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

On this episode we check out 3 more manga for another Triple Dip! Seamus picks the ultimate unrequited love story of Scum’s Wish, darfox with the crime drama about a legendary hitman in The Fable, and dakazu brings the grotesque horror of Starving Anonymous! 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: “Uso No Hibana” by Kuroneko from Scum’s Wish, Opening, Introductions 00:01:02 - Listener Questions: Giving our picks for manga with good endings 00:08:52 - The Manga Machinations authoritative official anime canon list 00:11:13 - an important announcement about fixing our discord server, shout-out to Iyasu in the Manga Translation Battle 00:14:40 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, darfox talks about the roundabout progression in harem manga like We Never Learn 00:20:22 - dakazu revisits Himegoto: Juukyusai no Seifuku and realizes it has the same appeal as a daytime soap opera 00:31:36 - News: Upcoming movie adaptation of Flowers of Evil and anime adaptation of Dorohedoro 00:37:34 - Crowd funding has secured the creation of a life-size statue of Punpun to be on display at Inio Asano’s world exhibition Ctrl+T2 00:41:18 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Give My Regards to Black Jack by Shuho Sato, Higanjima by Koji Matsumoto, and Kasane by Daruma Matsuura 00:44:32 - Main Segment Triple Dip:  Starving Anonymous/Scum’s Wish/The Fable, Transition Song: “Heikousen” by Sayuri from Scum’s Wish, we’ve read the beginning of each manga for discussion and to see if we’ll keep reading it before picking our favorite 00:45:23 - Starving Anonymous by Yuu Kuraishi & Kazu Inabe 01:00:39 - The Fable by Katsuhisa Minami 01:12:03 -Scum’s Wish by Mengo Yokoyari 01:25:10 - Next Week’s Topic: Give My Regards to Black Jack & Higanjima & Kasane, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

12 Nov 20181h 27min

This week we wrap up our Retrospective review of Ode to Kirihito by Osamu Tezuka! 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: “More One Night” by Chito & Yuuri from Girls’ Last Tour, Opening, Introductions, Christmas decorations 00:01:55 - Listener Emails: Comparing manga reading habits to anime viewing habits, the zeitgeist of new media, the convenience of streaming services and digital distribution effecting how anime/manga is consumed 00:20:26 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Seamus talks about his lack of historical knowledge for Ooku: The Inner Chambers 00:26:34 - Darfox about some free samples of Aposimz, Battle Angel Alita: Holy Night and Other Stories, Shibuya Goldfish, and Junji Ito’s Frankenstein 00:37:46 - dakazu is apprehensive about diving into Tsutomu Takahashi’s Nazi story of Neun 00:43:03 - Ningen Karimenchu Tsuzuki continues Taeko Uzuki’s struggles with Schizophrenia and her loving relationship with her elder boyfriend 00:47:34 - News: Kengo Hanazawa throws some shade on Inio Asano in the 2000th issue of Big Comic Spirits 00:52:36 - Members from the Sailor Moon musical in Japan will be performing at the 2019 National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC 00:53:46 - Shueisha will be releasing a special issue called Paralympic Jump in association with the Paralympics 00:54:56 - The fans of Karakuri Circus were concerned about the anime adaptation because of the limited episodes but creator Kazuhiro Fujita says it’s about getting the best moments from the series into this adaptation 00:59:54 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Scum’s Wish by Mengo Yokoyari, Starving Anonymous by Yuu Kuraishi & Kazu Inabe, and The Fable by Katsuhisa Minami 01:01:55 - Main Segment Retrospective Review: Transition Song: “? no Boomerang” by Tomoko Tokugaki from The Three-Eyed One, retrospective review of Ode to Kirihito by Tezuka Osamu, we discuss the fates of the antagonists, talk about all the references to Jesus, interpret Tezuka’s disdain for doctors, praise the reoccurring artistic themes, detest the negative use of mental illness, debate forgiveness vs vengeance, explain the postmortem problems with Urabe, and wonder why the Monmow epidemic was never resolved.(covers chapters 11-20) 01:39:20 - Next Week’s Topic: Scum’s Wish & Starving Anonymous & The Fable, House Keeping, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

