Manga Machinations

Night 2 of October Extravaganza has us looking at Satoshi Kon’s directorial debut with the psychological thriller Perfect Blue! We also have a spoiler-filled discussion on BEASTARS volume 14 and dakazu talks about the ending of Kunihachibu and Shintaro Kago’s Choudouryoku Mouko Daishuurai!!! 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, Modern Muppets vs. Classic Muppets 00:03:33 - Listener Mail: The French and European manga scene 00:18:02 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Can’t Look Down” by Ty Simon, Darfox keeps the banger jokes coming with Chainsaw Man volume 7 00:19:46 - *SPOILERS* We discuss the ev

It’s time for another month of horror themed episodes for this year’s October Extravaganza! We’re kicking off Night One of the festivities with a Triple Dip on Dai Dark, Cat Eyed Boy, and Otherside Picnic! Also, dakazu reads another version of Kasane along with Taeko Uzuki’s newest book that was eighteen years in the making!!! 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, New October Extravaganza promo video 00:02:42 - Listener Mail: Our manga recommendations for Muppets 00:08:36 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Can't Look Down” by Ty Simon, Darfox has gotten to the good stuff with Chainsaw Man volume 6

Ryan aka RUSH is back to fill in for Morgana and Seamus! He’s been reading Mashle: Magic and Muscles, Claymore, BEASTARS, BLAME!, World Trigger, and more to impress Darfox-sempai! Afterwards, Ryan helps us check out Uncle From Another World, Mieruko-chan, and Eniale & Dewiela for a Yen Press Triple Dip!!! Save 20% off Manscaped products by using our discount code: MANGAMAC 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 00:01:59 - Listener Mail: *SPOILERS* What shonen manga has a good female cast? 00:23:20 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Ryan thought 

Morgana is out on vacation but she left the guys a reading list for some Yen Press books! We're checking out Yama Wayama's pleasant collection of high school slice-of-life stories, Captivated, by You! Also, Seamus spoils Land of the Lustrous volume 11 and dakazu talks about humans turned into plants with Fool Night!!! Save 20% off Manscaped products by using our discount code: MANGAMAC 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 00:01:17 - Listener Mail: Good manga with bad endings 00:16:31 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: "Funkymania" by The Original Orchestra, *SPOILERS* Seamus and daka

It’s time to celebrate 7 years of Manga Machinations with a super special guest! Manga artist Mieri Hiranishi joins us for a special interview about making manga while working on a full time job! She answers our questions about her viral hit The Girl That Can’t Get a Girlfriend, her YouTube videos, and more, all while only speaking Japanese!!! Support Mieri Hiranishi on Patreon! Buy her merch! Read her manga! Watch her YouTube! Save 20% off Manscaped products by using our discount code: MANGAMAC 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 00:01:39 - Guest Interview: Mieri explains her origins of manga/

This week dakazu and Darfox are joined by their friend Ryan(RUSH) who has been helping out with content on our YouTube channel! Ryan joins us to tell us about discovering anime through Toonami and reading One Piece in the Shonen Jump issues he bought at Blockbuster! Then we dive into the current story arcs on Ryan’s reading list of popular shonen manga, such as Dr. STONE, Black Clover, Tokyo Revengers, and more! Save 20% off Manscaped products by using our discount code: MANGAMAC 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: “Guns & Roses” by Paradise Lunch from Baccano!, Opening, Introductions 00:02:07 - Ryan shares his anime/manga origins, Meeting through The Gee

On this episode dakazu tries to explain his issues with Shuzo Oshimi’s Welcome Back, Alice and he gushes over Natsume Ono’s Badon! Then we dive into the world of children’s card games with a Saikyo Selections on Kazuki Takahashi’s Yu-Gi-Oh!! Morgana leads to charge on our discussion about everything from the 4Kids anime dub to the treatment of her favorite character Bakura!!! Save 20% off Manscaped products by using our discount code: MANGAMAC 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/channel/UC3kH3ZnLqfw1-8MNSrO49jg 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: “Dreams’” by The Cranberries, Opening, Introductions, Shout out for Dliu3d 00:03:05 - Darfox face-revealing for the Manga Mac TV vlogs 00:05:10 - Our promotional p

