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Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship with William Morgan (The Geek Gauntlet Podcast)
Every kid who ever begged a parent for money to hit GameStop on release day understands the Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship series in their bones: it’s the same card game, sold back to you once a year, wearing a slightly fancier hat each time. Konami ran this bit from 2003 to 2006 with the discipline of a Swiss watchmaker and the restraint of absolutely nobody when it came to naming the things. Four games! Four years! Somehow four completely different amounts of the word “World Championship” crammed into each title!
And somewhere in that run, things got weird. By the last entry, Konami had apparently decided Yugi, Kaiba, and the rest of the cast had done enough work, and quietly let you duel the actual monster cards instead, like the whole show got replaced by its own trading cards in some kind of legal dispute. There’s also a tiny RPG town nobody asked for, a cartridge somehow refereeing six languages at once, and just enough real cardboard cards taped inside the box that there’s a real argument the packaging outsold the game.
Grabbing a seat at the table to help me sort genuine dueling nostalgia from pure cardboard-fueled compulsion is William Morgan, host of The Geek Gauntlet Podcast, self-billed as the fastest hour in podcasting, a claim that tracks given how fast he and the crew burn through a week’s worth of comics, movies, anime, and gaming news.
So keep an eye on your Life Points, don’t forget your face-downs, and let’s find out if the World Championship series was Konami’s finest run of Game Boy dueling, or just years of very well-packaged déjà vu.
Learn such things as:
- Why do I think this is so weird but yearly sports games aren’t?
- How far back into a game’s ruleset can you go if you weren’t there when it was current?
- Who bought the game for the game, and who bought it just for the included card?
- And so much more!
You can find William on The Geek Gauntlet Podcast.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
Play Comics is also part of Art Comedy Pop-Culture Network, which is a long-standing creative organization spawning from a love of Adult Swim. Be sure to check them out for all sorts of entertainment news, commentary, and just plain fun stuff.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website.
If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.
A big thanks to Anime Field Guide and Just the Facts and More for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who can play the Yu-Gi-Oh theme on the theremin.
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https://www.magmoe.com/?p=3166738 ヘンリー王子とメーガン妃に逆風、新作映画が“大コケ”。専門家は「しばらく姿を消すべき」とコメント – セレブニュース | SPUR #celebrity culture(セレブリティ・カルチャー) #celebritynews #culture #film #movie #princecharles #princeharry #Princess Meghan(メーガン妃) #repost #shueisha #SPUR #映画
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https://www.wacoca.com/media/?p=740360 ヘンリー王子とメーガン妃に逆風、新作映画が“大コケ”。専門家は「しばらく姿を消すべき」とコメント – セレブニュース | SPUR #celebrity culture(セレブリティ・カルチャー) #CELEBRITY NEWS(セレブニュース) #CULTURE #film #movie #Prince Charles(チャールズ皇太子) #Prince Harry(ヘンリー王子) #Princess Meghan(メーガン妃) #SHUEISHA #SPUR #映画 #高嶺の花
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MyDealz | „Manga Million“: Shūeisha stellt fast 400 Manga kostenlos zum Lesen bereit u.a. One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Hunter x Hunter, Demon Slayer,Spy
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Naruto Path of the Ninja with Merrilee O’neil (Fear Coded)
By the mid-2000s, Naruto had pulled off something most manga-to-anime properties never manage: it wasn’t just popular, it was everywhere, spinning off a small army of video games across nearly every system with a screen, like Naruto himself used Shadow Clone Jutsu on the entire games industry and nobody thought to stop him. Somewhere in that flood of Ninja Councils and Clash of Ninjas sits Naruto: Path of the Ninja, the entry that decided the best way to honor Kishimoto’s story wasn’t just punching (though there’s plenty of that too) but actually letting you live through the Land of Waves and the Chūnin Exams one turn-based battle at a time.
Path of the Ninja debuted on the Game Boy Advance in Japan back in 2004, then took a leisurely three years to reach American shelves in 2007, arriving on the Nintendo DS instead, because by the time they got around to localizing it, the GBA already felt like last decade’s news. You pick from six familiar faces, Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, Shikamaru, Neji, and Rock Lee, pair them into formations for bonus combo attacks, and work through more than 90 jutsu, some of which you cast on the DS touchscreen by frantically scribbling a shape with the stylus, which is either a clever nod to hand seals or just a fun way to give yourself a cramp. The story runs all the way to the Chunin Exam invasion and a face-off with Shukaku, and if you’re wondering whether you can also fight Itachi as a secret bonus boss, the answer is: only if you own the Japanese version. The English release quietly deleted that fight but somehow forgot to scrub his name from the end credits, which is the video game equivalent of hiding a body and leaving the shovel leaning against the wall.