5 Nov 20181h 41min

On this episode we present part 1 of our Retrospective review of Ode to Kirihito! We explore the themes of discrimination in this mature series from Osamu Tezuka! 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: “More One Night” by Chito & Yuuri from Girls’ Last Tour, Opening, Introductions, wrestlers exposing themselves 00:03:05 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu doesn’t like how Tokumei no Kanojotachi can’t mixes fictional drama with travel guides to Japanese red-light districts 00:09:35 - Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san is very informative about the business of working at bookstores 00:13:56 - Darfox is enjoying the comedic relationships of Mitsuro Kubo’s Again!! 00:23:03 - The names of the chapters in the newest volume of Shojo Fight surprise Seamus 00:26:39 - News: Premium Japanese television channel WOWOW is doing a manga tie-in of their Para Athletes documentary series Who I AM in Weekly Young Jump magazine 00:28:06 - Volume 1 of Mob Psycho 100 has been released by Dark Horse Comics 00:31:27 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Ode to Kirihito, we will conclude our comprehensive review of this Osamu Tezuka title(covers chapters 11-20) 00:31:48 - Main Segment Retrospective Review: Transition Song: “? no Boomerang” by Tomoko Tokugaki from The Three-Eyed One, retrospective review of Ode to Kirihito by Tezuka Osamu, we discuss the duality of outdated caricatures with decent representation, praise Tezuka’s experimentation with art and paneling, question the treatment of Reika’s sexuality, debate the treatment of all female characters, explore the religious themes, examine the character of Dr. Urabe, compare this to other Tezuka works, and make predictions for how the story will end(covers chapters 1-10) 01:09:49 - Next Week’s Topic: Ode to Kirihito, House Keeping, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

29 Okt 20181h 11min

This week we launch our first special guest themed Gaiden series with Amelia Cook, creator of the Anime Feminist website! Get ready for a mega-sized episode as we interview Amelia about her manga/anime origins and how she started Anime Feminist. Then she joins us for a in-depth discussion about representation in manga/anime as we analyze our own positive and negative examples of female characters in shonen battle manga! Support Anime Feminist on patreon! 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: “Re:Call” by i☆Ris from Twin Star Exorcists, Opening, Introductions, 00:03:07 - Secret Origins: Amelia tells us how she began her anime/manga fandom with Castle in the Sky, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing & Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend 00:07:13 - The dark days of buying 4 episode DVDs for 20 pounds makes Amelia appreciate the accessibility of modern streaming services 00:10:33 - The lack of a space to discuss issues in anime/manga helped create Anime Feminist but also had positive and negative consequences 00:19:55 - we talk about our experience with harassment and the lessons we learned 00:29:56 - Listener Questions: Answering what future goals Anime Feminist are planning 00:34:42 - Amelia explains why proper payment & representation with writers is key 00:43:30 - Darfox asks Amelia to elaborate the process of pitching to Anime Feminist, working with an editor to shape new articles 00:54:33 - Seamus and Amelia praise the stage adaptation of Naoki Urasawa’s Pluto 00:58:37 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Ode to Kirihito, we will do a comprehensive review of this Tezuka Osamu title(covers chapters 1-11) 00:59:03 - Main Segment Machinations Gaiden: Transition Song: “Haruka Kanata” by Asian Kung-fu Generation from Naruto, we have an open discussion about representation within manga/anime 01:02:52 - Discussing the shonen battle manga heroine archetype, dakazu and Amelia share their issues on Sakura’s character arc in Naruto 01:11:09 - We lament the typical fate of female characters being reduced to moms/wives in shonen epilogues, the body proportions of characters like Orihime from Bleach are a deal breaker for Amelia 01:17:23 - Amelia explains with Black Clover and Blue Exorcist how personal experiences effect which representations are overlooked while others are jarring, dakazu doesn’t like the non-consensual male pursuit of females represented in all entertainment 01:21:40 - We discuss the various groping perverts that are seen as comedic characters in shonen manga, we examine shonen manga as a commercial product and how that effects English adaptations 01:26:11 - We explain how despite having passionate fandoms for manga such as the female MMA manga Teppu, they still might struggle in finding a market in the West, we attribute the increase of BL/Yuri releases to the fujoshi buying them out 01:31:22 - We explore female characters in sports manga, Farewell, My Dear Cramer reflects the real life popularity of female soccer for Amelia 01:37:34 - The ensemble cast of My Hero Academia help bring a little diversity to it’s female representation, Amelia makes a case for diversity of physical body types in Keijo!!!!!!!! 01:41:03 - Personally, Amelia can appreciate the representation in Please tell me! Galko-chan while disliking it due to the character designs, But Re:Zero on the other hand has such great representation it let’s her look past the cutesy moe designs 01:46:32 - Darfox and dakazu praise how the sexually active for Haru from BEASTARS isn’t portrayed as shameful female character trait, Amelia likes Scum’s Wish for giving it’s characters complex relationships with sex 01:56:04 - Darfox likes the tough but maternal growth in Reiko Tamura from Parasyte, we wonder if pairing atypical manga/anime female characteristics to non-human characters makes them more acceptable 01:58:03 - Amelia catches an ingrained generic convention in dakazu’s perception of Emma from The Promised Neverland as gender-less, we discuss how crying for Midoriya from My Hero Academia is looked down upon, the portrayal of dirty ugly men in Kaiji are praiseworthy in darfox’s eyes 02:07:50 - Seamus and dakazu praise Shojo Fight for having excellent representation of character interactions that avoid false-conflict, we praise My Love Story!! for exploring relationships after they’ve formed, Seamus appreciates manga that explores relationships between adults without the possibility of breakups in both Friday Night Lights and What did you eat Yesterday? 02:11:54 - Amelia’s favorite relationships are couples in Nodame Cantabile and Twin Star Exorcists who support and push each other to greater success, dakazu recommends Kekkaishi for Amelia 02:18:09 - Amelia stresses the importance of getting LGBTQ+ perspectives from others who can draw from their own experiences, A Place Further Than The Universe is a realistic representation of young women’s friendships 02:23:11 - Amelia had quite relatable experience with Tokyo Tarareba Girls, The end of Absolute Boyfriend resonated a lot with working women 02:30:53 - dakazu suspects the lack of fan service in Attack on Titan might have more to due with Hajime Isayama’s lack of artistic talent, the androgynous nature of Hanji ended working in favor for non-binary representation 02:35:19 - dakazu recalls how the reader attachment to transgender representation in Family Compo moves past the manga artist’s original intent, darfox appreciates Misturo Kubo’s own female perspective towards the women in Moteki 02:38:57 - House Keeping, Next Week’s Topic: Ode to Kirihito, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Miraikei Answer” by Trustrick from My Love Story!!

