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TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: October 28 – November 3, 2024
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. All of the data you find…
Blue Giant Infuriates Me
I’m putting on my hater outfit again and that is something I haven’t done in a while. Blue Giant makes me angry. This somewhat popular film based on…
New to Sunday: Number 8 and Ryohei Masuko's "Strand."
Usually I like getting these out asap, but Strand is unique in that the slow build up in chapters has lent itself to letting more of it unfu...
Episode 857: The Blue in Shadow
This week on Anime Pulse we got the return of a long ended series, even more I Am Atomic, and a community send off to studio Gainax. Up…
TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: June 24 – June 30, 2024
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Blue Giant, Isekai Cheat Magician, Restaurant to Another World, TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-
New to Sunday: Akihisa Maki and Miki Yatsubo's "Kaiten no Albus."
4 for you. That is, we're up to the fourth new serialization in Weekly Shonen Sunday. This one doesn't stray too far from Hello Work Monster...
499 – Manga in Motion 62 – Blue Giant
It's time to tear our guts out this episode! dakazu won't shut up about how amazing the Blue Giant movie is, while Darfox says the CG animation is…
Early Announcements for Nippon Connection 2024
Nippon Connection takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from May 28 to June 2, and there are expected to be around 100 shorts and features programmed. Here…
A Very GLORIO trip to Scotland Loves Animation 2023
Scotland Loves Animation returned this year, bringing a curated selection of movie premieres and classics to the big screen. Three of us attended the latest instalment, where we…
490 – Movie Machinations 1 – Tampopo
Apologies in advance, as we suffered through lots of technical issues this week! But we're excited for you to join us for our first ever Movie Machinations episode!…
IWD 24: Celebrating the Women of the Anime, Manga, and Light Novel Industries
A warm welcome back, everyone! Here we are again, for the third year running, celebrating some of our favorite women creatives who work in anime, manga, and light…
TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: February 26 – March 3, 2024
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One Piece, Blue Giant, Gallery Fake, The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior, After-school Hanako-kun
489 – Triple Dip 80 – Don’t Call it Mystery, Fool Night, Steel of the Celestial Shadows
Morgana is back but Seamus is out! We check out Don't Call it Mystery, Fool Night, and Steel of the Celestial Shadows for a Triple Dip! We also…
Anime Check-Up: Good food from unlikely places
That’s right, I’m bringing this format back (not that anyone cares). Unlike my previous attempts at an “Anime Check-Up” format, I’m not going to post these at a…
Blue Giant, Little Shark's Day Out, Metallic Rouge, The Fire Hunter, A Letter to Momo
Anime Feminist’s Favorite Films of 2023
We're trying something new this year! Folks have requested more coverage of films, and we aim to please. Welcome to our first year-end film recommendation round-up!
Blue Giant (Yuzuru Tachikawa, 2023)
A passionate jazz musician’s intensity wins over new converts to a dying art in Yuzuru Tachikawa’s transcendental animation.
Blue Giant and Yuzuru Tachikawa’s Jazz
Blue Giant has been the toast of the animation festival circuit this past year and it’s easy to see why. It takes what can at times feel like…
Blue Giant: Yuzuru Tachikawa Interview
By Andrew Osmond. The film Blue Giant opens in UK cinemas this Wednesday. It’s a music drama about the fortunes of three teen boys in Tokyo – sax…
Blue Giant Movie Review
Blue Giant is a new jazz themed anime movie that's based on the award winning manga of the same name. It follows the adventures of aspiring ...
Japanese Films at the Rotterdam International Film Festival 2024
A Preview of the Japanese Films Programmed for the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024
Sakugabooru Animation Awards 2023
It’s time for a last look at 2023 with the Sakugabooru Animation Awards. We’ve gathered directors, animators, designers, producers, and passionate fans to share their favorite, most res…
Eureka Seven, Magical Destroyers, My Happy Marriage, One Piece, OVERTAKE!
A Very GLORIO 2023: Euri Decided to Read
A benefit of reading manga on your phone is that you don’t need to leave your bed ever. So that’s what Euri did.
A Very GLORIO 2023: Euri Decided to Read
A benefit of reading manga on your phone is that you don’t need to leave your bed ever. So that’s what Euri did.
Blue Giant Hits UK and Ireland Cinemas January 2024
The good folks from anime distributors Anime Limited have just announced the UK and Ireland cinema release details for Blue Giant. The jazz ...
Scotland Loves Anime 2023: An Overview of This Year’s Festival
Allow me to introduce you to Scotland Loves Anime 2023 and the films shown this year! This line-up, it turns out, was a really strong one.