Making another through the Play Comics dojo is Merrilee O’Neil of Fear Coded, last seen on the show trying to keep pace with the Flash. This time she’s trading super speed for shadow clones, hand seals, and a Konoha headband, so at least the running is a little more sustainable.
So form your hand seals, grab your kunai pouch, and let’s find out if Path of the Ninja earned its headband as a worthy trip through early Naruto, or if it should’ve stayed back at the Academy with the rest of the genin.
Learn such things as:
- Isn’t the world today better, with games coming out worldwide at basically the same time?
- How can you use a console’s gimmick to really lean into the gameplay?
- Can a game stick to the established story a bit too well?
- And so much more!
You can find Merrilee being the main driver of the Fear Coded account on BlueSky @fearcodedpod.bsky.social on her podcast Fear Coded.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
Play Comics is also part of Art Comedy Pop-Culture Network, which is a long-standing creative organization spawning from a love of Adult Swim. Be sure to check them out for all sorts of entertainment news, commentary, and just plain fun stuff.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website.
If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.
A big thanks to Kaiju Comicast and Anime Field Guide for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who probably has a pretty sick collection of headbands.
#GameBoyAdvance #Jiraiya #MerrileeONeil #NarutoUzumaki #NejiHyūga #NintendoDS #RockLee #SakuraHaruno #SasukeUchiha #ShikamaruNara #Shueisha #TomyCompany #Tose #VizMedia -
Shueisha Launches Manga Million; An Official Platform To Read Translated Manga #entertainment #mangamillion #shueisha
https://www.lowyat.net/2026/400802/shueisha-manga-million-official-manga/
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Shueisha Makes Global Push With MANGA MILLION, A Manga Platform Available in 100 Languages
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ICYMI: One Piece Day Is Coming….Here’s What’s Planned https://popgeeks.com/one-piece-day-is-coming-heres-whats-planned/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #OnePiece #Anime #Manga #Shueisha #ToeiAnimation
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Yu-Gi-Oh Nightmare Troubadour with The Gaming Anthropologist
Video game licensing runs on a very simple equation: if a popular franchise exists, and a handheld system exists, someone will eventually put a game together and slap on a release date. That’s probably the story behind Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour, with Konami treating the whole affair with the enthusiasm of checking a box on an extremely profitable to-do list. It was the franchise’s first outing on the Nintendo DS, arriving with the confidence of a company that already knew the math worked.
The pitch itself barely needed a pitch meeting: take the actual Duel Monsters card game, cram in over a thousand cards, and let the DS’s two screens do what a real card table always wished it could, which is render your monsters in flashy 3D up top while the actual decision-making, deck construction, knowing what a Trap Card does, happens down on the touchscreen below. The story loosely resets you into a remixed version of a Yu-Gi-Oh tournament arc, because apparently even a game that’s essentially “trading card simulator” still needed somebody to kidnap somebody, and wireless dueling and card trading rounded things out for anyone who wanted to bankrupt a friend without leaving the couch.
Making the trip through Battle City with me is The Gaming Anthropologist, who’s been out in the field studying gaming culture the way some people study a subject that actually pays.
So build your deck, set a face-down card of your own choosing, and let’s find out whether Nightmare Troubadour actually captured what made Duel Monsters worth dueling over, or whether “the license existed and so did the hardware” was doing all the heavy lifting.
Learn such things as:
- Is Yu-Gi-Oo the Madden franchise of anime and manga based games?
- How hard is it to go play a game with a different set of rules than you’re used to?
- Are we setting a record for games where you don’t even play as any of the characters?
- And so much more!
You can find The Gaming Anthropologist @the_gaming_anthropologist on Instagram and Threads, her Patron page, and of course her website The Gaming Anthropologist.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
Play Comics is also part of Art Comedy Pop-Culture Network, which is a long-standing creative organization spawning from a love of Adult Swim. Be sure to check them out for all sorts of entertainment news, commentary, and just plain fun stuff.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website.
