On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton, Lum & Sakaki discuss their time at San Diego Comic Con 2024! Listen as Colton talks about going to his first ever big convention and whether he'd do it all again! Enjoy!

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 - Intro

04:34 - San Diego Comic Con 2024

2:18:43 - End

Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

LINKS:

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• Follow Sakaki's Shogakukan Blog & Twitter
• Listen to Sakaki on such podcasts as Saturday Night Shoggy & Another Day, Another Adventure

On this special episode of Another Day, Another Adventure, Colton & Sakaki have a somewhat unorganized talk in order to get their feelings out about Toriyama's passing and ruminate on what his influence meant to both the world and their friendship.

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum come together for another news episode! Discussion includes a lot what went on at Anime Expo a couple of weeks ago, such as the crew's Zom 100 fever and announcements from panels held by Noir Caesar, Trigger and Netflix! Along with our thoughts on how the live action One Piece series is shaping up after seeing the teaser and our picks for which new manga licenses have been announced over the past month as well! Due to time constraints, the episode is light on actual news compared to normal, but our Mavericks still have a lot of fun, laid-back discussion about all the cool stuff that's been coming out or that they have to look forward to! So enjoy that!

Check out the first episode of the Manga Mavericks Anime Club! A new podcast exclusively available on the Patreon where we'll be discussing various different anime! Starting with a blind watch-through of Hajime no Ippo!

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 - RIP Hitoshi Yoshioka

03:11 - Intro/Anime Expo and Zom 100 talk

12:09 - Patron Shout-outs/New Patreon Podcast!

16:01 - June NYT & May Bookscan List

28:45 - Viz raises manga volume prices for the first time in 15 years

33:49 - Colton's Licensing Highlights

53:11 - Lum's Licensing Highlights

1:07:20 - Noir Caesar panel announcements  

1:12:29 - Updates on the Netflix live action One Piece series and our thoughts on the teaser trailer

1:21:27 - The entire One Piece English dub is now available on Crunchyroll

1:24:18 - Updates on the Pluto anime

1:26:55 - Updates on the Delicious in Dungeon anime (plus Lum's thoughts on the first episode)

1:30:15 - Updates on Gurren Lagann and Panty & Stocking from the Trigger Anime Expo panel

1:36:34 - Wrap up

Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

We’re having a long-overdue conversation about Shonen Jump’s culpability in perpetuating sexism in both its workplace culture and in its series. More specifically, it’s time to have a serious talk about how it has been enabling and rehabilitating not one, not two, but THREE known pedophiles. When I say this podcast was long overdue, I mean it. We originally recorded this way back last August, back when news of Act-Age writer Tatsuya Matsuki’s arrest for groping two female middle school students broke and the ensuing fallout. Dejected and infuriated about the news, we gathered on friends of ours who previously loved Act-Age and were left as similarly furious at Jump’s terrible history with sex pests to vent about our criticisms of the magazine - Twitter friends Your Anime Guy and RinReadsManga, and Kendra from the My Hero Academia Podcast and View from the Top! Haikyu!! podcast. For context, we recorded this podcast on August 22nd 2020, two weeks after Matsuki’s arrest and before… everything that happened afterward. It’s astonishing and bewildering how many stories involving Jump and pedophiles have propagated recently, and even if this podcast was recorded before many of these stories occurred, I think our conversation addresses a lot of ever-relevant points on what Jump’s done wrong in the past when it comes to dealing with offending mangaka in their employ and their culpability in perpetuating a sexist culture that attracts such sex pests to work for them. I hope you’ll listen to our criticisms and calls to action with an open-mind, and that this will be part of a continuing conversation calling out Jump and any institution that feels comfortable in perpetuating sexist attitudes that endanger and victimize women and children. Also please keep in mind this is not our be-all, end-all podcast for calling out sexism in the anime and manga industry as a whole either. This podcast was recorded in response to the Matsuki news so we approached this topic from the perspective of Shonen Jump and Act-Age fans specifically, but there are more angles to the problems of sexism in the industry and community than what we could address from that lens in this podcast. That’s a much bigger, broader conversation that will require us to gather a lot more voices to give their input, and we intend to follow up on this podcast to address those necessary points and perspectives in the future. So, with all that context and those disclaimers given… well, there’s no clean way to transition into a conversation this heavy, and I’ve kept you all waiting seven months too long already, so let’s just jump in. For a complete list of links and shout-outs included with this episode, please visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-151-shonen-jumps-sex-pest-problem/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro & Context for the Podcast 13:00 - Guest Introductions & Recap of Jump’s History with Sex Pests 17:57 - Our Initial Reactions to the News 24:04 - Shiro Usazaki & The Tragedy of Act-Age’s Cancellation 27:54 - Sexist Comedy in Jump 30:34 - Jump’s Handling of the Situation 32:05 - Reconciling Media Made by Bad People 34:01 - Jump’s Systemic Sexism 38:15 - Jump’s History with Rehabilitating Sex Pests 49:03 - Hopes for Shiro Usazaki 51:57 - Acknowledging the Victims 56:36 - Predators in Plain Sight 58:26 - Shueshia’s Priorities 1:08:25 - Reconciling Personal Feelings on Formative Media with their Problematic Creators 1:21:43 - Insufficient Action 1:23:47 - Why We Can’t Forgive 1:29:33 - Visit Your Local Library 1:31:38 - The Objectification of Women & Girls in Jump 1:47:40 - Jump’s Sexist Bro Culture 2:05:19 - Changing Tides 2:11:50 - Lessons Jump Must Learn 2:17:20 - Ethically Consuming Media as Fans 2:35:04 - Conversation Conclusion & Guest Plugs 2:41:35 - Community Shout-Outs 2:57:43 - Wrap-Up  Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mang

Manga Mavericks @ Movies continues our coverage of TMS’s newly-dubbed releases of Detective Conan movies by going back to the beginning - literally! That’s right, we’re covering Detective Conan Episode “One” - the 20th-anniversary anime special remaking the show’s first episode! This special was the first Detective Conan movie released on home video in the US in nearly a decade, and the first chance most people got to experience the new dub cast TMS has assembled for the series! This is also actually the first podcast covering these new dubbed Detective Conan movies we did; we recorded this when the special came out last July, but didn’t get around to editing it until recently. But with Detective Conan’s 1000th episode right around the corner, now’s the perfect time to release this podcast and revisit this retelling! Joining us are none other than the curators of the Weekly Shogakukan Edition Twitter and blog, Sakaki and Jecka! Together we share our thoughts on the new dub, including our favorite new voices and the ones from the old FUNi dub we miss the most. We also discuss how the special expands the show’s first episode into a full-length film, digging into the added scenes, gratuitous cameos, and other adaptational differences between the special, the first episode, and the manga’s first chapter! So join us as we investigate the case of whether one truth still prevails! Visit this podcast's webpage for a complete list of links mentioned in this episode! - http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-movies-48-detective-conan-episode-one/ Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and subscribe to us on Youtube. You can follow the hosts on twitter at @LumRanmaYasha and @VLordGTZ! Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series, or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we celebrate our 5 year anniversary by going over the results of our latest survey, as well as our favorite episodes of the show, moments, guests and more! And it wouldn't be a celebration without our friends VlordGTZ (host of the Demon Slayer & Shaman King Podcasts), Sakaki (Founder of the Weekly Shogakukan Edition blog & Twitter), and last but not least, Maxy Barnard (Founder of Friendship, Effort, Victory! and all around lover of comics)! Big thanks to them for joining us in celebrating half a decade of the podcast, as well as special thanks to everyone who took our survey, or has ever listened to or contributed to the show! Your support makes what we do possible and worthwhile! Subscribe to our Patreon at $3 or more to get an exclusive sneak peek at the first few episodes of Colton and Sakaki's newest podcast: Another Day, Another Adventure! A podcast dedicated to covering every Dragon Ball cartoon ever! Including every tv anime, movie, special, you name it! Visit this podcast's webpage for a complete list of links mentioned in this episode! - http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-150-our-5-year-anniversary-spectacular/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN:  00:00 - Email from a Listener!! 10:59 - Intro 17:01 - Our General Demographics 22:49 - General Podcast Questions 31:31 - Favorite Podcast Segments/Simulpub Coverage 41:10 - How Should we Handle Licensing News? 51:44 - Favorite Podcast Thumbnails 1:06:15 - Favorite Intros/Skits 1:17:45 - Favorite Guests 1:44:21 - Favorite Manga Mavericks Episode 1:59:19 - Favorite Manga Mavericks @ Movies Episode 2:07:50 - Favorite Manga Fights Episode 2:16:28 - Favorite Lum Squad Episode 2:22:35 - Favorite Special Episode 2:33:34 - Favorite Manga Mavericks Moment 2:39:29 - What Were the Most Important Manga News Stories in 2020? 2:40:48 - Listener's Favorite Manga in 2020 2:42:36 - What Type of Patron Bonus Pod Would Listeners Like to See More Of? 2:45:41 - Who and What Listeners Would Like to Hear on the Podcast 2:51:08 - Final Thoughts from Listeners/Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

Hello darlings! Welcome back to #LumSquad, a podcast hosted by @LumRanmaYasha and @ProdTally devoted to the wonderful and wacky world of Rumiko Takahashi’s Urusei Yatsura! Continuing our read-through of Viz’s rerelease of the manga, we cover volume 7! This volume prominently features Onsen-Mark... sorry, “Hot Springs Emblem.” We still need to get used to that. But hey, his name change may leave us cold but some like it Hot Springs Emblem so who are we to judge? Anyway, everyone’s favorite bewildered and beleaguered educator gets the spotlight in a lot of chapters this volume, building off of the Tomobiki High-centric stories and Teachers vs Students conflict established last time. But this volume also features the notable returns of some old frenemies - Kurama and Tobimaro! Coincidentally, both are out for Mendo's head - in more ways than one! Man, Mendo gets into a lot of trouble in this volume, doesn’t he? We also talk about the series’s pop culture references, color pages, character dynamics, and so much more in another lengthy but jam-packed discussion of one of the series’ most eclectic volumes yet! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:23 - Intro & Halloween Tangent 03:28 - Volume 7 Overview 05:26 - Super Musashi, Spirit to the Heavens! 14:37 - Musashi, in Training! 18:36 - Bad Boy Musashi, Be a Man! 24:09 - Terror of the Willow Ghost?! 32:12 - Enemy Ten 39:06 - Fossil Backcountry 43:26 - Cavity Wars 46:28 - Wish Away the Jade Blossom in the Tub 51:03 - Domestic Spat Settlement 56:29 - The Grateful Raccoon 59:43 - Mendo Residence Masquerade Ball 1:05:29 - Onsen-Mark Character Analysis 1:06:46 - Kurama Again! 1:24:51 - Sealed with a Kiss! 1:36:29 - Goodbye, Covenant! 1:47:09 - Message in a Bottle 1:52:28 - Ghastly Gastronomy! 1:59:28 - Baseball Shenanigans 2:05:10 - Spicy Camping Calamity 2:11:12 - Paranormal Peachy Parable 2:18:47 - The Perfidy of the Sakura Triplets 2:26:17 - Dolphin Dating and Beach Babe Patrol 2:33:10 - Keep Our Beaches Clean 2:38:34 - Data Files & Count Columns 2:41:21 - Wrap-Up Music Featured: “Kokoroboisona” from Jam Trip: Urusei Yatsura (Vol. 1) “Uchuu wa Tai Hen Da! DA DA Mix” from Shudai-ka Best 10 Remix ~ Dance Tracks Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @Lum_Squad, on tumblr at lumsquad.tumblr.com, and subscribe to us on Youtube! You can follow the hosts on twitter at @LumRanmaYasha and @ProdTally. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at lumsquadpod@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we're finally back to cover the truck load of news we've been meaning to cover, or at least as much as we could before EVEN MORE started popping up afterwards, but we'll get those eventually! For right now, we have 40 minutes worth of serialization news alone to discuss, along with the newest lists from both Bookscan and the New York Times! Afterwards we have some new licenses to cover, along with some controversies involving MediBang and INKR involving insultingly low translation rates. We also discuss a lot of movie and anime news, as Demon Slayer: Mugen Train continues to dominate the box office and Detective Conan preparing to reach its 1000th episode!! There's just a lot going on, but we do our best to cover as much of it as we can in just under three hours! Join us next time as we celebrate our 5th anniversary on our 150th episode!! Subscribe to our Patreon at $3 or more to get an exclusive sneak peek at the first few episodes of Colton and Sakaki's newest podcast: Another Day, Another Adventure! A podcast dedicated to covering every Dragon Ball cartoon ever! Including every tv anime, movie, special, you name it! Visit this podcast's webpage for a complete list of links & Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode! - http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-149-february-2021-news-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN:  00:00 - Intro/Patreon Shout-out/New Podcast!! 06:15 - YALSA Top Graphic Novels for Teens 2020 08:35 - NYT Lists for January & February 12:06 - Bookscan Lists for December & January 22:55 - Bookscan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels for 2020 27:10 - Land of the Lustrous goes on hiatus 28:01 - Blue Exorcist takes 2 month hiatus 28:45 - Ancient Magus Bride hiatus update 29:41 - More details about Seven Deadly Sins sequel 30:59 - Paru Itagaki’s new series: Bota Bota 32:42 - Negi Haruba’s new Sentai series 34:03 - Seo Kouji’s new series (which may or not be inspired by Quintessential Quintuplets) 35:28 - Erica Sakurazawa’s new manga 36:23 - Yu Aida’s new manga 37:10 - Seishi Kishimoto’s new manga 39:22 - Hiroshi Shiibashi’s new manga 40:26 - Koyoharu Goutoge’s plan for their next manga 41:58 - Children of the Whales & Dead Dead Demon’s Dedededestruction nearing their ends 43:04 - Somari and the Guardian of the Forest prematurely ends due the author’s worsening health 43:36 - Days ends 44:19 - Ajin: Demi-Human ends 46:33 - Cells at Work & Code Black ends 48:57 - Love Me For Who I Am ends 49:45 - City ends 51:02 - Attack on Titan ends this April 53:11 - A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow will end with 9th volume 53:44 - Abyss Rage ends 54:34 - Platinum End manga ends, getting an anime this fall 2021 58:17 - Summer Time Rendering ends, getting an anime and live action 59:16 - Hell’s Paradise ends, getting an anime 1:00:05 - Agravity Boys ends, getting digital volumes from Viz 1:01:01 - Moriking & Our Blood Oath ends 1:02:39 - Next Round of New Jump Series 1:09:55 - Manga Plus adds Don’t Blush, Sekime-san 1:11:18 - So I’m a Spider, So What manga being simulpubed 1:11:59 - Local manga cancels localization of Prince Noir 1:12:59 - Sekai Project cancels GATE manga release 1:14:20 - New licensor: Coze Manga 1:17:08 - Tuttle publishing slated to release I Am a Cat 1:18:27 - Seven Seas licenses Sarazanmai anthology 1:18:54 - New Yen Press Licenses 1:24:54 - Dark Horse to release Vampire Hunter D novel omnibus 1:25:53 - New Kodansha Licenses 1:33:58 - MediBang & INKR translation rate controversies 1:41:49 - FUNimation faces lawsuit for violating Americans with Disabilities Act 1:45:29 - Crunchyroll officially updates manga reader to html5 1:46:36 - Print Market in Japan decreased only by 1% in 2020 1:49:50 - Adult graphic novels sales jump in 2020 1:52:20 - Kodansha taking a strict stance against illegal uploads 1:52:59 - Japanese government

