Manga Mavericks

On March 1st, 2024, Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball (amongst many other works), passed away at the age of 68, and the world is worse without him in it, but that won't stop us from celebrating his life and the legacy he left behind. This episode of the podcast contains the first ever discussion we ever recorded exclusively for our Patreon back in 2019. A discussion featuring our good friends, Sakaki (founder of Weekly Shogakukan Edition) and Maxy Barnard (Shonen Jump enthusiast and contributor to the Shonen Flop podcast), about That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha! A manga that you would be right to assume is one that's about how lame Yamcha is and why its so funny how lame he is, but really, it is a manga for Dragon Ball fans, by a Dragon Ball fan! Enjoy!

On this (late) episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum discuss the highest selling manga in Japan according to the latest Oricon list! You won't BELIEVE what number 1 was!! Afterwards, they discuss some more simulpubs! This time mostly from both Kodansha and Jump. First we have two titles from KManga with All My Neighbors Are Convinced the Female Knight From My Rice Field is My Wife and Versus, along with two English first manga titles with Blood Blade and The Spellbook Library! And then we have Satoru Noda's second attempt at an ice hockey manga with Dogsred, along with the newest batch of title from Shonen Jump with Green Green Greens and Shadow Eliminator! Enjoy!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum round out the year with one more news episode! We start out the show with some industry news, including more unions, more mergers and more data! Afterwards, we get into the latest North American sales lists from Circana on the New York Times, and then spend the rest of the show on a ton of new licenses! Big thanks to everyone who's been listening to us for the past year, and look forward to our next episode discussing some of the latest simulpubbed manga that has popped up over the past couple of months! But until then, have a happy holiday and a merry new year! Enjoy!

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 - Intro/Patron Shout Out!

04:23 - Drawn & Quarterly forms workers union

07:44 - Crunchyroll discontinues digital manga service

12:05 - Comixology app merges with Kindle

14:56 - Kadokawa aims to establish more wholly owned anime studios

18:21 - Shogakukan buys out all outstanding shares of Tokyo Otaku Mode

20:51 - KKR buys Simon & Schuster

24:56 - Manga Plus Stats

31:32 - Circana Graphic Novel Sales report

41:37 - September & October Bookscan Lists

58:28 - October & November NYT Lists

1:00:17 - NY Public libraries Best Books for Teens 2023

1:02:39 - Alabaster Kickstarter cancelled

1:04:23 - Ablaze launches new Saint Seiya comic

1:05:11 - Vertical’s license to the Weathering with You manga expires

1:05:59 - JNC Nina

1:07:51 - Living the Line’s horror manga imprint: Smudge

1:10:03 - Alien Books 

1:16:43 - Drawn & Quarterly licenses Legend of Kamuy

1:20:28 - Colton's Licensing Highlights

1:31:20 - Lum's Licensing Highlights

1:50:39 - Wrap up

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum are joined by new official website owner, Vlord, as they talk about some upcoming changes to the site, including being the home of a bunch of new podcasts that we have highlighted on the show over the years that are now apart of the Manga Mavericks podcast network! Afterwards, they discuss some big shake ups in the industry with Rightstuf officially being phased out and merged with Crunchyroll's online store, as well some new manga licenses, Vlord's thoughts on the recent of ending of Shuzo Oshimi's Blood on the Tracks, and our thoughts on the finally released live action One Piece show now on Netflix! Enjoy!!

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 - Intro/Website Updates

22:04 - Manga Archive Organization

24:14 - Lianne Sentar appointed as Seven Seas publisher

26:13 - Brady McCollum leaves Crunchyroll

27:35 - Rightstuf phased out and merged into the Crunchyroll store

40:33 - Nippon TV acquires Studio Ghibli

47:15 - Sept NYT List + Both July & August Bookscan List

1:12:11 - Colton's Licensing Highlights

1:26:15 - Lum's Licensing Highlights

1:44:12 - Shuzo Oshimi ends Welcome Back Alice and Blood on the Tracks, plans new manga

1:49:10 - Reception of the Netflix live action One Piece show

2:04:36 - Wrap up

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum discuss another batch of simulpubs! Including the manga version of Mecha-Ude from Azuki, as well as Ugly Duckling of the Entertainment District from Mangamo! Along with two of the newest Shonen Jump series, Martial Master Asumi and Ice-Head Gil, and so much more!

