553 - Triple Dip 89 - A Witch's Life in Mongol, Dogsred, HIRAETH -The End of the Journey-

This week Seamus is back to check out Crocodile Baron, Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler-, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba for a Triple Dip! Remember to send us emails! manga@alltalkpodcast.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac   Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions 00:02:08 - Listener Questions: We discuss the potential behind a manga subscription aggregate service in the future 00:11:13 - We recap how we started Manga Machinations and share our future goals 00:19:49 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Seamus visited JAPAN HOUSE in Los Angeles to see This is MANGA – the Art of NAOKI URASAWA exhibit 00:25:13 - We explain what tea towels are to Darfox 00:28:09 - Gintama still hasn’t ended after it’s run in JUMP GIGA so they will end it on soon to be released Gintama App 00:29:27 - dakazu felt the live-action Gintama movie was good because the self-deprecating comedy fit 00:34:26 - Seeing the live-action Kagura character made dakazu realize just how unrealistic the body proportions of shonen heroines are 00:37:41 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Give My Regards to Black Jack, we will do a comprehensive review of Shuho Sato’s manga about the problems within Japanese Medicare(covers volumes 1-4) 00:38:50 - Main Segment Triple Dip: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba/Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler -/Crocodile Baron, Transition Song: “Deal with the devil” by Tia from Kakegurui, we read the beginning of each manga to see if we’d keep reading it before picking our favorite 00:39:30 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge 00:58:36 - Kakegurui - Compulsive Gambler - by Homura Kawamoto & Toru Naomura 01:19:53 - Crocodile Baron by Takuya Okada 01:35:53 - Next Week’s Topic: “Give My Regards to Black Jack”, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

4 Mar 20191h 37min

On this episode we get Darfox to checkout a slew of titles available in English(and Spanish) through Shueisha’s globally available MANGA Plus app! Remember to send us emails! MangaMachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions, shout-outs 00:01:59 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu didn’t think the live-action adaptation of Asahinagu was very good 00:07:08 - Satoru Noda’s debut title Supinamarada! shares similar jokes and some characters to his next work Golden Kamuy 00:10:01 - Toripan is a light-hearted comedy about birds and their sometimes hilarious behavior 00:13:09 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge, Crocodile Baron by Takuya Okada, and Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler by Homura Kawamoto & Toru Naomura 00:16:10 - Main Segment Darfox Dabbles: MANGA Plus, Transition Song: “FIRE GROUND” by Official HIGE DANdism from Hinomaru Sumo, dakazu explains the difference between the MANGA Plus and Shonen Jump Manga & Comics apps, we talk about 9 manga available through MANGA Plus, Including: 00:23:35 - Land Lock by Ai Odahara 00:29:04 - Nano Hazard by Shosho Kurihara & Kazaana 00:36:47 - Spotless Love: This Love Cannot Be Any More Beautiful by Otaro Maijo & Arata Momose 00:44:02 - Hinomaru Sumo by Kawada 00:53:26 - Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku by Yuji Kaku 01:00:52 - Soloist in A Cage by Shiro Moriya 01:10:13 - Blue Flag by KAITO *HEAVY SPOILERS* 01:18:18 - KoLD8: King of the Living Dead by Pageratta 01:23:57 - Abyss Rage by Nariaki Narita 01:32:03 - Darfox gives his final thoughts and picks his favorites 01:35:53 - Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

