240 - Creator Cross Section 5 - Kazuo Koike

Our tandem anime retrospective continues with more Jianghu Journeys! We examine the 2nd episodes of Cowboy Bebop, Michiko & Hatchin, and Samurai Champloo! We also discuss Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth, Donketsu, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/ Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:02:25 Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - 00:21:52 *SPOILERS* Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth - 00:35:42 Donketsu - 00:52:22 Next Episode Preview - 00:57:40 Cowboy Bebop 2, Michiko & Hatchin 2, Samurai Champloo 2 - 00:58:23 Outro - 01:41:47 Song Credits: "Talk of the Town" by Devon May "Jiggin the Jig" by Bless & the Professionals "Home" by Zach Sorgen "Tasty Bites" by ZISO

15 Jun 1h 44min

Join us, as we start an exciting new undertaking with our first episode of Jianghu Journeys! We'll be watching through the entirety of Cowboy Bebop, Michiko & Hatchin, and Samurai Champloo in tandem for comparison! We also discuss Dandadan: Evil Eye, DC Compact Comics, the end of For Your Eternity, and more! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/ Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:03:02 Dandadan: Evil Eye - 00:18:00 DC Compact Comics - 00:26:53 To Your Eternity - 00:35:56 Badon - 00:38:23 The Name of the Rose - 00:47:24 Next Episode Preview - 00:49:11 Cowboy Bebop 1, Michiko & Hatchin 1, Samurai Champloo 1 - 00:49:46 Outro - 01:57:30 Song Credits: "Talk of the Town" by Devon May "Jiggin the Jig" by Bless & the Professionals "Home" by Zach Sorgen "Tasty Bites" by ZISO

8 Jun 2h

Morgana may be out this week, but it doesn't stop the boys from having a hilariously good time! They look at the 2nd volumes of MUJINA INTO THE DEEP, Welcome Back, Alice, and Vampeerz! dakazu also talks in-depth about finally reading SOIL!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/ Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Elden Ring Nightreign - 00:02:08 SOIL - 00:12:25 *SPOILERS* SOIL - 00:18:04 Next Episode Preview - 00:25:47 Vampeerz 2 - 00:30:54 Welcome Back, Alice 2 - 00:52:10 MUJINA INTO THE DEEP 2 - 01:13:01 Our Rankings - 01:49:11 Outro - 01:57:27 Song Credits: "Hopscotch" by Louis Adrien "Jiggin the Jig" by Bless & the Professionals "Green Light" by Emily Lewis "Tasty Bites" by ZISO

1 Jun 1h 59min

On this episode we music, Akkanbe Ikkyu, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You: Soulmate, The Metalhead Next Door, and more! Then we examine Fumi Yoshinaga's Tamaki & Amane, a story collection about love in different forms!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/ Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Akkanbe Ikkyu - 00:11:43 Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You: Soulmate - 00:21:29 Go with the clouds, North-by-Northwest - 00:23:52 The Metalhead Next Door - 00:26:51 Hook - 00:28:54 Next Episode Preview - 00:37:41 Tamaki & Amane - 00:38:28 Outro - 01:11:44 Song Credits:+ "Hopscotch" by Louis Adrien "Jiggin the Jig" by Bless & the Professionals "Green Light" by Emily Lewis "Tasty Bites" by ZISO

18 Mai 1h 13min

Bring out your tissues and prepare to cry for this week's Manga in Motion on Look Back! We talk about the shorter anime movie adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's emotional one shot! Also discussions on wonky anatomy, The Legend of Kamui, Silver Mountain, Aoi Honou, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/ Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:02:36 The Legend of Kamui - 00:18:45 Silver Mountain and Vampidol Tagiru - 00:39:36 Aoi Honou and Hoero Pen - 00:43:15 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - 00:52:20 Dinosaur - 00:54:54 Next Episode Preview - 01:08:46 Look Back - 01:09:06 Outro - 01:55:52 Song Credits: "Hopscotch" by Louis Adrien "Jiggin the Jig" by Bless & the Professionals "Green Light" by Emily Lewis "Tasty Bites" by ZISO

11 Mai 1h 57min

On this episode we dive into a Triple Dip on Pet Shop of Horrors, Ran and the Gray World, and Captain Momo's Secret Base! We also about Free Comic Book Day, Star Wars, Sinners, Lazarus, Kowloon Generic Romance, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/ Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Free Comic Book Day at Comicopia - 00:03:04 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope - 00:08:06 Nakayoshi Gaming - 00:17:52 Lazarus - 00:19:37 Sinners - 00:26:51 Kowloon Generic Romance - 00:36:32 Hunter x Hunter - 00:42:02 Jashin no Bentoya-san - 00:42:40 Next Episode Preview - 00:48:37 Captain Momo's Secret Base - 00:50:20 Ran and the Gray World - 01:05:30 Pet Shop of Horrors - 01:22:50 Our Rankings - 01:48:48 Outro - 01:49:51 Song Credits: "Hopscotch" by Louis Adrien "Jiggin the Jig" by Bless & the Professionals "Green Light" by Emily Lewis "Tasty Bites" by ZISO

4 Mai 1h 51min

We're back from our break to discuss Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics! Does this 30 year old breakdown on the artistry of comics still hold up?! We also talk about Battle Angel Alita Mars Chronicle, Hunter x Hunter, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:03:26 The Legend of Kamui - 00:11:38 Darfox & dakazu's Gaming Channel - 00:13:10 la la books - 00:16:33 Battle Angel Alita Mars Chronicle - 00:20:28 Ashen Victor - 00:23:58 Hunter x Hunter - 00:26:14 Next Episode Preview - 00:33:31 Understanding Comics - 00:34:21 Outro - 02:04:46 Song Credits: "Hopscotch" by Louis Adrien "Jiggin the Jig" by Bless & the Professionals "Green Light" by Emily Lewis "Tasty Bites" by ZISO

27 Apr 2h 6min

Darfox is back and it's time to see how one of Inio Asano's early work, Solanin, holds up! What do we think of the themes of loss, the epilogue, or the tie-in song by ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION? We also discuss Blood on the Tracks, the Langaku app, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 *SPOILERS* Blood on the Tracks - 00:09:45 A Witch's Life in Mongol - 00:22:14 The Witches - 00:25:06 Langaku - 00:28:43 Next Episode Preview - 00:33:39 Solanin - 00:34:39 Outro - 01:31:14 Song Credits: "Hopscotch" by Louis Adrien "Jiggin the Jig" by Bless & the Professionals "Green Light" by Emily Lewis "Tasty Bites" by ZISO

13 Apr 1h 33min