554 - Jianghu Journeys 3 - Samurai Champloo 3+4, Cowboy Bebop 3, Michiko & Hatchin 3

Morgana is out this week so Seamus has selected 2 series for us to check out: Takopi's Original Sin and Inside Mari! We also discuss Summer 2025 anime, the Gundam Card Game, Barefaced ~Koan wo Satta Otoko~, and more!!! Send us emails! [email protected]  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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Gundam Card Game - 00:04:57 Dandadan, Kaiju No. 8, My Dress-Up Darling - 00:12:49 Barefaced ~Koan wo Satta Otoko~ - 00:16:26 Promise Mascot Agency - 00:20:46 Next Episode Preview - 00:27:00 Inside Mari - 00:29:00 *SPOILERS* Inside Mari - 00:42:16 *Content Warning: Abuse, Bullying, Suicide* Takopi's Original Sin - 00:56:10 Outro - 01:30:20 Song Credits: “Hopscotch” by Louis Adrien “Jiggin the Jig” by Bless & the Professionals “Green Light” by Emily Lewis “Tasty Bites” by ZISO

We're back and ready to continue our journey watching through Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Bebop, and Michiko & Hatchin! We also discuss preorder bonuses, 2025 ALA Annual conference, Death Stranding 2, Souboutei Kowasubeshi, and much, much more!!! Send us emails! [email protected]  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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:02:56 ALA Annual Conference - 00:16:05 CAKE 2025, Beautiful Monster - 00:26:19  A Witch's Life in Mongol - 00:28:46 Death Stranding 2 - 00:31:50 Gene Bride - 00:40:42 The Summer Hikaru Died - 00:42:54 Souboutei Kowasubeshi - 00:46:05 Next Episode Preview - 00:52:20 Cowboy Bebop 3, Michiko & Hatchin 3, Samurai Champloo 3+4 - 00:53:25 01:33:37 – Outro 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've got a new Triple Dip lineup with A Witch's Life in Mongol, Dogsred, and HIRAETH -The End of the Journey-! We also discuss video games we've been streaming, Toy Story, Nagata Kabi's new manga, and more!!! Send us emails! [email protected]  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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Streaming games on Nakayoshi Gaming - 00:02:38 Toy Story - 00:10:11 Endo - 00:20:39 Ganbarisugi Jigoku kara Dashitsu shimashita Repo - 00:24:47 Next Episode Preview - 00:28:34 A Witch's Life in Mongol - 00:31:37 Dogsred - 00:49:55 *Content Warning: Suicide* HIRAETH -The End of the Journey- - 01:10:50 Our Rankings - 01:29:57 Outro - 01:31:05 Song Credits: “Hopscotch” by Louis Adrien “Jiggin the Jig” by Bless & the Professionals “Green Light” by Emily Lewis “Tasty Bites” by ZISO

Our tandem anime retrospective continues with more Jianghu Journeys! We examine the 2nd episodes of Cowboy Bebop, Michiko & Hatchin, and Samurai Champloo! We also discuss Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth, Donketsu, and more!!! Send us emails! [email protected]  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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:02:25 Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - 00:21:52 *SPOILERS* Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth - 00:35:42 Donketsu - 00:52:22 Next Episode Preview - 00:57:40 Cowboy Bebop 2, Michiko & Hatchin 2, Samurai Champloo 2 - 00:58:23 Outro - 01:41:47 Song Credits: “Talk of the Town” by Devon May “Jiggin the Jig” by Bless & the Professionals “Home” by Zach Sorgen “Tasty Bites” by ZISO

Join us, as we start an exciting new undertaking with our first episode of Jianghu Journeys! We'll be watching through the entirety of Cowboy Bebop, Michiko & Hatchin, and Samurai Champloo in tandem for comparison! We also discuss Dandadan: Evil Eye, DC Compact Comics, the end of For Your Eternity, and more! Send us emails! [email protected]  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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:03:02 Dandadan: Evil Eye - 00:18:00 DC Compact Comics - 00:26:53 To Your Eternity - 00:35:56 Badon - 00:38:23 The Name of the Rose - 00:47:24 Next Episode Preview - 00:49:11 Cowboy Bebop 1, Michiko & Hatchin 1, Samurai Champloo 1 - 00:49:46 Outro - 01:57:30 Song Credits: “Talk of the Town” by Devon May “Jiggin the Jig” by Bless & the Professionals “Home” by Zach Sorgen “Tasty Bites” by ZISO

