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Manga Mavericks EP. 40: The Best of Manga 2017! Dec 29, 2017

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We’re back baby! Manga Mavericks has been on a hiatus recently, but we’ve returned to end the year with a bang. That’s right, since 2017 is over, it’s time to look back at the last year of manga and highlight the best of the best. First we’ve got an hour and a half of news highlights from the past three months, giving our thoughts on some of the most important news stories we missed. Except for licensing news, because trying to recap everything Seven Seas has licensed this year would take a whole show in of itself. After that, it’s our best of manga superlative awards, where we gush about our favorite things about manga this year, and reminisce about our favorite moments from the podcast as well. It’s four hours of Manga Mavericks goodness to close out 2017 and begin 2018 strong! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & Updates! 05:30 - Jump Starts! Lycopene the Tomatoy Poodle, Full Drive, & Golem Hearts News: 18:20 - Bookscan November 2017 List 22:00 - Oricon’s Top Selling Manga by Series in 2017 29:50 - Oricon’s Top Selling Light Novels by Series in 2017 35:40 - Juni Taisen Novel Gets Sequel 38:30 - Hunter X Hunter Resumes on January 29th 43:20 - Kentaro Yabuki Launches New Manga in Jump+ in January 45:50 - Many Mangaka will Pen New One-shots for Jump in 2018 50:20 - Akiko Higashimura Launches a New Manga 52:10 - Welcome to the Ballroom Takes a 2-month Break 58:24 - Detective Conan Goes on Hiatus 59:40 - Rin-ne Ends 1:01:20 - Astra Lost in Space Ends 1:04:05 - US Manga Sales up 29% 1:07:15 - Nobuhiro Watsuki is Charged with Child Porn Possession 1:15:05 - Tokyo Ghoul:re Gets an Anime 1:16:45 - Major 2nd Gets an Anime 1:17:40 - Banana Fish Gets an Anime 1:18:53 - Ashita no Joe Gets an Anime "Spiritual Successor" 1:19:53 - New Fist of the Blue Sky Anime Debuts in April 1:20:20 - Captain Tsubasa Gets an Anime Reboot 1:21:26 - MHA Gets an Anime Film in Summer 2018 1:22:28 - Live-action Gintama film Will Screen in US Theaters in January 1:25:10 - Gintama Live-Action Film Gets Sequel in Summer 2018 1:27:18 - Shonen Jump Inspires Live-Action Drama in January Best of Manga Mavericks 2017: 1:29:42 - Favorite Podcast Intros of 2017 1:44:55 - Favorite Podcast Reviews of 2017 1:54:18 - Favorite Manga Fight of 2017 1:58:15 - Favorite Podcast Moments of 2017 Best of Manga 2017: 2:05:00 - Best Manga News Stories of 2017 2:07:08 - Best New North American Manga Licenses of 2017 2:09:40 - Best New North American Manga Releases of 2017 2:13:32 - Best Manga Characters of 2017 2:30:55 - Best Manga Villains of 2017 2:50:00 - Best Manga Fights of 2017 2:57:10 - Best Currently-Running Manga of 2017 3:03:27 - Best New Manga of 2017 3:08:55 - Best Manga Chapters of 2017 3:23:30 - Best Manga Series Finales of 2017 3:29:15 - Best Manga Moments of 2017 3:37:10 - Fan Favorites 3:45:15 - Manga We Promise to Read in 2018 3:56:36 - Wrap-Up We want to thank everyone who listened and contributed to our podcasts this year. This was a big year for both the podcast and our personal lives, the latter of which resulting in the former being put on hiatus for the past couple of months. The podcast really grew this year as we tackled excellent topics like “The Future of Shonen Jump” and “The State of Shonen Sunday,” and we had guests from the manga industry on like Annaliese Christman and Jeff Ruberg. Manga Mavericks @ Movies debuted this year giving us a fun outlet to talk about movies with friends like Ethan and Jonathan, the latter of which also joining us for my favorite project we did this year – The Pokemon Adventures retrospectives. Not to mention we launched our Youtube channel early in the year, which finally surpassed the 100 subscriber threshold in November and continues to grow. It’s really incredible just how much we accomplished with the show this year even with our short hiatus, and we think 2018 is going to be an even better year for us. We have lots of ideas and topics for the sh

