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Manga Mavericks @ Movies #32: Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission Feb 11, 2019

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Manga Mavericks @ Movies has finally left the year of 2017 and returned triumphantly in 2019 to discuss all the latest theatrical anime screenings! Finally, at long last, we’re releasing newly recorded podcasts about newly released movies! Well, as new as a movie that came out five years ago is, at any rate. That’s right, Manga Mavericks @ Movies is starting off 2019 by discussing Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission, recently released into North American theaters by Viz Media and CineLife Entertainment! The Mavericks finally got to see this movie at long last, but was it worth the wait? Well, not to spoil anything, but I sincerely hope this is the last time we’ll have to talk about this movie. Listen to our often hilarious and sometimes surprisingly serious review of this film and learn why if you’re a Hunter x Hunter fan watching this movie is the last thing you’ll ever want to do! 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!

Manga Mavericks EP 76: Survey Results 2019! Feb 10, 2019

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Lum & Colton (along with Vlord for some reason) finally sit down to go over the results of the annual Manga Mavericks podcast survey!! This year is special not just because of the amount of people who have filled out the survey compared to last year, but also because you, the listener, had a chance to cast votes for what series and topics we would cover on the show this year! Your feedback and voices will be heard! Enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro News: 0:02:32 - Shueshia launches the Manga Plus app! 0:08:27 - Mob Psycho 100 Reigen spinoff to be one volume long 0:09:44 - Dark Horse licenses Space Battleship Yamato 2199 manga 0:10:38 - SUBlime licenses Fourth Generation Head Tatsuyuki Oyamato 0:11:52 - New Yen Press Licenses 0:16:22 - Shueshia & DeNa establish joint venture for Digital Entertainment Services 0:18:05 - Dragon Ball Super: Broly is No. 3 all-time anime film in the U.S. in tickets sold 0:19:34 - Highest Grossing Films at Japanese Box Office in 2018 0:25:36 - WSJ asks readers to write letters of support for possible Teenage Renaissance David anime 0:26:56 - My Brother’s Husband & Silver Spoon rank in YALSA’s Top 10 Graphic Novels for Teens 0:28:10 - New Kodansha Humble Bundle! 0:30:02 - Manga Mavericks 2019 Survey Results: 0:31:32 - General Questions & Demographics 0:38:07 - Podcast Preferences 0:52:40 - General Podcast Questions & Favorites 1:31:57 - Youtube & All Comic Statistics 1:42:30 - What Series & Topics We'll Cover on the Show Chosen by YOU! 2:06:18 - What Content & Guest Would You Like to See 2:19:17 - Final Comments & Criticisms? Community Shout-outs! 2:24:08 - Operation Black Steel: Representing Black Women by TheStoryteller 2:26:26 - Everything You Need to Know about MANGA Plus by Shueisha from ANN 2:26:26 - Vic Mignogna Articles from ANN & The Dao of Dragon Ball 2:31:07 - YonkouProductions' Shonen Jump 2018 Retrospective 2:32:32 - Wrap-Up! Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and now on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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. 75: Booty Bat Feb 01, 2019

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, someone reached out to us to talk about the Art of Naoki Urasawa Exhibit in Los Angeles (even before we put up the previous episode!!), and that person was Aidan, otherwise known as @CoyboyBeboy on Twitter! With Urasawa being his favorite manga artist of all time, there was no way he'd miss out on this opportunity, as he joins Colton & Lum on the show to talk about the exhibit and all the cool pieces of art and expensive merchandise they had to offer, as well recount the moment where he met the man himself. You don't want to miss out on hearing this incredible experience! Enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro News: 0:01:27 - Diamond Top 100 Best-Selling Manga in 2018 0:05:42 - Phoenix gets sequel novel in April 0:06:50 - Viz licenses Pokemon: The Power of Us film & spinoff manga 0:07:58 - Rumiko Takahashi wins Angloume Grand Prix award 0:08:50 - Mirai nominated for Best Animated Feature 0:18:47 - Junji Ito comes to Crunchyroll Expo 0:19:43 - Dai from Dragon Quest joins Jump Force 0:22:39 - Top 10 Manga Japanese Fans Want to See Animated Discussion Topic(s): 0:31:30 - Japan House's Naoki Urasawa Exhibit in LA /w Aidan Community Shout-outs! 1:55:20 - Thoughts on The Promised Neverland and Black Women in Manga by Jackson P. Brown 1:57:32 - Video on Phonetics by WensleyCheddar 1:59:25 - Wrap-Up! Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and now on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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 74: Go Broly, Go Go! Jan 24, 2019

