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Manga Mavericks EP 67: Stealth Symphony Nov 23, 2018

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, while Lum is away, Colton (despite the undisclosed amount of food he had during Thanksgiving) manages to record with good friend and frequent contributor, Maxy Barnard, as they both take a look at Ryohgo Narita & Yoichi Amano's Stealth Symphony, as apart of their ongoing series of cancelled Shonen Jump manga podcasts! Colton is floored by some of Narita's twists and curve balls revealed in the back half of the story, while Maxy struggles to figure out whether one mediocre story arc determines his overall enjoyment of the series or not, just as it may have with readers back in the day. Stealth Symphony is quite the wild ride, so Colton and Maxy talk about everything they can about what might be the most dense, short-lived Jump manga ever made! Enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN 0:00:00 - Intro 0:03:14 - Discussion: Stealth Symphony 0:05:04 - Background (Release, Ryohgo Narita, Yoichi Amano) 0:11:30 - Synopsis/Review 1:08:28 - Overall Ratings/Would We Recommend? 1:11:45 - Where To Read Stealth Symphony 1:20:32 - Wrap Up

Manga Mavericks EP. 66: Sand Land Nov 15, 2018

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, in order to combat the early coming of winter in the mid west, Colton & Lum decide to sit down and talk about Akira Toriyama's Sand Land! A mini-series about a world ravaged by war and disaster and the humans and demons who try and take back their water supply from a corrupt monarchy. Colton discusses the series as someone who has only read it for the first time, while Lum discusses his experience revisiting the series via its original run in Viz Media's Shonen Jump Magazine all the way back from 2003! We also discuss our usual helping of manga news including the newest BookScan lists, Hajime Isayama's original Attack on Titan prototype, and the top 10 Dragon Ball moments as voted by Japanese fans! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 – Intro News: 0:01:39 – Bookscan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels List for October 2018 0:03:38 – Bookscan Top 20 Manga List for October 2018 0:07:14 – Dragon Ball Super: Broly gets novelization 0:08:47 – Black Lagoon's Rei Hiroe to Launch New Manga Next Spring 0:11:02 – 2nd Issue of Tezucomi Mag Adds 3 More Manga 0:14:32 – Seiji Tanaka Manga ends 0:16:08 – elDlive ends 0:17:00 – Starving Anonymous ends 0:17:56 – Is Kichijoji the Only Place to Live? Manga Goes on Hiatus 0:19:04 – New Licenses from Sol Press 0:23:32 - Hajime Isayama’s early Attack on Titan manga is now online for free 0:28:30 - Flowers of Evil Live-Action Film Announced 0:31:03 - Dorohedoro TV Anime Announced 0:32:48 - Super Saiyan Blue Goku & Vegeta and Golden Freeza Revealed for Jump Force 0:33:56 - Japanese fans choose Top 10 Dragon Ball moments Discussion Topic: 0:42:29 – Sand Land by Akira Toriyama Community Shout-outs! 1:15:19 – Maxy Barnard's Friendship Effort Victory Podcast 1:22:03 – The portrayal of Jewish and Jewish-coded characters in anime from Anime Feminist 1:25:48 – 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! 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 EP. 65: We Support Kohske Nov 09, 2018

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its time once again (as much as we try and avoid it) for another news episode, but to spice things up, we're joined once again by our lovable, chicken hating friend from Friendship Effort Victory, Maxy Barnard, as we discuss GANGSTA. author Kohske's recent outcry on Twitter against scanlations of her work and how we feel about people's responses to her tweets, as well as manga piracy in general. Other topics and news pieces we discuss on this episode include Maxy's excitement over new things coming from Grand Jump, the new Goku balloon being featured in this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, and the announcement of a live action Hollywood Attack on Titan movie! Enjoy!! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro News: 0:01:52 - Shonen Jump manga shorts continue with Yusei Matsui and Tadatoshi Fujimaki 0:04:54 - Bleach: Can't Fear Your Own World novels to end at Volume 3 0:07:46 - Anonymous Noise ends in 5 chapters 0:09:11 - Shueshia launches two new Grand Jump sister magazines 0:22:10 - New Digital First Licenses from Kodansha 0:32:13 - New Cross Infinite World Licenses 0:35:20 - Sol Press to launch digital manga/visual novel platform 0:45:41 - 92nd Macy's Thanksgiving Parade will feature a Goku balloon 0:55;57 - Andy Muschietti to direct Hollywood Attack on Titan film 1:02:07 - Updates on dissolving Crunchyroll/Funimation partnership Discussion Topic: 1:05:34 - Kohske asks scanlators to stop sharing GANGSTA. Community Shout-outs! 1:39:11 - Anime Feminist Interview /w Mamoru Hosoda 1:42:48 - Spiral Radio podcast from DaLadyBug Productions' 1:47:21 - Annaliese Christman's Themed FF art months on Twitter (Noctvember, Promptober, Scientember, ArdynAugust, Julyfreya) 1:50:21 - 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. 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 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 #22: Black Butler and Fairy Tail Nov 08, 2018

