Manga Machinations

dakazu is back from his trip and very sleep deprived! He joins Darfox and Ryan aka RUSH to talk full spoilers about popular manga for a  New Chapter Check-in ! They discuss the recently canceled  The Hunters Guild: Red Hood ! Darfox pops for  Black Clover  while Ryan pops for  Dr. STONE ! Ryan also has a rant on  Platinum End !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter!...

Our main host dakazu is out on a mission this week. So it leaves the rest of the cast of Manga Mac to hold the reigns of this show. Listen to them talk about Taiyo Matsumoto 's Cats of the Louvre . Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamact...

Halloween comes early with Night 5 of  October Extravaganza ! For our final night we examine the newest  Junji Ito  release,  Sensor ! Morgana is reading  I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss  and dakazu discusses his thoughts on  Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw: reflesh !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://m...

Night 4 of  October Extravaganza  brings us to another  Triple Dip ! We're checking out  Mermaid Saga ,  PTSD Radio , and  The Silver Demon ! dakazu also read  Siren Rebirth , a reboot of a manga adaptation of the horror video game series  Siren !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out ou...

October Extravaganza  continues with Night 3 as we do a  One Shot  on  Taiyo Matsumoto 's  Gogo Monster ! dakazu also read the end of  Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku , watched  Ranking of Kings , talks about  Kamen Rider  with   Tojima Tanzaburo wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai , and rants about  Spotted Flower  and  Shimoku Kio !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @ma...

Night 2 of  October Extravaganza  has us looking at  Satoshi Kon 's directorial debut with the psychological thriller  Perfect Blue ! We also have a spoiler-filled discussion on  BEASTARS  volume 14 and dakazu talks about the ending of  Kunihachibu  and  Shintaro Kago 's  Choudouryoku Mouko Daishuurai !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check ou...

It's time for another month of horror themed episodes for this year's October Extravaganza! We're kicking off Night One of the festivities with a  Triple Dip  on  Dai Dark ,  Cat Eyed Boy , and  Otherside Picnic ! Also, dakazu reads another version of  Kasane  along with  Taeko Uzuki 's newest book that was eighteen years in the making!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on...

Ryan aka RUSH is back to fill in for Morgana and Seamus! He's been reading  Mashle: Magic and Muscles ,  Claymore ,  BEASTARS ,  BLAME! ,  World Trigger , and more to impress Darfox-sempai! Afterwards, Ryan helps us check out  Uncle From Another World ,  Mieruko-chan , and  Eniale & Dewiela  for a  Yen Press   Triple Dip !!! Save 20% off  Manscaped  products by using our discount code:  MANGAMAC S...

Morgana is out on vacation but she left the guys a reading list for some Yen Press books! We're checking out Yama Wayama 's pleasant collection of high school slice-of-life stories, Captivated, by You ! Also, Seamus spoils Land of the Lustrous volume 11 and dakazu talks about humans turned into plants with Fool Night !!! Save 20% off  Manscaped  products by using our discount code:  MANGAMAC Send...

It's time to celebrate 7 years of  Manga Machinations  with a super special guest! Manga artist  Mieri Hiranishi  joins us for a special interview about making manga while working on a full time job! She answers our questions about her viral hit  The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend , her YouTube videos, and more, all while only speaking Japanese!!! Support  Mieri Hiranishi  on  Patreon ! Buy her...

This week dakazu and Darfox are joined by their friend Ryan(RUSH) who has been helping out with content on our  YouTube channel ! Ryan joins us to tell us about discovering anime through Toonami and reading  One Piece  in the  Shonen Jump  issues he bought at Blockbuster! Then we dive into the current story arcs on Ryan's reading list of popular shonen manga, such as  Dr. STONE ,  Black Clover , ...

On this episode dakazu tries to explain his issues with  Shuzo Oshimi 's  Welcome Back, Alice  and he gushes over  Natsume Ono 's  Badon ! Then we dive into the world of children's card games with a  Saikyo Selections  on  Kazuki Takahashi 's  Yu-Gi-Oh! ! Morgana leads to charge on our discussion about everything from the 4Kids anime dub to the treatment of her favorite character Bakura!!! Save 20...

