058 - Blame! part 4

On this episode Morgana joins Deb Aoki's Best & Worst 2020 Comi-Con panel, we celebrate the 2020 Eisner awards manga winners, and we discuss the newest volume of BEASTARS! Then our Retrospective on Daruma Matsuura's Kasane shocks us with a new character and we compare this tale of misery with spoilers from The Last of Us Part II!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Black Bird" by Aimer from Kasane, Opening, Introductions, Morgana on Best & Worst Manga 2020 panel 00:03:04 - News: Cats of the Louvre and Witch Hat Atelier win Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia award 00:08:57 - Potential live drinking episode of Manga Machinations 00:10:25 - The Way of the Househusband wins Best Humor Publication category 00:15:35 - Junji Ito in conversations with Hideo Kojima about working on a horror-based game 00:22:47 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", *SPOILERS* We breakdown everything inside BEASTARS vol. 7 00:33:54 - dakazu checks out Sumomo Yumeka's drama Watashi to Watashi that was released under her seinen pen name Mizu Sahara 00:40:06 - Boku to Sanbon Ashi no Chiyonpi is a cute series about Doragon Odawara's three-legged miniature pinscher Chiyonpi 00:44:03 - Morgana reads Matt Alt's Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World 00:49:32 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Fantasy Magazine: Science Fiction, a new podcast format where each of the hosts will pick 5 unlicensed or out-of-print series to create their ideal science fiction themed manga magazine 00:51:19 - Main Segment Retrospective: Kasane, Transition Song: "Dance of Salome" by Yugo Kanno from Kasane, Comprehensive review of Daruma Matsuura's dark fairy tale about a girl with an ugly face who uses a magical lipstick to swap faces and become an actress like her mother(covers volumes 4-6) 01:31:43 - *SPOILERS* We discuss the discourse over the revenge story of The Last of Us Part II & The Last of Us compared to Kasane 01:37:57 - End of *SPOILERS* for The Last of Us Part II & The Last of Us 01:58:09 - Next Week's Topic: Fantasy Magazine: Science Fiction, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

26 Juli 20202h

Welcome as we begin our newest Retrospective on Daruma Matsuura's Kasane! We're excited to dive into this dark fairy tale of Kasane Fuchi and her magical lipstick that allows her to swap her hideous face with others. Join us as we discuss everything from Kasane's addiction to beauty to the Japanese ghost story it's based on!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Black Bird" by Aimer from Kasane, Opening, Introductions 00:00:59 - Seamus surprises us with his thoughts about last episode's Same Cell Organism 00:05:37 - Listener Emails: Suggestion for Amazing Agent Luna and non-Japanese manga 00:09:35 - Discussing deluxe editions of physical manga and sharing our physical book collecting habits 00:36:21 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Morgana read Nagabe's anthology of love stories between humans and anthropomorphic animals, Love on the Other Side - A Nagabe Short Story Collection 00:39:20 - Morgana got Manhwa Contemporary Korean Comics for Free Comic Books Day 00:41:00 - Denjin N is the current horror series from the creators of Starving Anonymous 00:43:55 - *SPOILERS* dakazu feels like Seamus after finishing Ryuma no Gagou because of an ever so common story troupe 00:49:38 - *SPOILERS* Battle Ground Workers premise makes for an easily predictable twist 00:58:52 - News: Over 100 manga artists like Tetsuya Chiba join the MANGA Day to Day project to create daily comics about COVID-19 01:01:42 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Kasane, A complete review of Daruma Matsuura's drama about an ugly girl who uses a magical lipstick to pursue a career in acting(covers volumes 4-6) 01:01:58 - Main Segment Retrospective: Kasane, Transition Song: "Dance of Salome" by Yugo Kanno from Kasane, Comprehensive review of Daruma Matsuura's dark fairy tale about a girl with an ugly face who uses a magical lipstick to swap faces and become an actress like her mother(covers volumes 1-3) 02:02:48 - Next Week's Topic: Kasane, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

