200 – Guest Gaiden 1 – The Bride was a Boy with Morgana Santilli

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!

Check out Morgana’s website and follow her on twitter!

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Yukibana no Tora

Yukibana no Tora

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

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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179 – Princess Jellyfish part 7

179 – Princess Jellyfish part 7

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!

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178 – Princess Jellyfish part 6

178 – 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!

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177 – Princess Jellyfish part 5

177 – 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!

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176 – Princess Jellyfish part 4

176 – Princess Jellyfish part 4

Darfox is in absentia this episode but that doesn’t stop Seamus and dakazu from continuing our Princess Jellyfish retrospective!

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175 – Princess Jellyfish part 3

175 – 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!

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174 – Princess Jellyfish part 2

174 – 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!

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172 – Princess Jellyfish part 1

172 – 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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