The first of what will surely be many, many gush-fests about cancelled comics. DOWNLOAD HERE What is Hoop Men?: Hoop Men is Yukinori Kawaguchi’s 2009 basketball series about a relatively unskilled Yuuho Satou, who gets into basketball through the unusual circumstance of being able to translate for their new ace, Joshua Kuji Griffin Jr.! A […]

Jump’s best series gets gushed about by a Jump fan with a mild cold DOWNLOAD HERE What is Black Clover?: Black Clover is the sophomore title of one Yuki Tabata, serialised in Weekly Shonen Jump from 2015 to the present day. It tells the story of a young orphan boy without any magical ability, Asta, […]

A new beginning. But like, for something old. DOWNLOAD HERE What is Weekly Shonen Jump?: Well, that’s what this podcast aims to answer, at least in the most basic of ways. In this first episode focusing specifically on Weekly Shonen Jump itself I intend to introduce you to some basic information about the magazine, as […]

(Download Link) On this latest ramble, I consider several candidates for the most essential comic in Shonen Jump’s History, and explore why I think it’s probably Keiji Nakazawa’s Barefoot Gen.Filed under: Uncategorized

(Direct Download) Not A New Episode is a potential series of audio posts for the FEV website and podcast feed, in which I talk unscripted about something Jump-related currently on my mind. This first one has been created as a potential replacement for the text posts, following increasing difficulty expressing my thoughts in that format. […]

Ryu Fujisaki. I go on about him a lot. He’s all right. DOWNLOAD HERE What is Friendship! Effort! Victory!? – It’s a podcast about the manga and inner workings of Weekly Shonen Jump, with an eye towards accessibility and soothing camp tones. What is this episode about? – It’s about WaqWaq, the last work of Ryu Fujisaki for Weekly […]

DOWNLOAD HERE What is Friendship! Effort! Victory!? – It’s a podcast about the manga and inner workings of Weekly Shonen Jump, with an eye towards accessibility and soothing camp tones. What is this episode about? – It’s about Hoshin Engi, the wacky fantasy story based on a chinese literary epic, which in turn is based upon an insane bit […]

Overlong. Too much describing stuff. Interesting stuff. DOWNLOAD HERE What is Friendship! Effort! Victory!? – It’s a podcast about the manga and inner workings of Weekly Shonen Jump, with an eye towards accessibility and soothing camp tones. What is this episode about? – It’s about Ryu Fujisaki, creator of popular titles Hoshin Engi, Waq Waq and Shiki, and his […]

A man. A house. A joke about anus tightness. DOWNLOAD HERE What is Friendship! Effort! Victory!? – It’s a podcast about the manga and inner workings of Weekly Shonen Jump, with an eye towards accessibility and soothing camp tones. What is this episode about? – It’s about Ryu Fujisaki’s Sakuratetsu Taiwahen (or Tetsu Sakura’s Dialogues if you’re feeling […]

Kagijin. It’s a bit naff. Really. DOWNLOAD HERE What is Friendship! Effort! Victory!? – It’s a podcast about the manga and inner workings of Weekly Shonen Jump, with an eye towards accessibility and soothing camp tones. What is this episode about? – It’s about Yasuki Tanaka’s sophomore serialisation Kagijin, a decidedly lacking tale about keys and misery and stuff, […]