This week dakazu reads about an adorable/horrifying cat creature with Neko wo Hirotta Hanashi. and about a romance between divorcee and spoiled teen with Promise Cinderella! Then we launch another Triple Dip offshoot called Shojo Showdown by looking at isekai shojo titles Magic Knight Rayearth, From Far Away, and Red River!!! 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/channel/UC3kH3ZnLqfw1-8MNSrO49jg 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: “Now We’re Hurlin’” by Captain Moonlight, Opening, Introductions, CM Punk 00:01:25 - Support us through Ko-Fi, Coffee prices 00:04:25 - Listener Mail: Insight on the lettering for Blue Giant 00:07:19 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu knows

We’re back from our break! We’re kicking things off with a Twiple Dip, where we’ll be looking at the 2nd volume of a series previously covered on Triple Dip! In this inaugural episode we revisit Saint Young Men, Tokyo Revengers, and Boys Run the Riot! We also have spoiler talks on BEASTARS and Paru Itagaki’s new manga SANDA!!! 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/channel/UC3kH3ZnLqfw1-8MNSrO49jg Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Green and Red of Mayo” by Saw Doctors, Opening, Introductions 00:01:34 - Launching our YouTube channel Manga Mac TV 00:11:57 - Listener Email: Feedback for the YouTube channel 00:20:55 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, *SPOILERS* We gush about everything in BEASTARS volume 13 00:33:09 -

We've launched our YouTube channel Manga Mac TV! Darfox8 has been working hard to bring you new Manga Machinations content in video form! We'll be doing vlogs, shelf tours, watch-alongs, and so much more! Make sure to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3kH3ZnLqfw1-8MNSrO49jg

This week Morgana reads the strange Monthly Shoujo Sunday, dakazu enjoys the manga reality competition show MILLION TAG, and there is a rant about Fruits Basket! Then we have a Small Manga Publisher Triple Dip! We review Drunks from Star Fruit Books, En Chan’s House from Glacier Bay Books, and Silkscreen from Irodori Sakura!!! Buy Drunks from Star Fruit Books! Buy En Chan’s House from Glacier Bay Books! Buy Silkscreen from Irodori Sakura! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Lost in Paradise feat. AKLO” by ALI from Jujutsu Kaisen, Opening, Introductions, Follow up on Darfox’s firework safety 00:03:29 - Podcast hiatus until mid-August, Teaser for upcoming announcement 00:07:00 - Listener Email: Yen Press licensing quiz 00:13:55 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: D

We’re giving Morgana and Seamus a break to bring you our first mashup episode! We’ll be combining a long-overdue New Chapter Check-in with a Darfox Dabbles on more MANGA Plus titles! Join us for a Black Clover spoiler discussion and Darfox’s first impressions on Kaiju No. 8 and Dandadan!!!. Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “PAiNT it BLACK” by BiSH from Black Clover, Opening, Introductions, Darfox and fireworks safety 00:05:05 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip, We will read the beginning of three different small publisher manga to pick our favorite, Including: Drunks by Izumi Okaya, En Chan’s House by Ayumu Arisaka, and Silkscreen by Uta Isaki 00:06:30 - 00:12:36 - Main Segment New Chapter Check-in, We will be doing *FULL SPOILER* discussions on the newest

We’re ending our Pride Month Spectacular with a BL-themed Triple Dip! We’re looking at Dick Fight Island, FAKE, and Manly Appetites: Minegishi Loves Otsu! dakazu also checked out the newest DC manga release of Superman VS Meshi: Superman no Hitori Meshi!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Massara” by KANA-BOON from Sarazanmai, Opening, Introductions, Hikaru Utada coming out as non-binary 00:02:26 - Listener Email: Our first shoujo manga 00:14:23- Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu enters a world of craft beer and BL with Yorimichi Ale 00:25:15 - Superman VS Meshi: Superman no Hitori Meshi has Superman enjoying super delicious dine-in meals in Japan 00:30:23 - Smoking Savage is a sequel to Smoking that switched publishers 00

Morgana is off this week but that doesn’t stop us from continuing our Pride Month Spectacular with a One Shot on I Love You So Much, I Hate You by yuni! What will the guys think of this yuri series about an office affair between superior and subordinate? Also, dakazu discusses the recently concluded Soloist in a Cage and spoils the strange premise of Oshi no Ko!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Massara” by KANA-BOON from Sarazanmai, Opening, Introductions 00:01:19 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Soloist in a Cage concludes after recently returning from a 2 year hiatus 00:04:06 - *SPOILERS* dakazu explains the overly complex premise of Mengo Yokoyari and Aka Akasaka’s Oshi no Ko  00:14:13 - News: New digital manga service azu

