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In this episode, we sit down with a true animation trailblazer, Shuzo John Shiota, the head of Polygon Pictures. Born in Japan, Shuzo's life story is a remarkable journey that spans continents and industries. Having spent his formative years in America and then returning to Japan during his teenage years, Shuzo brings a rich and diverse perspective to his role as the head of his animation company. What makes Shuzo's story even more fascinating is his transition from the world of steel to the realm of animation. From the tough, unyielding nature of the steel industry to the imaginative, ever-evolving landscape of animation, Shuzo's experiences have shaped his leadership in a truly unique way. In this episode, Shuzo John Shiota shares his insights, wisdom, and the invaluable lessons he's learned along the way. Discover how his global perspective and diverse career journey have made him a dynamic and innovative leader in the animation world. Shuzo John Shiota's Social Media https://www.linkedin.com/in/shuzoshiota https://www.youtube.com/@polygonpictures https://twitter.com/da_shooz --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blkwmnanimator/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blkwmnanimator/support

It is not so uncommon these days to come across non-Japanese sake brewers, indeed we have featured many on this show, but in the case of this week's guest, sake is quite literally in his family's DNA. Having been raised in the US, George Briant Inoue Parsons is now preparing to take over from his uncle to run Inoue Shuzo, makers of Hakoneyama brand sake, a 100 year old sake brewery in Kanagawa. It's a role George never expected would fall to him, and he needed some persuasion to take up the family mantle, but he gave up a career in the hotel industry in Hawaii on hold to answer the call.As the 8th generation president in-waiting, he now faces the challenge of keeping his family tradition alive while exploring new frontiers to take the brewery into the modern age. In an industry as old as sake with so many traditions and rules, it is a tough task for any non-Japanese to adapt, but George has had the added pressure of family expectation. Suffice to say, it has been a huge learning experience, and this is just the beginning of his journey. George might be half Japanese, but having spent such a long time outside Japan, he has that natural outsider appreciation for the deeper elements of Japanese sake culture and he is able to take a fresh perspective that people who have grown up in the country perhaps cannot. He is in a rather unique position of being able to look outwardly at his brewery's heritage and this may provide hints on what direction to steer it in the future. Perhaps following in the footsteps of his great grandfather who was something of a pioneer in promoting sake overseas, George is also trying to bring his family's sake to an international stage. Join Sebastien Lemoine and Christopher Hughes as they explore George's sake beginnings and his vision for the brewery.We'll be back in a couple of weeks with more Sake on Air.Until then, kampai! Sake on Air is made possible with the generous support of the Japan Sake & Shochu Makers Association and is broadcast from the Japan Sake & Shochu Information Center in Tokyo. The show is brought to you by Potts.K Productions with audio production by Frank Walter. Our theme, “Younger Today Than Tomorrow” was composed by forSomethingNew for Sake On Air.

In Part 1 of this special two-part series visiting the producers reviving the lost art of kamejikomi, we spoke with Ken Kojima of Kojima Sohonten, makers of Toko sake in Yamagata Prefecture.This week we travel to the town of Gose in Nara Prefecture to chat with Chobei Yamamoto who represents 13 generations of sake-making at Yucho Shuzo, best known for their sake brand, Kaze no Mori. Yamamoto-san has not only reinstated the use of traditional kame earthenware pots into brewing, but he's restored and reconstructed an entirely new brewery committed to traditional brewing practices utilizing kamejikomi.Having been dormant for the past 100 years, the new Kyoho Kura is dedicated entirely to the new soon-to-be-released Mizuhana brand sake. Mizuhana sake is not only brewed in traditional kame, but is also made in-line with traditional brewing recipes from start to finish. In this episode, Yamamoto-san gives us a bit of background into the role of Nara and the temple brewing that took place there which laid the groundwork for modern sake brewing, communicating why it makes so much sense for Yucho Shuzo to be dedicating the resources it has to these all-but-lost brewing traditions.You can learn more about Yucho Shuzo and Kaze no Mori here, as well as follow along with their work, their sake, and exploits in brewing and agriculture on Instagram at @kazenomori1719. Be sure to keep tabs on Sake on Air over on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, as well. Please take a moment to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favorite listening service. Any additional comments and questions can be sent to us at questions@sakeonair.staba.jp.We'll be back with more Sake on Air next week.Until then, kampai! Sake On Air is made possible with the generous support of the Japan Sake & Shochu Makers Association and is broadcast from the Japan Sake & Shochu Information Center in Tokyo. The show is a co-production between Export Japan and Potts.K Productions, with audio production by Frank Walter. Our theme, “Younger Today Than Tomorrow” was composed by forSomethingNew for Sake On Air.