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 - Intro

02:40 - Mecha-Ude

16:55 - Ugly Duckling of the Entertainment District

29:15 - Firefly Wedding

43:13 - STAR: Strike It Rich

56:55 - Martial Master Asumi

1:10:56 - Ice-Head Gil

1:27:22 - Wild Strawberry

1:42:10 - Shojo Null

1:57:37 - Mikane and the Sea Woman

2:10:26 - False Child 02:23:40 - Wrap up

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again attempt to cover whatever news they can in a much more truncated length of time than normal! Including the usual North American manga sales lists from both the New York Times and Circana, some new licenses, and finally some serialization news!  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-233-august-2023-news-roundup/

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 - RIP Ippei Kuri

03:35 - Intro

07:30 - List News

26:51 - Licensing News

1:05:39 - Serialization News

1:38:27 - Wrap up

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum discuss the (not so) newest batch of simulpubs from across both Shonen Jump and Manga Plus! From absurd idol comedies like Handsome Must Die, to heart-racing stories of persevering through tragedy like Do Retry, our Mavericks end up covering a wide variety of titles on this episode! And even then, there are more titles that they STILL haven't had the chance to talk about yet! But thats a story for another podcast...! Until then, enjoy!! PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 - Intro

01:52 - Vibration Man

12:03 - The Soul-Spewing Wielder

25:13 - Handsome Must Die

38:08 - Blooming Love

48:14 - Kindergarten Wars

59:09 - My Girlfriend Gives me Goosebumps

1:06:08 - Beat and Motion 

1:26:03 - Gokurakugai 

1:41:55 - Tenmaku Cinema

1:54:09 - Kill Blue 

2:09:50 - Do Retry

02:25:07 - Nue’s Exorcist

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!

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!

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!

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

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

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum are joined by tokusatsu enthusiasts, Grant & Patrick, from the Super Senpai Podcast, to discuss Shotaro Ishinomori's original Himitsu Sentai Gorenger manga released by Seven Seas! Not only a comic which ran in Weekly Shonen Sunday back in 1975 that served as the tie-in to the television show of the same name, but was a starting point for what would eventually become another staple iconic tokusatsu franchise just as big, if not bigger, than Kamen Rider! While the comic itself is much more transparently a commercial product tie-in for an existing tv show than Kamen Rider was, that doesn't mean there isn't a lot to love! Join us as we discuss why Gorenger, as well as Super Sentai and tokusatu as a whole, is fun! 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-226-super-sentai-himitsu-sentai-gorenger/

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 - Intro + Patron shout out

06:48 - Our Gorenger discussion

1:50:09 - Q&As

2:10:17 - Community Shout-Outs! 2:23:14 - Wrap up

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again cover the last month’s worth of news! Including Chainsaw Man’s total takeover of the monthly Bookscan list, a ton of cool new licenses, some shocking Shonen Jump cancellations and even updates on the long-awaited Pluto anime!! 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-225-march-2023-news-roundup/

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00  - In Memoriam:

• Toei Animation President & CEO Osamu Tezuka
• Leiji Matsumoto

05:29 - Intro

06:36 - List News

22:10 - Serialization News

1:04:32 - Licensing News

1:41:02 - Industry News

1:50:12 - Anime & Other Miscellaneous News

2:20:37 - Community Shout-outs!

2:22:44 - Wrap up

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum catch up on some interesting simulpubs from a bunch of different services! First, if you're looking for more shojo titles, the Mavericks check out I Fell For a Fujoshi from Azuki, as well as The Cursed Prince's Servant from Comikey! Afterwards, they check out some new titles available on Mangamo! Including once again another death game manga, as well as a step-sibling...romantic...comedy??? We promise it is and isn't what it looks like!! And then after checking out Kaina of the Great Snow on Crunchyroll Manga, the Mavericks finish the show with the latest two new series from the Shonen Jump umbrella of manga with Yumeocchi and Jiangshi X! Its quite the selection of various new titles this time around, so listen and find out what we think!!

