215 – Ode to Kirihito part 2

This week we wrap up our Retrospective review of Ode to Kirihito by Osamu Tezuka!
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215 – Ode to Kirihito part 2

This week we wrap up our Retrospective review of Ode to Kirihito by Osamu Tezuka!
Continue reading214 – Ode to Kirihito part 1

On this episode we present part 1 of our Retrospective review of Ode to Kirihito! We explore the themes of discrimination in this mature series from Osamu Tezuka!
Continue reading213 – Guest Gaiden 2 – Representation with Amelia Cook

This week we launch our first special guest themed Gaiden series with Amelia Cook, creator of the Anime Feminist website! Get ready for a mega-sized episode as we interview Amelia about her manga/anime origins and how she started Anime Feminist. Then she joins us for a in-depth discussion about representation in manga/anime as we analyze our own positive and negative examples of female characters in shonen battle manga!
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212 – Anime Interlude 8 – Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues

On this episode Miki’s Stopwatch is here to talk about anime, again! We pick our favorites from both summer and fall of 2018!
Continue reading211 – 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 reading210 – Manga in Motion 32 – Bleach

This episode we look at the recent live-action adaptation of Bleach and ask ourselves the question “was this ever good to begin with?”
Continue reading209 – Seamus on Seinen 1 – Happiness

Darfox is out this week so we’ve picked a wide array of seinen titles for Seamus to check out!
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 reading207 – Manga in Motion 31 – Little Witch Academia

This week we look at the 2012 anime project that grew into it’s own full television show, Little Witch Academia! We’ll be looking at the original short and the crowd funded movie!
Continue reading206 – Triple Dip 30 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Asahinagu, Tobaku Haoden Zero

On this episode we each selected a manga for another Triple Dip! Seamus picks Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Darfox picks Tobaku Haoden Zero, and dakazu picks Asahinagu!
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