Manga Machinations

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

On this episode Seamus talks about how The Secret might have helped with licensing Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou and dakazu loves the story of a granny battling hell demons in Guranba! Then we look at upcoming releases from Glacier Bay Books and Star Fruit Books for a Triple Dip! We review Invisible Parade, Town of Pigs, and From This Flame!!! Buy manga from Glacier Bay Books and 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, Bloody Mary and other scary dares 00:02:45 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Seamus believes in the power of The Secret after Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou gets licensed 00:08:29 - Morgana is still reading My Little Monster 00:09:37 - Re

Seamus is out this week so Morgana takes advantage to plan an extremely shojo Shojo Showdown! We’re checking out Kiss Him, Not Me, Peach Girl, and My Little Monster! Also Darfox has been watching Steven Universe and dakazu read Pico Pico Shonen EX and Kyokuchiteki Oudou Shoku!!! 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 00:00:58 - Listener Mail: Feedback on our anime recommendations 00:04:58 - dakazu’s butt banned Morgana from the Discord 00:07:12 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox has been watching the anime inspired Steven Universe 00:20:05 - Pico Pico Shounen EX follows Rensuke Oshikiri after the resolution of the SNK Playmore copyright infringement ch

On this episode we answer some emails, talk about Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Taiko no Tatsujin, and Seamus reads more Even Though We’re Adults! Then we review Masaaki Yuasa’s 2017 film about a teenager meeting a song loving mermaid, Lu over the Wall!!! 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, Shout-out to Wyatt for being a Generous Manga Head 00:01:32 - Listener emails: Feedback on Recommendation Round-up 00:04:04 - Our goals and hopes for 2022 00:11:06 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox isn’t getting good impressions from the Ride Your Wave manga 00:12:45 - Morgana finally started Pokémon Legends: Arceus while dakazu has been playing Taiko no Tatsuji

Seamus was available this week so we’re switching up our schedule and doing a new show called Recommendation Round-up! We present short series that we think you should buy, such as Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey, Queen Emeraldas, Crocodile Baron, and more! dakazu also made a special quiz about Ryo Haneda’s Black Guard!!! 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: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Darfox being fired for mistakes in our Unboxing the Super Manga Gift Package YouTube video 00:02:09 - Shout-out to DrMeltFace for being a Generous Manga Head 00:03:40 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana her own personal motivation poster from Morgana and Oz and is waiting for her copy of Pokémon Legends: Arceus 00:06:39 - H

On this week’s episode we recommend action anime, Darfox goes to a Naruto themed restaurant, and we have a spoiler discussion on BEASTARS volume 16! Then we dive into a One Shot retrospective on all four volumes of Keito Gaku’s Boys Run the Riot!!! 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: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Darfox looking like Guillermo del Toro 00:01:29 - Shout out for whimsydearest 00:02:31 - Listener Mail: Future Dragon Ball Z anime and action anime recommendations 00:13:44 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox ate at Naruto 88 Bistro 00:28:39 - *SPOILERS* We discuss the contents of BEASTARS volume 16 00:48:39 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Shojo Showdown, We will read the beginning of three different shojo

We’ve got a special Seamus selection Twiple Dip this week! We’re reading the second volumes of Dai Dark, Even Though We’re Adults, and The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service! Also Darfox talks about the new Mamoru Hosoda film Belle, Morgana reads Akiko Higashimura’s webtoon A Fake Affair, and dakazu loves learning about manga artists in Mangaka Sainyumon!!! 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: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions 00:01:10 - Listener Mail: Our favorite anthropomorphic characters 00:11:01 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox saw Mamoru Hosoda’s latest film Belle 00:24:11 - Morgana has predictions about Akiko Higashimura’s webtoon A Fake Affair 00:31:17 - Mangaka Sainyumon follows gag manga artist Isami Nakagawa as h

This week Morgana checks out the webtoons of Morgana and Oz and Boyfriends while dakazu reads Yuichi Yokoyama’s Outdoors and the 1600′s historical travel log Dampier no Oishii Bouken! Then we review Toranosuke Shimada’s award-winning sci-fi saga of cyber-persons thriving in a world where humanity is dying with Robo Sapiens: Tales of Tomorrow!!! 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 Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Buy us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Our BEASTARS Compendium YouTube video 00:02:39 - Listener Mail: Middle school delinquents of Tokyo Revengers 00:15:17 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana read the w

Happy New Year! Ryan joins Darfox8 and dakazu to start off 2022 with a New Chapter Check-in! Listen to us discuss the new series like Ayashimon and the latest arcs of My Hero Academia, Dr. STONE, Black Clover, One-Punch Man, 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 Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Buy us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions 00:01:15 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Robo Sapiens: Tales of Tomorrow, We’ll be reviewing Toranosuke Shimada’s award-winning science fiction saga about a world where artificial intelligence is replacing a dying humanity 00:02:13 - Main Segment New Chapter Check-in, We will be doing *FULL SPOILER* discussions o

Please enjoy a present from Manga Machinations with this final episode for 2021! It’s time again for Darfox8, dakazu, Morgana, and Seamus to create unique awards to go with their top manga picks for this year’s Manga Machinations Awards! Tune into our picks and we hope you all have yourselves a wonderful and safe holiday!!! 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 Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Buy us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Christmas is Here” by The Delegates, Opening, Introductions 00:02:23 - Main Segment Manga Machinations Awards 2021: We present our favorite podcast moments and personal awards, along with our top manga picks of 2021 00:03:09 - Best Upgrade to Manga Machinations 00:04:40 - Best New Episode Type 00:08:41 - M

