Manga Machinations

We're back with another trio of episodes to discuss with our anime Retrospective on Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and Michiko & Hatchin. We also discuss Project Hail Mary, Witchcraft, The Sound of Blinking, Dorohedoro, Nippon Sangoku, and much more! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:03:07 Project Hail Mary - 00:10:17 Chainsaw Man - 00:16:19 Witchcraft - 00:20:22 Castle in the Sky - 00:23:34 Sound of a Blink, The Flowers of Evil - 00:24:40 Alive: The Final Evolution - 00:29:30 Dorohedoro, The Ramparts of Ice, Nippon Sangoku - 00:34:03 Next Episode Preview - 00:37:50 Cowboy Bebop 11, Michiko & Hatchin 12, Samurai Champloo 12 - 00:39:10 Outro - 01:10:33 S

Our friend Vicki Dalton is back to help us unravel the mix of Buddhism that Tezuka Osamu has presented in our final Buddha Retrospective! We also discuss modern shoujo recommendations, the Bad Guys, Before You Go Extinct, the end of Chainsaw Man, From Far Away, and much more!!! Follow Vicki on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/vickismanga/ Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:01:57 Nimona - 00:18:19 the Bad Guys - 00:20:41 Journal with Witch - 00:24:25 Before You Go Extinct - 00:26:47  Chainsaw Man - 00:35:11 *SPOILERS* From Far Away - 00:41:50 Heated Rivalry - 00:51:46 Next Episode Preview - 00:53:12 Buddha - 00:54:33 Outro - 02:10:04 Song Credits: "Celebration

Join us as we take a wild ride on beefcake monks, contortionist killers, and karma with Running on Karma! Seamus presents us this eclectic movie that he claims is a better representation of Buddhism than our ongoing Osamu Tezuka Buddha Retrospective! We also discuss the new season of live-action One Piece, the end of BEASTARS anime, and much more! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 *SPOILERS* Netflix One Piece season 2 - 00:06:02 Live-action Samurai Champloo - 00:18:37 *SPOILERS* BEASTARS Final Season - 00:21:22 Zootopia 2 - 00:27:24 Update on Manga ONE Controversy - 00:36:58 Next Episode Preview - 00:38:54 Running on Karma - 00:39:54 Outro - 01:40:08 Song Credits: "Forever Funk" by

It's time to return to our tandem anime Retrospective on Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, and Michiko & Hatchin! We also follow up on the Shogakukan Manga ONE controversy, discuss Andrea Horbinski's Manga's First Century, female game protagonists in Cairn, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Shogakukan Manga ONE controversy follow-up - 00:06:59 Media Do purchasing Seven Seas - 00:15:45 Manga's First Century - 00:26:18 Atlantis: The Lost Empire - 00:31:26 Resident Evil Requiem - 00:39:07 The Star Trek Voyager Documentary - 00:40:29 Cairn - 00:48:57 Next Episode Preview - 00:57:22 Cowboy Bebop 10, Michiko & Hatchin 11, Samurai Champloo 11 - 00:58:24 Outro - 01:39:07

Morgana returns as we dive into non-romantic Josei recommendations, the Shogakukan Manga ONE controversy, Resident Evil Requiem, and much more! Then we continue our Retrospective on Osamu Tezuka's Buddha, which leads to discussions on existence, attachment, and an existential crisis!!!? Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:02:25 *CONTENT WARNING: Child Molestation/Grooming* Shogakukan Manga ONE controversy - 00:08:16 Suiheisen no Nella - 00:22:56 Comics Pro 2026 - 00:27:37 The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On - 00:33:25 Resident Evil Requiem - 00:42:50 Road to Empress - 00:52:30 Next Episode Preview - 00:58:58 Buddha - 00:59:26 Outro - 01:55:01 Song Credits: "Celebr

Morgana is out so we check out 3 whole volumes of MUJINA INTO THE DEEP! It become clearer what Inio Asano is cooking with this series, but do we like the taste!? We also discuss The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, One Battle After Another, the return of Ichi-F, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:03:47  Under the Flag of the Rising Sun, The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On - 00:08:32 One Battle After Another - 00:13:31 Sono Seishun - 00:21:45 Ichi-F - 00:29:35 Next Episode Preview - 00:36:04 (CONTENT WARNING: Sex cults) MUJINA INTO THE DEEP 3+4+5 - 00:36:33 Outro - 01:26:53 Song Credits: "Forever Funk" by Akolo "We Don't Stop" by 2MooveKa "Groovy Panda

This week we continue our Buddha Retrospective! Will volume 5 change our minds about Osamu Tezuka's entertaining art, shallow storytelling, and treatment of female characters!? We also discuss Wake Up Dead Man, Trigun Stargaze, Barubaro!, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:03:39 Wake Up, Dead Man - 00:15:55 The Last Jedi - 00:23:32 Trigun Stargaze - 00:28:15 Barubaro! - 00:36:58 Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined - 00:45:51 Girl Scout Cookies - 00:51:09 Next Episode Preview - 00:52:48 Buddha - 00:53:55 Outro - 01:50:36 Song Credits: "Celebration" by Suraj Nepal "We Don't Stop" by 2MooveKa "Divine" by Suraj Nepal  

