This week we'll be examining seinen manga artist Tsutomu Takahashi. What will first time readers, darfox and Seamus, think of this slightly unknown manga artist!? Tune in to find out!

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Time Stamps:

• 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Back Alley Space Boy" by The Cobra Twisters from Daiguard, Opening, Introductions, News: New Patlabor anime, marriage scandal of Oh My Goddess mangaka Fujishima Kosuke
• 00:07:29 - Listener Emails: we discuss manga 'not turning out what you expected' from it's beginning
• 00:13:48 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Seamus enjoys more The Ancient Magus' Bride and Fran Faust
• 00:17:40 - darfox is interested in Kaguya-sama: Love is War
• 00:22:22 - dakazu loves Nayuka Mine's behind the scene extras in Arasa-chan and can't explain why he likes Juni Taisen: Zodiac War
• 00:32:04 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot single episode retrospective on Taniguchi Jiro's A Distant Neighborhood
• 00:36:11 - Main Segment Creator Cross Section: Transition Song: "Free Bird" by New Cinema Tokage from Project ARMS, we examine Tsutomu Takahashi's background, unique drawing techniques, and manga throughout his career: including Jiraishin, Alive, Tetsuwan Girl, Sky High, and Hito Hitori Futari, we discuss his common theme of afterlife and his beautiful ink brush art style
• 01:13:32 - Next Week's Topic: One Shot of A Distant Neighborhood, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster