Manga Mavericks

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Manga Mavericks EP. 160: Demon Slayer May 28, 2021

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum finally get around to dedicating a whole episode of the podcast to Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer, otherwise known as the highest selling manga title of last year! And of course, who better to have on to discuss this momentous series then our friends from the Demon Slayer Podcast (Vlord, Marion & Sakaki)! Demon Slayer is a series that was just too big for the Mavericks crew to ignore, not just because we've constantly been covering its rise to fame, but also because we covered the first few chapters when they initially premiered as apart of Shonen Jump's Jump Start initiative all the way back in 2016 on our third episode of the podcast! We discuss just why its become so popular and how the story's poignant themes and messages have managed to capture the hearts of readers around the world and especially Japan, as well as our feelings on the final arc of the series and how much of an exciting and emotional roller coaster it was despite a few criticisms of certain story beats here and there! Join us as we finally slay (talk about) possibly one of the biggest demons (series) we've ever covered!! Enjoy! For a complete list of links and Community Shout-Outs included in this episode, please visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-160-demon-slayer/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 05:19 - New York Times & Bookscan Lists 24:17 - Mugen Train Box Office Updates 32:54 - Demon Slayer Discussion 2:22:20 - Our Favorite Hashira 2:30:23 - Would you be a Demon or a Demon Slayer? 2:36:08 - Guest Plugs 2:47:02 - Community Shout-Outs! 3:06:57 - 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: Gurenge by LiSA Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles from the edge by FictionJunction feat. LiSA

Manga Mavericks EP. 159: Speed Racer & Dragon Racer May 20, 2021

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum invite on Eisner Award winning comics artist and author of Mermin & Ghost Hog, Joey Weiser, to talk about Tatsunoko Productions founder Tatsuo Yoshida's original Mach GoGoGo (Speed Racer) manga and some of the influence it had on Joey's newest upcoming comic, Dragon Racer! That's right! We cover two whole racing comics and discuss everything we love about them both, as well as reflect on Speed Racer's legacy and ponder over the state of its current relevancy in American pop culture even compared to two decades ago. So join us as we rev up our engines and jam down on the pedal like we're never comin' back, cause adventure's waitin' just ahead!! If you want more Speed Racer talk, sign up for our Patreon (patreon.com/mangamavericks) at the end of the this month to listen to a special bonus podcast where we talk about the 2008 live action movie from the Wachowskis with special guest, Sam Leach, from the One Piece Podcast! For a complete list of links and Community Shout-Outs included in this episode, please visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-159-speed-racer-dragon-racer/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 03:25 - Speed Racer 1:09:14 - Dragon Racer 1:53:41 - Community Shout-Outs! 2:03:03 - 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: Mach GoGoGo Opening Theme

Manga Mavericks EP. 158: "Pop Life & Star Fruit Books" May 16, 2021

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Everybody needs a thrill, and we all got a space to fill... on our manga shelf! We're excited to spotlight one of the new rising stars of the indie manga publishing world determined to pluck some overlooked manga ripe for the licensing picking, Star Fruit Books! We interview Star Fruits' founder Matt Haasch about the origins of the publisher, their mission statement, and how they've worked with independent creators to share their stories with a wider audience! What's more, we're also discussing one of the fruits of their labor, talking about a series that'll put a pop in your step and really puts the "pop" in pop art - Pop Life by Minami Qta! We had the time of our lives reading this wonderful series focusing on two mothers raising their children together in a shared household, grappling with feelings of loneliness and community, growing up and growing apart, and many more compelling themes about making the most out of your life! If you enjoy our discussion of Pop Life and become eager for a chance to read it, you’re in luck! We’re teaming up with Star Fruit Books to run a special contest to give our listeners a chance to win free copies of both volumes of Pop Life! All you have to do is follow us and Star Fruit Books on twitter and retweet the tweet promoting our Pop Life Episode, which will be our pinned tweet for you to easily recognize and access. You can follow Manga Mavericks on Twitter @manga_mavericks and Star Fruits Books at @starfruitbooks. The contest will be open for about a week after this podcast goes live, ending by the end of the day of Friday, May 21st! We’ll then randomly select a winner from all those who participated and DM them so that Matt Haasch of Star Fruit Books can send you your downloadable copies. Once again, this survey will be live through Friday, May 21st, so don’t miss this chance to read this series that will really make your life pop, and enter our giveaway before we stop! So listen up and learn why, on the list of manga publishers to look out for, Star Fruit Books should be on top, and why life ain't real funky unless it's got that pop! Dig it! For a complete list of links and Community Shout-Outs included in this episode, please visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-158/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro 05:20 - Matt Haasch Interview 40:25 - Pop Life Discussion 1:19:59 - Q&A: “Thoughts on Anima Gear?” 1:22:03 - Matt’s Plugs 1:24:42 - Community Shout-Outs 1:35:22 - Ad-Swap: The Law of Equivalent Exchange 1:36:40 - 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! Music Featured: "Pop Life" by Prince "Rouge no Dengon" by Arai Yumi & Masataka Matsutoya