If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.
A big thanks to D’ohmance Dawn and The Monsters that Made Us for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who believes in the heart of the cards, but not the liver or the kidneys.
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Los problemas con la Weekly Shonen Jump motivan a #Shueisha a disculparse y anunciar cambios en cuanto a los regalos incluidos. Todo por culpa de los infames revendedores y especuladores ¬¬'. https://universo-nintendo.com.mx/2026/07/17/shueisha-disculpa-problemas-weekly-shonen-jump/
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https://www.wacoca.com/celebrity/?p=10507 大ヒットBLドラマ『ヒーテッド・ライバルリー』の主演俳優、パリで“サイン転売業者”の待ち伏せに激怒！ – セレブニュース | SPUR #celebrity culture(セレブリティ・カルチャー) #CELEBRITY NEWS(セレブニュース) #CULTURE(カルチャー) #FASHION(ファッション) #SHUEISHA #SPUR #俳優 #有名人
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https://www.wacoca.com/media/?p=714597 大ヒットBLドラマ『ヒーテッド・ライバルリー』の主演俳優、パリで“サイン転売業者”の待ち伏せに激怒！ – セレブニュース | SPUR #celebrity culture(セレブリティ・カルチャー) #CELEBRITY NEWS(セレブニュース) #CULTURE #drama #fashion #SHUEISHA #SPUR #ドラマ #高嶺の花
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https://www.wacoca.com/celebrity/?p=9479 ウィンブルドンでジョージ王子とシャーロット王女がロイヤルボックスの主役に！ サングラス＆ハット姿が「紳士淑女そのもの」と話題 – セレブニュース | SPUR #Celebrity #celebrity culture(セレブリティ・カルチャー) #CELEBRITY NEWS(セレブニュース) #CULTURE(カルチャー) #FASHION(ファッション) #Prince George(ジョージ王子) #Prince Louis(ルイ王子) #Prince William(ウィリアム王子) #Princess Catherine(キャサリン妃) #Princess Charlotte(シャーロット王女) #SHUEISHA #SPUR #有名人
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https://www.wacoca.com/celebrity/?p=7685 キャサリン皇太子妃がウィンブルドン2026にサプライズ登場！ さわやかな青のリネンスーツに身を包み、輝く笑顔！ – セレブニュース | SPUR #Celebrity #celebrity culture(セレブリティ・カルチャー) #CELEBRITY NEWS(セレブニュース) #CULTURE(カルチャー) #FASHION(ファッション) #Prince Charles(チャールズ皇太子) #Prince George(ジョージ王子) #Prince Louis(ルイ王子) #Prince William(ウィリアム王子) #Princess Catherine(キャサリン妃) #Princess Charlotte(シャーロット王女) #SHUEISHA #SPUR #有名人
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https://www.wacoca.com/celebrity/?p=6855 英国王室のアイドル、ルイ王子が８歳に！ 愛らしすぎる最新ポートレートと動画が公開され、ウィリアム皇太子と瓜ふたつと大反響！ – セレブニュース | SPUR #Celebrity #celebrity culture(セレブリティ・カルチャー) #CELEBRITY NEWS(セレブニュース) #CULTURE(カルチャー) #FASHION(ファッション) #Prince Charles(チャールズ皇太子) #Prince George(ジョージ王子) #Prince Louis(ルイ王子) #Prince William(ウィリアム王子) #Princess Catherine(キャサリン妃) #Princess Charlotte(シャーロット王女) #SHUEISHA #SPUR #有名人
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Surge un rumor de que la secuela del #manga #Bleach volverá pronto a las páginas de la revista Weekly Shonen Jump de #Shueisha. Eso será con el Arco del Infierno, y con motivo del final de otra popular serie :3. https://universo-nintendo.com.mx/2026/06/20/bleach-manga-secuela-shonen-jump-volvera/
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Mrs. GREEN APPLEが届ける豪華絢爛なエンタテインメントショー『CEREMONY』AI、TXT、とき宣らと熱狂生み出した初日をレポート – カルチャートピックス https://www.yayafa.com/?p=2826489 #AgenticAi #AI #ArtificialGeneralIntelligence #ArtificialIntelligence #Shueisha #SPUR #エージェント型AI #人工知能 #汎用人工知能 #畠山愛理
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El #anime Psyren, inspirado en la obra de Toshiaki Iwashiro, no solo tiene un nuevo tráiler sino también mes de estreno e info de su reparto. Conoce un poco de lo que ofrece esta historia, otra de las manejadas por la editorial #Shueisha :3. https://universo-nintendo.com.mx/2026/06/18/psyren-mes-estreno-trailer/
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https://www.magmoe.com/?p=3028125 キング・オブ・ポップを甦らせた映画、『Michael／マイケル』。マイケル・ジャクソンの歌声と踊り、そしてオーラを再現した主演二人にインタビュー！ – カルチャートピックス | SPUR #film #MichaelJackson #movie #repost #shueisha #SPUR #映画
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Las compañías #Shueisha Games e historia revelaron que UN:Me no solo llegará a PC sino también a #NintendoSwitch2 y #PS5, por lo que conviene conocerlo. Esta es una historia psicológica y de terror donde cuatro almas se disputan el cuerpo de una chica :3. https://universo-nintendo.com.mx/2026/06/01/unme-nintendo-switch-2-aventura-psicologica-terror/