Manga Mavericks @ Movies #11: Samurai Jack Oct 28, 2017

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Let's travel back, back to a blast from the past - Samurai Jack! After over a decade the modern masterpiece returned to the airwaves to conclude the samurai's long journey, and we recorded about it...five months ago. Well, the wait time for this podcast is paltry in comparison to how long we waited for that final season, right? We start off the show discussing the recent theatrical screening of the first three episodes of Samurai Jack and how impressively the show holds up sixteen years later. Then our friend Ethan joins us to discuss season five in-depth, from what we really loved about it to the few things we didn't care for. That's right - we're covering Jack's beginning and it's end in the same podcast! Watch out! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Samurai Jack: The Premiere Movie 21:20 - Samurai Jack: Season 5 1:11:25 - 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. If there’s something you want to ask that’s too big to tweet, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

Manga Mavericks @ Movies #10: Your Name and A Silent Voice Oct 25, 2017

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We're digging back into the vaults of unreleased episodes! With A Silent Voice in theaters and Your Name coming out on blu-ray next month, now's as good a time as any to excavate our thoughts on the two biggest anime movies of 2016, if not the decade! Did these films live up to their reputation? Have their quality and criticisms been overstated? Which one is the better film? Finally, five months after recording our thoughts on these films, these questions will be answered! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Your Name 22:35 - A Silent Voice 1:03:30 - 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. If there’s something you want to ask that’s too big to tweet, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

Manga Mavericks @ Movies #9: The Ancient Magus's Bride Oct 08, 2017

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It's finally time to dig up and release those dozen reviews we recorded over the summer I never got around to releasing! Since The Ancient Magus's Bride anime has finally premiered on Crunchyroll, it seemed high time to post our thoughts on the first three episodes of the series, which we watched back in July thanks to Crunchyroll's Anime Movie Night. Was The Ancient Magus's Bride as enchanting as its reputation suggests? It won't take you long to find out! That isn't the only review on this episode though! We also share our thoughts on Takeshi Koike's badass new Lupin III flick The Blood Spray of Goemon Ishikawa. This is one of the rare Lupin III features to focus on the theif's iconic samurai sidekick, but was the movie really about him? We discuss the pros and cons of the film as well as what we'd like to see from the Lupin III Koike-verse in the future! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 1:39 - The Ancient Magus’s Bride 16:20 - Children of Ether 19:47 - Theater Experiences 27:52 - Lupin III: The Blood Spray of Goemon Ishikawa 47:28 - 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. If there’s something you want to ask that’s too big to tweet, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

Manga Mavericks @ Movies #8: Marvel's Inhumans Oct 01, 2017

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Marvel's Inhumans is inhumane. The Mavericks are joined by their Jack Kirby-loving friend Jonathan to discuss the first two episodes of the latest Marvel misfire, which they made they grave mistake of seeing on the big screen. Topics include the history of the Inhumans, why Marvel is pushing them as a franchise, and their mistreatment of the X-Men. There's also a lot of tangents about a variety of topics ranging from Jimmy Neutron to the Aqua Bats. It's a fun conversation about a not-so-fun show! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:36 - Intro & Tangents About Mumkey Jones, Boruto, Black Clover, & Youtube Monetization 08:30 - Why Was the Inhumans TV Show Made? 10:25 - Tangents About Conspiracies & The Aqua Bats 13:22 - Doorbell Interruption #1 14:45 - Who are the Inhumans? 18:50 - Doorbell Interruption #2 20:50 - Who are the Inhumans? cont. 29:00 - Scott Buck Shouldn’t be a Showrunner 31:25 - Medusa Looks Terrible 34:51 - Black Bolt is an Asshole 42:15 - The Inhumans are Inhumane 48:00 - They’re Cutting Corners Everywhere 1:03:45 - Why Marvel Needs to Stop Pushing the Inhumans 1:26:00 - 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 LumRanmaYasha at @lumranmayasha, VLordGTZ at @VLordGTZ, and special guest Jonathan 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 @ Movies #7: The Castle of Cagliostro Sep 24, 2017