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we could have gone with just another news episode, but we couldn't just ignore the biggest anime movie at the box office right now! Thats right, after we catch up on some news from the past two weeks, we sit down to talk about Dragon Ball Super: Broly! A new movie from the Dragon Ball franchise that is breaking all kinds of new ground: from surpassing Resurrection F's lifetime gross in one night, to new kinds of animation techniques and fight choreography never before seen in the franchise! Sit back and enjoy, because our hosts love for Dragon Ball is about to get MAXIMUM!! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro o:01:12 - Bookscan Lists for December 0:04:36 - New Yen Press Licenses 0:14:13 - New Tidal Wave from Seven Seas! 0:24:44 - Viz Announces New Dragon Ball Art Book 0:26:44 - MediaDo Acquires MyAnimeList 0:28:01 - Hakusensha offers Manga Park app in Africa 0:29:49 - Sakura Con to host Satoshi Shiki 0:30:39 - Naoki Urasawa Art Exhibit Hosted in Los Angeles 0:31:57 - Naoki Urasawa & Akira Toriyama nominated for Eisner Hall of Fame 0:33:10 - New Lupin Film Coming Winter 2019 Discussion Topic(s): 0:34:03 - Broly's Box Office Gross Thus Far...!! 0:42:39 - Our Thoughts on the Movie! Community Shout-outs! 1:28:34 - MistareFusion's Dragon Ball Dissection Series 1:31:26 - AnimeAjay's Youtube Channel 1:32:52 - Wrap-up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and now on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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. 73: Best Of Manga 2018 Jan 19, 2019

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, with the start of the new year comes our annual Best Of Manga episode! We take a look at everything related to the podcast, what manga we read and everything in between. We even only have about 20 minutes worth of news! Its a 2019 miracle!! Enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro News: 0:01:36 - New Miss Kobayashi spinoff about Lucoa and Shota 0:03:41 - Shortcake Cake Ends in 2 Chapters 0:04:50 - Gintama will end with its 77th volume 0:07:47 - J-Novel club lisences three new titles 0:12:25 - 2018's Top Anime Box Office Grosses in North America Best of Manga Mavericks 2018: 0:20:03 – Favorite Podcast Intros of 2018 0:26:45 - Favorite Podcast Thumbnails of 2018 0:31:01 – Favorite Podcast Reviews of 2018 0:38:58 – Favorite Podcast Moments of 2018 Best of Manga 2018: 0:46:14 – Favorite Manga News Stories of 2018 0:50:55 – Favorite New North American Manga Licenses of 2018 0:55:01 – Favorite New North American Manga Releases of 2018 1:04:15 - Favorite Graphic Novel Covers of 2018 1:07:32 - Favorite Manga Color Pages of 2018 1:13:29 - Favorite Two Page Spreads of 2018 1:21:00 – Favorite Manga Moments of 2018 1:36:58 – Favorite Manga Fights of 2018 1:49:39 – Favorite Manga Chapters of 2018 2:02:58 – Favorite Manga Series Finales of 2018 2:05:49 – Favorite Manga Protagonists of 2018 2:14:25 – Favorite Manga Antagonists of 2018 2:18:03 - Favorite New Manga Characters of 2018 2:24:32 – Favorite New Manga of 2018 2:31:15 – Favorite Currently-Running Manga of 2018 2:40:59 – Fan Favorites 2:46:46 – Manga We Promise to Read in 2019 3:00:20 – Wrap-Up