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So, what are we reviewing this week on @ Movies? Weird live-action adaptations of anime franchises? Boring/offensive historical films set in the U.K.? Visually inventive and emotionally poignant french animated films? Maybe some more Oscar-nominated animated films that will make VLord rant about how the Oscars are bullshit and how much he hates Disney again? No, on this episode of Manga Mavericks @ Movies we review...anime movies? Whoa, who would have thunk that the Manga Mavericks would review anime films on their movie podcast? How bizarre. But yes, for the first time in over a dozen episodes we're actually reviewing honest-god anime films on the show. Well, we released the Kabaneri review a few weeks ago, but this time both films on this episode are anime films. That's not where their simmilarities end either. Both are A-1 pictures film adaptations of popular long-running shonen franchises that were licensed and released in U.S. theatres by FUNimation in the summer of 2017, with Black Butler screening towards the beginning of the summer in June and Fairy Tail towards its end in August. That makes these two films quite the compliments and contrasts to each other, and wouldn't you know it, we came away really enjoying one and loathing the other. Did Black Butler sail swimmingly or sink like the Titanic? Was Fairy Tail a roaring success or crying shame? If you know us, you should be able to guess which is which, but you'll have to listen to the show to hear our full thoughts on everything we liked and disliked about these films! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:30 - Intro 02:00 - Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic 32:58 - Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry 1:11:42 - 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 on twitter at @LumRanmaYasha and @VLordGTZ. Don’t forget to also subscribe to us on iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! 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! You can also drop us a line in the comments below, comment in the Manga Mavericks thread on Animation Revelation, tweet at us, or send an e-mail to mangamavericks@gmail.com! As always, thanks for listening! Thanks for listening!

