250 - Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 1

250 - Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 1

We're joined by the awesome Morgana "Manga Maven" Santilli as we jump into a full Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura's Tokyo Tarareba Girls!!! How will we feel about Higashimura's meta-commentary about women in their 30s needing love and marriage to find happiness?

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Timestamps:

  • 00:00:00 - Intro Song: "TOKYO GIRL" by Perfume from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Opening, Introductions
  • 00:01:18 - Morgana catches us up on her new life as a freelance writer
  • 00:05:46 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST "Prologue", Seamus reports on his visit to the Manga Exhibition at The British Museum
  • 00:14:50 - Morgana enjoyed more Satoko and Nada and Asumiko Nakamura's Classmates
  • 00:17:35 - Morgana picked up POPOCOMI went she went to the Toronto Comic Art Festival
  • 00:22:43 - News: Kodansha will be putting out a Katsuhiro Otomo Complete Works Collection
  • 00:25:21 - Katsuhiro Otomo's next movie is Orbital Era
  • 00:26:33 - Akira will be getting a 4K remaster and Katsuhiro Otomo is working on a new Akira anime project
  • 00:32:10 - Dark Horse Comics is finally releasing the 5th omnibus for Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service
  • 00:36:03 - VIZ Media will be releasing KAITO's Blue Flag and Inio Asano's Downfall
  • 00:38:19 - Dragon Head is now available digitally from Kodansha
  • 00:41:07 - The success of digital sales helped Saint Young Men get a physical release
  • 00:41:52 - Serial Experiments Lain will be open source for the next 9 years
  • 00:44:28 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective on Tokyo Tarareba Girls, we will continue our comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura's horror comedy manga(covers volumes 4-5)
  • 00:44:56 - Main Segment Retrospective: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Transition Song: Opening from Tokyo Tarareba Girls, comprehensive review of Akiko Higashimura's manga
  • 00:46:51 - We recap the events of volume 1
  • 00:49:17 - We discuss Higashimura's anti-romance themes
  • 00:53:16 - Darfox and Morgana talk about how they each related to Tokyo Tarareba Girls differently as a man and a woman
  • 00:56:51 - Morgana shares moments from the book that hit her hard
  • 00:58:31 - Seamus points out the brilliance of using baseball as a metaphor for the girls missing their chance at love
  • 01:00:24 - dakazu thinks the imaginary Codfish Milt and Liver are the comedic stars
  • 01:01:39 - We praise Higashimura's use of visual analogies to better represent the internal state of the girls
  • 01:03:35 - We recap the events of volume 2
  • 01:06:55 - Morgana talks about how the men are taking advantage of the girls
  • 01:09:34 - Seamus notes that Key fits into a character type often found in Japanese novels
  • 01:10:48 - Kaori perspective as the woman who was with an unsuccessful man was something Darfox hadn't experienced before
  • 01:14:05 - We explain Higashimura's use of boxing as the girls act like sandbags for the men
  • 01:15:32 - We love the analogy of conveyor belt sushi
  • 01:18:02 - We comment on how the bonus Valentine's Day story is more like an extra episode for a television drama
  • 01:22:20 - Morgana really doesn't like Key
  • 01:24:00 - We recap the events of volume 3
  • 01:26:53 - We don't trust Mr. Okuda
  • 01:28:53 - We think Yoshio is a manipulative scumbag
  • 01:31:33 - We explore the meta-commentary made by Higashimura about media for women through a manga for women
  • 01:34:22 - Seamus comments that Rinko's concern about career or marriage make sense for a woman in modern Japanese society
  • 01:38:21 - dakazu points out more visual analogies through roller coasters and talk shows
  • 01:39:18 - Darfox compares Tokyo Tarareba Girls as a story about Shoko from Princess Jellyfish
  • 01:44:13 - Seamus predicts Mr. Okuda will be like Trent from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
  • 01:46:00 - The lack of different body type representation in the series concerned dakazu
  • 01:49:07 - We comment on the hilariously bad advice given in the bonus story Tarare-Bar
  • 01:50:46 - We make some predictions about what will happen next
  • 01:53:16 - News: Vertical has licensed Shuzo Oshimi's A Trail of Blood
  • 00:55:23- Next Week's Topic: Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: "wish men" by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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503 - Twiple Dip 10 - #DRCL midnight children 2, Innocent 2, Chainsaw Man 17

