Manga Tak
A Weekly Manga Podcast where we discuss the finest 1st volumes of manga to help you chose your next favourite title and build your collection!
Manga Tak
Episode 101 - Me and The Alien Mumu by Hiroki Miyashita
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Facing extinction, an alien race travels to Earth and decides to blend in amongst the population to rediscover the technological secrets it has lost. After scanning the planet's inhabitants and declaring it's rulers to be cats, they descend upon the planet... Mumu, one such invader finds himself in the home of Sakurako Umeyashiki, a freshman university student who's a bit of shut in. Together, the two become proud members of the Human Regeneration Study Group in order to understand technology better!
This week on Manga Tak, Mat is joined by Ginta1jm to discuss the sci-fi comedy/explainer manga Me and The Alien Mumu by Hiroki Miyashita. Join us as we deconstruct this book and put it back together again, talking about it's similarities to other explainer manga, how effective it's comedy can be and why this might just be the cat manga Mat's been searching for all his life!
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Show Notes
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Manga
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Dr. Stone by Riichiro Inagaki & Boichi
Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction by Inio Asano
Mujina Into The Deep by Inio Asano
Set it and Forget it! by Kakaru, Kiri Tono & Five-star Rice Meister Rie Shibuya
Thanks to Juliano Zucareli for our theme music!
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