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Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2 with Russell Moran (Kaiju ComicCast)
At some point in the early 2000s, someone looked at the Dragon Ball Z manga and anime, a story full of screaming men who power up for entire episodes, hair that defies physics, and villains who monologue long enough for the protagonist to reach a new power level, and said, “Yes. This. But make it a fighting game. On two, and only two, consoles.” And thus, Dragon Ball Z Budokai 2 arrived on PS2 and GameCube, ready to let you spend an unreasonable amount of time unlocking characters and pretending you know what a Fusion Dance is supposed to look like in real life.
This episode, we’re going Super Saiyan on the whole thing. The game, the manga, the anime, the drama, the capsules, the questionable story mode decisions. All of it. And joining us to power up the conversation is Russell Moran from Kaiju ComiCast, who brings exactly the kind of kaiju-sized enthusiasm this franchise demands.
So take a deep breath, squeeze out every last drop of ki you’ve got, and let’s get into it. Your hair may or may not turn gold by the end. No promises.
Learn such things as:
- What’s worse than taking a risk and totally failing?
- What’s keeping us from getting the epic Toriyama Universe fighting crossover event that we all want to badly?
- Can you really say that the roster has 50 different characters when 10 of them are different versions of the same dude?
- And so much more!
You can find Russell on BlueSky @kaijucomiccast, Instagram @kaijucomiccast, and of course at his podcast Kaiju ComiCast.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
The next episode is going to be Justice League Heroes The Flash, so get your thoughts ready and over to me if you want to hear them in the show.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website.
If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.
A big thanks to “Fun” and Games and Anime Field Guide for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who only does things at levels of 9000.
#Android16 #Android17 #Android18 #Atari #CaptainGinyu #Cell #Cooler #Dabura #Dimps #DrGero #Frieza #Gamecube #Gohan #Goku #Gokule #Goten #Gotenks #GreatSaiyaman #Hercule #JumpComics #KidBuu #KidTrunks #Krillin #Kuriza #MajinBuu #Nappa #Piccolo #PS2 #Raditz #Recoome #RussellMoran #Shueisha #SuperBuu #SupremeKai #TeenGohan #TienShinhan #Tiencha #Trunks #Vegeta #Vegito #Videl #VizMedia #Yamcha -
The record-breaking manga publisher behind Weekly Shonen Jump is marking its centennial by offering free digital manga, an audiobook project and more. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/05/26/art/shueisha-anniversary-manga-english/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #art #shueisha #manga #weeklyshonenjump #japanesecompanies #anniversary #audiobook
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Yu-Gi-Oh Destiny Board Traveler & World Championship Tournament 2004 with David (Anime Field Guide)
Some duels are fought with cards. Some are fought with dice. And then some… are fought with the Game Boy Advance’s eternal struggle against decent menu navigation. This week on Play Comics, we’re shuffling up and drawing into Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler and World Championship Tournament 2004, two games that take everything we love about Yu-Gi-Oh!, monsters, strategy, friendship laser beams, and cram it into a tiny cartridge that smells faintly of childhood and battery corrosion.
Joining Chris for this summoning circle of digital nostalgia is David from Anime Field Guide, who brings the kind of anime expertise that makes you question whether your life points can drop below zero if you cringe too hard at English dub dialogue. Together, they’ll explore why these particular duels feel like being trapped in a friendship-branded fever dream, complete with turn-based confusion and more “draw phase” puns than anyone asked for.
