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

Join us for the 200th episode of Manga Machinations! We celebrate with special guest Morgana Santilli aka “Manga Maven” from the Comicopia Comics Store! She’s here to answer our questions about selling manga and to share some of her current favorite LGBTQ+ and Josei manga! Check out Morgana’s website and follow her on twitter! 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: “Smile Bomb” by Matsuko Mawatari from Yu Yu Hakusho, Opening, Introductions 00:03:27 - Morgana explains the secret origins to her manga/anime fandom, we talk about the changes made to the very first English localization of the Sailor Moon manga 00:14:53 - Morgana tells us how she started working at Comicopia and became the store’s manga buyer 00:17:59 -  Questions: Morgana tells us whether there is a crossover between customers buying manga and Western comics, we express our concerns with Western comics 00:26:38 - We discuss if there is animosity between manga readers and Western comics readers, we lament over the stereotypes and stigma manga receives 00:35:05 - Morgana tells us how she decides what manga to order for Comicopia 00:38:52 - Morgana gives her opinion on if buying new releases when they come out helps support them the most 00:42:30 - Morgana gives some insight about buying manga through different distributors 00:46:02 - Morgana talks about how the culture of Comicopia was formed and the benefits of making a welcoming place for LGBTQ+ customers 00:55:02 - Morgana tells us what age group gets into seinen manga 00:58:15 - News: Rumiko Takahashi was finally inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Awards Hall of Fame, Morgana wishes manga weren’t isolated in the Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia category 01:08:52 - The Akira 35th Anniversary Edition wins the Eisner Award for Best Publication Design 01:12:58 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl by Naoki Urasawa, Nana by Ai Yazawa, and Goblin Slayer by Kumo Kagyuu & Kousuke Kurose 01:13:43 - Main Guest Picks Galore: Transition Song: “Fiction” by sumika from Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Morgana presents LGBTQ+ and Josei manga that she’s excited to share with us, Including: 01:14:49 - The Bride was a Boy by Chii 01:26:47 - Claudine by Riyoko Ikeda 01:28:28 - That Blue Sky Feeling by Okura & Coma Hashii and Classmates by Asumiko Nakamura 01:30:42 - Go for it, Nakamura! by Syundei & I Hear the Sunspot: Theory of Happiness by Yuki Fumino 01:31:37 - Our Dreams at Dusk: Shinagami Tasogare by Yuhki Kamatani 01:37:25 - Tokyo Tarareba Girls by Akiko Higashimura 01:47:11 - Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku by Fujita 01:54:48 - Thank yous, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

23 Jul 20181h 57min

It’s once again that time of the year for our anime expert Miki’s Stopwatch to join us and review the last season of anime. We pick our favorites and also give quick takes on some of the new summer anime as well! 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: “Duvet” by Bôa from Serial Experiments Lain, Opening, Introductions 00:01:58 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Seamus tries reading some shonen manga with My Hero Academia, the newest volume of Shojo Fight has Seamus concerned 00:07:24 - Seamus gives his 2 cents on My Solo Exchange Diary 00:10:47 - Miki has some suggestions for what to do while watching Serial Experiments Lain 00:14:41 - (SPOILERS) dakazu talks about the end of Hoshino, Me Wo Tsubutte 00:22:29 - News: Kodansha has released Harold Sakuishi’s Seven Shakespeares, Kodansha will be releasing 10 Dance & Witch Hat Atelier, a new edition of Sailor Moon will be coming as well as a new anime 00:28:30 - the news of a live-action Mobile Suit Gundam reminds darfox of the last time Hollywood tried to adapt Gundam 00:35:25 - Kengo Hanazawa’s new manga Under Ninja will be about modern ninjas 00:36:52 - dakazu is very saddened by the recent death of Samejima, Saigo no Juugonichi manga artist Takahiro Satou 00:40:58 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Guest Gaiden with Morgana “Manga Maven” Rhalina, Morgana will be presenting her picks for upcoming and newly released josei and LGBTQ+ manga she recommends 00:43:02 - Main Segment Anime Interlude: Transition Song: “Update” by miwa from My Hero Academia, We review anime from the 2018 spring season and discuss some anime from the upcoming 2018 summer season, Including:  00:44:19 - Megalo Box 00:49:58 - The Legend of Galactic Heros: Die Neue These 00:51:49 - Amanchu! Advance 00:54:52 - Lupin III: Part V 00:56:11 - Captain Tsubasa 00:57:48 - Golden Kamuy 01:01:04 - Gurazeni: Money Pitch 01:02:11 - Magical Girl Ore 01:05:35 - Yotsuiro Biyori 01:06:35 - Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku 01:09:23 - *SPOILERS* Darling in the Franxx 01:14:16 - Tokyo Ghoul:re 01:15:33 - Banana Fish 01:17:56 - Mr TONEGAWA: Middle Management Blues 01:22:24 - Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion 01:25:23 - Back Street Girls 01:27:11 - Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs 01:28:47 - Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight 01:30:39 - Hi Score Girl 01:33:55 - Happy Sugar Life 01:36:38 - Cells at Work! 01:39:48 - Asobi Asobase - workshop of fun - 01:51:20 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Guest Picks Galore, House Keeping, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

