389 – One Shot 51 – My Wandering Warrior Existence with Jocelyne Allen
Translator Jocelyne Allen returns to Manga Machinations to talk about My Wandering Warrior Existence! Join us as we discuss Nagata Kabi’s newest book that explores what it is to love and be loved!!!
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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!!
211 – Manga in Motion 33 – Animal World
Apologies in advance as Seamus had to skip this week’s podcast so we changed from our planned retrospective to another Manga in Motion instead. So at darfox’s request we look at the Chinese Animal World based on Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji!
Continue reading208 – 4 More Years – 4 year Anniversary Special with Ryan Higgins
Please join us for our special 4 year anniversary of Manga Machinations! We’ve asked our friend Ryan Higgins from the Comic Conspiracy store and podcast to join us as we talk about the comics industry through a retail store and learn how manga is sold!
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Continue reading204 – One Shot 15 – Nijigahara Holograph
On this episode we review Inio Asano’s Nijigahara Holograph! Will dakazu, Darfox, and Seamus be able to decipher this strange story?
Continue reading198 – One Shot 13 – My Solo Exchange Diary with Jocelyne Allen
Special episode this week as returning guest translator Jocelyne Allen joins us! She back to answer more questions about translating, help us discuss LGBTQ+ representation in manga, and review the recently released My Solo Exchange Diary which she translated!
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Continue reading179 – Princess Jellyfish part 7
This week we enter the Singapore arc of Princess Jellyfish. Only two more episodes of our retrospective to go til we finish Akiko Higashimura’s romantic comedy!
Continue reading170 – 2017 Year End Review
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays! Our final podcast of 2017 will be our year end review where we cover our favorite manga and anime from the past year!
Continue reading168 – Manga in Motion 24 – In This Corner of the World
On this episode we’ll be reviewing In This Corner of the World, another anime hit from 2016, to find out if it can pull at darfox’s heartstrings!
Continue reading144 – One Shot 5 – My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness with Jocelyne Allen
This week we interview Jocelyne Allen of Brain Vs. Book who translated My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness! She talks to us about the process of pitching projects to publishers, the lack of transparency for translators, the problem with scanlations, and the difficulty of translating Japanese puns! Then she continues to answer our questions as we share our thoughts on My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness!!!
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