205 – Saikyo Selections 11 – Doraemon

This week we take a look at the beloved children’s manga icon, Doraemon! Will Seamus and darfox find anything to enjoy in this manga for kids?
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205 – Saikyo Selections 11 – Doraemon

This week we take a look at the beloved children’s manga icon, Doraemon! Will Seamus and darfox find anything to enjoy in this manga for kids?
Continue reading204 – One Shot 15 – Nijigahara Holograph

On this episode we review Inio Asano’s Nijigahara Holograph! Will dakazu, Darfox, and Seamus be able to decipher this strange story?
Continue reading203 – One Shot 14 – Manga Poverty with Deb Aoki

We’re joined by lovely manga journalist Deb Aoki this week to talk about the changes in the Western manga industry, compare them to the problems in Japanese publishing that are addressed in Shuho Sato’s memoir Manga Poverty, and rejoice over the plethora of recent manga licensing news!
Check out Deb’s twitter, professional site and Manga Answerman articles!
202 – Manga in Motion 30 – Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise

On this episode dakazu present’s Gainax’s first feature film Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise to Darfox and Seamus!
Continue reading201 – Triple Dip 29 – Yawara!, Goblin Slayer, Nana

This week we’ve each picked a manga for our Triple Dip. Which one of these will be our favorite? Tune in to find out!
Continue reading200 – Guest Gaiden 1 – The Bride was a Boy with Morgana Santilli

Join us for the 200th episode of Manga Machinations! We celebrate with special guest Morgana Santilli aka “Manga Maven” from the Comicopia Comics Store! She’s here to answer our questions about selling manga and to share some of her current favorite LGBTQ+ and Josei manga!
Check out Morgana’s website and follow her on twitter!
Continue reading199 – Anime Interlude 7 – Megalo Box

It’s once again that time of the year for our anime expert Miki’s Stopwatch to join us and review the last season of anime. We pick our favorites and also give quick takes on some of the new summer anime as well!
Continue reading198 – One Shot 13 – My Solo Exchange Diary with Jocelyne Allen

Special episode this week as returning guest translator Jocelyne Allen joins us! She back to answer more questions about translating, help us discuss LGBTQ+ representation in manga, and review the recently released My Solo Exchange Diary which she translated!
Check out Jocelyne’s blog & her professional website!
Continue reading197 – Darfox Dabbles 3 – JUMP START

On this Seamus-less episode we check out some new manga that have begun their serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump this year! Will darfox be able to guess which ones are popular, struggling, or outright canceled? Tune in to find out!
Continue reading196 – Triple Dip 28 – Soil, Homunculus, Family Compo

This week is a shorter episode but we also have two contenders for future retrospective reviews in Soil and Homunculus! We also discuss the LGBTQ+ representation of the late 90’s manga Family Compo!
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