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-224-february-2023-simulpubs-roundup/

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum FINALLY catch up on news from closer to the beginning of the year! Some topics of conversation including the recent controversy with the release of the Kamen Rider Kuuga manga from Titan Comics, Toei Animation's record year at the box office and some of the shenanigans happening over at Amazon, along with all of the normal serialization, licensing and anime news you've surely come to expect from our Mavericks! 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-223-february-2023-news-roundup/

Hi yo, Yolo!

Hey there folks in tv land! Don’t touch that dial, and don’t change the channel, you’re tuned into the right podcast station - welcome back to Manga Mavericks On TV! It’s been a long time since our previous episode covering the first season of Central Park, but we’re finally back with another special episode because we got a special opportunity to both cover the premiere episodes of the newest season of adult swim’s aussiest animated series, Yolo: Silver Destiny, as well as interview its creator, the incredible Michael Cusack and  the show’s lead actors Sarah Bishop and Todor Manojlovic!

As you’ll hear in the interview and review, I really enjoyed the show and getting a chance to preview the new season before it premiered, and had a lot to discuss with Michael, Sarah, and Tod about their thoughts on the show’s dip into serialization, how the show’s look has been refined without losing the charm of its animation, the series’ focus on female friendship and toxic relationships, and where the show may be headed in the future! Plus, Michael and Todor answer where the season’s new title, Silver Destiny, comes from - and you may be surprised to learn what’s in a name! 

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum start the new year a little later than normal as they have so many leftover Xmas gifts to unwrap (and by gifts we mean news)! Including the usual new series and licenses, as well as a lot of lists to catch up on and tons of new anime news that came out over the holiday season! Enjoy!!

While we take a bit of extra time to put out our next episode of Manga Mavericks, enjoy an episode of Another Day, Another Adventure! A podcast hosted by Colton & Sakaki (founder of Weekly Shogakukan Edition) where they attempt to watch through and discuss all of the Dragon Ball anime franchise! On this episode, both them and Lum talk about their experience seeing Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero in theaters and discuss their thoughts on the film and how it stacks up to the last few from the franchise!

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum end 2022 with one more podcast discussing the latest simulpubs! The first one being available on Azuki with Natsume & Natsume by Shunsuke Sorato, followed by the newest title on Manga Plus with Me and My Gangster Neighbour by Momose Wataru, where our Mavericks unfortunately have to discuss the comic's poor localization quality more then the actual comic. Afterwards, they discuss the 4 newest Shonen Jump series with The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins from Taizan5, Cipher Academy by Nisioisin and Yuji Iwasaki, Ichigoki’s Under Control!! by Seiji Hayashi and Fabricant 100 by Daisuke Enoshima! Thanks to everyone who has listened to show for the past year and we'll see you all in the next one!!

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/2022/manga-mavericks-ep-221-december-2022-simulpubs-roundup/

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 - RIP Grant James

03:09  - Intro

04:15 - Oricon's Yearly Comic Sales Ranking 2022

Simulpubs:

24:49 - Natsume & Natsume

35:54 - Me and My Gangster Neighbour

55:58 - The Ichinose Family's Deadly Sins

1:15:49 - Cipher Academy

1:34:02 - Ichigoki's Under Control!!

1:40:22 - Fabricant 100

1:57:23 - Community Shout-outs!

2:07:27 - Wrap up

Hello everybody and welcome back to Manga Mavericks @ Movies, the show where we don’t talk smack about movies, we celebrate them, except for the rare occasions we do talk smack about movies, but that wouldn’t be very Christmasy of us would it?

Yes, it’s been a while, but we’re back to throw another log on the @ Movies fire just in time for Yule as a Christmas gift to our dear listeners, presenting our first ever special Manga Mavericks @ Movies interview with Casper Kelly, the creator of many [adult swim] classics like Stroker & Hoop, Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell, Too Many Cooks, Final Deployment 4, and his newest special and first ever feature film, Adult Swim’s Yule Log (aka The Fireplace)!