In Part 1 of this special two-part series visiting the producers reviving the lost art of kamejikomi, we spoke with Ken Kojima of Kojima Sohonten, makers of Toko sake in Yamagata Prefecture.This week we travel to the town of Gose in Nara Prefecture to chat with Chobei Yamamoto who represents 13 generations of sake-making at Yucho Shuzo, best known for their sake brand, Kaze no Mori. Yamamoto-san has not only reinstated the use of traditional kame earthenware pots into brewing, but he's restored and reconstructed an entirely new brewery committed to traditional brewing practices utilizing kamejikomi.Having been dormant for the past 100 years, the new Kyoho Kura is dedicated entirely to the new soon-to-be-released Mizuhana brand sake. Mizuhana sake is not only brewed in traditional kame, but is also made in-line with traditional brewing recipes from start to finish. In this episode, Yamamoto-san gives us a bit of background into the role of Nara and the temple brewing that took place there which laid the groundwork for modern sake brewing, communicating why it makes so much sense for Yucho Shuzo to be dedicating the resources it has to these all-but-lost brewing traditions.You can learn more about Yucho Shuzo and Kaze no Mori here, as well as follow along with their work, their sake, and exploits in brewing and agriculture on Instagram at @kazenomori1719. Be sure to keep tabs on Sake on Air over on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook, as well. Please take a moment to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favorite listening service. Any additional comments and questions can be sent to us at questions@sakeonair.com.We'll be back with more Sake on Air next week.Until then, kampai! Sake On Air is made possible with the generous support of the Japan Sake & Shochu Makers Association and is broadcast from the Japan Sake & Shochu Information Center in Tokyo. The show is a co-production between Export Japan and Potts.K Productions, with audio production by Frank Walter. Our theme, “Younger Today Than Tomorrow” was composed by forSomethingNew for Sake On Air.

On this episode dakazu tries to explain his issues with Shuzo Oshimi's Welcome Back, Alice and he gushes over Natsume Ono's Badon! Then we dive into the world of children's card games with a Saikyo Selections on Kazuki Takahashi's Yu-Gi-Oh!! Morgana leads to charge on our discussion about everything from the 4Kids anime dub to the treatment of her favorite character Bakura!!! Save 20% off Manscaped products by using our discount code: MANGAMAC Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3kH3ZnLqfw1-8MNSrO49jg Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Buy us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac  Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Dreams'” by The Cranberries, Opening, Introductions, Shout out for Dliu3d 00:03:05 - Darfox face-revealing for the Manga Mac TV vlogs 00:05:10 - Our promotional partnership with MANSCAPED 00:06:32 - Listener Mail: Covering anime “inspired” series on Manga Mac TV 00:10:38 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Morgana booted up Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution again only to lose repeatedly to Anzu 00:12:03 - Breaking down Shuzo Oshimi's transgender manga Welcome Back, Alice reveals some potentially problematic issues 00:26:06 - Badon takes place in the same world as ACCA 13-Territory Inspection Department so dakazu loves it 00:31:27 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: State of Shonen with Ryan aka RUSH, We'll be joined by our friend Ryan to ask him about his manga/anime origins and discuss the current arcs of popular shonen series we're reading 00:33:29 - MANSCAPED ad break 00:35:32 - Main Segment Saikyo Selections: Yu-Gi-Oh!, Transition Song: “Kawaita Sakebi” by Field of View from Yu-Gi-Oh!, we read the beginning of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, Yu-Gi-Oh!: Millennium World, and the Monster World arc of the popular manga series by Kazuki Takahashi for discussion 02:03:00 - Next Week's Topic: State of Shonen, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Limerick You're a Lady” by Denis Allen & Denis Carey

Episode 65. This week's episode involves absolutely no kidding around. For our first brand deep dive, we look at the interesting and innovative Heiwa Shuzo in Wakayama Prefecture. Heiwa means "peace" and this brewery name was adopted in 1952 as a nod to the hopes of peace and prosperity in the post war period. In 2008, the "Kid" brand was released and as a brand, it speaks to the movement of young and up-and-coming brewers making a new style of sake in a new way.  The president of Heiwa Shuzo, Mr. Norimasa Yamamoto has even written a book on his new and collaborative ideas on brewing and producing sake as a team.  The Kid sakes project a super easy-drinking and fruity flavor profile.  Imagine the sake you'd want to sip from a wine glass on the couch after a long day at work.  Join us as we explore and taste the delicious innovation of the Kid brand from Heiwa Shuzo.