Manga Mavericks EP. 72: Jumping Into 2019! Jan 05, 2019

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we celebrate our first episode of 2019 by talking about our experience reading manga on the new Shonen Jump website and apps and what we think could be improved upon going forward. As well as discuss the two latest new series from the magazine with Ne0;Lation from Tomohide Hirao & Mizuki Yoda and Hell Warden Higuma from Natsuki Hokami! But before any of that, we have a whole lot of news to cover, including a few lists to top off 2018! Topics of discussion also include our complaints about a video game we won't be buying anyway, our thoughts on Japanese fan's taste in DBZ movies, and Japan's most beloved franchise of 2018: The Greatest Showman (okay not really, but it made a lot of money over there for some reason). Be sure to stay tuned for our next episode as we finally round off last year with our annual Best Of Manga podcast! Until then, enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:34 - Bookscan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels list for November 0:06:43 - Masashi Kishimoto's Samurai 8 Debuts in Jump this Spring 0:08:54 - Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju gets 2 new chapters 0:10:46 - New One Shot from Ryuhei Tamura on Jan 7th 0:11:56 - Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho approaches climax 0:12:45 - Anime Film Industry Revenue Statistics for 2017/Mirai Box Office & Nominations 0:18:58 - Kyoto Manga Contest 0:21:15 - Sunrise Yatate Bunko Award Contest 0:23:44 - Shonen Jump's Under 23 web manga award 0:26:53 - Jump Force Updates 0:33:49 - My Hero Academia Season 4 Release Date 0:35:45 - New Haikyu!! Anime Coming Late 2019 0:37:21 - I'm From Japan Anime Coming this April 0:40:06 - Prince of Tennis gets new anime film 0:41:59 - Japanese fans list their favorite Dragon Ball films 0:50:04 - New One Piece film commemorates anime's 20th anniversary 0:51:31 - One Piece voted most representative manga of Heisei era 0:53:43 - Top Selling Manga in Japan by Series 2018 0:57:32 - Top Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series 2018 1:02:19 - DaVinci’s Top 50 Manga in Japan 2018 1:05:08 - Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals Top 20 Manga Magazines 1:10:25 - Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals Top 20 Manga for Male Readers 1:12:32 - Top Selling Media Franchises in Japan 2018 1:19:14 - Free Comic Book Day Samplers Revealed! Discussion Topic(s): 1:20:06 - Our Thoughts on the new Shonen Jump thus far...! 1:40:30 - First impressions of Ne0;Lation (Catching up /w Act Age & Jujutsu Kaisen) 1:50:55 - First Impressions of Hell Warden Higuma Community Shout Outs! 1:58:09 - Vlord's Review of Kimetsu no Yaiba Ch 139 2:00:52 - Jeff Ruberg and his wonderful customer service! 2:01:39 - Wrap-up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and now on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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! By taking our annual year-end survey, you can give us feedback that’ll help us curate the content of our show to reflect what our audience most responds too. We take your suggestions and feedback very seriously and want to figure out more ways to reach out and interact with you guys, so please leave some responses!

Manga Mavericks @ Movies #31: The Best Movies of 2017! Jan 01, 2019

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It’s a New Year, and as they say, out with the old and in with the new! Manga Mavericks @ Movies has been stuck in 2017 for the entirety of 2018, but today we’re wiping our slate clean by sharing our final thoughts on the films of that year! Back in March of last year we recorded and released our Oscars podcast, discussing what they thought were the best films of 2017. During our recording of that episode we also discussed what our favorite films of 2017 were, but we cut that segment out of the episode so that we could finish it in time for the night of the Oscars. Now, having finally released all our unreleased podcasts we recorded from 2017, it’s finally time to release this episode and reveal our favorite films of that year! Both VLord and I share our individual top six favorite films, together comprising a top eleven total! But wait, shouldn’t six plus six equal a top twelve? Well, as it turns out, our number one favorite film of 2017 was the same! Which film was so good that we both couldn’t resist listing it as our top pick? Listen on and find out! 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!

