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We Appreciate Manga

We Appreciate Manga™

It starts with friends recommending their manga books. It quickly turns into a reflection on the power of storytelling and how manga can some times get you through hard times. Dive into this anime related book club and appreciate manga with us! New episodes available from August 2022.

leisure animation & manga

All Episodes

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016 - Battle Royale vol. 9

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/08/09

016: Battle Royale vol. 9 By Koushun Takami and Masayuki Taguchi With English translation by Keith Giffen Someone plays dead and schoolkids drop like flies. Theme Music: 'Electro Hype' by Liam Bradbury Podcast created by Jim Fitton and Steven Gorton. Topics : · Who is Kayako? · Kazuo Kiriyama · Narrative storytelling technique in this volume, a stream of consciousness a la James Joyce’s Ullyses. Pop culture references: Superman / Krypton (Sugimura suspects that

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015 - Battle Royale vol. 8

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/08/09

015: Battle Royale vol. 8 By Koushun Takami and Masayuki Takaguchi School kids are forced to kill each other until only one survives! We talk about rape and child abuse on this episode. For your convenience we’ve provided the following helplines: UK SAMARITANS: 116 123 JAPAN: 03-5774-0992 USA SUICIDE PREVENTION: 1-800-273-8255 USA NATIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT HOTLINE 800 - 656 - HOPE (4673) We talk about the following topics on this episode: · NOTE* TRIGGER WARNING – rape +

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47:36

014 - Battle Royale vol. 7

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/08/09

014: Battle Royale Vol. 7 All about trust issues and having fake friends. Mimura fights Kiriyama. You can contact us at WeAppreciateManga@Gmail.com Theme Music: 'Electro Hype' by Liam Bradbury Podcast created by Jim Fitton and Steven Gorton. TOPICS: · Kiriyama vs Mimura · The arcade fight. · Coke being synonymous for Cola. · Trust issues, and times we were sold out by fake friends. POP CULTURE REFERENCES: Ella Fitzegerald sings Gershwin “Deny yourself

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43:05

013 - Battle Royale vol. 6

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/07/27

013: Battle Royale vol. 6 On this episode we talk about the following topics: · Nanahara as a framing device (why is he everywhere!?) · Kiriyama’s attack on the Nanahara gang · Kiriyama vs Sugimura · Nanahara’s philosophy – You win and we all lose, Kiriyama is a waste according to Nanahara and so raises the question if Kiriyama’s life would have any meaning if he survived or not. · Life/Real talk – Yutaka and Mimura’s relationship stress We

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012 - Battle Royale vol. 5

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/07/26

012 Battle Royale vol. 5 The chapter begins with Yutaka in a street fight. Mimura saves him from the attack and the two become friends. When Mimura questions Yutaka he finds that his fight was made so to protect a stray dog from bullies. The two decide on working together to help the dog find a home. Fast forward to their Battle Royale and they are still working together. This time making a bomb with the intentions to attack their captors and escape the Battle Royale program. Since the game began

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42:47

011 - Battle Royale vol. 4

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/07/19

010: Battle Royale Vol. 4 We apologise in advance for the foul language! Sound issues, so please give yourself a moment to adjust to the audio. The topics: · Are there women like Chigusa? The character is an example of the sexist “resting bitch face” trope. · The clever use of Flashbacks throughout ‘Battle Royale’ and how they are used to quickly build sympathy, especially with characters who we only spend a short time with. · Kaori’s mental illness. · Sugimura.

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41:05

010 - Battle Royale vol. 3

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/07/19

James’ audio is peaking in this episode, a reason for this, as well the foul language, is that the Battle Royale run of the podcast was the first recorded episodes. We talk about the following subjects: · Kawada, and the fact that he has the misfortune of being in two separate Battle Royales. · Mistuko Soma’s shocking practice of pimping her friends out to lecherous men, and what her motive may have been. · The toxic masculinity of Yoji, how he struggles with his sexuality

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01:08:33

009 - Battle Royale vol. 2

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/07/13

Schoolkids are forced to fight to the death until only one survives. Battle Royale is an explicit Manga, for adults only. Theme Music: 'Electro Hype' by Liam Bradbury Podcast created by Jim Fitton and Steven Gorton.

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01:10:32

008 - Battle Royale vol. 1

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/07/13

Schoolkids are forced to fight to the death until only one survives. WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT THROUGHOUT Apologies in advance for the swears and sub-par audio. Episode 8 was our first recorded episode and so we hope you forgive our rookie ways.

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007 - A Silent Voice vol. 7

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/06/28

The final volume of A SIlent Voice (a.k.a. Koe no Katachi) Author Yoshitoki Oima nails the landing on this poignant coming of age drama. Theme Music: 'Electro Hype' by Liam Bradbury Podcast created by Jim Fitton and Steven Gorton

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52:22

006 - A Silent Voice vol. 6

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/06/28

The darkest hour for our characters. Real talk; Depression. Helplines: UK SAMARITANS: 116 123 JAPAN: 03-5774-0992 USA SUICIDE PREVENTION: 1-800-273-8255 Theme Music: 'Electro Hype' by Liam Bradbury Podcast created by Jim Fitton and Steven Gorton

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55:55

005 - A Silent Voice vol. 5

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/06/21

Real Talk: Suicide (some explicit language too) We talk about relationships and being "present" since Shoko dates Ishida but her thoughts are elsewhere. Self loathing perhaps? Synopsis skip @7:12 Theme Music: 'Electro Hype' by Liam Bradbury

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004 - A Silent Voice vol. 4

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/06/21

Jim wonders if his love for the deaf character is rooted in a bias towards the disabled. Either way things get heavy in this story. Synopsis skip @ 6:04 Theme Music: 'Electro Hype' by Liam Bradbury © 2019 Jim Fitton

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52:25

003 - A Silent Voice vol. 3

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/06/15

Having a reputation, overbearing friends and maybe pretend friends? This volume explores a lot. Also there's a love triangle! Skip synopsis @ 7:30 Theme Music: 'Electro Hype' by Liam Bradbury Podcast created by Jim Fitton and Steven Gorton

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002 - A Silent Voice vol. 2

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/06/15

We switch perspective and learn more about Shoko. Author interview: https://kodanshacomics.com/2016/06/07/interview-yoshitoki-oima-silent-voice/ Synopsis ends @ 10:50 Theme Music: 'Electro Hype' by Liam Bradbury © 2019 Jim Fitton For the first time James struggles to identify the gender of a new mysterious character, and wonders if such an issue is noteworthy for the episodes to come. James is also reminded of his own experience with bullying; especially the unique experience of being a target of

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001 - A Silent Voice vol. 1

We Appreciate Manga ·

2019/06/08

001: A Silent Voice vol. 1 A suicidal schoolboy seeks forgiveness from the deaf girl he bullied. Skip synopsis to the mash and potatos @ 10.24 Theme Music: 'Electro Hype' by Liam Bradbury Podcast created by Jim Fitton and Steven Gorton Published by Kodansha. The poignant ‘A Silent Voice’ has been adapted into an animated movie in 2016 and is currently available on Netflix as of 2019. Its author, Yoshitoki Oima has been nominated for awards, including the 2016 Eisner Award and the 19th Tezuka

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