048 - Akira part 4

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048 - Akira part 4

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75 minutes

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Aug 17, 2015

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On this episode dakazu talks about Gundam cosplay gone wrong with special guest star Wolverine in Iron Acguy before we dive into the post-apocalyptic section of Akira and try to explain it’s meta-physical pseudo-science!!!(covers volume 4)

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Aug 17, 2015

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**New Episodes every Monday!** Join hosts dakazu, darfox8, Seamus2389, and Morgana Santilli for Manga Machinations! Our weekly manga discussions focus on introducing lots of unknown manga and doing in-depth retrospective reviews of titles such as ‘Tokyo Tarareba Girls’, ‘BLAME!’, Tezuka Osamu’s ‘Phoenix’, and more! Get more info at mangamachinations.com and send emails to mangamachinations@gmail.com

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048 - Akira part 4

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