503 - Twiple Dip 10 - #DRCL midnight children 2, Innocent 2, Chainsaw Man 17

Join us as we read the next volumes of #DRCL midnight children, Innocent, and Chainsaw Man for another installment of Twiple Dip! We also talk about the American Manga Awards, Jump Toon, Keibuho Daimajin, and more!!! 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 Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 American Manga Awards - 00:13:52 Jump Toon - 00:20:39 00:37:25 - Fantom Comics X-Men '97 - 00:41:55 Keibuho Daimajin - 00:45:40 Next Episode Preview - 00:51:59 Chainsaw Man 17 - 00:55:16 #DRCL midnight children 2 - 01:14:32 Innocent 2 - 01:38:15 Our Rankings - 02:00:01 Outro - 02:01:10 Songs Credits: "Marshmallow" by Fassounds "Slappy" by Ido Maimon "Come to My Summer Dreams" by Alex Makemusic "Psychedelic Funkadelic" by Evert Z

9 Juni 20242h 2min

502 - Darfox Dabbles 9 - MANGA Plus 5

502 - Darfox Dabbles 9 - MANGA Plus 5

Seamus and Morgana are out this episode, so dakazu gets Darfox to read a variety of new series for a Darfox Dabbles! We discuss Dear Anemone, Navigatoria, GHOST FIXERS, and more!!! 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 Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Next Episode Preview - 00:05:42 Psych House - 00:08:26 Guessing dakazu's favorite - 00:15:15 Astro Royale - 00:20:01 Dear Anemone - 00:28:43 Ankoku Delta - 00:38:04 GHOST FIXERS - 00:43:52 Navigatoria - 00:52:22 gift of poison - 01:03:24 Darfox's rankings - 01:15:12 Outro - 01:18:38 Songs Credits: "Galaxy Groove" by Yarin Primak "Slappy" by Ido Maimon "Whipped Cream" by Steven Beddall "Psychedelic Funkadelic" by Evert Z

2 Juni 20241h 20min

501 - Movie Machinations 2 - Velvet Goldmine

501 - Movie Machinations 2 - Velvet Goldmine

This week we discuss the end of Nobunaga no Chef and the connection of Sunny Sunny Ann! with Glaeolia 2! Then, we examine the glam-rock Velvet Goldmine for Movie Machinations, to see it's connection to Paradise Kiss!!! 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 Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Nobunaga no Chef - 00:04:24 Sunny Sunny Ann! - 00:09:42 Next Episode Preview - 00:14:28 Velvet Goldmine - 00:15:44 Outro - 00:54:58 Songs Credits: "Galaxy Groove" by Yarin Primak "Slappy" by Ido Maimon "Whipped Cream" by Steven Beddall "Psychedelic Funkadelic" by Evert Z

26 Maj 202456min

500 - One Shot 73 - Paradise Kiss

500 - One Shot 73 - Paradise Kiss

Come join us as we celebrate 500 episodes of Manga Machinations! After announcing the winner of our giveaway, dakazu leads the hosts in a game of Wavelength! Then we dive into the world of fashion and teen drama with Ai Yazawa's Paradise Kiss!!! 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 Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:02:04 500 Giveaway Winner - 00:04:08 Wavelength - 00:06:11 dakazu's turn - 00:08:47 Darfox's turn - 00:15:41 Seamus' turn - 00:27:06 Morgana's turn - 00:39:55 Next Episode Preview - 00:50:13 Paradise Kiss - 00:51:09 Outro - 01:47:46 Songs Credits: "Galaxy Groove" by Yarin Primak "Slappy" by Ido Maimon "Whipped Cream" by Steven Beddall "Psychedelic Funkadelic" by Evert Z

19 Maj 20241h 49min

499 - Manga in Motion 62 - Blue Giant

499 - Manga in Motion 62 - Blue Giant

It's time to tear our guts out this episode! dakazu won't shut up about how amazing the Blue Giant movie is, while Darfox says the CG animation is unforgivable! We also discuss Artemisa, the new volume of My Love Story!!, and more!!! We're doing a manga giveaway for our upcoming 500th episode! You can win a bundel of Panorama of Hell, Invisible Parade, From This Flame, and a Yuichi Yokoyama manga! To enter, write a review for Manga Machinations, then email us (mangamachinations@gmail.com) with the subject title "500 giveaway" and tell us where the review is! Deadline is May 17, 2024. 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 Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:07:07 Artemisia - 00:19:23 My Love Story!! - 00:24:57 Yoru to Neru - 00:28:10 Next Episode Preview - 00:34:12 Blue Giant - 00:35:06 Outro - 01:10:24 Songs Credits: "Galaxy Groove" by Yarin Primak "Slappy" by Ido Maimon "Whipped Cream" by Steven Beddall "Psychedelic Funkadelic" by Evert Z