This week Morgana picked out manga for a new Shojo Showdown! We read Drowning Love, Say I Love You., and Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju! We also answer listener emails and dakazu talks about Daruma Matsuura’s current manga Taiyo to Tsuki no Hagane!!! 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 Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Buy us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Pull quote from Holmboy 00:01:49 - Listener Mail: Recommendation for deluxe print editions of Fist of the North Star 00:10:29 - Old school vs. New school Delinquent fashion 00:17:29 - Which manga should get canceled, brought back, or promoted? 00:29:56 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “F

Join us this week as we examine Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop! We breakdown everything from the stellar casting to the questionable story structure! We also finally get around to a spoiler-filled discussion on BEASTARS volume 15!!! 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 Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Buy us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Morgana guesting on Manga Mavericks 00:04:06 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, *SPOILERS* We discuss the contents of BEASTARS volume 15 00:36:36 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Shojo Showdown, We will read the beginning of three different shojo manga to see if w

We have another small manga publisher Triple Dip this week, this time with Glacier Bay Books! We check out Tsukiko and the Satellite and other stories, Rabbit Game, and F! Also Morgana reads Moto Hagio’s cute cat manga Lil’ Leo and dakazu loves the comedy memoir of a Dominatrix manga artist and her masochist slave husband in Teishu Genki de Mazo ga Ii!!!! Buy manga 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 Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Buy us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions 00:01:13 - Clarification on the lettering in Vasilisa! The Wise Princess and Other Classic Folktales, Keishi Kuraibe’s thank you illustration 00:03:53 - Whatchu Been Reading

It’s time to take a look at releases from Star Fruit Books! We’ve assembled Vasilisa! The Wise Princess and Other Classic Folktales, Young, Alive, in Love, and The Town You Live in for this week’s Triple Dip! Also Morgana loves Creepy Cat and dakazu talks about Blade Runner: Black Lotus!!! 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 Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Buy us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Avoiding arguments during Thanksgiving 00:01:42 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana is excited that Creepy Cat finally got an English release 00:08:12 - Morgana and Darfox got their manga

Seamus is out this week so the other hosts take advantage by looking at the second volume of previously visited series for a Twiple Dip! This time they check out My Dress-up Darling, Blue Giant, and Oishinbo! The hosts also give their first impressions of the live-action Cowboy Bebop show on Netflix!!! 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 Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Buy us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Jet lag and time differences 00:02:35 - Listener Mail: What was our first manga from Big Comics? 00:07:37 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Reading Cheeky Brat and I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss

dakazu is back from his trip and very sleep deprived! He joins Darfox and Ryan aka RUSH to talk full spoilers about popular manga for a New Chapter Check-in! They discuss the recently canceled The Hunters Guild: Red Hood! Darfox pops for Black Clover while Ryan pops for Dr. STONE! Ryan also has a rant on Platinum End!!! 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 Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Buy us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Japanese, dakazu’s trip to Japan 00:02:24 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Twiple Dip, We will revisit three Triple Dip picks and read their second volumes, Including: My Dress-up Darling by Shinichi Fukuda, Blue Giant by Shinichi Ishizuka

Our main host dakazu is out on a mission this week. So it leaves the rest of the cast of Manga Mac to hold the reigns of this show. Listen to them talk about Taiyo Matsumoto's Cats of the Louvre. 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 Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Buy us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions 00:02:50 - Darfox talks about My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission and the review video he made for the YouTube channel 00:09:23 - The group talk about Denis Villeneuve's new adaptation of DUNE. *Warning: FULL SPOILERS FOR ALL THE DUNE BOOKS* 00:27:07 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: New Chapter Check-in, Next week Darfox8 and RUSH(AKA Ryan) will talk about the

Halloween comes early with Night 5 of October Extravaganza! For our final night we examine the newest Junji Ito release, Sensor! Morgana is reading I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss and dakazu discusses his thoughts on Chimamire Sukeban Chainsaw: reflesh!!! 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 Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Buy us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “The One Eyed Captain” by Ian Post, Opening, Introductions, Halloween, Movie theaters 00:02:55 - Listener Mail: Reading the manga because of the anime  00:09:31 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Can’t Look Down” by Ty Simon, Morgana’s very first light novel is I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss 00:10:57 - Unfortunately Chimamire Sukeban

Night 4 of October Extravaganza brings us to another Triple Dip! We’re checking out Mermaid Saga, PTSD Radio, and The Silver Demon! dakazu also read Siren Rebirth, a reboot of a manga adaptation of the horror video game series Siren!!! 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 Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Buy us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “The One Eyed Captain” by Ian Post, Opening, Introductions, Seamus and Fireworks 00:04:08 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Can’t Look Down” by Ty Simon, We recall the Hitler clone manga Neun 00:06:56 - dakazu thought Siren Rebirth failed to live up to the unsettling scares from the Siren video games 00:15:30 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Sensor, We’ll be reviewing the

October Extravaganza continues with Night 3 as we do a One Shot on Taiyo Matsumoto’s Gogo Monster! dakazu also read the end of Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku, watched Ranking of Kings, talks about Kamen Rider with  Tojima Tanzaburo wa Kamen Rider ni Naritai, and rants about Spotted Flower and Shimoku Kio!!! 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 Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Buy us a Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “The One Eyed Captain” by Ian Post, Opening, Introductions, Halloween, Ko-fi shout outs 00:07:43 - Listener Mail: Nobuyuki Fukumoto’s manga on Manga Planet 00:14:22 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Can’t Look Down” by Ty Simon, The Ranking of Kings anime is fantastic, dakazu read the end of Wotakoi: Love Is Hard f