Podcast appearances and mentions of Ken Akamatsu

Join the crew from Earth Station Who as they dive deep into the thrilling Doctor Who episode "Boom," penned by the legendary Steven Moffat. In this episode review, we see how the Doctor and Ruby Sunday face down death itself in a warzone where any sudden move might be your last. Mike F, Michael G, Mary, and our guests Kirby Bartlett-Sloan and Ken Akamatsu discuss Moffat's unique storytelling techniques, the episode's impact on the Doctor Who universe, and its reception among fans and critics alike. Whether you're a long-time Doctor Who fan or new to the series, this episode of the Earth Station Who Podcast offers a comprehensive review that enhances your appreciation of one of Steven Moffat's remarkable works, subscribe now for more Doctor Who episode reviews, news, and discussions! We want to hear from you! Please write to us at feedback@earthstationwho.com. Also, please subscribe and rate the show on iTunes, Amazon, YouTube, or wherever fine podcasts are found. Feedback is always welcome and much appreciated. Links Listen to older episodes of the Earth Station Who Podcast ESW on iTunes Earth Station Who on Spotify Earth Station Who on Instagram Earth Station Who on YouTube Make-A-Wish Foundation The ESO Network TeePublic Store The ESO Network Patreon 20mb Doctor Who Podcast Bat Chums PromotionTales From Hollywoodland If you would like to leave feedback or comment feel free to email us at feedback@earthstationwho.com DoctorWhoBoomReview #EarthStationWhoBoom #BoomEpisodeDiscussion #StevenMoffatEpisodeReview #DoctorWhoEpisodeAnalysis #BestDoctorWhoEpisodes Special Guests: Kirby Bartlett-Sloan and Takesi Ken Akamatsu .

Finally, John got me. Me as in Basil (the one that writes all of these). He has finally made another true OSMcast? by returning to the Ken Akamatsu well. If you recall, we have actually done an OSMcast? on Itsudatte My Santa! before. And while I refuse to double check anything that reminds of having to watch it ever again, I do remember this: That when I said I had only watched episode one John said that was fine, episode two was worse and that we only were covering the first episode anyway. And thus, he played his trap card. Three years later, he has sprung it upon on us all. So here, have that podcast. OSMnotesSo yeah, once again, that was sure an episode! Have some Time Cues:We start the OSMcast!ing – 00:00General Gabbing – 00:36Moments of OSM – 02:43Miasma Chronicles – 03:04Airplanes, Trains, and Automobiles – 05:36G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero – 07:08Istudatte My Santa! Only It's Episode 2 This TimeItsudatte My Santa! Episode 2, Full of Spoilers (It's fine you should never watch this show anyway even if you could!) – 09:36OSMs out of OSM – 41:41We also have YouTube Channels now! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

La bonne culture ça se partage alors voici les conseils lectures, mangas et vidéos de Romain Huet mangaka auteur des mangas : yggdrasil sentai - Magical Girlfriend Extrait du chapitre 26 de Pain sur la Planche. Soutenez nous sur Tipee : https://fr.tipeee.com/pain-sur-la-planche/ Dragon Ball : Découvrez le monde du manga, y compris l'incontournable Dragon Ball, recommandé par notre invité spécial Romain Huet. Créée par Akira Toriyama, cette série légendaire mélange action, aventure et combats épiques. Le manga et son adaptation en anime ont laissé une empreinte indélébile dans la culture populaire, et Romain partage ses perspectives uniques sur cet univers captivant dans cet épisode. Love hina : Découvrez le célèbre manga "Love Hina" créé par l'auteur Ken Akamatsu. Cette série populaire raconte l'histoire hilarante et romantique de Keitaro Urashima, un étudiant qui devient le gérant d'une pension réservée aux filles. Avec des personnages mémorables et des situations comiques, "Love Hina" est un incontournable du genre romantique et une œuvre emblématique de Ken Akamatsu. Inio Asano : Découvrez l'univers du manga à travers les œuvres d'Inio Asano, un auteur talentueux. Ses mangas sont célèbres pour leur exploration profonde de la psychologie humaine et de la vie quotidienne, créant des récits poignants et réalistes. Inio Asano est reconnu pour son style distinctif et ses thèmes matures, faisant de lui une figure majeure dans le monde du manga contemporain. Damin Saez : Découvrez l'univers musical de Damien Saez, un artiste français polyvalent. Saez est connu pour ses paroles poétiques et ses chansons émotionnelles qui abordent une variété de thèmes. Il a acquis une grande notoriété en France grâce à son style unique et à sa capacité à toucher le cœur de ses auditeurs. Damien Saez est un auteur-compositeur-interprète talentueux qui continue d'inspirer son public. L'épisode complet sortira le mercredi 01 Novembre 2023 à 6h00. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RETROUVER ROMAIN HUET :

Bienvenue aux Voix des Chapitres ! On parle aujourd'hui du manga et de ses genres.Dire qu'on aime pas le manga, c'est comme dire qu'on aime pas la bd ou les romans. Ce domaine extrêmement large recèle des univers et des histoires pour tous les goûts et les couleurs ! On vous présente donc les différents genres du manga, restez un instant et écoutez nous… On s'est retrouvé avec un très gros épisode, on sort donc ce chapitre en deux parties, rendez-vous la semaine prochaine pour la deuxième ! Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/les_voix_des_chapitres/?hl=frFacebook : https://www.facebook.com/LesVoixDesChapitres/Tiktok : https://www.tiktok.com/@lesvoixdeschapitres Voici les oeuvres présentées : Pan pan panda, Sato Horokura, 2008 - 2015, Nobi Nobi!Doraemon, Fuiiko F. Fujio, 1969-1994, Kana666 satan, Seishi kishimoto, 2001 - 2007, KurokawaLove Hina, Ken Akamatsu, 1998-2001, épuiséBlue Spring Ride, Io Sakisaka, 2011- 2015, KanaSailor Moon, Naoko Takeuchi, 1991 - 1997, PikaVampire Knight, Matsuri Hino, 2004 - 2013, Panini manga Crédits musicaux : Baby Metal, Gimme Chocolate!!, 2014Jean-Paul Césari, Nicky Larson générique, 1990Doraemon Theme Song, Harumi Naitō, 1973Megumi Hayashibara, Sakura Saku, Love Hina OST, 2000Bernard Minet, Générique Sailor Moon français, 1993 Écrit et monté par Tim et JulienLogo et designs créés par Alynkyarthttps://www.instagram.com/_alinkyart_/?hl=frJingle d'introduction créé par Jules