Blue Giant Review — Scotland Loves Anime 2023
Let me say this first — I am not a huge jazz fan. It’s not that I dislike it, it’s that I’m mostly ignorant. I don’t listen to jazz music…
Blue Giant
By Shelley Pallis. Country boy Dai Miyamoto (voiced by Yuki Tamada) moves to the big city of Tokyo in the hope of making it big as a jazz…
Japan Top 10 Weekly Anime Blu-ray and DVD Sales Ranking: October 16 – October 22, 2023
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. It is thanks to the wonderful…
GYO: Tokyo Fish Attack, JUJUTSU KAISEN, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation Season 2
New Dog, Blue Giant Movie, Fionna and Cake
I have returned with a new puppy named Luna! I also share thoughts on the Blue Giant Movie, Fiona and Cake and some gaming bonding moments I had…
469 – One Shot 64 – Betwixt
This week we talk about The Poe Clan, Land of the Lustrous, Blue Giant, new anime, Hotel Metsäpeura e Youkoso, and more! Then we examine Betwixt for week…
Bringing Jazz to the Big Screen with Blue Giant Director Yuzuru Tachikawa
We spoke with director Yuzuru Tachikawa (Mob Psycho 100, Deca-Dence) about crafting the film's music, working with virtuoso Hiromi Uehara on the film's soundtrack, and the importance of…
The Manga Review: Cliff Notes Edition
It's been a slow week news- and reviews-wise, so this installment of the Manga Review is short 'n' sweet. Netflix announced earlier this week that it would be…
447 – One Shot 58 – Dream Fossil
On this episode we delve deep into the late Satoshi Kon’s origins as we review his collection of early manga shorts with a One Shot on Dream Fossil!…
Blue Giant
Blue Giant is one of those films you'll either fall in love with or be bored to tears by, and much of that hinges on your appreciation for…
Review: BLUE GIANT
Of course, I can't spend all month ragging on music-related manga. I also need to cover better, more earnest stories learning one's craft a...
Review: BLUE GIANT
Of course, I can't spend all month ragging on music-related manga. I also need to cover better, more earnest stories learning one's craft a...
438 – Planetes part 2
This week we discuss monster girls in Sons of the Forest, Junichiro Saito’s Musashino, the Blue Giant movie soundtrack, and more! Then we conclude our Retrospective on Makoto…
427 – Manga Machinations Awards 2022
We’ve got an amazing gift just in time for Christmas! Get ready for another year end celebration with the Manga Machination Awards! Seamus, Morgana, Darfox8, and dakazu are…
PODCAST - Ep. 64: Blue Giant vol. 5-6
It's our first music manga, and our first episode where we drop right into vol. 5-6 instead of vol. 1. Will this jazz seinen manga series hit the…
Ep. 64: Blue Giant Volume 5-6, by Shinichi Ishizuka
This week the Mangasplaining team JUMPS AHEAD to volume 5 of Blue Giant Shinichi Ishizuka 's beloved Jazz manga! Will the experiment work? FIND OUT!
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Master Keaton, Moonlight Mile, My Hero Academia, Those Snow White Notes
Ep. 64 Podcast Pre-Read: Blue Giant Vol. 1-4 by Shinichi Ishizuka
[Deb:] So in our next episode of Mangasplaining, we're doing something a little different - we're NOT starting from volume 1! This time, we're diving...
PODCAST - Ep. 64 Pre-Read: Blue Giant Vol. 1-4
We're taking a break this week, but now you can catch up on jazz manga Blue Giant vol. 1-4 before we talk about vol. 5-6!
391 – Blue Giant part 2
On this episode we preview Doomsday Cleaning, Darfox and dakazu talk about Chinese splatter film Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, and they praise Tatsuki Fujimoto’s latest one shot…
390 – Blue Giant part 1
This week we start our Retrospective on Shinichi Ishizuka’s jazz manga Blue Giant! We discuss its blend of kinetic line art with the romanticization of the power of…
Pick of the Week: Caught Hands and New Legs
MICHELLE: I’m not wildly enthusiastic about anything this week, but I did enjoy This Wonderful Season with You enough to make Deko-boko Bittersweet Days my pick of the…
370 – Twiple Dip 2 – My Dress-up Darling, Blue Giant, Oishinbo
Seamus is out this week so the other hosts take advantage by looking at the second volume of previously visited series for a Twiple Dip! This time they…
Blue Giant by Ishizuka Shinichi
Blue Giant is another manga that I picked up during my recent foray into the public library system. They had a two-in-one of the first and second volumes.…
Magic Knight Rayearth and Blue Giant
If I were the Chicago White Sox, I would simply have more good relievers to depend on...
Magic Knight Rayearth and Blue Giant
If I were the Chicago White Sox, I would simply have more good relievers to depend on...
Pick of the Week: Hana-chan and the Picks of the Week
SEAN: There are a lot of debuts, any one of which I should be picking here. That said, the title I’m likely most interested in is the third…