Welcome to Season 5 of Mangasplaining! We’re jumping right in on our new bi-weekly schedule with both our longest episode AND our first prose book: Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics, by Frederik Schodt. It’s literally THE book on Manga for North America, or at least it was when ..read more

Hi everyone, Christopher here. This post is about the fact that SEARCH AND DESTROY VOLUME 1, by Atsushi Kaneko, based on the manga Dororo by Osamu Tezuka, and published by Fantagraphics and Mangasplaining Extra, is getting released tomorrow, July 23rd! It’ll be in better stores everywhere and there’ll be copies at Comic-Con, too. I’ve got a lot to say about that in a second… But first, I gotta acknowledge that you haven’t heard from us here at Mangasplaining for a bit, as our lives all got REALLY busy, really quickly, and we needed some time to regroup. Chip started a maga ..read more

What a season it’s been! Lasting basically the entirety of 2023, we covered a ton of great manga, from the popular anime-fueled hits of the day to the obscure and wonderful titles hiding on shelves across the world. So what were our faves? What are the manga for YOU, the person who doesn’t read much manga? Listen on and find out! Stats on the season, show notes, and so much more at mangasplaining.com. And don’t miss our manga publishing newsletter at mangasplainingextra.com.  Powered by RedCircle Listen and Subscribe to the Podcast: Google | Apple | Stitcher | RedCircle | Amazon | Radio P ..read more

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that the manga SEARCH AND DESTROY by Atsushi Kaneko, based on the manga Dororo by Osamu Tezuka, will be coming to print this spring from Fantagraphics Books! The title is now available for pre-order at better comic and book stores: Fantagraphics | Amazon.com | Barnes & Noble | Indigo | WHSmith | Books-A-Million Search and Destroy is the second print project from Mangasplaining’s spin-off project, Mangasplaining Extra, and we’re so excited to share this work with you. It’s definitely got a different st ..read more

We’re almost at the end of Mangasplaining Season Four, so it’s time to read the next volume of AKIRA by Katsuhiro Otomo! Will the title that introduced Chip Zdarsky to manga continue to be his fav? Deb Aoki hosts, and David Brothers and Christopher Woodrow-Butcher join in on this merry tour through the biggest and most intense volume of the series. Powered by RedCircle Listen and Subscribe to the Podcast: Google | Apple | Stitcher | RedCircle | Amazon | Radio Public | PocketCast | Spotify Also, please check out our newsletter and digital publishing endeavour, Mangasplaining Extra! AKIRA Vol ..read more

Season 4 is nearing its conclusion, and it’s time for David’s last pick: Heavenly Delusion, by Masakazu Ishiguro! This sci-fi (comedy?) manga has a huge fan-following already thanks to its great art and story AND a hit anime series too! But will that be enough to meet the high standards of the VERY choosy Mangasplaining crew? Listen and find out! Powered by RedCircle Listen and Subscribe to the Podcast: Google | Apple | Stitcher | RedCircle | Amazon | Radio Public | PocketCast | Spotify Also check out our newsletter and digital manga publisher at MangasplainingExtra.com! IN THIS EPISODE 00:01 ..read more

See what happens when a stoic yakuza gets sucked into the world of K-Pop in The Yakuza’s Bias, a hilarious culture clash between the manly men of the mob and glamly men of Korean boy bands. BUT WILL CHIP LIKE IT TOO? Find out! Powered by RedCircle Listen, Subscribe, and Review the Podcast: Google | Apple | Stitcher | RedCircle | Amazon | Radio Public | PocketCast | Spotify Also, if you haven’t yet subscribed to Mangasplaining Extra, why not check it out? IN THIS EPISODE 01:00 The Yakuza’s Bias vol. 1 53:55 THE BREAK 54:30 SHOUT-OUTS! This week we manage to shout out about a dozen things, from ..read more

MSX: Mangasplaining Extra is proud to present WANDERING CAT’S CAGE, a two-volume manga by Akane Torikai (Sensei’s Pious Lie) that is serializing now at MangasplainingExtra.com. Available every other week for paid subscribers, this manga covers a near-future(?) world in which men have disappeared, reproductivity is controlled by the state, and fleeing to live in the slums may be your only hope at living a “normal” life. You can check out this manga for free as Chapter 1 (Book One, Ch. 1) and Chapter 8 (Book Two, Ch. 1) are both free to read without a subscription. Read now: Chapter 01  ..read more

Happy New Year! For the first episode of 2024, we’re starting off with a fascinating, complex 1-shot manga, Kyoko Okazaki’s River’s Edge. In this mature-rated episode, we dig into the startling secret lives of teens in the 1990s, through the unique lens of the incredible josei manga creator Kyoko Okazaki. Don’t miss this episode! Powered by RedCircle Listen and Subscribe to the Podcast: Google | Apple | Stitcher | RedCircle | Amazon | Radio Public | PocketCast | Spotify IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 River’s Edge, by Kyoko Okazaki 65:26 THE BREAK 66:00 Shout-outs Also, if you haven’t yet subscribed to ..read more

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