22 Okt 20182h 42min

On this episode Miki’s Stopwatch is here to talk about anime, again! We pick our favorites from both summer and fall of 2018! 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, manga genres that represent us best 00:04:24 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Darfox is pleasantly not surprised by a tournament arc in Black Clover, Black Clover Quartet Knights manga on Jump+ promotes the new video game 00:07:44 - Seamus continues reading Seven Shakespeares and enjoys it 00:11:35 - Miki loved Kaiji: Against All Rules but thought the final arc was out shined by the first one 00:16:27 - dakazu and Miki give love for Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro 00:18:10 - A new volume of Kyukyoku Chojin R was released 31 years after the last one 00:20:21 - A manga about cults called Charisma was terrifying for dakazu 00:23:48 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Guest Gaiden with Amelia Cook, Amelia will join us for a discussion about positive and negative representation in manga 00:25:52 - Main Segment Anime Interlude: Transition Song: “Break In To Break Out” by Lyn from Persona 5 the Animation, We review anime from the 2018 summer season and discuss some anime from the upcoming 2018 fall season, Including: 00:26:34 - *SPOILERS* Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion 00:34:22 - Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun - 00:37:42 - Banana Fish 00:41:32 - Happy Sugar Life 00:46:29 - Back Street Girls 00:51:10 - Mr. Tonegawa Middle Management Blues, Ichinichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchou 00:57:20 - Isekai Izakaya: Japanese Food From Another World 00:59:07 - Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight 01:02:59 - Cells at Work 01:06:48 - JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind 01:11:41 - DOUBLE DECKER! DOUG & KIRILL 01:16:55 - RADIANT 01:18:41 - IRODUKU - The World in Colors 01:22:54 - Karakuri Circus 01:27:46 - Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san 01:31:34 - Goblin Slayer 01:40:07 - Run with the Wind 01:41:33 - As Miss Beelzebub Likes it. 01:42:59 - Zombie Land Saga 01:44:26 - Bloom into You 01:45:42 - Anima Yell! 01:47:02 - Ms. Vampire who lives in my neighborhood. 01:48:54 - SSSS.GRIDMAN 01:51:35 - Ulysses: Jeanne d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight 01:55:25 - New Chapter Updates: *SPOILERS* catching up on the finale of the New Years arc in BEASTARS 02:14:40 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Machinations Gaiden with Amelia Cook, House Keeping, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