On this episode we return to our tandum anime Retrospective on Cowboy Bebop, Michiko & Hatchin, and Samura Champloo! We also discuss the Flanderization of characters, BoJack Horseman, Tomorrow the Birds, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:05:24 BoJack Horseman - 00:24:10 Tuca & Bertie - 00:28:27 Misery - 00:30:04 Dracula: Collector's Edition - 00:31:13 Elio, Wish - 00:32:46 Tomorrow the Birds - 00:42:38 Land of the Lustrous - 01:01:38 Next Episode Preview - 01:03:44 Cowboy Bebop 9, Michiko & Hatchin 10, Samurai Champloo 10 - 01:04:01 Outro - 01:40:15 Song Credits: "Talk of the Town" by Devon May "We Don't Stop" by 2MooveKa "Home" by Zach S

We're joined by special guest and listener Vicki Dalton as we return to Osamu Tezuka's Buddha this week! We also discuss Vicki's manga & anime origins, From Far Away, Tease Me Harder, 100 Meters, JoJolion, and much, much more!!! Follow Vicki on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/vickismanga/ Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Vicki's Manga & Anime Origins - 00:04:56 From Far Away - 00:09:58 ACCA 13-Territory Inspection Department - 00:15:00 Cats With Jobs - 00:18:23 Tease Me Harder - 00:22:16 100 Meters - 00:27:56 JoJolion - 00:31:55 No Other Choice - 00:39:57 Dracula: Collector's Edition - 00:47:51 Next Episode Preview - 00:51:48 Buddha - 00:52:15 Outro - 01:55:37 Song Cr

We're posting our annual awards show a bit later than usual! Come join us as we dole out all our individual awards, and present our top lists for the past year of 2025!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Introductions - 00:00:00 Best for Manga Machinations Award - 00:02:58 "Best Thing I Tricked Everyone into Reading/Watching" Award - 00:08:03 "Things Dar Thought He Knew About but Seamus Knew Way More About" Award - 00:09:34 Most Enjoyable Discussion Award - 00:12:50 "Things I Want to Make the Rest of Y'all Read" Award - 00:15:21 "Manga Sicko" Award - 00:17:28 "Best Moment in CSM Manga That Reminded Me to Not Underestimate CSM" Award - 00:24:20 "Things I'm Most Glad I Was Made to Read/Watch" Award - 

Happy new year! With Seamus and Morgana out this week, we ask Darfox to check out more MANGA Plus titles! Including: Delinquent Gatcha, Maison and the Man-Eating Apartment, The Creepy and Freaky, Kurumizawa's Folly, Strikeout Pitch, The Bateren Tales, War of the Adults, and Genikasuri!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Next Episode Preview - 00:01:10 Delinquent Gatcha - 00:03:57 Maison and the Man-Eating Apartment - 00:13:27 The Creepy and Freaky - 00:22:42 Kurumizawa's Folly - 00:28:27 Strikeout Pitch - 00:36:28 The Bateren Tales - 00:43:51 War of the Adults - 00:47:12 Genikasuri - 00:57:23 Darfox's Rankings - 01:05:26 Outro - 01:12:02 Song Credits: "Forever Funk" by Akolo "Groo

We're closing out 2025 by finally getting to the Manga Mavericks Books releases! We're only 5 months late! We examine Senpai no Kohai, ALTERNATIVE, The Murderer and Her Runaway Desire! We also discuss Neighborhood Craftsmen: Stories from Kanda's Gokura-chou, We are connected, Avatar: Fire and Ash, and more!!! Check out Manga Mavericks Books! https://store.mangamavericks.com/  Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:04:01 Neighborhood Craftsmen: Stories from Kanda's Gokura-chou - 00:11:55 We are connected - 00:18:34 Sangaku Chojin Matsuoka - 00:22:41 Fallout - 00:26:45 Avatar: Fire and Ash - 00:27:45 Eternity - 00:35:43 Next Episode Preview - 00:39:58 (Content Warning:

It the final episode of 2025 where all the hosts are available, so we're squeezing in one final Jianghu Journey with more Michiko & Hatchin, Cowboy Bebop, and Samurai Champloo! We also discuss manga starter packs, Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, Konjiki no Gash!! 2, Beautiful Monster, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:02:43 Frankenstein - 00:22:55 Konjiki no Gash!! 2 - 00:36:59 Beautiful Monster - 00:43:02 Land - 00:52:35 Next Episode Preview - 00:57:48 Cowboy Bebop 8, Michiko & Hatchin 9, Samurai Champloo 9 - 00:58:53 Outro - 01:41:15 Song Credits: "Talk of the Town" by Devon May "Jiggin the Jig" by Bless & the Professionals "Home"

