512 – Ooku: The Inner Chambers part 2

512 – Ooku: The Inner Chambers part 2

This week, we talk about Hell is Dark with No Flowers, Secret Steward,Shin Kamen Rider, Amakute Karakute Suppai, and more! Then we continue to crawl through the annals of Fumi Yoshinaga‘s alternate Edo period Japan, with more Ooku: The Inner Chambers!!!

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511 – Ooku: The Inner Chambers part 1

511 – Ooku: The Inner Chambers part 1

Welcome to our long awaited Retrospective on Ooku: The Inner Chambers! We’re starting our full review of Fumi Yoshinaga‘s alternate Japanese history manga where the Edo era shoguns were women! We also discuss The Ghost in the Shell, No\Name, and more!!!

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464 – 9 Year Anniversary Retrospective Redux 4 – Pluto with Aidan Clarke

464 – 9 Year Anniversary Retrospective Redux 4 – Pluto with Aidan Clarke

We’re celebrating 9 years of Manga Machinations by revisiting Pluto! We’re joined by manga letterer Aidan Clarke to talk about all things Naoki Urasawa! We discuss Monster, Yawara!, Master Keaton, 20th Century Boys, and especially Billy Bat!!!

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460 – Fire Punch part 3

460 – Fire Punch part 3

This week we finish our Retrospective on Tatsuki Fujimoto‘s debut series Fire Punch! We also discuss Tenchu, My Love Story!!, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, MANGA Plus, and more!!!

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458 – Fire Punch part 1

458 – Fire Punch part 1

Join us as we start our Retrospective on Fire Punch! We’ll be comparing Tatsuki Fujimoto’s debut series to his current hit Chainsaw Man! We also talk about coffee, Mike Mignola, Dogs Red, and more!!!

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456 – Ryuko part 2

456 – Ryuko part 2

On this episode we discuss Helck, One-Punch Man, Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, Barbeque, Drunk Invader, Spunk, and more! Then we finish out our Ryuko Retrospective!!!

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455 – Ryuko part 1

455 – 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!

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438 – Planetes part 2

438 – Planetes part 2

This week we discuss monster girls in Sons of the ForestJunichiro Saito’s Musashino, the Blue Giant movie soundtrack, and more! Then we conclude our Retrospective on Makoto Yukimura’s hard science fiction series on space development, Planetes!!!

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437 – Planetes part 1

437 – Planetes part 1

On this episode we talk about Sailor Moon translations, Something New, Gokurakugai, Demon Slayer – To the Swordsmith Village, and more! Then we start our long awaited Retrospective on Makoto Yukimura’s Planetes! We discuss the near-future story about space debris collectors and what puts the “hard” in hard science fiction!!!

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