Manga Machinations

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

Our celebration of Pride Month continues! Pride and Panels takes a turn for the perverse as we revisit 10 Dance, Classmates, and Dick Fight Island for a Twiple Dip! Darfox also talks about the brand new RuriDragon, dakazu shares the movie loving Ikari no Roadshow, and the gang discuss 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: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Marshmallow” by Fassounds, Opening, Introductions, Teasing episode 400 00:01:19 - Listener Mail: The manga we want rereleased 00:06:33 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox checks out the new Weekly Shonen Jump series RuriDragon 00:14:58 - We discuss the announcement for the continuation of Berserk 00:27:59 - Ikari no Roadshow is about Western blockbuster loving nerds 00:3

Happy Pride Month everyone! Just like last year, we’re dedicating our episodes in June to LGBTQ+ manga/anime! This year we’re calling it Pride and Panels! We’re starting with a Triple Dip on Bad Boys, Happy Home, A White Rose in Bloom, and Banana Fish! We also discuss Overlord, Black Clover, Me & Roboco, JUMBO MAX, and SPY x FAMILY!!! 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, Blood type personality, Astrology - 00:00:00  Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox goes galaxy brain after watching Overlord - 00:05:38 dakazu and his wife finally reached episode 63 of Black Clover - 00:17:54 Me & Roboco is surprisingly wholesome and has the best parody covers - 00:20:17 JUMBO MAX is a cri

For the final installment of our City Hunter Multimedia Retrospective we’re joined by our friend Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast to discuss the 2018 French action comedy Nicky Larson! We also have spoiler-talk for volume 18 of BEASTARS and impressions on the new Star Wars: Mandalorian and Star Wars: Visions manga!!! 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: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Crime Scene’” by DoGBeaT, Opening, Introductions 00:00:54 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Dawn has been reading Oshi no Ko, Goodbye, Eri, Akira Toriyama’s Manga Theater, Town of Pigs, and Bad Boys, Happy Home 00:05:14 - *SPOILERS* We discuss the contents of BEASTARS volume 18 00:26:10 - dakazu checked out the ma

For part 3 of our City Hunter Multimedia Retrospective, we watch the original 1987 anime! dakazu also discusses his discomfort with reading Hokuou Kizoku to Moukinzuma no Yukiguni Karigurashi and his excitement reading Taeko Uzuki’s Minato Machi Blues!!! 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: “Crime Scene’” by DoGBeaT, Opening, Introductions 00:01:02 - Listener Mail: Revisiting the live-action Battle Royale movie 00:11:24- Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana read BEASTARS volume 18 but Darfox didn’t 00:12:53 - Indigenous characters in Hokuou Kizoku to Moukinzuma no Yukiguni Karigurashi made dakazu uncomfortable 00:24:29 - Minato Machi Blues is part 3 of Taeko Uzuki’s autobiographical Ningen Karimenchu series 00:28:55 -

This week dakazu talks about Our Flag Means Death being BL, more series from Manga Planet Library, and Jiro Matsumoto’s Ichigeki and beautiful place! Then it’s time for Part 2 of our City Hunter Multimedia Retrospective where we examine the Chinese action comedy film City Hunter starring Jackie Chan!!! 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: “Crime Scene’” by DoGBeaT, Opening, Introductions 00:01:48 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, dakazu knows why Morgana likes the very BL pirate show Our Flag Means Death 00:07:01 - dakazu was busy reading GAIRA - Confidential Records of Mythical Beasts and Doctor Mordrid and Chilling Messages from Manga Planet Library 00:11:37 - dakazu finished Jiro Matsumoto’s Ichigeki 00:14:42 - beautifu

Welcome to the start of our Multimedia Retrospective on City Hunter! Throughout the rest of this month of May we’ll be looking at various iterations of the girl chasing private detective, Ryo Saeba! For this first episode we will be examining the original manga and the various spinoffs by Tsukasa Hojo! And  stay tuned after the episode for a bonus spoiler discussion on The Batman!!! 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: “Crime Scene’” by DoGBeaT, Opening, Introductions, Darfox is busy from being too handsome 00:03:55 - Listener Mail: Our favorite “Haha” podcast moments 00:10:12 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana wants listeners to check out Lost Lad London and Let’s Go Karaoke! 00:13:28 - *SPOILERS* Darfox read Oshi

Seamus is back so we’re doing a Triple Dip based on series from Manga Planet Library! We’ll be checking out The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!, Sunrise Snack Bar, and Ragna Chronicles! We also discuss My Summer of You, Fujimoto Tatsuki Tanpenshuu, and the end of Golden Kamuy and Chi. ~Chikyu no Undou ni Tsuite~!!! 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, Special guest star Seamus 00:02:17 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana checks out the BL My Summer of You 00:03:28 - The intricate art of Jeremy Bastian shines in Cursed Pirate Girl 00:09:12 - Reading Leonard Cohen reminded Morgana of seeing him in concert 00:12:47 - Darfox saw The Batman and takes

This week dakazu and his wife have been watching SPY X FAMILY, Komi Can’t Communicate, and Black Clover! He also finds a contender for best manga of the year with Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo! Then launch into a very Darfox-centric edition of Morgana’s Manga Makeup by revisiting The Fable, Crocodile Baron, and Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji!!! 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, New Let’s Play video on our YouTube channel 00:01:44 - Listener Mail: Our picks for anime reboots, adaptations, and flops 00:21:54 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, dakazu’s wife had the same reaction as the viral TikTok on SPY X FAMILY 00:26:24 - The problematic side characters in Komi C

