467 – Triple Dip 75 – The Summer Hikaru Died, ATOM: The Beginning, Boy’s Abyss

467 – Triple Dip 75 – The Summer Hikaru Died, ATOM: The Beginning, Boy’s Abyss

On this episode we talk about birthday presents, Crazy Food Truck, Youkoso! FACT (Tokyo S-ku Dai Ni Shibu) e, and more! Then we dig into a Triple Dip on The Summer Hikaru Died, ATOM: The Beginning, and Boy’s Abyss!!!

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465 – One Shot 61 – Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man

465 – One Shot 61 – Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man

On this episode we discuss wrasslin, antipork bias, Cowboy Bebop: The MovieMaster Keaton RemasterQuantum BreakBlood on the TracksWelcome Back, Alice, and more! Then we examine the collection of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s one shot works with Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man!!!

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452 – Manga in Motion 58 – What Did You Eat Yesterday

452 – Manga in Motion 58 – What Did You Eat Yesterday

Welcome to week 2 of our Pride and Panels month! Darfox and dakazu are here to talk about the live-action What Did You Eat Yesterday? drama! Will they be able figure out what that black thing on the fridge is!? They also discuss Blood on the Tracks, Gaic to no France Gurashi, and more!

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431 – BEASTARS

431 – BEASTARS

This week we share our favorite music manga, Darfox catches up on Blood on the Tracks, and dakazu reads the melancholy Nekomata to Asa Gohan! Then we finally sink our teeth into the final volume of BEASTARS and discuss our thoughts on the whole series!

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322 – Morgana’s Manga Makeup 2 – An Invitation from a Crab, The Full-time Wife Escapist, Seven Shakespeares

322 – Morgana’s Manga Makeup 2 – An Invitation from a Crab, The Full-time Wife Escapist, Seven Shakespeares

Apologies in advance as we had to swap out two series we had announced last week. On this episode Morgana gets a chance to read An Invitation from a CrabThe Full-time Wife Escapist, and Seven Shakespeares for the first time! We also have a spoiler-filled discussion on BEASTARS volume 9 and discuss the implications of Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro returning to Weekly Shonen Jump!!!

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Blood on the Tracks

Blood on the Tracks

A thriller manga about a son who is obsessed with her son.

We’ve discussed this on a recent episode.

It’s great that Chi no Wadachi is now official available in English from Vertical! Shuzo Oshimi has created the slowest of slow burns that just builds dread without using any spoken dialogue. Oshimi’s use of subtle glances and closeups are enough to put you on edge as you turn each page! The story has gone into so crazy places that I can’t wait for English readers to experience. I highly recommend this book if you love tense thrillers!

~dakazu

317 – Triple Dip 44 – Chainsaw Man, Blood on the Tracks, Super-Dimensional Love Gun

317 – Triple Dip 44 – Chainsaw Man, Blood on the Tracks, Super-Dimensional Love Gun

For our next October Extravaganza we have a trio of horror series perfect for Halloween! We’re checking out Super-Dimensional Love GunBlood on the Tracks, and Chainsaw Man! dakazu also talks about some new anime and we revisit the dark history behind the creator of the recently licensed Kirby Manga Mania!!!

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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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284 – Girls’ Last Tour part 1

284 – Girls’ Last Tour part 1

On this episode Darfox rejoices in the English release of Blood on the Tracks while dakazu checks out a new manga made by an Osamu Tezuka AI called Paidon! Then we begin our retrospective on the empty world of Girls’ Last Tour by Tsukimizu and discuss it’s themes of finality.

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