575 - Manga Machinations Awards 2025

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! [email protected]  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" by Suraj Nepal "We Don't Stop" by 2MooveKa "Divine" by Suraj Nepal "God Mode" by Konstantin Garbuzyuk

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! [email protected]  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 Akolo "We Don't Stop" by 2MooveKa "Groovy Panda" by IamDayLight "God Mode" by Konstantin Garbuzyuk

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! [email protected]  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 Song Credits: "Talk of the Town" by Devon May "We Don't Stop" by 2MooveKa "Home" by Zach Sorgen "God Mode" by Konstantin Garbuzyuk

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! [email protected]  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: "Celebration" by Suraj Nepal "We Don't Stop" by 2MooveKa "Divine" by Suraj Nepal "God Mode" by Konstantin Garbuzyuk

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! [email protected]  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" by IamDayLight "God Mode" by Konstantin Garbuzyuk

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! [email protected]  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! [email protected]  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 Sorgen "God Mode" by Konstantin Garbuzyuk

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! [email protected]  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 Credits: "Celebration" by Suraj Nepal "We Don't Stop" by 2MooveKa "Divine" by Suraj Nepal "God Mode" by Konstantin Garbuzyuk

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! [email protected]  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 - 00:27:12 Random New Manga Award - 00:30:32 "Best Gundam Thing I Did" Award - 00:34:25 "What the Actual Fuck" Award - 00:41:21 "Fuck This" Hall of Fame - 00:42:39 "He Fucking Did it Again!" Award - 00:54:22 Hall of Fame Award - 00:58:18 Manga Machinations Listener Popularity Award - 01:00:07 Next Episode Preview - 01:02:37 Morgana's Top Manga of 2025 - 01:04:20 Seamus' Top Comics/Manga of 2025 - 01:09:22 Darfox's Top Manga of 2025 - 01:14:31 dakazu's Top Manga of 2025 - 01:20:17 Looking Forward on 2026 - 01:25:17 Outro - 01:28:07 Songs Credits: "Christmas is Here" by The Delegates "Here Comes Christmas" by Bob Hart "Dawn" by Salt of the Sound

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! [email protected]  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 "Groovy Panda" by IamDayLight "God Mode" by Konstantin Garbuzyuk