Check Out Casey's Opening. I thought i was really good. Anyway, in this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan reviews Naoki Urasawa's Monster. ----more---- Also Xan gives some interesting information about a few upcoming manga and announces that he is looking for the voice of THE WHEEL OF MANGA. Send an mp3 or a voice mail of you saying Wheel of Manga and see if you can become the wheel of manga voice. Contest ends June 1st. Thanks to Casey (thatnokiaguy) for the Unique Introduction Music For Episode: Intro Music-Grain by Kuniaki Haishima(Monster OST), Ending Music -For the Love of Life by David Sylvian.(Monsteri 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 Our Voicemail 206-426-6665 (monk)
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