Manga Machinations

This week we talk about collectables,  The Files of Young Kindaichi ,  Ninja Batman ,  Skip and Loafer , and more! Then we examine three series that have new anime this season! We've got a  Triple Dip  on  [Oshi no Ko] ,  My Home Hero , and  Heavenly Delusion !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.co...

We've got the whole gang back together to talk about  Talk to My Back ,  Suzume ,  [Oshi no Ko] ,  Kabin no Tsuma , and more! Then we examine the next volumes of  Tales of the Kingdom ,  Dai Dark , and  Chainsaw Man  for a  Twiple Dip ! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube cha...

Seamus is back and living in America! We celebrate by talking about preferred manga states, Trigun Stampede , the United Red Army in Red , and more! Then we discuss the feminist alt-manga Talk to My Back by  Yamada Murasaki for a new One Shot !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our Y...

On this episode Morgana has curated another selection of manga for a Shojo Showdown ! We examine The Wallflowe r , Godchild , and Skip・Beat! to see if they make our shojo hearts go "doki doki"! We also talk about The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins , Hell's Paradise , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mang...

Seamus is out this week so we take advantage to compare  Frieren: Beyond Journey's End  and  Level 1 Demon Lord and One Room Hero  for a  Triple Dip ! We also throw in  WIND BREAKER  for Morgana! We also discuss video games,  Tomo-chan Is a Girl !, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com C...

On this episode we talk about 3D/CGI anime,  Chainsaw Man ,  She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat ,  Mujina in to the Deep , and more! Then we explore some fantastic indie manga from  Glacier Bay Books  and  Star Fruit Books  for a  Triple Dip ! We review  Mermaid Town ,  The Karman Line , and  WONDER HOUSE OF HORRORS !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mang...

This week we discuss monster girls in  Sons of the Forest ,  Junichiro Saito 's  Musashino , the  Blue Giant  movie soundtrack, and more! Then we conclude our  Retrospective  on  Makoto Yukimura 's hard science fiction series on space development,  Planetes !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com...

On this episode we talk about  Sailor Moon  translations, Something New , Gokurakugai , Demon Slayer - To the Swordsmith Village , and more! Then we start our long awaited Retrospective  on  Makoto Yukimura 's  Planetes ! We discuss the near-future story about space debris collectors and what puts the "hard" in hard science fiction!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twit...

Morgana is out this week so we take a look at  Inio Asano 's  Downfall ! What do we think about this tale about a washed out manga artist who's life starts to spiral out of control? We also discuss wrestling,  Beat & Motion ,  Catch These Hands! , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Ch...

On this episode we talk about  Nighttime for Just Us Two ,  Blissful Land ,  The JOJOLands , and more! Then we excitedly dive into  Mieri Hiranishi 's hilarious autobiographical manga about an androgynous girl looking for the love of another androgynous girl!!! Support  Mieri Hiranishi  by following her on  Twitter , Subscribing to her  YouTube , buying something from her  store , or becoming a  P...

Seamus returns this week as we review Osamu Tezuka 's Ayako ! We examine how the story about messy family drama intertwines with Tezuka's commentary on post-war Japan! We also discuss Omo ni Naitemasu , an AI art manga, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel!...

On this episode dakazu talks about  Vanilla Spider ,  Kimi to Picopico , and  Futari Switch ! Then we finish our  Retrospective  on  Akiko Higashimura 's memoir about her beloved art teacher in  Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTu...

Join us for a new  Retrospective  on  Akiko Higashimura 's autobiographical series about the art teacher who changed her life! Morgana and dakazu get personal with their own experiences relating to the fine arts and teaching! We also discuss live-action adaptions, video game manga,  Yaiteru Futari , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Ch...

This week we share our favorite music manga, Darfox catches up on  Blood on the Tracks , and dakazu reads the melancholy  Nekomata to Asa Gohan ! Then we finally sink our teeth into the final volume of  BEASTARS  and discuss our thoughts on the whole series! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Che...

On this episode we discuss masterpieces,  Tezuka Osamu Ashisutanto no Shokutaku ,  Heiwa no Kuni no Shimazaki e ,  Trigun Stampede , and more! Then we return to  Kowloon Generic Romance ,  Drowning Love , and  Chainsaw Man  for a  Twiple Dip !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our Yo...

On this episode we share our most anticipated manga for 2023, Morgana talks about  Embrace Your Size , Darfox has been watching  Kaguya-sama: Love is War , and dakazu checks out  Kaina of the Great Snow Sea ! Then we review  Welcome Back, Alice ,  Tales of the Kingdom , and  Children of the Sea  for a new  Triple Dip !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamac...

Darfox8 and dakazu are bringing in the new year with a New Chapter Check-in ! Darfox checked out The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins , Akane-banashi , and more! We also catch up on the latest arcs of Black Clover , My Hero Academia , and Chainsaw Ma n part 2 !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com C...

We've got an amazing gift just in time for Christmas! Get ready for another year end celebration with the  Manga Machination Awards ! Seamus, Morgana, Darfox8, and dakazu are ready to present their awards and top manga lists for 2022!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube cha...

This week we answer emails while dakazu talks about  Nagata Kabi 's new manga, a  Gengoroh Tagame  food manga,  Hunter x Hunter , and more! Then we present our suggestions for awesome single volume manga in a new edition of  Recommendation Round-up !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out...

On this episode we discuss oversized omnibuses, Netflix 's  Wednesday , The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie , Hades-sama no Mujihi na Konin , and more! Then it's time for Morgana to check out Darfox's favorite teen S&M romantic comedy, Nana & Kaoru ! It's gonna be sexy!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachi...

This week it's all about  Paru Itagaki ! We spoil  BEASTARS  volume 21 and discuss the new chapter of  Beast Complex ! Then we examine her strange manga about a germaphobe looking for love in our  One Shot  on  Drip Drip !!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https:...

Order is up for our final  Retrospective  episode on  Chainsaw Man ! We're joined by Darfox's friend Amber to discuss the end of the Public Safety Arc with volumes 10 and 11! Amber also talks about her manga and anime origins, as well as her love for  Case Closed ,  Fruits Basket , and more!!! Follow  Amber ! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Chec...

Halloween! This week we're joined by the fantastic Marion "Microwavey" as he auditions to replace Darfox! Marion talks about  Anime NYC ,  Trigun Stampede  and more! Then we dive into volumes 7-9 for our penultimate  Retrospective  on  Chainsaw Man !!! Follow  Marion  and check out his  projects ! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our we...

On this episode Morgana leads the charge for another  Shojo Showdown ! We examine the first volumes of  MARS ,  Midnight Secretary , and  Ouran High School Host Club ! We also discuss  Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War ,  SPY X FAMILY ,  Tongari Boushi no Kitchen ,  The Gamestars , and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website!...

This week dakazu and Morgana are back and we're joined once again by Whimsy! We discuss  Choujin X ,  Genkaku Picasso ,  Homunculus ,  The First Slam Dunk , and more! Then we dive into our  Chainsaw Man   Retrospective  by examining volumes 4-6!!! Follow  Whimsy   and check out her  YouTube  and  Blog ! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com   Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out...