Manga Machinations

This week we take a quiz on foreign manga publishers and talk about book publisher Shueisha creating an app for independent game developers! Then we examine yet another lackluster live-action adaptation on  Netflix with  Homunculus !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http:/...

On this episode Morgana buys over $400 of BL, Darfox sees  Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train , and dakazu loves the diversity of representation in  Akachan Honbucho ! Then we hope to get more pull quotes on  Glacier Bay Books  by reviewing  Children of Mu-Town  and  Ripples !!! Buy   Children of Mu-Town   and  Ripples ! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on T...

This week dakazu learns about the birth of the first weekly seinen manga magazine with  Losers ~Nippon Hatsu no Seinen Mangashi no Tanjo~ ! He also decides to stop reading  Meisou Senshi Nagata Kabi Gurume de GO! ! For our main topic, we check out  Tokyo Revengers ,  Oishinbo , and  Generation Witch  for a new  Triple Dip !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @manga...

On this episode Morgana checks out  Kageki Shojo! The Curtain Rises , Darfox started watching the  Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba  anime, and dakazu learns a new minor-sport with  Shakunetsu Kabaddi ! Then we dive into  Sakuran , another gorgeous book by  Moyoco Anno  about the life of an Edo era courtesan!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check...

This week Morgana talks about  Harley Quinn   variant covers, Darfox chomps into the sadness burrito of  Violet Evergarden the Movie , and dakazu thinks  Bokurano: Ours  is effective at being awful. We also can't stop talking about how much we loved  ON-GAKU: Our Sound ! And tune in afterwards for a bonus spoiler discussion on  Zack Snyder's Justice League (The real Seamus Cut)!!! Send us emails!...

We were asked by 1 listener to release this very special "Seamus Cut" of Manga Machinations. Enjoy! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac

On this episode we discuss localization and dakazu reads about  Ichiro Inoue  living out of his car in  #Rikon shite Shachuuhaku ni narimashita ! Then we dive into a new  Triple Dip  where Seamus has picked all three titles! Enjoy this special Seamus selections on  Sunny ,  The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service , and  7 Billion Needles !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Tw...

This week is all about  Paru Itagaki  as start with an extensive spoiler discussion on  BEASTARS  volume 11! Then we examine her debut manga  Beast Complex , a collection of different stories that take place within  BEASTARS '   complex animal society!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out...

On this episode we answer lots of emails and dakazu reads about the devastation on the Sanriku Railway during the 2011 Tohoku tsunami in  Santetsu ! Then we review  Isaki Uta 's  Mine-kun is Asexual ,  Mermaid in the Bottle , and  Leaper ! All three doujinshi are available from   Irodori Comics ! Buy   Leaper ,  Mermaid in the Bottle , and  Mine-kun is Asexual ! Send us emails! mangamachinations@g...

This week we agree that Yusuke is superior to Gon, we celebrate the licensing of  March comes in like a Lion , and we review  Kakio Tsurukawa 's  Sawanabe Zombie  and  Ikyoudo   while complaining about comic book movies! Both titles are available from  Star Fruit Books !!! Buy   Sawanabe Zombie  and  Ikyoudo ! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check...

On this episode we keep discuss the success of  Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Movie: Mugen Train  and celebrate that  Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting!  is streaming on   Crunchyroll ! Then, we can't stop bringing up  Zack Snyder's Justice League  and other movies as we discuss the final volumes of  The Flowers of Evil ! The hosts breakdown the ending and the overall themes of this work that popu...

This week Seamus catches up on  Vinland Saga ,   dakazu struggles to read  Meisou Senshi Nagata Kabi Gurume de GO! , and we examine the new license announcements! Then we return to our  Retrospective  on  Shuzo Oshimi 's  The Flowers of Evil , where a time skip has lead to a much more digestible story arc!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check o...

