Manga Machinations

Seamus returns as we discuss bad variety television, Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King, Level 1 Demon Lord & One Room Hero, Oshi no Ko, and more! Then we dive into the excellently drawn Yakuza princess action series of Ryuko for a new Retrospective! 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/mangamactv Timestamps: Intro Song: “Femme Fatale” by Jakub Pietras, Opening, Introductions, Darfox's new room setup - 00:00:00 Seamus saw AEW Collision - 00:02:41 #mangamacbump: Eating Fudge Stripes Original - 00:06:32 Listener Emails: Variety television programing - 00:08:07 Action/adventure recommendations - 00:14:13 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox and dakazu discuss Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King - 00:23:07 Darfox shares his thoughts on My Adventures with Superman and Star Trek: Lower D

Darfox returns to help finish out our Pride and Panels for Pride Month! We do a Triple Dip on Until I Love Myself, To Strip the Flesh, and JACKASS!! dakazu also talk about Nature Jimon and supplemental What Did You Eat Yesterday? media!!! 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/mangamactv Timestamps: Intro Song: “Marshmallow” by Fassounds, Opening, Introductions, Darfox moving woes, New listeners - 00:00:00 Mahjong Machinations meetup, Street Fighter 6 meetup - 00:05:03 Listener Emails: Licensing and translating manga in the 2000's - 00:08:36 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, dakazu watched What Did You Eat Yesterday? drama movie and read the hardcore BL doujinshi - 00:17:27 Nature Jimon is about eccentric meat and stag beetle hobbies of Japanese comedian Jimon Terakado - 00:21:51 Next Episode Preview and R

Apologies in advance as we had to change up our schedule this week. We have a short episode as dakazu runs solo to talk about the current state of Weekly Shonen Jump, Weekly Shonen Sunday, Weekly Shonen Magazine, and Weekly Shonen Champion!!! 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/mangamactv Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Change in schedule, Congratulations to Morgana, Mahjong Machinations - 00:00:00 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip, where we read the beginning of three different LGBTIQA+ manga, including: To Strip the Flesh by Oto Toda, Until I Love Myself by Poppy Pesuyama, and JACKASS! by Scarlet Beriko - 00:02:36 Main Segment dakazu diversions: State of Shonen Magazines, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, dakazu runs down the current lineup of the weekly shone

Welcome to week 2 of our Pride and Panels month! Darfox and dakazu are here to talk about the live-action What Did You Eat Yesterday? drama! Will they be able figure out what that black thing on the fridge is!? They also discuss Blood on the Tracks, Gaic to no France Gurashi, 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! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Timestamps: Intro Song: “Marshmallow” by Fassounds, Opening, Introductions - 00:00:00 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, *SPOILERS* Darfox reaches a major change in Blood on the Tracks - 00:01:44 *SPOILERS* The Full-Time Wife Escapist drama 2021 special episode had a current event twist dakazu wasn't expecting - 00:07:49 Gaic to no France Gurashi is a diary manga about a Japanese woman and her French husband that started on social media - 00:11:49 News: Teaser trailer for

Welcome to the start of this year's Pride and Panels! We're looking at LGBTQIA+ content for the rest of June and we're kicking things off with Uta Isaki's Is Love the Answer?! We also discuss Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable, Babanbabanban Vampire, Kashimashi Meshi, 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! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Chairs talk - 00:00:00 Listener Emails: Superhero comics and Spinoff manga - 00:07:41 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana got the BL The (Pet) Detective Agency from her library - 00:20:35 Darfox finally finished watching Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable - 00:25:47 Babanbabanban Vampire is a wacky BL comedy about a 450 year old vampire living in a bathh

Welcome to a new kind of episode this week! We’re adapting our Triple Dip formula to Western comics with Left to Right! We review Pretty Deadly, Ursula, and East of West for our inaugural episode! We also talk about House of Five Leaves, Tamon's B-Side, Shojo Fight, 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! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Reading manga, Darfox’s luxurious hair - 00:00:00 #mangamacbump- Libraries and Kerrygold Butter - 00:12:58 Listener Emails: Good parent characters - 00:18:19 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox and dakazu watched Street Fighter in preparation for Street Fighter 6 - 00:29:31 dakazu finished House of Five Leaves and loved it - 00:35:37 Tamon’s B-Side is about an idol fan becoming the hous

On this episode we return to read the next volumes of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, Dai Dark, and Chainsaw Man for our next Twiple Dip! We also discuss the Prison School and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure anime and the live action dramas of The Full-Time Wife Escapist and What Did You Eat Yesterday!!! 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/mangamactv Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Mono no horny, Metal Gear Solid Δ - 00:00:00 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana shares a funny story about Airbnb and Berserk - 00:05:20 Darfox has been watching My Love Story!!, Prison School, KONOSUBA, Black Clover, and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure with a friend - 00:10:07 Darfox has been playing The Outlast Trials and MahjongSoul - 00:31:14 dakazu started watching the live

Get ready for tangents galore this week as we keep veering away from a Triple Dip on manga from the new VIZ Manga subscription service! While reviewing Orochi, House of Five Leaves, and Saturn Apartments we also go off on review scores, wrestling, Star Trek, long running fandoms, 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! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Root beer, Scheduling YouTube streams - 00:00:00 Listener Emails: Rating manga with review scores - 00:04:00 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, dakazu finished Gannibal - 00:27:47 dakazu stayed up too late rereading Reborn no Kishi - 00:34:15 Flame of Recca has some liberal swearing that reflects its age - 00:41:54 dakazu says K Manga does lots of good promotions for free chapte