Manga club c'est l'émission hebdomadaire dédié aux fans de manga, tous les dimanches je vous propose en 5 parties - l'actu manga du moment : la venue de Ken Akamatsu à la japan expo - les acquisitions, les partenariats, les prêts - les reviews mangas avec 18 lectures manga à retenir, les tomes 1 à 5 de manchuria opium squad, les tomes 25 et 26 de vinland saga, le tome 1 de deranged detective, le one shot de stairway, le tome 3 de on l'a fait, le tome 8 de bakuon retto, le tome 6 de frieren, le tome 19 de jujutsu kaisen, le tome 2 de valhallian, le tome 5 de niji iro tohgarashi, le tome 3 de ikusa no ko! Le flop avec le tome 1 de murder x murder Le top avec le tome 66 de kingdom - les sorties manga à venir : une semaine de dingue, le mois d'avril touche à sa fin ! - et enfin dernière partie je vous propose chaque semaine de participer à une devinette !

En este episodio (¡grabado horas antes de la presentación de GPT-4 y los últimos anuncios de Google, argh!) traemos una nueva exclusiva, en este caso relacionado con propiedad intelectual y Midjourney. NOTICIAS: Una herramienta de inteligencia artificial revela exactamente cómo se ha retocado con Photoshop a los famosos en las portadas de las revistas https://petapixel.com/2023/02/28/ai-tool-reveals-how-celebrities-faces-have-been-photoshopped/ El espectacular y polémico nuevo filtro de belleza de TikTok https://twitter.com/memotv/status/1629905103724396546 Actores feos que pueden hacer de personajes guapos https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/2/23621751/bold-glamour-tiktok-face-filter-beauty-ai-ar-body-dismorphia El legislador japonés y dibujante de manga Ken Akamatsu propone una normativa nacional de IA generativa para proteger los derechos de los ilustradores https://restofworld.org/2023/generative-ai-japanese-politicians-manga/ La Oficina del Copyright de EE.UU. da marcha atrás y retira los derechos de autor a las imágenes generadas por IA en la novela gráfica Zarya of the Dawn https://www.reuters.com/legal/ai-created-images-lose-us-copyrights-test-new-technology-2023-02-22/ Dos investigadores del MIT publican que ChatGPT mejoró la productividad de un grupo de consultores en un 35% https://economics.mit.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/Noy_Zhang_1.pdf En programación, las mejoras en productividad llegan hasta el 50% https://github.blog/2022-09-07-research-quantifying-github-copilots-impact-on-developer-productivity-and-happiness/ PaLM-E de Google https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/03/embodied-ai-googles-palm-e-allows-robot-control-with-natural-commands/ Spotify DJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok-aNnc0Dko ChatGPT integrado en Snapchat https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/27/23614959/snapchat-my-ai-chatbot-chatgpt-openai-plus-subscription ChatGPT en South Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2SuBGH8ilQ LLaMA de Facebook funciona en un Apple M1 Pro a 16 tokens por segundo https://twitter.com/sytelus/status/1634370038349303808 BASADISMO O HACIENDO LA CIENCIA «Hay inteligencia artificial, pero nunca existirá la sensibilidad artificial» https://www.abc.es/cultura/musica/ivan-ferreiro-20230310153735-nt.html PUERTA GRANDE O ENFERMERÍA Character.ai https://beta.character.ai/ Charla con tus PDFs https://twitter.com/xathis/status/1632717593357213698 Agencias de modelos virtuales https://www.deepagency.com/ Shows automatizados: - https://www.twitch.tv/watchmeforever - https://www.twitch.tv/atheneaiheroes - https://hackerfm.com/ Monos estocásticos es un podcast sobre inteligencia artificial presentado por Antonio Ortiz (@antonello) y Matías S. Zavia (@matiass). Más en monosestocasticos.com

The month of July has come and gone, and as we look back on it we can say that it was a pretty strange and wild month across the board. But as the dog days of summer trek onward, so does this show, with plenty of big convention announcements and dub casts for the roll call of the season - and even some extra bits that show that Crunchyroll is just doing way, way, WAY too much for us to keep track of. There will also be some harsh and profane words spoken about a *certain* individual. And yes, it is highly warranted in that manner. intro - time to break stuff (VOLUME WARNING) 8:25 - RIP Kazuki Takahashi 18:00 - Ken Akamatsu actually got elected 22:02 - Isekai Island: more NFT nonsense 26:05 - Square Enix's manga app has problems 36:21 - San Diego Comic-Con happened again (Knights of the Zodiac movie, BRZRKR anime) 49:18 - BREAKING: Crunchyroll acquires Right Stuf 55:59 - Andrew's Crunchyroll summer (and backlog) dub rundown 1:31:23 - Anime Matsuri and Vic Mignogna: two peas in a garbage pod 1:46:03 - Netflix August drops (Tekken, Kakegurui Twin, FMA live-action movie) 1:48:57 - BELLE now on HBO Max 1:49:39 - October home video releases (CR, Viz, Shout Factory, Sentai) 2:01:33 - Discotek September home video releases 2:03:03 - Denpa Books and Sentai @ Otakon 2:17:18 - EL GRANDE DISCOTEK DAY VI 2:46:47 - BONUS: Crunchyroll Expo Apple Podcasts – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podcastona/id1348141210?mt=2 Google Play – https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wb2RjYXN0b25hLnN1cnJlYWxyZXNvbHV0aW9uLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/2JZLO3LfoeHepomejTw4TP iHeartRadio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-podcastona-43099114/ TuneIn – https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/PodcastONA-p1249922/ Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/podcastona/ Where to find us: Alex – @AuraOfAzure Andrew – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk Jet – @Divinenega, youtube.com/DubTalk As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, and follow @SurrealReso for more updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we're releasing a compilation of our thoughts over the years on Gengoroh Tagame's My Brother's Husband! A story about a single father who has to face his internalized prejudices in order to accept certain members of his family for who they are. The first discussion comes from Episode 35 of the podcast when we went over our first impressions of the series with Pantheon's release of the first volume back in 2017, with the second discussion being the bonus podcast we released on our Patreon covering the rest of the series three years later in 2020! Our good friend, Maxy Barnard of Friendship Effort Victory and Shonen Flop joined us for both podcasts! We three, along with the podcast, may have changed a lot in the past five years altogether, but our love for My Brother's Husband certainly has not! Join us next week as we review Gengoroh Tagame's Our Colors with special guest and translator of the series, Anne Ishi!! For a complete list of links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, please visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2022/manga-mavericks-ep-208-my-brothers-husband/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 05:46 - NYT Graphic Books & Manga List for June 2022 07:53 - Bookscan List for June 2022 16:25 - ICv2's Top Manga Franchises Spring 2022 22:05 - Detective Conan Favorite Female Character Poll 27:28 - Results for Mashle's first Japanese & English Popularity Polls 36:52 - Undead Unluck Best Couple Popularity Poll Results 44:39 - Blue Box's Chinatsu Grand Prix Poll Results 45:27 - Viz's Kaguya-sama Best “Battle” Poll 46:44 - Hiatus updates on a few Jump Plus Series 50:00 - Saint Seiya has been added to the Shonen Jump app 52:20 - Akiko Higashimura's Do You Remember Me? Added to Tapas 53:25 - Kadokawa releases I'm Quitting Heroing on Bookwalker 55:57 - Comikey licenses & additions 57:28 - Mangamo licenses 1:02:12 - Azuki licenses 1:04:45 - Kodansha discontinues(?) simulpubs for Four Knights, Shangri La & Arslan 1:08:06 - Seven Seas voluntarily recognizes union 1:09:39 - Ken Akamatsu wins seat in Japan's House of Councilors 1:10:58 - Rui Takato retires from manga industry 1:13:49 - Part 1 of our discussion of My Brother's Husband 1:46:51 - Part 2 of our discussion of My Brother's Husband 2:52:25 - Community Shout-outs!: 3:06:35 - Wrap up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you'd like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton's Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha's Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha's art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don't forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

