Manga Machinations

Seamus and Darfox are out this week, leaving behind dakazu and Morgana to weigh in on Before You Go Extinct ! We also talk about the 2026 ALA Conference , Draw This, Then Die! , Aka to Ao no Gown , and much more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/man...

It's time for more of our triple anime Retrospective on Samurai Champloo , Michiko & Hatchin , and Cowboy Bebop ! We also discuss Animal Signal , MARRIAGETOXIN , Boichi's thoughts on manga piracy, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac...

After almost 2 years, we're finally delivering on our promise and starting our Retrospective on Land of the Lustrous ! We dive into Haruko Ichikawa 's amazing artwork, Buddhist-inspired world and characters, and slightly confusing perspectives! We also discuss Jumanji , Before You Go Extinct , the end of Space Brother s, Infernal Affairs , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  ...

Get ready for a Hong Kong action movie takeover! Morgana is out, and dakazu has let Darfox and Seamus run amok! We reviewed Meltdown , a movie famous for being Wong Jing's Jackie Chan diss track! We also discuss Ryuko 3 , Baby Assassins Everyday , The Furious , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://manga...

Morgana is back as we continue our Jianghu Journey more Michiko & Hatchin , Samurai Champloo , and Cowboy Bebop ! We also discuss what makes us drop long running series, Nippon Sangoku , Backrooms , Famiresu Ikou , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://k...

*CONTENT WARNING: Sexual assault, graphic violence, sexual violence towards minors* The original trio examines the most banned anime in the world by watching the Suehiro Maruo anime, Shojo Tsubaki ! We discuss the contrast of the graphic content with the surprising amount of artistic intent. We also talk about Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe , BEM , The Boys finale, and mor...

Morgana is sick, but that isn't stopping her from talking about more Shin'ichi Sakamoto as we return to more The Climber and #DRCL for a new Twiple Dip ! We also discuss Happy Feet , Harley Quinn , spicy food , Tenchi wo Kurau , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko...

Morgana is back and we're ready to compare the 2-parters of Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo for Jianghu Journeys ! We also discuss recurring characters, Land , FernGully: The Last Rainforest , Sumi Nigori , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.c...

We're finally dedicating an episode to Yoshiharu Tsuge with a One Shot on He Rolled Me Up like a Grilled Squid ! We also discuss A Girl on the Shore , The Pool , The Boy and the Heron , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac   Check out...

Unfortunately Morgana is out sick, but the boys are here to talk about Kazumi Yamashita's amazing artwork in Land ! They also discuss Eren the Southpaw , The Super Mario Galaxy Movie , Pragmata , Goodnight Punpun , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://k...

We're back with another trio of episodes to discuss with our anime Retrospective on Cowboy Bebop , Samurai Champloo , and Michiko & Hatchin . We also discuss Project Hail Mary , Witchcraft , The Sound of Blinking , Dorohedoro , Nippon Sangoku , and much more! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.c...

Our friend Vicki Dalton is back to help us unravel the mix of Buddhism that Tezuka Osamu has presented in our final Buddha Retrospective ! We also discuss modern shoujo recommendations, the Bad Guys , Before You Go Extinct , the end of Chainsaw Man , From Far Away , and much more!!! Follow Vicki on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/vickismanga/ Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Foll...

Join us as we take a wild ride on beefcake monks, contortionist killers, and karma with Running on Karma ! Seamus presents us this eclectic movie that he claims is a better representation of Buddhism than our ongoing Osamu Tezuka Buddha Retrospective ! We also discuss the new season of live-action One Piece , the end of BEASTARS anime, and much more! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   F...

It's time to return to our tandem anime Retrospective on Cowboy Bebop , Samurai Champloo , and Michiko & Hatchin ! We also follow up on the Shogakukan Manga ONE controversy, discuss Andrea Horbinski's Manga's First Century , female game protagonists in Cairn , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangam...

Morgana returns as we dive into non-romantic Josei recommendations, the Shogakukan Manga ONE controversy, Resident Evil Requiem , and much more! Then we continue our Retrospective on Osamu Tezuka 's Buddha , which leads to discussions on existence, attachment, and an existential crisis!!!? Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our websi...

Morgana is out so we check out 3 whole volumes of MUJINA INTO THE DEEP ! It become clearer what Inio Asano is cooking with this series, but do we like the taste!? We also discuss The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On , One Battle After Another , the return of Ichi-F , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://...

This week we continue our Buddha Retrospective ! Will volume 5 change our minds about Osamu Tezuka 's entertaining art, shallow storytelling, and treatment of female characters!? We also discuss Wake Up Dead Man , Trigun Stargaze , Barubaro !, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com S...

On this episode we return to our tandum anime Retrospective on Cowboy Bebop , Michiko & Hatchin , and Samura Champloo ! We also discuss the Flanderization of characters,  BoJack Horseman , Tomorrow the Birds , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi....

We're joined by special guest and listener Vicki Dalton as we return to Osamu Tezuka 's Buddha this week! We also discuss Vicki's manga & anime origins, From Far Away , Tease Me Harder , 100 Meters , JoJolion , and much, much more!!! Follow Vicki on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/vickismanga/ Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out...

We're posting our annual awards show a bit later than usual! Come join us as we dole out all our individual awards, and present our top lists for the past year of 2025!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac   Check out our YouTube channel! https...

Happy new year! With Seamus and Morgana out this week, we ask Darfox to check out more MANGA Plus titles! Including: Delinquent Gatcha , Maison and the Man-Eating Apartment , The Creepy and Freaky , Kurumizawa's Folly , Strikeout Pitch , The Bateren Tales , War of the Adults , and Genikasuri !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our...

We're closing out 2025 by finally getting to the Manga Mavericks Books releases! We're only 5 months late! We examine Senpai no Kohai , ALTERNATIVE , The Murderer and Her Runaway Desire ! We also discuss Neighborhood Craftsmen: Stories from Kanda's Gokura-chou , We are connected , Avatar: Fire and Ash , and more!!! Check out Manga Mavericks Books! https://store.mangamavericks.com/   Send us emails...

It the final episode of 2025 where all the hosts are available, so we're squeezing in one final Jianghu Journey with more Michiko & Hatchin , Cowboy Bebop , and Samurai Champloo ! We also discuss manga starter packs, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein , Konjiki no Gash!! 2 , Beautiful Monster , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Che...

The whole crew is back together to check out more Shin'ichi Sakamoto with Innocent Rouge ! We also discuss the live-action Look Back movie, Pluribus , CLAMP 's COLOR KURO , the end of 2.5 Dimensional Seduction , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-f...

Darfox is away enjoying Thanksgiving but the rest of the hosts battle tummy fatigue to discuss Mamoru Oshii 's Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence ! We also discuss a NYC Manga exhibition, Manben Neo on Chika Umino , Dispatch , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi!...