Manga Mavericks EP. 64: Haruhi Solves Math! Nov 06, 2018

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ANOTHER NEWS EPISODE?! NOOOOOO!!!! Yes, circumstances have conspired to rob us of a topic this week. Sadly, the Yu Yu Hakusho podcast we planned is on indefinite hiatus. We recorded a great show, but one of our guests' audio was lost to the ether, and trying to gather the gang back together to rerecord it is too difficult right now with our competing schedules. Fear not, for we will not abandon doing a Yu Yu Hakusho-related podcast completely! We intend to record a Yu Yu Hakusho MANGA FIGHT sometime in the coming weeks to make up for the lost show. With any luck it'll be recorded and released before the end of the year! As for this episode, while we may not have a discussion topic, we're making up for it by introducing a new segments - Community Shout-Outs! From now on at the end of every show we'll shine a spotlight on art, videos, blogs, podcasts, and other content created by the Anime fan community that we really enjoyed and want to share. This week we're spotlighting two great podcasts from One Panel Later and Anime Feminist on Boys' Love manga that are great complements to each other. One Panel Later's podcast explores the history of BL and why it's important and meaningful for the women who create and consume it. Anime Feminist's podcast examines the genre through the perspectives of two gay men and a non-binary person, discussing why they resonate with these stories, examining how BL represents and misrepresents gay men, and how to examine BL's problematic aspects critically without dismissing its positive qualities. These podcasts make a great pair in enlightening those unfamiliar with BL on its history and the current conversations fans are having about the genre, and provide a great starting point to learn more about BL and explore the various different series they recommend. In addition to these great podcasts, we're also recommending a blog post by Ogiue Maniax analyzing Kongo Agon's character arc in Eyeshield 21, examining what it means to be a successful teammate and a good leader. It's always great to see in-depth analysis of an older, relatively underrated manga like Eyeshield 21, and this post is a great breakdown of the core of Agon's philosophy and how its challenged over the course of the series. Of course, alongside our Community Shout-Outs we've also got news to shout about! We discuss announcements of new manga from popular creators like Sankaku Head and Takuma Yokota, debate whether any of the Full Metal Alchemist films are any good, and lament the dissolution of the FUNimation and Crunchyroll podcast. Oh, and of course we've got to talk about how Haruhi fans helped solve a mathematical conundrum that stumped academics for over 25 years just to figure out how many possible ways you could watch every episode the series. The SOS Brigade finally solved a real mystery! Haruhi truly is god, and her followers our prophets. Maybe this'll finally convince KyoAni to make a third season. XD PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & Updates News: 01:42 - Takeshi Azuma and Homura Kawamoto work on new Chrono Magia manga 02:39 - Carlos Zen launches new manga with Ten Ishida 03:36 - Sankaku Head launches new manga 04:24 - Suu Morishita launches new manga 06:34 - Takuma Yokota launches new manga 07:52 - Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid approaches climax 09:30 - FUNimation’s FMA: Sacred Star of Milos licenses lapses on November 21st 16:13 - FUNimation and Crunchyroll end content sharing partnership 22:19 - Hiroshi Shiibashi’s Youmacon appearance cancelled 23:03- Viz Media brings Masakazu Morita and Gou Nakanishi to Anime NYC 24:27 - Anime NYC to host premiere of Mob Psycho 100 second season 26:00 - New Astro Boy series screens at MIPCOM 28:07 - Train Man is getting a U.S.-based live-action musical adaptation 31:16 - MHA is getting a Hollywood live-action movie 35:33 - Ryo Saeba and Kenshiro join Jump Force 38:34 - Haruhi fans help solve a 25 year-old mathematical conundrum! Community

Manga Mavericks @ Movies #21: Loving Vincent and Coco Oct 31, 2018

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Welcome back to Manga Mavericks @ Movies, the only movie podcast that releases what was supposed to be last year's Thanksgiving special on Halloween! I mean hey, you can argue these films also fit the Halloween spirit. I mean, Coco is about skeletal ghosts and the underworld and Loving Vincent is a murder-mystery thriller. They fit the aesthetic and mood, I think. Well, as you can tell, this week we're discussing Loving Vincent and Coco, two of the Best Animated Picture contenders at last year's Academy Awards! Those who've listened to our Oscars podcast from earlier this year should already know our general opinions of these films, and our full reviews of these features go more in-depth into what makes them so artistically excellent! Until VLord starts ranting about why he hates Disney and why the Oscars' Best Animated Feature award is rigged in their favor denying accolades to far superior films. Things get so heated that at one point VLord threatens to quit the podcast! Hey, maybe this podcast is scary enough for Halloween after all! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:30 - Intro 02:26 - Loving Vincent 20:06 - Coco 1:00:06 - 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 on twitter at @LumRanmaYasha and @VLordGTZ. Don’t forget to also subscribe to us on iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! 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! You can also drop us a line in the comments below, comment in the Manga Mavericks thread on Animation Revelation, tweet at us, or send an e-mail to mangamavericks@gmail.com! As always, thanks for listening! Thanks for listening!

Manga Mavericks EP. 63: MHA: Two Heroes and All Might Rising Oct 27, 2018

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, after being delayed for three weeks, its finally time to talk some My Hero Academia! Colton and Lum discuss their experiences seeing My Hero Academia: Two Heroes in theaters, with Maxy Barnard of Friendship Effort Victory listening and becoming increasing jealous of the American cinema and their giant pretzels and nostalgic throwback screenings. Other topics of discussion include our thoughts on the All Might Rising prequel chapter, the blatant movie advertisement that is Episode 58 of the anime, as well as our thoughts on the English dub of the anime. Enjoy! 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! 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!

