372 - Triple Dip 58 - F, Tsukiko and the Satellite and other stories, Rabbit Game

A very tired dakazu and Darfox ring in the new year with a New Chapter Check-in! As they breakdown the newest chapters of Chainsaw Man, Black Clover, and One Piece, they realize it may be time to retire this episode format!!! 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: Intro, Darfox's workout - 00:00:00 Next Episode Preview - 00:06:17 New Chapter Check-in - 00:07:04 *SPOILERS* Chainsaw Man - 00:09:23 *SPOILERS* Black Clover - 00:16:59 dakazu's thoughts on Weekly Shonen Jump - 00:20:24 *SPOILERS* My Hero Academia - 00:37:51 Listener Question: Best Japanese manga magazine - 00:42:02 *SPOILERS* One Piece - 00:47:35 Outro - 00:55:14 Songs Credits: "Are You Ready For Me Baby" by Funky Giraffe "It's Over" by Generation Lost "Crazy for Your Love" by Orkas

1 Jan 202457min

Happy holidays everyone! Welcome to our annual awards show! dakazu, Darfox8, Morgana, and seamus2389 celebrate with their individual awards, such as Why Are These Boy Problems™ So Fucking Boring and Not All Teen Fiction! Then we share our top manga picks of the year!!! 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: Introductions - 00:00:00 Best for Manga Machinations Award - 00:04:14 Best Livestream Chatter Award - 00:08:30 "Why Are These Boy Problems™ So Fucking Boring" Award - 00:12:13 Best Reread by Seamus Award - 00:14:06 Best Reread by dakazu Award - 00:14:32 Best Use of Livestreams So Far - 00:16:38 Most Enjoyable Manga Mac Discussion Award - 00:21:06 Not All Teen Fiction Award - 00:24:03 Best Ramrodded Hong Kong Cinema Conversation - 00:26:21 Style is Substance Award - 00:34:02 Most Surprising Manga Award - 00:38:18 The Obliteration of the Self Award - 00:41:44 Best Older Unknown Manga Award - 00:43:05 Most Majestic Manga Mac Mahjong Meme - 00:45:04 "Fuck This" Hall of Fame - 00:50:29 List of Vintage Horror Award - 00:54:38 Clever But Not Smart Award - 00:57:40 Manga Machinations Listener Popularity Award - 01:10:22 Food Interlude - 01:12:39 Seamus' Top Manga of 2023 - 01:20:41 dakazu's Top Manga of 2023 - 01:25:32 Morgana's Top Manga of 2023 - 01:31:04 Darfox's Top Manga of 2023 - 01:34:55 Final reflection on 2023, Thank yous - 01:45:08 Songs Credits: "Christmas is Here" by The Delegates "Here Comes Christmas" by Bob Hart "Auld Lang Syne" by Lone Star Vibes

24 Des 20231h 56min

On this episode we thank our Ko-fi supporters, give our choices for anime adaptations, give impressions on the Netflix Yu Yu Hakusho, and discuss the use of AI in manga creation. Then, we look at the cute report manga The Right Way to Make Jump! that also reveals a bigger industry issue!!! 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: Intro - 00:00:00 Thanking our Ko-fi supporters - 00:01:23 Listener Email - 00:05:55 Netflix Yu Yu Hakusho - 00:23:24 Tezuka 2023 Black Jack - 00:42:59 Next Episode Preview - 00:52:32 The Right Way to Make Jump! by Takeshi Sakurai - 00:53:43 Outro - 01:30:16 Songs Credits: "Are You Ready For Me Baby" by Funky Giraffe "Funkymania" by The Original Orchestra "It's Over" by Generation Lost "Crazy for Your Love" by Orkas

17 Des 20231h 32min

All the hosts are back to talk about Ireland riots, collapsing stairs, The Boy and the Heron, and more! Then we rally ourselves for the final Triple Dip of the 2023! We review Innocent, Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, and Under Ninja!!! 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: Intro, Manga Machinations Ko-fi - 00:00:00 Catching up with the hosts - 00:03:24 The Boy and the Heron - 00:15:29 *SPOILERS* Kimi ni Todoke: From me to You - 00:30:31 Next Episode Preview - 00:38:45 Main Segment: Triple Dip - 00:40:20 Under Ninja by Kengo Hanazawa - 00:41:47 Orb: On the Movements of the Earth by Uoto - 01:10:56 Innocent by Shin'ichi Sakamoto - 01:31:54 Our rankings - 01:55:48 Outro - 01:57:36 Songs Credits: "Are You Ready For Me Baby" by Funky Giraffe "Funkymania" by The Original Orchestra "It's Over" by Generation Lost "Crazy for Your Love" by Orkas