For our second week of Pride Month Spectacular, we’re doing a LGBTQ+ themed Triple Dip! We’ll be looking at the first volumes of Boys Run the Riot, Even Though We’re Adults, and I Think Our Son Is Gay! Also Darfox finally read Perfect World and dakazu learned about real Japanese communal bath houses in Nyuuyoku Yankees!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Massara” by KANA-BOON from Sarazanmai, Opening, Introductions, The oxymoron of Death Stranding Director’s Cut 00:02:20 - Listener Email: Appreciation for reviewing Amazing Agent Luna 00:07:29 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Darfox read Perfect World and discusses the use of disability in fictional entertainment 00:21:48 - Volume 5 of Chainsaw Man hypes up Darfox for the rest of

Welcome to the start of our Pride Month Spectacular! We’re kicking things off with a One Shot on the excellent Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare by Yuhki Kamatani! We also discuss *SPOILERS* for BEASTARS volume 12!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Massara” by KANA-BOON from Sarazanmai, Opening, Introductions, Starting our Pride Month Spectacular 00:01:17 - Listener Email: Which manga artist would we be the editor or assistant to? 00:11:26 - Jocelyne Allen follows up on Nagata Kabi’s fictional series Happy Birthday 00:12:49 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Morgana has read Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection 00:17:23 - *SPOILERS* We discuss the contents of BEASTARS volume 12 00:31:33 - News: Paru Itagaki’s Bota Bota 

*NOTE* We had some technical issues during the recording. Unfortunately some of Jocelyne’s audio is still garbled and will be presented as such. Welcome to a very special episode where we dive into Nagata Kabi’s newest  book, My Alcoholic Escape from Reality! We’re joined again by the translator of the book, Jocelyne Allen, as we discuss Nagata Kabi’s hospitalization and her struggles with her guilt from drawing non-fiction manga!! 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 tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Lost in Paradise feat. AKLO” by ALI from Jujutsu Kaisen, Opening, Introductions, Catching up with Jocelyne 00:05:16 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Our Dreams at Dusk: Shinanami Tasogare, We’ll be reviewing all 4 volumes of Yuhki Kamatai’s se

On this episode we mourn the sudden death of Kentaro Miura, talk about the vast impact of Berserk, and discuss the strenuous work schedules of manga artists! Then we review the fantastic Ping Pong the Animation and examine the changes director Masaaki Yuasa made to the Taiyo Matsumoto’s original manga!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Tadahitori” by Bakudan Johnny from Ping Pong the Animation, Opening, Introductions 00:01:04 - News: Berserk creator Kentaro Miura passes away at age 54  00:24:07 - Licensing announcements for Minami Q-ta’s Not All Girls Are Stupid, Toranosuke Shimada’s Robo Sapiens: Tales of Tomorrow, and Wakame Konbu’s The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious 00:28:36 - Grappler Baki BL de wa Nai ka to 1-Nichi 30-Jikan 30-Nichi Kangaeta Otome no Kirok

This week dakazu talks about Sui Ishida’s new series Chojin X and the end of pesuyama poppy’s Jibun(Onna) no Karada wo Yurusumade! Then we finish up our Retrospective on Taiyo Matsumoto’s fantastic sports series, Ping Pong!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Tadahitori” by Bakudan Johnny from Ping Pong the Animation, Opening, Introductions, Shout out from Mangasplaining  00:03:17 - Listener Email: What topic to choose for writing a manga 00:13:03 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Morgana teases Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection  00:16:11 - Superhuman battles in Chojin X remind dakazu of Sui Ishida’s unfinished The Penisman 00:21:49 - Jibun(Onna) no Karada wo Yurusumade ended while showing pesuyama poppy working though their

This episode Darfox is in absentia but that doesn’t stop us from starting a new Retrospective on Taiyo Matsumoto’s Ping Pong! Join us as we take a look at Matsumoto’s fantastic art work and cinematic use of perspectives that tells the tale of two friends who learn what competitive high school table tennis means to them!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Tadahitori” by Bakudan Johnny from Ping Pong, Opening, Introductions, Darfox and Four Loko 00:01:51 - Listener Email: What topic to choose for writing a manga 00:14:22 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu got more songs to pair with chapters in Beast Complex 3 00:17:16 - Pop Life 2 deals with some heavier themes around family and death without being overly dramatic 00:20:46 -