On this episode Morgana takes a break from terrible teens of  The Flowers of Evil  with the  Real Friends  series, while Darfox and dakazu check out the live-action movie adaptation of  Misu Misou ! Then we get Morgana's thoughts on  Phoenix ,  Mob Psycho 100 , and  Give My Regards to Black Jack  for another round of  Morgana's Manga Makeup !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us...

This week Darfox and dakazu return to indie manga with  Glaeolia 2 ! Also dakazu returning to Saikin Kono Sekai wa Watashi dake no Mono ni Narimashita...... ! And we continue examining awful teenagers in part 2 of our  The Flowers of Evil   Retrospective !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check...

On this episode dakazu revisits  Toru Seino 's  Sono 'Okodawari', Ore ni mo Kure yo  to regale us with tales of wasteful book reading practices and Seino trolling an adult couple. Then we begin our  Retrospective  on  Shuzo Oshimi 's  The Flowers of Evil  but Seamus is already calling it quits after one episode!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast C...

This week we share our favorite social media content and dive into a massive spoiler discussion for  BEASTARS  volume 10! Then it's time for a new  Triple Dip  with  Blue Giant ,  My Dress-Up Darling , and  My Androgynous Boyfriend !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http:/...

On this episode dakazu is pleasantly surprised with the uplifting  Kyou mo Shinemasen deshita  and is fascinated with the unique techniques used to create  Michi Jigen . Then we rave about  Junji Ito 's entertaining sci-fi horror story  Remina  for our latest  One Shot  review! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangama...

Morgana and Seamus are back to hear dakazu talk about all thing  Paru Itagaki  with  BEASTARS ,  Beast Complex , and  Bota Bota ! dakazu also gives his impressions on the new DC manga series  Batman Justice Buster  and  One Op Joker ! Then we have an older manga themed  Triple Dip  with  Basara ,  Claymore , and  MPD-Psycho !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @man...

Darfox and dakazu are here to kickoff 2021 with a  New Chapter Check-in ! dakazu talks about  One Piece  chapter 1000, Darfox praises  Black Clover  but feels lukewarm on the end of  We Never Learn , and they both gush about  Chainsaw Man  again!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our t...

Welcome to the final episode of 2020! We're doing things a bit differently this year by launching the  Manga Machinations Awards ! Darfox8, dakazu, Morgana, and Seamus have all created unique awards to go with their top manga picks from 2020! Enjoy our picks and have yourself a safe and happy holidays from all of us here at  Manga Machinations ! See you next year!!! Send us emails! mangamachinatio...

We're a year late to the zeitgeist but this episode the hosts review the 2019 hit anime film  Promare ! Also Morgana also talks about Junji Ito's  Remina  and dakazu gushes about   Ousama Ranking !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join o...

This week dakazu talks about heliocentrism with  Chi. ~Chikyu no Undou ni Tsuite~  and shoujo romances with  Busu ni Hanataba wo. ! Then the hosts dive into a non-Japanese manga  Triple Dip  with  Amazing Agent Luna ,  A Bittersweet Life , and  Radiant !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check o...

On this episode Seamus discusses the penultimate volume of  Ôoku: The Inner Chambers  and dakazu learns about Miki Yakata's breast cancer recovery in  27-sai no Nyugan Diary ! Then we learn about the appeal of manga artist  Shigeru Tsuchiyama  through his mastery of drawing food and using simple storylines for a new  Creator Cross Section ! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on...

Morgana is away this week so the boys take advantage by having a lengthy discussion about professional wrestling and why  New Japan Academy  is strange! For our main segment we examine the impressive debut work of Waka Hirako , My Broken Mariko !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our t...

Apologies in advance as we had to swap out two series we had announced last week. On this episode Morgana gets a chance to read  An Invitation from a Crab ,  The Full-time Wife Escapist , and  Seven Shakespeares  for the first time! We also have a spoiler-filled discussion on  BEASTARS  volume 9 and discuss the implications of  Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro  returning to  Weekly Shonen Jump !!! Send us e...