On this episode we delve deep into the late Satoshi Kon’s origins as we review his collection of early manga shorts with a One Shot on Dream Fossil! dakazu also breaks down the newly released K Manga app in comparison to the new VIZ Manga subscription service!!! 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/mangamactv Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Faking illness for money, Songs playing in your head - 00:00:00 Listener Email: Our International Dub choices - 00:06:28 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Seamus thinks Usamaru Furuya made the superior No Longer Human adaptation - 00:14:00 Darfox and Seamus won’t stop comparing the Election movies to The Wire - 00:22:24 Morgana started playing Cozy Grove - 00:33:12 Blue Giant Explorer ended in the middle of

Seamus and Morgana are back as we try out another live recording this week! We discuss shonen manga, Free Comic Book Day, Skip and Loafer, The Prince of Tennis, and more! Then we review PANDORA, Mothers, and A Favorable Wind on Full Sails for a Glacier Bay Books Triple Dip!!! Buy from Glacier Bay Books! 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/mangamactv Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Injuries and pregnancy, Live recordings - 00:00:00 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Seamus enjoyed Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku for being less shonen and more seinen - 00:04:07 Darfox got samples of Wandance and Blackguard from Free Comic Book Day - 00:11:34 dakazu disliked Skip and Loafer the more he read it - 00:17:26  Our most anticipated upcoming anime and manga

This week’s episode was recorded live! We were joined by friend of the podcast, Wyatt from Columbus, Ohio! We talked about Fire Punch, Do a Powerbomb, Heavenly Delusion, and had a Triple Dip on Dandadan, Choujin X, and Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku!!! Follow Wyatt and listen to his podcast! 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/mangamactv Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Kung fu movie watch party, Escape rooms - 00:00:00 Listener Email: Ranking 18+ manga on Shonen Jump and MANGA Plus apps - 00:07:13 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox got Do a Powerbomb on Wyatt’s recommendation - 00:18:13 Darfox is getting ready to reread I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action - 00:22:52 *SPOILERS!* Wyatt did not like the ending of Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Des

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.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Food disgust, Concerts - 00:00:00 New Manga Mac TV review of Suzume - 00:04:56 Listener Email: Our premium collector’s items - 00:06:57 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana loves the silly sympathetic backstories in The Files of Young Kindaichi - 00:17:53 Masato Hisa’s art style works well in Ninja Batman - 00:23:59 Chitei Ryokou is a manga adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic Journey to the Center of the Earth - 0

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 channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions - 00:00:00 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana loved Talk to My Back - 00:01:16 Darfox watched the new Makoto Shinkai movie Suzume - 00:15:23 Darfox and dakazu hunkered down to watch the extra long first episode of [Oshi no Ko] - 00:25:49 dakazu did not like the premise of Momoiro Meloik - 00:33:36 Shiori Experience - Jimi na Watashi to Hen na Oji-san has some bad shonen training sequences - 00:36:23 dakazu learned about multiple chemical s

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 YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Seamus’ move to Chicago - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: Preferred manga states - 00:05:30 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, *SPOILERS* Darfox and dakazu share their thoughts on Trigun Stampede - 00:10:22 dakazu loved the space survival food manga Hara-peko Galaxy - 00:29:19 Red is a historical series about the rise and fall of extremist United Red Army in 1970′s Japan - 00:28:36 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Twiple Dip, We will

On this episode Morgana has curated another selection of manga for a Shojo Showdown! We examine The Wallflower, 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://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv 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/mangamactv Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Wrestlemania - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: New hobbies - 00:02:27 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox wonders if The Ichinose Family’s Deadly Sins is going to end - 00:15:04 Morgana has one nitpick for Ca

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 Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Buy us a Kofi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Video games difficulty - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: Manga that is consistently good - 00:10:11 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, *SPOILERS* Darfox and Morgana have been watching John Wick - 00:24:54 Morgana can’t believe how good Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree is - 00:32:43 dakazu forgot about the incest in Tomo-chan Is a Girl! - 00:35:30  Paru Itagaki recommends historical m

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! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Buy us a Kofi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Beaches and sunburns - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: 3D/CGI anime - 00:03:46 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, *SPOILERS* Darfox is excited about the newest chapters of Chainsaw Man - 00:11:17 Morgana revisited Skip・Beat! - 00:15:53 Morgana and dakazu discuss She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat - 00:17:59 dakazu finds lots

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 Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Buy us a Kofi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: Intro Song: “Space Monkeys” by Ace, Opening, Introductions, Wine moms in oversized trucks - 00:00:00 Listener Comment: Feedback on Planetes - 00:02:22 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox wants to tell you about a monster girl in Sons of the Forest - 00:05:57 Musashino is a travelogue with a Junichiro Saito surreal twist - 00:16:38 dakazu breaks down his thoughts on the music from the Blue Giant movie - 00:22:46 News: Seinen manga magazine Evening ends publ

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 Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Buy us a Kofi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: Intro Song: “Space Monkeys” by Ace, Opening, Introductions, Traveling while pregnant, Birthdays, Astrology - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: Sailor Moon cosplay and translations - 00:05:33 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana is excited about the upcoming release of Bloody Sweet - 00:11:45 Morgana is reading another Lucy Knisley book, Something New - 00:14:03 Gokurakugai is a new stylish

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 Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Buy us a Kofi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Drinking - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: Professional wrestling tangent - 00:04:39 Our favorite comfort media - 00:10:48 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox and dakazu check out the MILLION TAG manga Beat & Motion - 00:14:16 dakazu looks forward to Akiko Higashimura’s afterword segments in Omo ni Naitemasu - 00:26:18 Joushi to Dousei Shiteimasu is a doujinshi sequel to