19 Juli 20202h 4min

This week Darfox recommends the luxurious indie comics anthology Glaeolia while dakazu shares the horrifying true story of child abuse in Uchi no Yome wa Jidougyakutai Survivor. Then we discuss the days of early BL by talking about Same Cell Organism by Sumomo Yumeka for our newest One Shot review! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Massara" by KANA-BOON from Sarazanmai, Opening, Introductions 00:01:48 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Darfox and dakazu praise Glaeolia for being an excellent collection of independent manga and a great gateway into the genre 00:17:42 - *CONTENT WARNING: Child Abuse, Rape, Torture, Domestic Violence* Uchi no Yome wa Jidougyakutai Survivor recounts the terrible child abuse the manga artist's wife experienced from her parents 00:27:21 - News: Ahiru no Sora creator Takeshi Hinata condemns the on-going anime adaption 00:37:37 - Kodansha Comics will be releasing Shaman King manga digitally under ComiXology Originals 00:39:00 - Glacier Bay Books set to release Ripples by Rei Hagiwara and Children of Mu-Town by Jūshichi Masumura this year 00:40:46 - A reconstruction of apartments where manga legends lived opens as the Tokiwaso Manga Museum 00:47:00 - Manga artist Meiji Merou self published an English translated preview of their current series Jyukoku no Panagia over Twitter 00:52:40 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Kasane, A complete review of Daruma Matsuura's drama about an ugly girl who uses a magical lipstick to pursue a career in acting(covers volumes 1-3) 00:55:04 - Main Segment One Shot: Same Cell Organism, Transition Song: "Fiction" by sumiko from Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, we review Sumomo Yumeka's collection of BL stories 01:32:36 - Next Week's Topic: Kasane, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

12 Juli 20201h 34min

On this episode Morgana catches up on Witch Hat Atelier and SPY x FAMILY, dakazu experiences the 27 Club with Shiori Experience - Jimi na Watashi to Hen na Oji-san, and we run down all the new manga licensing announcements! Then it's time to make up for our last Triple Dip with three excellent series, as we examine A Man and His Cat, BL Metamorphosis, and Hi Score Girl!!! Also congratulations to the winners of our 300th episode manga giveaway contest, Dwayne, John, and Dawn! Thanks again to everyone who participated! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "New Stranger" by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Introductions, Winners of the manga giveaway contest 00:03:41 - Listener Emails: *SPOILERS* Newest chapters of Chainsaw Man and Dragon Ball Super 00:08:27 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Morgana does her own manga makeup by catching up on Witch Hat Atelier 00:11:19 - Morgana has read the preview of BEASTARS volume 8 00:13:47 - SPY x FAMILY continues to entertain Morgana 00:16:11 - The mix of Club 27 music legends as ghosts who possess humans in Shiori Experience - Jimi na Watashi to Hen na Oji-san is a homerun for dakazu 00:19:04 - Darwin Jihen is about a human-chimpanzee hybrid and the first chapter is shareable under the Creative Commons license 00:25:45 - News: Manga subscription app Mangamo is planning to release in multiple territories and on Android 00:28:51 - DENPA launches their own web reader on their website 00:31:28 - VIZ, Seven Seas Entertainment, DENPA, and other publishers announce a multitude of new licenses like Beast Complex, Dai Dark, Under Ninja, and Slayers 00:47:03 - Spider-Man: Fake Red manga canceled due to low sales 00:49:31 - Veteran manga artist George Akiyama passed away 00:53:14 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot on Same Cell Organism, we will review Sumomo Yumeka's collection of BL stories 00:54:27 - Main Segment Triple Dip: A Man and His Cat/BL Metamorphosis/Hi Score Girl, Transition Song: "flash" by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, 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 00:55:11 - A Man and His Cat by Umi Sakurai 01:08:39 - BL Metamorphosis by Kaori Tsurutani 01:25:44 - Hi Score Girl by Rensuke Oshikiri 01:57:31 - We pick our favorite out of the three manga 02:00:29 - Upcoming Retrospective on Kasane, Next Week's Topic: Same Cell Organism, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