Manga Mavericks EP. 157: May 2021 News & Simulpub Roundups! May 06, 2021

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its time once again to cover the newest series from Shonen Jump, but this time with a special guest! We talk about the first few chapters of Blue Box by Kouji Miura & Candy Flurry by Ippon Takegushi and Santa Mitarashi with founder of the Weekly Shogakukan Edition blog and Twitter, Sakaki (@kiirobon)! Even though Sakaki also secretly came on the show to promote the gospel of RYOKO and the rest of Shonen Sunday, he also asked to join us specifically to talk about these two new series, so you KNOW these have to be good!! We also discuss our usual round of monthly news, including Chainsaw dominating in manga sales on the latest Bookscan list, Funimation licensing the entire Prince of Tennis franchise, and last but certainly not least, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train's (continuous) runaway success at the North American box office in its first weekend! Enjoy yet another episode of the podcast thats as packed as the tastiest cream puff! For a complete list of links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, please visit this podcast's webpage at http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-157-may-2021-news-simulpub-roundups/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 01:53 - Patron Shout-out! 03:08 - April NYT Graphic Books & Manga List 04:49 - March Bookscan List 15:25 - Witch’s Printing Office ends 16:23 - Tale of the Outcasts ends 17:13 - No Guns Life to end with Vol 13 18:07 - Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho nearing its end 18:43 - Arata: The Legend resumes serialization 20:09 - Go Nagai draws new chapter of Osamu Tezuka's Barbara 21:57 - UBI x Jump Manga Award Winners available to read on Manga Plus 24:49 - Takehiko Inoue’s REAL now available digitally 26:45 - Viz licenses various Marvel manga 30:59 - New Yen Press licenses 49:19 - Kodansha USA May licenses 54:26 - Udon licenses Steins Gate 0 manga 55:05 - New J-Novel licenses 1:00:08 - 1st Quarter Graphic Novel Sales Rose Dramatically due to Manga 1:01:07 - Posting manga dialogue can now be considered copyright infringement(?) 1:03:42 - Big West and Harmony Gold come to an agreement to permit the distribution of the original Macross 1:07:40 - FUNimation reaches settlement in class action lawsuit over violating Americans with Disabilities Act 1:08:36 - FUNimation licenses all of Prince of Tennis 1:15:42 - New Madoka Magica film announced 1:17:31 - Penguindrum compilation film 1:18:14 - Hideaki Anno to direct Shin Kamen Rider film 1:19:37 - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train’s North American opening weekend box office gross 1:31:26 - Miki Yoshikawa’s A Couple of Cuckoos will get an anime in 2022 1:32:02 - Restaurant to Another World Season 2 announced 1:32:31 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean anime confirmed 1:33:30 - Tokyo Babylon 2021 anime with GoHands cancelled, production will restart with new studio 1:34:53 - Saint Seiya “Final Editions” of the manga to be published in Japan 1:35:38 - Golgo 13 ties with Kochikame for the Guinness World Record for most volumes published for a single manga series 1:36:04 - Moto Hagio once again nominated for Eisner Hall of Fame 1:36:52 - TCAF to host Nagata Kabi 1:37:43 - Osamu Kobayashi has passed away Simulpubs: 1:39:37 - Blue Box 2:03:06 - Candy Flurry 2:21:36 - Sakaki compares Candy Flurry to RYOKO 2:38:53 - Community Shout-Outs! 2:59:47 - 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

