Manga Machinations

October Extravaganza comes to a bloody end with the start of our Chainsaw Man Retrospective. But not before our special guest schools us on some of the current anime airing this season. Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast talks to us about Urusei Yatsura, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, and more! Listen to the Anime Nostalgia Podcast and follow Dawn! 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: “The One Eyed Captain - Captain Qubz Remix” by Captain Qubz, Opening, Introductions - 00:00:00 The Crew asks Dawn about her Halloween traditions. - 00:02:12 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Can’t Look Down” by Ty Simon, Dawn talks about the absolutely stacked anime season - 00:05:27 Darfox and Dawn talks about the new Urusei Yatsura anime series and the audio commentary Dawn i

  October Extravaganza continues but this time dakazu is away. So Darfox, Seamus and Morgana must bravely tackle the Pet Shop of Horrors in our main segment. But not before talking about Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! and the new Urusei Yatsura anime. 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: “The One Eyed Captain - Captain Qubz Remix” by Captain Qubz, Opening, Introductions - 00:00:00   The Crew talks trick or treating and Halloween anticipation. - 00:01:23 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Can’t Look Down” by Ty Simon, Morgana talks about Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! - 00:04:41     Darfox talks about the new Urusei Yatsura anime series on HIDIVE - 00:13:40 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto. dakazu and Morgana will be aw

October Extravaganza continues with Morgana and Darfox returning from New York Comic Con! We discuss their trip, Bad Boys, Happy Home, Fire Punch, Chainsaw Man, and more! Then we check out Franken Fran, Wonderland, and Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation for a Triple 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 Buy us a Kofi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: Intro Song: “The One Eyed Captain - Captain Qubz Remix” by Captain Qubz, Opening, Introductions - 00:00:00 Darfox and Morgana recap their trip to New York Comic Con and the This Manga is Awesome! panel - 00:01:09 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Can’t Look Down” by Ty Simon, Morgana was read volume 2 of Bad Boys, Happy Home - 00:23:43 *SPOILERS* Seamus compares themes from Fire Punch to other media - 00:27:27 Darfox and dakazu gush over the Chainsaw Man anim

With Darfox and Morgana away at New York Comic Con, Seamus and dakazu have decided to revisit Prose Picks and read a novel! They check out Sayaka Murata’s tale of a woman trying to escape societal expectations in Earthlings! They also discuss Ooku: The Inner Chambers and Fire Punch!!! 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: “The One Eyed Captain - Captain Qubz Remix” by Captain Qubz, Opening, Introductions, Darfox and Morgana live at the This Manga is Awesome! panel, Four Loko - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: Our favorite light novel adaptations - 00:04:32 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Can’t Look Down” by Ty Simon, *SPOILERS* We discuss the end of Ooku: The Inner Chambers - 00:09:12 dakazu and Seamus have been reading Fire Punch for comparison with Earthlings - 00:22:56 Next Epis

We’re kicking off this year’s October Extravaganza by finishing our Dorohedoro Retrospective! What SHOCKING fate awaits Caiman and Nikaido? Is the Gyoza Fairy real? Tune in to find out! We also discuss spoilers from BEASTARS volume 20!!! 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: “The One Eyed Captain - Captain Qubz Remix” by Captain Qubz, Opening, Introductions, Plastic cauldrons, Hocus Pocus 2 - 00:00:00 Our October Extravaganza schedule vlog - 00:03:34 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Can’t Look Down” by Ty Simon, *SPOILERS* We discuss the contents of BEASTARS volume 20 - 00:04:45 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Prose Picks, We will read and review the novel Earthlings by Sayaka Murata - 00:26:24 Main Segment Retrospective: Dorohedoro, Transition Song: “Paranormal” by Jay R

It’s time for the penultimate episode of our Dorohedoro Retrospective! We deliberate over the major revelations and make predictions on how it will all end! We also discuss edgelord manga, Darfox catches up on Overlord, and dakazu loves Ramen Akaneko! 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: “Zero Gravity” by Dono, Opening, Introductions, dakazu got a dog - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: Suggestions for the most edgelord manga - 00:02:43 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, *SPOILERS* Darfox has been watching Overlord with Overlord enthusiast Lightningbolt - 00:13:02 - dakazu is glad ANGYAMAN found success with Ramen Akaneko - 00:32:42  Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Dorohedoro, A complete review of Q Hayashida’s violent fantasy m

