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It's the fourth quarter, and your co-hosts have banded together to take you through the final stretch! Anna joins me for a special Let's Get Visual column dedicated to Inoue's artwork, where we discuss pages from Real and Vagabond. And speaking of Vagabond, we both weigh in on the series, with Anna tackling the two most recent VIZBIG editions to be released (nine and ten) … [Read more...] about Takehiko Inoue MMF Roundaup: Part Four

What started as a trickle has become a steady stream as the Takehiko Inoue MMF begins drawing to a close! At Experiments in Manga, Ash brown checks out the second Vagabond VIZBIG omnibus, particularly praising the way battles in the series have lasting repercussions for the characters. At Manga Report, Anna digs into the past for highlights from the Inoue archive … [Read more...] about Takehiko Inoue MMF Roundup: Part Three

I've got a few more Inoue-riffic links to share with you today! First up, Lori Henderson at Manga Village looks at volume 22 of Slam Dunk, the most recent volume to become available in English, and points out that this is one sports manga where the sport itself is perhaps more important than the typical shounen theme of striving for improvement. Next, MJ and I devoted … [Read more...] about Takehiko Inoue MMF Roundup: Part Two

The Takehiko Inoue MMF is underway and submissions are beginning to come in! I've got three of them to share this morning. First up is a post from Matt at Matt Talks About Manga , where he talks about the first VIZBIG collection of Vagabond, comprising the first three volumes of the series. I have to admit that my favorite quote is, "The art. Oh, God, the art. It's beyond … [Read more...] about Takehiko Inoue MMF Roundup: Part One