Happy holidays, and welcome to our end of the year awards show! dakazu, Darfox, Seamus, and Morgana are ready present this year's individual awards along with their top manga from 2024!!!

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Timestamps:

• Introductions, Whiskey & Four Loko - 00:00:00
• Best for Manga Machinations Award - 00:03:48
• "Thank you for finally forcing me to read a book I've owned for ages" Award - 00:05:36
• Most Enjoyable Discussion Award - 00:07:10
• "Best movie ARGBombshell dragged me to" Award - 00:07:48
• "Surprisingly smart instead of clever" Award - 00:09:50
• The Positive Power of Fans Award - 00:11:40
• "Movies Morgana is excited that she forced everyone to endure" Award - 00:15:21
• Best Older Unknown Manga Award - 00:16:57
• At the Movies with Dar & Fox Two Thumbs Way Up Award - 00:19:56
• "What the Actual Fuck?" Award - 00:23:12
• "Fuck This" Hall of Fame - 00:26:10
• "Stuff Darfox should've done a long time ago" Award - 00:31:41
• Most Negative Visceral Reaction Award - 00:36:14
• "Sorry about your sad boy pants feel" Award - 00:39:00
• What Movies Should Take From Comics/Shonen Jump Not Hollywood Award - 00:40:39
• Manga Machinations Listener Popularity Award - 00:48:14
• Next Episode Preview - 00:50:08
• Balls interlude - 00:51:16
• dakazu's Top Manga of 2024 - 00:55:36
• Darfox's Top Manga of 2024 - 00:58:11
• Morgana’s Top Manga of 2024 - 01:03:19
• Seamus' Top Comics/Manga of 2024 - 01:08:21
• Final Reflection on 2024 - 01:23:55

Songs Credits: “Christmas is Here” by The Delegates “Here Comes Christmas” by Bob Hart “Auld Lang Syne” by Lone Star Vibes

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!!!

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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!!!

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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!!!

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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!!!

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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.

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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.

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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!!!

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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!!!

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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!!!

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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!!!

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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