On this episode Darfox catches up on The Fable and dakazu checks out Keito Gaku’s new series Aoba no Basuke! Then we rack our brains trying to solve the mysteries of Q Hayashida’s Dorohedoro!!! 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: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Zero Gravity” by Dono, Opening, Introductions, Kung fu watch party, Feliz Jueves meme 00:02:18 - Darfox will be on the This Manga is Awesome! panel at New York Comic Con 00:06:58 - Listener Mail: Congratulations for 8 years of Manga Machinations 00:10:26 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox has been reading the rapidly releasing volumes of The Fable 00:16:43 - Morgana has been reading Ghosts and watching The Rings of Power 00:20:38 - dakazu checks out Keito Gaku’s new basketball manga Aoba no

We’re celebrating 8 years of Manga Machinations! Joining us is YouTuber Whimsy to talk about her love of horror movies and manga! Then we have a Saikyo Selections on Hunter x Hunter by discussing the 13th Hunter Chairman Election arc!!! Follow Whimsy and check out her YouTube and Blog! 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, Similarities we share with Whimsy - 00:00:00 Learning about Whimsy’s background - 00:05:13 Discussing the horror genre through videogames, movies, and manga - 00:09:46 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Dorohedoro, A complete review of Q Hayashida’s violent fantasy manga about amnesiac reptilian-headed Caiman, who hunts sorcerers in a post-apocalyptic world to search for clues o

On this episode Morgana finally has the long awaited 5th omnibus of The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Darfox checks out Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, and dakazu examines extreme fandom with Sachiko Takeuchi’s Okkake!! Then we continue our Retrospective of Dorohedoro as thing really start getting weird!!! 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: “Zero Gravity” by Dono, Opening, Introductions, Bidets and Porta Potties - 00:00:00 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana finally understands Melon from BEASTARS - 00:03:29 Omnibus 5 of The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service has finally been released - 00:05:11 Darfox checks out the prologue episode of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - 00:11:01 Sachiko Takeuchi goes in

This week Darfox and dakazu are doing a long overdue New Chapter Check-in! They discuss the newest chapters and story arcs for Chainsaw Man, Black Clover, My Hero Academia, 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 - 00:00:00 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Dorohedoro, A complete review of Q Hayashida’s violent fantasy manga about amnesiac reptilian-headed Caiman, who hunts sorcerers in a post-apocalyptic world to search for clues of his origins(covers vols. 13-15) - 00:01:07 Main Segment New Chapter Check-in, We will be doing *FULL-SPOILER* discussions on the newest story arcs of popular manga - 00:01:41, Including: Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto - 00:02:27 Dragon Ball Super: Super He

Morgana is out so the guys check out Kowloon Generic Romance, Lost Lad London, and Heterogenia Linguistico for a Yen Press Triple Dip! dakazu also read Sachiko Takeuchi‘s Thailand travelogue of Otoko ni nari Thai! Watashi no Kareshi wa moto Onna!!!! 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: 00:00:00 -Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Our Discord, Upcoming Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero content 00:02:34- Listener Mail: Manga we want in color 00:09:07 - Picking manga artists to redraw other manga 00:14:15 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Otoko ni nari Thai! Watashi no Kareshi wa moto Onna! follows Sachiko Takeuchi as she accompanies her partner to Thailand for their sex reassignment surgery 00:23:17 - N

On this episode we answer some emails, dakazu finishes rewatching Black Clover, and Morgana is enjoying Netflix’s The Sandman. Then we get into a new Triple Dip episode by examining the Marvel manga crossovers of Marvel’s Secret Reverse and Wolverine: SNIKT!, along with the official release of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou!!! 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, Elden Ring - 00:00:00  Listener Mail: Recent hobby obsessions - 00:03:42 Reading all of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure - 00:15:13 Our picks for the Fall 2022 anime season - 00:23:53 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, dakazu and his wife finished watching all 170 episodes of Black Clover - 00:32:07 Morgana and dakazu give t

Our Dorohedoro Retrospective gets wild with new revelations and major events that change everything! dakazu also talks about stray cats in Tsureneko - Maruru to Hachi and Junichiro Saito’s bizarre Shit Chofu series!!! 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: “Zero Gravity” by Dono, Opening, Introductions, Hang nails, A message from Lightningbolt72 - 00:00:00 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Tsureneko - Maruru to Hachi is a manga about two cats living as strays on the streets - 00:03:12 dakazu loved the weird stories in Junichiro Saito’s Shit Chofu, Shit Chofu Gangsta Story, and Shit Chofu Mystery America - 00:08:56 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip, We will read and compare three different manga, including: Marvel’s Secret Re

This week we discuss everything in BEASTARS vol. 19 and dakazu examines the Manga Up! app. Then we continue our descent into chaos with part 3 of our Dorohedoro 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 Buy us a Kofi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps:  - Intro Song: “Zero Gravity” by Dono, Opening, Introductions, Joining our Discord server - 00:00:00 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, *SPOILERS* We discuss the contents of BEASTARS vol. 19 - 00:02:39 Morgana checks out the popular BL romance comic Heartstopper - 00:22:31 Square Enix’s Manga Up! global app is plagued with excessive censorship and split chapters - 00:24:55 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Dorohedoro, A complete review of Q Hayashida’s violent fantasy manga about amnesiac reptilian-headed Caiman, who hunts

