Manga Machinations

dakazu and Darfox are back to talk about new happenings in Chainsaw Man, and discuss the drastic changes that have been happening in Weekly Shonen Jump!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac  Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Next Episode Preview - 00:02:46 *SPOILERS* Chainsaw Man - 00:04:20 Weekly Shonen Jump - 00:16:12 Outro - 00:46:44 Songs Credits: “Galaxy Groove” by Yarin Primak “Whipped Cream” by Steven Beddall “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z

Seamus is still away, so it's time to indulge Morgana's fandom for Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz! We also discuss Solo Leveling - Reawakening, Flashpoint, BEASTARS Final Season, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Support us on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac  Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Question - 00:03:28 *SPOILERS* Solo Leveling - Reawakening - 00:06:58 Flashpoint - 00:25:38 THE BAND - 00:36:21 *SPOILERS* BEASTARS Final Season - 00:40:04 Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo - 00:53:09 Next Episode Preview - 00:57:00 Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz - 00:57:37 Outro - 02:04:26 Songs Credits: “Galaxy Groove” by Yarin Primak “Slappy” by Ido Maimon “Whipped Cream” by Steven Beddall “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z

Seamus and Morgana are out, so Darfox and dakazu check out a whole bunch of manga from MANGA Plus and Weekly Shonen Jump! Including: Syd Craft: Love Is a Mystery, Ichi the Witch, Girl meets Rock!, Yattara, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Next Episode Preview - 00:05:26 Syd Craft: Love Is a Mystery - 00:10:27 Ichi the Witch - 00:20:02 Girl meets Rock! - 00:29:49 Monochrome Days - 00:48:18 SMOTHER ME - 00:52:52 Strikeout Pitch - 01:00:35 Astro Baby - 01:09:17 Yattara - 01:16:02 Darfox's rankings - 01:23:59  Outro - 01:28:31 Songs Credits: “Galaxy Groove” by Yarin Primak “Whipped Cream” by Steven Beddall “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z

dakazu is back from Japan to talk about random connections with Akiko Higashimura, the Tokiwaso Manga Museum, and more! Then we dive into Usamaru Furuya's The Music of Marie where interesting aesthetics clash with questionable philosophy!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Question - 00:03:38 Gintaro-san Otanomi Mousu - 00:09:48 Tokiwaso Manga Museum - 00:13:14 Sightseeing in Japan - 00:17:51 Oshi no Ko - 00:21:55 *SPOILERS* Love and Heart - 00:24:55 Arcane - 00:29:29 Kubo and the Two Strings - 00:35:36 Next Episode Preview - 00:40:18 The Music of Marie - 00:40:58 Outro - 01:19:41 Songs Credits: “Galaxy Groove” by Yarin Primak “Slappy” by Ido Maimon “Whipped Cream” by Steven Beddall “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z

We're still on Mars with our special Martian cast. Today's episode is a Triple Dip! Featuring Love and Heart, My Love Story with Yamada-Kun at Lv999, and Wotakoi. Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Snikt! and Blame! - 00:05:10 My Dress-Up Darling - 00:10:13 Wet sand, Assistant to the Villain, and Soju Wanna Read Manwha - 00:11:33 Sailor Moon and it's influence - 00:15:53 Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom - 00:17:39 Slitterhead - 00:25:09 Next Episode Preview - 00:42:55 Love and Heart - 00:43:41 *Spoilers Start* Love and Heart  - 01:04:08 *Spoiler End* Love and Heart - 01:10:36 My Love Story with Yamada-Kun at Lv999 - 01:13:06 Wotakoi - 01:29:19 Outro - 01:49:35 Songs Credits: “Galaxy Groove” by Yarin Primak "Come Closer" by Notize "Ghost Train" by Yarin Primak "Taste of Freedom" by Steve Beddall

Both dakazu and Seamus are not present. Manga Machinations goes to Mars to transmit this unique episode. We talk about Viz Originals Resenter, Devil's Candy, and I'm the Grim Reaper. Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Zom 100 - 00:02:02 Your Throne and Soju Wanna Read Manhwa - 00:05:40 Gym and health talk - 00:09:23 Slitterhead - 00:22:38 Next Episode Preview - 00:32:08 Resenter - 00:34:35 Devil's Candy - 00:48:21 I'm the Grim Reaper - 01:05:55 Outro - 01:44:22 Songs Credits: “Galaxy Groove” by Yarin Primak "Come Closer" by Notize "Ghost Train" by Yarin Primak "Taste of Freedom" by Steve Beddall

