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Manga Mavericks EP. 170: "Go For It, Nakamura!" Aug 25, 2021

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A cute BL manga with an old-school rom-com feel? You just know we had to "go for it!" That’s right, just in time to commemorate the 5th anniversary of its conclusion and the recent release of its sequel, we recorded a retrospective of Syundei's retro-feeling BL rom-com Go For It, Nakamura with freelance writer extraordinaire Anthony Gramuglia! Touted for being a comfy and queer throwback to 80s manga romcoms, we discuss the thoughtfulness and sincerity of Nakamura’s depictions of queer sexuality, making connections and forming relationships with other people, and being unafraid to be yourself. There’s a lot of nuance and depth to how Nakamura depicts and reflects on exploring queer identity through the consumption and creations of art, so don’t judge a book just by it’s cover memes! Nakamura is a story about being unafraid to vocalize your desires and express who you are, and we certainly don’t shy away from relating how resonant this series was for us, though maybe Lum reveals a little too much about how intensely they mirror Nakamura’s love of octopuses... For a complete list of links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned on this episode, please visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-170-go-for-it-nakamura/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & Show Description 02:40 -- Our FMA Analysts Guest Spot! 07:23 - Introducing Anthony 10:37 - Introducing Nakamura 15:08 - Nakamura’s Sexuality 16:20 - Anthony’s Perspective on Nakamura as a Rom-Com 20:30 - Nakamura & Hirose’s Relationship 22:40 - The Octopus as a Metaphor for Queerness 28:54 - Great Teacher Otogiri 29:50 - Nakamura in Contrast to Classic Rom-Coms & BL 35:44 - Nakamura as a Wholesome Queer Rom-Com 40:46 - Nakamura as a Queer Fantasy 43:11 - Exploring Queer Identity Through Art 51:18 - The Meaningfulness of Positive, Sincere Queer Studies 55:55 - Nakamura’s Cover 56:45 - Nakamura’s Thoughtful Commentary on Queer Experiences 58:44 - Focus on Friendship & Acceptance 1:00:58 - Final Thoughts on Nakamura 1:03:56 - Nakamura as a Lens to the Diversity of BL 1:07:04 - Teachers, Threats, & Traumas 1:13:39 - Women in Nakamura 1:16:20 - Q&A: “Thoughts on the Octopus Motif as used in Nakamura?” 1:18:00 - Q&A: “Where did the Nakamura Cover Meme Come From?” 1:20:20 - Anthony’s Sign-Off & Plugs 1:23:21 - Community Shout-Outs 1:35:00 - 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 host on twitter at @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! 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! 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 LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here! 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! Thanks for listening!

Manga Mavericks EP. 169: August 2021 Simulpubs Roundup! Aug 11, 2021

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum check in on the latest batch of simulpubs and one shots! First they talk about the newest one shot doujinshi by Isaki Uta from Irodori Comics with Silkscreen, which once again explores more bittersweet romance between two characters, as well as identity and how sometimes people only see what they want to see. Afterwards, they cover the newest series from Shonen Jump, including Hunter's Guild: Red Hood, a stylishly beautiful Grimms' Fairy Tale inspired story from former assistant to My Hero Academia's Kohei Horikoshi, Yiuki Kawagushi! As well as Neru: Way of the Martial Artists from Minya Hiraga, a story about a young teenager so obsessed with learning martial arts that he ends up going to a school all about teaching different styles of it! Lastly we discuss the newest installment of Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki's One Piece spin-off, Shokugeki no Sanji, as well as Chainsaw Man creator, Tatsuki Fujimoto's heart-breakingly beautiful one shot, Look Back! We had a lot to say about some of these, so we hope you enjoy listening! Note: We recorded this before the release of DC3 and the newest My Hero Academia one shot. We will be covering those on a later episode! For a complete list of links and shout-outs included in this episode, check out this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-169-august-2021-simulpubs-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - RIP Hiroto Wada 02:04 - Intro 06:38 - Silkscreen by Isaki Uta 18:51 - Hunter's Guild: Red Hood by Yuki Kawaguchi 43:45 - Neru: Way of the Martial Artist by Minya Hiraga 56:58 - Shokugeki no Sanji 3 1:03:26 - Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto 1:28:04 - Community Shout-outs! 1:47:00 - 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. 168: August 2021 News Roundup! Aug 04, 2021

