Manga Corner

Jd, Colton, are joined by Manga Kast host, Lyda, to cover KOSUKE’s runaway hit, GANGSTA. From the story to its handicapped leads, GANGSTA. brings the European crime landscape to Japanese manga. Jd, Colton, are joined by...

What makes DMC such a comedic gem about pretend metal head and his indie folk dreams? Jd, Colton, and special guest, Jay, rock on with DMC’s best points. What makes DMC such a comedic gem about pretend metal head and...

Does the new Parasyte anime hold up to the 1980’s manga? Jd, Colton, and special guest, Dawn, dive into the manga while remembering fallen manga distributors. Does the new Parasyte anime hold up to the 1980’s manga? Jd...

Jd and Colton take on Miki Yoshikawa’s Yamada and the Seven Witches, a high school version of Freaky Friday with a noodle-loving delinquent student as It (sorry, Naruto) and kissing without boundaries. Jd and Colton...

Ever have a delicious piece of food taste as good as an orgasm? In Food Wars!, all the food has an orgasmic or faltering taste, and it’s up to Food Wars! main characters to make it just right! Jd, Colton, and Bento Bako...

Norihiro Yagi’s Claymore follows silver-eyed women fused with demon blood. Outside of being a horror action manga, Jd and Colton also look at its Madhouse-made anime and uncovers the real meaning of the Claymore...

Jd and Colton bring on comic book and manga Bostonian, Sam Kusek, to talk the good and the really good of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. And just to show how great of fans we are of the JoJo franchise, Jd, Colton, and Sam...

Attack on Titan may be all about Titans, survival, and Mikasa’s emoticon expressions, but if you’re a gaijin, or foreigner, living in Japan (like Jd), Titans are a guise to hate on foreigners. Jd and Colton steers...

Jd, Colton, and Manga & Mascara guest artist, Arcadia Page, talk their favorite inventions from Gundam, Dr. Slump, and Doraemon, and whether inventions from anime and manga are more than just science fiction. Jd...

When it comes to Father’s Day, there are only two kinds of dads: the quick dad (he’s on his game!) and the deadbeat dad (might as well jumped off a cliff). Which anime and manga dads will get the “Greatest Dad in the...

Harem manga has a bad reputation, but there are good points peering around the corner. Jd, with a little bit of the giggle fits, tries her best to say why reverse harem is so great while Colton’s smoldering fury over...

In celebration of Yuri’s Night, Colton from Gintama Life Lessons comes on the Manga Corner to share some life lessons about manga featuring aliens. But they’re not just aliens—they’re mean, powerful, and sometimes...

King of RPGs’s co-author and former Viz Media editor, Jason Thompson, joins the Manga Corner to talk about Japanese culture King of RPGs’s co-author and former Viz Media editor, Jason Thompson, joins the Manga Corner to...

Living Tall in Japan blogger and Tokyo resident, Jamie Lynn Lano, joins the Manga Corner to discuss Japanese cultural references frequented in manga. Living Tall in Japan blogger and Tokyo resident, Jamie Lynn Lano...

This episode shows the ties between manga characters and real Japanese culture from Imran Khan’s and Jd Banks’s experiences in Japan. This episode shows the ties between manga characters and real Japanese culture from...