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Manga Mavericks might be on a temporary hiatus, but @ Movies is still in action! Last week the Mavericks went to see The Castle of Cagliostro on the big screen, and they had a great experience! We talk about Miyazaki's theatrical directorial debut and its strengths and weaknesses, cultural impact, how it differs from other Lupin the Third works, and how it fits into the grand scheme of his conspiracy to get children to mistrust authority figures and become addicted to drugs! You might be scratching your heads at that last part, but trust us, we'll open your eyes to what this movie is really about! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:15 - Intro 02:10 - Our Theater Experience 06:25 - Why Isn’t Lupin the Third More Popular in North America? 11:15 - Complaining About Eleven Arts & Fathom Events Trailers 18:25 - Fathom Events’s Interview with John Lasseter 32:20 - Is the Streamline Dub Any Good? 42:00 - How Well Are the Characters Used in This Film? 44:35 - How This Film Differs From Other Lupin III Media 51:15 - The Miyazaki Conspiracy 56:25 - The Strengths and Weakness of The Castle of Cagliostro 1:06:06 - Discotek’s Interview with Monkey Punch & Kazuhide Tomonaga 1:13:20 - 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. If there’s something you want to ask that’s too big to tweet, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

Manga Mavericks EP. 39: Wheel of Manga Sep 08, 2017

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Yeah the Sket Dance review is delayed again. Don't fret, we promise it'll come sooner than the final two books of A Song of Ice and Fire! So what are we reviewing this week? We don't know! I mean, we do because we recorded the episode already...but it was a total crapshoot before we recorded it. We literally just spun a wheel and picked whatever random manga it landed. So what did the Wheel of Manga choose for us to review? No spoilers - you'll have to listen to the episode to find out! As far as news goes, we've got an exciting Bookscan list to cover, discuss when Hunter X Hunter will come back from its latest hiatus, and whether Kirishin's contest to publish the world's first Christian light novel is a good idea. It's a pretty short show this week, but nonetheless still an hour's worth of quality manga discussion! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro 01:48 - August Bookscan List 05:05 - Hunter X Hunter Goes On Hiatus Again 08:05 - Akiko Higashimura Continues Tarare-Bar 09:30 - Fist of the Blue Sky Returns in October 11:13 - Yoshiki Tanaka finishes Legend of Arslan’s Final Volume 12:05 - Kodansha USA Adds New Digital Titles 15:50 - Dark Horse to Release a Yoshitaka Amano Biography 18:28 - Japanese Publisher Plans World’s 1st Christian Light Novel 21:23 - The Promised Neverland has 1.5 million copies in print 23:36 - A Random Manga Review 54:40 - 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! On our next episode we’ll be reviewing Sket Dance to celebrate it's 10th anniversary (for reals this time!). If you have any questions or topics concerning Sket Dance that you’d like us to discuss, you can 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! As always, thanks for listening!