Manga Mavericks @ Movies continues our coverage of TMS’s newly dubbed Detective Conan movies by discussing the 19th film in the franchise, Sunflowers of Inferno! It’s another showdown between Conan and his magician rival Phantom Thief Kid, but this time the infamous jewel thief is after… a painting? It’s up to Conan (and the viewers) to see through all the red herrings and figure out Kid’s artful scheme! In doing so, we must deduce the most important question of all: Is this film a genuine work of art, or another trash-fire like The Darkest Nightmare? There is always only one truth, and we’re here to tell it like it is! Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and subscribe to us on Youtube. You can follow the hosts on twitter at @LumRanmaYasha and @VLordGTZ. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening! Visit this podcast's webpage for a complete list of links included in this episode!: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-movies-47-detective-conan-sunflowers-of-inferno Music Featured: Katsuo Ono Band - “Detective Conan Main Theme [Sunflowers of Inferno ver.]” Porno Graffiti - “Oh! Rival”

Hello, darlings! Welcome back to #LumSquad, a podcast hosted by @LumRanmaYasha and @ProdTally devoted to the wonderful and wacky world of Rumiko Takahashi’s Urusei Yatsura! We went back on an unexpected hiatus again last year, but hey, Viz’s second attempt to release UY in the 90s also unceremoniously stopped too. As they say, the third time’s the charm, and at least we’ve come back for our third try much faster than they did! Much like Viz’s regular releases of the series, we’re dedicated to resuming regular episodes of this podcast, which in our case will be monthly releases on the last friday of every month from here on out! We’ve already got some episodes banked and planned, and with more manga coming out and Discotek bringing the movies out later this year, there’ll always be plenty to talk about! Our plans for the next couple of episodes involve catching back up on the manga, starting with volume 6; the first volume featuring newly translated UY chapters from Viz in over 20 years! We excitedly discuss the first appearances of prominent characters like Kotastu Neko and Ryoko Mendou, the recurring conflict between the Tomobiki students and their teachers, and some classic stories playing around with japanese history and alien biology! Afterward, we dig into one of AC’s favorite hobbies - anime cel collecting! AC explains the history of cells, what the Urusei Yatsura cel market is like, and some of his favorite gets and most regretful misses. AC’s tips and tricks of the trade will be sure to help you get a start on building an awesome anime cel collection of your very own! So grab some tasty taiyaki and curl up in your comfiest kotatsu, and chill out listening to another lively episode of #Lum Squad! Visit this podcast's webpage for a complete list of links included in this episode! - http://all-comic.com/2021/lum-squad-04-new-year-new-chapters-new-podcast/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:23 - Intro & Updates 03:19 - Volume 6 Discussion 09:33 - Adverse Effects 16:26 - Urgent Prayers 21:03 - Sun Goddess Banquet 25:25 - The Great Off-Campus Snack Battle 31:02 - Copy de Date 37:41 - Those were the days, PC! 39:52 - Hornless?! 45:52 - Studying Mayhem 49:24 - There’s a Cat on the Stairs! 53:33 - Pickled 57:43 - Forget-the-Year Party! 1:00:16 - A Strange New Year on the Mendo Estate 1:03:23 - Tales of a Wandering Snowman 1:08:14 - The Coffee Shop Ban 1:13:12 - Locker Inspections 1:16:13 - Alien Invasion 1:20:55 - Valentine’s Delusion 1:25:50 - Deadly Peril in the Classroom 1:28:07 - Mendo Siblings! Part 1 1:31:56 - Mendo Siblings! Part 2 1:34:32 - Hello, Sailor Suits! 1:37:02 - A Gift from Ten 1:40:12 - Volume 6 Final Thoughts: Class 2-4 vs. Onsen-Mark 1:44:36 - Topic: Anime Cel Collecting! 2:09:41 - Wrap-Up & Future Plans Music Featured: “Finger Dancin’” from the Urusei Yatsura OST “Kokoroboisona” from Jam Trip: Urusei Yatsura (Vol. 1) “Uchuu wa Tai Hen Da! DA DA Mix” from Shudai-ka Best 10 Remix ~ Dance Tracks Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @Lum_Squad, on tumblr at lumsquad.tumblr.com, and subscribe to us on Youtube! You can follow the hosts on twitter at @LumRanmaYasha and @ProdTally. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at lumsquadpod@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

* Take the Manga Mavericks 5-Year Anniversary Survey and Enter to Win a Free manga! More Details Below!: https://s.surveyplanet.com/uwgeMjcMq * Art is hard. Did you know that? If not, Akiko Higashimura’s autobiographical memoir of her “so-called artist’s journey,” Blank Canvas, will school you in the fundamentals! To help us navigate Higashimura’s memories, we’re joined by Jenny McKeon, who translated the series for Seven Seas and is a seasoned comics artist herself! Jenny shares her experiences as both a manga translator and artist, sharing her insights into Higashimura’s chronicle and the relatability of her experiences. Plus, Lum shares their perspective on the series as someone who went to art school and in fact first read the series when they were still IN art school, and all the ways in which Higashimura’s experiences reflected their own. More than a chronicle of her early career, Blank Canvas is a tribute to Higashimura’s late mentor, Hidaka-sensei, and the impact he had on her and the grief and guilt she still carries for taking him for granted. It’s a very raw, emotionally-charged story that is sure to resonate with anyone with similar experiences, and we somehow manage to talk about it all without crying (though we came dangerously close)! So have a good laugh and cry with us as we embark on this journey into Higashimura’s past! Also, as a reminder - we’re approaching both the 150th episode of this podcast, and even more significantly - our 5th year anniversary! What will we do to commemorate our 150th episode? Why, our annual Manga Mavericks survey of course! But this won’t be a normal yearly survey, no, this one will encompass the entirety of the podcast’s history from our very first episode in 2016 to the present! You can vote for your favorite episodes, guests, moments, and so much more from the past five years of the show as well as your favorite manga and news stories! The survey is open until Sunday morning, January 31st, so you have just a bit over three weeks to submit your entries! We look forward to seeing your guys’ feedback and discussing the results of the survey on our upcoming 150th episode spectacular - celebrating the 5th anniversary of this podcast is gonna be a magical moment! Visit this podcast's webpage for a complete list of links & Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode! - http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-148-blank-canvas-my-so-called-artists-journey/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro 02:26 - Introducing Jenny 05:00 - Background of Blank Canvas 08:07 - Jenny’s Experiences with Blank Canvas & Akiko Higashimura 10:12 - Jenny’s Background with Manga 19:00 - Jenny’s Experiences as a Translator 30:20 - Translation Insights on Blank Canvas 35:41 - A Day in the Life of a Manga Translator 40:50 - Jenny’s Experiences in Comics 45:08 - Higashimura, Hidaka-sensei, and Dealing with Death 52:56 - Blank Canvas’ Emotional Authenticity 58:33 - Higashimura’s Artist Anecdotes & Advice 1:01:24 - Higashimura’s Other Manga 1:03:06 - Higashimura’s Friends 1:05:36 - Artist Block & Life Advice for Artists 1:16:13 - Insights on the Life of a Mangaka 1:27:22 - Blank Canvas’ Appeal as an Autobio Comic 1:31:26 - Reconciling Grief and Guilt 1:37:32 - Final Thoughts & Overall Recommendation 1:44:36 - Round-Up & Plugs 1:49:00 - Q&A: How does Blank Canvas compare with other Akiko Higashimura manga available in english? 1:53:33 - Community Shout-Outs: 2:01:20 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to s

* Take the Manga Mavericks 5-Year Anniversary Survey and Enter to Win a Free manga! More Details Below!* (https://s.surveyplanet.com/uwgeMjcMq) On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum travel to the Hole to take a look at Q Hayashida's Dorohedoro! A violent but wholesome tale of mystery and intrigue, as lizard man Caiman and his gyoza shop owner friend, Nikaido, search for answers about who he is and where he came from, but thats only scratching the surface of everything this series has to offer! We're joined by special guests and superfans, such as returning guests, Marion from the Good Friends Anime Club podcast and cosplayer extraordinaire Diana Soreil, as well as new guest, Ely, to talk about as much Dorohedoro as we can in one sitting! Special thanks to our lovely patrons on our Patreon whose support helped us acquire a good portion of the manga to be able to read for this episode! Unfortunately, we also have to start the episode off with addressing some not so good news involving a few now known sex criminals from the manga industry on both sides of the pond. One of them we'd previously had as a guest on our show before, but are taking the necessary steps towards removing them and any mentions of them from our show as not to associate ourselves with them. Afterwards though, you can hear about some actual good news including some small but exciting changes to our Patreon, as well as the celebration around the 1000th chapter of One Piece! But anyway, start ordering your gyoza now, because you'll be craving it after listening to us gush about Q Hayashida's masterpiece! Enjoy! Our survey has been extended until Sunday morning, January 31st, which means two more weeks to submit your entries! We look forward to seeing your guys’ feedback and discussing the results of the survey on our upcoming 150th episode spectacular - celebrating the 5th anniversary of this podcast is gonna be a magical moment!  For a complete list of Links and Community Shout-Outs included with this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-147-dorohedoro/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: Before the Show: 00:00 - Update on the sentence of Tatsuya Matsuki 01:38 - Translator Stefan Koza arrested for possession and distribution of CP On With the Show: 12:51 - Intro 15:16 - Patreon Updates! 25:16 - One Piece reaches 1000 chapters!! 30:18 - Dorohedoro Discussion 2:55:08 - Community Shout-Outs! 3:02:59 - Wrap-Up  Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

* Take the Manga Mavericks 5-Year Anniversary Survey and Enter to Win a Free manga! More Details Below!: https://s.surveyplanet.com/uwgeMjcMq * Manga Mavericks @ Movies’ first episode of 2021 is none other than Lupin III: The First! While it’s not the first Lupin film we’ve covered on this podcast, it is a first for the franchise; its first 3DCG animated feature! Vix joins us to discuss our theatrical experience with the film, discussing it’s historical influences, homages to the franchise, and how the series’ iconic designs were translated into and animated in CG. This podcast is like a diary of our thoughts on the film, but unlike Bresson’s, it doesn’t contain any world-ending secrets! Or, does it?... Also, as a reminder - we’re approaching both the 150th episode of this podcast, and even more significantly - our 5th year anniversary! What will we do to commemorate our 150th episode? Why, our annual Manga Mavericks survey of course! But this won’t be a normal yearly survey, no, this one will encompass the entirety of the podcast’s history from our very first episode in 2016 to the present! You can vote for your favorite episodes, guests, moments, and so much more from the past five years of the show as well as your favorite manga and news stories! The survey is open until Sunday morning, January 31st, so you have just a bit over three weeks to submit your entries! We look forward to seeing your guys’ feedback and discussing the results of the survey on our upcoming 150th episode spectacular - celebrating the 5th anniversary of this podcast is gonna be a magical moment! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:10 - Intro & Survey Reminder 03:42 - Lupin III: The First review 2:06:00 - Wrap-Up 2:18:54 - ??? Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and subscribe to us on Youtube. You can follow the hosts on twitter at @LumRanmaYasha and @VLordGTZ and special guest Vix at @vixythevaliant! Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again do their best to cover as much of the last month of news as possible! And while they only get around to discussing so much, they touch on a lot of big news! Such as Oricon's top 10 best selling manga from the first half of the year, the two manga subscription services from Viz and Kodansha, what's going on with AI over in the Japanese side of the manga industry and a ton of new licenses to round off the show! Enjoy!