So grab your duel disk, blow into that GBA cartridge like it owes you rent, and prepare to enter a world where forbidden memories and confusing mechanics go hand-in-hand. It’s the heart of the cards… but maybe also a faint cry for a player’s guide.
Learn such things as:
- Whether the heart of the cards can survive low battery warnings.
- The surprising crossover between duel monsters and chaos theory.
- Why Destiny Board Traveler isn’t just Monopoly with a Yu-Gi-Oh skin.
- And so much more!
You can find David on BlueSky @anifieldguide.bsky.social, Threads @anifieldguide, and of course hear him over at Anime Field Guide.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube, or the Play Comics website.
If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then Sugar, Spite, and Everything is Fine is probably something you should check out.
A big thanks to The Monsters that Made Us and Worst Collection Ever for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who is just sitting there waiting for me to spring the traps.
#DarkMagicianGirl #DavidAnimeFieldGuide #GameBoyAdvance #Grandpa #JoeyWheeler #Kaibaman #Konami #MaiValentine #MaximillionPegasus #Mokuba #RebeccaHawkins #SetoKaiba #Shueisha #VizMedia #YamiBakura #YamiYugi #YugiMutou -
One Piece Grand Battle with Janine Juliette (D’ohmance Dawn)
Set sail, button-mashers, because this time Play Comics is diving face-first into One Piece: Grand Battle! that PS2 and GameCube special where early Water 7-era drama gets smooshed into a chaos-filled arena and told to play nice. Expect stretchy punches, loud special attacks, and exactly the kind of character balance you’d expect from a game that assumes “pirate” and “fair” don’t belong in the same sentence. We’re talking Straw Hats, shipyards, and the eternal question: “Is this actually good, or do I just really like yelling ‘Gum-Gum’ every five seconds?”
Joining Chris on this voyage is Janine Juliette from D’ohmance Dawn, here to bring big-brain One Piece insight and just the right amount of gremlin energy to keep things interesting. Janine’s got thoughts on how this slice of the anime translates into a brawler, where the game nails the Straw Hats’ personalities, and where it feels like someone skimmed the wiki five minutes before coding a super move. If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a deeply thoughtful One Piece fan is forced to reckon with PS2-era anime jank, this is absolutely your kind of chaos.
So grab your controller, your favorite questionable snack, and maybe a backup controller for when Luffy’s rubber nonsense finally pushes you over the edge. We’re digging into how far the game actually gets into the story, why some characters feel terrifying and others feel like they snuck in as a joke, and whether this one belongs on your “must-play” shelf or your “fondly mock from a distance” list. Treasure, friendship, and highly unsafe maritime workplace practices await. Let’s see if Grand Battle! can keep its ship together.
Learn such things as:
- Which Straw Hat shines in an arena brawler and which one feels like they forgot to finish the move set?
- Is this game might secretly be more fun as a chaotic couch brawler than as a serious competitive fighter?
- How would the internet have broken if people could have known what was to come for these characters?
- And so much more!
You can find Janine on BlueSky @janinejuliet.bsky.social and of course her podcasts D’ohMance Dawn and Wrestle Girlies.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube or the Play Comics website.
If you want to hear Chris talk with Karrington Martin about the lessons we learned from children’s media and how crazy it is that we’re supposed to just forget about that now that we’re adults, then is probably something you should check out.
A big thanks to I am Your Target Demographic and Longbox Review for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who probably has a stuffed Chopper.
#Aokiji #Arlong #Bandai #Buggy #DonKrieg #DraculeMihawk #Enel #Foxy #Gamecube #Ganbarion #JanineJuliette #JumpComics #Kuro #MonkeyDLuffy #Mr2BonClay #Nami #NicoRobin #PS2 #RoronoaZoro #Sanji #Shanks #Shueisha #SirCrocodile #Smoker #TonyTonyChopper #Usopp -
Naruto Ultimate Ninja with Cory Byrd (Byrds Eye View Comics)
Grab your custom jutsu hand seals and prepare to feel a crushing sense of inadequacy when comparing your reaction time to a ninja’s because we’re diving shadow clone deep into the first Naruto Ultimate Ninja game on PlayStation 2! This week we’re channeling our inner shinobi to explore how Bandai Namco took Masashi Kishimoto’s legendary manga about a determined orange-suited underdog and transformed it into a frantic button-mashing tournament fighter that somehow convinced an entire generation of fans that they could recreate iconic Naruto moments if they just hit the attack button fast enough and screamed at their TV harder than Naruto himself.