On this episode we keep discuss the success of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train and celebrate that Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting! is streaming on Crunchyroll! Then, we can’t stop bringing up Zack Snyder’s Justice League and other movies as we discuss the final volumes of The Flowers of Evil! The hosts breakdown the ending and the overall themes of this work that popularized Shuzo Oshimi!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Aku no Hana -Nakamura Sawa-” by Uchujin from The Flowers of Evil, Opening, Introductions, Seamus and Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Star Trek 00:03:50 - Listener Emails: Sharing our favorite publishers 00:16:28 - Discussing the success of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train 00:27:26 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu finished BL Metamorphosis and thought it was nice 00:30:15 - Darfox gives his pitch on why everyone should watch Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting! now that it’s available on Crunchyroll 00:34:57 - dakazu found a potential candidate for Manga Machination’s Shitty Teacher Avengers in Shounen no Abyss by Ryou Minenami 00:37:57 - News: Seven Seas Entertainment licenses Cotton Valent’s Creepy Cat 00:39:52 - Seven Seas Entertainment Ghost Ship releasing popular ecchi series Do You Like Big Girls? 00:42:11 - Mangasplaining is a new manga podcast where Deb Aoki, David Brothers, and Christopher Butcher introduce manga to Chip Zdarsky 00:45:16 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Sawanabe Zombie/Ikyoudo, We’ll be reviewing 2 works by Kakio Tsurukawa from Star Fruit Books 00:47:05 - Main Segment Retrospective: The Flowers of Evil, Transition Song “Hana -a last flower-” by ASA-CHANG&Junrei from The Flowers of Evil, Comprehensive review of Shuzo Oshimi’s story about a middle school boy who is blackmailed by his classmate who reveals his inner perversion(covers volumes 10-11) 01:43:33 - Next Week’s Topic: Sawanabe Zombie/Ikyoudo, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

This week Seamus catches up on Vinland Saga, dakazu struggles to read Meisou Senshi Nagata Kabi Gurume de GO!, and we examine the new license announcements! Then we return to our Retrospective on Shuzo Oshimi’s The Flowers of Evil, where a time skip has lead to a much more digestible story arc!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Aku no Hana -Nakamura Sawa-” by Uchujin from The Flowers of Evil, Opening, Introductions, Morgana on Shojo & Tell, The Law of Equivalent Exchange, Comparing radio to podcasts 00:04:00 - Listener Emails: Follow up on the ending of Haikyu!! 00:06:08 - Manga Mac pop quiz 00:14:58 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, *SPOILERS* Seamus has caught up with the English release of Vinland Saga 00:29:55 - Morgana was busy playing Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! 00:32:26 - Delinquents of justice protect the townspeople in WIND BREAKER 00:34:12 - *CONTENT WARNING*(Sexual Assault/Eating Disorders) dakazu struggles to read through Nagata Kabi’s newest series Meisou Senshi Nagata Kabi Gurume de GO! 00:57:13 - News: Yen Press licenses Megumi Hayashibara's The Characters Taught Me Everything: Living Life One Episode at a Time  00:58:55 - VIZ to publish Hideo Kojima’s The Creative Gene 01:04:43 - New VIZ licenses include Animal Crossing: New Horizons-Deserted Island Diary, Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Rosen Blood, Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End, Mao, My Love Mix-Up!, Akira Toriyama’s Manga Theater and more 01:09:32 - Koyoharu Gotouge is the first manga artist to be on the TIME100 Next list 01:15:38 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on The Flowers of Evil, A complete review of Shuzo Oshimi’s story about a young teen who’s evil deed is discovered by a classmate with a destructive personality(covers volumes 10-11)  01:16:11 - Main Segment Retrospective: The Flowers of Evil, Transition Song “Hana -a last flower-” by ASA-CHANG&Junrei from The Flowers of Evil, Comprehensive review of Shuzo Oshimi’s story about a middle school boy who is blackmailed by his classmate who reveals his inner perversion(covers volumes 7-9) 02:09:30 - Next Week’s Topic: The Flowers of Evil, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

