Ep. 101 – Real vol 13 by Takehiko Inoue
David takes us into the world of pro wrestling by way of a basketball manga? Yep, get ready for Real vol. 13 by Takehiko Inoue.
Tagged: seinen manga
Ep. 100: Okinawa by Susumu Higa – Interview with Jocelyne Allen and Andrew Woodrow-Butcher
It’s the 100th episode, and the team are doing something special! This week David and Chip take over, interviewing translator Jocelyne Allen and Editor Andrew Woodrow-Butcher on the new manga Okinawa, by Susumu Higa! Produced by MSX: Mangasplaining Extra and published by Fantagraphics, this gripping historical manga is now available...
Manga: “Body Tree” by Susumu Higa
This week on Mangasplaining Extra, we debut Susumu Higa’s complete graphic novella “Body Tree,” never before published. Created in 2013, almost two decades after the stories that comprise Higa’s Okinawa, this wordless comic is a harsh reaction to natural and manmade disaster, and a harrowing reflection on our place in...
Ep. 99: Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka Vol. 1, by Naoki Urasawa
The manga you’ve been waiting for Mangasplaining to cover has finally arrived! The Mangang dives into PLUTO volume 1, Naoki Urasawa’s epic reimagining of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy story ‘The World’s Strongest Robot!’ But will this first volume live up to the hype? Is it the Watchmen of manga, or...
Ep. 98 – My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! Vol. 1, by Nami Hidaka and Satoru Yamaguchi
Oh no! You died in the real world and woke up inside a video game world! Except you’re not the heroine of this dating-simulation, you’re the villainess who tries to take her down! You’ve got a bad end coming because the hero(ine) always wins… so what are you going to...
MANGA: Noodling in New York, by Akino Kondoh
This week at MSX: Mangasplaining Extra, we’re proud to present mangaka Akino Kondoh’s long-running manga memoir series Noodling in New York in its English-language debut! A selection of stories from across Kondoh’s series about being a Japanese immigrant living in New York City has been selected by Kondoh herself, in...
Ep. 95: The Boxer vol. 1 by JH
Wait, is this episode MANHWAsplaining? It’s true! Deb leads the team through their first-ever Korean webtoon pick, JH’s The Boxer from IZE Press / Yen Press. What fascinating differences and similarities will the Mangang discern between this title and the previous 100+ manga they’ve read? And how does a unique vertical-scroll digital...
Ep. 94: Pop Team Epic, by Bkub Okawa
Out of the darkest corners of the internet crawls Popuko and Pipimi, the stars of the internet-based comedy manga sensation, turned nearly-inexplicable anime, POP TEAM EPIC. Will the jokes in this VERY 2014 brand of Japanese internet humour land with the Mangasplaining crew? Will Chip FINALLY like an anime? Or...
Ep. 91 – Mangasplaining x Pure Tokyoscope: Podcast Gattai!
This week, Mangasplaining has its first official crossover episode with ANOTHER podcast, as Deb and Christopher interview the hosts of Pure Tokyoscope, Patrick Macias and Matt Alt! These esteemed gentlemen have long histories in North America’s manga and anime industries and boy, do they have stories to share. Besides talking...
Ep. 90: New Grappler Baki Volume 1, by Keisuke Itagaki
David hosts this week, continuing his “Violence Hell!” series of manga picks for season 4 with BAKI, by Keisuke Itagaki! Will this hyper-violent treatise on masculinity be a big hit with the crew, or is it going to be “Too Las Vegas?” What does ANY of that mean!? Listen and...