We begin by following up on the big headline this weekend, the lineups 9:00 - We follow up on Thursday's On My Mind and fully introduce Amy  Then we look at our own Anime Norths so far 15:15 - The Nominoichi 21:10 - Amy talks seeing Katsura Sunshine talking the Decending Stories anime 26:00 - Then Amy talks the YTV panel hosted by Martin Hsu 39:29 - Mike talks a little bit about his morning panel 41:26 - We talk about the aftermath of the drowning death of Yu-Gi-Oh creator Kazuki Takahashi 53:17 - Ken Akamatsu gets elected to the Upper House of the Japanese Diet 1:01:04 - And clear the deck, Anime North lead Norm McEvoy makes his regular appearance during the AN episodes. He does look back at some of the history of Anime Fandom in Toronto, including where AN did begin 1:11:28 - Mike brings back his game of “Yes or No” to unpack and play with the others 1:33:24 - The wrap up (Mike tries to summarize the panel) This Week's Drinking Game - an either/or as well Either, take a shot everytime you hear someone breathing on the mics… Or, take one everytime Mike is on the verge of saying “Anime Roundtable” instead of “Anime North”, and visa versa Mike Nicolas, Kevin Ng, Amy-Lynn Greig, with guest Norm McEvoy Opening Theme: “FUBUKI - Snowstorm” performed by Pico Masaki Visit our website for more information and links: Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/animeroundtable YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5U1yZNlQ1VYFH_fV26bYwA Discord: https://discord.gg/Dg38nRm3 

News: More Shinzo Abe, Japan Election Results, Ken Akamatsu, and Golgo 13 Feature: The Argument Against Machine Translation Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine… it's time for Episode 9 of the Pure TokyoScope podcast! Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN! NEWS: How Abe and Japan became vital to Moon's Unification Church French Politician Falsely Blames Video Game Creator Hideo Kojima for Shinzo Abe's Murder Success of celebrities in Japan poll shows arrival of 'internet election age' Love Hina Mangaka Ken Akamatsu Elected to Japan's House of Councillors After Campaigning for Creators' Freedom of Expression Golgo 13 Manga Hits Milestone of 300 Million Copies in Circulation FEATURE: Deb Aoki and Matt's thread on J-E machine translation LINKS: Pure TokyoScope on YouTube Pure TokyoScope on Twitter Matt Alt on Twitter Patrick Macias on Twitter Visit www.tokyoscope.comfor merch Visit TokyoScope on Patreon for bonus episodes and content The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered by Patrick Macias Theme song by W. David Marx

This time on Video Game Tango: we've got a windfall of graphics cards hitting the market! Were you ready? Skyrim now has multiplayer! Games as a service strikes again! Metal Gear turns 35 and makes a comeback! Blood Bowl 3 has been announced! Ken Akamatsu wants us to be able to play our old video games forever! Nintendo recognizes same-sex partnerships! We show off Radiolight, a new indie game from an 18 year old developer. Roll20 gets even more exciting. There's a new RoboCop game coming out? You can play Doom on anything….Inlcuding Doom! And Nick and Andy try out The Cycle: Frontier!

In celebration of Ken Akamatsu being elected to the Japanese government I thought I would talk about arguably his most famous work Love Hina. Love Hina is one a staple of late 90s early 2000s anime fandom however is also an interesting luck at what happens when the rules are turned reversed on a female lead in a harem show so let's talk about it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lunchboxradio/message

We mourn the passing of Kazuki Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! mangaka... Also, the peggies go on indefinite hiatus, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury prologue to debut at San Diego Comic-Con International, Kobato Miku 小鳩ミク of BAND-MAID posts solo project and anime, and Ken Akamatsu, Love Hina mangaka is elected to the House of Councillors?! Meanwhile in Japan, a man is arrested for drying women's underwear at someone else's house, a company uses hit points to help with support of their employees, Toy Story themed camper van up for grabs in a lottery, and new Pokémon clothing that glow with camera flash? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/support

Summary Despite Anime Expo happening last weekend, somehow this episode has more news than ever. The creator of Yu-Gi-Oh! was found dead. Shinzo Abe was assassinated. Ken Akamatsu in now an elected politician. In between these three giant stories we managed to find time to talk about anime and manga, as well. Links TBD Meta Production Code: NB071122Hosts: JP, Kyle, VinnieRecorded: July 10, 2022Length: 01:01:11File Type: 128kbps Stereo MP3Size: 56mb About The GONZO.MOE News Broom is a weekly anime, manga, and sometimes video games new podcast. Each week we run down the top stories from the previous week. Most of our stories come from Anime News Network. New episodes come out every Monday at 2pm ET. You can find this and more episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts by searching GONZO.MOE.

