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2024 Spring Premiere Digest
Licensing frustrations aside, there are a number of titles to look forward to this season.
Unnamed Memory, Vampire Dormitory, Whisper Me a Love Song, Re:Monster, The Fable
Mission: Yozakura Family
Mission: Yozakura Family is currently streaming on Hulu in the United States and on Disney+ in other regions....
Spring 2024 Impressions: Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen, Rinkai!, Tadaima, Okaeri
Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen Short Synopsis: A traumatized orphan marries into a family of spies in order to stop his new bride’s brother from killing him. Wooper: I…
Mission: Yozakura Family – Episode 1
This definitely isn’t going to be a smash hit like Spy x Family, but if nothing else it’s a fun popcorn show.
First Impression: Mission: Yozakura Family
Life has been prodigiously hard for Taiyo Asano. Having lost his entire family to a tragic car accident, he lives his life of self-imposed isolation, refusing to connect…
Mission: Yozakura Family #01 — Magically Evaporating Blood
We really lazed out on the direction here. Impressions: Like the previous show, the middle exposition dump was such an anchor for me. The story wasn't moving…
First Impressions – Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen
Seems like this is just a ridiculous conceit foisted on the audience in the interest of kickstarting a plot.
Disclosure 104 - Farewell Toriyama-Sensei (3/12/2024)
Thank you for everything.
Disclosure 99 - Heroes Come Back (1/30/2024)
Who’d have thought we’d be celebrating 4 years of Undead Unluck so soon?This episode covers issue 8 of Weekly Shounen Jump from 30 January 2024.Manga Show-and-Tell this week…
TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: March 4 – March 10, 2024
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. All of the data you find…
The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again Today, Prince of Tennis II, Yowamushi Pedal, Mission: Yozakura Family, School Babysitters
TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: January 1 – January 7, 2023
There have been some changes to the reporting style here on the Blog. Please refer to the post here for further information. All of the data you find…
Blue Exorcist, DAN DA DAN, Dragon Quest: Dai no Daibouken, JUJUTSU KAISEN, Mission: Yozakura Family
Manga the Week of 12/20/23
SEAN: It's almost Christmas, so get your Noddy Holder screams ready. No debuts for Viz, but we do see Alice in Borderland 8, Insomniacs After School 4, Love's…
The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!, Alice in Borderland, Otherside Picnic
Spy x Family and Friends (3 More Manga Like Spy x Family)
With the popularity of Spy x Family right now, it’s no surprise that there are a bunch of spy manga. […]
Issue 16, 2023 - Kyoichiro Goes to Horny Jail
Unfortunately, this week's chapter of Mission: Yozakura Family was so egregious the Horny Police Shiba has injured his bonking hand (er, paw).This week we discuss Weekly Shounen Jump…
Issue 11, 2023 - Not to be Confused with DraftKings, FanDuel, or MyBookie.ag
Much apologies for mentioning the Greaseman, but I just couldn't resist. This week we discuss Weekly Shounen Jump Issue 11, published on February 13th, 2023.This week's Manga Show…
Reader’s Corner: The Art of Demon Slayer, Wandance (Vol. 4), and Apparently, Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save the World (Vol. 2)
The theme this week for Reader’s Corner is adventure, headlined by two new Demon Slayer works, anticipating the upcoming season (and theatrical screening of its first episode next…
Issue 4-5, 2023 - A Land of Sand
In our Jump segment, we cover combined Issue 4-5 of 2023, which was published on 26 December 2022.This week's show-and-tell is Sandland by the legendary Toriyama Akira.In this…
Manga the Week of 12/21/22
SEAN: We’re in the last few days before Christmas, who’s coming down the chimney? Yen On has an 11th volume of The Saga of Tanya the Evil. I…
One Piece, Saga of Tanya the Evil, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, Alice in Borderland, Devil May Cry
Weekly Shonen Jump in 2022
Want to see ALL videos early? Support me on patreon for exclusive access! https://www.patreon.com/oceaniz LINKS MENTIONED IN VIDEO: Shonen N' Chill Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/c/Zenrotto Restored WSJ Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkB1DqduGIg WSJ Cancellation Data: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ljvxUaT2dgAr5ujlqedf3gJooK5FiteCc0cJvE97pgU/edit?usp=sharing HxH Hiatus Chart:…
Reader’s Corner: Mission: Yozakura Family (Vol. 1), Wandance (Vol. 2), and I Will Forget This Feeling Someday
Among the offerings we cover this week are a couple of one-volume releases from the mangaka of Beastars and the author of I Want to Eat Your Pancrease,…
Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #40 2022 Roundup
Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #40 of 2022 features a cover and lead colour pages for Tokyo Demon Bride Story. Series also featuring colour pages this week include High…
Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #39 2022 Roundup
The Weekly Shonen Jump roundup continues for another week and looks like we have an anime announcement! to be adapted by David Production and TMS Entertainment the Undead…
Mission: Yozakura Family - Kengo should be an Icon
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410 – New Chapter Check-in 10 – Chainsaw Man part 2
This week Darfox and dakazu are doing a long overdue New Chapter Check-in! They discuss the newest chapters and story arcs for Chainsaw Man, Black Clover, My Hero…
Weekly Shonen Jump Issue #38 2022 Roundup
Finally, back with a new Weekly Shonen Jump roundup and the first of 2022, which in late August is just terrible, and the fault lies squarely on my…
Black Clover, Dororo, Dororo, JUJUTSU KAISEN, My Hero Academia
Spiraken Manga News Ep 35: Feburary 10th -16th 2022
Let's find out the latest manga news with our latest podcast In this episode, Xan discusses the latest news in the manga world, goes over the A Bride Story…
MOR Invades WMR
With Jump off, Chris takes to deciding the fate of the Veto in the Bank briefcase. WMR, as we know it, will never be the same.Y'know cause the…
2020 Retrospective
A rubbish year for most, but a pretty decent year for manga. 2020 Recommendations - 5:00 Act-Age - 6:13 Mob Psycho 100 - 7:21 Zatch Bell! - 9:41 BEASTARS - 9:59 Blue Flag -…
Bleach, Chainsaw Man, Code:Breaker, Mieruko-chan, Mob Psycho 100
Mission: Yozakura Family
A manga about a high school boy who marries his childhood friend and into her elite spy family. Now he must train to become a spy himself and…
286 – New Chapter Check-in 3 – We Never Learn
Seamus is out this week so Darfox and dakazu dive into the current arcs of popular series! Chainsaw Man continues to entertain them and they have a lot…
6 Degrees of Jackman
Mission: Yozakura Family starts down the path of becoming a battle manga, Gol D. Roger has a big laugh at the world, and a cosmic emoji closes out…
Black Clover, Chainsaw Man, My Hero Academia, One Piece, The Promised Neverland
Newman’s Nook: Yozakura and Church Family Ties
Mission: Yozakura Family is a relatively new Shonen Jump manga series about painfully shy high school student, Taiyo Asano, as he enters the world of the Yozakura family. …
OSMcast! Show #153: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Accidentally continuing on a spooky-ish track*, we are gathered tonight to release a podcast about demons! And slayers! Of, well, demons! It's an anime and manga called Demon…