16 Jul 20181h 53min

Special episode this week as returning guest translator Jocelyne Allen joins us! She back to answer more questions about translating, help us discuss LGBTQ+ representation in manga, and review the recently released My Solo Exchange Diary which she translated! Check out Jocelyne’s blog & her professional website! 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  00:03:09 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, darfox is excited about getting his Spanish edition of BEASTARS  00:06:26 - We discuss why a manga like WOMBS may never get an official English release  00:10:40 - Questions: Jocelyne explains the process of translating for simultaneously published manga  00:21:17 - News: Publisher Kodansha joins Shogakukan in putting anti-piracy ads in their manga magazines  00:27:28 - We discuss how LGBTQ+ representation in manga has changed over the past 20 years, how the TV drama of My Brother’s Husband brings LGBTQ+ to the Japanese mainstream, how getting more queer creators helps with better representation  00:45:28 - Listener Quetions: Jocelyne picks her favorite manga she would want be translated into English immediately: including Witch Hat Atelier, Rinshi!! Ekoda-chan, and Akachan Honbucho 00:51:12 - Jocelyne tells us which manga was most difficult to translate and what manga are easy to translate  00:58:55 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Anime Interlude where we’ll be discussing the past Spring 2017 season of anime and some of our highly anticipated picks for Summer 2017  00:59:29 - Main Segment One Shot: My Solo Exchange Diary, Transition Song: “Shadow and Truth” by ONE III NOTES from ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., we talk about Kabi Nagata’s follow up to My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, explore the themes of expectations vs. perception, dive into what makes Nagata’s manga so relatable to the reader, ponder what effects putting out autobiographical manga might have on the artist, explain the stigmata towards mental health in Japanese culture, praise the visual representations of Nagata’s explanations, and take a trip to bummertown  01:30:43 - Next Week’s Topic: Anime Interlude, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

9 Jul 20181h 33min

On this Seamus-less episode we check out some new manga that have begun their serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump this year! Will darfox be able to guess which ones are popular, struggling, or outright canceled? Tune in to find 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 Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “PAiNT it BLACK” by Bish from Black Clover, Opening, Introductions, Listener Comments 00:05:58 - Thanking listeners for iTunes ratings & reviews 00:07:08 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, the title of When a Stupid FPS Player Falls to Another World goads dakazu into reading it 00:10:40 - dakazu is excited by the sequel series Kiseijuu Reversi on Comic-Days 00:15:04 - The archaic English in Ooku: The Inner Chambers doesn’t bother darfox 00:18:45 - After catching up on the My Hero Academia anime darfox appreciates Kohei Horikoshi’s realistic tone of superhero school life 00:25:01 - News: Hiro Mashima’s new manga Eden’s Zero is being stimulpublished in 5 different languages 00:31:07 - Seven Seas Entertainment is licensing popular LGBTQ+ manga Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare 00:34:10 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot of My Solo Exchange Diary by Kabi Nagata, we’ll be reading this sequel to My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness and discussing it with special guest Jocelyn Allen who translated the book 00:36:09 - Main Segment Darfox Dabbles: Transition Song: “Peace Sign” by Kenshi Yonezu from My Hero Academia, we talk about 6 rookie manga that are featured in Viz Media’s JUMP START series and whether they stack up to the other giants of Weekly Shonen Jump, Including: 00:40:09 - Momiji no Kisetsu by Masayoshi Satoshou 00:47:28 - comparing the JUMP START site and manga reader to other sites 00:53:23 - Ziga by Kentarou Hidano & Rokurou Sano 01:01:08 - Jujutsu Kaisen by Akutami Gege 01:06:18 - Kimi wo Shinryakuseyo! by Kazusa Inaoka 01:14:02 - BOZEBEATS by Ryoji Hirano 01:20:09 - Noah’s Notes by Haruto Ikezawa 01:25:43 - darfox picks his favorite JUMP START series and guesses if they’re popular, unpopular, or already canceled 01:36:59 - We talk about the struggle JUMP START series have and why they fail to compete against Black Clover or One Piece in popularity polls 01:46:31 - Next Week’s Topic: My Solo Exchange Diary, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Mountain A Go Go Two” by Captain Straydum from Naruto