Para este mes hablamos de dos temas de actualidad: ventas de manga en Japón en el año 2021 y la situación de los leakers de noticias de la comunidad. Aparte de la actualidad, hablamos de #KenAkamatsu, mangaka de #LoveHina y actualmente parte del Partido Liberal Conservador de Japón, así como de la situación en España del mercado del manga y el boom de editoriales que tenemos en la actualidad. 🐦 Twitter: @MxHPodcast 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6Z2Vx9u... 🎙️ iVoox: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-manga-x... · Canción de la intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mimEq..

Link to article: https://bit.ly/3q4zYijWebsites that post manga comics without artists' authorization remain rampant in Japan, posing a serious issue for cartoonists, particularly fledgling ones.Manga sales in the country are estimated to have hit a record high of ¥612.6 billion in 2020 thanks to such blockbuster works as “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.”The stellar result was apparently due in part to brisk demand from people staying at home amid the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, however, damage from piracy websites also increased.ABJ, an organization established mainly by publishers including Shueisha Inc. to tackle the issue of manga piracy, has compiled a list of some 400 piracy sites. The combined monthly number of accesses to the top three such sites reached 326 million in October 2021, skyrocketing from 12.5 million in January 2020, according to the group.The estimated amount of damage calculated on the basis of the number of accesses to the top 10 piracy websites exceeded ¥780 billion between January and October 2021, far more than some ¥210 billion for the whole of 2020.Damage from Manga Bank, one of the major pirate sites, alone is believed to have totaled over ¥200 billion. The cumulative number of accesses to the site, which was set up in December 2019, amounted to nearly 1 billion.Shueisha and three other publishers started talks on combating the site immediately after its launch.They filed a petition with a U.S. court seeking an order for the disclosure of information about the site's operator.In November, the court ordered entities including Google to disclose such information. Although Manga Bank was shut down suddenly in the same month, the four companies remain determined to identify its operator and pursue its legal responsibility.“The picture quality of pirated versions seen recently is very high and almost on par with that of e-books, and unauthorized works of some manga comics are found on the internet on the very dates when their official versions go on sale,” manga artist Ken Akamatsu, known for such hit works as “Love Hina” and “Negima! Magister Negi Magi,” said angrily.Noting that damage is particularly great for new and unknown cartoonists who are active only online with their works still not published in magazines, Akamatsu said: “If such artists lose motivation, very entertaining manga works that would have appeared in the future could end up not being read. Keeping away from pirated works will lead to protecting talented artists, so I want people to enjoy manga in their official versions.”Support the show (https://bit.ly/2XdAlJC)

Es una historia corta de manga creada por Ken Akamatsu. En la historia, una chica de nombre Mai, se aparece ante un chico que detesta la Navidad, debido a que nació un 24 de diciembre y por tal motivo fue llamado "Santa", junto que no ha tenido nunca una fiesta de cumpleaños. Por esto, Mai decide ayudarlo, con los poderes de Santa Claus. Always My Santa! fue una producción de un solo capítulo, realizado por Ken Akamatsu, que estuvo en Japón antes que Love Hina se convirtiera en serie. Fue publicado en Shōnen Magazine en 1998, y fue serializado en los volúmenes 4 y 5.También se lanzó un OVA de dos episodios, el 7 de diciembre de 2005, en Japón.¿Quieres ser parte del Podcast en vivo? Siguenos en https://www.twitch.tv/animelmackRecuerda que puedes apoyarnos con donaciones al Podcast / To support our Podcasts: https://bit.ly/BDAPodcastSupportSi deseas publicitar tu marca en nuestros episodios, escríbenos a: info@frikitimes.com

Yes, it's Christmas Eve. Yes, there's another show up because Jump Festa decided to come back with a vengeance and also because awfulness keeps happening and this was too much for us to put off until our planned return in mid-January. So here's 50 minutes of extra audio running down some of the biggest news items and announcements to close out the year. It's also a solo show, recorded under not ideal circumstances that are explained in the show proper. And stay tuned for something extra special coming out on - or around - Christmas Day. One last extra before we ring in the new year proper. intro - why a sudden show so soon? 5:53 - RIP Sayaka Kanda 8:34 - upcoming 86 episodes postponed until March 11:57-30:33 - Jump Festa 2021 announcements 12:37 - DB Super: Super Hero movie trailer and date revealed 14:42 - SPYxFAMILY anime set for spring 2022 16:06 - Dr. Stone special coming in 2022, S3 coming 2023 17:25 - Bleach TYBW anime coming fall 2022 19:54 - Tokyo Revengers anime returning TBA with Christmas Showdown arc 20:45 - Chainsaw Man anime coming in 2022, second part of manga launching in summer 23:19 - MHA S6 coming in fall 2022 24:09 - MAPPA really needs to stop (Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku) 28:46 - LIDENFILMS producing a new Rurouni Kenshin anime 30:33 - Galko-chan author arrested for CP possession 33:29 - Makoto Shinkai reveals his next film 35:24 - Ken Akamatsu planning to run for public office in Japan 40:09 - Annie Awards sees some anime nominees 41:39 - HIDIVE has Saiyuki Reload ZEROIN and Lupin Part 1 dub 44:09 - Muv-Luv Alternative S2 (fall 2022) and Komi Can't Communicate S2/Part 2 (spring 2022) announced 45:17 - Shout Factory issuing an Evangelion Blu-ray disc replacement program 46:25 - upcoming March home video releases (Millennium Actress, Dr. Stone S2, Mars Red, MHA S5) 48:49 - outro additional audio from: Dub Talk (Twitch) The Boondocks UrinatingTree Apple Podcasts – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podcastona/id1348141210?mt=2 Google Play – https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wb2RjYXN0b25hLnN1cnJlYWxyZXNvbHV0aW9uLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/2JZLO3LfoeHepomejTw4TP iHeartRadio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-podcastona-43099114/ TuneIn – https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/PodcastONA-p1249922/ Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/podcastona/ As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, and follow @SurrealReso for more updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

On the happy side we talk Ken Akamatsu's political ambitions, Discotek, and Jump Festa on the bookends. Sandwiched in between is the depressing stuff like COVID, Sayaka Kanda, and Hana Kimura in the second last Roundtable of 2021 Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Mohamed Sharmarke Visit our website for more information and links: https://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2021/12/21/anime-roundtable-v2-0-56-december-18-2021-once-more-before-the-holidays/ Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com Twitch: www.twitch.tv/animeroundtable YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5U1yZNlQ1VYFH_fV26bYwA Discord: https://discord.gg/Dg38nRm3