This week dakazu reads about an adorable/horrifying cat creature with  Neko wo Hirotta Hanashi.  and about a romance between divorcee and spoiled teen with  Promise Cinderella ! Then we launch another  Triple Dip  offshoot called  Shojo Showdown  by looking at isekai shojo titles  Magic Knight Rayearth ,  From Far Away , and  Red River !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on T...

We're back from our break! We're kicking things off with a  Twiple Dip , where we'll be looking at the 2nd volume of a series previously covered on  Triple Dip ! In this inaugural episode we revisit  Saint Young Men ,  Tokyo Revengers , and  Boys Run the Riot ! We also have spoiler talks on  BEASTARS  and  Paru Itagaki 's new manga  SANDA !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us o...

We've launched our YouTube channel Manga Mac TV! Darfox8 has been working hard to bring you new Manga Machinations content in video form! We'll be doing vlogs, shelf tours, watch-alongs, and so much more! Make sure to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3kH3ZnLqfw1-8MNSrO49jg

This week Morgana reads the strange  Monthly Shoujo Sunday , dakazu enjoys the manga reality competition show  MILLION TAG,  and there is a rant about  Fruits Basket ! Then we have a  Small Manga Publisher   Triple Dip ! We review  Drunks  from  Star Fruit Books ,  En Chan's House  from  Glacier Bay Books , and  Silkscreen  from  Irodori Sakura !!! Buy  Drunks  from  Star Fruit Books ! Buy  En Cha...

We're giving Morgana and Seamus a break to bring you our first mashup episode! We'll be combining a long-overdue  New Chapter Check-in  with a  Darfox Dabbles  on more  MANGA Plus  titles! Join us for a  Black Clover  spoiler discussion and Darfox's first impressions on  Kaiju No. 8  and  Dandadan !!!. Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our...

We're ending our Pride Month Spectacular with a BL-themed  Triple Dip ! We're looking at  Dick Fight Island ,  FAKE , and  Manly Appetites: Minegishi Loves Otsu ! dakazu also checked out the newest DC manga release of  Superman VS Meshi: Superman no Hitori Meshi !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.c...

Morgana is off this week but that doesn't stop us from continuing our Pride Month Spectacular with a  One Shot  on  I Love You So Much, I Hate You  by  yuni ! What will the guys think of this yuri series about an office affair between superior and subordinate? Also, dakazu discusses the recently concluded  Soloist in a Cage  and spoils the strange premise of  Oshi no Ko !!! Send us emails! mangama...

For our second week of Pride Month Spectacular, we're doing a LGBTQ+ themed  Triple Dip ! We'll be looking at the first volumes of  Boys Run the Riot ,  Even Though We're Adults , and  I Think Our Son Is Gay ! Also Darfox finally read  Perfect World  and dakazu learned about real Japanese communal bath houses in  Nyuuyoku Yankees !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter...

Welcome to the start of our Pride Month Spectacular! We're kicking things off with a One Shot on the excellent Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare by Yuhki Kamatani ! We also discuss *SPOILERS* for BEASTARS volume 12!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachina...

*NOTE* We had some technical issues during the recording. Unfortunately some of Jocelyne's audio is still garbled and will be presented as such. Welcome to a very special episode where we dive into  Nagata Kabi 's newest  book,  My Alcoholic Escape from Reality ! We're joined again by the translator of the book,  Jocelyne Allen , as we discuss  Nagata Kabi 's hospitalization and her struggles with...

On this episode we mourn the sudden death of  Kentaro Miura , talk about the vast impact of  Berserk , and discuss the strenuous work schedules of manga artists! Then we review the fantastic  Ping Pong the Animation  and examine the changes director  Masaaki Yuasa  made to the  Taiyo Matsumoto 's original manga!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast C...

This week dakazu talks about  Sui Ishida 's new series  Chojin X  and the end of  pesuyama poppy 's  Jibun(Onna) no Karada wo Yurusumade ! Then we finish up our  Retrospective  on  Taiyo Matsumoto 's fantastic sports series,  Ping Pong !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! ht...

This episode Darfox is in absentia but that doesn't stop us from starting a new  Retrospective  on  Taiyo Matsumoto 's  Ping Pong ! Join us as we take a look at Matsumoto's fantastic art work and cinematic use of perspectives that tells the tale of two friends who learn what competitive high school table tennis means to them!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @man...