Manga Machinations

On this episode a very jet-lagged and lethargic dakazu has returned to talk about his vacation to Japan! dakazu rambles on about disposable manga magazines, Japanese bathrooms, going to the Shonen Jump bar, and the aggressive animals at the famous Nara deer park by the Great Buddha Hall!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Super Typhoons, Introductions, Social Media 00:02:22 - Tables falling over, Wrestle talk, Forgetting Rail Passes 00:05:19 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu talks about the disposable nature of the manga magazines 00:09:41 - dakazu loved Paru Itagaki’s short stories about her family in Paruno Gurafiti  00:13

Our regular host dakazu is away this week so it’s up to darfox8, Seamus, and Morgana to do a One Shot on Fumi Yoshinaga’s All My Darling Daughters Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Kaerimichi" ("The Way Back Home") by OAU from What Did You Eat Yesterday Live Action Drama Opening, Introductions. 00:03:00 - Listener E-Mails! Conversations about Japan, Book Store/Comic Shop Retail, Speculator Markets. 00:17:13 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song Yu Yu Hakusho OST “Kuwabara’s Theme”, Seamus talks about Outdoors by Yuichi Yokoyama. 00:23:26 - darfox8 talks about Tom King’s Mister Miracle. 00:49:44 - Main Seg- oops News!: New Licenses from Viz! Maison Ikkoku, Ping Pong, Mujirushi: The Signs of Dreams 01:02:08 - Funimation is locali

On this episode as we have a great time discussing Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Erased, O Maidens in Your Savage Season for another Triple Dip episode!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Re:Re:” by ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION from Erased, Opening, Introductions, Listening to podcasts at half speed 00:03:27 - Announcement about being guests on the Manga Mavericks podcast to discuss BEASTARS 00:04:34 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu found the perfect manga for Morgana with Majo wa Mioji kara 00:09:25 - dakazu loved the friendship between a 75 year-old woman and a 15 year-old girl over BL manga in Metamorphose no Engawa 00:11:31 - dakazu compares the horror manga Mother Ghoul to 

This week Darfox explains why he didn’t finish the graphic novel Lighter Than My Shadow, Seamus catches up on more To Your Eternity, and dakazu enjoyed the colorful web manga Mousou Telepathy! Then our hosts discuss themes of rural romanticism with the anime film A Letter to Momo!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Uruwashi Mahoroba ~Utsukushiki Basho~” by Yuko Hara from A Letter to Momo, Opening, Introductions, Social Media 00:01:07 - Listener Emails: Discussion on the popularity of scanlations leading to official English publications 00:10:04 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Darfox didn’t finish Katie Green’s graphic memoir about eating disorders, Lighter Than My Shadow 00:18:12 - *SPOILER

Come join us as we celebrate 5 years of podcasting! dakazu’s made a top 5 list of the most bizarre/interesting manga he’s ever talked about and we take a look back at one of our first Retrospectives ever, Parasyte! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Let Me Hear” by Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas from Parasyte -the maxim-, Opening, Reflecting on 5 years, Introductions 00:02:09 - To celebrate 5 years dakazu picked the top 5 most bizarre/interesting manga he’s ever talked about 00:03:23 - dakazu starts his list with the ghost writer scandal from Kirby of the Stars 00:07:26 - Joshi Kouhei was divisive for it’s unique story telling and over-the-top fan service 00:11:37 - dakazu recalls amazing behind-the-scenes reveals from ex-porn sta

This week the 4 hosts dive into the world of CLAMP with X, Cardcaptor Sakura, Clover, Chobits, xxxHOLiC, and Gate 7! There's a lot to talk about from CLAMP's ability to adapt into different aesthetics to their representations of female characters and relationships!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Catch You Catch Me” by Gumi from Cardcaptor Sakura, Opening, Introductions, Social Media 00:01:31 - Listener Emails: Lack of functionality for legal manga apps 00:09:38 - We suggest utilizing local libraries for manga 00:12:28 - We talk about the issues of certain global regions not having access to legal apps or subscriptions 00:14:56 - dakazu read the crass superhero comic The Pro a long time ago 00:16:44 - We discuss how we choose