On this episode we’re joined by Emuh Ruh and zhuchka from Glacier Bay Books! We’ll be talking about how Glacier Bay Books got started and learn more about everything involved with being a small manga publisher! Then we do a deep dive into the contents of their newest indie comics anthology, Glaeolia 3!!! Buy books from Glacier Bay Books! Follow Emuh Ruh and zhuchka! 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 - 00:00:00 Guest Interview: Learning about the origins of Glacier Bay Books - 00:03:30 Discovering and working with various manga creators - 00:17:00 Backstory behind publishing Imai Arata’s F - 00:23:21 Stories about proper etiquette when communicating with Japanese companies - 00:27:38 “Bucket List” manga creator

This week we travel further into the chaos as we continue our Retrospective on Dorohedoro! We also discuss Go to Sleep (I Miss You), The Haunted Bookstore - Gateway to a Parallel Universe, the return of Chainsaw Man, and The Boys season 3!!! 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: “Zero Gravity” by Dono, Opening, Introductions, Bugs and other pests - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: Characters we can’t stand - 00:06:03 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Go to Sleep (I Miss You) is a fun slice-of-life comic about new parenthood - 00:09:47 Morgana enjoyed the light novel based The Haunted Bookstore - Gateway to a Parallel Universe - 00:12:55 Darfox and dakazu gush over the return of Chainsaw Man - 00:16:53 *SPOILERS* dakazu and Darfox discuss seas

On this episode we finally get started with our Retrospective on Q Hayashida’s Dorohedoro! Join us as we examine volumes 1-3 of this dark violent fantasy! We also discuss the Uncle from Another World anime, Wytchwood, and Devils’ Line II: Gyakushu!!! 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: “Zero Gravity” by Dono, Opening, Introductions, Thanking our Ko-fi supporters - 00:00:00 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox and dakazu are excited for the start of the Uncle from Another World anime - 00:01:30 Morgana has been busy playing her new favorite game Wytchwood - 00:06:21 00:10:19 - dakazu is happy to report that Devils’ Line II: Gyakushu is more Devils’ Line - 00:10:19 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Dorohedoro, A comp

Join us for an encore episode of Pride and Panels this week! We’re doing a One Shot on Gengoroh Tagame’s new release, Our Colors! Also Morgana checked out Weeaboo, Darfox continues following RuriDragon, and dakazu loved Boku to Kowasareta Hatsukoi!!! 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: “Marshmallow” by Fassounds, Opening, Introductions, Afterbirth - 00:00:00 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana has feedback for Episode 401 - 00:02:08 Morgana can relate to the 90′s anime/manga fandom in Weeaboo - 00:04:52 Morgana reports about her experience attending the 2022 American Library Association Annual Conference - 00:10:48 Darfox and dakazu discuss the big popularity of RuriDragon - 00:14:13 dakazu loved Nijibashiri’s bittersweet memoir 

Morgana is out this week but she left us a great selection of books from Yen Press to read for Pride and Panels! Here’s our Triple Dip on New York, New York, Catch These Hands!, and I Want to be a Wall! Also, Darfox saw Fruits Basket: Prelude and dakazu read the continuation of Berserk!!! 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: “Marshmallow” by Fassounds, Opening, Introductions, Work that went into video podcast of episode 400 - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: Rereading manga/books and crying bitch boys - 00:02:17 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox took a trip to go see the Fruits Basket: Prelude movie - 00:16:25 dakazu can’t help but feel some disappointment with the new chapters of Berserk - 00:27:12 dakazu and his wife have hit filler epi

Welcome to our very special 400th episode! To celebrate, we’ve recorded a video version! Watch us show off our physical media! Also, we continue our Pride and Panels celebration of Pride Month by reviewing the Doukyusei -Classmates- BL anime film! Watch the video version here! 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: “Marshmallow” by Fassounds, Opening, Introductions, Our 1st ever video podcast - 00:00:00 Showing off various tchotchkes in our rooms - 00:02:40 Random discussion on Four Loko and other alcoholic beverages - 00:12:17 Whatchu Been Reading: Morgana shows off her copies of STRAY, THRESHOLD, and FASTER from Bulgilhan Press - 00:15:26 Darfox was gifted femme fatale: The Art of Shuzo Oshimi - 00:21:52 Darfox derails us with his collection of Hong Kong movies - 00:26:14 Seamus s