Released during the golden age of anime-to-console adaptations, the Naruto Ultimate Ninja games became the de facto way fans could live out their ninja fantasies—assuming your ninja fantasy involves janky camera angles, occasionally unresponsive inputs, and the kind of special effect visual soup that makes you wonder if you’re actually watching a jutsu or if your PS2 is just having a mild aneurysm. With fighters pulled straight from the Hidden Leaf Village and beyond, these games proved that sometimes the best way to honor a beloved manga is to give players the chance to make Naruto fight characters he had absolutely no reason to fight (looking at you, random filler villains).
This episode, we’re absolutely stoked to welcome Cory Byrd from Byrds Eye View Comics—a fellow enthusiast of all things sequential art and gaming who can probably explain why Naruto’s popularity transcended manga, anime, AND video games with the kind of clarity that makes marketing departments weep with envy. Together, we’ll investigate whether these games managed to capture the heart, humor, and hyperkinetic energy of Kishimoto’s creation, or if they just left us face-first in the dirt like Naruto at the beginning of the series.
So synchronize your chakra, practice your most devastating combo, and prepare for an episode that’s guaranteed to be more chaotic than a Sand Village invasion and infinitely more entertaining than watching filler arcs about onigiri eating contests.
Learn such things as:
- Can a game truly capture the experience of having ninjas solve political problems through friendship when there’s no friendship stat on the screen?
- How many ninja village headbands would it take to actually run an economy, or is that question unanswerable because the series never bothered explaining it?
- Is it more important for characters in a fighter to be balanced or accurate?
- And so much more!
You can find Cory on Instagram @ByrdsEyeOfficial, the Byrds Eye View Comics Facebook page, and of course his website Byrds Eyes View Comics.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicspodcast on Threads, @playcomics on YouTube or the Play Comics website.
A big thanks to Gender Pop and the Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who did something really cool but nobody saw it. You know, because of the whole being a ninja thing.
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Dragon Ball Z Budokai with Doc Issues (Capes on the Couch)
Gather around power-level enthusiasts and tournament fighters, because this week on Play Comics we’re charging up our ki and diving headfirst into the legendary slugfest that is Dragon Ball Z: Budokai for PS2 and GameCube. That’s right, we’re looking at the 2002 fighting game that asked the burning question “What if we took the first three arcs of Dragon Ball Z and squeezed them into a button-mashing experience that makes even the most patient Z-Fighter want to go Super Saiyan with frustration?”
Developed by Dimps and published by Infogrames (back when they still existed and weren’t just a nostalgic memory floating in gaming’s hyperbolic time chamber), this cel-shaded beatdown promised to let players experience everything from Raditz’s surprise family reunion to Cell’s perfectionist power trip. What it delivered was a fighting system so basic that even Yamcha could probably figure it out, paired with enough beam struggles to make your thumbs file for workers’ compensation.
Joining us for this Saiyan-sized discussion is the one and only Doc Issues from Capes on the Couch, because when you need someone to analyze the psychological implications of repeatedly punching people until they explode into light particles you call a professional. Together we’ll explore how this game managed to compress roughly 100 episodes of screaming, power-ups, and “next time on Dragon Ball Z” frustrating end caps into a tournament format that somehow made sense.
So grab your orange gi, practice your best Kamehameha stance, and prepare for an episode that’s over 9000 times more entertaining than waiting five episodes for Goku to finish charging his spirit bomb. Will this manga-to-game adaptation achieve its final form? Or will it get sent to Other World faster than you can say “Kakarot”? Time to find out if this Z-Fighter deserves a senzu bean or a one-way ticket to Snake Way!
Learn such things as:
- What happens when you try to balance Goku’s overwhelming power level against characters who can barely survive a Saibaman encounter?
- Is there a psychological explanation for why watching grown men scream for five minutes while powering up never gets old?
- What’s the secret to making players care about story mode when everyone already knows Goku’s going to win everything anyway?
- And so much more!
You can find Doc @CapesOnTheCouch on BlueSky, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and of course the Capes on the Couch website.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicscaston Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Groupon Facebook.