2 Jul 20181h 48min

This week is a shorter episode but we also have two contenders for future retrospective reviews in Soil and Homunculus! We also discuss the LGBTQ+ representation of the late 90’s manga Family Compo! 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: “More One Night” by Chito & Yuuri from Girls’ Last Tour, Opening, Introductions, Listener Comments 00:02:39 - Suggestions for horror manga 00:05:58 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu checks out Houkago Assault Girls and kinda likes it 00:10:23 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Darfox Dabbles, looking at new series in Weekly Shonen Jump 00:11:19 - Main Segment Triple Dip: Family Compo/Homunculus/Soil, Transition Song: “Shadow and Truth” by ONE III NOTES from ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., we’ve read the beginning of each manga for discussion and to decide if we’d keep reading and pick a favorite 00:12:45 - Family Compo by Tsukasa Hojo 00:30:30 - *SPOILERS* for Family Compo 00:31:53 - Homunculus by Hideo Yamamoto 00:44:39 - Soil by Atsushi Kaneko 00:55:39 - Next Week’s Topic: Weekly Shonen Jump, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

25 Jun 201857min

On this episode we’re joined by listener Chris from Canada and we’re reviewing Suehiro Maruo’s Ultra-Gash Inferno! Will the hosts be able to stomach the world of ero-guro?! 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: “More One Night” by Chito & Yuuri from Girls’ Last Tour, Opening, Introductions 00:02:40 - Chris explains the secret origins to his manga/anime fandom 00:07:15 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, Seamus keeps finding manga with potential romantic relationships between adults & teens/children with House of the Sun and My Boy, we discuss why these relationships are so commonplace in manga 00:16:47 - dakazu breaks down Gantz manga artist Hiroya Oku’s B-movie appeal for darfox, Chris breaks down shonen manga tropes, darfox thinks the self promotion in GIGANT is ridiculous 00:27:34 - Chris loves the shonen plot structure with seinen subject matter in Jagaaaaaan 00:30:30 - Chris has been reading a manga dakazu covered back in the first few episodes of podcast called Sprite, Jiro Matsumoto’s Netsutai no Citron confuses Chris and was a manga dakazu was looking for 00:33:37 - We discuss the difference between reading manga and reading western comics, Chris liked Jiro Matsumoto’s Freesia but read Houkago Assault Girls instead of Joshi Kouhei by accident 00:41:31 - dakazu pitches synopses of multiple horror manga he’s read to Chris: including Kyoumeigai, Shibuya Goldfish, Satsuriku Morph, Chijou Hyakkai, Mushibue 00:51:08 - dakazu loves Rensuke Oshikiri’s collection of depressing stories in Nekoze wo Nobashite 00:57:38 - News: Anti-Piracy ads in all Shogakukan magazines 00:59:09 - Lakeside Ike no Taira hotel issues an apology about not being gender inclusive with its Pretty Cure themed room advertising 01:04:24 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Homunculus by Hideo Yamamoto, Soil by Atsushi Kaneko, Family Compo by Tsukasa Hojo 01:07:08 - Main Segment One Shot: Ultra-Gash Infreno, Transition Song: “Shadow and Truth” by ONE III NOTES from ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., we dive into the vile content of Ultra-Gash Inferno, praise Suehiro Maruo’s detailed artwork, lament not reading another Maruo work instead, talk about literal shit, compare Maruo with other horror manga artists, seriously discuss the fine line of violent fetishes, and talk about the effect of relationships presented in manga on the masses 01:37:36 - Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