Check out the newest bonus podcast on our Patreon discussing our thoughts on Knights of the Zodiac! The Hollywood live-action adaptation of Saint Seiya!

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 - Intro

04:17 - May NYT & April Bookscan List

18:32 - Oricon Top 10 Best Selling Manga in the First Half of 2023

34:34 - Viz Manga app becomes new separate subscription service

44:05 - Our thoughts on the launch of K Manga

1:24:49 - The current presence of AI in the Japanese manga industry 

1:39:16 - Stephan Koza's sentence

1:42:48 - Kyoto Animation Arsonist trial set for September

1:44:25 - Christine Morgan leaves Rightstuf

1:45:33 - Colton's Licensing Highlights

2:03:35 - Lum's Licensing Highlights

2:17:46 - More details on the North American theatrical release of The First Slam Dunk

2:20:58 - Wrap up

Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

* Take the Manga Mavericks 5-Year Anniversary Survey and Enter to Win a Free manga! More Details Below!: https://s.surveyplanet.com/uwgeMjcMq * They’re all animals!… as well as tragic victims of familial abuse. That’s right, we’re starting off the year by taking a look back at Natsuki Takaya’s generation-defining shojo classic, Fruits Basket, a manga exploring a family curse that’s both literal and metaphorical. The original Fruits Basket anime was a childhood fave for LumRanmaYasha, but this was their first experience reading the manga all the way through! Joining Lum to celebrate the series are none other than the hosts of the Fruits Basket podcast Let’s Stay Together, Ellen and Kayla! Together they discuss the various characters and how they overcome their individual and collective traumas and fears, the series’ messages about necessity of change and growth, and the series’ thesis about the transformative power of kindness. Plus we chat up our favorite characters and relationships, thoughts on the anime adaptations, our favorite fruit to put in a basket and so much more! Everything changes and everybody changes, but what hasn’t changed is our love for this series! Thanks again to Ellen and Kayla for joining me to discuss FuruBa! Please make sure to listen to Let’s Stay Together for even more comprehensive coverage of the series, and their new Fullmetal Alchemist podcast Equivalent Exchange going through the series in the same format! Also, as a reminder - we’re approaching both the 150th episode of this podcast, and even more significantly - our 5th year anniversary! What will we do to commemorate our 150th episode? Why, our annual Manga Mavericks survey of course! But this won’t be a normal yearly survey, no, this one will encompass the entirety of the podcast’s history from our very first episode in 2016 to the present! You can vote for your favorite episodes, guests, moments, and so much more from the past five years of the show as well as your favorite manga and news stories! The survey is open until Sunday morning, January 24th, so you have just a bit over three weeks to submit your entries! We look forward to seeing your guys’ feedback and discussing the results of the survey on our upcoming 150th episode spectacular - celebrating the 5th anniversary of this podcast is gonna be a magical moment! For a complete list of Links and Community Shout-Outs included with this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-146-fruits-basket/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:15 - Intro & Survey Reminder 03:53 - Introducing Ellen & Kayla of Let’s Stay Together 06:13 - The Premise of Fruits Basket 09:49 - How Did We Get Into Fruits Basket? 10:00 - Kayla 10:53 - Ellen 13:02 - LumRanmaYasha 16:53 - Maturing with the Series 19:15 - Central Theme: “Everything Changes, Everybody Changes” 23:00 - Akito 29:20 - Yuki 31:45 - The Old Sohma Family Maid 34:33 - Yuki’s Character Arc 41:48 - The Supposed Family Curse 43:57 - The True Family Curse 47:45 - Forgiveness & Healing in Abusive Relationships 49:41 - The Transformative Power of Kindness 53:28 - Yuki & Kyo’s Rivalry 55:31 - Tohru’s Growth 59:58 - Ritsu’s.... Lack of Anything 1:01:04 - Why Kindness Can Be Life-Changing 1:05:35 - Doing What You Can For Someone 1:08:23 - Hiro’s Jealousy 1:11:16 - You Can’t Go Through Life Without Being Hurt 1:14:43 - Forgiving Yourself & Others 1:19:43 - Shigure 1:21:43 - Kyo 1:24:18 - Realizing Authority Figures Don’t Control You 1:25:41 - Machi 1:29:46 - Scapegoating vs. Trying to Understand People For Who They Are 1:34:25 - Momiji 1:37:23 - Haru 1:40:29 - The Student Council Q&A’s: 1:44:08 - Is There a Character You Liked Before and Now Dislike, and Vice-Versa? 1:55:33 - Particular Relationships We Like the Most? 2:15:03 - Is Akito Redeemable? 2:18:12 - Message That Most Resonated with Us? 2:22:38 - Favorite Character, and Characters Our Opinions

* Take the Manga Mavericks 5-Year Anniversary Survey and Enter to Win a Free manga! More Details Below!: https://s.surveyplanet.com/uwgeMjcMq * Tite Kubo’s traded in Soul Reapers for Witches and Hollows for Dragons in his newest manga, but his storytelling is no less enchanting! To discuss what makes Kubo’s new series Burn the Witch so spellbinding, we’re delighted to have on the magically talented localization team for the series from Viz with us today - editor Pancha Diaz (Death Note, Skip Beat), translator Jan Mitsuko Cash (Happy Sugar Life, Toradora), and letterer Vanessa Satone (One Piece, Tokyo Ghoul)! It’s always a pleasure when we can invite the localization team of a series on the show to share their perspectives and experiences on the work. We had a lot of fun doing that with Kaiju No. 8 recently, and since Burn the Witch was such a big new series what with it being Tite Kubo’s follow-up to Bleach and all, we really wanted to have an in-depth conversation about it! We discuss Pancha, Jan, and Vanessa’s career journeys, their experience working on Burn the Witch, and their thoughts on the series, how it compares with Bleach, and where we hope to see the story go next! We also have some exciting news to announce! We’re approaching both the 150th episode of this podcast, and even more significantly - our 5th year anniversary! That’s right, we’ve been doing this podcast for nearly half a decade now! Crazy how much time flies when you’re having fun. And of course, we want to celebrate our 5th year anniversary and we’re going to do so on our 150th episodes, which will come out right around our original premiere date all those years ago around the end of January. What will we do to commemorate our 150th episode? Why, our annual Manga Mavericks survey of course! But this won’t be a normal yearly survey, no, this one will encompass the entirety of the podcast’s history from our very first episode in 2016 to the present! You can vote for your favorite episodes, guests, moments, and so much more from the past five years of the show as well as your favorite manga and news stories. But that’s not all, because we want to give back to our listeners for supporting us these past five years, and we’re doing so with another manga giveaway! All survey takers will be entered for a chance to win a free manga volume of their choosing from our catalog, which includes fresh hits like Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun and High Score Girl to classics like Video Girl Ai and even some old Shonen Jump issues! To top it off, you can earn even more entries in the giveaway if you guys also write us a review on Apple Podcasts between now and when the survey closes and send proof of your review to us via our e-mail at mangamavericks@gmail.com or Twitter, and if you send us an e-mail sharing your thoughts on the show and your experiences with it since you’ve started listening! By doing all three you can potentially triple your chances of winning a free manga volume in our giveaway! The survey is open until Sunday morning, January 24th, so you have just a bit over three weeks to submit your entries! We look forward to seeing your guys’ feedback and discussing the results of the survey on our upcoming 150th episode spectacular - celebrating the 5th anniversary of this podcast is gonna be a magical moment! Check out this podcast's webpage for a full list of links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode! - http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-145-burn-the-witch/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & Announcing the Manga Mavericks 5th Anniversary Survey! 04:03 - Introductions 06:17 - Pancha’s Fandom & Career History 09:13 - Vanessa’s Fandom & Career History 15:00 - Jan’s Fandom & Career History 22:08 - Fun with Translating Puns 26:16 - Pancha’s Experiences with Bleach 29:03 - Kubo’s Worldbuilding in Bleach & Burn the Witch 34:53 - Lettering Burn the Witch 36:33 - Localization Differences between th

The Nightmare that is 2020 is almost over, but are you prepared to face The Darkest Nightmare? AKA the 20th Detective Conan movie that suddenly dropped dubbed out of nowhere on digital platforms without any promotion or fanfare whatsoever? Well then, this podcast is your dream come true! Manga Mavericks @ Movies returns to close out the year by facing our greatest fear in this hell of a year - a bad Detective Conan movie! We have some colorful words for this movie, so brighten up your day by listening to us riff on The Darkest at our snarkiest! Plus, we discuss our plans for Manga Mavericks @ Movies in 2021! Is our nightmare really over, or are there more mediocre Detective Conan movies in our future?... Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and subscribe to us on Youtube. You can follow the hosts on twitter at @LumRanmaYasha and @VLordGTZ. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:30 - Intro & Podcast Plans for 2021 06:26 - Detective Conan: The Darkest Nightmare review 58:41 - Wrap-Up Music Featured: The Boston Pops Orchestra - “Hooray for Hollywood” You & Explosion Band - “Theme from Lupin III 2019” Katsuo Ono Band - “Detective Conan Main Theme” B’z - “Sekai wa Anata no Ito ni Naru” Arthur Schwartz - “That’s Entertainment!”

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Lum & Colton take a closer look at the Mangamo app and read a few select titles such as the award winning MMO rom-com Loving Yamada at LV999!, the hilariously cruel Dropkick on My Devil, and the harrowing but thoughtful gender identity story of I Wanna Be Your Girl. They also take a look at even some more recent additions to the app with The Most Tsundere Boss in History and The Warrior Demigods, Champions of Sparta! The Mangamo app is available on both iOS and Android devices for $4.99 month, so be sure to go and check it out today! Visit this podcast's webpage for a complete list of the links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode! - http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-144-mangamo-spotlight/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 02:05 - The Promised Neverland: A Mother's Determination News: 10:23 - 2 New Sukeban Deka manga 11:48 - New one-shot from Shiro Usazaki 13:07 - Shangri-La Frontier added to Crunchyroll Manga and other platforms as simulpub 14:55 - Viz is now releasing Mission: Yozakura Family digitally 16:53 - New licenses from Kaiten Books 20:21 - Sony’s purchase of Crunchyroll finalized at 1.175 billion 23:13 - Kirby Morrow has passed away 24:50 - Yoko Kamio launches English website 26:14 - Way of the Househusband anime coming to Netflix in 2021 28:14 - Kanojo mo Kanojo gets an anime 29:17 - Yoshiyuki Tomino is developing 3 new projects 29:50 - Rumiko Takahashi receives Japan Medal with Purple Ribbon 30:39 - Demon Slayer & Kyoharu Gotouge continues to break records 33:07 - NHK's Sailor Moon poll results 36:39 - Mangamo now available on Android devices 37:27 - The Most Tsundere Boss in History and The Warrior Demigods, Champions of Sparta now available on Mangamo 50:42 - Mangamo to feature comics from Dark Horse (Usagi Yojimbo, Lone Wolf and Cub, etc) Mangamo Spotlight: 55:11 - Loving Yamada at LV999! by Mashiro 1:15:53 - Dropkick on my Devil! by Yukiwo 1:35:03 - I Wanna Be Your Girl by Takase Umi 2:06:29 - Community Shout-Outs! 2:13:37 - Wrap-Up  Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum spend most of the time just catching up on the news, including Oricon's list of the top 10 highest selling manga series from the past year (in which case, number 1 WILL surprise you!), as well as some shake ups in the anime/manga industry that may or may not have already happened by the time this episode has been released. We also talk about some new additions to the Shonen Jump app such as new series, Sakamoto Days, as well as one of two new character centric one shots from The Promised Neverland! There is plenty more that our Mavericks discuss, so much more that we had to save some news for next week's episode! So until then, cozy up and brace yourselves for the winter season, as you listen to your friendly neighborhood Mavericks. <3 Visit this podcast's webpage for a complete list of the links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode! - http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-143-winter-news-special-2020/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro News: 02:07 - Tatsuya Matsuki admits to indecent act charge in court 04:24 - NYT Graphic Books & Manga Lists for November and December 07:17 - Bookscan Lists for October and November 20:17 - Oricon's List of Top Selling Manga in Japan by Series 2020 44:01 - Why we will not be covering Build King or anymore of Shimabukuro's works 46:35 - Sakamoto Days 56:09 - The Promised Neverland: Seeing The Sky of Freedom 1:04:42 - Deadpool: Samurai manga now on Jump+ 1:06:34 - Sui Ishida’s upcoming new manga 1:07:30 - Seven Deadly Sins sequel coming January 2021 1:08:34 - New Gundam spinoffs 1:10:35 - Shaman King shojo spinoff about the Hana-Gumi 1:12:10 - Chainsaw Man news  1:17:37 - We Never Learn (seems to be) ending 1:18:41 - Moriarty the Patriot enters climax of Final Problem arc, possibly series 1:19:23 - Farewell, My Dear Cramer ends in December 1:19:56 - Attack on Titan 1% to 2% from completion 1:21:17 - Burn the Witch Season 2 may not come as soon as previously thought? 1:23:34 - Masashi Kishimoto takes over writing duties for Boruto manga 1:27:42 - Final volumes of Demon Slayer and Yuuna of the Haunted Hot Springs to contain extra manga pages 1:30:18 - Seven Seas Airship light novel line 1:32:22 - Viz Media releasing Devil's Candy & World Peace under Viz Originals line 1:34:04 - Lum's Licensing List 1:51:13 - Colton Licensing List 2:16:23 - We're New at This & Beauty and the Beast of the Lost Paradise from Kodansha 2:18:13 - Publishing Monopolies in danger of happening 2:24:01 - Sony "close" to acquiring Crunchyroll (already happened) 2:25:58 - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train film is currently 2nd highest grossing Japanese film of all time 2:33:48 - My Hero Academia Movie & Popularity Poll Results 2:45:05 - Community Shout-Outs! 2:51:42 - Wrap-Up  Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

