Manga Tak – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Eita Ichiyoshi is a young man being driven slowly mad by the mundanity of his job at a confectionary factory. That is until while walking home alone on Christmas Eve, he catches a mysterious bouncy ball that he decides to take home. After throwing it to relieve his frustrations, he can’t believe his luck when it turns into a beautiful, naked woman with perfect lips!

But all it took was a kiss for Ichi to regret his actions! The girl suddenly begins to shoot more balls into the room that transform into more women! These monstrously strong women initially scare Ichi, before he vows to try and look after them… But as this book clearly sets out to be as horrific as it is a harem, Will he live to tell the tale?

This week, Mat is joined once again by Georgie (aka mainly.manga) to talk Super Ball Girls by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Akira Hiramoto! What will these two distinguished gentlemen think of this shrink wrapped, ecchi, harem horror manga? Did it leave them jumping for joy? Or trying to bounce their copies into the nearest recycling bin? Listen in to find out!

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Show Notes

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Manga:

Jagaaaaaan

Blue Lock

Prison School

Raw Hero

Great Teacher Onizuka

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Films:

The Substance

Jeepers Creepers

Society

Troma Entertainment

Full Moon Features

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The bike's charged, the skies are blue and the open road is calling.... there's one issue: there's seemingly only two women left to burn rubber and explore it! After leaving their bunker, Youko and Airi set out to retrace Yuoko's sister's footsteps by following her old social media... Why were they in a bunker? What happened to everyone else? Why are penguins so adorable? These are questions we hope to answer as we read Touring After the Apocalypse by Sakae Saito!

This week, Mat is joined once again by Tom to cancel the apocalypse by reading a manga that's got enough going for it to make us gush over the art, but also enough uncertainty for us to dance around saying anything truly negative. 

With the release of the Manga's recent anime adaptation, we thought now was the right time for us to hit the open road and read the first volume! But the questions as always is, will we like what we see enough to carry on the journey?

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=== Show Notes ===

Similar Manga:

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou by Hitoshi Ashinano 

Girl’s Last Tour by Tsukumizu

Video Games:

Nier Automata (I'm not linking The Sims...)

Locations:

Tokyo Big Sight's Big Escalators!

Hakone's Pirate Ship Cruise over the lake!

The Monorail the girl's use as a bridge!

The Life-sized Gundam in Odaiba 

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In the year 2080, Christmas a thing of the past: declining birthrates have meant fewer children, changes in climate have distorted the seasons and the disappearance of Santa has relegated 'The Most Wonderful Time of the Year' to an ancient tradition. But on December 25th, the conditions have been met to break the curse robbing the world of old Saint Nick, with the death of Kazushige Sanda revives Santa for a new era! Can this descendant of Santa help Fuyumura find their missing classmate Ichie Ono? And more importantly, can he bring back Christmas to children the world over?

On this week's Manga Tak, Mat's joined one again by Georgie (aka Mainly.Manga) to talk about the latest work by Paru Itagaki, Sanda! We compare this latest madcap manga to Itagaki's other work, discuss why making Santa into a Shonen protagonist makes perfect sense and how it's tone strikes the perfect mix of Tim Burton and Roald Dahl! 

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In a world where everyone has a 'quirk' the gives them super human abilities, a young boy called Izuku Midoriya who is born without one may have to give up on his dreams of becoming a super hero. That is until one day after trying to rescue a classmate, he is given the opportunity of a lifetime by the world's Number 1 Hero, All Might: Will Midoriya accept his quirk, a mysterious ability called 'One for All' and with it, the mantle of hero?

This week Mat's joined once again by Tom to discuss the Weekly Shonen Jump mega hit, My Hero Academia, as we gear up for the end of it's English print run and the final season of it's anime. We get into what works and doesn't, discussing it's obvious similarities to not only other Shonen Jump titles but also Western Super Heroes, as well as dissecting Horikoshi's cinematic eye and the series' on-target humour. 

Show Notes: 

A summary of the  Horikoshi x Kishimoto interview mentioned on the pod.

Tom's Website

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Sometimes all it takes is a kiss to send you spiralling. Years after putting an unrequited college love behind her, Sayuri Terazono is a working professional at a prestigious company. Her life is forever changed one day when that girl from college, Risa Nakayama, shows up at Sayuri's office as a new hire in her team! And all it takes is one bold move from Risa makes Sayuri question everything: becayse while a kiss can send you spiralling, it can also be the key to open your heart.

This week, Mat is joined once again by Siddharth Gupta (aka LumRanmaYasha) of Manga Mavericks to discuss not on Senpai no Kohai, the excellent Yuri Doujinshi by Hanakage Alt, published by Red String, but their new venture: the exciting Manga Mavericks Books!

