Happy 4th Anniversary Spiraken Manga Review!! In this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan goes a little surreal as he reviews the seinen school art drama "Genkaku Picasso" written and illustrated by Usamaru Furuya He also talks about Spiraken's amazon store and talks about the last 4 years in Spiraken Hope you enjoy Music For Episode: Intro Music -Pride by GReeeeN ( Pride ), Ending Music - Circus he Youkoso by Hirasawa Susumu ( Paprika OST ) Our Website http://www.spiraken.com Our Forum http://spiraken.darkbb.com Our Email Spiraken@gmail.com Xan's Email xan@spiraken.com Our Twitter Spiraken Xboxlive Gamertag Xan Spiraken Our Amazon Store www.amazon.com/shops/Spiraken Random Question of the Week: What would your inner picture look like?
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