Manga Machinations

Join us as we kick off 2018 in style with our retrospective review of Princess Jellyfish ! This week we'll be covering volumes 1-3 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: "Just Bet...

Happy New Year everyone! In our first podcast of 2018 we'll be running down various manga from Weekly Shonen Magazine and Weekly Shonen Sunday with Darfox!   Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Shadow and Truth" by ONE III NOTES from ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. , Opening, Japanese New Year celebrations, Introductions 00:02:47 - Listener Emails : suggesting I Want to Hold Aono-kun so Badly...

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays! Our final podcast of 2017 will be our year end review where we cover our favorite manga and anime from the past year! 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...

This week we review a horror manga  suggested to us by a listener called Ibitsu . We also have a discussion about what makes manga masterpieces and the increase of manga franchises filled with sequels and spin-offs. Please enjoy! Here is a link to the horror web manhwa darfox mentioned. Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tum...

On this episode we'll be reviewing In This Corner of the World , another anime hit from 2016, to find out if it can pull at darfox's heartstrings! 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 - Intr...

This week we'll be looking at the longest running manga ever, Golgo 13 ! Does it stand the test of time? Listen to hear our thoughts! 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: "Back...

Quick heads for this week's episode. We have a serious discussion about the ramifications of selling lolita hentai in Japan. It's time stamped in the description so you can skip over it if the subject matter offends you. This week we check out Coppelion , Shigurui , and Mardock Scramble for Triple Dip ! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast...

Seamus is out sick this week but it isn't stopping us from doing a One Shot retrospective on A Distant Neighborhood ! 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: "Back Alley Space Boy...

This week we'll be examining seinen manga artist Tsutomu Takahashi . What will first time readers, darfox and Seamus, think of this slightly unknown manga artist!? Tune in to find out! 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...

Darfox is back and we're ready to review the anime movie adaptation of A Silent Voice for our main segment Manga in Motion ! 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: "My Generation...

We apologize in advance that due to scheduling issues with darfox we have canceled our original plans of reviewing A Silent Voice  movie this week. Instead, Seamus will be giving his impressions on current running manga in Shonen Jump !! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our...

This week dakazu is back and it's time to talk about the first volumes of three different manga for our Triple Dip section! 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: "Just Between U...

Our regular host dakazu is still out so that means Darfox8 and Seamus are the dynamic duo that will protect the show and read Ichi-F! 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: "fake...

This week our regular host dakazu is gone so Darfox8 and Seamus are left to fend on their own. This doesn't stop them from talking about manga, specifically  20th Century Boys  for our Main Segment Saikyo Selections ! 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 c...

This week we reintroduce ourselves and answer emails, Seamus is excited for the upcoming official release of Shojo Fight , we look at the newest chapter of BEASTARS , and dakazu appreciates Fruits Takuhaibin  for it's mature themes without resorting to titillation. Then, for Manga in Motion , we review Robot Carnival ! We praise the wonderful animation and music while examining the future careers...

On this episode we can't stop praising new Chi no Wadachi and BEASTARS chapters, we discuss pre-orders helping official manga releases, Seamus finds Queen's Quality too melodramatic, dakazu dislikes Jaden Smith's Netflix anime Neo Yokio , and he finally gets to read Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths . Then we start our new segment, Creator Cross Section , where we examine several works by one manga...

This week Seamus reads another volume of Kiss and White Lily for my Dearest Girl , dakazu finishes Steve Jobs and Magical Girl Apocalypse , he questions the motivation of making an Amish girl the protagonist in Dare ga Kenja wo Koroshita ka?(Who Killed the Sage?) , and we discuss if sharing stories of real people is exploitative in Uhyo! Tokyo-to Kita-ku Akabane ! Then we talk about our main topic...

This week Seamus checks out a new yuri manga After Hours , dakazu checks out both the manga and live-action drama of Otoko Meshi , darfox gives a questionable synopsis of the Rurouni Kenshin anime as we discuss it's re-serialization in Jump SQ, and we do a quick update on new Chi no Wadachi and BEASTARS  chapters. Then we take a look at Cobra for Saikyo Selections ! We examine the originality of B...

On this episode our buddy Miki's Stopwatch stops by to join us in discussing this season's hot(mostly not) anime and older stuff as well: Welcome to the Ballroom , Magical Circle(Mahoujin Guru Guru) , Made in Abyss , Restaurant to Another World(Isekai Shokudou), Haibane Renmei , Ashita no Joe , Snow White with the Red Hair(Akagami no Shirayuki-hime) , Love and Lies(Koi to Uso) , Gamers! , Kakeguri...

This week dakazu's been reading a lot! He's amazed that Mizuki Shigeru was writing Watashi no Hibi when he was 91, checks out a decent rugby manga called Full Drum , sick of edgelord gore manga like Pygmalion , and finds a similar loser protagonist in Boys on the Run . Also, Seamus checks out volume 2 of Girl's Last Tour , we check in with our weekly BEASTARS update, and dakazu has been deceived b...

On this episode Seamus talks about going to Worldcon 75 and meeting Yumiko Shirai, creator of WOMBS ! Then we finally finish off our retrospective of I am a Hero . We discuss the events of the final chapters, share our favorite story arcs, and give our thoughts about the whole series!(covers chapters 229-264)

This week we're joined by fan of the show Dwayne! He takes a break from sending an email to talk about getting into manga with D.Grey-Man & Hellsing , reading sci-fi/fantasy novels, and watching Mobile Suit Gundam Wing . Also, Dwayne's been reading Knights of Sidonia , we talk about the newest chapter of Chi no Wadachi , dakazu's finds the erotic faces in the food manga Meshinuma hilarious, and we...

Welcome to our mega-sized 150th episode! Seamus is out but Dawn "Usamimi" from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast returns to talk about horror manga! We take an in-depth look at Junji Ito 's earlier work Tomie and talk about Junji Ito 's other works, the live-action movie series, answer what qualifies as horror, and suggest other horror manga! We also discuss rewatching Eureka Seven: AO , seeing Kiki's D...

On this episode Seamus is eager to read more of Girl's Last Tour which is similar to BLAME! , we do a quick update on new Chi no Wadachi and BEASTARS chapters, dakazu finishes Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw(Bloody Delinquent Chainsaw) and Inio Asano 's Reiraku , and he checks out a manga adaptation of the hit 2016 Japanese novel I Want to Eat Your Pancreas . Then we return to the world of ZQN with our...

This week Seamus is keeping up with BEASTARS , darfox talks about the end of Fairy Tale , we discuss the Hollywood TV adaptations of One Piece and Cowboy Bebop , we praise the casting of Willem Defoe as Ryuk in Netflix's Death Note , dakazu loves Ono Natsume 's new manga Lady and Oldman but doesn't like the reboot of Osamu Tezuka 's The Three Eyed One called Mitsume Mokushiroku: Akuma Ouji Sharaku...