Mangaroos
A book club where three survivors of corporate Japan with years of localization experience read manga in Japanese and then talk about it in English! If your mom has a favorite manga podcast, it’s this one. Just ask her!
Mangaroos
Ep. 34 - Kingdom vol. 1, by Yasuhisa Hara
FIRST: We had to pay tribute to the late Akira Toriyama. The world lost a true legend earlier this month.
SECOND: Yasuhisa Hara's epic historical action series has been appearing in Weekly Young Jump since 2006, and it's a global sensation. Everyone you know either reads ONE PIECE, or Kingdom, or both. Even Japan's Princess, Akiko of Mikasa, is a self-confessed die-hard Kingdom fan. But the question is, is the first volume any good? Opinions vary!
Discussed in this episode: Do you have to be good at drawing to make a successful manga? Do manga authors do interviews on TV? And, are these ladies blowing raspberries in an ancient jacuzzi?
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