Manga Mavericks EP. 156: "Silver Spoon" Apr 30, 2021

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A manga about an agricultural school? In Hiromu Arakawa’s hands, you can bet the farm we’ll be singing its praises ‘till the cows come home! Just in time for its 10th anniversary, we’re doing a retrospective on Hiromu Arakawa’s Silver Spoon, a story about a studious city boy who moves to a country farm school and beefs up to bring home the bacon! Fellow Silver Spoon fans Buggy and Kelly help us put our hands to the plow as we go whole hog on the series’ meaty themes of community and interdependence and gush over Arakawa’s hog-wild art! Plus, straight from the horse’s mouth, Buggy shares his personal experiences growing up on a farm in the midwest and visiting Hokkaido, and how he can relate to Arakawa’s detailed depictions of the agriculture industry! We also horse around with some silly tangents about the characters and the food, and what makes them so good! There's a lot to digest, so let's make hay while the sun shines and chew over why this series makes us as happy as a pig in mud! For a complete list of links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, please visit this podcast's webpage at http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-156-silver-spoon/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:20 - Intro 03:43 - Introducing our Guests 05:14 - Silver Spoon's Publication History 09:20 - Our Histories with Silver Spoon 09:40 - LumRanmaYasha 13:10 - Buggy 16:23 - Kelly 18:21 - Arakawa’s Authentic Depiction of the Agricultural Industry 21:31 - Colton 26:00 - Silver Spoon’s Pacing 27:36 - The Equestrian Club Kohai 29:43 - Silver Spoon is like a Dark Nabe Pot 33:04 - Pork Bowl 36:36 - Mentors in Silver Spoon 38:15 - Pursuing Dreams 41:46 - Komaba 52:30 - Hachiken & Mikage’s Relationship 57:15 - Tokiwa Gags 58:02 - Hachiken’s Father & Family 1:10:30 - Don’t Put All Your Eggs in One Basket 1:13:16 - Tamako, Capitalism, & Fat Jokes 1:18:00 - Ookawa 1:20:38 - Arakawa’s Comedy & Art 1:30:55 - Mikage 1:32:47 - Pizza Toppings 1:35:24 - Sausages 1:37:24 - What Food Would We Want to Make? 1:39:16 - Buggy’s Farming Experiences 1:46:51 - Sharing Food 1:48:18 - The Silver Spoon & Legacy 1:54:28 - Capitalism vs. Collectivism 1:59:00 - Final Thoughts & Recommendation 2:07:48 - Lettering Thoughts 2:12:57 - Q&A: “If Scar and King Bradley moved to a farm together, what hijinks would ensue?” 2:14:43 - Guest Plugs 2:22:05 - Community Shout-Outs! 2:27:48 - 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!

