October Extravaganza comes to a bloody end with the start of our Chainsaw Man Retrospective. But not before our special guest schools us on some of the current anime airing this season. Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia podcast talks to us about Urusei Yatsura, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, and more! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow Dawn on Twitter! @bunnycartoon Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Buy us a Kofi! https://ko-fi.com/mangamac Timestamps: Intro Song: “The One Eyed Captain - Captain Qubz Remix” by Captain Qubz, Opening, Introductions - 00:00:00   The Crew asks Dawn about her Halloween traditions. - 00:02:12   Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Can’t Look Down” by Ty Simon, Dawn talks about the absolutely stacked anime season - 00:05:27   Darfox and Dawn talks about the new Urusei Yatsura anime series and the audio commentary Dawn is making for each episode - 00:06:56 An interloper shows up and interrupts our guest in the middle of her segment. He talks about The Right Way to Make Jump by Takeshi Sakura - 00:09:34 Dawn talks about Go For It Again, Nakamura!! by Syundei, Orochi by Kazuo Umezu, and the 90s Berserk anime - 00:13:52 Darfox talks about the live action movies based on The Fable by Katsuhisa Minami - 00:17:53 Darfox and Dawn talk about Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury - 00:24:38   Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Retrospective continuation on Chainsaw Man. dakazu and Morgana will return, reuniting the main crew but they will also be joined by a very special guest: Whimsy! We will read volumes 4, 5, 6 all available on the Shonen Jump App. - 00:32:18   Main Segment Retrospective: Chainsaw Man Part 1. The crew talk about their introduction to Chainsaw Man and the contrast with some of Tatsuki Fujimoto previous works - 00:32:57 The crew talks about how the author makes storylines about heavy subjects but lets the audience discover what it’s about on their own, such as Denji and Makima’s relationship - 00:50:18 We discuss the finer points of Chainsaw Man’s anatomy - 01:01:42 We analyze the lore behind the devils and specifically the political aspects of the Gun Devil - 01:06:03 The crew talks about the infamous “kiss” scene - 01:31:46 Anime vs Manga: we talk about the ways the anime looks good and how the manga’s art is irreplaceable for us. - 01:42:33 We complain about manga fans who can’t help hint and spoil stuff for anime watchers, and we dissect the anime OP’s movie references - 01:46:50 Darfox makes the realization that the unique Ending Song for the Chainsaw Man episodes will ruin him in anime music quiz - 01:52:05 Next Week’s Topic: Chainsaw Man by Tatsuki Fujimoto, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Ghost Waltz” by Ziv Moran - 01:59:12