Manga Mavericks @ Movies #6: Netflix's Death Note Sep 01, 2017

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It’s been almost six months since we last released an episode of this podcast, but that doesn’t mean we stopped recording it! On the contrary, we’ve got a dozen episode backlog that I need to work through. It might be a while yet before some of those episodes come out, but we’re getting back on track by releasing the most recent episodes we recorded and working backwards. Which means starting with the episode we recorded last week. On this episode VLordGTZ and I are joined by Colton to follow-up on our Death Note discussion on Manga Mavericks by talking about Netflix’s recently released live-action film adaptation. We discuss why the movie fails to work as an adaptation and as a standalone story, what didn’t work about the characters, and just how stupid the whole mess was. At the end we answer some questions about the manga itself, including our favorite moments and the dumbest things Light and L ever did. Manga Mavericks @ Movies is back and better than ever! Oh yeah, in case you didn’t notice we’re called Manga Mavericks @ Movies now. Apparently Movie Mavericks was already the name of another podcast and they sent a C&D to make us change the name. Whoops! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Preamble 03:39 - Introductions 06:05 - Preconceptions 19:15 - Our Viewing Experience 30:30 - Why This Film is a Bad Adaptation 49:35 - Light Turner vs. Light Yagami 57:47 - Mia Sutton vs. Misa Amane 1:05:50 - Black L vs. Japanese L 1:13:54 - James Turner vs. Soichiro Yagami 1:21:23 - Evil Ryuk vs. Neutral Ryuk 1:26:05 - Should You Watch Netflix’s Death Note? Q&As: 1:33:20 - Do You Hate Misa? 1:34:30 - Favorite Things About the Near and Yotsuba Arcs? 1:36:33 - Do You Think That Naomi Misora Should Have Had a Bigger Role? 1:37:33 - What's the Dumbest Thing Light Ever Did? 1:40:47 - What's the Dumbest Thing L Ever Did? 1:42:55 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and subscribe to us on Youtube. You can follow the hosts at @lumranmayasha, @VLordGTZ, and @sniperking323. If there’s something you want to ask that’s too big to tweet, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

Manga Mavericks EP. 38: Death Note Aug 24, 2017

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Even though the original manga ended over a decade ago, Death Note has never really died. It has remained ingrained in the zeitgeist, transcending the status of merely being a popular anime series to being a story even those outside the community would recognize. Hence why it’s getting a Netflix live-action film adaptation, the newest in a series of attempts to cash in on the franchise since it concluded. So Death Note is an evergreen series everyone still talks about, but does it actually hold up? Was it really as tightly written and thrilling as you remember? Do its themes of justice, good and evil hold any actual weight? That’s what the Mavericks intend to find out as they re-read the series for the first time in nearly a decade. VLordGTZ also joins us to give his impressions of the series as a first-time reader, to see if the story could still grab the attention of modern fans. Together they discuss the good and the bad, and why Death Note still captures the imagination of fans nearly fifteen years later. PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & Show Plans News: 03:30 - Detective Conan Surpasses 1000 Chapter Milestone 06:55 - Sankarea Author’s New Manga Gets Full-Length Series 07:35 - Ne Ne Ne Has Ended 09:05 – The Seven Deadly Sins Spinoff About Ban & Elaine Ends 10:35 - The Legend of Koizumi Returns with “Tyrant Trump" arc 12:50 - Yoshihiro Togashi Draws 2-Chapter Manga for Grand Jump Premium 15:25 - Shimabukuro Will Publish Two New One-shots in Grand Jump 16:20 - Kaitou Shonen Jokers & Yokai Watch Shadowside Launch 17:25 - Yen Press Simulpublishes The Witch’s House 18:35 - Kodansha USA Licenses Cosplay Animal & Beauty Bunny 21:25 - Viz Licenses Takane & Hana & The Young Master’s Revenge 26:35 - Cross Infinite World Licenses Obsessions of an Otome Gamer Light Novel Series 28:10 - Sekai Project Licenses The House in Fata Morgana Manga 29:20 - Weekly Shonen Jump’s Print Sales are Decreasing, but Digital Sales are Increasing 32:32 - The Live-Action JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Film is a Bomb 39:20 - Film Critic Comments on Netflix’s Rise in Japan Death Note Discussion: 44:35 - How We Got into Death Note 52:36 - The Appeal of Death Note 1:02:00 - Light is Evil 1:15:18 - Soichiro is Noble 1:21:52 - Matsuda is Earnest 1:29:05 - The Ending of Death Note 1:38:35 - Misa Deserved Better 1:46:40 - Sexism in Death Note 1:57:05 - Why the Second Half isn’t as Good 2:28:00 - Has Our Opinion of Death Note Changed Upon Re-reading it? 2:37:17 - Tonal Differences Between the Anime and Manga 2:41:25 - Thoughts on the Upcoming Netflix Live-Action Film 2:45:00 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks and on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha and special guest VlordGTZ at @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! You won’t have to wait two weeks before the next show, because we’ll be putting out a special discussion out next week focusing on piracy in the anime/manga community. If you have any questions or topics concerning piracy that you’d like us to discuss, you can 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! As always, thanks for listening!

