052 - Triple Dip 8 - Thermae Romae, Kingdom, I am a Hero

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

Translator Jocelyne Allen returns to Manga Machinations to talk about My Wandering Warrior Existence! Join us as we discuss Nagata Kabi’s newest book that explores what it is to love and be loved!!! Follow Jocelyne on Twitter and visit her website! 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 00:02:02 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Blue Giant, A complete 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. 1-6) 00:03:04 - Main Segment One Shot: My Wandering Warrior Existence, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We review Nagata Kabi’s book where she embarks on a journey to seek love and happiness 01:01:48 - Next Week’s Topic: Blue Giant, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas

3 Apr 20221h 3min

Morgana is away this episode so the guys take advantage to talk about Secretly, I’ve Been Suffering About Being Sexless by Togame from Yen Press! They also discuss disliked tropes in fiction and dakazu talks about sci-fi series Wakusei Closet and Atmosphere!!! 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 00:00:51- Listener Mail: Our liked and disliked tropes in comics and fiction 00:31:24 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, dakazu was impressed with the effective body horror in Wakusei Closet 00:35:40 - *SPOILERS* Daisuke Nishijima’s Atmosphere is a story about doppelgangers that leads to a surprising funny conclusion 00:41:59 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on My Wandering Warrior Existence with Jocelyne Allen, Translator Jocelyne Allen will join us to discuss Nagata Kabi’s newest book about her journey to find love and happiness 00:43:10 - Main Segment One Shot: Secretly, I’ve Been Suffering About Being Sexless, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We will review Togame’s memoir about her struggles being in a sexless marriage 01:05:40 - Next Week’s Topic: My Wandering Warrior Existence, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas

27 Mars 20221h 7min

On this episode we discuss BEASTARS vol. 17, Kazuhiro Fujita’s new Black Museum series, and the end of Dr. STONE! Then it’s time for a truly eclectic Triple Dip with Is Kichijoji, the Only Place to Live?, Manga Diary of a Male Porn Star, and Queen Emeraldas!!! 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 00:00:41 - Shout-out to Philip for being a Generous Manga Head 00:02:09 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, *SPOILERS* We discuss the contents of BEASTARS vol. 17 00:23:05 - In Kazuhiro Fujita’s new Black Museum series Mikazuki yo, Kaibutsu to Odore, the main character is Mary Shelley  00:26:07 - The end of Dr. STONE had created another void in the Weekly Shonen Jump lineup 00:35:14 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Secretly, I've Been Suffering About Being Sexless, We will review Togame’s memoir about her struggles being in a sexless marriage 00:37:10 - Main Segment Guest Gaiden: Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live?/Manga Diary of a Male Porn Star/Queen Emeraldas, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We read the first volume of three different manga for discussion and to see if we’d continue reading it before picking our favorite, Including: 00:37:59 - Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live? by Makihirochi 00:56:20 - *CONTENT WARNING*(Sexual themes) Manga Diary of a Male Porn Star by Kaeruno Elefante 01:25:31 - Queen Emeraldas by Leiji Matsumoto 01:50:13 - *SPOILERS* Queen Emeraldas 01:59:34 - We pick our favorite out of the three manga 02:01:15 - Next Week’s Topic: Secretly, I've Been Suffering About Being Sexless, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas

20 Mars 20222h 2min

This week’s Matt Haasch is back to talk about upcoming releases from Star Fruit Books and his love of children’s manga! We discuss and compare Super Mario Manga Mania, Kirby Manga Mania, and Nicola Traveling Around the Demons’ World!!! Follow Matt Haasch and buy manga from Star Fruit Books! 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 00:02:26 - Matt talks about the difficulties of trying to get manga printed during current printer backlogs and supply-chain issues 00:04:05 - Matt plans on releasing more horror manga like The Horrors of Noroi Michiru and TATARISM under a new horror imprint 00:07:56 - Matt shares his decision to start his manga magazine Comic Bright 00:15:03 - Darfox has a question about the factors that determine the release schedule of digital vs. print editions 00:21:58 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip, We will read the first volume of three different manga to pick our favorite, including: Queen Emeraldas by Leiji Matsumoto, Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live? by Makihirochi, and Manga Diary of a Male Porn Star by Kaeruno Erefante 00:23:39 - Main Segment Guest Gaiden: Super Mario Manga Mania/Kirby Manga Mania/Nicola Traveling Around the Demons’ World, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We review and discuss three children's manga, Including: 00:26:51 - Super Mario Manga Mania by Yukio Sawada 00:39:07 - Kirby Manga Mania by Hirokazu Hikawa 01:04:27 - Nicola Traveling Around the Demons’ World by Asaya Miyanaga 01:15:19 - We share our final thoughts on the three manga 01:21:45 - Shout-outs from Matt, Next Week’s Topic: Queen Emeraldas/Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live?/Manga Diary of a Male Porn Star, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas

