327 – Manga Machinations Awards 2020
Welcome to the final episode of 2020! We’re doing things a bit differently this year by launching the Manga Machinations Awards! Darfox8, dakazu, Morgana, and Seamus have all created unique awards to go with their top manga picks from 2020! Enjoy our picks and have yourself a safe and happy holidays from all of us here at Manga Machinations! See you next year!!!
Continue reading285 – Girls’ Last Tour part 2
This week we finish our retrospective on Tsukimizu’s Girls’ Last Tour! Join us as our discussion takes us through everything from existentialism to Buddhism to flashbacks!!!
Continue reading284 – 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.
Continue reading222 – 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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Read the ending a while back when it was published on Kurage Bunch but finally picked up the final volume.
Looking back I think the ending was perfectly done. Both thoughtful and final. I really hope they make another season of the anime and do it there as well. Love this series and highly recommend it.
~dakazu
186 – Triple Dip 26 -Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou, Helter Skelter, Hanako and the Terror of Allegory
On this episode we check out Yokohama KaidashiKikou, Hanako and the Terror of Allegory, and Helter Skelter for another round of Triple Dip! Apologies in advance for some technical problems toward the end of the podcast.
Continue reading173 – Manga in Motion 25 – Devilman Crybaby
This week we look at Masaaki Yuasa’s Netflix hit Devilman Crybaby! We’ll be doing heavy spoiler talk about all 10 episodes and it’s differences from the original Go Nagai manga!
Continue reading162 – Seamus on Shonen 1 – Shonen Jump
We apologize in advance that due to scheduling issues with darfox we have canceled our original plans of reviewing A Silent Voice movie this week. Instead, Seamus will be giving his impressions on current running manga in Shonen Jump!!
Continue reading153 – Manga in Motion 20 – Death Note 2017
This week dakazu’s been reading a lot! He’s amazed that Mizuki Shigeru was writing Watashi no Hibi when he was 91, checks out a decent rugby manga called Full Drum, sick of edgelord gore manga like Pygmalion, and finds a similar loser protagonist in Boys on the Run. Also, Seamus checks out volume 2 of Girl’s Last Tour, we check in with our weekly BEASTARS update, and dakazu has been deceived by the false advertising of GAMERS. Then we examine Netflix’s version of Death Note! We recap the original source material and weigh in on whether this movie is a good adaptation or not!
Continue reading151 – Triple Dip 22 – The Girl from the Other Side, Kekkaishi, Girls’ Last Tour
This week we’re joined by fan of the show Dwayne! He takes a break from sending an email to talk about getting into manga with D.Grey-Man & Hellsing, reading sci-fi/fantasy novels, and watching Mobile Suit Gundam Wing. Also, Dwayne’s been reading Knights of Sidonia, we talk about the newest chapter of Chi no Wadachi, dakazu’s finds the erotic faces in the food manga Meshinuma hilarious, and we’re disappointed with the upcoming arc of Boruto: Naruto Next Genereations. Then we jump into our Triple Dip review by looking at The Girl from the Other Side, Girls’ Last Tour, and Kekkaishi!!!
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