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again catch up on the latest batch of news! Including some new manga services that have popped up recently, Homura Kawamoto's newest isekai parody manga that was cancelled after the first chapter, more news on the latest Dragon Ball movie, and a whole ton of new licenses like usual, along with how well manga sales are doing in North America! SPOILER: They're doing AMAZING (despite supply chain issues)!!. All this and more on this latest episode! Enjoy! For a complete list of links and shout-outs included in this episode, check out this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-168-august-2021-news-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - RIP Philence Sampler 03:31 - Intro 08:31 - NYT Graphic Books & Manga List for July 2021 11:43 - June 2021 Bookscan List 20:45 - New Manga Apps/Sites 34:41 - Kawamoto’s Cheat Slayer manga canceled after one chapter 39:47 - A bunch of Shonen Sunday series end all at once 42:22 - Ashidaka ends 43:20 - APOSIMZ ending August 25th 44:05 - JoJo Part 8: Jojolion ending August 19th 47:53 - Golden Kamuy enters final arc 48:16 - A Sign of Affection on hiatus until November 49:19 - Blue Exorcist goes on hiatus until April 2022 51:17 - Jujutsu Kaisen resumes serialization! 52:08 - Natsuki Hokami draws Demon Slayer “Kimetsu Gakuen” spinoff manga 53:02 - New chapter of Orange about Asuza 54:26 - New chapter of Beast Complex & new series from Paru Itagaki 56:21 - New Sukeban Deka spin-off manga 57:16 - New Manga from Hekiru Hikawa 58:03 - Hiroyuki Takei 59:03 - Hiromu Arakawa 1:00:03 - Colton's Licensing Highlights 1:25:10 - Lum's Licensing Highlight 1:40:36 - US Manga Sales & Supply Chain Issues 1:48:35 - Harvey Award Nominations 1:49:48 - One Peace Books & Yen Press Audiobook news 1:51:52 - New anime projects for Konosuba, Vinland Saga, Baki, Beastars & Fruits Basket 1:56:23 - New info on Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero 2:00:05 - Penguindrum Compilation Films 2:01:48 - Gintama: The Very Final picked up for theatrical release by Eleven Arts 2:06:07 - Amazon acquires the Evangelion Rebuild films, including 3.0 + 1.0 2:08:06 - Gkids licenses Future Boy Conan 2:11:05 - Komi Can't Communicate live action to premiere on NHK, Crunchyroll picks up live action Given 2:13:01 - Rest of Sgt Frog added to Crunchyroll 2:14:13 - Pirate Princess Fena premieres on August 14th on Toonami/Crunchyroll 2:15:39 - Viz’s Undead Unluck Character Popularity Poll Results 2:18:16 - Community Shout-outs! 2:28:30 - 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 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. 167: Fist of the North Star (Volume 1) Jul 27, 2021

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum enlist the help of some local biker goons, like All-Comic contributor, Nick Rowe, cosplay extraordinaire, Diana & host of the Blade Licking Thieves podcast himself, Grant, in order to discuss Buronson & Tetsuo Hara's classic Fist of the North Star! In which after a nuclear apocalypse in 199x, the strong now pick on the weak as society as we know it has collapsed, but only one Bruce Lee-like figure with a sleeveless denim jacket can protect them and that's Kenshiro, master of the (literally) mind-blowing martial art known as Hokuto Shinken! As soon as Viz Media announced last year that they would be bringing this series over, we just knew we had to talk about it! If you're new to Fist of the North Star, then this podcast is for you, as we stick to mainly discussing Volume 1 in particular and why we think its such a great start to the series! We also discuss why the series is so beloved and influential even almost 30 years after its debut in Weekly Shonen Jump, as well as how it succeeds in not only being a hilariously violent and over the top action series, but also a very down to earth gripping human drama filled with a ton of tragedy. Enjoy! For a complete list of links and shout-outs included in this episode, check out this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-167-fist-of-the-north-star-volume-1/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 4:22 - Fist of the North Star Vol 1 Discussion 1:30:56 - Our Thoughts on the FOTNS movie 1:38:50 - SAY MY NAME 1:41:06 - Does Redemption always mean Forgiveness? 1:52:23 - What will it take to get the rest of manga entries in the FOTNS franchise released!? 1:59:14 - SPOILERS 2:04:26 - Would FOTNS be as remembered without Tetsuo Hara's art? 2:16:44 - Guest Plugs 2:22:03 - Community Shout-outs! 2:32:14 - 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. 166: Tokyo Revengers Jul 20, 2021

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum invite back on friend of the show and founder of the Weekly Shogakukan Edition blog and Twitter, Sakaki, as well as first time guest and Manga Youtuber extraordinaire, Zach "UchuuShelf", to discuss Ken Wakui's Tokyo Revengers! A series involving both intense delinquent battles and time travel, as our protagonist, Takemichi, has to go back in time to ensure that his old girlfriend from middle school isn't killed in the present, and to do that, he has to become a member of the Tokyo Manji gang! This series in particular has so many twists and turns that we even had section off a portion of the podcast dedicated to freaking over the crazy, insane stuff that happens all throughout! But even before all of that, we spend a lot of time both praising the series for its strong, resonant writing, while also lamenting on the treatment of some of its female characters as a way to get to most of those moments. Join us as we talk about one of the best selling manga of the year so far! Enjoy!! For a complete list of links and shout-outs included in this episode, check out this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-166-tokyo-revengers/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 5:31 - Tokyo Revengers Discussion (Spoiler Safe) 1:13:05 - NOT Spoiler Safe 1:59:45 - Guest Plugs 2:04:19 - Community Shout-outs! 2:26:02 - 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: Back in Time by Huey Lewis and the News

