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Ep. 74: Witches by Daisuke Igarashi & Drops of God by Tadashi Agi and Shu Okamoto
This week on Mangasplaining, the team finishes up their witch trilogy with Witches by Daisuke Igarashi! A very different sort of Witch Book! Plus: Drops of God!
Kamakura Bake Neko Kurabu: Igarashi Daisuke
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Ep. 78 - Our Colors, by Gengoroh Tagame
Tagame's second-ever SFW manga!
The Drops of God: Towards a Classier Foodgasm
Hot off the announcement of an upcoming multilingual live-action series, Rebecca looks at the manga that caused a sommelier sensation.
EP 78: Almighty Pause
Im back! This week on the podcast I catch up on life, anime, manga, gaming and more from the last month. Timestamps (00:00) Intro (01:30) Life Talk (12:30)…
Young, Alive, in Love by Nishuima Daisuke
I have to apologize for, once again, disappearing off the face of the earth. I was teaching a class (the sort of which I have taught many times…
Kodansha Releases Drops of God Volumes 12-22 As Comixology Originals
May 6, 2020—New York, NY—Today, comiXology and Kodansha Comics released volumes 12-22 of the international bestseller The Drops of God manga series in English for the first time. These eleven volumes join the…
Tower of God Ep.12 – Finally!
I’m writing this on Thursday. This maters because I normally watch Tower of God when it airs and writ my review right after. But I was so exhausted…
Tower of God Ep.9 – Teamwork
This is an odd and useless little fact about me but creating that header pic, you know, the one you can’t even see on this post and is…
Hypland Drops New Yu-Gi-Oh! Egyptian God Rugs, Tapestry
Hypland’s colossal new rugs of the Egyptian Gods are fit for a pharaoh! On Saturday, Hypland dropped its Obelisk the Tormentor, Slifer the Sky Dragon, and The Winged…
Pick of the Week: Farmers and Witches
ASH: I'll have to admit, the releases I'm most excited about are ongoing series like Witch Hat Atelier. That being said, I'm interested enough in the debut of…
Spiraken Manga Review Ep 160: The Drops of God (or Can You Recommend A Wine To Go With This Manga?)
In this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan returns from his summer vacation to bring some sophistication back to Spiraken Manga review. So, dit back and relax…
The God of Highschool ep. 2 – Rematc
Let’s just get this right out of the way. I am not the intended audience for The God of Highschool. And that’s all right. While I was watching…
Tower of God Ep.7 – Fairweather Friends
So this time I actually got mad t the episode for ust ending ike hat, out of the blue, when I wasn’t expecting it at all. I hd…
The God of Highschool ep. 13 – Winners
The last episode of God of Highschool is finally done and it's time to look back on season 1. Did you enjoy it?
The God of Highschool ep. 12 – Losers
You guys all know what the expression “jumping the shark means”, don’t you? You know what, just in case I’ll sum it up for you. It when something,…
Tower of God Ep.10 – Moving On
I was right, Bam’s design really looks best with some red in it! See what I mean! It brings out his features and adds some interest to the…
The God of Highschool ep. 11 – Keychain
You know how I wasted the two or three first paragraphs last week whining about block editor. Well Im over it now. It’s not that bad. Man I’m…
Tower of God Ep.13 – Rachel’s Side
Before we stat I just want to show you guys something because I attempted a thing and I kinda like how it turned out Those are my titles…
The God of Highschool ep. 1 – Anticipation
The first episode of GOH aired yesterday and here I am with a review already! Are you impressed? Don’t be it’s mostly pictures and I really don’t know…
The God of Highschool ep. 4 – A Wedding and Four Funerals
Spoilers.. like right in this intro there will be spoilers. In order for me to get to the spoiler I’m going to spoil some things so you were…
Gundam and Geass Double Trailer Drops!
Besides the slew up upcoming kits from Bandai Spirits, the weekend also saw a couple of new trailers dropped. One is for Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance,…
Tower of God Ep.2 – An Alliance of Convenience
Do you ever get lost in a show so much that you actually refuse to believe a full episode has passed when the end credits start rolling. Tower…
The God of Highschool ep. 10 – What if God was an Enderman?
