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PODCAST: Ep. 86 - Even Though We're Adults vol. 2
In this Chip-hosted episode, we revisit the woman-meets-woman-who's-already-married drama in the second volume of Even Though We're Adults by Takako Shimura.


PODCAST: Ep. 85 - Chainsaw Man vol 1 by Tatsuki Fujimoto
Mangasplaining roars into Season 4 with a heartwarming tale of a boy, his chainsaw demon dog and his quest to get a decent meal and get laid before…


PODCAST + show notes - Ep. 84: Best Manga of Season 3
The Mangasplainers pick their favorite books from Season 3, making recommendations of manga for people who don't read much manga! Which titles will take home the coveted Triple…


OKINAWA by Susumu Higa: Coming July 2023
Happy New Year! Here's the book's cover!


PODCAST LINK + QUESTION: Ep. 84: Season 3 Retrospective
Maybe you want to see yourself in the print edition of Susumu Higa's OKINAWA?


CULTURE: Manga Bookstore Report - Tsutaya Shibuya November 2022
What’s hot in manga right now? Visiting a great manga shop!


CULTURE: A Visit to Tokiwa-so Manga Museum
Deb and Christopher journey to the most famous rooming house in Tokyo where manga legends like Osamu Tezuka and Shotaro Ishinomori lived.


PODCAST + SHOW NOTES: Ep. 83- AKIRA vol. 4
Here's our episode about AKIRA vol. 4 with actual pages and additional note about what we discussed. Enjoy!


PODCAST LINK - Ep. 83: AKIRA VOL 4, By Katsuhiro Otomo
Podcast player and links!


PODCAST - Ep. 82: Division Chief Kosaku Shima, by Kenshi Hirokane
An English-language manga only available in Japan? Ooooo!


PODCAST - Ep. 80: Space Brothers vol 1, by Chuya Koyama
This week’s episode introduces us to Space Brothers, a popular, award-winning seinen manga dramedy series about two brothers who have space exploration ambitions. Also -the debut of M*A*S*H-splaining!


PODCAST: Ep. 79: Kowloon Generic Romance
"After The Rain's" Jun Mayuzuki returns with a new sci-fi tinged romantic comedy that's anything but generic...


Ep. 78 - Our Colors, by Gengoroh Tagame
Tagame's second-ever SFW manga!


PODCAST - Ep. 77: MOB PSYCHO 100, by ONE
A boy with immense psychic power… the nefarious people that want to use him for their own ends… is this… AKIRA? No, it very much is Not.


PODCAST - Ep. 76: Chi's Sweet Home Vol 1&2 by Konami Kanata
The cutest cat in all of manga...!


PODCAST - Ep. 75: 4 First Chapters: Food Wars, Kokkoku, Sweetness and Lightning and How Are You?
This week, we’ve got a pupu platter of manga, where we focus on the first chapters of four very different manga series. Which one will tempt Chip into…


Ep. 78: WITCHES by Daisuke Igarashi, and Drops of God by Agi & Okimoto
Concluding our Witch Week trilogy, and following it with some wine...


PODCAST - Ep. 73: Witchcraft Works vol 1 + You're My Pet vol 1
The witch-y month of August continues with our second manga about witches, Witchcraft Works, plus You're My Pet, an unconventional josei manga love story


PODCAST - Ep. 72: Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama, and MARS by Fuyumi Soryo
Epic YA fantasy meets epic YA romance, which everyone is gonna love.


PODCAST - Ep. 71: Moonlight Mile s.3 and Knights of Sidonia
After some snafus last week, we're catching up with our podcast show notes with a sci-fi double-header, including our first chat about an UNTRANSLATED (yes, in Japanese) manga!


PODCAST - Ep. 70: My Hero Academia and Battle Angel Alita
It's another action-packed double-feature, featuring one of the best-selling superhero, heck, comics series in the world today, plus a cyberpunk classic that influenced a whole bunch '90's comics.


SDCC 2022: Best & Worst Manga Picks!
See this year's picks for the best, worst, most under-rated and most anticipated manga of 2022, as selected at San Diego Comic-Con International 2022.