Morgana may be out this week, but it doesn't stop the boys from having a hilariously good time! They look at the 2nd volumes of MUJINA INTO THE DEEP, Welcome Back, Alice, and Vampeerz! dakazu also talks in-depth about finally reading SOIL!!! Send us emails! [email protected]  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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Elden Ring Nightreign - 00:02:08 SOIL - 00:12:25 *SPOILERS* SOIL - 00:18:04 Next Episode Preview - 00:25:47 Vampeerz 2 - 00:30:54 Welcome Back, Alice 2 - 00:52:10 MUJINA INTO THE DEEP 2 - 01:13:01 Our Rankings - 01:49:11 Outro - 01:57:27 Song Credits: “Hopscotch” by Louis Adrien “Jiggin the Jig” by Bless & the Professionals “Green Light” by Emily Lewis “Tasty Bites” by ZISO

On this episode we music, Akkanbe Ikkyu, Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You: Soulmate, The Metalhead Next Door, and more! Then we examine Fumi Yoshinaga's Tamaki & Amane, a story collection about love in different forms!!! Send us emails! [email protected]  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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Akkanbe Ikkyu - 00:11:43 Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You: Soulmate - 00:21:29 Go with the clouds, North-by-Northwest - 00:23:52 The Metalhead Next Door - 00:26:51 Hook - 00:28:54 Next Episode Preview - 00:37:41 Tamaki & Amane - 00:38:28 Outro - 01:11:44 Song Credits:+ “Hopscotch” by Louis Adrien “Jiggin the Jig” by Bless & the Professionals “Green Light” by Emily Lewis “Tasty Bites” by ZISO

Bring out your tissues and prepare to cry for this week's Manga in Motion on Look Back! We talk about the shorter anime movie adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto's emotional one shot! Also discussions on wonky anatomy, The Legend of Kamui, Silver Mountain, Aoi Honou, and more!!! Send us emails! [email protected]  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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Listener Email - 00:02:36 The Legend of Kamui - 00:18:45 Silver Mountain and Vampidol Tagiru - 00:39:36 Aoi Honou and Hoero Pen - 00:43:15 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - 00:52:20 Dinosaur - 00:54:54 Next Episode Preview - 01:08:46 Look Back - 01:09:06 Outro - 01:55:52 Song Credits: “Hopscotch” by Louis Adrien “Jiggin the Jig” by Bless & the Professionals “Green Light” by Emily Lewis “Tasty Bites” by ZISO

On this episode we dive into a Triple Dip on Pet Shop of Horrors, Ran and the Gray World, and Captain Momo's Secret Base! We also about Free Comic Book Day, Star Wars, Sinners, Lazarus, Kowloon Generic Romance, and more!!! Send us emails! [email protected]  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 gaming channel! https://www.youtube.com/@NakayoshiGaming/  Timestamps: Intro - 00:00:00 Free Comic Book Day at Comicopia - 00:03:04 Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope - 00:08:06 Nakayoshi Gaming - 00:17:52 Lazarus - 00:19:37 Sinners - 00:26:51 Kowloon Generic Romance - 00:36:32 Hunter x Hunter - 00:42:02 Jashin no Bentoya-san - 00:42:40 Next Episode Preview - 00:48:37 Captain Momo's Secret Base - 00:50:20 Ran and the Gray World - 01:05:30 Pet Shop of Horrors - 01:22:50 Our Rankings - 01:48:48 Outro - 01:49:51 Song Credits: “Hopscotch” by Louis Adrien “Jiggin the Jig” by Bless & the Professionals “Green Light” by Emily Lewis “Tasty Bites” by ZISO

We're back from our break to discuss Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics! Does this 30 year old breakdown on the artistry of comics still hold up?! We also talk about Battle Angel Alita Mars Chronicle, Hunter x Hunter, and more!!! Send us emails! [email protected]  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 Email - 00:03:26 The Legend of Kamui - 00:11:38 Darfox & dakazu's Gaming Channel - 00:13:10 la la books - 00:16:33 Battle Angel Alita Mars Chronicle - 00:20:28 Ashen Victor - 00:23:58 Hunter x Hunter - 00:26:14 Next Episode Preview - 00:33:31 Understanding Comics - 00:34:21 Outro - 02:04:46 Song Credits: “Hopscotch” by Louis Adrien “Jiggin the Jig” by Bless & the Professionals “Green Light” by Emily Lewis “Tasty Bites” by ZISO