Mangasplaining

This week on Mangasplaining, Christopher leads the team through the classic shojo manga collection A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, by Moto Hagio, published by Fantagraphics. It's a very special book, and leads to a BIG jumping off point to talk about classic manga in general! Follow along at Mangasplaining.com INDEX: 00:00: A Drunken Dream 1:06:36: The Break! 1:08:13: Choosing new books! Let's do EVEN MORE Classic Manga! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Deb leads the crew through Shonen Jump's Hot New Manga, DanDaDan, by Yukinobu Tatsu. This is a spicy manga, and it makes for a very spicy episode! It's not for the kiddos, but does that automatically make it perfect for Chip? Show notes and more info at mangasplaining.com. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Mangasplaining Gang return to that most beloved of genres, comedy, to enjoy Keiichi Arawi's CITY. Wait, they do enjoy it, don't they? Listen onwards to find out! Show notes and more at Mangasplaining.com. THIS EPISODE: 00:00: Keiichi Arawi's CITY 45:51: THE BREAK 46:00: Mangasplaining Listen To Me! David talks to artist Nick Dragotta about the work of Tsutomu Nihei. 1:01:57: THE SECOND BREAK 1:02:00: Picking new books! Seinen Action, Seinen Romance, and a Shonen Manga Classic! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

We return for a Chip Double-Dip on Kaori Tsurutani's BL METAMORPHOSIS, as we finish the series with volumes 3, 4, and 5. Sure, we liked it, but HOW did we like it, and WHY? Listen on and find out. Follow along with show notes at Mangasplaining.com. In this episode: 00:00: BL Metamorphosis Volume 3, 4, & 5 56:07: The Break! 56:30: Host Q&A: Is there a Japanese version of the Comics Code Authority? 1:14:00: Shout Outs! Dua Lipa, Shojo Manga, The Sopranos, and a question for the audience! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Romance, Advice Columns, Mean Pub Food Hallucinations? It must be Akiko Higashimura's masterwork Tokyo Tarareba Girls! Chip and the gang dig into this Eisner Award-winning Josei manga, and get in their feelings about romance, dating, and loving... yourself. <3 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It's a surprisingly spooky episode to kick off October, as Deb brings the Mangang into the twisted world of Shuzo Oshimi with 'Blood on the Tracks'. Plus a special Mangasplaining: Listen To Me segment with Ed Chavez of Denpa Inc.! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

All of the Mangasplainers loved this week’s pick, Akiko Higashimura’s Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey. It actually led to the crew sharing their own experiences with art, school, and even occasionally art-school. A great, chatty episode that you'll totally love even if you haven't read the book yet (but you totally should!). Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A doozy of an episode! We talk about Panpanya’s An Invitation from a Crab, our first ‘alternative’ manga on the podcast. Then Christopher interviews Ko Ransom, the translator for this comic in a new “Mangasplaining: Listen to Me!” segment. Finally, we get a question about overwork in the manga industry that goes to some very personal places.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

A change of format for this week’s episode, as David takes the reins and introduces Chip and the gang to the wide world of Tsutomu Nihei, with a special focus on his newest series APOSIMZ! We read a little bit of his entire catalogue this episode, and see how an author changes and grows over the decades! Plus! We have another #sponsored Manga Blind Date courtesy of our friends at VIZ Media! Head over to http://bit.ly/MaoPodcast and check out a preview of Mao Volume 1 by Rumiko Takahashi, and skip to 1:14:10 to hear us talk about this new manga by the master! Don’t miss this very exciting special episode. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This week we take a dip back into the Shonen Jump mines with one of its newest and most unexpected hit series', Spy X Family by Tatsuya Endo. We all read the same book this week, so that's better than last time. But did we all read it... the same way? Not a sponsored episode, but you may not believe us. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Welcome back to Mangasplaining for Season Two! This episode we read Osamu Tezuka's classic Phoenix, despite Chip's best efforts, and enjoy a bonus bit of #sponsored reading thanks to VIZ Media providing us with Junji Ito's Sensor. THIS EPISODE: 00:00: Welcome Back & Introductions 05:00: Phoenix: Dawn and Phoenix: Future, by Osamu Tezuka 1:04:00: Sensor, by Junji Ito 1:15:20: Reader Q&A: How do you pare down your manga collection? 1:28:00: Shout-outs! Darker than Blue, Kageki Shoujo, No.5, Best & Worst Manga 2021. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Mangasplaining team successfully completed 25 weekly episodes! Hooray! Here we take a look back at the manga we covered, the discussions we had, and the lessons we learned along the way. Best of all, you can just listen without having to read a manga first! More at http://www.mangasplaining.com/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

As we wrap up Season 1 of Mangasplaining, we return to where we started, with the second volume of Katsuhiro Otomo’s epic manga creation, AKIRA. AKIRA Vol. 2 is a great manga that acts as a jumping-off point for a wide ranging talk on printing and publishing, assistants, and art vs. commerce. It’s a very big episode, we hope you enjoy it! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It's our second two-fer episode! First up, David leads the gang through the ero-guro-comedy Franken Fran by Katsuhisa Kigitsu! Then after the break at 45:00, the team checks out #sponsored read Zom 100 by Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata. It's a very creepy, crawly, and occasionally unsettling episode! Listener beware! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It's an incredibly wholesome and sweet episode this week, as the gang read a heartwarming tale of a May/December friendship, based on somewhat unwholesome manga! Yup, we're talking about BL and yaoi, thanks to the 'gateway' manga BL Metamorphosis, by Kaori Tsurutani. Spoilers: It's really, really good. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy