Spiraken Review Podcast
For over 600 episodes, the Wheel of Manga has been our chaotic overlord. One spin could bring the cozy fantasy of Restaurant to Another World or the body-horror of Tokyo Ghoul—we just hold the microphone. But that's not all! Get our unfiltered manga hot takes, on-the-ground convention reports, movie reviews, and dive deep with our Monthly Book Club. Whether it's the slick action of Lupin III or the profound soul-searching of Vagabond, if it's a story with pulse, we've covered it. Your weekly dose of glorious uncertainty starts here.
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Episodes
Tuesday Dec 29, 2009
Tuesday Dec 29, 2009
Happy Holidays, Xan celebrates the holidays and the birth of his nephew. He also reviews the super cute seinen series, Chi's Sweet Home by Konami Kanata
Wednesday Dec 23, 2009
Wednesday Dec 23, 2009
In this episode, Xan observes and reports about one of the longest manga series that was written in the 1980's. So listen as he reviews this adventure fantasy horror manga , 3x3 Eyes by Yuzo Takada
Wednesday Dec 16, 2009
Wednesday Dec 16, 2009
Ep 81: Misleading Title In the 81th episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan reviews a crappy manhwa , P.K. by Lee Jong-Kyu and illustrated by Park Chul-Ho
Tuesday Dec 08, 2009
Tuesday Dec 08, 2009
In the 80th episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan reflects on the dramatic slice of life seinen manga , Bartender by Araki Joh and illustrated by Kenji Nagatomo
Tuesday Dec 01, 2009
Tuesday Dec 01, 2009
In this episode, Xan learns what it's like to be homeless and an alcoholic in this slice of Life autobiographic manga Disappearance Diary by Hideo Azuma
Wednesday Nov 25, 2009
Wednesday Nov 25, 2009
In this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan takes a look at the legend of the second member of the Joestar family in his review of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure 's second story arc Battle Tendency by Hirohiko Araki
Wednesday Nov 18, 2009
Wednesday Nov 18, 2009
In the 77th episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan becomes involved with the 108 Dragons and reviews the crime martial arts action seinen manga , Crying Freeman by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Ryuichi Ikigami
Wednesday Nov 11, 2009
Wednesday Nov 11, 2009
In this, the 76th episode of the Spiraken Manga Review Podcast, Xan becomes desensitized to gore and violence in the uberviolent and classic seinen manga , Violence Hero Riki-Oh by Masahiko Takajo and drawn by Saruwatari Tetsuya
Wednesday Nov 04, 2009
Wednesday Nov 04, 2009
In this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan gets psyched about the uberly violent and awesome classic action manga , Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star by Buronson
Tuesday Oct 27, 2009
Tuesday Oct 27, 2009
In the 74th episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan reviews the disturbing controversial and twisted psychological thriller manga , M.P.D. Psycho by Eiji Otsuka
About Us
SPIRAKEN or Some Podcast Inventing Reviews About Kinetically Enhanced Narratives is a nerdy manga podcast that also talks about different geeky topics. Started in 2008 by Xan Villanueva and "May-San",this podcast is dedicated to inform our audience on what manga,anime,tv series, conventions or other nerdy thing is worth investing their time in.