This week Darfox and dakazu return to indie manga with Glaeolia 2! Also dakazu returning to Saikin Kono Sekai wa Watashi dake no Mono ni Narimashita......! And we continue examining awful teenagers in part 2 of our The Flowers of Evil Retrospective!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Aku no Hana -Nakamura Sawa-” by Uchujin from The Flowers of Evil, Opening, Introductions, Phone notifications 00:01:22 - Listener Emails: Our picks for animals to be in BEASTARS 00:04:28 - Our favorite parody companies 00:08:32 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Darfox and dakazu review Glaeolia 2 in hopes of getting another pull quote on GlacierBayBooks.com 00:24:46 - Curiosity got dakazu to finish Yui Toshiki’s Saikin Kono Sekai wa Watashi dake no Mono ni Narimashita...... 00:37:23 - News: Black Clover anime will end March 30, 2021 00:44:13 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Morgana’s Manga Makeup, Morgana will read manga previously covered on Manga Machinations before she joined, including: Phoenix by Osamu Tezuka, Give My Regards to Black Jack by Shuzo Sato, and Mob Psycho 100 by ONE 00:47:48 - Main Segment Retrospective: The Flowers of Evil, Transition Song “Hana -a last flower-” by ASA-CHANG&Junrei from The Flowers of Evil, Comprehensive review of Shuzo Oshimi’s story about a middle school boy who is blackmailed by his classmate who reveals his inner perversion(covers volumes 4-6) 01:35:49 - Next Week’s Topic: Phoenix/Give My Regards to Black Jack /Mob Psycho 100, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

On this episode dakazu revisits Toru Seino’s Sono ‘Okodawari’, Ore ni mo Kure yo to regale us with tales of wasteful book reading practices and Seino trolling an adult couple. Then we begin our Retrospective on Shuzo Oshimi’s The Flowers of Evil but Seamus is already calling it quits after one episode!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Aku no Hana -Nakamura Sawa-” by Uchujin from The Flowers of Evil, Opening, Introductions, Mogana guesting on Shojo & Tell 00:02:23 - Listener Emails: Lukewarm reactions to the beginning of BEASTARS 00:09:38 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Joukyou Seikatsuroku Ichijou is yet another spinoff of Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji 00:13:59 - dakazu finally finished Sono ‘Okodawari’, Ore ni mo Kure yo which was jam packed with strange quirks and hilarious reactions from creator Toru Seino 00:40:20 - News: Manga Rock linked INKR Comics paying 1 cent per character to be translated and lettered 00:43:06 - Nana anime license rescued by Sentai Filmworks 00:45:21 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on The Flowers of Evil, A complete review of Shuzo Oshimi’s story about a young teen who’s evil deed is discovered by a classmate with a destructive personality(covers volumes 4-6) 00:45:48 - Main Segment Retrospective: The Flowers of Evil, Transition Song “Hana -a last flower-” by ASA-CHANG&Junrei from The Flowers of Evil, Comprehensive review of Shuzo Oshimi’s story about a middle school boy who is blackmailed by his classmate who reveals his inner perversion(covers volumes 1-3) 01:29:17 - Next Week’s Topic: The Flowers of Evil, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

If you’re a big Japan-fan, you’ll love this podcast. Joining Chris is Shuzo Shiota, CEO of Polygon Pictures, the long-lived and prolific Tokyo-based digital animation studio behind movies and TV series including Godzilla, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Transformers: Prime and Big Hero 6: The Series. Shuzo and Chris discuss the impact of Japanese art on the west, from its breakthrough at a Parisian exposition in the 1800s, to movies such as Akira, Manga graphic novels and now Netflix’s vast array of anime titles. Shuzo also talks about Polygon Pictures’ origins, why it can be hard to create authentic anime in 3D, and the future of cinema, gaming and subscription-based services.