25 Feb 20191h 37min

This week we check out the 2019 Alita: Battle Angel: a live-action adaptation of Yukito Kishiro’s Sci-Fi seinen series! Have dakazu and Darfox finally found a good manga movie adaptation?! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Divide” by J2 Feat. Avery from Alita: Battle Angel, Opening, Introductions, French 00:02:05 - Listener Emails: Manga suggestion from Leo 00:04:45 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Dragon Ball Z” OST “Prologue”, We recommend the Manga Log podcast 00:06:06 - dakazu finds the post-murderer life in Boku no Namae wa “Shounen A” to be a little unrealistic 00:13:34 - GROUNDLESS is a war manga that’s oozes with World War II aesthetic 00:17:44 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Darfox Dabbles, Darfox will check out some available manga on Shueisha’s Manga Plus app 00:20:52 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Transition Song: “Motorball” by Tom Holkenborg from Alita: Battle Angel, we discuss newly released James Cameron dream project directed by Robert Rodriguez 00:21:49 - We start with our expectations we had after seeing ‘bug-eyed’ Alita in the trailers 00:23:22 - We praise the film for keeping the essence of Battle Angel Alita despite changing the story from the source material 00:25:09 - We compare this good adaptation to other failed ones like the Bleach movie 00:26:56 - Alita is a strong female hero and Darfox praises her characterization 00:28:08 - *SPOILERS FROM THIS POINT ON* We discuss the use of the F-word and Rodriguez’s use of clean violence 00:30:28 - Darfox thought the beginning felt like a cheesy young adult novel 00:33:32 - We discuss differences between the villian Grewishka and his manga counterpart Makaku 00:36:15 - The movie completely changes the character of Desty Nova 00:37:09 - dakazu breaks down how the movie combines the first three story arcs of Battle Angel Alita 00:38:41 - We feel side characters like Chiren and Vector were under utilized compared to Zapan 00:42:00 - The changes they made to Nova ruin possible story arcs that could’ve been done in a sequel 00:43:58 - dakazu compares Alita’s backstory in the movie to her origins from the manga 00:46:23 - dakazu explains how the movie’s ending pissed off his wife and how it was handled differently in the manga 00:51:52 - We love the design of the cyborgs, the look of Iron town, and the wonderful action sequences 00:53:34 - Darfox wishes there was more Motorball scenes and compares it to how Speed Racer focused on the race 00:55:16 - Guillermo del Toro helped James Cameron start this project and  technology behind Avatar helped to complete it 00:58:05 - We’re happy to hear the creator of Battle Angel Alita, Yukito Kushiro, loved this movie 00:59:29 - We compare a bad scene to a good scene between Alita and Hugo 01:00:27 - While Christoph Waltz as Ido was fantastic, dakazu is mad his nurse Gerhad was just used as scenery 01:02:26 - Darfox wasn’t a fan of Hugo’s teen friends 01:03:38 - We praise Robert Rodriguez for making movies with diverse representation 01:04:23 - We explore the foreign sensation of having an adaptation we can recommend 01:06:54 - We have doubts about Alita: Battle Angel having financial success 01:07:53 - We talk about potential adaptations we’d like to see and the upcoming live-action Cowboy Bebop & One Piece 01:10:10 - We laugh about the awful Dragonball: Evolution 01:11:49 - We give our final thoughts 01:12:57 - Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

18 Feb 20191h 14min

On this episode we continue our review of Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection with stories about Toru Oshikiri, a scary doll, unfortunate face clamps, and the Ito family dog Non-non! Remember to send us emails! MangaMachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Time Stamps:  00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Shichiten Battou no Blues” by THE PINBALLS from Junji Ito: Collection, Opening, Introductions, our website project 00:07:40 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Darfox puts Black Clover on blast for the current filler episodes 00:10:54 - The newest volume of Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction makes way for more predictions from Seamus 00:18:31 - We discuss reading ongoing manga and the release schedules for official English volumes 00:20:22 - dakazu talks spoilers for the end of the dark adult series Naraku no Hitsuji 00:27:05 - dakazu really likes the group of half monster/half human detectives in Kemono Jihen 00:30:22 - News: BEASTARS is getting an anime adaptation but we have a lot of concerns 00:43:15 - The screenings of I want to eat your pancreas were preceded by cast interviews filled with spoilers 00:45:41 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion for Alita: Battle Angel, we’ll be reviewing the newly released James Cameron dream project directed by Robert Rodriguez 00:47:52 - Main Segment Retrospective: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, Transition Song: “Otogai no Uchuu” by JYOCHO from Junji Ito: Collection, we review the rest of the stories from the book 00:49:42 - dakazu talks about how earlier Junji Ito works show heavy influence from an almost shoujo-like art style 00:51:29 - Darfox weighs on his favorite of the Oshikiri stories 00:52:40 - The alternate universe plot makes us wonder how each of the Oshikiri stories are tied together 00:54:32 - Darfox points out how many Junji Ito stories have some obvious plot holes about victims not escaping horrific places 00:57:00 - Darfox felt a strong presence from translator Jocelyn Allen in the Face-Firmly in Place story 00:58:03 - We agree that The Hell of the Doll Funeral was solely made so Ito could draw that final page 00:59:26 - dakazu found a lot of humor in Face-Firmly in Place 01:00:13 - The stories of Non-non felt like a predecessor for Junji Ito’s Cat Diary: Yon & Mu 01:02:00 - Seamus comments about eeriness of the final page of The Strange Tales of Oshikiri: The Walls 01:02:59 - We discuss the use of [ghost orb] as apposed to [will-o’-wisp] 01:04:40 - We give our final thoughts 01:05:42 - Next Week’s Topic: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