Fanmacia Popular inició una nueva etapa en su historia con un formato renovado y con nuevas ganas de poder llegar ahora a los 300 episodios, todos los sábados a la 6 PM a través de la señal de modoradio.cl y en sus podcasts oficiales en Spotify y otras plataformas. En esta oportunidad, cerramos el año 2021 con informaciones varias entre las que se encuentran el ultimo Indie World, las novedades que traen las películas de Slam Dunk y Dragon Ball Super, La nueva película de Makoto Shinkai y el sorpresivo giro que toma el autor de Love Hina, Ken Akamatsu. También tendremos un Fashion Geek Musix en donde Kira nos cuenta sobre la historia de la agrupación INI además de los emprendimientos geeks de esta semana. En la Reseña Citypop, Roque trae la historia de una de las artistas JPOP mas destacadas de los últimos 40 ños, ANRI. Y por último, Carlos PInto nos trae un nuevo Asian Top Chart con los grandes éxitos de Corea del Sur. Programa emitido el día 18 de diciembre de 2021. Conduce: Kirarin Usagi Ojeda, Carlos Pinto Godoy y Roque Espinoza

Dans ce nouvel hors série, Vidok et Seb reviennent sur une série de leur enfance qui les a marqués.Pourquoi ils ont aimé à l'époque, le manga a-t-il bien vieilli ? Le première épisode est consacré à Love Hina de Ken Akamatsu.La série est composé de 14 tomes publiée au éditions PIKA. Extrait deG.P.R Beat - KatanaTéléchargement gratuit : bit.ly/3ajczQ1​Musique proposée par Audio Libre : youtu.be/c20Lo1gG5FQ​

Not all OSMcasts, like many things, are created equal. Most OSMcasts end in am exclamation point (!). Some end in a question mark (?). Because sometimes we have to talk about things into a microphone, even if they are not awesome. And this time, it's about an anime based of a single chapter of a Ken Akamatsu joint: Itsudatte My Santa! Because it's the holidays and we already did an episode on Tokyo Godfathers. Oh, we also talked about some other things that are awesome. To try and balance things out, at least a little bit.OSMnotesSo yeah, that was sure an episode! Have some Time Cues:Itsudatte My Santa!We start the OSMcast!ing – 0:00General Gabbing - 0:36Moments of OSM – 2:30A Short Hike – 2:51The Repair Shop – 4:32Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Heroes, Shadow Dragon & the Blade of Light - 6:09Mega Man X, 4 thru 6 – 7:14Star Trek: Discovery - 09:01Itsudatte My Santa! Itsudatte My Santa!, Full of Spoilers (It's fine you should never watch this show anyway even if you could!) – 23:47Questions from Listeners Like You about Itsudatte My Santa! – 54:53

This week on Anime Pulse we got aggressive raccoons, the queen of teasing kohais, and catching up on old anime. Up first IRL news sees Joseph ready to play the new Borderlands 3 DLC, and Andrew adjusts his invisible glasses in this weeks discussion thread. Afterwards the news rolls in with KyoAni hiring fresh blood, Ken Akamatsu calls for no foreign interference in anime, and TRIGGER employees finally get their overtime pay. Lastly reviews caps things off with Joseph spending all his saints quartz to summon servant waifus, and Andrew goes back to working in an office with anthropomorphic animals.

This week on Anime Pulse we got aggressive raccoons, the queen of teasing kohais, and catching up on old anime. Up first IRL news sees Joseph ready to play the new Borderlands 3 DLC, and Andrew adjusts his invisible glasses in this weeks discussion thread. Afterwards the news rolls in with KyoAni hiring fresh blood, Ken Akamatsu calls for no foreign interference in anime, and TRIGGER employees finally get their overtime pay. Lastly reviews caps things off with Joseph spending all his saints quartz to summon servant waifus, and Andrew goes back to working in an office with anthropomorphic animals.

It’s a Very Akamatsu Christmas as Third Seat by the Window and Warui Deshou join forces to take on two Ken Akamatsu “beloved” Christmas “classics,” as well as play a few party games. This episode has quite a fraught history. We all made a first pass at it in Christmas 2017, but stuff came up … Continue reading A Very Akamatsu Christmas – Holiday Special w/ Third Seat By The Window → --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/waruideshou/message

It’s a Very Akamatsu Christmas as Third Seat by the Window and Warui Deshou join forces to take on two Ken Akamatsu “beloved” Christmas “classics,” as well as play a few party games. Download (right click, save link as) |Time: 2:56:41 | Third Seat on iTunes | Warui Deshou on iTunes DaLadybugProductions Correspondence DaLadybugProductions’ Website |… Read

It’s a Very Akamatsu Christmas as Third Seat by the Window and Warui Deshou join forces to take on two Ken Akamatsu “beloved” Christmas “classics,” as well as play a few party games. Download (right click, save link as) |Time: 2:56:41 | Third Seat on iTunes | Warui Deshou on iTunes DaLadybugProductions Correspondence DaLadybugProductions’ Website |… Read

Afin de célébrer le dernier jour férié d'un mois riche en week-ends en 3 jours (et par conséquent pauvre en actualité), la rédaction s'est réunie pour décortiquer les news et les sorties marquantes de la semaine passée, marquée par Matthew McConaughey, George Clooney et Geralt de Riv, forcément.

