In the 77th episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan becomes involved with the 108 Dragons and reviews the crime martial arts action seinen manga , Crying Freeman by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Ryuichi Ikigami ----more---- A truly graphic and mature manga, Crying Freeman is one of a kind and truly groundbreaking as one of the first non shonen manga to be released in the United States Music For Episode: Intro Music -Freeman Main Theme (Crying Freeman L.A. OST),Ending Music -Nothing To Fear (Crying Freeman L.A. OST) Our Website http://spiraken.podbean.com Our Forum http://spiraken.rapidboards.com Our Email Spiraken@gmail.com My Email xan.spiraken@gmail.com Our Twitter Spiraken Xbox live Gamer tag Xan Spiraken Our Voicemail 206-426-6665 (monk) Random Question of the Week: Who would win? Freeman, Riki Oh, or Kenshiro?
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