315 – One Shot 30 – Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist

315 – One Shot 30 – Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist 

Welcome to the start of our October Extravaganza at Manga Machinations! We’re going to be covering creepy, spooky, and horrific content all month long! To start, we’re doing a One Shot on Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist! Dawn from The Anime Nostalgia Podcast joins us to discuss Asumiko Nakamura’s psychological thriller about a novelist haunted by a mysterious woman who threatens to expose his secret of plagiarism!!!

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312 – 6 Year Anniversary Guest Gaiden 7 – Translating and Publishing Doujinshi with On Takahashi

312 – 6 Year Anniversary Guest Gaiden 7 – Translating and Publishing Doujinshi with On Takahashi

We’ve reach another milestone in Manga Machinations with our 6 year anniversary! We’re celebrating by interviewing On Takahashi, CEO of Irodori Comics and translator for game localization group Warlocs! On shares his childhood experiences learning Japanese through manga and anime, talks about his job working as a lecturer at a Japanese university, recounts his tough work schedule translating high profile video games, and stresses the importance of crediting localization staff. He breaks down the process of publishing doujinshi, informs us about the Japanese politics that will effect manga piracy, discusses the complicated issues of problematic content, and much more! Also, tune in after the outro for a bonus Death Stranding discussion by On and Darforx8!

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310 – Saikyo Selections 13 – Fushigi Yûgi

310 – Saikyo Selections 13 – Fushigi Yûgi

The wonderful manga letterer Sara Linsley is back to help lead this Saikyo Selection on Fushigi Yûgi! We dive into Yuu Watase’s beloved shoujo series along with the newest Fushigi Yûgi: Byakko Senki which Sara lettered! We praise Watase’s amazing art, appreciate the 90′s pretty boys aesthetics, discuss the often dark drama, and explore the criticisms of certain cross-dressing characters!!!

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300 – Guest Gaiden 6 – Manga Lettering & Sweat and Soap with Sara Linsley

300 – Guest Gaiden 6 – Manga Lettering & Sweat and Soap with Sara Linsley

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!!!

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274 – 2019 Year End Anime Review with Manga Mavericks

274 – 2019 Year End Anime Review with Manga Mavericks

2019 is coming to a close and it’s time to do our annual wrap up! This year we’re splitting our Year End Review between anime and manga. So for part 1 we’re joined by LumRanmaYashaand Colton from the Manga Mavericks podcast to talk about our top anime of 2019!!!

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268 – Guest Gaiden 5 – Sailor Moon Translations & Taisho Era Feminists with Anne Lee

268 – Guest Gaiden 5 – Sailor Moon Translations & Taisho Era Feminists with Anne Lee

We’re joined by a very special guest this week! Anne Lee from Shojo Power! is here to talk about her love of Sailor Moon, geek out about Takarazuka Revue, ask us about translating onomatopoeias, and tell us about feminists of Taisho Era Japan!!!

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245 – Guest Gaiden 4 – Blue Flag with John from Manga Log Podcast

245 – Guest Gaiden 4 – Blue Flag with John from Manga Log Podcast

We’re happy to have the host of Manga Log join us this week! John is here to tell us about his fandom origins, why he decided to launch his own manga podcast, and discuss his favorite digital series, Blue Flag!!!

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You can read Blue Flag for free on MANGA Plus.

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237 – One Shot 18 – My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2 with Jocelyne Allen

237 – One Shot 18 – My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2 with Jocelyne Allen

Translator Jocelyne Allen returns as we finish the trilogy of Kabi Nagata books by reviewing My Solo Exchange Diary vol. 2!!!

Check out Jocelyne’s awesome blog and hire Jocelyne for translation and interpertation!

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222 – 2018 Year End Review with Morgana Santilli

222 – 2018 Year End Review with Morgana Santilli

Welcome to our special year end episode! This year returning guest Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli joins us to pick our favorite manga & anime from 2018!

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221 – Guest Gaiden 3 – Interpreting with Jocelyne Allen

221 – Guest Gaiden 3 – Interpreting with Jocelyne Allen

This week translator extraordinaire Jocelyne Allen returns to answer our questions about working as an interpreter and how it differs from translating books!

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