When Seamus is away, shonen will save the day! Morgana is back as an official member of the hosts this episode so we discuss the current arcs and happenings of our favorite shonen manga series, such as We Never Learn, Black Clover, Fire Force, and more!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Seishun Seminar” by Study from We Never Learn, Opening, Morgana’s official host debut, Introductions, Social Media 00:02:31 - Listener Emails: Manga suggestions for Tokyo Shinobi Squad, Spy x Family, HEART GEAR 00:07:47 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Darfox accidentally read Mission: Yozakura Family instead of Spy x Family 00:11:50 - We talk about the difficulty of predicting manga success in Weekly Shonen

On this episode dakazu talks about Kimi ga Bokura wo Akuma to Yonda Koro, Shigeru Mizuki’s Hitler, and Ichigeki! Then we dive into the tragic tale of Ian in Natsume Ono’s not simple!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Darfox’s back pains, Introductions, Social Media 00:02:37 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: The State of Shonen, we will talk in-depth about the current arcs of popular shonen series we’re reading, Sharing our upcoming episode schedule 00:05:19 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, *SPOILERS* Kimi ga Bokura wo Akuma to Yonda Koro’s protagonist is so vile dakazu feel no need to keep reading  00:11:34 - The seamless trans

On this episode Darfox and dakazu spend a ridiculously long time discussing Garth Ennis’ The Boys. Then we dive into another round of Triple Dip with Gunjou, Area 51, and No. 6!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Puck Fair, Introductions, Social Media 00:03:37 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Seamus went to Worldcon and attended Ada Palmer’s Gender in Anime and Manga panel 00:12:43 - We discuss the stigma against female manga artists who continue to work after having a child 00:17:41 - *SPOILERS* Darfox and dakazu both watched The Boys on Amazon Prime 00:22:42 - *SPOILERS* dakazu is really impressed with this adaptation of The Boy

This week we take a look at Mamoru Hosoda’s latest anime movie, Mirai! Tune in to hear what we thought about this story about a boy learning to accept his baby sister and how it compares to Hosoda’s other films!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com/ Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Uta no Kisha” by Tatsuro Yamashita from Mirai, Opening, Darfox watching Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Our new website, Social Media, Introductions 00:03:03 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Seamus is determined to catch up on Ōoku: The Inner Chambers this year 00:08:38 - dakazu is enjoying the anime of Vinland Saga and Seamus plans on rereading the manga 00:16:56 - dakazu won’t be watching anymore given now that he’s checked out the manga 00:19:06 - Dämon

On this episode we reach the end of our Tokyo Tarareba Girls Retrospective! The hosts and Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli discuss the ending and how they feel about the series as a whole!!! Make sure to follow Morgana on Twitter and check out her website! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our new website! https://mangamachinations.com/ Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “TOKYO GIRL” by Perfume from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Opening, Announcement about our new website, Introductions 00:05:56 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu checks out some questionable modern military fiction with Marginal Operation 00:22:18 - News: Digital archives were miraculously saved from the Kyoto Animation arson attack 00:23:22 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion for Mirai, we’ll b

This week our buddy CrossXhunteR joins us as we talk about Sarazanmai and other anime from the 2019 spring season along with new series from the 2019 summer season like Vinland Saga!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Massara” by KANA-BOON from Sarazanmai, Opening 00:01:54 - Announcing the winners to our BEASTARS giveaway, Introductions 00:03:45 - Learning about CrossXhunteR’s origins in anime/manga fandom 00:06:08 - CrossXhunteR got back into anime after trading series like Log Horizon and Death Parade on the Geekbox forums 00:10:35 - The Kase-san and... series got CrossXhunteR into romance and yuri manga 00:16:24 - CrossXhunteR shares a few of his favorite manga like Actually, I am..., Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl, and Mousou Telepathy 00:21:55 - Whatchu Been Reading: T

On this episode we celebrate with Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli about Tokyo Tarareba Girls winning the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia before we continue with our Retrospective review into volumes 6 & 7!!! Make sure to follow Morgana on Twitter and check out her website! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “TOKYO GIRL” by Perfume from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Opening, Tokyo Tarareba Girls won an Eisner 00:04:19 - Reminder about our BEASTARS vol. 1 giveaway commemorating the official English release 00:05:22 - Correction for news about Funamation getting exclusive streaming rights for Revolutionary Girl Utena, Boogiepop Phantom, and Sweet Blue Flowers, Introductions 00:07:23 - News: Tokyo Tarareba Girls wins the 2019 Will Eisner Comi

