318 – One Shot 31 – Venus in the Blind Spot
We’re wrapping up October Extravaganza with the master of manga horror himself, Junji Ito! We’re reviewing his latest collection of spooky stories in Venus in the Blind Spot! Join us as we discuss our favorite stories from the book and share our admiration for Ito himself!!!
Continue reading315 – One Shot 30 – Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist
Welcome to the start of our October Extravaganza at Manga Machinations! We’re going to be covering creepy, spooky, and horrific content all month long! To start, we’re doing a One Shot on Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist! Dawn from The Anime Nostalgia Podcast joins us to discuss Asumiko Nakamura’s psychological thriller about a novelist haunted by a mysterious woman who threatens to expose his secret of plagiarism!!!
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Continue reading311 – One Shot 29 – Buffalo 5 Girls
This week Seamus revisits Yuichi Yokoyama with World Map Room and Iceland, Morgana picked up Magician A on a whim, and dakazu talks about the bittersweet Caterpillar Girl and Bad Texter Boy! Then we dive into the world of sex workers and outlaws with Buffalo 5 Girls! This unfinished series by Moyoco Anno raises many questions like “Who did the coloring?” and “How was the story going to end?” for the hosts!!!
Continue reading303 – One Shot 28 – Same Cell Organism
This week Darfox recommends the luxurious indie comics anthology Glaeoliawhile dakazu shares the horrifying true story of child abuse in Uchi no Yome wa Jidougyakutai Survivor. Then we discuss the days of early BL by talking about Same Cell Organism by Sumomo Yumeka for our newest One Shot review!
Continue reading291 – One Shot 27 – Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen
Our wonderful co-host Morgana Santilli is back from her maternity leave! She’s been busy being a new mom while reading lots of manga like SPY x Family, Happy Mania, Blue Flag, Kakushigoto: My Dad’s Secret Ambition, and How Do We Relationship?! To celebrate Morgana’s return we review her top manga from 2019, Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen by Moyoco Anno!!!
Continue reading270 – One Shot 25 – The Ghost and the Lady
On this episode Morgana loves the wholesome Nicola Traveling Around the Demons’ World while dakazu reads Nagata Kabi’s newest book and absolutely hates the illogical Kunihachibu. We also discuss updates to piracy litigation and Japanese censorship laws. Finally, we dive into Kazuhiro Fujita’s historical ghost story about the Man in Grey and Florence Nightingale in The Ghost and the Lady!!!
Continue reading266 – One Shot 24 – H.P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories
Happy Halloween everyone! This week Seamus continues his quest to catch up on Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Morgana enjoys Jujutsu Kaisen, and dakazu reads a heartwarming epilogue for Jitsuroku: Nakumade Bokorarete Hajimete Koi ni Ochimashita! Then we get spooky with H.P. Lovecraft’s The Hound and Other Stories by Gou Tanabe!!!
Continue reading263 – One Shot 23 – All My Darling Daughters
Our regular host dakazu is away this week so it’s up to darfox8, Seamus, and Morgana to do a One Shot on Fumi Yoshinaga’s All My Darling Daughters!
Continue reading248 – One Shot 21 – Abara
On this episode we take a look at Tsutomu Nihei’s short sci-fi series Abara! We talk about Nihei’s focus on bioorganic designs and compare it to his other works BLAME! and APOSIMZ!!!
Abara is available for purchase from VIZ.
243 – One Shot 20 – Tekkon Kinkreet
This week we take a look at Taiyo Matsumoto’s Tekkon Kinkreet! We talk about Matsumoto’s French comic influenced art style and his story about two orphans living in the streets of the fantastical Treasure Town!!!
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