Morgana is out, but that doesn't stop us from reading the final volume of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou and talking about the series as a whole! We also talk about Dandadan, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc., Usogui, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - 00:02:35 Dandadan - 00:05:40 Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. - 00:07:24 Usogui - 00:12:35 Next Episode Preview - 00:22:37 Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou - 00:25:43 Outro - 00:56:10 Songs Credits: “Galaxy Groove” by Yarin Primak “Slappy” by Ido Maimon “Whipped Cream” by Steven Beddall “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z

We're celebrating Halloween by watching Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula! Plenty of discussion on gorgeous costumes, bad British accents, and how it inspired #DRCL midnight children and Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust! We also talk about Demon Slayer, The Queen of Villains, Baroque Ketsuraku no Paradigm, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Vampire Mercy Brown - 00:05:34 Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc - 00:13:22 The Queen of Villains - 00:20:47 Baroque Ketsuraku no Paradigm - 00:23:28 Next Episode Preview - 00:31:43 Bram Stoker's Dracula - 00:32:45 Outro - 01:31:29 Song Credits: "The One Eyed Captain" by Ian Post "Can't Look Down" by Ty Simon "K.I.T.T. Vs. K.A.R.R" by Ian Post "Ghost Waltz" by Ziv Moran

Join us for the start of this year's October Extravaganza! We're starting things off with a horror themed Triple Dip on The Horrors of Noroi Michiru, Phantom Tales of the Night, and Parasyte Reversi! We also discuss My Hero Academia: You're Next, Dragon Ball Daima Paru Itagaki's Ushimitsu Gao, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Over the Garden Wall - 00:03:15 Sewing - 00:05:40 My Hero Academia: You're Next - 00:08:29 Dragon Ball Daima - 00:13:49 Uzumaki - 00:26:06 Ranma 1/2 - 00:28:55 Orb: On the Movements of the Earth - 00:33:57 Ushimitsu Gao - 00:34:50 Next Episode Preview - 00:42:05 Phantom Tales of the Night - 00:44:20 The Horrors of Noroi Michiru - 01:04:04 Parasyte Reversi - 01:26:14 Our Rankings - 01:44:10 Outro - 01:45:04 Song Credits: "The One Eyed Captain – Captain Qubz Remix" by Captain Qubz "Can't Look Down" by Ty Simon "K.I.T.T. Vs. K.A.R.R" by Ian Post "Ghost Waltz" by Ziv Moran

With Darfox and Morgana gone and dakazu too busy to read, it leaves Seamus to share his thoughts on Ghost in the Shell 1.5! Then dakazu and Seamus talk about Ending Theme and One Hundred Views of Reality: two new releases from Star Fruit Books and Glacier Bay Books!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:09:25 Ghost in the Shell 1.5 - 00:12:14 Next Episode Preview - 00:14:55 Ending Theme - 00:23:57 One Hundred View of Reality - 00:27:41 Outro - 01:43:14 Songs Credits: “Galaxy Groove” by Yarin Primak “Slappy” by Ido Maimon “Whipped Cream” by Steven Beddall “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z

Join us, as we finish our Ooku: The Inner Chambers Retrospective this episode! We discuss the final volumes, reflect on the whole series, and even rank all the shoguns! We also discuss Tiger & Bunny 2, Dandadan, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Tiger & Bunny 2 - 00:02:56 Anime openings - 00:13:03 Run with the Wind - 00:16:06 Uzumaki - 00:17:10 Dandadan - 00:21:05 Next Episode Preview - 00:28:43 Ooku: The Inner Chambers - 00:29:28 Outro - 01:52:34 Songs Credits: “Kumiko” by Roie Shpigler “Slappy” by Ido Maimon “Reflection” by Aves “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z  

This week we discuss Ex.Mag Volume V: Bloodsucker, Punisher Max, Death Stranding 2, Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, and more! Then we prepare for the beginning of the end of Fumi Yoshinaga's Ooku: The Inner Chambers! The arrival of Commodore Perry throws Japan in upheaval as the Tokugawa Shogunate struggles to stay in power!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Question - 00:02:30 Ex.Mag Volume V: Bloodsucker - 00:09:34 Punisher Max - 00:14:03 Death Stranding 2 - 00:18:47 Trigun Deluxe Edition - 00:22:09 *SPOILERS* Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction - 00:28:31 Next Episode Preview - 00:46:43 Ooku: The Inner Chambers - 00:47:18 Outro - 01:35:51 Songs Credits: “Kumiko” by Roie Shpigler “Slappy” by Ido Maimon “Reflection” by Aves “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z

On this episode we return to the world of Fumi Yoshinaga's Ooku: The Inner Chambers! We discuss the end of the Redface Pox vaccination arc! We also talk about physical media, Ookiku Nattara Onnanoko, Lorn's Lure, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Question - 00:03:54 Darfox on Soju Wanna Read Manhwa - 00:14:06 Beetlejuice - 00:15:39 Ookiku Nattara Onnanoko - 00:18:23 Lorn's Lure - 00:29:51 Next Episode Preview - 00:33:38 Ooku: The Inner Chambers - 00:34:04 Outro - 01:10:54 Songs Credits: “Kumiko” by Roie Shpigler “Slappy” by Ido Maimon “Reflection” by Aves “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z