Just when you thought you polished off the last of your Thanksgiving leftovers, LGBThanksgiving concludes with one last juicy podcast stuffed full of queer manga goodness! Hope you’re hungry, because this is a big one - our retrospective of the defining yuri manga of the 2010’s, Kase-san! We couldn’t digest a series this savory by ourselves, so we invited on some yuri connoisseurs to help us devour all the gay girly goodness - TomoChoco hosts Kit and Sarah and returning guest Erica Friedman, founder of Okazu and Yuricon! Together we feast on the wonderful bounty of yuri loveliness Kase-san provides, including its resilient publication history, the sweet relationship of its central couple, its mature exploration of their libidos, how it boldly graduates them from high school to college, and so much more! Though, we also go on many tangents too, discussing an assortment of sorta related things like how much better Tokyo’s transit is compared to New York’s, the best anime to watch at the gym, dubs vs. subs, and other random things! But we mostly keep it on track to talk about Kase, and everything we love about this trailblazing, decade-spanning yuri staple! And with all that said, this podcast brings us to the end of LGBThanksgiving! I apologize for the delay on this last installment - I didn’t mean for it to release this half-way into December instead of the end of November, but like I said last time, sometimes it’s good to let Thanksgiving bleed into Christmas rather than the other way around for once. But I want to give my big hearty thanks to all our wonderful guests these past few episodes - Jocelyne Allen, Anne Ishii, Jax Cottrell, Kit, Sarah, and Erica - and a big thank you to all our listeners for enjoying our conversations with them! We definitely plan to cover a lot more queer manga on the show next year, so look forward to having another gay old time with us on more queer occaisions in the future! Visit this podcast's webpage for a complete list of the links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode! - http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-142-kase-san-and-a-podcast/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro 04:08 - Kase-san Retrospective 1:49:30 - Community Shout-Outs! 1:56:12 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! Music Featured: Hanako Oku - “Kimi no Egao (album ver.)” Minami Takashima & Ayane Sakura - “Asu e no Tobira”

Just in time for the turkey day itself, LGBThanksgiving continues with another special interview! We’ve spotlighted manga localizers before, but on this episode we’re excited to host on the show someone who’s making their own manga, and has been doing great work sharing theirs and others’ diverse voices and perspectives by producing manga, animation, blog posts, analysis videos, interviews, merchandise and apparel, and so much more! Jaqueline-Elizabeth "Jax" Cottrell is the digital content strategist for Noir Caeser Entertainment and one of the most amazingly prolific and multi-talented people in anime fandom! Jax joins us to chat about their journey from fan to professional, sharing their background as an anime fan, how they got started with Noir Ceaser, and their new manga - Hanakotoba: The Language of Flowers! They also share their thoughts on the Black anime community, making spaces for Black fans and creators, and the importance of authentic and accurate representation. Plus, we chat about Jax's phenomenal video essays, the extensive research they did while writing Hanakotoba, their journey into voice-acting - and again, so much more! For the complete list of links & shout-outs included in this episode, please visit this podcast’s webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-141-noir-ceaser-hanakotoba-w-jax-cottrell/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro 01:44 - Introducing Jax and their background 13:37 - Jax's Fandom and Career History 25:50 - The Black Anime Community 32:15 - Making Spaces for Black Fans and Creators 41:40 - Noir Caeser's Upcoming Projects 45:17 - Hanakotoba: The Language of Flowers 1:12:10 - The Importance of Authentic, Accurate Representation 1:21:14 - Jax's Personal Aspirations 1:33:15 - Jax’s Plugs 1:35:30 - Community Shout-Outs 1:51:58 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow Lum on Twitter at @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

After our recent retrospective on My Brother's Husband, we were left curious about its creator, Gengoroh Tagame, and the world of gay manga. So we decided to talk to the person who perhaps knows Tagame's work best - Anne Ishii, the translator of My Brother's Husband and ambassador of Tagame's work in the west! Anne is one of the co-founders of Massive Goods, a publisher dedicated to producing gay manga, apparel, and merchandise, and is the executive director of the Asian Arts Initiative. She has done so much over her career, and we explore the breadth of her translation background and work in manga! She shares her insights on Tagame and the writing of My Brother's Husband, thoughts on the future of gay manga, and reveals some exciting news that may color you surprised! We don't want to show our colors just yet, so listen to the podcast and experience the rainbow of gay manga goodness! For a complete list of links & Community Shout-Outs included in this episode, check out this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-140-massive-gay-manga-gengoroh-tagame-w-anne-ishii PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro 01:47 - Introducing Anne & the Publication Background of My Brother’s Husband 10:03 - Anne’s Background in Manga 14:12 - Anne’s Experiences as a Manga Translator 17:03 - Anne’s Experiences with Gay Manga and the Origins of Massive 22:42 - Manga Piracy and Reaching Out to Artists 30:00 - The State of Gay Manga & Manga Magazines 34:05 - Dating Apps: The Future of Gay Manga? 38:21 - Massive’s Fashion 42:40 - Representation in Gay Manga 45:37 - The Relationship between BL and Gay Manga 51:52 - The Future of Massive 58:15 - The Origins of My Brother’s Husband 1:05:26 - The Appeal of Gengoroh Tagame’s Erotica 1:10:05 - Was Mike Based on Chris Butcher? 1:12:51 - Translation Insights 1:21:56 - Upcoming Gengoroh Tagame Projects & Announcements from Anne! 1:25:00 - Anne’s Work with the Asian Arts Initiative 1:28:45 - Community Shout-Outs 1:39:11 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow Lum on Twitter at @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

Our Dreams at Dusk is a beautiful manga that explores characters across the LGBTQ+ spectrum in different phases of their life, struggling to be accepted for being themselves, and finding a community and support network in one another. It made waves when Seven Seas released it in English last year, and after reading it we knew we had to talk about it on the show! We’ve also brought on a very special guest to discuss the series with us - Jocelyne Allen, translator of Our Dreams at Dusk and so many other amazing manga! Jocelyne shares her insights on the series as its translator, shedding some light on some pivotal scenes and language used in the story. She also discusses her career history in translation, including her early career as a translator for Honda, differences between translating novels and manga, her experiences interpreting, and so much more! We had a delightful conversation with Jocelyne, discussing everything that makes this manga such a dream come true for queer manga fans of all ages! But our dream doesn’t end with this podcast! Throughout this month we’ll be releasing podcasts about different LGBTQ manga in a loose theme month we’re calling LGBThanksgiving! Look forward to more interviews with translators and creators and discussions of beloved series about love in the coming weeks! For the complete list of links and Community Shout-Outs included in this podcast, please visit this episode's webpage! - http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-139-our-dreams-at-dusk/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Introducing LGBThanksgiving! Our Dreams At Dusk & Interview with Jocelyne Allen! 05:23 - Introducing Jocelyne & Our Dreams at Dusk 07:30 - Translating “Dareka-san” as “Someone-san” 11:35 - Using Pronouns for “Someone-san” and Misora 16:00 - Tchaiko & Seiichiro: Learning from the Experiences of Queer Elders 18:44 - How Jocelyne Got Into Manga 21:50 - Jocelyne’s Experiences as a Translator 35:24 - Jocelyne’s Experiences Translating Ryoko Ikeda’s Manga! 38:49 - The Slurs & Profanity in Our Dreams at Dusk 46:46 - Utsumi & Koyama, Tasaku & Misora, and Misguided Allyship 49:46 - Queer Identity and Coming Out 53:05 - Understanding Yourself & Wanting to Be Seen For Who You Are 56:00 - Embracing Change 57:12 - The Pacing & The Ending 1:03:24 - Kamatani’s Visual Metaphors 1:07:00 - Translating Onomatopoeia 1:11:00 - How Closely Translators & Editors Collaborate 1:13:50 - Representing the LGBTQ Community 1:15:48 - Researching Onomichi 1:17:45 - The Depth of Our Dreams at Dusk 1:19:35 - Jocelyne’s Experiences in Interpreting 1:25:38 - Farewells & Where to Find Jocelyne 1:29:16 - Community Shout-Outs 1:38:04 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! Music Featured: Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 1 in G Minor, "Winter Daydreams," as performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra  Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor, as performed by London Symphony Orchestra

Boo! That’s the sound a vuvuzela makes, at least according to the series we’re talking about today. That’s right, Naoki Urasawa superfan and lettering enthusiast Aidan joins us to discuss the first Urasawa manga we’re covering on the show - Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams! We discuss how the series reflects Urasawa’s storytelling principles while differing stylistically in interesting ways, and gush over his art and color pages! We also discuss the lettering found in Urasawa’s books, translation differences across different editions, and the layout of the book itself! Oh, and of course, we analyze Urasawa’s reinterpretation of everyone’s favorite buck-toothed francophile from the Osomatsu-kun franchise, and the surprising depth Urasawa brings out in such a silly character! So head the vuvuzela’s call and listen closely to our discussion of this bande dessinee! Sheeh! Visit this podcast's webpage for a complete list of links and shout-outs mentioned in this episode! - http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-137-mujirushi/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 06:32 - Background of Mujirushi 16:50 - Urasawa’s Writing and Humor 20:27 - Urasawa’s Optimism 23:57 - Urasawa’s Endings 26:35 - Iyami 32:02 - Kasumi 38:54 - Urasawa’s Storytelling 46:30 - Urasawa’s Art 51:46 - The Lettering in Urasawa’s Books 1:04:10 - The Translations of Urasawa’s Books 1:06:56 - The Book and Layout 1:13:18 - Final Thoughts and Recommendations 1:21:00 - Guest Plugs 1:25:02 - Community Shout-Outs: 1:48:42 - Wrap-Up & Future Plans Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323, @lumranmayasha, and @VLordGTZ. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum *attempt* to catch up on at least some of the latest simulpub manga titles that have popped up over the past three months. Unfortunately, they only managed to cover 6 titles, but 6 pretty good ones! We start off with Crescent Moon Marching from Azuki, and then transition into a few new titles over on Manga Plus. All ranging in tone from comedic and slightly heart-warming titles like Stan for Salvation, Service Wars and The Pension Life Vampire, to straight horror with Jinrui-Shoku: Blight of Man and Shibatarian! Join us again in a couple episodes as our Mavericks work with much more recording time to try and cover and discuss the rest of the simulpubs they still have to get to! Including the newest batch of series from Shonen Jump, but until then, enjoy!

Check out the newest bonus podcast on our Patreon discussing our thoughts on Knights of the Zodiac! The Hollywood live-action adaptation of Saint Seiya!