The whole crew is back together to check out more Shin'ichi Sakamoto with Innocent Rouge! We also discuss the live-action Look Back movie, Pluribus, CLAMP's COLOR KURO, the end of 2.5 Dimensional Seduction, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Live-Action Look Back - 00:02:47 Pluribus - 00:05:55 CLAMP Official Artbook: COLOR KURO - 00:13:07 Kozure Doushin - 00:20:42 2.5 Dimensional Seduction - 00:23:26 Next Episode Preview - 00:43:40 Innocent Rouge 1 - 00:44:14 Outro - 01:35:20 Song Credits: "Hopscotch" by Louis Adrien "Jiggin the Jig" by Bless & the Professionals "Green Light" by Emily Lewis "Tasty Bites" by ZISO

Darfox is away enjoying Thanksgiving but the rest of the hosts battle tummy fatigue to discuss Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence! We also discuss a NYC Manga exhibition, Manben Neo on Chika Umino, Dispatch, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:05:27 NYC Beetles, Cats, Clouds Manga Exhibition - 00:17:09 Chika Umino Manben Neo - 00:23:39 Dispatch - 00:28:52 The Bateren Tales - 00:35:40 Next Episode Preview - 00:42:58 Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence - 00:43:56 Outro - 01:24:35 Song Credits: "Hopscotch" by Louis Adrien "Jiggin the Jig" by Bless & the Professionals "Green Light" by Emily Lewis "Tasty Bites" by ZISO

With dakazu and Seamus gone, it's time for Darfox's annual hosting episode! He's got Morgana and guest Amber to join him for a One Shot on Clamp School Detectives! They also discuss Sanda, Brimstone, Miss Minoes, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Sanda - 00:05:01 Brimstone - 00:12:59 Trash Will Always Be Trash - 00:14:44 Let's Play - 00:15:45 Madrinas Frieren Bundle - 00:18:50 Miss Minoes - 00:23:09 Silent Hill f - 00:34:05 Next Episode Preview - 00:39:53 Clamp School Detectives - 00:41:01 Outro - 01:28:23 Song Credits: "Hopscotch" by Louis Adrien "Jiggin the Jig" by Bless & the Professionals "Green Light" by Emily Lewis "Tasty Bites" by ZISO

In this super Shin'ichi Sakamoto episode, not only do we continue reading #DRCL, but we skip ahead to where he took over writing duties on The Climber! We also discuss Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26, K-Pop Demon Hunters, and Silent Hill f!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Chainsaw Man Movie - 00:05:58 Tatsuki Fujimoto 17-26 - 00:08:53 K-Pop Demon Hunters - 00:15:55 Silent Hill f - 00:36:51 Next Episode Preview - 00:51:12 #DRCL 4 - 00:53:34 The Climber 3 - 01:29:43 *SPOILERS* The Climber 2 - 01:45:11 Our Rankings - 02:02:09 Outro - 02:05:08 Song Credits: "Hopscotch" by Louis Adrien "Jiggin the Jig" by Bless & the Professionals "Green Light" by Emily Lewis "Tasty Bites" by ZISO

The tides are turning in our newest Jianghu Journeys episode, as dakazu finally seems to be warming up to Samurai Champloo! We also discuss the Chainsaw Man movie, JK Biker, Tojima Wants to be a Kamen Rider, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Question - 00:21:29 - 00:07:24 Chainsaw Man Movie JK Biker - 00:36:59 Tojima Wants to be a Kamen Rider - 00:44:12 The Twilight Zone - 00:49:45 Next Episode Preview - 00:52:30 Cowboy Bebop 7, Michiko & Hatchin 8, Samurai Champloo 8 - 00:53:56 Outro - 01:36:17 Song Credits: "Talk of the Town" by Devon May "Jiggin the Jig" by Bless & the Professionals "Home" by Zach Sorgen "Tasty Bites" by ZISO

We're back from our week off to talk more about Osamu Tezuka's Buddha! We also discuss disturbing Hong Kong cinema, Saint Catherine, the Sanda anime, A Mangaka's Road to Japan, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Disturbing Hong Kong cinema - 00:03:00 *SPOILERS* Dai Dark 6 Saint Catherine - 00:17:57 Sanda - 00:22:37 A Mangaka's Road to Japan - 00:26:04 Sake no Hosomichi ~Collab & Remake~ - 00:30:36 Manga Planet - 00:35:05 Next Episode Preview - 00:43:51 Buddha - 00:45:07 Outro - 01:34:20 Song Credits: "Celebration" by Suraj Nepal "Jiggin the Jig" by Bless & the Professionals "Divine" by Suraj Nepal "Tasty Bites" by ZISO

The week we continue our Retrospective on Osamu Tezuka's Buddha! Tune in to learn about Siddhartha's messy teenage years and questionable coronation practices! We also discuss truly edgy media, Dandadan, Trigun Stargaze, and more!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Social Media! @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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Question - 00:01:44 E.T. - 00:24:15 New Yen Press Releases - 00:34:06 Trigun Stargaze - 00:37:37 Dandadan - 00:43:02 Yasemasho: 40-sai Mangaka ga Hantoshi de 15kg Honki (Maji) Diet Shita Kiroku - 00:58:37 Next Episode Preview - 01:10:32 Buddha - 01:10:50 Outro - 02:11:54 Song Credits: “Celebration” by Suraj Nepal “Jiggin the Jig” by Bless & the Professionals “Divine” by Suraj Nepal “Tasty Bites” by ZISO