319 – One Shot 32 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns

319 – One Shot 32 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns

This week we’re excited to return to the “what if?” ladies with Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns! What has happened to Rinko, Kaori, and Koyuki since the ending of Tokyo Tarareba GirlsAkiko Higashimura gives us the answers with this sequel that the hosts have been dying to read!!!

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275 – 2019 Year End News & Manga Review

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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254 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 4

254 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 4

On this episode we reach the end of our Tokyo Tarareba Girls Retrospective! The hosts and Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli discuss the ending and how they feel about the series as a whole!!!

Make sure to follow Morgana on Twitter and check out her website!

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252 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 3

252 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 3

On this episode we celebrate with Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli about Tokyo Tarareba Girls winning the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material-Asia before we continue with our Retrospective review into volumes 6 & 7!!!

Make sure to follow Morgana on Twitter and check out her website!

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251 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 2

251 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 2

This week we continue our Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura’s Tokyo Tarareba Girls with Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli! We also talk about bugs and critters for a long time!!!

Make sure to follow Morgana on Twitter and check out her website!

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250 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 1

250 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls part 1

We’re joined by the awesome Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli as we jump into a full Retrospective on Akiko Higashimura’s Tokyo Tarareba Girls!!! How will we feel about Higashimura’s meta-commentary about women in their 30s needing love and marriage to find happiness?

Make sure to follow Morgana on Twitter and check out her website!

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222 – 2018 Year End Review with Morgana Santilli

222 – 2018 Year End Review with Morgana Santilli

Welcome to our special year end episode! This year returning guest Morgana “Manga Maven” Santilli joins us to pick our favorite manga & anime from 2018!

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213 – Guest Gaiden 2 – Representation with Amelia Cook

213 – 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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206 – Triple Dip 30 – Tokyo Tarareba Girls, Asahinagu, Tobaku Haoden Zero

206 – 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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200 – Guest Gaiden 1 – The Bride was a Boy with Morgana Santilli

200 – 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!

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