15 Okt 20182h 16min

Apologies in advance as Seamus had to skip this week’s podcast so we changed from our planned retrospective to another Manga in Motion instead. So at darfox’s request we look at the Chinese Animal World based on Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji! 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: “Mirai wa Bokura no Te no Naka ” by Kaiji and the Redbound Cherries from Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor, Opening, Changes in scheduling, Introductions 00:02:32 - Listener Emails: Manga introduced through the podcast that we love 00:12:44 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, darfox agrees with Will Eisner’s Comics & Sequential Art that comics count as reading 00:15:15 - dakazu dove into the manga and life of Taeko Uzuki, Shin Kazoku Keikaku may be fiction but Uzuki created it from real personal experiences she went through 00:20:29 - dakazu is moved from learning about Taeko Uzuki’s life as a cult porno star, her struggles with Schizophrenia, multiple suicide attempts, and her hallucination laden recovery back to health that are covered in her memoir Ningen Karimenchu 00:33:21 - dakazu checks out Prison School creator Akira Hiramoto’s Me and the Devil Blues and his brand new RaW Hero 00:39:11 - News: My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness wins the 2018 Harvey Awards for Best Manga, Harold Sakuishi wins the International Spotlight Award 00:42:22 - NANA creator Ai Yazawa drew illustrations for Street Tradition: Men’s Fashion is Learning from the Past 00:44:00 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Anime Interlude where we’ll be discussing the past Summer 2018 season of anime and some of our early impressions for Fall 2018 00:45:29 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Transition Song: “Bad Ass” by Red Light Saints from Animal World, we explain how closely this mirror’s “Kaiji”, ponder why they made the changes from Kaiji to Kaisi, examine the need for the high budget special effects & action scenes, praise the production values of the gambling part, disagree with making some characters more pure good/evil, wonder if Michael Douglas will be in the sequel, and complain about the complete lack of zawa-zawa 01:16:40 - Next Week’s Topic: Anime Interlude, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

8 Okt 20181h 18min

This episode we look at the recent live-action adaptation of Bleach and ask ourselves the question “was this ever good to begin with?” 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: “Milk” by [Alexandros] from Bleach, Opening, Introductions, Birthdays 00:02:52 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Reading more Seven Shakespeares makes Seamus realize he doesn’t know that much about William Shakespeare 00:09:41 - *SPOILERS* dakazu thought the ‘ending’ of Gintama was hilarious, background song: “Tenipuri te iina” by Takeshi Konomi from The Prince of Tennis 00:15:58 - Desuraba makes dakazu question the type of manga that is published on official web-manga sites 00:19:27 - dakazu is loving Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s A Drifting Life 00:23:09 - News: Inio Asano married The Teacher’s White Lie creator Akane Torikai 00:25:25 - @IyasuN translated Rene Hoshino’s An African Boy Grew up in Japan 00:28:04 - BEASTARS will be getting a French release in 2019, we discuss how English publishers of manga specifically pick titles they know will be successful in the West 00:35:03 - Junji Ito is joining a campaign against manga piracy 00:36:50 - The release of Alita: Battle Angel has been pushed back to February 14 2019 00:40:26 - The other Kaiji spin-off Ichinichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchou will be getting an anime this fall 00:44:00 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Ode to Kirihito, we will reviw this Tezuka Osamu title(covers chapters 1-11) 00:27:43 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Transition Song: “Number One” by Hazel Fernandes from Bleach, we complain about Bleach in general, argue over the look of Ichigo, regret everything about movie version Rukia, praise the CG and action, be disappointed that they failed to make a good movie or a faithful adaptation, and question our decisions to keep doing this 01:15:57 - Next Week’s Topic: Ode to Kirihito, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Tane wo Maku Hibi” by Kousuke Atari from Bleach

1 Okt 20181h 12min

Darfox is out this week so we’ve picked a wide array of seinen titles for Seamus to check out! 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: “Gokudoll Music” by Gokudolls Male Squad from Back Street Girls, Opening, Introductions 00:02:27 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Seamus and dakazu talk about *SPOILERS* for Land of the Lustrous 00:12:47 - dakazu has been really enjoying Japanese dubs of American cartoons such as BoJack Horseman, Steven Universe and Rick and Morty 00:19:42 - News: The newest Weekly Shonen Champion was dedicated to the late Hirotaka Sato and his popular sumo manga series Bachi Bachi/Samejima, Saigo no Juugonichi 00:23:18 - Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed Akiko Higashimura’s autobiography manga Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey 00:25:59 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion, reviewing the live-action version of Bleach on Netflix 00:27:43 - Main Segment Seamus on Seinen: Transition Song: “Binary Star” by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Uru from Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These, Seamus reviews a few seinen titles that dakazu mostly skims through, Including: 00:32:20 - Happiness by Shuzo Oshimi 00:36:05 - Back Street Girls by Jasmine Gyuh 00:40:10 - Legend of the Galactic Heroes by Ryu Fujisaki & Yoshiki Tanaka 00:44:41 - Jagaaaaaan by Kensuke Nishida & Muneyuki Kaneshiro 00:48:30 - Kaguya-sama: Love is War by Aka Akatsuka 00:51:41 - Tokusatsu Gagaga by Niwa Tanaba 00:55:51 - Yamikin Ushijima-kun by Shohei Manabe 01:00:10 - Ateya no Tsubaki by Kanji Kawashita 01:03:40 - Ousamatachi no Viking by Sadayasu 01:07:28 - Bokura Wa Mahou Shounen by Teppei Fukushima 01:15:57 - Next Week’s Topic: live-action Bleach, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

24 Sep 20181h 17min