Manga Mavericks EP. 155: Best of Manga 2020! Apr 20, 2021

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its once again time for our annual Best of Manga podcast!! Colton & Lum look back on some of their favorite moments from not just the series they read but the industry as well (you know, like the slogan?). Join them as they talk about ton of different series such as My Hero Academia, My Broken Mariko, Undead Unluck and so much more! We even introduce a few new categories this time around covering our favorite artistic moments and different attacks/techniques! 2020 may have been quite the bad year overall, but we can definitely say it was an all around great year for manga especially! Enjoy For a complete list of links & Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-155-best-of-manga-2020/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 03:26 - Patron Shout-out! 06:26 - Best of Manga 2020: 07:28 - Favorite/Most Important Manga News Stories of 2020 20:23 - Favorite New North American Manga Licenses of 2020 36:02 - Favorite New North American Manga Releases of 2020 1:04:58 - Favorite Ongoing North American Manga Releases of 2020 1:11:04 - Favorite Manga Art of 2020 1:32:09 - Favorite Manga Moments of 2020 1:47:54 - Favorite New Power/Technique/Transformation of 2020 1:56:38 - Favorite Manga Fights of 2020 2:11:26 - Favorite Manga Protagonist of 2020 2:19:04 - Favorite Manga Antagonist of 2020 2:34:27 - Favorite Manga Chapters of 2020 2:47:41 - Favorite Manga Series Finales of 2020 2:56:29 - Favorite New Manga of 2020 3:06:28 - Favorite Currently-Running Manga of 2020 3:22:13 - Manga We Promise to Read in 2021 3:44:30 - Community Shout-Outs! 3:54:23 - 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!

Manga Mavericks EP. 154: April 2021 News Roundup! Apr 13, 2021

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its once again time to cover more manga news, as Colton & Lum go over the usual new serializations, sales lists, licenses, and even anime news!! Some of our biggest pieces of news include the end of Attack on Titan and the beginning of the end of My Hero Academia, as well big licenses from Denpa and Discotek Media, and even the long awaited news of a release date for the North American theatrical debut of Demon Slayer: Mugen Train! And just when we thought we were done covering news the first time, we had to add even more before we round out the show! Join us next time as we go over our favorite series, releases, etc from the past year in our annual Best of Manga 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! For a complete list of links & Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-153-a-silent-voice/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro/Winner of our anime poll News: 04:25 - NYT Graphic Books & Manga for March 06:45 - February Bookscan List 16:01 - My Hero Academia enters "Final Act" 19:05 - Latest run of Paru Itagaki's Beast Complex ends 20:33 - Living Room Matsunaga ends 22:16 - New Game will end with 13th volume 22:56 - Hiroto Wada ends Stitch and the Samurai, begins new manga 24:11 - New Fate manga 28:11 - Azu's new manga 28:51- Waka Hirako’s new manga 30:02 - Koji Aihara’s new manga 31:30 - New Rumic Theater one-shot 33:26 - Makoto Hagino is preparing next project 33:59 - Yuu Watase plans to resumes Arata the Legend 34:36 - Viz no longer holds Cheeky Angel license (as well as Kodansha USA with Animal Land) 39:02 - Zipman!! now available digitally from Viz 41:08 - Denpa licenses Char’s Counterattack - Beltorchika’s Children - & They Were Eleven 45:14 - Square Enix licenses My Isekai Life manga 46:44 - One Peace Books licenses 51:50 - Tokyopop licenses Her Royal Highness Seems to be Angry 53:24 - Ablaze licenses The Breaker 55:46 - Yen Press licenses 58:13 - Cross Infinite World licenses Romance of the Imperial Capital Kotogami 59:37 - Kodansha USA’s new licenses 1:08:30 - Kodansha USA rebranding 1:11:37 - More Seven Seas Light Novel editorial overreach controversy, offers revised editions of previously overedited books 1:15:45 - Department of Justice conducts Antitrust review of Sony’s proposed acquisition of Crunchyroll 1:19:30 - Yasuo Otsuka & Minako Shiba passes away 1:21:46 - Mieruko-chan anime announced 1:23:16 - New Junji Ito collection anime announced 1:25:29 - Yashahime will have second season 1:26:32 - Attack on Titan final season continuing this Winter 2022 1:27:30 - Discotek licenses Dear Brother, Sgt. Frog and more!! 1:37:41 - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train opening in North American theaters on April 23rd 1:40:12 - Jujutsu Kaisen gets anime film adapting Volume 0 this winter 1:41:06 - Gege Akutami plans to end Jujutsu Kaisen within 2 years 1:43:19 - Black Clover gets anime film 1:44:45 - New Black Clover & Dr. Stone Popularity Polls 1:46:42 - This year’s Free Comic Book Day manga samples 1:47:37 - Phantom Seer ends with final volume to include bonus content 1:51:39 - Build King ends 1:54:46 - Agravity Boys epilogue starts April 30th in Jump Giga 1:55:58 - New Shonen Jump series debut: Blue Box & Ame no Furu 2:00:50 - Soloist in a Cage resumes 2:01:41 - Attack on Titan has ended 2:04:21 - All of To Your Eternity is now available to read on Crunchyroll Manga, as well as on the newest Humble Bundle 2:09:01 - Viz Black Clover Character Popularity Poll results 2:17:10 - Community Shout-Outs!: 2:22:45