Yule Log was the wonderful wintertime gift we didn’t know we wanted when it premiered after the Rick & Morty season finale last Sunday night, it’s the kind of special surprise and creative novelty that I absolutely love [adult swim] for and why they’re still the best network around, because no other network would greenlight a feature film based around a Yule Log video gone horribly wrong like this. But the film is so much more than just an inspired gimmick, and we go deep with Casper to ask burning questions about what sparks his imagination and lit the fire of the themes placed in the film, and he lays down a lot of fascinating insights you’ll want to log!

If you have not seen Yule Log yet I highly recommend you go to adult swim’s website or HBO MAX and watch it first, going in completely blind, and then coming back to this interview. I do not avoid spoilers in my questions and one of mine involves discussing the ending of the film and its implications, so definitely watch the film first, and don’t start a flame war with me if you don’t!

But enough burning the midnight oil, let’s crawl into the fireplace and chat with the man behind this Yuletime jewel sublime, Casper Kelly!

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!
Music Featured:

Puddles Pity Party - “The Fireplace”

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum attempt to go through all of their Thanksgiving leftovers before Christmas (and by that I mean cover the last month's worth of news)! Join us as we talk about things like the newest upcoming arc of Dragon Ball Super, new licenses such as Innocent from Shinichi Sakamoto, and the newest Detective Conan film coming next year!

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/2022/manga-mavericks-ep-220-december-2022-news-roundup/

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum have a lot to talk about as always, as they cover the last month's worth of news! Including a lot of new series starting up, our most anticipated new manga licenses, as well as a ton of cool stuff to look forward to at this year's Anime NYC! Plus we talk about the return of Hunter x Hunter, some interesting statistics from Manga Plus, and some unfortunate updates concerning the recent death of Yu-Gi-Oh creator, Kazuki Takahashi.

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/2022/manga-mavericks-ep-219-november-2022-news-roundup/

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum are joined by both Maxy Barnard of Friendship Effort Victory and Shonen Flop, as well as Doctor from the SSAA Podcast, to discuss yet another Jump Stop manga with Tomohiro Yagi's Red Sprite! A series centered around protagonist, Tatsu Frampt, who after having his orphan friends taken away to be used as human batteries by a definitely-not-fascist government, crashes their country's dictator's highly televised rally and commandeers an airship in order to find his friends and start up their own independent nation! The nation of Manga Mavericks however is a little split this time around, as some of its citizens find this series to be sort of an enjoyable, breezy read, despite it clearly not living up to its potential. While other citizens find this series so frustratingly barren of any kind of set up and payoff for anything it wants to explore, that they might just consider it one of the worst Jump Stop manga ever covered on the show! What side do you fall on? Listen to the episode and decide for yourself!

For a complete list of links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2022/manga-mavericks-ep-218-red-sprite/

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00  - Intro

02:22 - Red Sprite discussion

1:32:48 - Guest Plugs

1:37:52 - Community Shout-outs!

1:46:04 - Wrap up

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once finally get around to covering all the newest series that have debuted over the past month or so! First up, we cover the two newest titles from Azuki with My Dear Detective: Mitsuko's Case Files and Turning the Tables on the Seatmate Killer! Followed by the two newest series from Shonen Jump with Tokyo Demon Bride Story and Ginka & Gluna! And last but not least, a slew of new titles over on Manga Plus with Skeleton Double, Ghostbuster Osamu, Dark Doctor Ikuru, Tokyo Underworld and The Game Devil! You may be surprised (or not) by which series our Mavericks enjoyed the most! Enjoy!!

For a complete list of links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2022/manga-mavericks-ep-217-october-2022-simulpubs-roundup/

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00  - Intro

Simulpubs:

01:50 - My Dear Detective: Mitsuko’s Case Files

13:40 - Turning the Tables on the Seatmate Killer

31:42 - Tokyo Demon Bride Story

50:09 - Ginka & Gluna

1:07:29 - Skeleton Double

1:20:15 - Ghostbuster Osamu

1:30:09 - The Dark Doctor Ikuru

1:48:00 - Tokyo Underworld

2:02:50 - The Game Devil

2:12:59 - Community Shout-outs!

2:18:44 - Wrap up