This week we continue our Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura’s Tokyo Tarareba Girls with Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli! We also talk about bugs and critters for a long time!!! Make sure to follow Morgana on Twitter and check out her website! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “TOKYO GIRL” by Perfume from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Opening, Introductions, Social Media 00:01:48 - We will be doing a BEASTARS vol. 1 giveaway to commemorate the official English release 00:04:49 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, *SPOILERS* Darfox and dakazu discuss the politics and meta-commentary of Batman: White Knight 00:15:36 - Batman and the Justice League was a fun superhero manga for Morgana 00:17:58 - We discuss various comic/manga crossovers like X-Men Misfits and Wolv

We’re joined by the awesome Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli as we jump into a full Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura’s Tokyo Tarareba Girls!!! How will we feel about Higashimura’s meta-commentary about women in their 30s needing love and marriage to find happiness? Make sure to follow Morgana on Twitter and check out her website! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “TOKYO GIRL” by Perfume from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Opening, Introductions 00:01:18 - Morgana catches us up on her new life as a freelance writer 00:05:46 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Seamus reports on his visit to the Manga Exhibition at The British Museum 00:14:50 - Morgana enjoyed more Satoko and Nada and Asumiko Nakamura’s Classmates 00:17:35 - Morgana picked up POPOCOMI went she wen

Seamus is away this week so we’ve taken the opportunity to do another Darfox Dabbles! We’re revisiting Weekly Shonen Sunday and Weekly Shonen Magazine to check out some of their newer series!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions 00:01:25 -  Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Tokyo Tarareba Girls, we will be reviewing this comedy from Akiko Higashimura about ladies in their 30's looking for love with special guest Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli(covers volumes 1-3) 00:03:28 - Listener Emails: Responding to comments from listener Leo about Tsutomu Nihei and Fire Punch 00:08:24 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Darfox checks out the anthology of alternative manga

On this episode we take a look at Tsutomu Nihei’s short sci-fi series Abara! We talk about Nihei’s focus on bioorganic designs and compare it to his other works BLAME! and APOSIMZ!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Abara is available for purchase from VIZ. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions, Summer solstice, Working retail on Black Friday, Social Media, Upcoming Retrospective on Tokyo Tarareba Girls 00:05:01 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Darfox is interested in seeing more of the portrayal of a sane Joker in Batman: White Knight 00:12:17 - *SPOILERS* dakazu loves the odd couple pairing of an old man and little girl in Alice & Zoroku 00:16:03 - *SPOILERS* Jun Hanyunyu’s Juuman is a unique twist on ba

It was a surprise that Seamus was available this week so we changed our schedule around to bring you another Manga in Motion instead! We take a look at the trippy avant-garde animation sequences in Masaaki Yuasa’s directorial debut, Mind Game!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “VIVA!” by Fayray from Mind Game, Opening, Introductions, Social Media, Upcoming Retrospective on Tokyo Tarareba Girls 00:02:42 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, *SPOILERS* Seamus is enjoying some more To Your Eternity 00:10:01 - dakazu thought To Your Eternity was doing poorly with popularity because of it’s position in Weekly Shonen Magazine 00:11:39 -  dakazu pours one out for the end of Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma 00:14:55 - The current arc of My Hero Academia seems to

On this episode we check out the yōkai mystery of In/Spectre, surmise the Asian influences from Yona of the Dawn, and analyze a blunt genius in Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou for another round of Triple Dip! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions, Social Media, Upcoming retrospective Tokyo Tarareba Girls 00:02:04 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Darfox checks out the Spanish dub of A Silent Voice with his parents 00:09:10 - Darfox made a Death Stranding gameplay analysis video 00:10:42 - dakazu is enjoying the cute chibi 4-panel comics about the real life older otaku husband and his younger Chinese wife in Chuugoku Yome Nikki 00:13:05 - dakazu desperately tries to promote Na

We’re happy to have the host of Manga Log join us this week! John is here to tell us about his fandom origins, why he decided to launch his own manga podcast, and discuss his favorite digital series, Blue Flag!!! Listen to the Manga Log Podcast and follow John on twitter. You can read Blue Flag for free on MANGA Plus. Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “the WORLD” by Nightmare from Death Note, Opening, Introductions, Listening to podcasts at 1.5+ speeds 00:01:19 - John explains his goals for the Manga Log Podcast 00:03:23 - Learning about John’s origins in anime/manga fandom 00:06:57 - John would reenact fights from Naruto with his friends and participate in Naruto role-play forums 00:09:04 - Death Note became the gateway into more mature anime/manga for John 00:11:07 - John started read