@ Movies #20: My Life as a Zucchini + Mune: Guardian of the Moon Oct 23, 2018

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Manga Mavericks @ Movies continues chugging through our backlog of unreleased 2017 episodes, and we're finally talking about some animated movies after a long stretch of live-action! Not, not anime, but some really great and underrated french flicks - My Life as a Zucchini and Mune: Guardian of the Moon! Both films were licensed by GKIDS and given limited theatrical screenings in 2017, and Zucchini was even an Oscar contender! What makes these films so creative and unique that they stand toe to toe with the best animated films of the past decade? Listen and find out! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:30 - Intro 02:32 - My Life as a Zucchini 18:32 - Mune: Guardian of the Moon 50:43 - 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 on twitter at @LumRanmaYasha and @VLordGTZ. Don’t forget to also subscribe to us on iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! 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! You can also drop us a line in the comments below, comment in the Manga Mavericks thread on Animation Revelation, tweet at us, or send an e-mail to mangamavericks@gmail.com! As always, thanks for listening! Thanks for listening!

Manga Mavericks EP 62: Yet Another News Episode... Oct 22, 2018

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GOSH DARN IT I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE WITH THESE?! Yes, this is yet another news-only episode, but nevermind that - WORLD TRIGGER IS COMING BACK!!! After two long years, it's finally returning to the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump on October 29th. You can catch yourselves up on the series before it returns by reading through the entirety of the B-Rank Wars arc (over 80 chapters - more than half the series!) on Viz.com until October 31st! For an even deeper refresher, you can also listen to the lengthy World Trigger podcasts we did earlier this year! But as much as we want to gush about World Trigger's return, we've got other news to discuss as well, including Kazuki Takahashi's new series for Weekly Shonen Jump, new digital licenses by Media Do and Kodansha, and MHA: Two Heroes' final box-office tally among other recent news highlights on this episode of the show! Speaking of MHA: Two Heroes, our review of the film with Maxy Barnard should be out later this week, alongside a few other podcasts hinted in this episode! What could those podcasts be, you ask? You've got to listen to find out! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:23 - Intro & Announcements 04:00 - Sgt. Frog gets new manga to celebrate its 20th anniversary 06:41 - Akira Akatsuki draws new boxing manga 08:24 - Sankaku Head plans to launch new manga in November 08:53 - New short manga by Kazuki Takahashi, The Comiq, debuts! 11:21 - Shonen Jump series of short manga about famous mangaka as rookies 12:48 - World Trigger returns to Shonen Jump on October 29th! 16:00 - Cromartie High School gets spinoff sequel 17:27 - Naoki Urasawa’s new manga is his first to be available digitally 19:18 - Wakako Zake, Arte, & More now available digitally in english 23:21 - Crunchyroll adds Lofty Flower manga 24:05 - Viz licenses Daytime Shooting Star 25:30 - Viz Shonen Jump to publish new Kazuki Takahashi & RWBY manga 26:13 - New Kodansha licenses 31:52 - Dark Horse releases another Gou Tanabe Lovecraft manga 32:40 - Izumi Matsumoto to resume work activities 33:29 - Youmacon to host Hiroshi Shiibashi 34:52 - Anime NYC to host Hiroyuki Asada and Range Murata 36:13 - My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness wins Best Manga at Harvey Awards 36:59 - MHA: Two Heroes grosses over 5 million+ in the U.S. 39:43 - Jump Force reveals Pegasus Seiya and Dragon Shiryu 42:41 - 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! 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 EP 61: Teenage Renaissance David/I'm From Japan Oct 15, 2018

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we only meet halfway on the promises of last episode as we don't just record another news only episode, but didn't have time to release all of what was promised. The good news is that we have another great Jump Start discussion with good friend of the show, Maxy Barnard, of Friendship Effort Victory! As we discuss the beginning chapters of two new gag manga in Weekly Shonen Jump entitled Teenage Renaissance David and I'm From Japan! Are these the two new additions to Jump's lineup that will satisfy Maxy's desperate need for comedy in Jump, or will they be two series doomed to capture the audience's (as well as Colton's) attention and fail? Join us next time as we discuss some My Hero Academia goodness including our thoughts on the All Might Rising prequel chapter, as well as our experience seeing Two Heroes in theaters! Until then, enjoy the episode! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 03:13 - Teenage Renaissance David 22:48 - I'm From Japan 45:47 - 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! 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!

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