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302 – Triple Dip 43 – BL Metamorphosis, A Man and His Cat, Hi Score Girl

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302 – Triple Dip 43 – BL Metamorphosis, A Man and His Cat, Hi Score Girl

On this episode Morgana catches up on Witch Hat Atelier and SPY x FAMILY, dakazu experiences the 27 Club with Shiori Experience – Jimi na Watashi to Hen na Oji-san, and we run down all the new manga licensing announcements! Then it’s time to make up for our last Triple Dip with three excellent series, as we examine A Man and His Cat, BL Metamorphosis, and Hi Score Girl!!!

Also congratulations to the winners of our 300th episode manga giveaway contest, Dwayne, John, and Dawn! Thanks again to everyone who participated!

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297 – Triple Dip 42 – I Want to Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die, Crown of Love, INVESTOR-Z

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297 – Triple Dip 42 – I Want to Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die, Crown of Love, INVESTOR-Z

This week Morgana looks forward to reading more Blue Flag and BEASTARS while dakazu shares some of his favorite manga artists active on Twitter! Than the crew are ready to tear apart one of the three manga they read for Triple Dip! Will it be I Want to Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die, Crown of Love, or INVESTOR-Z!!!

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295 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 3

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295 – Yu Yu Hakusho part 3

This week Morgana teases more BEASTARS, Seamus can’t process what’s happening in Land of the Lustrous, and dakazu read a manga adaptation of Nobel Prize winning The Unwomanly Face of War! We also discuss Shueisha’s JUMP Manga School before getting back to our Yu Yu Hakusho Retrospective where we examine the Dark Tournament and find it exactly like wrestling booking!!!

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288 – Manga in Motion 42 – BEASTARS

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288 – Manga in Motion 42 – BEASTARS

It finally time for Manga Machinations to review the BEASTARS anime! We have A LOT to say about the choices made adapting Paru Itagaki’s phenomenal manga and we’re not pulling any punches when it comes to this beloved series!!!

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277 – Manga in Motion 41 – Mary and the Witch’s Flower

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277 – Manga in Motion 41 – Mary and the Witch’s Flower

On this episode dakazu checks out more volumes of Maiden Railways, Darfox experiences his first Kazuo Umezu manga with The Drifting Classroom, and Morgana wasn’t expecting the dark turns in BEASTARS. Then we compare Studio Ponoc’s debut movie, Mary and the Witch’s Flower, to Ghibli films for Manga in Motion!!!

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275 – 2019 Year End News & Manga Review

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275 – 2019 Year End News & Manga Review

Welcome to the final episode of Manga Machinations for 2019! Seamus is back, which means all the hosts are ready to discuss all the news stories from this year before sharing their personal top 3 manga, honorable mentions, and worst manga of the year!!!

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Manga Machinations on the Manga Mavericks BEASTARS podcast

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Manga 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!

Beast Complex

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Beast Complex

The precursor to BEASTARS. Each chapter focuses on the relationship between a different carnivore and herbivore pair.

Reading this you can really tell that Paru Itagaki had everything figured out before she started BEASTARS. There’s so much thought put into this world she’s created. You can almost tell through these little vignettes that Itagaki just wants to share this complex animal society and the interesting stories she can craft here. I love it.

~dakazu

264 – dakazu diversions 4 – dakazu’s Trip to Japan

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264 – dakazu diversions 4 – dakazu’s Trip to Japan

On this episode a very jet-lagged and lethargic dakazu has returned to talk about his vacation to Japan! dakazu rambles on about disposable manga magazines, Japanese bathrooms, going to the Shonen Jump bar, and the aggressive animals at the famous Nara deer park by the Great Buddha Hall!!!

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261 – Manga in Motion 40 – A Letter to Momo

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261 – Manga in Motion 40 – A Letter to Momo

This week Darfox explains why he didn’t finish the graphic novel Lighter Than My Shadow, Seamus catches up on more To Your Eternity, and dakazu enjoyed the colorful web manga Mousou Telepathy! Then our hosts discuss themes of rural romanticism with the anime film A Letter to Momo!!!

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