13 Mars 20221h 24min

Your move! On this episode we prepare to duel by watching Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions! Also, Morgana reads the vampire BL Fangs, dakazu drops Gente but loves Bye-Bye Atashi no Oniichan and Zashiki Musume to Ryourinin, and Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction ended!!! 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, Mistaken identity with Manga Mavericks 00:01:54 - Listener Mail: Any disappointment with manga licensing from a specific publisher? 00:07:39 - Shout-out to Wyatt and his podcast Attack of the Stack 00:08:33 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox and dakazu explain Elden Ring message memes to Morgana 00:12:48 - Morgana borrowed vampire BL Fangs from her local library 00:18:40 - Morgana decided to reread her favorite Bakura fanfiction 00:20:29 - dakazu ended up getting bored with Gente 00:24:02 - Bye-Bye Atashi no Oniichan mixes maid cafes and rebirth 00:29:34 - dakazu loved the cute story of a young chef making meals for a house spirit in Zashiki Musume to Ryourinin 00:34:23 - The end of Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction leads to a discussion on Inio Asano, Kengo Hanazawa, and Shuzo Oshimi 00:44:47 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Guest Gaiden on Children’s Manga with Matthew Haasch, The owner of Star Fruit Books will join us for a special Triple Dip on children’s manga, including: Super Mario Manga Mania by Yukio Sawada, Kirby Manga Mania by Hirokazu Hikawa, and Nicola Traveling Around the Demons’ World by Asaya Miyanaga 00:45:48 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We review the 2017 Yu-Gi-Oh! anime film directed by Satoshi Kuwabara 01:21:08 - Next Week’s Topic: Super Mario Manga Mania/Kirby Manga Mania/Nicola Traveling Around the Demons’ World, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas

6 Mars 20221h 22min

This week Darfox finally finishes Ride Your Wave while dakazu reads the end of Fire Force and does extra reading with Ristorante Paradiso, ACCA 13-Territory Inspection Department P.S, and Coppers! Then we review Natsume Ono’s short story collection Danza!!! 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, Streaming Elden Ring on Darfox’s Twitch 00:02:31 - Extra context about Town of Pigs from Matt Haasch 00:05:25 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox can finally return his borrowed copy of Ride Your Wave 00:10:15 - After reading Holy Blood, Holy Grail Seamus thinks you should just watch Misfits 00:16:15 - The end of Fire Force confirms a connection to a previous series Atsushi Ohkubo did 00:20:41 - dakazu did extra homework and read more Natsume Ono with Ristorante Paradiso 00:22:58 - ACCA 13-Territory Inspection Department P.S. fleshes out the back story of characters from ACCA 13-Territory Inspection Department 00:26:52 - dakazu had issues revisiting Coppers 00:31:17 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Manga in Motion on Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions, we will review the 2017 Yu-Gi-Oh! anime film directed by Satoshi Kuwabara 00:32:54 - Main Segment One Shot: Danza, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We review Natsume Ono’s single volume collection of small stories about being a foreigner in your own home 01:09:41 - Next Week’s Topic: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas

27 Feb 20221h 11min

On this episode Seamus talks about how The Secret might have helped with licensing Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou and dakazu loves the story of a granny battling hell demons in Guranba! Then we look at upcoming releases from Glacier Bay Books and Star Fruit Books for a Triple Dip! We review Invisible Parade, Town of Pigs, and From This Flame!!! Buy manga from Glacier Bay Books and Star Fruit Books! 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, Bloody Mary and other scary dares 00:02:45 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Seamus believes in the power of The Secret after Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou gets licensed 00:08:29 - Morgana is still reading My Little Monster 00:09:37 - Rensuke Oshikiri got scolded by his mother for making the over-the-top battle manga Guranba 00:18:22 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Danza, We will review Natsume Ono’s single volume collection of small stories about being a foreigner in your own home 00:19:14 - Main Segment Triple Dip: Invisible Parade/Town of Pigs/From This Flame, Transition Song: “It’s Over” by Generation Lost, We read each small manga publisher title for discussion before picking our favorite of the three, Including: 00:20:15 - Invisible Parade by MISSISSIPPI 00:43:52 - Town of Pigs by Hideshi Hino 01:04:36 - From This Flame by Konomi Oumi 01:24:47 - We picks our favorite out of the three manga 01:28:14 - Next Week’s Topic: Danza, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas

20 Feb 20221h 29min