Oh My Goodness, From lands far away, an old friend has returned. In this great episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, May-San returns to review a manga and Xan also reviews one. so sit back and relax as they review the great sequel manga Twin Knight by Osamu Tezuka and a cool sci fi manga Twin Spica by Kou Yaginuma ----more---- While there is lots of talk about Osamu Tezuka and the great quality of these Vertical Inc. Releases. Xan and May-san also discuss the upcoming 6th anniversary of the Spiraken Manga Review and our upcoming Indiegogo campaign. Hope you enjoy Music For Episode: Intro Music -Venus Says by Buzy ( Twin Spica OST ), Background Music - Ribon no Kishi by Yoko Maekawa ( Ribon no Kishi OST), Background Music - Kujira by Buzy ( Twin Spica OST ), Background Music - Bandages by Hot Hot Heat( Aware in the Nights),Ending Music -"Hitomi no Saki ni" (瞳の先に?, lit. "Ahead of Eyes") by Orange Range ( Twin Spica OST ) Our Website http://www.spiraken.com Our Forum http://spiraken.darkbb.com Our Email Spiraken@gmail.com Xan's Email xan@spiraken.com Cohost's Email maysan@spiraken.com Our Twitter Spiraken Xboxlive Gamertag Xan Spiraken Our Amazon Store http://www.amazon.com/shops/spiraken Random Question of the Week: Which manga sounds more appealing?
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