For a complete list of links, time codes and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2023/manga-mavericks-ep-229-june-2023-simulpubs-roundup/

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 - Intro

03:26 - Crescent Moon Marching

21:10 - Stan For Salvation

34:40 - Jinrui-Shoku: Blight of Man

52:57 - Service Wars

1:06:48 - The Pension Life Vampire

1:19:14 - Shibatarian

1:33:40 - Wrap up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at⁠ @manga_mavericks⁠, on tumblr at⁠ mangamavericks.tumblr.com,⁠ and on⁠ Youtube⁠! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at⁠ @sniperking323⁠ and⁠ @lumranmayasha⁠. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can⁠ pledge to our Patreon⁠ and receive some awesome rewards like our⁠ Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods⁠! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to⁠ Colton’s Ko-fi here⁠ and⁠ LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here⁠, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them⁠ @siddartworks⁠ on Instagram and⁠ Twitter⁠ and donate to their⁠ personal Patreon⁠. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum spend most of the show catching up on and discussing their thoughts on the latest round of Jump Starts from Shonen Jump (Phantom Seer, High School Family & Our Blood Oath), as well as some other simulpub debuts from Mangamo (Deathdeus: Hero of the Dead & My Evil Stepbrother) and Manga Plus (World's End Harem ~Britannia Lumiére~, Hokkaido Gals are Super Adorable, Excuse Me Dentist, Its Touching Me! & Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective). Afterwards, they discuss their thoughts on the latest bonus chapters of The Promised Neverland & Demon Slayer, and then round off the show by talking about Sawanabe Zombie by Kakio Tsurukawa from Star Fruit Books! We also have our usual news roundup discussing topics such as Demon Slayer catching up to My Hero Academia on the newest Bookscan list, the baffling ending of Iori Asaga's Dear Sa-chan, and the new licenses we have to look forward from publishers like Yen Press and Star Fruit Books! Enjoy! For a complete list of links and shout-outs included in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-136-september-2020-jump-starts-and-more/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro (Colton received an entire run of Raijin Comics)  04:45 - NYT Graphic Books & Manga Best Sellers List for October 06:37 - Monthly Bookscan List for September 15:20 - Dear Sa-chan ends on Manga Plus 18:51 - Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective Begins on Manga Plus 30:40 - Tokyo Shinobi Squad now available for digital purchase from Viz 32:23 - Lum's Licensing List 41:24 - Colton's Licensing List 55:04 - Regal and Cineworld close down, AMC and Cinemark remain open 56:49 - Toonami Audience Takeover Bracket Streams Simulpubs!!: 1:03:06 - Deathdeus: Hero of the Dead 1:14:11 - My Evil Stepbrother 1:25:14 - World's End Harem ~Britannia Lumiére~ 1:40:00 - Hokkaido Gals are Super Adorable 1:50:22 - Excuse Me Dentist, Its Touching Me! 2:00:28 - Phantom Seer 2:12:01 - High School Family 2:19:33 - Our Blood Oath 2:33:15 - The Promised Neverland Bonus Chapter 2:40:03 - Demon Slayer Bonus Chapter 2:49:14 - Sawanabe Zombie 2:57:09 - Community Shout Outs! 3:09:53 - Wrap Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we have yet another review of a new series whose first volume is now on sale from Viz Media known as Moriarty the Patriot from Ryosuke Takeuchi and Hikaru Miyoshi! A series that runs in Shueisha's monthly Jump Square magazine starring the infamous nemesis of Sherlock Holmes himself, as he and his comrades take on the task of murdering the worst of England's elite noble society to make the world a better place for the common folk. Lum & Colton are joined by letterer of the series, Ace Christman, to discuss their thoughts on this first volume and even some material coming up! They're also sent in some thoughts from editor, Rae First, who couldn't make it to the show, but still had some insights to contribute as well! The game is afoot, as our titular mavericks are ready to eat the rich right alongside Moriarty band of rouges! Enjoy! For a complete list of links and shout-outs included in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-135-moriarty-the-patriot/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 01:47 - Tatsuya Matsuki formally indicted 03:15 - NYT Graphic Books & Manga September 2020 05:19 - August 2020 Bookscan List 09:00 - ICV2's Top Manga Franchises of Spring 2020 11:44 - Shonen Jump launches Demon Slayer spin off manga about Rengoku 14:06 - Kore Yamazaki to launch new manga next year 14:54 - New manga from Yuhki Kamatani 16:12 - New manga from Homura Kawamoto 17:27 - Twin Star Exorcists enters final arc 18:03 - Beastars has ended, Beast Complex returns next year 20:03 - My Boy ends this month 21:16 - Tower of God goes on indefinite hiatus 22:41 - Mangamo adds Deathdeus, My Evil Stepbrother, Erementar Gerade 27:57 - Shaman King is now available on Comixology!! 29:25 - Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns now available digitally from Kodansha 29:57 - Harvey Awards induct Osamu Tezuka into Hall of Fame 30:48 - Witch Hat Atelier wins Best Manga at Harvey Awards 32:07 - Demon Slayer to top 100 million copies in circulation 33:24 - Akira is 1st Kodansha manga to get 100th printing 34:38 - Case Closed episodes 1-43 readded to Crunchyroll, plans for more on the way(?) 38:27 - Oishinbo streaming for free on Youtube with English subs 44:00 - GKids licenses Evangelion for Home Video & Theatrical 46:30 - Live-action Your Name director named 47:59 - Black Clover English popularity poll results 50:36 - Moriarty the Patriot Vol 1 /w letterer, Ace Christman 1:22:45 - Thoughts on the series from editor, Rae First 1:44:40 - Twitter Questions 1:54:11 - Community Shout Outs! 2:07:12 - Wrap Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

“Fly Me to the Moon Let me podcast among the stars Let me see what marriage is like From a, Sunday and Hata In other words, listen to me In other words, baby, read this series!” That’s right, we’re over the moon because we’re taking a trip into one of the latest hit Shonen Sunday manga, Kenjiro Hata’s Fly Me to the Moon! As always when we cover anything Sunday, we’re joined once again by Sakaki, founder of the Weekly Shogakukan Edition Talkback Twitter & Blog, as well as Marion from the Good Friends Anime Club and a gamut of other podcasts! Oh, and Mavericks teammate VLord, host of the Demon Slayer Podcast and Dumb Weebs is here too, I guess. Listen to this dream team discuss this dreamy manga about married life! We chat about the couple, the cuteness, the name, the pop culture references, and the allusions to The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter and the implications it may have on the story. We discuss everything that makes Fly Me an engaging manga, one you’ll want to commit to! We’re not asking for the moon here; read this manga and fly high with us! For a complete list of links and shout-outs included in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-134-fly-me-to-the-moon PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 02:09 - “Tonikawa: Into the ground with this name!” 06:11 - Fly Me to the Moon Background 14:42 - Fly Me’s Story 17:52 - First Impressions 20:20 - Hayate vs. Fly Me 24:18 - Art & Paneling 27:48 - Pop Culture References 32:38 - Relationship Realness 34:44 - Tsukasa 38:08 - Couples Chat 41:38 - Anime Anticipation 46:10 - Unique Rom-Com Elements 54:50 - Princess Kaguya Allusions 1:04:18 - Tsukasa and Nasa’s Relationship 1:07:26 - More Pop Culture References 1:09:28 - Should You Read the Manga First, or Wait for the Anime? 1:15:38 - State of Sunday 2020 1:19:13 - Guest Plugs 1:28:48 - Community Shout-Outs 1:34:26 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow Lum on Twitter at @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! Music Featured: “Fly Me to the Moon” by Frank Sinatra “Koi no Uta (feat. Tsukasa Tsukuyomi)” by Akari Kito “Tsuki to Hoshizora” by KanoeRana

Anime and manga are beloved worldwide and enjoyed by passionate fans of all walks of life. However, marginalized voices are often not represented or visible in community events, conversations, or the media we enjoy itself. But POC fans and creatives have done so much great and essential work for this fandom, Black fans in particular. Recently there’s been a long-overdue movement in creative and professional circles to amplify and spotlight the voices of Black creatives in fandoms and industries, and I want to use Manga Mavericks to amplify more Black voices in the community and have a critical conversation about representation and inclusivity. In this spirit, we invited on a group of Black creatives who’ve long advocated for these critical conversations and championed spaces to highlight diverse perspectives to discuss their experiences as Black anime fans. Our guests are the Black Manga Critic, an anime/manga Youtuber who does live-stream read-throughs of series he loves while also doing vlogs discussing broader problems plaguing discourse and the mistreatment of marginalized groups in the community. Eunice Ibama, the founder of BlackGirlsAnime, an organization that promotes the visibility and perspectives of black women through social media, and website publishing reviews and editorials written by black fans - BGA news. Naja Beck, who runs the Otome and BL-focused blog Blerdy Otome, who has also written extensively about the representation of Black characters in media through her Melanin Monday features. And Ash, also known as TheMacabreChap, who runs the mecha-focused podcast Build Casters and is the creator of the Black Anime Podcast directory, which is a resource dedicated to being compiling the extensive list of podcasts hosted by Black Anime fans and promoting their work! BMC, Eunice, Naja, and Ash share their experiences enjoying anime as kids, close-calls hiding salacious anime from nosy parents, being judged for liking anime or anime of certain kinds, and the various forms of gatekeeping and discrimination they’ve witnessed or experienced themselves as black anime fans, and what we can do to foster better communities and representation for people of color. Much thanks to BMC, Eunice, Naja, and Ash for their time and perspectives. I’m proud of how this conversation turned out, and I hope our listeners enjoy and learn from it! Visit this podcast's webpage for a full list of links & shout-outs mentioned in this episode! - http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-133-do-the-work-black-representation-in-anime-manga-fandom/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Introducing the Podcast 06:15 - Introducing our Panelists 10:54 - Anime Origin Stories 11:13 - Ash’s Experiences 13:06 - Eunice’s Experiences 18:48 - Naja’s Experiences 24:48 - Horror Stories of Hiding Anime from Your Parents 31:26 - BMC’s Experiences 37:56 - Gatekeeping in the Community 59:58 - Black & PoC Representation in Anime 1:23:33 - Importance of Authentic Representation 1:37:23 - Why Black Creators Need to Tell Their Stories 1:52:20 - Do. The. Work. 1:57:30 - Creating More Inclusive Spaces in Fandom 2:06:45 - Guest-Plugs 2:13:42 - Community Shout-Outs 2:32:25 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow Lum on Twitter at @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! Music Featured: “Showdown” by M

On this Manga Mavericks, its once again time for another news roundup, but this time we try something different! Instead of bogging down the episode with a huge slew of licenses that have been announced since the last time news was covered, Colton & Lum decide to each make their own short list of licenses that they're personally looking forward to seeing! Its a slight change in format compared to how the Mavericks normally report on news, but it gives them the time and energy to report on and discuss other more pressing matters like the recent statement from Amimaru regarding their questionable translation wages, the noticeable increase in other countries' need of legal streaming anime after the shut down of pirate site KissAnime and more!! Enjoy. For the complete list of links and Shout-Outs featured in this podcast, please visit this episode's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-132-september-2020-news-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 04:39 - Updates on Act-Age & a statement from Shiro Usazaki 10:17 - NYT Graphic Books List for August 12:12 - July Bookscan List 16:06 - Viz’s Success according to VP of Publishing 23:17 - New Manga from Akihito Tomi  24:46 - New Manga from Nico Tanigawa 26:04 - Bone Collection ends 27:35 - Time Paradox Ghost Writer ends 29:14 - Little Miss P ending this October 30:54 - Ooku ends this December 31:57 - Double Taisei & Beast Children volumes now available for digital purchase 33:08 - Robot x Laserbeam digital volumes listed for release on Sept 22nd 35:27 - Manga Plus adds Excuse Me Dentist & Hokkaido Gals 38:48 - Crunchyroll Manga adds Junji Ito’s Cat Diary 39:24 - Licensing Corner! (Colton Edition) 51:39 - Licensing Corner (LumRanmaYasha Edition) 58:45 - SuBLime to release Bad Boys, Happy Home next year 1:02:12 - Harvey Award Nominations 1:03:40 - Amimaru controversy 1:13:27 - Ryoma Kitada’s income breakdown 1:18:41 - Pirate sites KissAnime & KissManga finally shut down 1:24:00 - AT&T looking to sell Crunchyroll to Sony 1:29:53 - Con Cancellation Updates 1:31:11 - Update on Books Kinokuniya Sydney Manga Ban 1:32:49 - Undead Unluck wins Tsugi ni Kuru Manga 2020 Awards 1:37:27 - Hell’s Paradise 2nd Character Popularity Poll 1:40:57 - Black Clover 4th Character Popularity Poll 1:49:48 - Burn the Witch anime to stream on Crunchyroll, "Season 2" of the manga announced 1:53:25 - Crunchyroll is supposedly rejecting diverse pitches because of High Guardian Spice backlash 2:01:34 - Community Shout Outs! 2:16:18 - Wrap Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

