Manga Kaiwa Podcast

Mar 20 2024 34 ep. 60 mins 7

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Two veteran otakus discuss Anime and Manga to their hearts’ content. We dive into "what if" scenarios, rank series, and talk with guests about our favorite stories, characters, and creators in this rapidly-expanding community.

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Manga Kaiwa S.4 E.4: When the Creator Passes the Batton - Dragon Ball Super, Boruto, Berserk and the Transcendence of Stories

Mar 20 2024 70 mins

Firstly, R.I.P. Toriyama Akira, creator of Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump, and other treasured works… When a storyteller entrusts their work to another author, it can get messy, but it can also create some of the most interesting developments in the story and fandom. Series like Dragon Ball, Naruto and Berserk have changed hands in one form or another, and the discussions around the to

Manga Kaiwa S.4 E.3: From Gogeta vs. Vegeto to Star Wars Prequels and Sequels; Freestyle Episode

Aug 18 2023 51 mins

Are Musashi and Thorfinn really that similar? Are tragic manga endings the ones that get received most poorly? How much does canonicity actually matter? Oh, and we’ve got some opinions on a few Dragon Ball Z films as well (*cough* Gogeta vs. Vegeto). This time we do a bit of experimenting with an unstructured episode touching on a plethora of topics!

Manga Kaiwa S.4 E.2: Casca's Cage - the latest on Berserk!

May 27 2023 50 mins

Time to talk about the GOAT! This time we (over)analyze one of the newest Berserk chapters which follows Casca’s unnerving, psychedelic confinement in Falconia. Man it’s awesome to have new content to rant about for this beautiful series! Regardless of what it is (it’ll probably be peak anyway) :)

Manga Kaiwa S.4 E.1: Top 10 Animanga Sword Wielders!!

Feb 20 2023 87 mins

Anime, manga, and sword wielders are inseparable, and, as two guys who can’t get enough of animanga badassery, it would be unthinkable for us not to make a top ten celebrating this holy trinity!

Manga Kaiwa S.3 E.12: Top 10 Badasses in Animanga

Oct 30 2022 76 mins

This has got to change. We’ve been at this for over a year and STILL haven’t done a Top 10 Most Badass Characters list? Badass characters emitting outrageous cool factor performing ridiculous feats of power is the only reason many people need to get into Animanga, and, honestly, that’s fair. That’s why, today, we’re doing what we should have done a long time ago…

Manga Kaiwa S.3 E.11: Let's Talk About Character Archetypes

Sep 11 2022 76 mins

You can really tell just how old storytelling is when you watch five different shows and feel like you’re seeing the same characters with a different appearance. What you’re experiencing there is one of the foundational pillars of fiction! You could sort Natuto, Luffy, and Asta into one or Guts, Thorfinn and Eren into another; this time we’re discussing what we consider the m

Manga Kaiwa S.3 E.10: Our Top 10 Settings in Animanga

Jul 24 2022 73 mins

Settings are quite literally “the background”, but who ever said “the background” is unimportant? Particularly in the bombastic stories of animanga, the world the events of the series take place in can shape its identity, keeping readers engaged with unique ways of life, civilizations, and natural phenomena that push the plot forward. Today, we celebrate the often overlooke

Manga Kaiwa S.3 E.9: The Greatest Minor Villains in Anime and Manga

Jun 11 2022 82 mins

Here’s a bold statement: another name for “catharsis,” or the emotional “payoff” in a story, is “minor villains”. See what I did there? Especially in animanga, Mini-bosses are the most popular way writers build up the tension and anticipation around a main villain’s defeat, and in this episode of Manga Kaiwa, we count down our top ten minor antagonists!

Manga Kaiwa S.3 E.8: Our Top 10 Favorite Attacks/Techniques in Animanga

May 24 2022 51 mins

What's the first thing you think of when you think of fighting anime? Is it perhaps... a hero screaming out the name of his ultimate technique!? Of course it is, which is why we're returning with an episode dedicated to listing off our top 10 attacks in animanga!

Manga Kaiwa S.3 E.7: T10 Favorite Casts in Animanga

Apr 13 2022 81 mins

What if we told you we could talk about the same topics as usual AND change up the usual pool of series we tend to talk about? Well, this time we’re discussing our top 10 casts in animanga. Since we considered likeability, variety, and dynamics as opposed to how individual characters are written, this list will include a whole slew of entries that we don’t talk about as often,