Manga Mavericks EP. 37: Kakegurui Aug 10, 2017

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It feels good to have finally released the Pokemon Adventures retrospective after months of editing it on and off. Doubly so after refueling my passion for the series upon flipping through the Pokemon Adventures artbook that Viz just put out earlier this week. It’s chock full of beautiful color art and illustrations from Satoshi Yamamoto’s entire run on the series, from the early GSC stuff to the recent ORAS arc. In addition to gorgeous renditions of the cover artwork, there are a lot of great colorized versions of iconic scenes from the manga that you can’t find in the regular volumes, which are a real delight. Even more so is the inclusion of the first chapter of the Pokemon Ranger webcomic Yamamoto drew back in ’06, which has never been collected in graphic novels before or translated in English! Yamamoto promises that in the next artbook, he’ll include more chapters, and considering that this story seems to explain what happened to Deoxys after FireRed & LeafGreen, I really hope he does so. This artbook was a real treat to read through as a long-time fan of the series and Yamamoto’s art, and I highly encourage every Pokemon Adventures fan to seek it out and support this release. Now, you might be asking yourself “why did he devote an entire paragraph to talking about an artbook unrelated to the content of this podcast?” Could it be…gasp, a paid promotion?! The answer my friends is…no. I wish I could get paid to shill Pokemon products. I genuinely just liked the artbook and wanted to let the people who enjoyed our Pokemon Adventures podcasts know about it. In full disclosure, I was approached by Viz Media after releasing the retrospective to promote the book in exchange for a free copy and I accepted. However, I had already preordered the book months ago, and I received it before I even released that podcast – over a full week before street date. So I’m being 100% bonafide in my appraisal and recommendation of that artbook. Jonathan and I are going to do an entire podcast about the evolution of Satoshi Yamamoto’s art because we love this series so much and want to keep talking about it. Unlike the Pokemon franchise itself, we haven’t sold out yet! However, if I had to shill for dough – and for a product I didn’t enjoy - I might very well not have a choice in the matter. You see, All-Comic.com needs money worse than a house pet in Kakegurui. Moving to new servers isn’t cheap, and we need a grand to keep the site afloat for another year. If we don’t get your support, we’ll need to put more adds on our site and start taking paid promotions. We even got an e-mail from some guy to run paid ads for his language-learning products on the show. Do you guys really want us to interrupt our podcasts to shill a product we don’t even use? You know what I’m talking about. You all saw how those Naruto Online ads ruined Mother’s Basement’s videos. Now we all start clicking away as soon as he goes into shill mode, even when there’s still half the review left! You don’t want that to happen to this podcast, do you? Then please, for the love of god, contribute to our GoFundMe campaign and keep this site and podcast ad-free for another year! If you don’t our next option would be to roll the dice on a big gamble and hope we played our cards right. That’s easier said than done of course, especially when there’s a lot of money on the table and it’s a high-risk venture. Kind of like the games featured in the aforementioned Kakegurui, the most popular anime of the summer 2017 season about a girl who literally has snake eyes and gets off on gambling. Unfortunately, those cucks at Netflix aren’t going to put it up until 2018, so we had no choice but to check out the manga instead. Will we go gambling mad over the series, or did we break the bank buying the books for nothing? Place your bets. PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & Announcements 02:55 - Icv2’s List of the Top 10 Manga Franchises in Spring 2017 09:05 - BookScan's T

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