11 Feb 20191h 7min

This week we dive into the wonderful horror of Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection! We’ll specifically be reviewing Ito’s take on Frankenstein! Remember to send us emails! MangaMachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Shichiten Battou no Blues” by THE PINBALLS from Junji Ito Collection, Opening, Introductions, Kingdom Hearts 3, shout-outs 00:07:40 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, we go into spoilers for the final volume of After Hours 00:12:27 - We gab on about drama adaptations and learn that Seamus’ loathes Boys over Flowers 00:17:08 - dakazu loves how Monkey Peak is like a classic horror movie that lasts for hours 00:20:51 - dakazu talks about the re-serialization of Ryoko and World Trigger after a long hiatus 00:23:13 - The combinations of food and fantasy makes Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi an isekai series that dakazu can get behind 00:27:40 - News: We discuss the wonderful global launch of Shueisha’s MANGA PLUS app 00:33:05 - We comment of Deb Aoki’s twitter thread about the increase of vertical manga layouts for smartphones 00:37:51 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Continuing our review of Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, we’ll cover the rest of the stories in this book 00:38:19 - Main Segment Retrospective: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, Transition Song: “Monster Mash” by Bobby Pickett, we review the Frankenstein story from Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection 00:39:22 - We look at the changes Ito made to the story from Mary Shelly’s original novel 00:42:42 - We praise the fantastic artwork and design of the Monster 00:45:58 - We examine the portrayal of both the Monster’s suffering and Dr. Frankenstein’s madness 00:48:29 - Seamus explains how lots of the internal dialogue from the novel was not included 00:51:48 - Darfox starts talking about rocks on shingles being exclusive to Japan 00:52:49 - dakazu has some questions about Dr. Frankenstein and Elizabeth’s incestual  relationship 00:54:42 - Seamus likes this as a Junji Ito horror manga but not necessarily as an full adaption of the novel 00:57:19 - We talk about the ‘Dude! Let Me In! I’m A Fairy!’ meme born from this manga 00:58:15 - We discuss the various iterations of Frankenstein in movies and comics 01:00:10 - We get into how the children’s television show Wishbone covered Frankenstein and other questionable books 01:03:22 - We give our final thoughts on this story 01:03:58 - Next Week’s Topic: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

4 Feb 20191h 5min

*We had some technical issues during recording. We apologize for the audio quality this episode. On this episode Miki's Stopwatch helps us review anime from the 2018 Fall season and check out some from the current 2019 winter season!! Remember to send us emails! MangaMachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Warning, Intro Song: “Catch up, latency” by Union Square Garden from Run with the Wind, Opening, Introductions, Shout-outs 00:04:14 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Miki’s been reading some In/Spectre 00:07:35 - dakazu finally checked out Hibiki: Shousetsuka ni Naru Houhou and is loving the main character 00:12:05 - News: Rumiko Takahashi has won the Grand Prix at FIBD Angoulême 00:13:01 - New promotional stills of the actors for the What Did You Eat yesterday? live-action dramatization 00:14:01 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot Retrospective on Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, we will specifically be covering the  Frankenstein adaptation 00:14:50 - Main Segment Anime Interlude: Transition Song: “Book-end, Happy-end” by TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND feat. Hiroshi Takano from Skull-faced Bookseller Honda-san, We review anime from the 2018 fall season and discuss some anime from the upcoming 2019 winter season 00:15:33 - Miki checks out some classic anime like Space Adventure Cobra 00:18:15 - Takarajima 00:19:15 - SoulTaker 00:21:47 - Miki rants about Megalo Box 00:29:44 - Run with the Wind 00:31:08 - Karakuri Circus 00:32:58 - Tokyo Ghoul:re 00:34:27 - Radiant 00:35:32 - Zombie Land Saga 00:38:22 - Bloom Into You 00:41:35 - Boarding School Juliet 00:45:26 - The Girl in Twilight 00:48:36 - Golden Kamuy 00:49:49 - Hinomaru Sumo 00:50:30 - DOUBLE DECKER! DOUG & KIRILL 00:52:24 - Goblin Slayer 00:53:18 - The Rising of the Shield Hero 01:03:28 - That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime 01:04:43 - Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san and other mentions from fall 2018 01:05:32 - Mob Psycho 100 II 01:07:49 - The Promised Neverland 01:16:03 - Boogiepop and Others 01:17:48 - Rinshi!! Ekodachan 01:20:35 - Dororo 01:24:49 - Kaguya-sama: Love is War 01:30:37 - The Quintessential Quintuplets and Domestic Girlfriend 01:34:32 - Ueno-san wa Bukiyou 01:35:59 - Dimension High School 01:37:45 - Virtual-san wa Miteiru 01:42:32 - My Roommate is a Cat 01:45:04 - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind 01:46:48 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection, House Keeping, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

