Manga Tak

As Billy Bat flys off American comic book shelves, it's creator, Kevin Yamagata is in emotional turmoil. After learning he may have copied the character from something he saw while stationed in Japan during the war, Kevin sets out to find it's original creator and make amends... what he finds instead is a web of conspiracy that threatens to insnare him, and the knowledge that the bat he thought he created, might be something bigger than he can ever comprehend! 
This week on Manga Tak, Mat sits down with Ramzee to discuss Billy Bat by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki. While they mainly try to stay on topic about the book, it's central themes of stories, creation and symbolism draw out many tangents about authorial intent, the meta levels of storytelling in comics and a whole lot besides! 
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Show Notes
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Manga
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Monster by Naoki Urasawa
20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa
Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka by Naoki Urasawa
Pineapple Army by Naoki Urasawa
Asadora! by Naoki Urasawa
Master Keaton by Naoki Urasawa
New Treasure Island by Osamu Tezuka
One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
Hunter x Hunter by Yoshiro Togashi
Jujutsu Kaisen by Gege Akutami
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Books / TV / Essays / Ted Talks?!
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Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Singing Detective by Dennis Potter 
Manben on Naoki Urasawa (warning: contains spoilers)
George Orwell's The Decline of English Murder 
Kirby Ferguson - Everything's a Remix
Kirby Ferguson - Creativity is a remix
Do Conversation by Robert Poynton
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People
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Alan Lomax
Orson Welles
Franz Kafka
Hergé
Bob Kane
Bill Finger
Wally Wood
The Brothers Grimm
Ronald Wimberly
Tradd Moore

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Fuyunosuke is a quirky, fun-loving Tokyoite who's loved by his friends at the University in-spite of his idiosyncrasies (and kinks!).. But there's a reason for his odd behaviour... Fuyunosuke is an alien! His mission? Gauge Earth's potential for Alien colonisation! Except he's not doing his job! Despite being on Earth a whole year, he's failed to report back to high command, forcing them to send Fuyu's older brother, Natsutaro, down to the planet to see what's happening! 
This week, Mat is joined by Nick from Retrobreak to discuss Tokyo Alien Bros by Keigo Shinzo! Join us as we peel the invisible shrinkwrap on this NSFW book (and by extension podcast) to discuss it's themes, art and how it compares to Shinzo's later work, Hirayasumi! 
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Show Notes
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Hirayashumi by Keigo Shinzo
Midori no Hoshi by Keigo Shinzo
Wash It All Away by Mitsuru Hattori
The story of Keigo Shinzo's hospitalisation is in 'No Sentimental Reactions' by Keigo Shinzo, available soon from Denpa
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Keigo Shinzo Interviews!
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Mangabrog: Asano, Shinzo and Matsumoto
2018 Journal Du Japan Interview (machine translated)
Misaki Takamatsu x Keigo Shinzo (machine translated)
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On this Manga Tak-ked On (aka a Bonus Episode), Mat is joined one again by Marg (aka margreadsmanga) to talk about Strange Pictures by Kikou Aiba, adapted from Uketsu's NYT Best Selling Novel of the same name!
Join us as we discuss how manga is the perfect medium for this visual mystery, how we'd love more books in the genre and what are hopes are for the next instalment!  
Thanks once again to Titan Manga for sending us advanced copies of this book, available now wherever good comic books are sold!
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After borrowing a disk from their teacher that promised to open a rift between dimensions, the small three (aka Pyontaro Tezuka, Hiroshi Ochanomizu and Tsubame Azuma) find themselves in crisis when Pyon's little sister, Futaba crawls through the screen into this parallel world! But when they discover this world is filled with alien invaders who've abducted her, how will the boys overcome all odds and get her back...?
This week Mat is joined once again by Georgie (aka Mainly.Manga) to talk about Thunder 3 by "Yuki Ikeda"... The Mangaka's name is in air quotes because, well, we've got some thoughts on that! 
Join as we get spoiler heavy on this 1st volume! Discussing it's incredible premise, how we feel about "Ikead's" other work, the value of libraries, and how we could see this idea expanded to other works / media!
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Show Notes
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Manga
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Goodnight Punpun by Inio Asano
Gantz by Hiroya Oku 
Inuyashiki by Hiroya Oku
Gigant by Hiroya Oku
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Movies & Video Games
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Frog Fractions by Twinbeard Studios
Paper Mario by Nintendo
Who Framed Roger Rabbit by Robert Zemeckis
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Ichi is a orphaned hunter who lives his life by one motto: Death for Death: he only hunts creatures that seek to harm humans and come at him with the intent to kill. Which is why when he stumbles upon a battle between the world's most powerful witch, Desscaras, and the King of Majik, Uroro, he throws himself into the fray! 
But in this world, magic can only be controlled by women, and is not learned by earned by overcoming the trial of majiks: wild, animal-like forces that form the basis of a witch's power. Somehow, Ichi is the rare exception and becomes the world's first male witch! When Desscaras offers him the chance to hunt more majiks, of course he jumps at the chance! But what will the world make of it's first male witch?
This week Mat chats with Undisputed Anime's Zane Reid to discuss Ichi The Witch by Osamu Nishi and Shiro Usazaki. Join us as we get into the world's interesting magic system, discuss how it mixes shoujo magical girl tropes with shonen battle manga and speculate on it's place in this golden age of fantasy manga!
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Show Notes
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Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama
One Piece by Eiichiro Oda
MamaYuYu by Yoshihiko Hayashi
Hunter x Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi
Cardcaptor Sakura by CLAMP
Act-Age by Tatsuya Matsuki and Shiro Usazaki
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun by Osamu Nishi
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe
Wistoria: Wand and Sword by Fujino Ōmori and Toshi Aoi
Delicious In Dungeon by Ryoko Kui
Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirohama
Full Metal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
Tower Dungeon by Tsutomu Nihei
Bleach by Tite Kubo
Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto
Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun by Iro / Aida
Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto
Kagurabachi by Takeru Hokazono
Dandadan by Yukinobu Tatsu
Blue Lock by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura
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