Manga Mavericks @ Movies #30: Wonder Woman Dec 30, 2018

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At long last, we’re releasing the last of the episodes of Manga Mavericks @ Movies we recorded in 2017! It’s a wonder why it took so long for these to come out, but I’m relieved we finished releasing theme before the end of the year. Speaking of wonders, can you believe the DCEU is still a thing? Aquaman is doing pretty well for itself both commercially and critically, which you can’t say about most films from that cinematic universe. Except, of course, Wonder Woman - the DCEU’s most beloved film and the subject of this episode! All DC’s hopes were pinned on it and the magic that it’d do, and it changed our minds and changed the world (for DC films)! Originally recorded in June 2017 on the weekend the movie came out, we’re once again joined by Vix and Ethan to discuss what made Wonder Woman so wonderful! Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and now on Youtube! You can also follow LumRanmaYasha at @lumranmayasha, VLordGTZ at @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!

Manga Mavericks EP. 71: Jumping Into a New Era Dec 24, 2018

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For the entirety of 2018, we have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of Shonen Jump by covering various Jump manga throughout the year, but now it is time. It is time to reveal what we have been planning whilst celebrating the magazine's milestone, an even BIGGER celebration of our beloved anthology! So big that we had to scale back the amount of work we were putting into it, going from a planned multi-part podcast celebration interviewing 10+ individuals from all walks of life, to a collection of whatever interviews were already recorded to release in order to commemorate the English Shonen Jump's transition from digital magazine to full blown subscription service!! On this very special episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum gather a handful of past guests to sit down and talk to them about their experiences with Weekly Shonen Jump, including: Maxy Barnard, Sam Leach, Doctor, and Jeff Ruberg! We cover Shonen Jump from many different facets, from our favorite titles, our reading experiences, and many more memories we've shared with the magazine throughout our lives. Included is also an interview with Jeff Ruberg recorded before the launch of the new Shonen Jump subscription service from Viz, featuring info on the various features on both the website and mobile apps and speculation of where the future of Jump can possibly go from here! Enjoy the episode just in time for the holidays! We'll be back on January 4th, 2019 for our first episode of the new year! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro/Behind-The-Scenes 0:07:49 - How We First Discovered Shonen Jump 0:23:34 - Shonen Jump's Past & Future /w Maxy Barnard 0:59:32 - Our Favorite Jump Anime 1:10:59 - Shonen Jump Anime /w Sam Leach 1:35:48 - Our Favorite Jump Manga 1:50:33 - The Shonen Jump Experience /w Doctor 2:29:58 - Our Ideal Reading Experience(s) 2:37:39 - Shonen Jump on Digital Platforms /w Jeff Ruberg 3:35:02 - The Future of Shonen Jump! /w Jeff Ruberg (again) 4:20:16 - What Shonen Jump Means To Us (The End) 4:54:07 - Wrap-up

Manga Mavericks @ Movies #29: Captain Underpants Dec 23, 2018

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We’re finally winding down on our backlog episodes of Manga Mavericks @ Movies! We’ve only got two reviews left, both recorded in June 2017, with both films about superheroes who fight villains in their underwear. One’s so on the nose about it, he calls himself Captain Underpants! Dav Pilkey’s comic books about the tidy-whitey titan was a childhood favorite of ours, so we invited a panel of passionate manchildren to discuss what they loved about this Dreamworks-animated theatrical adaptation! When it takes us ten minutes to wrap up the show, you know you’re in for some cacophonous criticism of this cromulent cartoon! Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and now on Youtube! You can also follow LumRanmaYasha at @lumranmayasha, VLordGTZ at @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! Music Featured: “Hooray for Captain Underpants” by Josh Katz “Captain Underpants Theme” by Wierd Al Yankovic

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