Manga Machinations

We've arrived at the end of Phosphophyllite's long journey, and the completion of our Land of the Lustrous Retrospective ! We also discuss Bedknobs and Broomsticks , "Jinsei Konomama de i no ka Zone" ni Totsunyu Shitande Sekai 36-Kakoku Hitori Tabi Shite mita , After War Gundam X , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our w...

It's time for our penultimate episode on Land of the Lustrous ! Phosphophyllite has made literally a monstrous change as we barrel towards the conclusion! We also discuss Primetime , Resident Evil , Control Resonant , Gekko Kamen , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on...

We continue our tandem anime Retrospective on Samurai Champloo , Cowboy Bebop , and Michiko & Hatchin ! We also discuss Hope , The Prince of Tennis , 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 our YouTube channel! https://www.yo...

We've reached yet another milestone! To celebrate, we're revisiting Billy Bat , Fire Punch , and Historié ! We've even invited manga letterer Aidan Clarke to tell us about his experience working on Billy Bat ! We also discuss Ichi the Killer , More Weight: A Salem Story , Glitch Witch , and more!!! Follow Aidan on Bluesky! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @m...

Numbering be damned as we dive into volumes 7, 8, and 9 of Land of the Lustrous ! New revelations have made way to new questions and we continue to examine Haruko Ichikawa's sci-fi take on Buddhism! We also discuss Scarlet , Lanterns , Night of the Living Cat , and much more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://...

We're diving into more episodes of Cowboy Bepop , Michiko & Hatchin , and Samurai Champloo for Jianghu Journeys ! We also discuss shojo manga, The Samurai and the Prisoner , Quit Laughing, Shijima , Choujin X , and even a quiz from Darfox!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on K...

We're finally back to continue our Land of the Lustrous Retrospective ! Things continue to change for our hero, Phosphophyllite! We also discuss Manga Million , Purgatory Funeral Cakes , Spider-Man: Brand New Day , 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...

Morgana is away so the boys check out the Tsui Hark anime film, A Chinese Ghost Story ! We discuss the unique and wild mix of 2D and 3D animation! We also talk about Mangaka, Ryoshi ni Naru and Mother 3 !!! 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  ...

Seamus is back so we continue our Jianghu Journeys with more Michiko & Hatchin , Cowboy Bebop , and Samurai Champloo ! We also discuss manga trivia, Evil Dead Burn , The Odyssey , Oshimi Shuzo Zaiaku Collection , GTO Paradise Lost Kai , and much more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Sup...

Darfox is back to join us for a Shojo Showdown ! We check out Never Say Ugly , Run Away With Me, Girl , World's End and Apricot Jam . We also talk about A Questionnaire on the Mouth , Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia , The Ghost in the Shell , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Social Media! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Supp...

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...