527- One Shot 79 – The Music of Marie
dakazu is back from Japan to talk about random connections with Akiko Higashimura, the Tokiwaso Manga Museum, and more! Then we dive into Usamaru Furuya‘s The Music of Marie where interesting aesthetics clash with questionable philosophy!!!
Continue reading508 – Twiple Dip 11 – The Summer Hikaru Died 2, Don’t Call It Mystery 3-4, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai 2
Join us as we continue to take advantage of Seamus’s absence and revisit some manga for a Twiple Dip! We check out The Summer Hikaru Died 2, Don’t Call it Mystery 3-4, and Dragon Quest: The Adventure Dai 2!!!
Continue reading455 – Ryuko part 1
Seamus returns as we discuss bad variety television, Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King, Level 1 Demon Lord & One Room Hero, Oshi no Ko, and more! Then we dive into the excellently drawn Yakuza princess action series of Ryuko for a new Retrospective!
Continue reading444 – Triple Dip 70 – [Oshi no Ko], My Home Hero, Heavenly Delusion
This week we talk about collectables, The Files of Young Kindaichi, Ninja Batman, Skip and Loafer, and more! Then we examine three series that have new anime this season! We’ve got a Triple Dip on [Oshi no Ko], My Home Hero, and Heavenly Delusion!!!
Continue reading397 – Manga in Motion 55 – Nicky Larson
For the final installment of our City Hunter Multimedia Retrospective we’re joined by our friend Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast to discuss the 2018 French action comedy Nicky Larson! We also have spoiler-talk for volume 18 of BEASTARS and impressions on the new Star Wars: Mandalorian and Star Wars: Visions manga!!!
Continue reading394 – Saikyo Selections 15 – City Hunter
Welcome to the start of our Multimedia Retrospective on City Hunter! Throughout the rest of this month of May we’ll be looking at various iterations of the girl chasing private detective, Ryo Saeba! For this first episode we will be examining the original manga and the various spinoffs by Tsukasa Hojo! And stay tuned after the episode for a bonus spoiler discussion on The Batman!!!
Continue reading375 – Manga Machinations Awards 2021
Please enjoy a present from Manga Machinations with this final episode for 2021! It’s time again for Darfox8, dakazu, Morgana, and Seamus to create unique awards to go with their top manga picks for this year’s Manga Machinations Awards! Tune into our picks and we hope you all have yourselves a wonderful and safe holidays!!!
Continue reading352 – One Shot 42 – I Love You So Much, I Hate You
Morgana is off this week but that doesn’t stop us from continuing our Pride Month Spectacular with a One Shot on I Love You So Much, I Hate You by yuni! What will the guys think of this yuri series about an office affair between superior and subordinate? Also, dakazu discusses the recently concluded Soloist in a Cage and spoils the strange premise of Oshi no Ko!!!
Continue readingOshi no Ko
A manga about a mega popular 16 year-old idol who becomes pregnant with twins. When her mega-fan obstetrician is suddenly murdered, he finds himself reborn as one of the idol’s babies.
This manga is a collaboration between Kaguya-sama: Love is War writer Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari of Scum’s Wish fame. The premise of this series is pretty complex but you understand where story is headed in after the initial chapters. Yokoyari’s artwork is so great and I give Akasaka huge props for writing both this and Kaguya-sama: Love is War in Weekly Young Jump. I do question how Akasaka is bringing up the topic of social media’s effect on celebrities in the newest chapters, but I’ll have to read more to see if it’s handled appropriately.
~dakazu