On this episode we preview Doomsday Cleaning, Darfox and dakazu talk about Chinese splatter film Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, and they praise Tatsuki Fujimoto’s latest one shot Goodbye, Eri! Then we wrap up our Retrospective on Shinichi Ishizuka’s jazz manga Blue Giant!!! 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: “Jazz it Up” by Wesly Thomas, Opening, Introductions 00:01:19 - Listener Mail: Our recommendations for comedy manga and our favorite comedic manga moments 00:15:14 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, We love the beautifully drawn post-apocalypse short story of Doomsday Cleaning 00:19:18 - Chinese cult film Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky is a surprisingly faithful adaptation of the manga 00:30:06 - *SPOILERS* Darfox and daka

This week we start our Retrospective on Shinichi Ishizuka’s jazz manga Blue Giant! We discuss its blend of kinetic line art with the romanticization of the power of music! Also Darfox8 finishes Steven Universe and dakazu learns about the eccentric folk band Tama in "Tama” to Iu Fune ni Notteita!!! 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: “Jazz it Up” by Wesly Thomas, Opening, Introductions, Morgana’s Birthday, Upcoming YouTube videos 00:02:27 - Listener Mail: Issues with Comixology only being available through American Amazon 00:08:16 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, *SPOILERS* Darfox reflects on great songs and anime references after finishing Steven Universe 00:22:44 - Morgana has been busy crocheting  00:24:41 - "Tama” to

Translator Jocelyne Allen returns to Manga Machinations to talk about My Wandering Warrior Existence! Join us as we discuss Nagata Kabi’s newest book that explores what it is to love and be loved!!! Follow Jocelyne on Twitter and visit her website! 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 00:02:02 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Blue Giant, A complete review of Shinichi Ishizuka’s manga drama about a young man’s journey to become the greatest saxophone player in the world(covers omnibuses vols. 1-6) 00:03:04 - Main Segment One Shot: My Wandering Warrior Existence, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We review Nagata Kabi’s book where she embarks on a journey to seek love a

Morgana is away this episode so the guys take advantage to talk about Secretly, I’ve Been Suffering About Being Sexless by Togame from Yen Press! They also discuss disliked tropes in fiction and dakazu talks about sci-fi series Wakusei Closet and Atmosphere!!! 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 00:00:51- Listener Mail: Our liked and disliked tropes in comics and fiction 00:31:24 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, dakazu was impressed with the effective body horror in Wakusei Closet 00:35:40 - *SPOILERS* Daisuke Nishijima’s Atmosphere is a story about doppelgangers that leads to a surprising funny conclusion 00:41:59 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: O

On this episode we discuss BEASTARS vol. 17, Kazuhiro Fujita’s new Black Museum series, and the end of Dr. STONE! Then it’s time for a truly eclectic Triple Dip with Is Kichijoji, the Only Place to Live?, Manga Diary of a Male Porn Star, and Queen Emeraldas!!! 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 00:00:41 - Shout-out to Philip for being a Generous Manga Head 00:02:09 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, *SPOILERS* We discuss the contents of BEASTARS vol. 17 00:23:05 - In Kazuhiro Fujita’s new Black Museum series Mikazuki yo, Kaibutsu to Odore, the main character is Mary Shelley  00:26:07 - The end of Dr. STONE had created another void in the Weekly Shonen Jum

This week’s Matt Haasch is back to talk about upcoming releases from Star Fruit Books and his love of children’s manga! We discuss and compare Super Mario Manga Mania, Kirby Manga Mania, and Nicola Traveling Around the Demons’ World!!! Follow Matt Haasch and buy manga from Star Fruit 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 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 00:02:26 - Matt talks about the difficulties of trying to get manga printed during current printer backlogs and supply-chain issues 00:04:05 - Matt plans on releasing more horror manga like The Horrors of Noroi Michiru and TATARISM under a new horror imprint 00:07:56 - Matt shares his decision to start his manga magazine Comic Bright 00:15:03 - Darfox has a question about the fac

Your move! On this episode we prepare to duel by watching Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions! Also, Morgana reads the vampire BL Fangs, dakazu drops Gente but loves Bye-Bye Atashi no Oniichan and Zashiki Musume to Ryourinin, and Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction ended!!! 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, Mistaken identity with Manga Mavericks 00:01:54 - Listener Mail: Any disappointment with manga licensing from a specific publisher? 00:07:39 - Shout-out to Wyatt and his podcast Attack of the Stack 00:08:33 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox and dakazu explain Elden Ring message memes to Morgana 00:12:48 - Morgana borrowed vampire BL Fa

This week Darfox finally finishes Ride Your Wave while dakazu reads the end of Fire Force and does extra reading with Ristorante Paradiso, ACCA 13-Territory Inspection Department P.S, and Coppers! Then we review Natsume Ono’s short story collection Danza!!! 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, Streaming Elden Ring on Darfox’s Twitch 00:02:31 - Extra context about Town of Pigs from Matt Haasch 00:05:25 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox can finally return his borrowed copy of Ride Your Wave 00:10:15 - After reading Holy Blood, Holy Grail Seamus thinks you should just watch Misfits 00:16:15 - The end of Fire Force confirms a connection to a previous s