5 Juli 20202h 2min

Morgana and Seamus take a break this week so Darfox and dakazu can talk about the newest story arcs of their favorite popular manga! In this episode they gush over the brilliance of Chainsaw Man, comment on the endings of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and The Promised Neverland, and give their impressions on newer series like Mashle: Magic and Muscles, Time Paradox Ghostwriter, and Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Chainsaw Man" from Chainsaw Man, Opening, Introductions, Social Media, COVID-19 00:01:47 - The Manga Machinations 300th episode manga giveaway contest 00:03:00 - News: New Japanese law aims to target manga leech sites 00:06:37 - New Gintama movie and web-anime announced 00:08:02 - Inuyasha sequel Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon is scheduled to start fall 2020 00:09:13 - Anomaly on Eisner Award voting website leads to re-voting 00:12:10 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Triple Dip where we read the first volume of three different manga, including: A Man and His Cat by Umi Sakurai, BL Metamorphosis by Kaori Tsurutani, and Hi Score Girl by Rensuke Oshikiri 00:13:24 - Main Segment New Chapter Check-in, Transition Song: "Black Catcher" by Vickeblanka from Black Clover, We will be doing *FULL SPOILER* discussions on the newest story arcs of popular manga 00:14:04 - Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto 00:32:32 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge 00:35:08 - The Promised Neverland by Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu 00:39:59 - We Never Learn by Taishi Tsutsui 00:44:22 - Black Clover by Yuki Tabata 00:48:20 - Mashle: Magic and Muscles by Hajime Komoto 00:49:15 - East, Into the Night by ANGYAMAN 00:52:08 - Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru by Masashi Kishimoto & Akira Okubo 00:54:25 - Time Paradox Ghostwriter Kenji Ichima & Tsunehiro Date 00:59:14 - Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin by Ryuhei Tamura 01:02:18 - Next Week's Topic:A Man and His Cat/BL Metamorphosis/Hi Score Girl, Social Media Rundown, Transition Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

29 Juni 20201h 3min

We've reached another milestone on Manga Machinations with 300 episodes! To celebrate, we're joined by the wonderful manga letterer Sara Linsley! She's here to answers our questions about her job, tell us how she utilizes her background in software development for lettering, explain the differences between lettering manga and lettering Western comics, and give context for her lettering choices in Kintetsu Yamada's Sweat and Soap!!! Go follow Sara Linsley and check out her website! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord! https://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 -Intro Song: "CHANGE THE WORLD" by V6 from Inuyasha, Opening, Introductions 00:01:50 - Learning about Sara's origins in anime/manga fandom and how she started manga lettering 00:07:32 - Sara answers our questions about manga lettering 00:31:55 - We have a discussion about fair wages within the industry 00:45:51 - Sara finishes answering more questions on manga lettering 00:54:32 - 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 00:55:11 - Main Segment Guest Gaiden: Sweat and Soap, Transition Song: "Come" by Namie Amuro from Inuyasha, We review volume 1 of Kintetsu Yamada's steamy romance series while Sara shares choices she made lettering the book 01:29:28 - We thank Sara for joining us, Next Week's Topic: New Chapter Check-in, Manga Machinations 300th episode manga giveaway contest, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