18 Jun 20181h 39min

dakazu is back and ready to dive into more manga with a new Triple Dip! This week we dive into Machida-kun no Sekai, Sensei no Shiroi Uso, Yotsuba&! 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: “More One Night” by Chito & Yuuri from Girls’ Last Tour, Opening, Introductions, Listener Questions: Is Inio Asano’s popularity tied to his weird art style? 00:06:42 - darfox wrote an amazing essay on BEASTARS and race parables 00:09:30 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, darfox is reading & watching Black Clover, we talk about the inconsistent quality in long-running anime 00:13:04 - Newcomers to Megalo Box are getting upset about spoilers from Ashita no Joe 00:15:49 - dakazu has come around on Magical Girl Site and is now enjoying it 00:17:21 - dakazu gives a sad update about the newest chapter of Jitsuroku: Nakumade Bokorarete Hajimete Koi ni Ochimashita 00:22:01 - Risou no Himo Seikatsu is just another lite novel based male fantasy fulfillment manga, Chimoguri Ringo to Kingyobachi Otoko has a weird premise that dakazu digs 00:25:56 - News: Anime adaptions for The Promised Neverland, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Kaguya-sama: Love is war 00:27:25 - We ponder what causes manga artists to work with different publishers, Publisher Shogakukan puts an anti-piracy ad in Weekly Big Comic Spirits 00:30:25 - Viz Media chooses not to publish English versions of Rurouni Kenshi: Hokkaido Arc after Nobuhiro Watsuki’s child pornography charges, dakazu rants about publisher Shueisha releasing unfinished manuscripts in Weekly Shonen Jump 00:38:01 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot of Ultra-Gash Inferno by Suehiro Maruo, we’ll be reading this collection of Maruo’s most disturbing & extreme works for a single episode retrospective review with listener Chris for Canada 00:39:38 - Main Segment Triple Dip: Sensei no Shiroi Uso/Machida-kun no Sekai/Yotsuba&!, Transition Song: “Shadow and Truth” by ONE III NOTES from ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept., we’ve read the beginning of each manga for discussion and to decide if we’d keep reading and pick a favorite 00:40:43 - Sensei no Shiroi Uso by Akane Torikai 00:56:32 - Machida-kun no Sekai by Yuki Andou 01:09:09 - Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma 01:20:13 - Next Week’s Topic: Ultra-Gash Inferno, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

11 Jun 20181h 22min

dakazu is gone this week so Darfox and Seamus have to decipher Inio Asano by themselves! 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: “Linda Mcmahon’s Theme” by Mike Stock & Pete Waterman from WWE, Opening and Introductions. 00:03:55 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Yu Yu Hakusho Episode Preview Song, Seamus kicks it off with Aposimz and we talk about how differently Nihei Tsutomu is handling some of his story 00:08:37 - Seamus talks about sports manga with Farewell, My Dear Cramer and Shojo Fight. His patience and interest in sports manga remains ever so selective. 00:11:46 - Darfox talks about the fetished fueled manga Gigant and how manga artist Hiroya Oku’s work have some B Movie stylings, in premise and execution. 00:19:23 - Main Segment Creator Cross Section: Where we look at various works made by one creator and compare and contrast any possible repeating motifs or themes, this time we look at Inio Asano’s Solanin and Dead Dead Demon’s DeDeDeDe Destruction, Transtion Song: “Solanin” by Asain Kung Fu Generation from Solanin, Darfox and Seamus note the difference in tone and lightheartedness between Inio’s earlier work and speculate what exactly Dead Dead Demon’s DeDeDeDe Destruction ongoing plot will be like. 01:07:07 - Next Week’s Topic: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: Machida-kun no Sekai by Yuki Andou, Sensei no Shiroi Uso by Akane Torikai, and Chapter 54 of Yotsuba&! by Kiyohiko Azuma as recommended by listener Curtis from Canada, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Solanin” with vocals from Aoi Meiko from Solanin.

4 Jun 20181h 8min