527 - One Shot 79 - The Music of Marie

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: Intro Song: “Crime Scene’” by DoGBeaT, Opening, Introductions - 00:00:00 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 - 00:00:54 *SPOILERS* We discuss the contents of BEASTARS volume 18 - 00:05:14 dakazu checked out the manga adaptations of Star Wars: Visions and Star Wars: Mandalorian - 00:26:10  Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip, We will read the first volume of three different LGBTQ+ themed manga, including: A White Rose in Bloom by Asumiko Nakamura, Bad Boys, Happy Home by Nobuyuki Fukumoto, and Banana Fish by Akimi Yoshida - 00:34:55 Main Segment Manga in Motion: Nicky Larson, Transition Song: “Sunset Ride” by HVRDVR, we review the 2018 French action comedy that is directed by and starring Philippe Lacheau - 00:36:51 Next Week’s Topic: A White Rose in Bloom/Bad Boys, Happy Home/Banana Fish, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:38:51

29 Mai 20221h 41min

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: Intro Song: “Crime Scene’” by DoGBeaT, Opening, Introductions - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: Revisiting the live-action Battle Royale movie - 00:01:02 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana read BEASTARS volume 18 but Darfox didn’t - 00:11:24 Indigenous characters in Hokuou Kizoku to Moukinzuma no Yukiguni Karigurashi made dakazu uncomfortable - 00:12:53 Minato Machi Blues is part 3 of Taeko Uzuki’s autobiographical Ningen Karimenchu series - 00:24:29 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion on Nicky Larson, we will review the 2018 French action comedy that is directed by and starring Philippe Lacheau - 00:28:55 Main Segment Manga in Motion: City Hunter Anime, Transition Song: “Sunset Ride” by HVRDVR, we will review the original 1987 anime adaptation directed by Kenji Kodama (covers episodes 1-6) - 00:30:50 Next Week’s Topic: Nicky Larson, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:33:05

22 Mai 20221h 34min

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: Intro Song: “Crime Scene’” by DoGBeaT, Opening, Introductions - 00:00:00 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, dakazu knows why Morgana likes the very BL pirate show Our Flag Means Death - 00:01:48 dakazu was busy reading GAIRA - Confidential Records of Mythical Beasts and Doctor Mordrid and Chilling Messages from Manga Planet Library - 00:07:01 dakazu finished Jiro Matsumoto’s Ichigeki - 00:11:37 beautiful place is another Jiro Matsumoto manga - 00:14:42 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion on City Hunter, we will review the original 1987 anime adaptation - 00:25:16 Main Segment Manga in Motion: Jackie Chan’s City Hunter, Transition Song: “Sunset Ride” by HVRDVR, we review the 1993 Chinese action comedy film adaptation directed by Wong Jing and starring Jackie Chan - 00:26:46 Next Week’s Topic: City Hunter, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:22:56

15 Mai 20221h 24min

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: Intro Song: “Crime Scene’” by DoGBeaT, Opening, Introductions, Darfox is busy from being too handsome - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: Our favorite “Haha” podcast moments - 00:03:55  Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana wants listeners to check out Lost Lad London and Let’s Go Karaoke! - 00:10:12 *SPOILERS* Darfox read Oshi no Ko and enjoyed it - 00:13:28 dakazu thinks Koyoharu Gotouge could comfortably retire from the weekly manga grind - 00:24:37 Black Clover continues to be an inconsistent mess of animation quality for dakazu - 00:26:08 dakazu’s wife was bothered by some occasional mispronounced Italian in Ristorante Paradiso - 00:27:37 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion on City Hunter, we will review the 1993 Chinese action comedy film adaptation directed by Wong Jing and starring Jackie Chan - 00:31:56 Main Segment Saikyo Selections: City Hunter, Transition Song: “Sunset Ride” by HVRDVR, we examine the beginning of City Hunter by Tsukasa Hojo for review and we discuss the various adjacent manga series of Cat’s Eye and Angel Heart - 00:33:36 Next Week’s Topic: City Hunter, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:32:01 Bonus spoiler-talk about The Batman - 01:33:40

8 Mai 20222h 18min

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 us on a random tangent to video games 00:21:31 - dakazu enjoyed the endings of Golden Kamuy and Chi. ~Chikyu no Undou ni Tsuite~ 00:24:10 - dakazu loved learning about Tatsuki Fujimoto’s through his short story collections Fujimoto Tatsuki Tanpenshuu  00:29:46 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Saikyo Selection on City Hunter, We will examine various iterations of the popular action comedy series, starting with the original manga by Tsukasa Hojo 00:34:16 - Main Segment Triple Dip: Sunrise Snack Bar/Ragna Chronicles/The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We read the first volume of three different series from Manga Planet Library for discussion and to see if we’d continue reading it before picking our favorite, Including: 00:42:13 - Sunrise Snack Bar by Rena Yamamoto 00:57:23 - Ragna Chronicles by Masaya Hokazono 01:11:40 - The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa! by Nobuyuki Fukumoto 01:34:13 - We pick our favorite out of the three manga 01:37:54 - Next Week’s Topic: City Hunter, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas

1 Mai 20221h 39min

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 Can’t Communicate make it hard to enjoy 00:29:44 - dakazu forgot how stretched out the beginning of Black Clover was 00:33:41 - dakazu fell in love with the quirky yet wholesome vibe of Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo 00:41:54 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip, We will read the first volume of three different manga from Manga Planet to pick our favorite, including: Sunrise Snack Bar by Rena Yamamoto, The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa! by Nobuyuki Fukumoto, and Ragna Chronicles by Masaya Hokazono 00:42:51 - Main Segment Morgana’s Manga Makeup: Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji/The Fable/Crocodile Baron, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, Morgana will read manga previously covered on Manga Machinations before she joined, including: 00:44:13 - Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto 01:15:19 - The Fable by Katsuhisa Minami 01:29:52 - Crocodile Baron by Takuya Okada 01:42:14 - Morgana picks her favorite of the three manga 01:44:55 - Next Week’s Topic: Sunrise Snack Bar/The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!/Ragna Chronicles, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas

24 Apr 20221h 46min

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 dakazu rave over Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Goodbye, Eri 00:42:44 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Morgana’s Manga Makeup, Morgana will read manga previously covered on Manga Machinations before she joined, including: The Fable by Katsuhisa Minami, Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto, and Crocodile Baron by Takuya Okada 00:44:23 - Main Segment Retrospective: Blue Giant, Transition Song: “A Sophisticated Place” by John Van Houdt, We review Shinichi Ishizuka’s jazz manga about Dai and his journey to become the greatest saxophone player in the world(covers omnibuses vols. 7-10) 01:57:21 - Next Week’s Topic: The Fable/Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji/Crocodile Baron, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas

17 Apr 20221h 58min

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 Iu Fune ni Notteita covers the origins of the eccentric band Tama through a Fujiko Fujio art style 00:31:54 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Blue Giant, We will finish our 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. 7-10) 00:32:14 - Main Segment Retrospective: Blue Giant, Transition Song: “A Sophisticated Place” by John Van Houdt, We review Shinichi Ishizuka’s jazz manga about Dai and his journey to become the greatest saxophone player in the world(covers omnibuses vols. 1-6) 01:34:46 - Next Week’s Topic: Blue Giant, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas

10 Apr 20221h 36min