rated: 16+ Price: $10.99 Kodansha/Shounen/action Back in the days of Lo...

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[ Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:56:38 GMT ]


MangaBlogCast #41
Countdown Countdown to Otakon... Countdown to SDCC... Countdown to the Kodansha version of MegaTokyo... Countdown to the next Tezuka Awards... There was a lot of counting over at the MangaBlog lately. With so many events happening over the course of the summer keeping track of them all is not very easy but Brigid has been keeping track of most of the press releases and previews blogs like this one have been posting over the last week or so. One thing I am counting on is the release of MegaTok...

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[ Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:11:19 GMT ]


MangaCast Vol #288 ~ Kitchen Princess, Le Chevalier d'Eon and My Heavenly Hockey Club
Reviews return and Jack is going to start us off with the first of two days of Del Rey. Funny thing here is that we will also be looking at that second title... CROSSFIRE review style!?!? Maybe, maybe not. But I have to say, Jarred was right transvestites make good manga characters. シュヴァリエ (1) by: 冲方 丁 & 夢路 キリコ le Chevalier d'Eon #1 by: Ubokata Tou/Yumeji Kiriko Rated: 16+ Price: $10.99 Kodansha/Shounen/action Back in the days of Louis XV France had its problems...

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[ Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:34:34 GMT ]


MangaBlogCast #40
After the AX AX was only 10 days ago and news from the event is still trickling through the mangasphere. Gantz, .hack//XXXX, Naruto Novel 2... were just three of the many titles announced at the SoCal anime party. But along with all the new title news came some controversy and commentary. Dark Horse announced 9 new licenses at the con but also revealed that they have cancelled a title, put another on hiatus and delays for manga from prime time artists Fujishima Kousuke and Masamune Shirow will...

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[ Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:31:06 GMT ]


MangaBlogCast #38
Revenge of the Wotaku You don't need the MangaBlog to tell you that Japanese readership of Weekly Shounen Jump magazine is split almost 50/50 between women and teenage boys. Take a look at a Princess Side ranking and there will usually be at least a couple REBORN! parodies, some Bleach! parodies and the occasional Death Note title tossed in their for angst reasons. Women seem to gobble up manga with cute righteous young men and they have ever since Sakuragi Hanamichi (Slam Dunk) and Seiya (Sain...

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[ Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:47:42 GMT ]


MangaBlogCast #37
To celebrate their first year anniversary the MBC took the last week off but they return with the latest rumblings and ramblings from the MangaSphere. Manga on your PC has been coming for what seems like years now. I cannot count how many panels I have seen dedicated to this. And yet there really is so little of it out there in the west. NETCOMICS has been doing this since day one and now they have teamed up with Yaoi Press to give American Fujoshi more ways to read BL. ConSeason is here. The ...

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[ Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:57:35 GMT ]


Side Dish #31 ~ Touring Tezuka
Back on the 31st of last month, Jack and I got an opportunity to join the "real media" in a walk-through of the Marvel of Manga exhibit at the San Francisco Asian Art Museum. The small exhibit of works from the father of manga tries to present two sides of Tezuka Osamu - his accessible side consisting of mainly shounen titles which were at some point animated and his mature side where gekiga titles like Vertical's Buddha, Kirihito and MW were on display. The tour was lead by the exhibit's cura...

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[ Sat, 09 Jun 2007 21:11:18 GMT ]


MangaBlogCast #36
Stop the Presses First I want to apologize for not posting this sooner. Lost in transit is my excuse but the truth is... I was on a tour of the NorthEast, MidWest and upon returning to my time zone of origin I essentially took a nap for two days. Julie and the crew have kept the place in order but you haven't had a podcast in more than a week. GOMEN! A few good ones are coming so stay tuned... Now to business... Is it me but does the mangasphere only seem to really wake up when there is someth...

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[ Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:46:47 GMT ]


Maki Side Dish #30 ~ A Manga Party with Inui Sekihiko
Back from San Jose in one piece but I will admit there were some dicey moments at that long 4.5 day long con. Eleven years of Fanime and there was no doubt in my mind that Fanime is clearly the biggest anime con in Northern California. The reasons were clear from the moment I got there - experienced organizers, good location, great guests, great range of programming and lots of ravenous glomp crazy fans!! Yeah the there are drawbacks to a fan event run by fans (even Comiket has its moments) but ...

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[ Tue, 29 May 2007 17:26:59 GMT ]


Maki Side Dish #29 ~ Jason Thompson and his Manga
About to embark on a long long bike ride to a con in San Jose in a bit. Couldn't be helped really as I don't drive. Should be interesting. Got an interview set for later today and there will be panels to record over the weekend. Stay tuned for that. Jason Thompson took a trip recently. Actually the freelance editor and man behind Manga: the Complete Guide I believe is still in North Africa taking in the sights after working on his huge manga encyclopedia. I got to sit down with Jason a few day...

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[ Fri, 25 May 2007 15:15:02 GMT ]


Volume #285 ~ Galaxy Angel II & Disgaea 2
Focusing on the pubs that will be present at Fanime this weekend. So we will kick this week off with two new books from BroBooks... Oh and expect GA II 2 to be available in San Jose this weekend! ギャラクシーエンジェル3rd (2) by: かなん Galaxy Angel II # by: Kanan Rated: 13+ Price: $9.99 Flex Comics/Shounen/sci-fi comedy More Rune Angels come into the fold. However they are not all met with open arms. One of them is very apprehensive about this ordeal. She does not trust the An...

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[ Wed, 23 May 2007 05:09:51 GMT ]


MangaBlogCast #35
Throw the Book at'em Jack and the MangaBlog crew have debated issues like scanlations in the past. So how do they feel about people scanning manga before its even published in a magazine? And where would they rate Shojo Beat amongst the most etchi kids manga magazines (or is SB too mature for kids to read)? This week Brigid and Jack throw the book at them all. ShoComi showing to much T&A... Best be improving sales or else! Scanners giving the manga industry a hit... The cops are on their way...

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[ Tue, 22 May 2007 06:31:02 GMT ]


Volume #284 ~ Shakugan no Shana & Crimson Hero
More manga from Viz to review... Hey, they release a lot of manga! Today we look at some SAMA in the form of volleyball manga and then there is a bishojo title from MediaWorks. Either way fanservice for me... Moe?? 灼眼のシャナ (1) by: 笹倉綾人 & 高橋弥七郎 Shakugan no Shana #1 by: Sasakura Ayato & Takahashi Yashichiro Rated: 16+ Price: $9.99 MediaWorks/Seinen/action Long hair, sailor suit, fiery red eyes and a big big sword... That's Shana in a nutshell. As you might imagin...

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