386 – Guest Gaiden 10 – Children’s Manga with Matt Haasch
This week’s Matt Haasch is back to talk about upcoming releases from Star Fruit Books and his love of children’s manga! We discuss and compare Super Mario Manga Mania, Kirby Manga Mania, and Nicola Traveling Around the Demons’ World!!!
Continue reading360 – 7 Year Anniversary Guest Gaiden 9 – The Girl That Can’t Get a Girlfriend with Mieri Hiranishi
It’s time to celebrate 7 years of Manga Machinations with a super special guest! Manga artist Mieri Hiranishi joins us for a special interview about making manga while working on a full time job! She answers our questions about her viral hit The Girl That Can’t Get a Girlfriend, her YouTube videos, and more, all while only speaking Japanese!!!
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Continue reading359 – State of Shonen 2 with Ryan aka RUSH – Dr. STONE
This week dakazu and Darfox are joined by their friend Ryan(RUSH) who has been helping out with content on our YouTube channel! Ryan joins us to tell us about discovering anime through Toonami and reading One Piece in the Shonen Jump issues he bought at Blockbuster! Then we dive into the current story arcs on Ryan’s reading list of popular shonen manga, such as Dr. STONE, Black Clover, Tokyo Revengers, and more!
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Continue reading349 – One Shot 40 – My Alcoholic Escape from Reality with Jocelyne Allen
*NOTE* We had some technical issues during the recording. Unfortunately some of Jocelyne’s audio is still garbled and will be presented as such.
Welcome to a very special episode where we dive into Nagata Kabi’s newest
book, My Alcoholic Escape from Reality! We’re joined again by the translator of the book, Jocelyne Allen, as we discuss Nagata Kabi’s hospitalization and her struggles with her guilt from drawing non-fiction manga!!
321 – Guest Gaiden 8 – Pop Life & Look Into My Eyes with Matt Haasch of Star Fruit Books
This week we’re joined by the owner of Star Fruit Books, Matt Haasch! Matt talks about what prompted him to start his publishing company and what he hopes to accomplish in the future! Then we discuss two series from Star Fruit Books: Q-ta Minami’s Pop Life and Look Into My Eyes by Yoko Miyako!!!
Continue reading312 – 6 Year Anniversary Guest Gaiden 7 – Translating and Publishing Doujinshi with On Takahashi
We’ve reach another milestone in Manga Machinations with our 6 year anniversary! We’re celebrating by interviewing On Takahashi, CEO of Irodori Comics and translator for game localization group Warlocs! On shares his childhood experiences learning Japanese through manga and anime, talks about his job working as a lecturer at a Japanese university, recounts his tough work schedule translating high profile video games, and stresses the importance of crediting localization staff. He breaks down the process of publishing doujinshi, informs us about the Japanese politics that will effect manga piracy, discusses the complicated issues of problematic content, and much more! Also, tune in after the outro for a bonus Death Stranding discussion by On and Darforx8!
Continue reading310 – Saikyo Selections 13 – Fushigi Yûgi
The wonderful manga letterer Sara Linsley is back to help lead this Saikyo Selection on Fushigi Yûgi! We dive into Yuu Watase’s beloved shoujo series along with the newest Fushigi Yûgi: Byakko Senki which Sara lettered! We praise Watase’s amazing art, appreciate the 90′s pretty boys aesthetics, discuss the often dark drama, and explore the criticisms of certain cross-dressing characters!!!
Continue reading300 – Guest Gaiden 6 – Manga Lettering & Sweat and Soap with Sara Linsley
We’ve reached another milestone on Manga Machinations with 300 episodes! To celebrate, we’re joined by the wonderful manga letterer Sara Linsley! She’s here to answers our questions about her job, tell us how she utilizes her background in software development for lettering, explain the differences between lettering manga and lettering Western comics, and give context for her lettering choices in Kintetsu Yamada’s Sweat and Soap!!!
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268 – Guest Gaiden 5 – Sailor Moon Translations & Taisho Era Feminists with Anne Lee
We’re joined by a very special guest this week! Anne Lee from Shojo Power! is here to talk about her love of Sailor Moon, geek out about Takarazuka Revue, ask us about translating onomatopoeias, and tell us about feminists of Taisho Era Japan!!!
Continue reading245 – Guest Gaiden 4 – Blue Flag with John from Manga Log Podcast
We’re happy to have the host of Manga Log join us this week! John is here to tell us about his fandom origins, why he decided to launch his own manga podcast, and discuss his favorite digital series, Blue Flag!!!
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You can read Blue Flag for free on MANGA Plus.