On this monster-sized episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum talk about Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8, a new series from Shonen Jump that takes in a world where humanity battles against giant monsters, starring a protagonist who's job it is to clean up after those battles, but ends up deciding to pursue his dream of being a soldier to engage in actual combat...but not before he himself gains the ability to turn into a monster! Our Mavericks go the extra mile with not just discussing their thoughts on this new hit series, but also invite on the entire localization team responsible for bringing new chapters to English readers every week, including editor Karla Clark,  translator David Evelyn, and past guest, letterer Brandon Bovia (who may or may not be an industry legend)! The Mavericks discuss with this lovely trio about the process of simulpubbing a series and the thought that goes into every single decision made in process, whether it be choosing the right type and size of font for the dialogue or translating certain honorifics. Enjoy!! For the complete list of links and Shout-Outs featured in this podcast, please visit this episode's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-131-kaiju-no-8-and-the-simulpub-process/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 05:23 - Kaiju No 8 (and the Simulpub Process) 2:34:06 - Community Shout Outs! 2:46:00 - Wrap Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again tackle more news from the world of manga! We also discuss a lot of new manga from various publishers, including three new doujinshi from Irodori Comics' LGBTQ-focused imprint Irodori Sakura, as well as three new simulpubs! We start off with the manga adaptation of Japan Sinks 2020 exclusively on Mangamo, followed by Ghost Reaper Girl from Shonen Jump, and last but not least, Lockdown Zone: Level X from Denpa! It's a cool collection of new series that we were very excited to talk about and we hope you all check them out!  Unfortunately, we also had to address the arrest of Tatsuya Matsuki, the writer of Act-Age, and the subsequent fallout, such as the cancellation of the series in Shonen Jump and everything else related to it. Our hearts go out to the victims of Matsuki's crimes, as well as Shiro Usazaki, whose artistic talent was responsible for bringing the world and characters of Act-Age to life, and we hope she is able to find more work and success in the future. It goes without saying that we here at Manga Mavericks will NOT be supporting or reviewing any of Matsuki's works in the future and will be dedicating a future episode to our frustrations with the sexist workplace culture at Shonen Jump that has unfortunately festered and harbored multiple predators. For the complete list of links and Shout-Outs featured in this podcast, please visit this episode's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-130-irodori-sakura-and-more/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - The Arrest of Tatsuya Matsuki & Cancellation of Shonen Jump's Act-Age 20:07 - Intro (Rest of the) News: 22:16 - 4 new series to debut in Jump (including Burn The Witch) 29:22 - Mitama Security & Bone Collection(??) ends 33:58 - Yuu Watase working to resume Arata the Legend 38:00 - Captain Tsubasa receives bilingual Japanese-English release 42:26 - Manga Planet licenses classic titles & more! 55:16 - futekiya licenses  1:00:47 - SuBLime licenses Dick Fight Island 1:04:21 - CODA Anti-Piracy Manga now available for free in English 1:06:20 - Tsurukawa Kakio's Zombie Sawanabe one-shot available from Star Fruit Books in October 1:07:49 - Square Enix Licenses Otherside Picnic & I Think Our Son is Gay 1:10:33 - Seven Seas licenses Super Hxeros 1:12:54 - This Year's Eisner Award Winners 1:15:07 - Jiro Kuwata passes away 1:17:10 - Fakku to dispute Shenzhuen Guangcai trying to trademark ahegao 1:19:06 - Trigger unpaid overtime settlement 1:22:05 - Mainichi Weekly publishes abridged Barefoot Gen in English online 1:24:23 - Kinokuniya Sydney removes 7 manga from shelves after ban 1:26:21 - Uzumaki, Blade Runner Black Lotus & Fena: Pirate Princess coming to Toonami in 2021 1:32:21 - Anpanman films coming to TubiTV 1:34:59 - New Knights of Sidonia film coming in 2021 1:36:05 - GKids licenses Earwig and the Witch 1:38:04 - Demon Slayer Mugen Train film to screen in US theaters in 2021 Manga Reviews: 1:40:08 - Irodori Sakura Why Does Love Do This To Me? She Wants to do What?  Mine-kun is Asexual 2:07:38 - Japan Sinks 2020 2:22:24 - Ghost Reaper Girl 2:36:40 - Lockdown Zone: Level X 2:50:51 - Community Shout Outs! 3:06:42 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iT

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum finally get around to (at least some of) the news that has been building up over the past couple of months, including all of the licensing news from all the various publishers that were still announced despite the ongoing pandemic! Some of the biggest acquisitions including the return of series like Shaman King from Kodansha USA, as well as Slayers from J-Novel Club, both of which we were so excited about that we just HAD to pull in Vlord into to room for a bit to talk about! We also take a deep dive into the latest thoroughly researched analysis from Comics Beat, as well as report on some other unfortunate events happening in the general comics industry, including but not limited to the exposure of Warren Ellis. Truthfully, this episode became much more bloated then we initially planned for, which is why we will saving the rest of our news for next week, along with some thoughts on the latest simulpubs and even some titles from the newest line of Irodori Comics! Will the next episode be even longer then this one!? Stay tuned and find out! For the complete list of links and Shout-Outs featured in this podcast, please visit this episode's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-129-summer-2020-news-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro  01:38 - Bookscan List for June 08:35 -  NYT's Graphic Books & Manga Best Sellers List for July 10:02 - Ghost Reaper Girl & Kaiju No. 8 available on Shonen Jump 14:35 - Guardian of the Witch has ended 16:52 - Haikyu has ended 20:32 - Weathering With You manga ends in August with 3rd volume 21:25 - Ooku: The Inner Chambers will end with 19th volume 22:59 - Planned Gridman manga about Akane cancelled 23:53 - Irodori Comics launches SFW website 24:47 - Comico launches Pocket Comics app 26:38 - Mangamo adds Japan Sinks 2020, expands to Android 30:06 - Manga Planet Licenses Silent Mobius and others 31:47 - Kodansha Manga now available on Izneo 33:20 - Bookwaker and Kodansha partner for exclusives 35:03 - Kodansha Licenses (including Shaman King & it's subsequent spin-offs) 1:00:24 - Crunchyroll Manga adds new simulpubs 1:01:24 - Star Fruit Books licenses Pop Life 1:03:13 - Yen Press licenses 1:20:32 - Viz Media licenses 1:38:41 - Tokyopop licenses 1:42:00 - Denpa licenses 1:45:50 - Seven Seas licenses 2:04:23 - Cross Infinite World licenses Past Life Countess, Present Life Otome Game NPC?! 2:05:55 - New J-Novel Club licenses (including Slayers) 2:19:24 - Titles from J-Novel Club, Dark Horse, & Yen Press delisted on Amazon 2:22:06 - Comics Beat’s Industry Analysis 2:50:22 - Various Stories of Sexual Misconduct in the Comics Industry as of late 2:59:18 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

Blue Flag is a wonderful coming-of-age story in which characters navigate the difficult mores of identity, relationships, love, sexuality, and the choices we make. In the second part of our retrospective on KAITO’s manga, special guests Maxy Barnard, Ace Christman, and SimplyGee! join us to discuss the broader themes of the story and the way in which it articulates them in uniquely impactful, relatable ways. First we share our history with the series and KAITO, and give a spoiler-free review of the first volume to describe what sets this story apart from other romantic dramas through its characters, themes, and art! Then we discuss the series as a whole, honing in on specific characters like Masumi and Mami and exploring their roles in the story, empathizing with the feelings of self-loathing and defeatism in our main trio of protagonists. We also answer some listener questions addressing some of the more complicated, and controversial, parts of the story - including how it handles its LGBTQ representation, the mixed messages in the conversation with Kensuke, the flash-forward ending, and more! In the time since we’ve recorded this, Blue Flag has been added to the Shonen Jump Vault! Please check it out and support the release! We have a lot of love for this series about love, and we hope you love it just as much! For the complete list of links and Shout-Outs featured in this podcast, please visit this episode's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-128-blue-flag/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:30 - Intro 04:35 - Blue Flag Volume 1 Spoiler-Free Review 06:35 - Background & Context 07:38 - Maxy’s History with Blue Flag 08:48 - Gee’s History with Blue Flag 09:37 - Lum’s History with Blue Flag 11:22 - Ace’s History with Blue Flag 13:07 - Colton’s Experiences with KAITO and Blue Flag 15:40 - First Impressions of the First Volume 18:45 - KAITO’s Art & Paneling 23:42 - Self-Loathing & Compassion 27:28 - The Love Triangle Misdirect 31:57 - Love Triangles, Misunderstandings, & Communication 37:06 - What It Means to Love Someone & Different Types of Relationships 40:18 - Blue Flag Full-Series Retrospective 41:35 - Taichi, the Cat, and Toma’s Accident 49:09 - How You Perceive Yourself and How Others Perceive You 53:41 - Mami and Rejecting Prejudices & Stereotypes 1:02:05 - In-between Chapter Illustrations & Animal Avatars 1:04:27 - The True Moral of Blue Flag: Kensuke Fucking Sucks 1:08:05 - Different Perspectives & Internal Conflicts 1:11:56 - KAITO’s Artistic Versatility & Humor 1:19:29 - Background Character Depth 1:21:48 - Subtle Characterization through the Art 1:28:15 - Relatability & Re-readability 1:31:25 - Length & Focus 1:40:22 - Ace’s Lettering Insights 1:44:12 - Blue Flag Q&A’s 1:44:22 - Which Story Arc Was Most Successful in Presenting LGBTQ Themes and Experiences? 1:55:03 - Do you Feel the Manga’s Tackling of Homophobia was Well-handled? 2:00:06 - Thoughts on the Response to and Acceptance of Homosexuality in the Series? 2:02:11 - The Masumi Question 2:11:08 - Weird Double Standard About Queer Ships 2:13:15 - Thoughts on The Final Chapter & the Theme of Change 2:19:40 - Surprising Spoilers 2:21:05 - Who is Our Favorite Character? 2:24:24 - Would we like to see KAITO return to Weekly Shonen Jump? 2:27:06 - Short-Lived & Obscure Series We Want Licensed! 2:28:58 - Does Blue Flag Need More Lesbians? 2:30:00 - Which Taichi Nerd Shirt is Your Favorite? 2:31:37 - Which Character Do You Relate to the Most? 2:34:54 - Should the Series Have Explored the T in LGBT More? 2:46:14 - What is our Favorite Flag? 2:47:40 - Guest Plugs 2:55:30 - Community Shout-Outs! 3:11:26 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like t

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum are joined by special guests, Maxy Barnard of Friendship Effort Victory, Marion from the Good Friends Anime Club, as well as Aisha from the MommaLuvsManga Youtube Channel, to talk about Cross Manage from Kaito! Cross Manage is a sports series about teenager Sakurai, an ex-soccer player who is roped into serving as the problem solving manager of his high school's lacrosse team. This is also another series unfortunately cut short by Weekly Shonen Jump, but also had a full simulpubbed run in English back when Viz's Shonen Jump was in its Alpha phase, as such, this is another "cancelled Shonen Jump manga" podcast, which we will from now on be referring to as "Jump Stop" podcasts! Get it, cause its the opposite of "Jump Starts"? D'aaah, you get it, you get it... Cross Manage in particular may be the most beloved of these "pre-Jump Start" series licensed and simulpubbed by Viz Media, so of course we spend a lot of time discussing it from a ton of different angles: From Kaito's composition and paneling, to the story's themes of effort and perseverance, as well as just why its run in Shonen Jump may have been cut short. Join us next week as we discuss Kaito's more recent series, Blue Flag!! Visit this episode's webpage for a complete list of Links & Shout-Outs included in this episode: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-127-cross-manage/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:04:21 - Cross Manage discussion 2:23:17 - Community Shout-Outs!  1:34:30 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again cover a fraction of all the news that's come out over the past month! Including Viz's domination of the US manga market according to Comics Beat's 2022 Bookscan data report, a lot of licenses from Yen Press in particular, even MORE Cells at Work spin-off manga and much more!