12 Maj 20241h 12min

498 - Manga in Motion 61 - Inu-Oh

498 - Manga in Motion 61 - Inu-Oh

Seamus returns to derail us with butter talk! We discuss Black Clover, VERSION, Rokyo Bakuto-den Soga, and more! Then, we explore Masaaki Yuasa's revisionist rock opera, Inu-Oh for a new episode of Manga in Motion!!! We're doing a manga giveaway for our upcoming 500th episode! You can win a bundel of Panorama of Hell, Invisible Parade, From This Flame, and a Yuichi Yokoyama manga! To enter, write a review for Manga Machinations, then email us (mangamachinations@gmail.com) with the subject title "500 giveaway" and tell us where the review is! Deadline is May 17, 2024. 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 Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:09:03 Black Clover - 00:13:29 Delicious in Dungeon - 00:16:27 VERSION - 00:21:25 Rokyo Bakuto-den Soga - 00:29:45 Next Episode Preview - 00:33:58 Inu-Oh - 00:34:48 Outro - 01:29:28 Songs Credits: "Galaxy Groove" by Yarin Primak "Slappy" by Ido Maimon "Whipped Cream" by Steven Beddall "Psychedelic Funkadelic" by Evert Z

5 Maj 20241h 32min

497 - Triple Dip 82 - Breakfast with My Two-Tailed Cat, Nyankees, Nekogahara

497 - Triple Dip 82 - Breakfast with My Two-Tailed Cat, Nyankees, Nekogahara

On this episode Darfox steps in to host for a feverish dakazu. We discuss Gunpla, Famiresu Iko., and more! Then we check out Breakfast with My Two-Tailed Cat, Nyankees, and Nekogahara: Stray Cat Samurai for a Catastic Triple Dip!!! We're doing a manga giveaway for our upcoming 500th episode! You can win a bundel of Panorama of Hell, Invisible Parade, From This Flame, and Children of Mu-Town! To enter, write a review for Manga Machinations, then email us (mangamachinations@gmail.com) with the subject title "500 giveaway" and tell us where the review is! 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 Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Gundam Plastic Models - 00:04:21 Episode 500 giveaway - 00:11:37 Famiresu Iko. - 00:14:47 The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All - 00:18:59 Manga Mac Watches - 00:21:28 Next Episode Preview - 00:23:18 Nyankees - 00:25:03 Nekogahara: Stray Cat Samurai - 00:38:26 Breakfast with My Two-Tailed Cat - 00:48:40 Our Rankings - 01:15:05 Outro - 01:17:46 Songs Credits: "Galaxy Groove" by Yarin Primak "Slappy" by Ido Maimon "Whipped Cream" by Steven Beddall "Psychedelic Funkadelic" by Evert Z

28 Apr 20241h 22min

496 - Manben Machinations 2 - Kazuhiro Fujita, Akiko Higashimura, Shin'ichi Sakamoto

496 - Manben Machinations 2 - Kazuhiro Fujita, Akiko Higashimura, Shin'ichi Sakamoto

This week we talk about SPY X FAMILY CODE: WHITE, She Likes Gays, but Not Me, Parasyte: The Grey, and more! Then, we examine three episodes of Manben to see how Kazuhiro Fujita, Akiko Higashimura, and Shin'ichi Sakamoto create manga!!! We're doing a manga giveaway for our upcoming 500th episode! You can win a bundel of Panorama of Hell, Invisible Parade, From This Flame, and Children of Mu-Town! To enter, write a review for Manga Machinations, then email us (mangamachinations@gmail.com) with the subject title "500 giveaway" and tell us where the review is! 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 Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro, Episode 500 Giveaway - 00:00:00 SPY X FAMILY CODE: WHITE - 00:07:11 She Likes Gays, but Not Me - 00:15:32 Delicious in Dungeon - 00:25:59 Parasyte: The Grey - 00:29:14 *SPOILERS* Parasyte: The Grey - 00:32:08 En mo Yukari mo - 00:39:53 Next Episode Preview - 00:45:18 Akiko Higashimura - 00:48:19 Kazuhiro Fujita - 01:06:54 Shin'ichi Sakamoto - 01:22:55 Final thoughts - 01:43:13 Outro - 01:48:54 Songs Credits: "Galaxy Groove" by Yarin Primak "Slappy" by Ido Maimon "Whipped Cream" by Steven Beddall "Psychedelic Funkadelic" by Evert Z

21 Apr 20241h 51min

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