While Seamus is out we talk about Astro Bot, Dracula, Ryukishi Senmon Gakkou, Go! Happy Mania, and more! Then, our Manga in Motion on Takehiko Inoue directing debut, The First Slam Dunk, leads to divisive opinions! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Astro Bot - 00:09:25 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 - 00:12:14 Dracula (1931) - 00:14:55 Ryukishi Senmon Gakkou - 00:23:57 Go! Happy Mania - 00:27:41 Next Episode Preview - 00:31:01 The First Slam Dunk - 00:31:50 Outro - 01:43:14 Songs Credits: “Galaxy Groove” by Yarin Primak “Slappy” by Ido Maimon “Whipped Cream” by Steven Beddall “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z

Join us as we celebrate 10 years of Manga Machinations! We discuss Monkey Punch's iconic style in Lupin III: Greatest Heists with Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast! Then, we wax nostalgic on our podcasting journey!!! Listen to the Anime Nostalgia Podcast and follow Dawn! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Hoopla - 00:07:04 Next Episode Preview - 00:24:53 Lupin III: Greatest Heists - 00:25:24 10 Years of Manga Machinations - 01:18:12 Outro - 02:12:55 Songs Credits: “Galaxy Groove” by Yarin Primak “Slappy” by Ido Maimon “Whipped Cream” by Steven Beddall "It's Over" by Generation Lost “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z

Morgana is out this week, so the guys decide to check out some "anime for adults" with Wicked City! We also discuss Alien: Romulus, Kamen Rider Black Sun, and more! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Jungle Juice - 00:04:20 Alien: Romulus - 00:06:04 *SPOILERS* Kamen Rider Black Sun - 00:16:26 Shin Kamen Rider Spirits - 00:38:58 Next Episode Preview - 00:42:09 Wicked City - 00:43:23 Outro - 01:10:09 Songs Credits: “Galaxy Groove” by Yarin Primak “Slappy” by Ido Maimon “Whipped Cream” by Steven Beddall “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z

Apologize in advance and we dealt with some technical issues recording this episode! We review upcoming Glacier Bay Books titles of ...And the Strange and Funky Happenings One Day and The Other Side of the Clouds! We also discuss the American Manga Awards and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 American Manga Awards - 00:02:56 Licensing Announcements from Anime NYC - 00:07:15 Atsuko Tanaka - 00:13:22 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem - 00:16:27 Ie Meguri - 00:21:53 Next Episode Preview - 00:28:39 The Other Side of the Clouds - 00:32:34 ...And the Strange and Funky Happenings One Day - 00:48:48 Outro - 01:11:14 Songs Credits: “Galaxy Groove” by Yarin Primak “Slappy” by Ido Maimon “Whipped Cream” by Steven Beddall “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z

On this episode we talk about anime remakes, Isekai Mou Kaeritai, Kufuku na Bokura, and more! Then we continue to trek into Fumi Yoshinaga's Ooku: The Inner Chambers as we catch up to the reign of the 8th Shogun Yoshimune!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Question - 00:04:24 Isekai Mou Kaeritai - 00:23:04 *CONTENT WARNING* Kufuku na Bokura - 00:26:18 Next Episode Preview - 00:35:26 Ooku: The Inner Chambers - 00:36:31 Outro - 01:18:07 Songs Credits: “Kumiko” by Roie Shpigler “Slappy” by Ido Maimon “Reflection” by Aves “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z

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!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Question - 00:04:05 Hell is Dark with No Flowers - 00:10:42 The Boys - 00:15:23 Secret Steward - 00:18:34 Amakute Karakute Suppai - 00:22:20 Shin Kamen Rider - 00:25:53 Next Episode Preview - 00:31:39 Ooku: The Inner Chambers - 00:31:53 Outro - 01:31:39 Songs Credits: "Kumiko" by Roie Shpigler “Slappy” by Ido Maimon "Reflection" by Aves “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z

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!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Check out our new commentary channel! https://www.youtube.com/@MangaMacWatches Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Question - 00:02:56 The Ghost in the Shell - 00:12:52 My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders - 00:23:12 No\Name - 00:25:22 Batman: Caped Crusader - 00:42:32 Next Episode Preview - 00:49:38 Ooku: The Inner Chambers - 00:49:57 Outro - 02:04:08 Songs Credits: "Kumiko" by Roie Shpigler “Slappy” by Ido Maimon "Reflection" by Aves “Psychedelic Funkadelic” by Evert Z