Mangasplaining

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...

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.

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.

THIS EPISODE:

00:01: Spy X Family, by Tatsuya Endo

52:30: Reader Q&A: Reading Serialized Manga

1:07:45: Shout Outs

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.

Show notes, images, and much more at https://www.mangasplaining.com.

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/

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!

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!

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.

In one of our longest episodes yet, the crew tackles the emotionally-charged A Journal of My Father by Jiro Taniguchi. It's a great discussion with some real talk and real feelings... on a manga podcast that loves to crack jokes! What're we doing? We're reading great manga, that's what.

This week the Mangasplaining gang tackle the wacky world of... Modern Day Tokyo? It's 'Saint Young Men,' which features The Buddha and Jesus as roommates in a cramped Tokyo apartment. Does it deliver on the hilarious high-concept? Only one way to find out! Please note that this issue does deal with religion, which may be a sensitive subject. For more information please visit mangasplaining.com.