Jianghu Journeys 2 - Cowboy Bebop 2, Michiko & Hatchin 2, Samurai Champloo 2

On this episode we share our most anticipated manga for 2023, Morgana talks about Embrace Your Size, Darfox has been watching Kaguya-sama: Love is War, and dakazu checks out Kaina of the Great Snow Sea! Then we review Welcome Back, Alice, Tales of the Kingdom, and Children of the Sea for a new Triple Dip!!! 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: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, The Edvard Munch movie, Figma action figures, Bungo Stray Dogs - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: Our most anticipated manga releases of 2023 - 00:06:50 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana really enjoyed the message of body positivity in Embrace Your Size - 00:12:18 Darfox is working his way through watching Kaguya-sama: Love is War in preparation for the upcoming movie - 00:22:17 Darfox must tell us about Avatar: The Way of Water - 00:30:40 dakazu checked out the manga of the upcoming Tsutomu Nihei anime project Kaina of the Great Snow Sea - 00:38:34 dakazu caught up on Legend of Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These and will now start on the 1988 OVA - 00:43:03 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Twiple Dip, We will revisit three manga covered on the podcast and read the next volume, Including: Kowloon Generic Romance 2 by Jun Mayuzuki, Drowning Love 2 by George Asakuara, and Chainsaw Man 12 by Tatsuki Fujimoto - 00:45:31 Main Segment Triple Dip: Welcome Back, Alice/Tales of the Kingdom/Children of the Sea, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We read the beginning of each manga for discussion and to see if we’d continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three - 00:46:47 Including: Welcome Back, Alice by Shuzo Oshimi - 00:47:43 Tales of the Kingdom by Asumiko Nakamura - 01:19:22 Children of the Sea by Daisuke Igarashi - 01:39:44 We pick our favorite out of the three manga - 01:54:09 Next Week’s Topic: Kowloon Generic Romance 2/Drowning Love 2/Chainsaw Man 12, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:56:12

8 Jan 20231h 57min

Darfox8 and dakazu are bringing in the new year with a New Chapter Check-in! Darfox checked out The Ichinose Family’s Deadly Sins, Akane-banashi, and more! We also catch up on the latest arcs of Black Clover, My Hero Academia, and Chainsaw Man part 2!!! 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: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, New year traditions - 00:00:00 Thanking Philip for being a Generous Manga Head - 00:05:30 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip, where we read the beginning of three different manga, including: Welcome Back, Alice by Shuzo Oshimi, Children of the Sea by Daisuke Igarashi, and Tales of the Kingdom by Asumiko Nakamura - 00:06:14 Main Segment New Chapter Check-in, We will be doing *FULL-SPOILER* discussions on the newest story arcs of popular manga - 00:08:27, Including: Black Clover by Yuki Tabata - 00:09:36 My Hero Academia by Kohei Horikoshi - 00:19:39 Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto - 00:30:11 Naruto: Sasuke’s Story-The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust: The Manga by Masashi Kishimoto & Jun Esaka & Shingo Kimura - 00:38:02 Naruto: Konoha’s Story-The Steam Ninja Scrolls: The Manga by Masashi Kishimoto & Sho Hinata & Natsuo Sai - 00:43:59 The Ichinose Family’s Deadly Sins by Taizan5 - 00:48:54 Akane-banashi by Yuki Suenaga & Takamasa Moue - 00:56:26 Make the Exorcist Fall in Love by Aruma Arima & Masuku Fukayama - 01:02:15 Magilumiere Co. LTD. by Sekka Iwata & Yu Aoki - 01:05:50 Next Week’s Topic: Welcome Back, Alice/Children of the Sea/Tales of the Kingdom, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:10:02