For a complete list of links, time codes and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2023/manga-mavericks-ep-228-may-2023-news-roundup/

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 - In Memoriam

07:09 - Intro

13:32 - List News

24:41 - Industry News

1:11:11 - Licensing News

1:38:52 - Serialization News

2:04:06 - Poll News

2:16:18 - Movie News

2:22:08 - Wrap up

Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its already time for a new batch of series from Weekly Shonen Jump, as Lum and Colton tackle the first few chapters of four all new titles! Including two from veteran authors Kentaro Yabuki (Black Cat, To Love Ru) and Ryuhei Tamura (Beelzebub)!! As per usual, the Mavericks discuss their feelings on the debut of each series, whether they're slightly bored or even uncomfortable with Ayakashi Triangle and Hard-Boiled Cop & Dolphin, or they get a genuine laugh or two from both Magu-chan and Roboco! Afterwards, they check emails and list off some more cool things for listeners to check out in the Community Shout-Outs near the end! Enjoy! Visit this episode's webpage for a complete list of Links & Shout-Outs included in this episode: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-126-june-2020-jump-starts/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro Jump Starts!! 0:02:34 - Ayakashi Triangle by Kentaro Yabuki 0:17:31 - Magu-chan: God of Destruction by Kei Kamiki 0:25:59 - Hard-Boiled Cop & Dolphin by Ryuhei Tamura 0:45:42 - Me & Roboco by Shuhei Miyazaki 1:03:08 - Emails!! 1:42:45 - Community Shout-Outs!  1:52:42 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Lum and Colton sit down with Emma Hanashiro, editor-in-chief of Boys Love manga subscription service futekiya, to discuss her role in running the service, as well as other topics such as Emma's academic background, how her crew tackles piracy, and even some recommendations as to what people should read on the site! Visit this episode's webpage for a complete list of Links & Shout-Outs included in this episode: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-125-our-intreview-w-emma-hanashiro/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:40 - Our Interview /w Emma Hanashiro of futekiya 1:42:45 - Community Shout-Outs!  1:52:42 - Future Plans & Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

If Love Me For Who I Am’s non-binary maid is reporting for duty, then our non-binary host is recording a podcast about it! That’s right, we’re reviewing the first volume of a newly released series on the show this time! We haven’t spotlighted a lot of new releases recently, but we had to make an exception for this exceptional manga exploring gender and the LGBTQ community in Japan in a way we’ve rarely seen. Joining us to discuss the series is someone who’s basically become its ambassador on MangaTwitter, Ashley Hakker from Anime Herald! Ashley helps us dig into each of the series’ fantastic cast of characters, core themes, and beautiful artwork, exploring what makes it such a sweet, one-of-a-kind story! We also spend some time discussing a topic close to LumRanmaYasha - the recent #FUCKSVA initiative - and why the School of Visual Arts needs to make long overdue changes to make its campus a safe learning environment for students. It’s a more serious topic sandwiched in the middle of two relatively more light-hearted parts of the podcast, but again, we’re committed to having conversations important topics affecting the community on the show and advocating for change, so we hope you also look into what’s going on at SVA and help the students there fight for a better education too. We’re also committed to spotlighting the great work people are doing in our community, and since our review was on the shorter end this time, we had the opportunity for a special-sized community Shout-Outs segment spotlighting over a dozen awesome articles, podcasts, and videos to check out! So enjoy this podcast and check out Love Me For Who I Am as well as the work of all the great people we recommend in this episode! Visit this episode's webpage for a complete list of Links & Shout-Outs included in this episode: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-124/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & Patron Shout-Out Love Me For Who I Am Discussion w/Ashley Hakker 05:15 - Introducing Ashley, Love Me For Who I Am, & Advocating for Niche Series 08:22 - Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover? 11:30 - Gender Representation & “Otokonoko” 15:11 - Japanese Queer Culture in Manga Narratives 17:30 - Who is Kata Konayama? 19:10 - Authentic Relationships in LMFWIA 20:15 - Tetsu’s Burgeoning Queerness 23:00 - Satori and Japanese Gender Pronouns 26:18 - Mei and Self-Identity 29:54 - Where are the Parents? 30:51 - Mogumo and Liking Cute Things 34:37 - Ten and Gender as Performance 36:36 - Suzu and Expressing Both Feminine & Masculine Traits 39:12 - Kotone, Heteronormativity, & Inter-Community Conflict 42:50 - Misunderstandings & Micro-Aggressions 45:35 - Conflicts & Consequences 46:57 - The Title: “Who” vs. “What” 49:45 - Release Schedule & Availability 52:50 - Queer Culture in LMFWIA 54:35 - Ashley’s Efforts to Promote the Series 58:30 - The Art & Background Details 59:53 - Fanservice? 1:00:50 - Mogumo’s Fashion Sense 1:02:30 - Mentor Figures 1:03:15 - Cultural Differences 1:03:49 - Unique Experiences 1:08:27 - Community Call-to-Action: #FUCKSVA 1:16:33 - Community Shout-Outs! 1:36:03 - Future Plans & Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! Music Featured: "Love Me For What I Am" by Lobo "Love Me For What I Am" by The Carpente

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Lum and Colton once again go over some more of the latest manga news as even a global pandemic can't stop all the new series, licenses or even live action adaptations being announced! Some of the biggest news stories this episode include Demon Slayer's complete take over of all of Oricon's sales lists only half way into the year, the end of The Promised Neverland, plus some updates on the state of the North American manga industry via Deb Aoki's article from Publisher's Weekly! Join us over the coming weeks as we have podcast episodes dedicated to discussions of some series such as Cross Manage, Blue Flag, Love Me For Who I Am, and much, much more!! Some of which may or may not end up being uploaded early on our Patreon! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:28 - Oricon's Top Selling Manga and Light Novel Series Mid 2020 0:19:10 - May Bookscan List and June NYT Graphic Books List 0:30:12 - Eisner 2020 Nominees 0:34:48 - Souboutei Enters Final Arc 0:36:15 - Domestic Girlfriend Ends 0:41:06 - 4 Manga Plus Titles Have Ended: East, Into the Night Spotless Love Hina Change The Sign of the Abyss 0:45:37 - The Promised Neverland Ends 0:52:55 - 4 New Series Coming to Shonen Jump: Ayakashi Triangle Magu-chan: God of Destruction Shakunetsu no Nirai Kanai (Red Hot Nirai Kanai) Boku to Robo (Me and the Robot) 0:58:16 - Yen Press Licenses 1:00:12 - Kodansha July Licenses 1:04:36 - J-Novel Club Licenses 1:11:08 - Kaiten Books Licenses 1:14:34 - Manga Planet Licenses 1:17:52 - Mangamura Lawsuit and JP Copyright Law Updates 1:22:43 - Publisher Weekly's State of the Manga Industry 1:38:57 - Next Detective Conan Film Rescheduled for Next Year 1:39:56 - Sonic The Hedgehog Sequel Announced 1:41:41 - The Promised Neverland Live Action Series in Development For Amazon 1:45:50 - Eden's Zero Anime Announced (Oh and Shaman King, I guess) 1:54:07 - NHK Evangelion Mega Poll Results 1:57:45 - Chainsaw Man Popularity Poll Results 2:02:14 - Manga Planet Licenes: Fukumoto Edition 2:04:51 - Blue Flag is now on the Shonen Jump App! 2:07:21 - Community Shout-Outs! Weekly Manga Recap Charity Livestream DuckFace Diaries TomoChocho Patreon Marion’s Ping-Pong Review Knick Knacks Kickstarter Erica’s Yuri Panel Kanzenshuu feature on Lost 1994 Curse of Blood Rubies VHS "Pride, Policing, and the Conservative Politics of MHA" on AniFem Eyes on Yokai 2:14:58 - Wrap-up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

Geez, between all the series starting and ending in Shonen Jump recently, it sure feels like the brand is entering a new era. Heck, by the end of 2020 over half of the lineup will consist of series that only started this year! There are so many new series starting up that we’re getting up our episode on the last batch just as the new batch has started. Actually, there’s been a new series every month so far this year - it’s hard to keep up! Well, before we can talk about Ayakashi Triangle and the other new blood starting up, we still have to take care of some leftovers. Is Moriking a supremely funny gag comedy or did we want to squash it like a bug? Was Bone Collection bad to the bone? Did we have the time of our lives reading Time Paradox Ghost Writer? Does the Food Wars duo’s new one-shot Yugen’s All-Ghouls Classroom have a ghost of a chance at becoming a regular series in Jump? Is there anything substantial to say about any of these beyond quips and puns? Eh, honestly I wish we’d read more chapters before reviewing Time Paradox. We recorded this a month ago so we only got to read the first chapter before the show, so a bunch of our speculation about how the relationship between Teppei and Aino would turn out is a bit out of date… Ah well, we actually do have a lot of stuff to say about it and the other new series, so it’s all good! Enjoy our thoughts and recommendations of some of Jump’s newest stuff, and look forward to us talking about even more new Jump series very, very soon! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & Patreon Bonus Pod Updates 04:33 - Moriking 14:47 - Bone Collection 29:28 - Time Paradox Ghost Writer 46:47 - Final Recommendations 50:10 - Yugen’s All-Ghouls Classroom 1:09:44 - Community Shout-Outs - SuperEyepatchWolf’s “Why You Should Watch Outlaw Star” - The Nen Show’s Soul Eater Podcasts - “Who is Time Paradox Ghost Writer’s Kenji Ichima?” by YourAnimeGuy 1:14:35 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! Check out this podcast's webpage for the full list of links included with this episode: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-122-morikings-all-ghouls-time-paradox-bone-collection

Black Lives Matter.  Manga Mavericks stands in support of Black Americans and against the systemic racism and violence perpetrated by the police and the U.S. government.  There are many ways to help the Black Lives Matter movement, be it engaging in the protests yourselves or by donating to those fighting on the front lines. We’ve included links in the description of this podcast for people to learn more about petitions to sign and places to donate. We’ve donated all of our Patreon earnings from this year and hundreds of our own dollars to Bail Funds and Charities supporting progressive movements for change across the country, and if you can give, we strongly encourage you to do so. Otherwise, you can even watch videos donating all their ad money to charities too. Again, there are many ways to help, and every bit counts. To quote a great moment from The Boondocks: "What do you do when you can't do nothing, but there's nothing you can do?" "You do what you can."  In that spirit, we’re also supporting and amplifying Black creatives in our community. We’ll be leaving links to them and their work, and links of where to find other great Black creatives doing great work in this community. Please check all these fine folks out. We’ll also be leaving links to organizations, charities, and petitions to help support Black Lives Matter protests and victims of police brutality.  There’s another tragic bit of news we also must address: Zac Bertschy passed away on the week of May 19th, 2020. Zac was the executive editor in chief at Anime News Network, overseeing its editorial department. He was the host of ANNcast, the writer of Vice and Luna, and the original Answerman. He was always, in my eyes, the face, voice, and heart of Anime News Network. We’ll be leaving links to various people’s tributes and memories of Zac, including the final ANNcast, and links to some of the work of his I really appreciated over the years, including Answerman, ANNcast, Vice & Luna, his reviews of Death Parade and Keep Your Hands off Eizouken, and many others.   There’s so much to say about Zac Bertschy and the legacy he’s left. But right now, there’s just one thing that I must say: Rest in Peace, Zac. See you over the rainbow. This is a news episode that was delayed and made sort of out of date because of the above stories and others that happened almost immediately after we recorded it in mid-May. Please keep that in mind as you listen through that there’s a lot of parts re-recorded or added on after the fact. That said, we had a lot to cover, including the endings of some popular series, new license announcements, COVID-related delays, Netflix additions, and the titular question on everyone’s mind: Who Did Sesshomaru FUCK?! There’s plenty of news we don’t cover in this episode we’ll get to in a future installment, but it’s good to break these things up anyway lest we have another four-hour long podcast. You can be sure that this will also not be the last time we discuss Black Lives Matter and have conversations on important political and social topics on the show either. What’s going on matters way more than any of the manga we talk about, so while we hope to entertain with our podcast, we also want to make sure we don’t distract from what’s going on in the world and are amplifying voices and causes that matter.  Please visit the webpage of this podcast for the list of links we included in this post: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-121-who-did-sesshomaru-fck PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Black Lives Matter 03:35 - Community Shout-Outs: Black Creatives in our Community You Should Follow 14:14 - Intro & Patron Thank You News: 16:05 - New York Times May List 17:20 - April Bookscan list  22:44 - Demon Slayer’s Ending, Spinoffs, & Circulation Numbers 28:36 - Yuuna of the Haunted Hot Springs ends  30:02 - Bunta Kinami’s RWBY: The Official Manga ends  32:04 - Hinamatsuri ends on July 15th 32:45  - Oda’s One Pi