On this episode Darfox rejoices in the English release of Blood on the Tracks while dakazu checks out a new manga made by an Osamu Tezuka AI called Paidon! Then we begin our retrospective on the empty world of Girls’ Last Tour by Tsukimizu and discuss it’s themes of finality. Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “More One Night” by Chito & Yuuri from Girls’ Last Tour, Opening, Introductions, Heavy Irish accents 00:01:45 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Darfox is excited about the English edition of a Manga Machination favorite, Blood on the Tracks 00:08:28 - *SPOILERS* dakazu finished Devil’s Line and enjoyed it 00:12:48 - Satoko and Nada creator Yupechika’s one shot Marin no Uchuu Ryokou is about a girl who meets her dead mother on a space simulator ride 00:14:42 - News: Paidon is a manga created by an AI that studied Osamu Tezuka manga for the TEZUKA2020 Project 00:20:54 - Shuho Sato hypothesizes that Kodansha’s low quality of their digital editions are from scanning print images 00:26:34 - Public backlash about the name of a character in My Hero Academia makes creator Kohei Horikoshi issue an apology 00:33:25 - Japanese blu-ray of High Score Girl II will feature a bonus manga chapter with a reveal of Ono’s mother 00:34:14 - Glacier Bay Books will be publishing a collections of works from 12 indie artists called ~Glaeolia~ 00:35:44 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Girls’ Last Tour, we will be finishing this series by Tsukumizu about two girls wandering through an empty city(covers volumes 4-6) 00:35:54 - Main Segment Retrospective: Girls’ Last Tour, Transition Song: “Ugoku, Ugoku” by Chito & Yuuri from Girls’ Last Tour, comprehensive review of Tsukimizu’s manga about two girls surviving in an giant empty city structure(covers volumes 1-3) 00:39:08 - We explore the obvious similarities between this manga and BLAME! 00:41:06 - We discuss the themes of finality and the melancholy tone that resonate in the longer story arcs 00:52:36 - Seamus points out the re-occurrence of fish throughout the story 00:55:49 - We talk about our favorite single chapter episodes 00:57:36 - We speculate on why the girls are dressed in military garb and drive around in a World War 2 era motorcycle tank Kettenkrad 01:01:41 - We praise Tsukimizu’s art style and compare her character work to Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction 01:03:13 - Darfox doesn’t want a lore dump about the history of the world unless it’s discovered through the eyes of the girls 01:07:44 - Seamus explain how the philosophical dialogue between the girls are a staple for dying earth science fiction stories 01:12:18 - Darfox and Seamus can’t give specific predictions about how the story will end because the title implies the girls will die 01:14:23 - dakazu is happy to hear Darfox and Seamus are both enjoying this series 01:15:30 - Next Week’s Topic: Girls’ Last Tour, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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Our guest is Shuzo Nishiyama, the 6th generation president of Nishiyama Shuzojo in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture. After working at a major TV production company in Tokyo, Shuzo returned to succeed his family business. Now the 170-year old award-winning sake brewery is known for its innovative culture. In this episode, Shuzo will discuss his various efforts to revive the male-dominant conservative sake industry, e.g. why the majority of his brewery workers are female, why he has hired multiple foreigners as the brewmaster's assistants, and much, much more!!! Japan Eats is powered by Simplecast.  

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Time Codes: 00:00:26 - Introduction 00:03:19 - Listener mail! 00:09:41 - Happiness 00:48:25 - My Brother's Husband 01:15:40 - Wrap up 01:16:43 - Contact us On the April manga episode, Shea and Derek discuss two very different series. They begin with Shuzo Oshimi's Happiness, the fourth volume of which has just been released by Kodansha Comics. This is a vampiric narrative that takes place in the suburbs and centers on the relationships among high school students. But don't make the mistake of thinking that this is Twilight-tinged fantasy. Oshimi's characterization is sophisticated and, in places, unpredictable, and his art style captures the interiority of his key marginalized figures. Of particular interest is Yuuki, a bully who befriends the narrative's protagonist, Okazaki, and how both characters handle their newfound vampirism once each has turned. The guys appreciate where this story is going, and Shea, in particular, is impatient in having to wait for the next few volumes. Next, Derek and Shea check out the first volume of Gengoroh Tagame's My Brother's Husband. This book is notable for a couple of reasons. For one, it is the first work of manga that Pantheon Books, a leader in major trade graphic-novel publishing, has ever released. And second, this is an all-age title by a mangaka known primarily for his gay BDSM erotic manga. It's the story of Yaichi and Kana, a single father and daughter, and their relationship with Mike, a gay Canadian who had married Yaichi's estranged brother. After Mike's husband dies, he honors his memory by getting to know his Japanese family. As the guys reveal, My Brother's Husband is a tale about relationships, coming to term with personal prejudices, and the strictures various cultures place on interpersonal behaviors.

Review of Happiness Volume 1 by Shuzo Oshimi