A big thanks to Nerd Best Friends and Super Switch Club for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who still hasn’t reached his final form.
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https://www.moezine.com/?p=1971215 夏に買うべき“スニーカーパンプス”10選｜【ホカ®︎】【サロモン】【アシックス】など、デザインと機能性を両立したハイブリッドな一足を求めて – ファッショントピックス | SPUR 今季、人気ブランドから続々と生まれている“スニーカーパンプス”に注目。トレンドのメリージェーンやパンプスからインスパイアされた形と、スニーカーの履きやすさを両立したデザインが、シンプルになりがちな夏の着こなしの幅をグッと … #camper #fashion #FASHION TOPICS(ファッショントピックス) #HOKA®︎(ホカ) #salomon #shueisha #SPUR #ファッション #白石麻衣
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Naruto Ninja Council with Luke Herr (D’OhMance Dawn)
Believe it or not, ninja enthusiasts, this week on Play Comics we’re kunai-diving into the pixelated shinobi wasteland that is Naruto: Ninja Council for the Game Boy Advance – because apparently someone at Tomy thought the best way to honor everyone’s favorite orange-clad ramen addict was to trap him in a handheld prison with combat mechanics more frustrating than trying to explain the Chunin Exams to your grandmother. Released in 2003, this side-scrolling “adventure” promised to let players master the art of ninjutsu while battling through iconic locations from the Hidden Leaf Village, but what it actually delivered was a gaming experience so repetitive that even Naruto’s shadow clone jutsu would get bored of itself.
Joining us for this digital journey through the Land of Mediocre Adaptations is Luke Herr from D’ohmance Dawn – a man who’s witnessed more anime-to-game train wrecks than a rejected Akatsuki recruitment video. Together, we’ll explore how this GBA “masterpiece” managed to spawn not one, not two, but THREE sequels despite having the gameplay depth of a puddle in the desert and graphics that make early Dragon Ball Z filler episodes look like Studio Ghibli productions.
So grab your headband and prepare for an episode that’s more entertaining than actually grinding through the same three enemy types for hours on end – which, let’s face it, isn’t exactly setting the bar at Hokage level. Will this portable ninja adventure redeem itself through sheer nostalgic chakra, or will it vanish faster than Sasuke after a family reunion? Tune in to discover if this manga adaptation belongs in the Hall of Fame… or should be sealed away forever like the Nine-Tailed Fox!
Learn such things as:
- Is it dangerous to have pretty eyes?
- Is all manga and anime just a giant metaphor for the horrible nature of man?
- Does a game being fun make it a good intro to the franchise?
- And so much more!
You can find Luke over on D’OhMance Dawn, Exiled, Multiversal Q, and RPG Pals Club. Or catch him on BlueSky @koltreg or his Patreon, found under Luke Herr.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicscaston Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Groupon Facebook.
A big thanks to the Glitterjaw Podcast Collective and the Kickstarter campaign for Aces and Aros for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who doesn’t understand Naruto any better than I do.
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https://www.moezine.com/?p=1907315 大平かりんさんが愛用する、個性も実用性も備えたバッグとその中身を拝見【おしゃれな人のバッグの中身vol.8】 – ファッショントピックス | SPUR アイムソーリー バイ ペトラ・コリンズのバッグを愛用… #COMME DES GARÇONS(コムデギャルソン) #fashion #FASHION TOPICS(ファッショントピックス) #LEMAIRE(ルメール) #louisvuitton #shueisha #SPUR #ファッション #白石麻衣
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Dragon Ball Z Taiketsu with Andrew Young (Behold!)
Gather ‘round, Dragon Ball devotees and gluttons for punishment! This week on Play Comics, we’re subjecting ourselves to the digital equivalent of getting hit by Frieza’s Death Beam repeatedly-Dragon Ball Z Taiketsu for the Game Boy Advance. Imagine taking the most explosive anime franchise in history and cramming it into a game with all the fiery intensity of a damp firecracker. Spoiler alert: This isn’t a battle for glory-it’s a battle for survival against one of the most bafflingly awful licensed games ever conceived.