10 Des 20231h 59min

We've got a special episode this week! dakazu and Morgana are joined by translator Jocelyne Allen as she returns to chat about the newest Nagata Kabi book My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better! We also include discussion on My Wandering Warrior Eating Disorder!!! Follow Jocelyne! https://brainvsbook.wordpress.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tkfqhnh7bqhke7kzb6mopgft https://kaikatsu.ca/ 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: *Content Warning*, Introduction - 00:00:00 Next Episode Preview - 00:01:50 Main Segment: My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better by Nagata Kabi - 00:03:03 Where to find Jocelyne - 01:08:04 Outro - 01:11:25 Songs Credits: "Are You Ready For Me Baby" by Funky Giraffe "It's Over" by Generation Lost "Crazy for Your Love" by Orkas

3 Des 20231h 13min

In this episode Morgana leads the charge as we examine Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You, Deborah is My Rival, and Ceres: Celestial Legend for a Shojo Showdown! We also discuss music, Don't Call it Mystery, Scott Pilgram Takes Off, Nobu and her? 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 Timestamps: Intro, Thanksgiving turkey, Manga Machinations Ko-fi - 00:00:00 Corrections about Joji Morikawa - 00:03:24 dakazu revisits music from his past - 00:07:36 Darfox's bought more Pocky - 00:20:40 Don't Call it Mystery - 00:22:34 Scott Pilgram Takes Off - 00:26:38 Nobu and her? - 00:31:35 Next Episode Preview - 00:34:58 Main Segment: Shojo Showdown - 00:36:20 Deborah is My Rival by Kaoru Tada - 00:37:45 *SPOILERS* for Deborah is My Rival - 00:53:20 Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You by Karuho Shiina - 01:02:43 Ceres: Celestial Legend by Yuu Watase - 01:23:59 Our rankings - 01:39:29 Outro - 01:44:04 Songs Credits: "Are You Ready For Me Baby" by Funky Giraffe "Funkymania" by The Original Orchestra "It's Over" by Generation Lost "Crazy for Your Love" by Orkas

26 Nov 20231h 46min

We've got a mega-sized episode for you this week! Morgana gets to experience Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!, Trigun, and Scum's Wish for the first time! We also talk about libraries, Asian market snacks, Tower Dungeon, 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 Timestamps: Intro, Manga Machinations Ko-fi - 00:00:00 Email: Movie to manga adaptations - 00:02:10 Public library rental items - 00:10:27 Darfox's trip to an Asian market - 00:26:06 Darfox's 1st time trying Pocky - 00:35:12 Tsutomu Nihei's new manga Tower Dungeon - 00:42:25 Next Episode Preview - 00:47:50 Main Segment: Morgana's Manga Makeup - 00:49:56 Trigun by Yasuhiro Nightow - 00:51:11 Scum's Wish by Mengo Yokoyari - 01:33:49 Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit! by Joji Morikawa - 01:53:53 Morgana's ranking - 02:42:45 Outro - 02:45:12 Songs Credits: "Are You Ready For Me Baby" by Funky Giraffe "Funkymania" by The Original Orchestra "It's Over" by Generation Lost "Crazy for Your Love" by Orkas

19 Nov 20232h 47min

This week dakazu returns as Seamus leaves for Ireland! We discuss the end of Attack on Titan, Sexy Tanaka-san, Akuma-kun and more! Then we dive into Poppy Pesuyama's Until I Love Myself for a tough but ultimately positive autobiographical journey about workplace harassment and trauma!!! 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: Intro, The truth behind Seamus - 00:00:00 dakazu's Chicago trip - 00:03:49 Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning - 00:08:26 Attack on Titan Final Season THE FINAL CHAPTERS - 00:19:22 Ghostbusters - 00:28:40 My Wandering Warrior Eating Disorder - 00:37:48 Sexy Tanaka-san - 00:47:49 Akuma Kun - 00:52:40 Pluto - 00:55:45 Netflix Yu Yu Hakusho - 01:00:24 Next Episode Preview - 01:10:55 Until I Love Myself by Poppy Pesuyama - 01:14:36 Outro - 02:16:42 Songs Credits: "Are You Ready For Me Baby" by Funky Giraffe "Funkymania" by The Original Orchestra "It's Over" by Generation Lost "Crazy for Your Love" by Orkas

12 Nov 20232h 19min