Manga Mavericks EP. 153: "A Silent Voice" Apr 04, 2021

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We can't stay silent any longer! We're screaming out our love for A Silent Voice all the way to the moon! Special guests and big friends Vix, Marco Oliveros, and Kory Cerjack join us for a special retrospective of Yoshitoki Oima's heart-wrenching and heartfelt coming of age story! Vix and Marco share their perspectives as teachers based in Japan to discuss how accurately the series depicts bullying culture in Japanese classrooms and the systemic issues that perpetuate it. Vix and Kory also share insights into the challenges faced by students with disabilities, and how ill-equipped a lot of teachers and public schools are to accommodate them. Plus, Kory and Colton reflect on revisiting the series after previously podcasting about it five years ago, and how their thoughts on it have changed or matured since then. We also dig into the series' themes of growth and change, how well it depicts depression and disabilities, and our complicated thoughts on these complicated characters! There's a lot to explore, so take our metaphorical hand as we guide you through this door, rediscovering what this series has to offer and so much more! For a complete list of links & Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-154-april-2021-news-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:22 - Intro News: 02:44 - Seven Seas issues statement regarding edits to Mushoku Tensei and Classroom of the Elite 12:12 - Toei Anime added to Tubi TV 17:34 - Crunchyroll adds all the UY movies 21:45 - Spy x Family anime domain name registered 22:50 - Amazon developing live-action Hellsing 23:45 - Detective Conan OP/ED Poll results 30:04 - One Piece Worldwide Character Popularity Poll provisional results 34:37 - Jujutsu Kaisen 2nd character popularity poll results 38:42 - Chainsaw Man 2nd character popularity poll A Silent Voice Retrospective! 42:03 - Intro & Thoughts on the music in A Silent Voice 43:16 - Guest Introductions 48:31 - Our Histories with the Series 48:54 - Colton’s History 54:12 - Kory’s History 56:08 - Marco’s History 58:40 - Thoughts on the One-Shot 1:00:38 - Yoshitoki Oima’s Background 1:02:00 - Vix’s History 1:03:24 - Lum’s History 1:06:28 - Childhood Bullying & Trauma 1:08:03 - Shoya’s Self-Hate & Redemption Story 1:18:56 - Satoshi 1:25:39 - Miki 1:28:11 - How People’s Formative Experiences Inform Who They Become 1:32:43 - How the Education System Fails to Address Bullying in the Classroom 1:48:57 - Alienation & Isolation 1:50:22 - Naoka 2:00:52 - Psychology of Trauma 2:03:03 - Navigating Trauma in Adulthood 2:04:31 - Support Networks & The Nishimiya Family 2:11:40 - Barriers to Communication for People with Disabilities 2:16:36 - Adaptational Differences in Emphasis 2:18:00 - The Teacher 2:22:14 - Resistance to Change & Social Responsibility in Japanese Society 2:25:03 - Kory’s Hot Take 2:25:30 - Shoko & Deaf Representation in A Silent Voice 2:39:03 - Empathy & Optimism 2:40:53 - Nagatsuka Q&A’s!! 2:44:35 - “How Different are the Manga and the Movie?” 2:47:06 - “Do they Handle Miki Better in the Manga?” 2:50:43 - Comparing the Anime & Manga 2:55:35 - “How Do You Feel About How the Movie Depicts the Relationship Between Bullies and Their Victims?” 3:00:26 - “Thoughts on the Series’ Theme of Collective Guilt?” 3:05:11 - Venting About the Public Schooling System 3:09:53 - Guest-Plugs 3:13:00 - Community Shout-Outs! 3:22:30 - 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 LumRanmaY