Entre « Succombe qui Doit » et sa participation à « la Revue Dessinée », Rica nous a époustouflé par son style changeant et maîtrisé. Alors on lui a posé des questions. Et en plus Nemo parle avec ferveur de Ken Akamatsu. Et on parle d'autres BD aussi. Ça en fait des choses. Bonne écoute ! Express [2:57] Notre retard en kiosque, et une réédition : La revue dessinée n°3The Walking Dead n°19Voyage en Inde Chroniques [9:54] Sherlock Fox n°1 – Le chasseur Scénario : Jean-David Morvan/ Dessin – Couleur : Du YuGenre : Polar / anticipationC'est pour qui ? Pour les enquêteurs pervers Pour les adeptes d'univers en décalage [16:29] Péchés Mignons n°1 & 2 Scénario : Arthur de Pins, et divers / Dessin – Couleur : Arthur de PinsGenre : Humour / sexyC'est pour qui ? Pour ceux qui veulent rigoler avec le cul [20:49] Rolqwir n°2 – Le plus grand des héros Scénario : Florence Torta, Philippe Cardona / Dessin : Philippe Cardona / Couleur : Florence TortaGenre : Humour / débileC'est pour qui ? Pour les trentenaires régressifs [25:57] Les énigmes de LéaScénario : Philippe Larbier / Dessin : Thierry Nouveau / Couleur : Laurence CroixGenre : Énigmes / jeunesseC'est pour qui ? Pour les jeunes filles fan de Mickey énigmes Pour ceux qui aiment les nouveaux jouets kinder SPLASH PAGE [32:14] Succombe qui doit Scénario : Antoine Ozanam / Dessin – Couleur : RicaGenre : Polar / TrashC'est pour qui ? Pour ceux qui ont le cœur accroché Les sceptiques du polar à la française [Bonus :] Rica nous corrige en interview, et il a raison !Et aussi : Le site un peu à la bourre de Rica Le blog de Rica qu'il est plus à jour, mais plus planqué Antoine Ozanam aussi à un site Et un blog en plus, quel copieur cet Ozanam CARTE Blanche à NEMO [54:50] Ken Akamatsu Nemo est de retour et il nous parle comme personne d'un auteur otaku ! (Vous avez vu le jeu de mot latiniste ?) Vous voulez plus de Nemo ? Allez écouter les podcasts Ça va trancher et Erikadi ! ONLINE [75:04] Projet CrocodilesThomas Mathieu récolte les témoignages de femmes harcelées et, quand on est un mec, on se rend compte qu'il y a beaucoup de con, et que parfois le con c'est nous. Hors Sujet [79:01] The Booth at the EndUne excellente série de Christopher Kubasik avec le magistral Xander Berkeley, qu'on ne peut malheureusement plus voir légalement en France, alors qu'elle est sortie en 2010… (Ce qui ne veut donc pas dire qu'on ne peut pas la voir en France.) Générique et jingles : Spanish Samba (Oursvince) / Traditional Eastern instrument Kaval (Tomlija) / file0256_edit (Pooleside) / SPLASH (Petenice) / Hok (JohnLaVine333) / Bamboo (Gmni) / Bangkok Frog (WIM) / End Game – Fail (David Bain) / Dialup (Jlew) / backstraight (Heigh-hoo)

Entre « Succombe qui Doit » et sa participation à « la Revue Dessinée », Rica nous a époustouflé par son style changeant et maîtrisé. Alors on lui a posé des questions. Et en plus Nemo parle avec ferveur de Ken Akamatsu. Et on parle d’autres BD aussi. Ça en fait des choses.Bonne écoute !Express[2:57] Notre retard en kiosque, et une réédition :La revue dessinée n°3The Walking Dead n°19Voyage en IndeChroniques[9:54] Sherlock Fox n°1 – Le chasseur Scénario : Jean-David Morvan/ Dessin – Couleur : Du YuGenre : Polar / anticipationC’est pour qui ?Pour les enquêteurs perversPour les adeptes d’univers en décalage[16:29] Péchés Mignons n°1 & 2 Scénario : Arthur de Pins, et divers / Dessin – Couleur : Arthur de PinsGenre : Humour / sexyC’est pour qui ?Pour ceux qui veulent rigoler avec le cul[20:49] Rolqwir n°2 – Le plus grand des héros Scénario : Florence Torta, Philippe Cardona / Dessin : Philippe Cardona / Couleur : Florence TortaGenre : Humour / débileC’est pour qui ?Pour les trentenaires régressifs[25:57] Les énigmes de LéaScénario : Philippe Larbier / Dessin : Thierry Nouveau / Couleur : Laurence CroixGenre : Énigmes / jeunesseC’est pour qui ?Pour les jeunes filles fan de Mickey énigmesPour ceux qui aiment les nouveaux jouets kinderSPLASH PAGE[32:14] Succombe qui doit Scénario : Antoine Ozanam / Dessin – Couleur : RicaGenre : Polar / TrashC’est pour qui ?Pour ceux qui ont le cœur accrochéLes sceptiques du polar à la française[Bonus :] Rica nous corrige en interview, et il a raison !Et aussi :Le site un peu à la bourre de RicaLe blog de Rica qu’il est plus à jour, mais plus planquéAntoine Ozanam aussi à un siteEt un blog en plus, quel copieur cet OzanamCARTE Blanche à NEMO[54:50] Ken AkamatsuNemo est de retour et il nous parle comme personne d’un auteur otaku ! (Vous avez vu le jeu de mot latiniste ?)Vous voulez plus de Nemo ? Allez écouter les podcasts Ça va trancher et Erikadi !ONLINE[75:04] Projet CrocodilesThomas Mathieu récolte les témoignages de femmes harcelées et, quand on est un mec, on se rend compte qu’il y a beaucoup de con, et que parfois le con c’est nous.Hors Sujet[79:01] The Booth at the EndUne excellente série de Christopher Kubasik avec le magistral Xander Berkeley, qu’on ne peut malheureusement plus voir légalement en France, alors qu’elle est sortie en 2010… (Ce qui ne veut donc pas dire qu’on ne peut pas la voir en France.)Générique et jingles : Spanish Samba (Oursvince) / Traditional Eastern instrument Kaval (Tomlija) / file0256_edit (Pooleside) / SPLASH (Petenice) / Hok (JohnLaVine333) / Bamboo (Gmni) / Bangkok Frog (WIM) / End Game – Fail (David Bain) / Dialup (Jlew) / backstraight (Heigh-hoo)

In this musical episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan gives a little history on Blues Musician Robert Johnson as he reviews the supernatural Manga, Me and The Devil Blues by Akira Hiramoto They also rant about DC's "New 52", discuss what setting the next Ken Akamatsu manga will have, and other witty banter Hope you enjoy Music For Episode: Intro Music -Me and the Devil Blues by Robert Johnson ( Best of Robert Johnson ), Ending Music -Crossroad Blues by Robert Johnson ( Best of Robert Johnson ) Our Website http://www.spiraken.com Our Forum http://spiraken.darkbb.com Our Email Spiraken@gmail.com Xan's Email xan@spiraken.com Our Twitter Spiraken Xboxlive Gamertag Xan Spiraken Our Amazon Store http://www.amazon.com/shops/spiraken Random Question of the Week: Would you sell your soul to get fame and fortune?

Para este podcast presentamos un shonen muy muy divertido. Siendo la obra maestra de Ken Akamatsu, Love Hina, fue uno de los estandartes... Leer más La entrada Podcast 15/01/2013 Love Hina aparece primero en Expresión Otaku.