2 Jan 20231h 11min

We’ve got an amazing gift just in time for Christmas! Get ready for another year end celebration with the Manga Machination Awards! Seamus, Morgana, Darfox8, and dakazu are ready to present their awards and top manga lists for 2022!!! 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: “Christmas is Here” by The Delegates, Opening, Introductions - 00:00:00 Main Segment Manga Machinations Awards 2022: We present our favorite podcast moments and personal awards, along with our top manga picks of 2022 - 00:01:40 Best for Manga Machinations Award - 00:01:54 Biggest Interest Darfox tried to Shoehorn into the Podcast Award - 00:03:54 “Manga I’m glad the guys were suckered into reading” Award - 00:06:18 Most Enjoyable Manga Mac Discussion Award - 00:07:48 Best Filmed but not yet Edited Manga Mac TV Content Award - 00:10:05 Best Older Series Discovered by dakazu Award - 00:12:29 “I loved this and want to read more but somehow completely forgot about it” Award - 00:13:20 Best Recipe dakazu got from a Manga Award - 00:15:01 “I was frankly surprised this was as good as it was” Award - 00:16:57 Best CO-OP Rings Moment Award - 00:21:07 Worst thing Darfox missed out on because of his torn ACL Award - 00:25:12 Most Exciting Release of the Year Award - 00:30:17 “Fuck This” Hall of Fame - 00:32:51 Best Manga Chapter Cover Art Award - 00:36:37 Manga Machinations Listener Popularity Award - 00:41:18 Best fan made Chainsaw Man OP/ED Award - 00:44:51 “There’s Still Hope” Award - 00:45:53 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: New Chapter Check-in, dakazu and Darfox will be going full spoilers with the newest chapters of their favorite popular manga series - 00:49:42 Transition Song: “What’s Another Year” by Johnny Logan, Morgana’s Top Manga of 2022 - 00:50:11 Darfox8’s Top Manga of 2022 - 00:54:51 dakazu’s Top Manga of 2022 - 01:07:32 Seamus’ Top Manga of 2022 - 01:21:02 Manga Machinations Mangaka Hall of Fame - 01:28:52 Final reflection on 2022, Next Week’s Topic: New Chapter Check-in, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Auld Lang Syne” by Lone Star Vibes - 01:35:33

25 Des 20221h 41min

This week we answer emails while dakazu talks about Nagata Kabi’s new manga, a Gengoroh Tagame food manga, Hunter x Hunter, and more! Then we present our suggestions for awesome single volume manga in a new edition of Recommendation Round-up!!! 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, FIFA World Cup 00:06:35 - Listener Emails: World Cup and sports manga 00:13:46 - Disappointing anime adaptations 00:18:49 - Our picks for Manga artists redrawing another manga 00:23:13 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, dakazu read Nagata Kabi’s new manga, Suizou ga Kowaretara sukoshi Ikiyasuku narimashita. 00:27:21 - dakazu got an excellent recipe from Gengoroh Tagame’s BL food manga Uo to Mizu 00:32:41 - Turns out, Hunter x Hunter is really good 00:37:25 - The newest chapters for Saikyoushoku [Ryuukishi] kara Shokyuushoku [Hakobiya] ni natta noni, nazeka Yuushatachi kara Tayoraretemasu have become stale and boring 00:44:14 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga Machinations Awards 2022, we’ll be looking back on this past year with our top manga picks along with our individual awards and favorite podcast moments 00:44:42 - Main Segment Recommendation Round-up: Single Volumes, Transition Song: “Riverside Life” by Ty Simon, We share recommendations for single volume releases that we think you should own, Including: 00:45:36 - An Invitation from a Crab by panpanya 00:49:10 - My Broken Mariko by Waka Hirako 00:54:02 - Manga Poverty by Shuho Sato 00:56:10 - Remina by Junji Ito 01:01:00 - Be Very Afraid of Kanako Inuki! by Kanako Inuki 01:04:04 - Town of Pigs by Hideshi Hino 01:04:57 - Invisible Parade by MISSISSIPPI 01:08:13 - The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud by Kuniko Tsurita 01:13:15 - Robo Sapiens: Tales of Tomorrow by Toranosuke Shimada 01:15:44 - Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen by Moyoco Anno 01:20:14 - A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio 01:25:14 - Helter Skelter by Kyoko Okazaki 01:29:48 - Cats of the Louvre by Taiyo Matsumoto 01:34:14 - All My Darling Daughters by Fumi Yoshinaga 01:36:35 - Children of Mu-Town by Masumura Jushichi 01:38:42 - Maiden Railways by Asumiko Nakamura 01:42:56 - Our Colors by Gengoroh Tagame 01:46:51 - Next Week’s Topic: Manga Machinations Awards 2022, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas

18 Des 20221h 48min

On this episode we discuss oversized omnibuses, Netflix’s Wednesday, The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie, Hades-sama no Mujihi na Konin, and more! Then it’s time for Morgana to check out Darfox’s favorite teen S&M romantic comedy, Nana & Kaoru! It’s gonna be sexy!!! 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: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Seamus’ drunk weekend - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: Our opinions on oversized omnibuses - 00:01:50 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Morgana is enjoying the new Adams Family Netflix series Wednesday - 00:07:42 *SPOILERS* We talk about the newest episodes of Chainsaw Man - 00:11:06 *SPOILERS* Darfox saw The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie - 00:15:46 *SPOILERS* dakazu was disappointed about the non-ending to Wonderland - 00:29:17 Hades-sama no Mujihi na Konin is a fun romantic comedy about Hades trying to avoid marriage - 00:34:32 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Recommendation Round-up, We will be presenting various single volume manga series that we recommend you buy and read - 00:39:42 Main Segment Morgana’s Manga Makeup: Nana & Kaoru, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, Morgana will read the first omnibus collection of the S&M romantic comedy by Ryuta Amazume that was previously covered on Manga Machinations before she joined - 00:40:43 Next Week’s Topic: Recommendation Round-up, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:34:29

