It’s our one-year anniversary so you know what that means; it’s time to take another look at Yusaku Shibata (assistant on One Piece and My Hero Academia)’s Shonen Jump Series Zipman!! Have our thoughts on the series changed one year later? You’ll have to tune in as we and Jake from the Morphing Grid discuss. Show Notes: • You can reach us at shonenflop@gmail.com or on Twitter @shonenflopcast • Episode art by Shannon (IG: illuminyatea) • You can find our guest at heyjakeandjosh.com • We have merch! Get official Shonen Flop shirts, mugs, and whatever else you might need https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-shonen-flop-podcast • Be sure to join the Shonen Flop Discord where you can talk to us, play games with the community, and join the comic book book club! Find it at https://discord.gg/4hC3SqRw8r Shoutouts: • Below The Line newsletter: kjlabuz.substack.com • The Weekly Cooldown: wkcooldown.com • Feyruin LLC: @FeyruinL • Chaotic Neutral: linktr.ee/chaotic.neutral
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