Join us as we take a look at this beautiful book: discussing not only it's Kickstarter origins and reprint, but delving deeper into how in roughly 100 pages, the book tells a complex story of a blossoming romance and really drills down into Sayuri and Risa's feeling to great effect. 

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Looking to read it ? Why not request a copy from your local comic shop? Or purchase one online from the following sites:

Print -

US  - Manga Mavericks Books / Merry Manga Co

EU - Sendai Books

CAN - The Beguiling 

Digital -

Manga Mavericks Books

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Worn down by the daily grind of being a 40 something salary-man, Sasaki has found a cure to his working blues: the warm smile of Ms. Yamada at the local S Mart. However after arriving late one day after a grueling shift, he misses his chance to see Ms. Yamada, but somehow ends up behind called behind the super market for a smoke instead by 'Tayama' an employee he's never met before... or at least, so he thinks! 

This week Mat is joined once again by Georgie (aka mainly.manga) to discuss Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You by Jinushi, published in English by Square Enix. We clear the air about smoking as a plot device, why this isn't quite an age-gap romance and how despite a seemingly gloomy cover, what awaits inside the book is a charming comedy with endearing characters! 

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At a loss after no longer being able to find delicious Guyabano juice in their local world food store, a plan is quickly hatched and travel booked. The location? The Philippines. The Goal? To hunt down, and devour, a Guyabano fruit. Guyabano Holiday, the titular story of Panpanya's story collection, is just one of the surreal and dreamlike short stories that await you, dear listener! 

This week, Mat is joined once again behind the brains behind Twistwood Tales, AC MacDonald, to discuss this wonderful collection of short stories! We try to define just what qualities make Panpanya's work so special, the grim prospects of eating Balut and how the childlike sense of whimsy is only intensified by their pencil, proxy character.

Show Notes.

Remember to listen to episode 24 for more Panpanya as I talk to Maria Salgado about Invitation From A Crab.

The Danish NYE tradition that is 'Dinner For One'.

The UK's 'Real Robot's Magazine.'

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They say that if you go to the third stall from the end of the girls' bathroom on the third floor of the old building... You'll find Hanako-kun! And after knocking three times on the door, maybe Nene wishes she hadn't! After finding herself bound to the spirit of one of the school's Seven Mysteries, Nene begins to assist Hanako-kun in his job as caretaker for the spirits of Kamome Academy! 

This week, Mat is joined by illustrator and designer Irene Chin to talk about Toilet Bound Hanako-Kun by artist/writer duo AidaIro. We discuss the book's mix of shoujo aesthetics into a shonen title, what it reminds us of, and how the book compares to the anime before getting to the important question: is it worth reading? Well, listen along and find out!

Show Notes - 

Interview with AidaIro (translated by d629)

A collection of Japanese Posters from the early 1900's

A compilation of the Toilet Bound Hanako-kun Musical

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After realising her dreams of art school aren't as close as she thought, a young Akiko Hayashi finds herself out in the sticks attending an unconventional art class, run by a bamboo sword wielding teacher who tells her she'll need to come to class everyday if she has any hope at succeeding. But Akiko realises that this seemingly brash teacher has a heart of gold, and just maybe, might be able to help her achieve her dream of becoming a Manga-ka!

On this week's Manga Tak, Mat's joined once more by Tsutsudae to discuss Akiko Higashimura's autobiographical manga, Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist Journey. We discuss the book's autobiographical nature, get in-deep into our own artistic journeys and compare the work to other similar manga like Blue Period, hoping to answer if this book is worth tracking down despite being between print runs! 

Show note links -

Find the incredible Mangasplaining episode mentioned in the intro here. 

Find the episode of Manben with Akiko Higashimura here.

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All of humanity's waste finds its way into The Pit... even those society deems unworthy of living on The Sphere. After being convicted of a murder he didn't commit, Rudo finds himself in a place where trash monsters roam and the other humans he finds have become ruthless in order to survive. Fortunately for Rudo, he soon meets Enjin, who offers him a chance at salvation and the answers he seeks: he just needs to join The Cleaners first!

On this week's episode, Mat sits down once again with 7 time guest (!) Zane Taichou from Undisputed Anime to discuss Gachiakuta by Kei Urana. We chat about what works and doesn't about the book, how the first chapter compares to the recent anime, as well as our hopes and fears for the series moving forward!

Show Note Links

Watch 'Behind Gachiakuta' with Kei Urana and Hideyoshi Andou here.

See the Anime Expo trash sculpture here.

And one of the many Bleach references here!

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