Mangasplaining

Keeping up with your new year's resolutions? Akira resolved to save all of humanity by combining with the power of the Devil to become DEVILMAN, in one of the wildest manga the Mangasplainers have ever read. Something to shoot for, for next year's resolution, eh? Plus a reader Q&A about 'indy' manga! Find out much more at mangasplaining.com.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redc...

A very special episode as the Mangasplaining team splits up to cover more ground, with Chip and Christopher interviewing manga translator Jocelyne Allen, live and in person at a bar in Toronto, and Deb and David get exclusive info on Vinland Saga from Manga Editor Ben Applegate. It’s an all-new, all-different episode! Welcome to 2022! Show notes and more at mangasplaining.com. Advertising Inquirie...

Get ready for a rollicking deep dive into the Gundam universe with Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin . It's often described as "Japan's answer to Star Wars ," but as the Mangasplaining Gang learns this episode, it's so much more, too! Includes an interview with comic maker Emma Rios about Gundam! Don't miss the extended show notes at mangasplaining.com either! Advertising Inqu...

This week the Mangasplainers challenge the very notion that Love is Hard for an Otaku, by reading a book on that very subject! Fujita's 'Wotakoi: Love is Hard for an Otaku' is a treatise on modern dating, but will DECIDEDLY NOT AN OTAKU Chip Zdarsky be able to relate? Find out in this episode! More at mangasplaining.com INDEX: 00:00: Wotakoi Vol 1 1:10:48: The Break! 1:12:00: Picking n...

Get ready to get rugged, as the Mangasplaining team heads north... and back in time!... to the colonization of Hokkaido, Japan at the end of the 1800s with GOLDEN KAMUY! It's Satoru Noda's historical, informational, action-filled, occasionally homoerotic, EPIC manga, and we dive in this week! More at Mangasplaining.com In this Episode: 00:00: Golden Kamuy 52:30: The Break 53:00: Reader Q&a...

VIKINGS! Renowned for their pillaging, conquest, and... really great art? Deb leads the team through the one-and-only Viking manga being published today, and it's not quite what anyone expected... In a good way! This week on Mangasplaining, we start the Vinland Saga ... come along for the journey! More at Mangasplaining.com. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out...

This week the team tackles Look Back, by Chainsaw Man creator Tatsuki Fujimoto. It's a huge departure from his previous works, and the team takes their time to unpack a very delicate story. Show notes and more at mangasplaining.com In This Episode: 00:00: Look Back, by Tatsuki Fujimoto 1:02:10: The Break 1:03:00: Reader Q&A: How come so many manga-ka are writer-artists? Advertising Inquiri...

In this very spicy episode (listen with your earbuds in), David leads the team through superhero sex comedy RaW Hero! Trash cinema splashed on the manga page, how will the team react to a very 'ecchi' series? Visit mangasplaining.com for show notes and more! In this Episode:  00:00: RaW Hero Vol 1, by Akira Hiramoto 54:54: THE BREAK! 55:20: Q&A: Do manga creators get influenced by West...

This week on Mangasplaining, Christopher leads the team through the classic shojo manga collection A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, by Moto Hagio, published by Fantagraphics. It's a very special book, and leads to a BIG jumping off point to talk about classic manga in general! Follow along at Mangasplaining.com INDEX: 00:00: A Drunken Dream 1:06:36: The Break! 1:08:13: Choosing new books! Le...

Deb leads the crew through Shonen Jump's Hot New Title, DanDaDan, by Yukinobu Tatsu. This is a spicy manga, and it makes for a very spicy episode! It's not for the kiddos, but does that automatically make it perfect for Chip? Show notes and more info at mangasplaining.com.  Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Mangasplaining Gang return to that most beloved of genres, comedy, to enjoy Keiichi Arawi's CITY. Wait, they do enjoy it, don't they? Listen onwards to find out! Show notes at Mangasplaining.com. THIS EPISODE: 00:00: Keiichi Arawi's CITY 45:51: THE BREAK 46:00: Mangasplaining Listen To Me! David talks to artist Nick Dragotta about the work of Tsutomu Nihei. 1:01:57: THE SECOND BREA...

We return for a Chip Double-Dip on Kaori Tsurutani's BL METAMORPHOSIS, as we finish the series with volumes 3, 4, and 5. Sure, we liked it, but HOW did we like it, and WHY? Listen on and find out. Follow along with show notes at Mangasplaining.com. In this episode: 00:00: BL Metamorphosis Volume 3, 4, & 5 56:07: The Break! 56:30: Host Q&A: Is there a Japanese version of the Comics Code...

Romance, Advice Columns, Mean Pub Food Hallucinations? It must be Akiko Higashimura's masterwork Tokyo Tarareba Girls! Chip and the gang dig into this Eisner Award-winning Josei manga, and get in their feelings about romance, dating, and loving... yourself. <3 Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

It's a surprisingly spooky episode to kick off October, as Deb brings the Mangang into the twisted world of Shuzo Oshimi with 'Blood on the Tracks'. Plus a special 'Mangasplaining: Listen To Me' segment with Ed Chavez of Denpa Inc., the English-language commissioning Editor of Oshimi-sensei! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircl...

All of the Mangasplainers loved this week’s pick, Akiko Higashimura’s Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey . It actually led to the crew sharing their own experiences with art, school, and even occasionally art-school. A great, chatty episode that you'll totally love even if you haven't read the book yet (but you totally should!). Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands...

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... Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands P...

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 o...

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 Seria...

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: Read...

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/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privac...

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! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Pri...

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! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https:...

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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https...

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. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/pri...

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 mangasplai...