421 – Shojo Showdown 4 – MARS, Midnight Secretary, Ouran High School Host Club

421 – Shojo Showdown 4 – MARS, Midnight Secretary, Ouran High School Host Club

On this episode Morgana leads the charge for another Shojo Showdown! We examine the first volumes of MARSMidnight Secretary, and Ouran High School Host Club! We also discuss Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood WarSPY X FAMILYTongari Boushi no KitchenThe Gamestars, and more!!!

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393 – Triple Dip 61 – The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!, Sunrise Snack Bar, Ragna Chronicle

393 – Triple Dip 61 – The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!, Sunrise Snack Bar, Ragna Chronicle

Seamus is back so we’re doing a Triple Dip based on series from Manga Planet Library! We’ll be checking out The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!Sunrise Snack Bar, and Ragna Chronicles! We also discuss My Summer of YouFujimoto Tatsuki Tanpenshuu, and the end of Golden Kamuy and Chi. ~Chikyu no Undou ni Tsuite~!!!

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339 – One Shot 37 – Beast Complex 1

339 – One Shot 37 – Beast Complex 1

This week is all about Paru Itagaki as start with an extensive spoiler discussion on BEASTARS volume 11! Then we examine her debut manga Beast Complex, a collection of different stories that take place within BEASTARS’ complex animal society!!!

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273 – Morgana’s Manga Makeup 1 – Vinland Saga, Golden Kamuy, Shojo FIGHT!

273 – Morgana’s Manga Makeup 1 – Vinland Saga, Golden Kamuy, Shojo FIGHT!

We’re launching a new episode where our new host Morgana will read her way through some of Manga Machinations favorites! It’ll be Morgana’s first time reading through these manga and we’re excited to hear what she thinks! She’ll be checking out Vinland SagaGolden Kamuy, and Shojo FIGHT!!!!

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239 – Triple Dip 35 – The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn, Kurozuka, Kiichi!

239 – Triple Dip 35 – The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn, Kurozuka, Kiichi!

This week we read The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn, Kurozuka, and Kiichi! for Triple Dip!

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227 – Anime Interlude 9 – Run with the Wind

227 – Anime Interlude 9 – Run with the Wind

*We had some technical issues during recording. We apologize for the audio quality this episode.

On this episode Miki’s Stopwatch helps us review anime from the 2018 Fall season and check out some from the current 2019 winter season!!

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222 – 2018 Year End Review with Morgana Santilli

222 – 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!

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

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Golden Kamuy

Golden Kamuy

A manga about a Russo-Japanese war veteran who teams up with a young Ainu huntress to track down escaped convicts for their tattoos that will combine into map that leads to a hidden cache of gold in Hokkaido.

Yeah, this is basically a Japanese Western set in a the snowy lands of Hokkaido but it who cares because it’s an amazing manga. I love all the eating scenes and every time Sugimoto shouts “I AM SUGIMOTO THE IMMORTAL!”. 

This series even won 2018 Grand Prize for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Awards. The anime had fantastic casting and the only con was the CG animated animals.

Super entertaining and 100% available in English legally from Viz. Go read it!

~dakazu

199 – Anime Interlude 7 – Megalo Box

199 – Anime Interlude 7 – Megalo Box

It’s once again that time of the year for our anime expert Miki’s Stopwatch to join us and review the last season of anime. We pick our favorites and also give quick takes on some of the new summer anime as well!

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188 – Manga in Motion 28 – Pom Poko

188 – Manga in Motion 28 – Pom Poko

On this episode we watch Pom Poko in honor of the late Isao Takahata!

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