600 – 12 Year Anniversary Morgana’s Manga Makeup 8 – Billy Bat, Fire Punch, Historié
We’ve reached yet another milestone! To celebrate, we’re revisiting Billy Bat, Fire Punch, and Historié! We’ve even invited manga letterer Aidan Clarke to tell us about his experience working on Billy Bat! We also discuss Ichi the Killer, More Weight: A Salem Story, Glitch Witch, and more!!!
Continue reading591 – Movie Machinations 5 – Meltdown
Get ready for a Hong Kong action movie takeover! Morgana is out, and dakazu has let Darfox and Seamus run amok! We reviewed Meltdown, a movie famous for being Wong Jing’s Jackie Chan diss track! We also discuss Ryuko 3, Baby Assassins Everyday, The Furious, and more!!!
Continue reading570 – Manga in Motion 70 – Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Darfox is away enjoying Thanksgiving but the rest of the hosts battle tummy fatigue to discuss Mamoru Oshii‘s Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence! We also discuss a NYC Manga exhibition, Manben Neo on Chika Umino, Dispatch, and more!!!
Continue reading560 – Manga in Motion 69 – Ichi the Killer
On this episode we dive deep into dark crevasses of twisted human psyche by checking out both the movie and manga of Ichi the Killer! How does Takeshi Miike‘s cult-classic adaptation compare to Hideo Yamamoto‘s original shocking series?! We also celebrate the English licensing of Billy Bat, discuss Young Magazine USA, and more!!!
Continue reading534 – Manben Machinations 3 – Takao Saito, Shigeru Mizuki, Osamu Tezuka
This week we return to Naoki Urasawa‘s television show, Manben! We watch the episodes on Takao Saito, Shigeru Mizuki, and Osamu Tezuka! We also discuss Dragon Ball Daima, Sakamoto Days, and even have a movie quiz!!!
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 reading465 – One Shot 61 – Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man
On this episode we discuss wrasslin, antipork bias, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Master Keaton Remaster, Quantum Break, Blood on the Tracks, Welcome Back, Alice, and more! Then we examine the collection of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s one shot works with Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man!!!
Continue reading464 – 9 Year Anniversary Retrospective Redux 4 – Pluto with Aidan Clarke
We’re celebrating 9 years of Manga Machinations by revisiting Pluto! We’re joined by manga letterer Aidan Clarke to talk about all things Naoki Urasawa! We discuss Monster, Yawara!, Master Keaton, 20th Century Boys, and especially Billy Bat!!!
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Continue reading435 – One Shot 55 – The Girl That Can’t Get a Girlfriend
On this episode we talk about Nighttime for Just Us Two, Blissful Land, The JOJOLands, and more! Then we excitedly dive into Mieri Hiranishi’s hilarious autobiographical manga about an androgynous girl looking for the love of another androgynous girl!!!
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