423 – Movie Machinations 3 – Bram Stoker’s Dracula
We’re celebrating Halloween by watching Francis Ford Coppola‘s Bram Stoker’s Dracula! Plenty of discussion on gorgeous costumes, bad British accents, and how it inspired #DRCL midnight children and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust! We also talk about Demon Slayer, The Queen of Villains, Baroque Ketsuraku no Paradigm, and more!!!
Continue reading501 – Movie Machinations 2 – Velvet Goldmine
This week we discuss the end of Nobunaga no Chef and the connection of Sunny Sunny Ann! with Glaeolia 2! Then, we examine the glam-rock Velvet Goldmine for Movie Machinations, to see it’s connection to Paradise Kiss!!!
Continue reading496 – Manben Machinations 2 – Kazuhiro Fujita, Akiko Higashimura, Shin’ichi Sakamoto
This week we talk about SPY X FAMILY CODE: WHITE, She Likes Gays, but Not Me, Parasyte: The Grey, and more! Then, we examine three episodes of Manben to see how Kazuhiro Fujita, Akiko Higashimura, and Shin’ichi Sakamoto create manga!!!
Continue reading493 – Manben Machinations 1 – Wataru Watanabe
It’s time to examine Naoki Urasawa’s Manben! We’ll be diving into the episode on Wataru Watanabe and discussing his signature series, Yowamushi Pedal! We also talk about Anime Boston, Rascal Does Not Dream, Ore Yori Yowai Yatsu ni Ai ni Iku, and more!!!
Continue reading490 – Movie Machinations 1 – Tampopo
Apologies in advance, as we suffered through lots of technical issues this week! But we’re excited for you to join us for our first ever Movie Machinations episode! After discussing the death of Akira Toriyama, we review Juzo Itami‘s “Ramen Western”, Tampopo!!!
Continue reading450 – Left to Right 1 – Pretty Deadly, Ursula, East of West
Welcome to a new kind of episode this week! We’re adapting our Triple Dip formula to Western comics with Left to Right! We review Pretty Deadly, Ursula, and East of West for our inaugural episode! We also talk about House of Five Leaves, Tamon’s B-Side, Shojo Fight, and more!!!
Continue reading426 – Recommendation Round-up 2 – Single Volumes
This week we answer emails while dakazu talks about Nagata Kabi’s new manga, a Gengoroh Tagame food manga, Hunter x Hunter, and more! Then we present our suggestions for awesome single volume manga in a new edition of Recommendation Round-up!!!
Continue reading380 – Recommendation Round-up 1 – Short Series
Seamus was available this week so we’re switching up our schedule and doing a new show called Recommendation Round-up! We present short series that we think you should buy, such as Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist’s Journey, Queen Emeraldas, Crocodile Baron, and more! dakazu also made a special quiz about Ryo Haneda’s Black Guard!!!
Continue reading318.5 – Halloween Bonus Candy Taste Test
Happy Halloween everyone! We have a tasty bonus episode to end our October Extravaganza! Morgana, Darfox8, and dakazu taste a variety of Hawaiian favorite sweets like Li Hing Mui and also some of the worst rated candies as well!
Continue readingManga Machinations on the Manga Mavericks BEASTARS podcast
We were asked by Manga Mavericks to come talk about one of our favorite series, BEASTARS! Lots of discussion about everything we love about BEASTARS, from the epic world building to the unique art style Paru Itagaki utilizes.
Download it here or go to the Manga Mavericks website!