Hello, darlings! Welcome to the return of our Urusei Yatsura podcast, Lum Squad! Well, technically we already returned in last month's episode, but there was actually a year-long break in between recording that and this episode! Think of it as like how there was a break between Viz's original publication of "Lum" that prompted their continuation being re-titled "The Return of Lum." Except we're not re-titling this podcast; it didn't work in the 90's and it ain't happening now. Anyways, because it'd been so long since AC and I recorded the show, we decided to spend this episode going through all the UY volumes Viz has released in the past year and share our thoughts on them! We discuss our favorite chapters, characters, the translation, lettering, and pretty much everything! Oh, and you KNOW we ranted about the whole "Hot Springs Emblem" situation. I really hope Viz reconsiders that name... Afterward, we dive into the Urusei Yatsura fan community, exploring its history and current state now! Look forward to our next episode where we'll dive into our experiences collecting Urusei Yatsura merch and memorabilia! Oh, and of course, if you haven't heard the news that Discotek has relicensed the Urusei Yatsura movies and plans to release them on streaming and blu-ray later this year - yeah, that's happening! We're more than excited and looking forward to discussing the new and the films in future episodes! Music Featured: “Kokoroboisona” from Jam Trip: Urusei Yatsura (Vol. 1) “Uchuu wa Tai Hen Da! DA DA Mix” from Shudai-ka Best 10 Remix ~ Dance Tracks Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @Lum_Squad, on tumblr at lumsquad.tumblr.com, and subscribe to us on Youtube! You can follow the hosts on twitter at @LumRanmaYasha and @ProdTally. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at lumsquadpod@gmail.com! Thanks for listening! LINKS: Black Lives Matter: Here's How to Help and Support the Cause - https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# Like what we do? Support us on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/mangamavericks

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we're joined by new guest Kory from the Taiiku Podcast, as well as our old friends, Bomber (Sakaki) and Jecka from the WSS Talkbalk blog and Twitter, to talk about Yuki Suetsugu's Chihayafuru manga! Chihayafuru is a high school, sports series centering on Chihaya Ayase, who is inspired by her new friends to play the Japanese card game known as karuta, and from then on becomes obsessed with it to the point of forming a team in high school to seriously compete in tournaments all across nation to become the best in Japan! Our Mavericks both recently read all of whatever was available of the manga from Kodansha USA and instantly became filled with passion while experiencing players from all walks of life competing in matches against each other in a game that requires more then just knowing a few Japanese poems! We discuss how amazing the series is from the first volume alone, as well as why readers will become enamored with the matches that take place despite any language barriers! Afterwards, we even get to answer some Chihayafuru-related questions from the listeners! Enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:31 - Chihayafuru Discussion 1:16:02 - Listener Questions! 1:42:58 - Community Shout-Outs! Taiiku Podcast episodes on Chihayafuru Anime is Lit podcast on Chihayafuru History of Japan Podcast "How Chihayafuru frames breastfeeding as an early parenthood challenge" from AniFem Grant has now caught up on One Piece! Check out his threads! Or just follow him in general (do it) Listen to the Blade Licking Thieves podcast  1:53:00 - Wrap-up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

The Manga Mavericks are talking television! Welcome to the first episode of a new irregular podcast series in the vein of @ Movies, except the titular focus this time is the wonderful world of television and streaming shows (except for Anime, which is already covered by & Anime). We’ll be chatting about tv shows we’ve seen and have a lot to say about, and giving reviews of new and upcoming series! We have a very special show to talk about on this inaugural installment! We got the opportunity to check out Apple TV’s new show Central Park, a musical comedy by the creators of Bob’s Burgers. The show drops on Apple TV on May 29th, but we were able to watch the first four episodes a few weeks early! So we’re giving our first impressions on the show, what makes its characters and music special, and how these early episodes stack up against the first seasons of this creative team’s previous shows. By the time you’re done listening, I’m sure Central Park will be central in your heart! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:38 - Introducing the Podcast & Show Plan 04:13 - Central Park Review 48:00 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and subscribe to us on Youtube. You can follow the hosts at @lumranmayasha and @VLordGTZ. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening! Music Featured: The Beets - “Television” Central Park Trailer Afroskull - “Me and My TV” Support us on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/mangamavericks Find us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts! - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/manga-mavericks/id1082603272

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we're joined by Lum's good friend, Vix, as we bring back Bomber and Joey once again to talk even more Dragon Ball!! This time however, since we didn't have the time to do so on our previous episode, we take a look at some of the questions that were sent by our listeners in the form of another special Q&A podcast! We talk about all sorts topics, such as our favorite fights and characters, as well as the strengths of Toei's anime adaptation and Shunsuke Kikuchi's classic score! If some for reason you didn't think we talked about Dragon Ball enough on our previous episode, then get ready for another two hours worth!! Enjoy! Join us next week as discuss Yuki Suetsugu's Chihayafuru /w special guests Bomber and Jecka, as well as Kory from the Taiiku Podcast! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:25 - Dragon Ball Questions!! 0:05:18 - What is our Favorite Story Arc? 0:16:49 - Who are our Favorite Characters? 0:36:58 - What are our Favorite Fights? 0:45:39 - Do we feel that fights in the series are drawn out? 0:53:15 - Which scenes are better in the anime then in the manga and vice versa? 1:01:07 - Had the Dub and/or its music affected our perception of the series prior to reading the manga? 1:18:53 - What do we feel are the series' strong points in general? 1:21:26 - Which illustrations were the most fun for Joey to draw during his Daily Dragon Ball project? 1:24:53 - Who are our favorite minor Budokai participants? 1:27:46 - Is there a particular scene we loved because of how well its paneled? 1:33:46 - "Do we listen to anime's OST while reading the manga?" 1:39:08 - What are our favorite action set pieces in Dragon Ball? 1:44:01 - Which character would we want to be reincarnated as in Dragon Ball and how would we do things differently? 1:57:14 - Whats the most we've eaten in one sitting? 2:04:14 - Community Shout-Outs! Togashi's Trans Characters by Mathwiz Manga Machinations Yu Yu Hakusho Retrospective Podcasts [the deep end]'s podcast episodes on Paranoia Agent and Flintstones on the Rocks Nick Knacks - Mysterious Cities of Gold Toonami Faithful Awards Toonami Pre-Flight 2:11:12 - Wrap-up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

On this (late) episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum cover as much of the last month's worth of news as possible! Including a lot of industry news, cool new licenses and big pieces such as the news of Kodansha's upcoming new manga app! Enjoy!

For a complete list of links, time codes and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2023/manga-mavericks-ep-227-april-2023-news-roundup/

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00  - In Memoriam

09:20 - Intro

16:11 - List News

40:04 - Industry News

1:15:28 - Serialization News

1:34:41 - Licensing News

2:28:33 - Local manga will not settle late freelancer payments

2:34:37 - Pokemon News

2:40:38 - Wrap up

Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at⁠ @manga_mavericks⁠, on tumblr at⁠ mangamavericks.tumblr.com,⁠ and on⁠ Youtube⁠! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at⁠ @sniperking323⁠ and⁠ @lumranmayasha⁠. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can⁠ pledge to our Patreon⁠ and receive some awesome rewards like our⁠ Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods⁠! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to⁠ Colton’s Ko-fi here⁠ and⁠ LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here⁠, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them⁠ @siddartworks⁠ on Instagram and⁠ Twitter⁠ and donate to their⁠ personal Patreon⁠. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! 

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we invite on the show Shonen Sunday enthusiast Bomber D. Rufi (aka Sakaki) and comics artist Joey Weiser (Mermin, Ghost Hog) to talk about Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga! After many delays and and much rescheduling, Colton and Lum finally talk about the series that means more to them then just being an excellent comic, but a franchise that's been with them for almost their entire lives! A franchise that went from being the biggest manga in Japan, to one of the biggest shows on Cartoon Network in North America years later, to one of the biggest multimedia empires arguably within the past decade introducing tons of new manga, anime, video games, etc. to further expand upon Toriyama's beloved "Dragon World". The Mavericks and friends spend a some time reminiscing about how they got into the series via airings on Toonami and even fansub VHS tapes, afterwards they attempt to go through the entire series arc-by-arc in order to thoroughly discuss anything and everything they can about it, such as which parts of the story are their favorites, as well certain problematic elements that have become more unavoidable and harder to ignore as we've grown older. Can our heroes cover the entirety of the series before the end of the podcast!? Find out...on DRAGON BALL Z!!! I mean, Manga Mavericks....enjoy. PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:07:06 - Dragon Ball Discussion 4:06:41 - Emails 4:12:59 - Community Shout-Outs! Joey's Daily Dragon Ball drawing project Kanzenshuu website and podcast MistareFusion's Youtube Channel AnimeAjay's Youtube Channel TeamFourStar TotallyNotMark's Youtube Channel All Systems Goku podcast Ballin' Out Super Podcast "My Fave is Problematic: Dragon Ball" from AniFem "How Dragon Ball Z helped me fight back against toxic masculinity" from AniFem 4:21:58 - Wrap-up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

I never thought we’d get around to watching the Bunny Girl Senpai movie. Much less streaming, on 4/20 weekend. Nothing less from you, FUNimation. What a rascal. Was Rascal Does Not Dream of a Dreaming Girl everything we dreamed of, or did we just fall asleep? Special guest Alien.Renagade joins us as we share our hearts and go back and forth on this time-traveling movie! Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and subscribe to us on Youtube. You can follow the hosts at @lumranmayasha, @VLordGTZ, and special guest Alien.Renagade at @AlienRenagade. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening! Support us on Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/mangamavericks Music Featured: The Boston Pops Orchestra - “Hooray for Hollywood” “Fukashigi no Karte” by Asami Seto, Yuriko Kubo, Nao Toyama, Atsumi Tanezaki, Maaya Uchida, & Inori Minase

It’s time to put weird together, and make it even weirder! It’s not just my imagination filling me with anticipation, because we’re talking about none other than Rumiko Takahashi’s planet-rocking hit manga Urusei Yatsura! And we have plenty of cause to celebrate, because we have passed the first year anniversary of the manga’s republication by Viz Media! This is an exciting time to be a Urusei Yatsura fan, and no better time to officially cover it on the show! Long-time listeners may remember that I previously recorded a spin-off podcast called #LumSquad last year where me and my friend AC discussed the first volume of Viz’s new omnibus edition and explored some of the series’ history there. But we always intended to cover Urusei Yatsura on Manga Mavericks as well, and we’ve got a great balance of first-time readers and long-time fans on today to talk about it; our good friend and frequent guest Vix, and first-time guest Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast! Together we discuss how we got into the series, mine and Dawn’s thoughts revisiting the early parts of the series, and Vix and Colton’s impressions as first-time readers. We also explore the differences between Viz’s original 90’s releases of the manga and the new editions, and Dawn shares anecdotes about AnimEigo’s release of the anime and being a UY fan in the early 90s! Plus, we rant about a certain inexplicable name change, gush over the possibilities of a modern UY anime, and share our favorite chapters from these early volumes! All in all, we spend over two hours celebrating the wonderful and wacky world of Rumiko Takahashi’s magnum opus! But wait, there’s more! If you’re looking for more thoughts on the Urusei Yatsura anime, check out the second episode of #LumSquad! AC and I explore the anime’s production history, how the show changes over its run, the incredible production staff and vocal talent on the show, and tons more! Just like this show, we spend over two and a half hours discussing the series, and we’ve barely even scratched the surface of what we wanted to talk about! Urusei Yatsura is a treasure trove offering a wealth of topics to explore, and I’m really excited to talk more about the series and everything I love about it in future episodes of #LumSquad! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & Updates on #LumSquad and Manga Mavericks @ Movies 06:10 - Urusei Yatsura Discussion! 06:32 - Introducing our Guests & Show Plan 09:39 - Dawn’s History with Urusei Yatsura & Rumiko Takahashi 16:46 - Tape-Trading, Fansubs, and Anime on VHS and TV Back in the 90’s 20:43 - LumRanmaYasha’s History with Urusei Yatsura 22:34 - The History of Urusei Yatsura’s North American Publication 26:30 - The Struggles of Buying Comics in the 90’s 31:30 - How Manga Pricing Has Changed Over the Years 35:35 - Thoughts on the New UY Editions & the Missing “My Lum” Tributes 38:00 - Vix’s Experiences with Rumiko Takahashi & Urusei Yatsura 41:40 - Maison Ikkoku’s Troubled Release History in North America 42:34 - Thoughts on the Casting Changes in the Maison Ikkoku & Ranma ½ Dubs 45:29 - “Being a Fan of Anime Before Americans Realized Japan Existed Sounds Like Suffering” 47:52 - Awareness of Urusei Yatsura in North America vs. Japan 49:34 - The Growing Mainstream Visibility of Anime in North America 51:11 - Colton’s History with Rumiko Takahashi & First-Time Experience Reading Urusei Yatsura 57:21 - What Makes Lum an Iconic Character 1:07:54 - How Urusei Yatsura Changes Over Time 1:11:49 - Our Favorite Chapters & Moments From The Early Volumes 1:21:31 - Japanese Folklore Influences in Urusei Yatsura 1:23:35 - Thoughts on the Translation & Cultural Challenges in Adaptation 1:31:39 - The “Hot Springs Emblem” Rant & The Character Profiles 1:44:31 - It’s a Good Time to Be a Rumiko Takahshi Fan 1:47:38 - Cameos in Urusei Yatsura 1:50:09 - One-off Characters in Urusei Yatsura 1:51:16 - Ten and Takahashi’s Cute Child & Animal Mascot Charac