We have finally reached Ep 150! Huzzah. So in this great episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan & Timbo celebrate by reviewing Three Mangas written by Ken Akamatsu "A.I. Love You", "Love Hina", and "Mahou Sensei Negima!" They also rant about DC's "New 52", discuss what setting the next Ken Akamatsu manga will have, and other witty banter Hope you enjoy Music For Episode: Intro Music -Happy Material (Beloved Version) by Oomae Akane ( Mahou Sensei Negima OST ), Background Music - Sakura Saku by Megumi Hayashibara ( Love Hina OST), Background Music - Baribari Otenba (Energetic Tomboys) by Megumi Hayashibara ( Love Hina OST ), Background Music - Sakura Saku (Musical Version) by Megumi Hayashibara ( Love Hina OST),Background Music - Happy Material (More Happy Version) by Yuri Shiratori ( Mahou Sensei Negima OST), Background Music - Happy Material Returns by Mahora Junior High School 3-A ( Mahou Sensei Negima OST),Ending Music - Kimi Sae Ireba by Megumi Hayashibara ( Love Hina OST ) Our Website http://www.spiraken.com Our Forum http://spiraken.darkbb.com Our Email Spiraken@gmail.com Xan's Email xan@spiraken.com Cohost's Email timbo@spiraken.com Our Twitter Spiraken Xboxlive Gamertag Xan Spiraken Our Voicemail 206-350-8462 Random Question of the Week: What do you think the next Ken Akamatsu story should be about?

In ep 112 of the Spiraken Manga Review, Kal returns to review a somewhat popular baseball manga "Rookies" by Masanori Morita , meanwhile Xan indulges in his high school zombie apocalypse series "High School of the Dead" by Daisuke Satō As an added bonus, Xan and Kal discuss the pros and cons of Ken Akamatsu's idea for a free manga portal as well as the various comic book movie news and the recent Green Lantern Trailer. Remember to send us emails, check out fightbait.com and also a picture of Neil Patrick Stewart in a smoking jacket with a pipe. And for our fans who live in the United States, we hope that you have a safe and fun Thanksgiving day and that your black friday is not too hectic. Thanks and hope you enjoy Music For Episode:, Intro Music - High School of the Dead (TV Size) by Kishida Kyoudan (High School of the Dead OST ), Background Music -News (Freesounds.org ), Background Music -Kiseki by GreeeeN (Rookies OST ), Background Music -High School of the Dead by Kishida Kyoudan ( High School of the Dead OST ), Background Music -Infection by Mell ( High School of the Dead OST ) ,Background Music -Color Me Dark (TV Size) by Maon Kurosaki (High School of the Dead OST ), Ending Music -Kimi to Taiyou ga Shinda hi by Maon Kurosaki ( High School of the Dead OST ) Our Website http://www.spiraken.com Our Forum http://spiraken.darkbb.com Our Email Spiraken@gmail.com Xan's Email xan@spiraken.com Cohost's Email Kal.spiraken@gmail.com Our Twitter Spiraken Xboxlive Gamertag Xan Spiraken Our Voicemail 206-350-8462 Random Question of the Week: What are you doing on Thanksgiving?

Manga review of Negima! volume 6 by Ken Akamatsu. Translated by Toshifumi Yoshida. Adapted by Trish Ledoux. Originally published in Japan by Kodansha. Published in US by Del Rey, $10.95, Rated OT Ages 16+. Volume 6 of Negima is full of surprises as Negi, accompanied by Setsuna, Asuna, and Konoka, finally gets to deliver the letter from the headmaster of Mahora Academy. His mission was to hand deliver it to the leader of the Kansai Magic Association, called "The Elder of the East". The Elder also happens to be the son-in-law of the headmaster, which in turn makes him Konoka's dad. Of course, Negi had an ulterior motive in coming to Kyoto, which was to see if he could find any info about his missing father. But there are some that do not want to see the Kanto and Kansai Magic Associations getting along. Just when Negi thinks he's reached a safe haven Chigusa Amagasaki and her minions attack the Kansai temple and kidnap Konoka. Well, somehow, Akamatsu found a way for Negi's students to fight on equal footing with Negi against high-level magicians and even brutish demons. In the context of Negima, this actually doesn't strain the limits of believability. I didn't even blink when some of his students started breaking out sniper rifles or using Naruto-like martial arts attacks. It just made sense in this world Akamatsu has created. The art is great as usual and the fan service is plentiful. Some might say TOO plentiful. For instance, in battle, Asuna blocks a petrification spell that does not harm her but turns her clothes to stone and then they shatter, leaving her naked. She is then tickled by multiple tentacled arms made of water which seem to be groping in all the wrong places. Later, when she gets another set of clothes, she forgets to put on her panties, and so every battle she fights her butt is blowing in the wind. Literally. And what would a volume of Negima be without some sort of bath scene? Still, I find the characters interesting and the humor works most of the time, even though the series tries to be an softcore ero-manga at times. My Grade: B+

Manga review of Negima! Volume 5 by Ken Akamatsu. Translated and adapted by Douglas Varenas. Originally published in Japan by Kodansha. Published in US by Del Rey, $10.95, Rated OT 16+. Now that Kazumi, the leader of the Journalism Club, has decided to keep Negi's secret, she's in kahoots with resident weasel pervert Chamo in an effort to increase Negi's probationary contracts. She instigates "Operation Kiss Negi-kun Passionately on This School Field Trip". She splits the girls into pairs and tells them that whoever kisses Negi without getting caught by the other faculy members gets them on the limited edition trading cards that are a prize among his class. Of course, MOST of them don't know that they will also be entering into a magic contract at the same time to help Negi in battle. Unfortunately for them, there is now more than one Negi. Negi made some paper doll copies of himself so he could go out on patrol without being missed. But some of the copies are defective and want to get it on with his students! Meanwhile, elements of the Kansai Magic Association that do not want peace begin to make their moves to stop Negi from fulfilling his mission to deliver a letter of conciliation from his magic school. Negima is nothing if not entertaining. Again, the art is great, with Akamatsu making sure that things never get too serious. Even when Negi battles with a powerful fox spirit and gets the snot beat out of him, it never gets to the Naruto stabbing and cutting off heads realm. Akamatsu is about showing pretty girls and panties and he never misses an opportunity to showcase them. He really is a master of character design even if his plots steal from other better known Japanese and Western franchises. I enjoy each volume of Negima, but see little reason to ever pick up the new Negima Neo series. One time around with this story and characters is quite enough for me. My Grade: B+

In the spirit of the season, Kellen dedicates 2008's final episode of Animezing Podcast to Ken Akamatsu's two-episode OVA series My Santa.

