About this podcast
Curious about manga, or Japanese comic books, but don't know where to start? Well neither does comics writer/artist Chip Zdarsky! Join manga experts Deb Aoki, David Brothers, and Christopher Butcher, as they introduce the medium through some of its best and most important works. Every week a new volume of manga to discover, discuss, and enjoy!
Episodes
The newest 20 of 121 episodes
- Ep. 120: Dogsred, by Satoru Noda · 1 h 14 min · Season 5 Episode 120Back before there was a print edition, the Mangasplainers read the weekly chapters of Golden Kamuy creator Satoru Noda’s new hockey manga, DOGSRED! Christopher hosts for a…
- Ep. 119: Kaiju No. 8, by Naoya Matsumoto · 1 h 14 min · Season 5 Episode 119A Japanese take on superheroes? A henshin series? A kaiju/giant monsters manga? A workplace drama? The new-ish Shonen Jump series Kaiju No. 8 is all of these and more! But will…
- Ep. 118: Guardians of the Louvre, by Jiro Taniguchi · 1 h 7 min · Season 5 Episode 118Welcome back to Mangasplaining, the podcast for people who are curious about manga but don’t know where to start! This week we choose a work from one of our favorite authors with…
- Ep. 117: Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow Vol. 1, by Takamori and Chiba · 1 h 4 min · Season 5 Episode 117Hello Mangasplaining fans, have we got a treat for you! Thanks to our friends at Kodansha who sponsored this episode, we were given an advance peak at the forthcoming hardcover…
- Ep. 116: Daredevil: Born Again, by Miller and Mazzucchelli · 1 h 31 min · Season 5 Episode 116Welcome to our very first episode of… Comicsplaining?! That’s right, this week we're covering a “mainstream, superhero” book, Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller and David…
- Ep. 115: Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics! by Frederik Schodt · 1 h 44 min · Season 5 Episode 115Welcome 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…
- Ep. 114: Interview with Robin Brenner, Graphic Novel Librarian! · 23 min · Season 4 Episode 114Did you know that comics, graphic novels, and manga can (usually) be found at your local library? We talk to American Library Association's Graphic Novel and Comics Roundtable…
- Ep. 113: The Best of Season 4! · 1 h 19 min · Season 4 Episode 113What 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…
- Ep. 112: AKIRA Volume 5, by Katsuhiro Otomo · 1 h 18 min · Season 4 Episode 112It's the end of the season (almost) and 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…
- Ep. 111: Heavenly Delusion, by Masakazu Ishiguro · 1 h 2 min · Season 4 Episode 111Season 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…
- Ep. 110: The Yakuza's Bias, by Teki Yatsuda · 1 h 11 min · Season 4 Episode 110See 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…
- Ep. 109: River's Edge by Kyoko Okazaki · 1 h 12 min · Season 4 Episode 109Happy New Year! For the first episode of 2024 we're starting off with a complex work, Kyoko Okazaki's River's Edge. In this mature-rated episode, we dig into the startling secret…
- Ep. 108: Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!, by Yuu Toyota · 1 h 19 min · Season 4 Episode 108In this episode, Deb bring back the BL and we end up with possibly the best title for a manga we've covered on this podcast: Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You…
- Ep. 107: Nejishiki, by Yoshiharu Tsuge · 1 h 20 min · Season 4 Episode 107Diving into the world of Gekiga this week with the recently released Nejishiki by Yoshiharu Tsuge! Featuring one of the most well-known and important works of Tsuge, ‘Screw…
- Ep. 106: Eniale & Dewiela, by Kamome Shirahama · 1 h 4 min · Season 4 Episode 106The Mangasplainers return to one of their fav artists, Kamome Shirahama of Witch Hat Atelier to take a look at her earlier and steamier work, the angel and devil roommate comedy…
- Ep. 105: Goodbye, Eri, by Tatsuki Fujimoto · 1 h 1 min · Season 4 Episode 105This week, the Mangasplainers go back for a TRIPLE Chip-Dip into the oeuvre of one Mr. Tatsuki Fujimoto, creator of Chainsaw Man and Look Back. Have we pushed Chip too far this…
- Ep. 104: Blood Blockade Battlefront vol.1, by Yasuhiro Nightow · 1 h 6 min · Season 3 Episode 104Is this manga meets X-Men: Inferno? That's how David pitched Blood Blockade Battlefront by Trigun creator Yasuhiro Nightow to good 'ole Chip, but will this over the top spectral…
- Ep. 103: What's Michael? by Makoto Kobayashi + Garfield + Heathcliff · 1 h 6 min · Season 4 Episode 103Chip did it, he called our bluff, and so this episode we're discussing the funny orange comic book cat phenomenon, centering on Japan's entry into that particular sweepstakes…
- EP. 102: Not All Girls Are Stupid, by Minami Q-ta · 1 h 3 min · Season 4 Episode 102After our episode on The Blood Red Boy introduced us to Minami Q-ta, the Mangasplaining gang take a deeper dive into their oeuvre with Not All Girls Are Stupid, a brand-new and…
- Ep. 101: Real vol. 13, by Takehiko Inoue · 1 h 8 min · Season 4 Episode 101This week, we take a flying leap into the worlds of WRESTLING and REHAB... By way of a basketball manga? Yep! David skips ahead to get to the good stuff with volume 13 of Real by…