11 Des 20221h 35min

This week it’s all about Paru Itagaki! We spoil BEASTARS volume 21 and discuss the new chapter of Beast Complex! Then we examine her strange manga about a germaphobe looking for love in our One Shot on Drip Drip!!! 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: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions, Netflix region lock on the Berserk anime - 00:00:00 Listener Mail: Spin-off novelizations of manga - 00:02:06 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, dakazu is disappointed Seamus did not read more Land of the Lustrous - 00:14:30 *SPOILERS* We discuss the contents of BEASTARS volume 21 - 00:15:51 *SPOILERS* Morgana’s husband has started reading Chainsaw Man after watching the anime - 00:35:08 Morgana has been playing Pokémon Scarlet - 00:37:51 Paru Itagaki put out a new chapter of Beast Complex about catfishing on dating apps - 00:39:09 Itaru Bonnoki drew a response to last week’s substitute manuscript provided by Rensuke Oshikiri - 00:40:11 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Morgana’s Manga Makeup, Morgana will read a manga previously covered on Manga Machinations before she joined, Nana & Kaoru by Ryuta Amazume - 00:43:14 Main Segment One Shot: Drip Drip. Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We review Paru Itagaki’s story of a woman who gets nosebleeds from extreme germaphobia who tries to find love - 00:45:02 Next Week’s Topic: Nana & Kaoru, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:21:03

4 Des 20221h 22min

Order is up for our final Retrospective episode on Chainsaw Man! We’re joined by Darfox’s friend Amber to discuss the end of the Public Safety Arc with volumes 10 and 11! Amber also talks about her manga and anime origins, as well as her love for Case Closed, Fruits Basket, and more!!! Follow Amber! 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: “Just the Way You Like It” by Guesthouse, Opening, Introductions, Prolific Amber and Procrastinator Darfox - 00:00:00 Amber talks about her manga/anime fandom origins and her love of Fruits Basket, Case Closed, cosplay, and ramen - 00:01:55 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Amber has been reading Rent-A-(Really Shy!)-Girlfriend - 00:09:25 *SPOILERS* Beyond The Promised Neverland features one shots and an epilogue for The Promised Neverland - 00:12:04 Amber loves Witch Hat Atelier and Today's Menu for the Emiya Family - 00:14:34 Amber talks about Something’s Wrong With Us, Fire Force, and Hirano and Kagiura - 00:18:30 dakazu is wary of potentially problematic character in Devils’ Line II: Gyakushu - 00:21:08 Rensuke Oshikiri breaks the 4th wall with his one shot Daigen-chan - 00:22:30 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Drip Drip, We will review Paru Itagaki’s story of a woman who gets nosebleeds from extreme germaphobia trying to find love - 00:26:44 Main Segment Retrospective: Chainsaw Man. Transition Song: “Get Ready” by Midnight Noise, We discuss Tatsuki Fujimoto’s horror comedy shonen battle series(covers vols 10-11) - 00:27:47 Next Week’s Topic: Drip Drip, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 01:27:32

27 Nov 20221h 29min

Halloween! This week we’re joined by the fantastic Marion “Microwavey” as he auditions to replace Darfox! Marion talks about Anime NYC, Trigun Stampede and more! Then we dive into volumes 7-9 for our penultimate Retrospective on Chainsaw Man!!! Follow Marion and check out his projects! 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: “Just the Way You Like It” by Guesthouse, Opening, Introductions - 00:00:00 Marion shares his manga/anime fandom origins and talks about becoming kindred souls with Darfox - 00:02:04 Marion talks about his experiences at Anime NYC - 00:12:18 Marion got to see the first episode of Trigun Stampede - 00:16:28 We discuss the manga licensing announcements of Innocent, Wind Breaker, Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen, Scribbles, and more - 00:29:30 Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Marion checked out the webtoon True Beauty - 00:35:13 Marion keeps up on One Piece and Hunter x Hunter - 00:38:25 dakazu read more MARS and finished Midnight Secretary - 00:39:42 Morgana watched Everything Everywhere All At Once and loved it - 00:45:33 Darfox wants to play God of War Ragnarök but is distracted by Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 - 00:49:56 Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Chainsaw Man, We will discuss and review Tatsuki Fujimoto’s horror comedy shonen battle series with special guest Amber(covers vols 10-11) - 00:55:01 Main Segment Retrospective: Chainsaw Man. Transition Song: “Get Ready” by Midnight Noise, We discuss Tatsuki Fujimoto’s horror comedy shonen battle series(covers vols 7-9) - 00:55:46 Next Week’s Topic: Chainsaw Man, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas - 02:06:02

21 Nov 20222h 7min