This week, we dive back into a josei title, and it’s by a noted boys love manga creator! It’s all coming together in this week’s All My Darling Daughters by Fumi Yoshinaga! But does this manga from the dark days of 2003 hold up to the rigors of life in...
Hello! And welcome BACK to Mangasplaining, as we begin Season 3! We’re starting off with a bang, as David brings the crew ‘violence comics’ in the form of AJIN: Demi-Human Volumes 1 & 2. Horror and violence woven into discussions of the nature of humanity? Everyone’s a bad guy? How...
Tired of “balanced” reviews pointing out strengths and weaknesses of a title? Just want to know what manga you should ACTUALLY read?! Well, this week the full Mangasplaining crew picks their “best manga for folks who haven’t read much manga before” from the first season of Mangasplaining. These are the...
This week, we’re back to where it all began, as the gang luxuriates in the visual feast that is Katsuhiro Otomo’s AKIRA Volume 3. We’re gonna spoil you up front this week: Chip calls it his favourite volume of comics of all time. FOR REALS. Find out why by listening...
This week on Mangasplaining, Deb leads the crew through a book that sort of sums up some of the themes of Season 2, with an autobiographically-informed piece of art about art, and a story that’s very similar to another title we talked about in a previous episode. Tsubasa Yamaguchi’s hit...
The Mangasplaining crew wrap up their “Classic Manga” arc, by going back to the most influential Japanese superhero comic of all time, Kamen Rider, by Shotaro Ishinomori! Straight from 1971, this manga adapted from a TV series adapted from a manga has echoed through generations, but how does this original...
A very special episode as the Mangasplaining team splits up to cover more ground, with Chip and Christopher interviewing manga translator Jocelyne Allen (BL Metamorphosis, Even Though We’re Adults) live and in person at a bar in Toronto, and Deb and David get exclusive behind-the-scenes info on Vinland Saga from...
Get ready for a rollicking deep dive into the Gundam universe with Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin. It’s often described as “Japan’s answer to Star Wars,” but as the Mangasplaining Gang learns this episode, it’s so much more, too! This episode also includes a bonus interview about Gundam featuring comics...
This week, the Mangasplainers challenge the very notion that love is hard for peeps who have geeky hobbies, by reading a book on that very subject! Fujita’s Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku is a treatise on modern dating, but will decidedly NOT an otaku Chip Zdarsky be able to...
VIKINGS! Renowned for their pillaging, conquest, and… really great art? Deb leads the team through the one-and-only Viking manga being published today, and it’s not quite what anyone expected… in a good way! This week on Mangasplaining, we start the Vinland Saga… come along for the journey! Powered by RedCircle...
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June 14 - Dai Dark vol. 1 by Q Hayashida
June 21 - Cross Game vol. 1 by Mitsuru Adachi
June 28 - In the Clear Moonlit Dusk vols. 1 & 2, by Mina Yamaguchi
July 5 - Massive Gay Manga Anthology
July 12 - All Rounder Meguru vols. 1 & 5, by Hiroki Endo
July 19 - My Hero Academia vol. 1 by Kohei Horikoshi
July 26 - Moonlight Mile by Yasuo Otagaki
August 2 - Witch Hat Atelier vol. 1 by Kamome Shirahama
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