Joining me in this masochistic quest is Andrew Young from Behold!, who’s agreed to lend his expertise (and his remaining sanity) to dissect this pixelated travesty. Together, we’ll answer the burning question: How did a game about planet-destroying superhumans end up feeling as thrilling as watching paint dry on Master Roshi’s houseboat? Hint: It involves more clipping issues than Yamcha’s career and combat mechanics flatter than Krillin’s scalp.
From animations that resemble a PowerPoint presentation gone rogue to a soundtrack that sounds like a kazoo orchestra trapped in a washing machine, Taiketsu doesn’t just drop the ball-it spikes it into the core of the Earth, unleashes a Spirit Bomb of disappointment, and then forgets to animate the explosion. Whether you’re here for the schadenfreude or just morbid curiosity, grab your Dragon Radar and a stiff drink. This episode’s gonna hurt. A lot.
Learn such things as:
- What happens when the developers are put not only behind the 8 ball, but also in front of a really high cliff on a windy day and that cliff is made of ice?
- So I guess games really do need a story don’t they? Even if it’s just a hand wave at one.
- Is this the new worst representation of the comic source material?
- And so much more!
You can find Andrew by looking at the Behold! account on Twitter or of course the Behold! website. You should especially check out the episode looking at X-Men 97 because I love that series and need something good in my life, and the episode looking at Fan4stick because it has me in it.
If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.
If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store.
Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.
You can find Play Comics @playcomics.bsky.social on Bluesky, @playcomicscaston Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Groupon Facebook.
A big thanks to the Kickstarter campaign for I Brought A Gorilla to a Gunfight and the Kickstarter campaign for Starlite for the promos today.
Intro/Outro Music by Backing Track, who forgot that this game exists and is now on a mission to destroy me because I brought this fact back to light.
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https://www.magmoe.com/?p=2291382 【フレアデニム】脚長効果と旬バランスを叶える優秀シルエットをピックアップ – ファッショントピックス | SPUR #fashion #FASHION TOPICS(ファッショントピックス) #ganni #mamekurogouchi #repost #shueisha #SPUR #YOHEIOHNO #ファッション
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https://www.moezine.com/?p=1861535 【フレアデニム】脚長効果と旬バランスを叶える優秀シルエットをピックアップ – ファッショントピックス | SPUR すっきりした太もも、膝から裾に向けてゆったり広がるシルエットがメリハリを生むフレアデニムは、脚長効果に加え、着こなしにトレンド感をプラスできていいことづくし。カジュアルはもちろん、モードにも着こなせる最新フレアデニムをご紹介！… #fashion #FASHION TOPICS(ファッショントピックス) #ganni #mamekurogouchi #shueisha #SPUR #YOHEI OHNO(ヨウヘイオオノ) #ファッション #白石麻衣
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https://www.moezine.com/?p=1791235 【ガニー】が、待望の日本初となる直営店を渋谷PARCOにオープン！ 限定カラーのバッグも要チェック – ファッションニュース | SPUR GANNI（ガニー）が、日本発の直営店を渋谷PARCO（パルコ）にオープンした。 コペンハーゲン発の人気ファッションブランド、ガニーが、日本初の直営店を渋谷PARCOの3階に出店。店内には、2025年春夏コレクションの最新ウェアやアクセサリーなど豊富なアイテムがラインナップ。 ブウバケットバッグ〈H16×W9×D18cm〉¥63,800／ガニー ライダーバックル付きトレンチコート、テーラードスーツ、スモッキングドレス、X… #fashion #FASHION NEWS(ファッションニュース) #ganni #shueisha #SPUR #ファッション #白石麻衣
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https://www.moezine.com/?p=1768471 【マルニ】と【ホカ】によるコラボレーションシューズが登場！ パフィなスニーカーで足もとをモードに彩って – ファッションニュース | SPUR MARNI（マルニ）とHOKA（ホカ）がコラボレーションを実現。ホカの人気スニーカー「B3LS」をベースにマルニのプレイフルなデザインをプラスした「BONDI B3LS」を製作。 マルニとホカとのコラボレーションシューズ「BONDI B3LS」が登場。マルニ公式オンラインストアとマルニ直営店舗では、2025年4月3日（木）… #fashion #FASHION NEWS(ファッションニュース) #HOKA®︎(ホカ) #MARNI #shueisha #SPUR #ファッション #白石麻衣
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[Anime] El anime de Mashle: Magic and Muscles llegará a @crunchyroll_es el próximo mes de abril.
https://t.co/PcMlzUomiD
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