If you've spent years thinking that the work of Mitsuru Adachi isn't for you because you have no interest in baseball, pull up a chair! 

This week on Manga Tak, I talk to designer and illustrator Bastian Najdek, to discuss Short Game! A collection of 5 short stories from one of Japan's masters of romance, that proves that while the book is about baseball, it also REALLY isn't!

Join us as we take the field to discuss Adachi's beautiful compositions and writing, spend a little time in the outfield discussing badly dubbed Polish anime, before swinging for the fences and picking our favourite stories in the collection!

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Show Notes

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Mangaka

Akira Toriyama

Rumiko Takahashi

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Manga

Touch by Mitsuru Adachi

H2 by Mitsuru Adachi

Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi

Short Program by Mitsuru Adachi

Ranma 1/2 by Rumiko Takahashi

Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama

H̶e̶l̶l̶o̶ What's Michael? by Makoto Kobayashi

Thanks to Juliano Zucareli for our theme music!

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