In the spirit of the season, Kellen dedicates 2008's final episode of Animezing Podcast to Ken Akamatsu's two-episode OVA series My Santa.

In the spirit of the season, Kellen dedicates 2008's final episode of Animezing Podcast to Ken Akamatsu's two-episode OVA series My Santa.

In the spirit of the season, Kellen dedicates 2008's final episode of Animezing Podcast to Ken Akamatsu's two-episode OVA series My Santa.

Manga review of Negima Volume 4 by Ken Akamatsu. Translated by Douglas Varenas. Adapted by Peter and Kathleen O'Shea David. Originally published in Japan by Kodansha. Published in US by Del Rey, $10.95, Rated OT Ages 16+ for Mature Audiences. Most of the third volume of Negima was taken up with Negi's battle with Evangeline McDowell, a vampire who had been cursed by Negi's dad, the Southern Master, and trapped in the body of a young girl. Evangeline believed that his father was dead but Negi tells her the story of how the Southern Master was the one who gave Negi his staff. Negi wants to find him but has no idea of where to look. Evangeline suggests he look in Kyoto, where his dad used to live. In a bit of a selfish act, mixing business with pleasure, Negi proposes that his class go on a field trip there. That way, he won't have to miss work. The headmaster of the school agrees to let them go to Kyoto but he also has a task for Negi to perform. Apparently, Kyoto falls under the territory of the Kansai Magic Association, which has a running dispute with Negi's Kanto branch. In an effort to smooth out the relationship between the two organizations, the headmaster appoints Negi as an ambassador of sorts and gives him a letter to be delivered only into the hands of the leader of the Kansai wizards. Unfortunately, there are elements of the Kansai group that do not want peace with Kanto and want to keep Negi from fulfilling his mission. As always, the first thing that jumps out at you with Negima is the excellent art in which Ken Akamatsu cleverly combines cuteness, comedy, realism, sexiness, and and great layout to create a very unique style. The story is where this book could get a bit muddled. I mean how many times can we stomach someone's clothes getting blown off at least once a volume, if not more, without it becoming a cheap parlor trick? Well, the answer for now is...a lot more! This series hasn't worn out its welcome yet, seeing as how we know so little about the 31 girls in Negi's class. In this volume the spotlight focuses on Miyazaki, who is pining to declare her love to Negi, and Setsuna, a sword bearing student  who is a bit of an enigma. She seems to be obsessed with Konoka, but Negi has to figure out whether she's trying to protect Konoka, or working for the Kansai faction. My Grade: B+

Manga Review of Negima volume 2 by Ken Akamatsu, creator of Love Hina and A.I. Love You. Translated by Douglas Varenas. Adapted by Peter David and Kathleen O'Shea David. Originally published in Japan by Kodansha. Published in US by Del Rey, $10.95, Rated OT ages 16+. Negi sees a lot of students really putting pressure on themselves studying and wonders why his own Class 2A seems to be going about their usual business. When he asks one of the girls what the deal is, she tells him that in 3 days the school will be taking the all-important high school exam. 2A always has the worst average so none of the girls even bother getting upset about it, especially the Baka Rangers. They get a bit more serious when they hear rumors that Negi might be fired or their class might be dissolved if they don't improve their class ranking. The truth is that if Negi can somehow get his class out of last place, he will "officially" become a teacher at the Academy (up to this point he's been in a probationary type position). He starts to come up with some sort of magical solution, but Asuna talks him out of it, saying that the girls should fail or succeed on their own merits. Negi even goes to drastic lengths by taking away his own powers in the 3 days leading up to the test so he won't be tempted to use his magic. Asuna quickly changes her tune when she hears the rumors going round the school and enlists the Baka Rangers to help acquire a mythical book in the school library that supposedly makes you smarter if you read it. The Mahora Library is the largest library in the world and contains millions of books, with a lot of them being rare and irreplacable. Due to the nature of the tomes inside it, there are lots of traps on its first floor to keep out would-be robbers. Traps which Negi and company are going to have to deal with minus his magic. The two things that instantly grab you just flipping through this manga is its beautiful art and sexy fanservice. Akamatsu is pretty much at the top of his form doing harem comedy. But the fact that Negi is so young eleminates some of the horndog nature that you find in some male protagonists of this genre. Instead of being a perverted male surrounded by pure and innocent girls, Negi is the pure and innocent one being played on by females that find him cute and irresistible, especially Ayaka, the class rep. Of course this wouldn't be Akamatsu if the writer didn't find a ton of ways to get the girls bathing naked, have their clothes blown off, or bend over for various reasons for panty shots. It's just the nature of Akamatsu's game. While he focuses a lot on comedy, he is not afraid to draw epic background environments pulled right out of Kurosawa's vast shot forte. This is something a lot of manga artists lack nowadays, the use of wide shots. The character designs are great. I never have trouble recognizing any of the 31 girls of class 2A. They are distinct enough, at least in outward form, so you don't confuse them very easily. We haven't really got to know them all as personalities but then again, this is only the second volume. I look forward to learning more about the characters. Negima is really funny and is a very entertaining adventure. My Grade: A  

Manga review of Negima Volume 1 by Ken Akamatsu. Translated by Hajime Honda. Adapted by Peter and Kathleen O'Shea David. Originally published by Kodansha in Japan. Published in US by Del Rey, $10.95, Rated OT, 16+. 10 year old Negi Springfield has just graduated from magic school when he receives his mystic diploma which dictates a student's career. Negi has been assigned as a teacher in Japan. He arrives at Mahora Academy as their new English professor, replacing the popular Takahata-sensei. He gets off to a bad start with one student in particular, Asuna, who just happens to have a crush on Takahata. When she finds out he is being replaced by Negi she becomes hell-bent on getting him fired. Imagine her surprise when she finds out Negi will be rooming with her and her roommate, Konoka! One limit put on Negi is that nobody can find out about his magic abilities. If someone does, then he could be kicked out of his training and maybe even turned into a hamster. But you know Asuna is going to be watching him like a hawk for any type of weirdness she can take advantage of. And I haven't even mentioned the other thirty girls in his class. My Grade: A