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064 – Manga in Motion 4 – The Garden of Words

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064 – Manga in Motion 4 – The Garden of Words

Seamus is back to talk about popular shoujo manga; including AKB49 – Renai Kinshi Jourei, Whispered Words(Sasameki Koto), Tenbin wa Hana to Asobu, and Kimi ga Suki!! Then dakazu explains the comedy of the long running Afro Tanaka series and we talk about teacher/student romances done right in The Garden of Words for Manga in Motion!!!

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061 – Manga in Motion 3 – Angel’s Egg

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061 – Manga in Motion 3 – Angel’s Egg

On this episode Seamus finishes Planetes, dakazu talks about the JSDF in Rising Sun and kids playing golf in Rising Impact. Then we get into a lengthy discussion about manga spin-offs of other manga and look at Mamoru Oshii’s anime art film Angel’s Egg(Tenshi no Tamago)!!!

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056 – Blame! part 2

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056 – Blame! part 2

This week we start off with a Billy Bat update hour, Seamus continues with Planetes, darfox and dakazu discuss the ending of the Blood Blockade Battlefront(Kekkai Sensen) anime, we talk about the One Punch Man anime, and end with a long recap of the next set of Blame! chapters in our Retrospective!!!(covers chapters 12-24)

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053 – Manga in Motion 1 – Tokyo Godfathers

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053 – Manga in Motion 1 – Tokyo Godfathers

The week we start out new segment Manga in Motion, where we discuss anime films. Our first pick is Tokyo Godfathers by Satoshi Kon! Also, darfox talks about vampires in Happiness, Seamus catches up on Hi Score Girl, we discuss the struggle of manga artist Shuho Sato vs. his publishers, and we see if Boob Morning returns in volume 2 of I am a Hero!

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051 – 1 Year Anniversary Special – Akira movie

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051 – 1 Year Anniversary Special – Akira movie

Welcome to a special edition of Manga Machinations! We’re celebrating our 1 year mark by discussing the newest Billy Bat chapters, the 1988 anime movie Akira, and our top 3 favorite manga of the past year! Thanks for listening and enjoy!!!

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047 – Akira part 3

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047 – Akira part 3

This week we talk about natto on rice, the end of What a Wonderful World!(Subarashii Sekkai) taking a dark turn, and how the anime of Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls(Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou) is porn. Then we have an extra long, in-depth analysis on our current series Akira!!!(covers volume 3)

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