28 Jan 20191h 48min

This week we watch Studio Ghibli’s From Up on Poppy Hill to see how Seamus and Darfox fare with their first Goro Miyazaki film. Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “The Breakfast Song” by Aoi Teshima from From Up on Poppy Hill, Opening, Introductions, Spotify 00:02:57 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu checks out some anime for next week 00:04:56 - Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? is filled with gross fan service but still helps dakazu by giving his good advice about exercising at the gym 00:11:31 - dakazu ended up enjoying the mystery in the horror thriller High-Rise Invasion 00:16:27 - The Your Name. parody in Mr. TONEGAWA Middle Management Blues makes darfox question if these spin-offs are canonical 00:22:58 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Anime Interlude where we’ll be discussing the past Fall 2018 season of anime and some of our early impressions for Winter 2019 with Miki’s Stopwatch 00:23:52 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Transition Song: “From Up on Poppy Hill” by Aoi Teshima from From Up on Poppy Hill, we discuss the 2011 Studio Ghibli film directed by Goro Miyazaki 00:26:59 - Darfox compares Goro against his father Hayao Miyazaki 00:28:57 - dakazu explains how this movie focuses on highlighting the lifestyle of Japan in 1964 00:32:08 - We complain how everything is explained instead of allowing the audience to infer it for themselves 00:35:24 - The design of the Latin Quarter building was a turning point for dakazu 00:37:19 - We lament the wasted potential of the colorful extended cast 00:39:28 - dakazu goes over the large amount of Japanese text in the movie 00:41:46 - We praise the attention to detail in the backgrounds and settings 00:43:27 - We laugh at the use of dialogue and songs that spell-out everything during scenes 00:45:31 - In comparison to Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise or The Wind Rises darfox found this film lacking in it’s overall animation 00:50:13 - Along with thoughts on Tales of Earthsea we wonder why Goro tries to imitate his father 00:53:52 - This movie made dakazu think about the concept of boarding houses being unfamiliar with modern America 00:56:45 - We discuss the use of  possible incest in this movie and it’s prevalence within other Japanese stories like Marmalade Boy or Old Boy or Fire Punch 01:03:20 - We go on a tangent about fan fiction of the TV show Supernatural 01:05:26 - We talk about the creepy chairman of the school board 01:06:24 - We give our final thoughts on the movie 01:08:19 - dakazu noticed that some songs to higher billing than the actors in the credits 01:09:34 - Next Week’s Topic: Anime Interlude, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

21 Jan 20191h 11min

On this episode we review the surreal stories in An Invitation from a Crab by panpanya! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions, Pepsi vs. Coke 00:02:44 - New update on Manga Machinations podcast hosting 00:04:02 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Darfox is interested to read more of the brand new Chainsaw Man 00:09:03 - We give quick impressions of Mob Psycho 100 II and The Promised Neverland 00:11:05 - Boss Renoma: Shuujin Riku Gaiden is a prequel that dakazu liked but ultimately didn’t really need 00:13:08 - Seamus checks out vol. 3 of Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction and has some wild speculations about where the plot 00:25:08 - News: We discuss some highlights from Inio Asano’s manga exhibition Ctrl+T2 00:28:18 - Seven Seas Entertainment publishing announcements for Nicola Traveling Around the Demon’s World and The Wize Wize Beasts of the Wizarding Wizdoms 00:30:06 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion, reviewing studio Ghibli’s From Up on Poppy Hill 00:30:50 - Main Segment One Shot: An Invitation from a Crab, Transition Song: “Book-end, Happy-end” by TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND feat. Hiroshi Takano from Skull-faced Bookseller Honda-san, we discuss panpanya’s An Invitation from a Crab 00:33:29 - Seamus explains how the stories all presented “as is” without context or explanation 00:36:13 - dakazu theorizes that panpanya takes real-life photographs and then deconstructs them to create the unique backgrounds 00:39:45 - Darfox compares THE PERFECT SUNDAY to Wallace and Gromit 00:40:54 - dakazu explains why he feels this manga is closer to fine art than commercial entertainment akin to movies like Under the Skin and Upstream Color 00:42:30 - Seamus explores how this manga uses defamiliarization to give the reader an emotional reaction 00:45:33 - We praise the shifting art styles that sometimes occur from panel to panel 00:49:39 - Darfox explains how after he stopped trying to find consistent themes he enjoyed the book as an emotional trip with some reoccurring images 00:53:03 - Seamus compares the surrealist themes of this book to other alternative manga 00:54:37 - We talk about the numerous written passages scattered within the book 00:57:24 - dakazu expresses his struggle with the kindle browser reader 00:59:41 - We discuss the Index and Table of Contents in this book 01:03:32 - We each give our final thoughts 01:06:41 - Seamus wants to know about manga that satire manga genres 01:10:32 - Next Week’s Topic: From Up on Poppy Hill, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

14 Jan 20191h 12min