Manga Review Episodes

In this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan geeks out as he reviews a completely insane manga that is batshit crazy. One Part Seinen series, One Part Wrestling Drama and One Part Political Satire, this is WTF at is finest. So enjoy as he reviews "Golosseum" by Yasushi Baba
 
Besides Gloating on the absurdity of this manga, Xan also discusses the politics which influenced this story and the origins of Axe Bowman Hope you Enjoy

In this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan returns to manga review with a manga series that is very similar to so many other shonen jump series. So enjoy as he reviews "Hunter x Hunter" by Yoshihiro Togashi
 
Besides talking about the plot and main character, Xan also complains about how Gon is potentially more idiotic than Goku and Luffy Combined Hope you Enjoy

Ten Years ago Today, Xan & May San started a geeky podcast about reviewing manga. Crazy that we are still here after ten years and over 600 episodes of various podcasts. Congradulations to us and our faithful listeners. 
 
 So To celebrate this, Xan answers several questions about the podcast and then he reviews one of his favorite manga series of all time. The shonen Samurai action adventure series "Rurouni Kenshin" by Nobuhiro Watsuki
 
Happy Birthday Spiraken Manga Review.
here's to ten more years
 Hope you Enjoy

In this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan prepares to live the life of a freeter as he reviews this seinen sex comedy series. So enjoy as he reviews "Golden Boy" by Tatsuya Egawa
 
Remember Kids, the human head does not turn 360* Hope you Enjoy

Round Two Hundred and Ninty Eight! In this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan gets in the ring and prepares to defend ths amazing shonen sports manga series "Hajime no Ippo" by George Morikawa
 
As Xan regales us with his knowledge of the "Hajime no Ippo" Universe, he also educates us on the finer points of sports manga Hope you enjoy this podcast.

In this ultracrazy episode, Xan hops on a motorcycle and heads to Neo Tokyo as he reviews the post apocalyptic Sci Fi Political Drama manga series "Akira" by Katsuhiro Otomo
 
Besides the discussion of the long running series, our host also expresses his true feelings about the manga as well as the historical significance it has. Hope you Enjoy

In this episode, Xan prepares to search the desert for peace and love as he reviews this sci fi western action adventure manga. So enjoy as he reviews "Trigun" by Yasuhiro Nightow
 
Besides talking about the manga, Xan also discusses the craziness behind the characters and the popularity of the anime series. Hope you Enjoy this episode

In this mystical episode of the podcast, Xan revisits Hayao Miyazaki's greatest work but this time he gets to review the manga. So enjoy as he reviews the shonene sci fi post apocalyptic fantasy adventure manga  "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind" by Hayao Miyazaki
 
Check out Spiraken's review of the Nausicaa Anime movie here  and compare as Xan talks about the differences between the anime and the manga in this episode. Hope you Enjoy

In this fucked up episode, Xan is horrified yet intrigued as he reviews a manga about the exciting life of crime scene clean up. So enjoy as he reviews the psychological drama mystery manga series "Route END" by Nakagawa Kaiji
 
Yeah... our Host is just as perplexed as you are in why this series is a shonen manga. if you have a theory email us at spiraken.com

In this delicious episode, Xan straps on his cooking apron and studies ancient dishes of chinese cuisine. So enjoy as he reviews the shonen cooking comedy adventure manga series "Chuka Ichiban/The Best In Chinese Cooking" by Etsuki Ogawa
 
Xan also geeks out about the awesomeness of Avengers Infinity War . Hope you Enjoy