Welcome to Giga Town!
An update on a brand new manga from Mangasplaining and Udon Entertainment, coming in print in Spring 2023


PODCAST - Ep. 69: All-Rounder Meguru vol. 1 & 7, by Hiroki Endo
Get in the ring for some hard-hitting mixed-martial arts action (and few laughs) with All-Rounder Meguru, a sports manga series by Hiroki Endo, creator of Eden: It's an…


PODCAST: Ep. 68 - MASSIVE: Gay Erotic Manga + Lone Wolf and Cub
This week's episode is MASSIVE in more ways that one! We get into the Massive gay manga anthology collection, plus another manly manga classic, Lone Wolf and Cub


PODCAST: Ep. 67: In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, by Mika Yamamori
Diving back into the sparkling world of shojo romance


PODCAST - Ep. 66: Cross Game vol. 1 & To Strip the Flesh
This week, the crew reads Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi, a truly memorable and masterfully-told story about baseball, friendship, family and much more


MANGA: Okinawa Chapter 14: Mabui
The final chapter of Okinawa, by Susumu Higa


INTERVIEW: Akane Torikai - part 2
In the second half of our interview with Akane Torikai, we explore how she faces controversial topics like sexual assault and suicide in her manga series Sensei's Pious…


INTERVIEW: Akane Torikai - part 1
Meet the creator of Sensei's Pious Lie, learn more about her early influences, and how feminism and comics intersect in her provocative manga stories


PODCAST - Ep. 65: Dai Dark Vol. 1
Dorohedoro Q Hayashida is back with a gritty dark fantasy manga that'll make you laugh out loud.


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…


MANGA: Okinawa Chapter 13 - The Journey of Jim Thomas
Continuing Mabui, by Susumu Higa


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!


The Origins of Unico, Tezuka's Lonely Unicorn
A look at the origins of this little blue unicorn and its many incarnations in manga and anime


PODCAST - Ep. 63: All My Darling Daughters
We shine a light on Fumi Yoshinaga by talking about her 1-shot collection of funny, touching and sometimes devastating short stories about mothers, daughters, friends, and lovers.


MANGA: Okinawa Chapter 12 - Military Employee
Continuing Mabui, by Susumu Higa


BONUS: Interview with Samuel Sattin, writer of Unico: Awakening
Christopher and Deb talk Tezuka with Sam, along. with comics for kids, manga Kickstarters, and much more!


PODCAST - Ep.62: My Love Mix-Up! Vol. 1 (Pt 1/2)
Covering the shojo manga and a little bonus chat!


MANGA: Okinawa Chapter 11: Homecoming
Continuing Mabui, by Susumu Higa


PODCAST - Episode 61: Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler vol. 1
Let's go crazy with a group of high stakes gambling high school students as David takes us into the world of Kakegurui


MSX: A Guide to Our Manga
An index to the Mangasplaining Extra manga chapters


BONUS: Interview with Taiyo Matsumoto from 2011, on the digital publication of No. 5
The first time Deb and Christopher worked together, on an old interview


MANGA: Okinawa Chapter 10: Island Duty
Continuing Mabui, by Susumu Higa


PODCAST- Episode 60: Dick Fight Island vol. 1 by Reibun Ike
Our long-awaited visit to Dick Fight Island is here! Chip hosts! It's very NSFW but we think you're ready for this...


FREE MANGA: Gay Doujinshi Q&A with Kaz!
The renowned Gay manga creator Kazuhide Ichikawa pulls back the curtain on gay manga in Japan!


PODCAST - Episode 59: Ping Pong by Taiyo Matsumoto
Enter the exciting world of sports manga through Taiyo Matsumoto's tale about table tennis, friendship, competition and GUTS!


MANGA: Okinawa Chapter 9 - Tolerated Cultivation
Continuing Mabui, by Susumu Higa


PODCAST - Episode 58: Birds of Shangri-La vol. 1 by Ranmaru Zariya (NSFW)
Join us for a very NSFW venture into the world of boys love manga with this sexy suspense story from SuBLime Manga