Manga Mavericks EP. 152: March 2021 News & Simulpubs Roundup Mar 23, 2021

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum catch up on some news, and more importantly, finally get to the newest simulpubs from Shonen Jump and a few other services! First they cover futekiya's first ever simulpub with Pink Heart Jam by Shikke, along with Don't Blush, Sekime-san! from Shigure Tokita on Manga Plus! They also cover some special chapters with the newest chapter of Shokugeki no Sanji from Food Wars duo, Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki, as well as the newly drawn pilot chapter of The Promised Neverland from Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu entitled, We Were Born! After all that is said and done, we cover the newest round of new Shonen Jump titles, starting with the return of two veteran authors with The Elusive Samurai from Yusei Matsui (Assassination Classroom & Neuro) and Witch Watch from Kenta Shinohara (SKET Dance & Astra Lost in Space), as well another series from Kazusa Inaoka (Invade You) with i tell c, and last but not least, Nine Dragons' Ball Parade from Mikiyasu Kamada & Ashibi Fukui, Jump's newest sports manga a whole 7 months after the end of Haikyu! Which new Jump series do our Mavericks think will possibly be axed first!? Tune into the show to find out! Enjoy! 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-152-march-2021-news-simulpubs-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro News: 02:43 - Top 10 Manga Franchises of Fall 2020 08:29 - Most Efficient Selling Manga For Retailers 13:06 - Nagata Kabi's New Series 15:03 - Maki Enjoji and Izumi Miyazono both launch new manga in Petit Comic 16:05 - New Manga from Buronson and Nozaki Hanaichi in Big Comic Zokan 17:39 - New Fist of the North Star spinoff manga about filming a drama 18:50 - New Manga from Kazanna 20:22 - Vertical World to end on April 1st 21:41 - Horimiya ending after 10 years 22:50 - Moriarty the Patriot will continue after all with new arc in April 23:37 - Classic 70's gag manga Gutsy Frog now on Mangamo 25:22 - Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse now being Simulpublished from Kodansha 27:04 - Lum's Licensing List 41:32 - Colton's Licensing List 1:00:41 - Kodansha, Shueshia, & Shogakukan invest in MyAnimeList through a third party allotment 1:03:27 - Laura Takaragawa appointed new VP of Consumer Productions & Licensing Promotions at Viz Media 1:05:03 - Viz Media's Sales in 2020 1:09:35 - Yen Press's sales in 2020 1:11:44 - Comments from Stu Levy about Tokyopop and the industry 1:18:17 - Overall Manga Industry growth in North America and Japan 1:20:22 - Kaiju No. 8 fastest Shonen Jump Plus title to reach 1 million copies in print 1:22:44 - Demon Slayer tops 150 copies in circulation 1:23:42 - Demon Slayer officially #1 all-time Japanese film internationally 1:25:42 - Gotouge nominated for the TIME 100 NEXT List 1:28:43 - Nominees for Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize Simulpubs: 1:31:03 - Pink Heart Jam by Shikke 1:44:07 - Don't Blush, Sekime-san! by Shigure Tokita 1:49:31 - Shokugeki no Sanji Chapter 2 2:00:20 - The Promised Neverland Pilot Chapter: We Were Born 2:09:04 - The Elusive Samurai by Yusei Matsui 2:25:44 - i tell c (GO INTO THIS ONE BLIND) by Kazusa Inaoka 2:41:09 - Witch Watch by Kenta Shinohara 2:54:01 - Nine Dragons' Ball Parade by Mikiyasu Kamada & Ashibi Fukui 3:10:31 - Community Shout-Outs!: 3:29:11 - 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 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 Lu

Manga Mavericks EP. 151: "Shonen Jump's Sex Pest Problem" Mar 14, 2021

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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

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