Before we get into this week’s episode of the God of Highschool, I have a couple of things to say, First: Happy Labour Day everyone! I hope you…
Plastic (Daisuke Miyazaki, 2023)
Bonding over their shared love of a ’70s glam rock band, a young couple find their romance undermined by the demands of adulthood in Daisuke Miyazaki’s coming-of-age tale.
Crunchyroll’s Webtoon Adaptations – Tower of God and God of High School
Webtoons aren’t perfect but they make for great anime content.
This Week in Games - Of Hell and Witches
A big brouhaha brews over Bayonetta 3, Summer Time Rendering gets a VN adaptation, and a mountain of Silent Hill announcements in This Week in Games!
The Witches of Adamas
This story about a man who ejaculates diamonds and the witches who want him mines its concept for some truly outrageous comedy, and the horny aspects of the…
Tower of God Ep.6 – Beyond the Stars
When I made my little header image for this post and changed the episode number I had to actually go back and make sure it was correct. I…
Tower of God Ep.8 – Blue Turtle Soup
You know how very episode of Tower of God starts off with a repeat of the last few seconds of the previous episode so that the audience can…
Tower of God Ep.11 – Leesoo The Delicious
OK, I looked it up and there are 13 episodes to this season of Tower of God. Good because I’m not ready for it to be over next…
The God of Highschool ep. 6 – The Six
I could be wrong but now that we’re at the halfway point, it seems as if we may finally be getting to the meat of the story for…
Tower of God Ep.3 – Rak the Genius
There’s a novella by Isaac Asimov called Nightfall. It’s about this planet with three suns so one is always shining and then for the first time in remembered…
The God of Highschool ep. 5 – Roller Coaster
So Thee God of Highscholl is a bit all over the place, isn’t it? I mean tonally but also in pacing. I read the corresponding chapters of the…
The Hitagi Crab Arc | GITM Podcast Ep. 78
The Monogatari Series is one of my favourite anime of all time. But where did it all begin? In this episode, I formally start my journey into the…
Episode 78: Cardcaptor Sakura Anime ep. 21-32
Lucy and Robin discuss episodes 21-32 of the Cardcaptor Sakura anime, and almost all our major characters are here now!
Yamada and the Seven Witches
Yamada and the Seven Witches is goofier than what I normally watch, but beneath the goofiness wait some interesting currents. The anime follows the blue-haired Yamada and seven…
One Shots / “Phantoms and Witches”
Happy Halloween! The Gundam franchise only had phantoms previously with the Phantom Gundam. But ever since Mobile Suit Gundam the Witch from Mercury came out, we now have…
Day 9 of Otakutober: Witches and Wizards of Weeberly Place
Hey everybody! I’ve been gifted with the magical task of talking about some some of my favorite academies for the mystically talented. I’ll be giving some quick summaries…
Flying Witch, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Tweeny Witches, The Familiar of Zero
Tower of God Ep.4 – A Bag of Infinite Chocolate
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Strike Witches: Road to Berlin Ep 11 Impression
The final battle has finally begun and the fate of Berlin will soon be determined. I can already feel that this is the beginning of the end. Sakamoto…
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin Ep 9 Impression
What a great episode this week! The action was amazing, but more importantly, it was the situation that the characters are put in that made it more interesting.…
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin Ep 10 Impression
Road to Berlin is on a roll now because episode ten was the perfect follow up for last week’s episode. The witches finally begin their assault on Berlin…
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin Ep 7 Impression
I don’t even know where to begin with this one because I’m not entirely sure I processed this episode properly. Episode seven of Road to Berlin is really…
Strike Witches: Road to Berlin Ep 8 Impression
After spending the last week having their breasts enlarged by some possessed doll, the witches return to business as usual and get back to fighting the Neuroi. Road…
Another Story Drops
Oh, the life of a writer…You write and write and write, and then if you get something published the editor(s) want you to write ad copy, too… Well,…
Another Story Drops!
I know that people who come to this site to read about anime and characters and plots and manga and stuff like that probably roll their eyes and…
Pick of the Week: Witches, Prisons, and Red Fog
SEAN: I feel I am required to pick Prison Life Is Easy for a Villainess this week, if only as I worry that if I don’t Rachel, the…
The God of Highschool ep. 7 – Never Give Up…
You know if the God of Highschool is going to keep throwing new characters at me and expect me to care about them, they are going to have…
The God of High School – Ep. 1 (First Impressions)
What happens to your title when you graduate high school?