200 – Guest Gaiden 1 – The Bride was a Boy with Morgana Santilli
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!
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Akiko Higashimura’s historical manga that asks “What if Waring states period warlord Uesugi Kenshin was actually a woman?”
Higashimura’s patented humor really make digesting the plot easier. I especially love her “Higashumura teatime” sections where she breaks the 4th wall when the historical beats are the heaviest. I want to read more.
~dakazu
180 – Princess Jellyfish part 8
We’ve finally reached the end of Princess Jellyfish! Get ready for a lengthy discussion about everything from the ending to our favorite parts!
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This week we enter the Singapore arc of Princess Jellyfish. Only two more episodes of our retrospective to go til we finish Akiko Higashimura’s romantic comedy!
Continue reading178 – Princess Jellyfish part 6
This episode we discuss the public perception of manga where we are and how to increase the US manga reading audience! And of course more Princess Jellyfish!
Continue reading177 – Princess Jellyfish part 5
This week Seamus reports back from seeing a theatrical adaptation of Naoki Urasawa’s Pluto and we continue with our retrospective review of Princess Jellyfish!
Continue reading176 – Princess Jellyfish part 4
Darfox is in absentia this episode but that doesn’t stop Seamus and dakazu from continuing our Princess Jellyfish retrospective!
Continue reading175 – Princess Jellyfish part 3
We continue along with our Princess Jellyfish retrospective this week and come to the conclusion that this manga has much more in common with American sitcoms than Romantic Comedies!
Continue reading174 – Princess Jellyfish part 2
On this episode we get back to our Princess Jellyfish retrospective to debate whether this is just another generic romantic comedy or something more!
Continue reading172 – Princess Jellyfish part 1
Join us as we kick off 2018 in style with our retrospective review of Princess Jellyfish! This week we’ll be covering volumes 1-3
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