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!!!
Continue reading393 – Triple Dip 61 – The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!, Sunrise Snack Bar, Ragna Chronicle
Seamus is back so we’re doing a Triple Dip based on series from Manga Planet Library! We’ll be checking out The Legend of the Strongest, Kurosawa!, Sunrise Snack Bar, and Ragna Chronicles! We also discuss My Summer of You, Fujimoto Tatsuki Tanpenshuu, and the end of Golden Kamuy and Chi. ~Chikyu no Undou ni Tsuite~!!!
Continue reading273 – Morgana’s Manga Makeup 1 – Vinland Saga, Golden Kamuy, Shojo FIGHT!
We’re launching a new episode where our new host Morgana will read her way through some of Manga Machinations favorites! It’ll be Morgana’s first time reading through these manga and we’re excited to hear what she thinks! She’ll be checking out Vinland Saga, Golden Kamuy, and Shojo FIGHT!!!!
Continue readingSupinamarada!
A manga about an ex-figure skater that moves to a remote town in Hokkaido and joins the hockey team.
Satoru Noda’s debut work before starting Golden Kamuy. I think it’s pretty interesting that despite these being different genres, he still focuses on his home Hokkaido as a setting for both.
This is a fun series with some great comedy. I personally enjoyed this manga but it wasn’t successful and canceled after 6 volumes. Noda has said his failures here taught him valuable lessons that he wouldn’t forget for his next project. Considering Golden Kamuy won Grand Prize for last year’s Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award, I would say he’s done well.
Fun note: The hunter convict Nihei from Golden Kamuy first appeared here as the stoic Yuufutsu High School hockey coach.
~dakazu
231 – Darfox Dabbles 4 – MANGA Plus
On this episode we get Darfox to checkout a slew of titles available in English(and Spanish) through Shueisha’s globally available MANGA Plus app!
Continue readingGolden Kamuy
A manga about a Russo-Japanese war veteran who teams up with a young Ainu huntress to track down escaped convicts for their tattoos that will combine into map that leads to a hidden cache of gold in Hokkaido.
Yeah, this is basically a Japanese Western set in a the snowy lands of Hokkaido but it who cares because it’s an amazing manga. I love all the eating scenes and every time Sugimoto shouts “I AM SUGIMOTO THE IMMORTAL!”.
This series even won 2018 Grand Prize for the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Awards. The anime had fantastic casting and the only con was the CG animated animals.
Super entertaining and 100% available in English legally from Viz. Go read it!
~dakazu