21 Juni 20201h 32min

On this episode Seamus finishes rereading Vinland Saga, Morgana enjoys BL Metamorphosis, and dakazu loves creepy girls with mind powers in Meiko no Asobiba! And we've finally arrived at the end of our Yu Yu Hakusho Retrospective! We discuss why Yoshihiro Togashi's ended the series, compare the manga ending to the anime ending, and share our final thoughts about the eternal bromance of Yusuke, Kuwabara, Kurama, and Hiei!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Smile Bomb" by Matsuko Matawari from Yu Yu Hakusho, Opening, Introductions, Linkin Park AMVs 00:03:12 - Upcoming interview of manga letterer Sara Linsley, The Manga Machinations 300th episode manga giveaway contest 00:05:07 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", *SPOILERS* Seamus has finished rereading Vinland Saga 00:13:25 - Morgana loved the wholesome BL Metamorphosis 00:15:18 - Goodbye, My Rose Garden is a yuri series about a Japanese maid and a wealthy young British woman in the early 1900′s 00:19:07 - dakazu finds another short-lived manga by Sakumo Okada called Meiko no Asobiba 00:24:57 - News: Tezuka AI manga Paidon is now available to read in English 00:26:18 - Upcoming digital release of Taiyo Matsumoto's TEKKONKINKREET: Black & White from VIZ 00:28:10 - D'ART Shtajio was Japan's first-ever predominantly Black-owned anime studio 00:33:55 - The Content Overseas Distribution Association is running an anti-piracy campaign where manga artist like Akira Akatsuki are contributing short comics about manga piracy 00:40:33 - Shaman King anime reboot announced for 2021 00:47:36 - Listener Emails: Our thoughts on 3D anime 00:57:30 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Guest Gaiden on Sweat and Soap with Sara Linsley, We'll be interviewing Sara about her job as a manga letterer and discussing her work on Sweat and Soap by Kintetsu Yamada 00:58:00 - Main Segment Retrospective: Yu Yu Hakusho, Transition Song: "The Homework Doesn't End" by Matsuko Matsuwari from Yu Yu Hakusho, comprehensive review of Yoshihiro Togashi's manga about Yusuke Urameshi's journey from ghost to spirit detective!(covers volumes 17-19) 02:24:46 - Next Week's Topic: Sweat and Soap, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

14 Juni 20202h 26min

Join us for the penultimate episode of our Yu Yu Hakusho Retrospective! We discuss Yoshihiro Togashi's deteriorating art quality, major issues with the English translation, and parallels between the events of Chapter Black and current events! Also Seamus talks about Ooku: The Inner Chambers, dakazu follows up on last week's INVESTOR-Z and I Want to Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die, and we discuss the manga nominees for the 2020 Eisner Awards!!! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "Smile Bomb" by Matsuko Matawari from Yu Yu Hakusho, Opening, Introductions 00:00:53 - Discussing Black Lives Matter and Police Brutality 00:05:58 - Reminder about the Manga Machinations 300th episode manga giveaway contest, Upcoming interview of Sara Linsley 00:07:59 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", *SPOILERS* Seamus and dakazu discuss the events of Ooku: The Inner Chambers Volume 16 00:22:12 - Morgana enjoyed Love Me for Who I Am but is concerned about the representation of the non-binary protagonist 00:28:20 - dakazu read through INVESTOR-Z to find that the theme was 'Love Money' 00:33:45 - Reading more I Want to Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die has dakazu hooked for even more 00:36:10 - dakazu found that the unfinished chapter 197 of World Trigger was much more finished than he expected 00:37:33 - News: Manga selected for the 2020 Eisner Award Nominations 00:43:50 - Denpa licenses Shuzo Oshimi's digital one-shot MISS KUSAKABE 00:50:31 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Yu Yu Hakusho, a comprehensive look at Yoshihiro Togashi's popular manga about a teenage delinquent turned spirit detective(covers volumes 17-19) 00:51:31 - Main Segment Retrospective: Yu Yu Hakusho, Transition Song: "The Homework Doesn't End" by Matsuko Matsuwari from Yu Yu Hakusho, comprehensive review of Yoshihiro Togashi's manga about Yusuke Urameshi's journey from ghost to spirit detective!(covers volumes 14-16) 01:49:28 - Next Week's Topic: Yu Yu Hakusho, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

7 Juni 20201h 51min