Manga Mavericks EP. 165: July 2021 News Roundup! Jul 07, 2021

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, while Lum is away, Colton enlists good friend of the podcast and founder of Weekly Shogakukan Edition, Sakaki, to help cover the usual batch of news from the past month! While they cover the usual serialization, licensing and industry news, they also discuss topics such as Gege Akutami's hiatus from Jujutsu Kaisen and the conversation around overwork in the manga industry, as well as George Morikawa's Hajime no Ippo manga finally being made available digitally in Japan and all the other possible titles that could be also be made available in the future! So join us as Colton once again catches Sakaki up on all the cool new manga news! Enjoy! For a complete list of links and shout-outs included in this episode, check out this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-165-july-2021-news-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 07:10 - NYT Graphic Books & Manga List for June 2021 09:57 - New Shonen Jump series 15:44 - Hard Boiled Cop & Dolphin ends 20:28 - i tell c ends 25:57 - Nine Dragons' Ball Parade ends 30:04 - Wotakoi ending on July 16th 31:54 - Souboutei to end with Volume 25 36:45 - Chihayafuru heading towards climax in Volume 47 39:11 - GTO: Paradise Lost to be 'Last' GTO Manga 43:44 - Gege Akutami takes a break from Jujutsu Kaisen 57:27 - Me & Roboco digital volumes coming from Viz this October 59:15 - Manga Planet licenses Takehiko Inoue's Buzzer Beater 1:02:20 - Manga Planet licenses Miyako Bijin Yawa 1:03:34 - futekiya licenses 1:13:30 - SuBLime Licenses 1:18:30 - Viz licenses Record of Ragnarok 1:24:35 - Kodansha licenses 1:35:38 - Yen Press licenses 1:41:05 - Star Fruit Books licenses Hideshi Hino's City of Pigs 1:44:23 - Glacier Bay Books licenses 1:49:33 - Ablaze licenses 1:53:09 - New Manga Subscription Service: Azuki 1:58:29 - Shonen Jump+ Reality Show 2:01:06 - Kaiju No. 8 circulation numbers & new release schedule 2:04:19 - Jujutsu Kaisen has printed and sold 50 million copies 2:05:44 - Hajime no Ippo now available digitally in Japan 2:13:58 - Haruichi Furudate recommends High School Family 2:17:05 - Sgt. Frog now available on Crunchyroll 2:18:52 - Mobile Suit Gundam trilogy and Char's Counterattack now on Netflix 2:20:27 - Eden's Zero & Shaman King anime coming to Netflix this August 2:22:59 - Kevin McMullin To Adapt Made in Abyss Manga 2:26:02 - 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. 164: "Manga Mavericks Run the Riot (w/Leo)" Jul 02, 2021

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I think our guest is a translator! Oh, who am I kidding? You already know he is! Leo McDonagh is a multimedia translator who's worked on innumerable projects, including two incredible standout queer manga, Okura’s heartwarming I Think Our Son is Gay and Keito Gaku’s empowering Boys Run the Riot! It’s a rare occasion that two remarkable and resonant queer manga such as these both come out within weeks of each other, much less sharing the same translator, and we really wanted to celebrate the occasion by spotlighting these works and getting Leo’s intimate insights on them! Leo shares his career journey as a translator, and his perspective on both series as their translator and as a gay transman who can appreciate and relate with both series in different ways. We talk in-depth about how both works explore and speak to real-world struggles queer youth face with optimism and encouragement, defying heteronormative social structures with community and validation, and how resonant and important these messages are for young queer readers and are so cathartic to older queer readers who can relate with these experiences. There’s a lot to love about these series, and we had a wonderful time discussing them with Leo. There's no shame in our game, it’s a riot! For a complete list of links and shout-outs included in this episode, check out this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-164-manga-mavericks-run-the-riot/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro 03:16 - Interview w/Leo McDonagh! 39:09 - I Think Our Son is Gay 55:28 - Boys Run the Riot 1:28:03 - Leo’s Favorite Moments to Translate 1:31:13 - What Do We Hope Readers Take Away From These Series? 1:35:14 - Leo’s Favorite Chapters 1:37:05 - Leo’s Plugs 1:38:38 - Community Shout-Outs 1:48:14 - 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. 163: futekiya Spotlight /w Emma Hanashiro Jun 20, 2021

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again invite futekiya editor-in-chief, Emma Hanashiro, onto the show, this time to read and discuss some of the titles available on the service! To start off, we discuss Hard Biscuits, a one shot from Iwasawa Midori about cars and guy searching for a good mechanic that can help him fix up and sell used cars. Afterwards, we discuss While Being Seen off by Campanella, a single volume work from Kyoyama Atsuki that is an introspective character study about a man learning to open up to people again while recovering from a particularly bad break up. Last, but certainly not least, is Yuki & Matsu from Takahashi Hidebu! A very steamy and passionate three volume series set in feudal era Japan about a lost ronin and a local village doctor who find each other and end up forming a lifelong partnership. Join us as we cover a varied selection of titles and barely scratch the surface of what futekiya has to offer! 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-163-futekiya-spotlight-w-emma-hanashiro/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro/Colton's latest podcasts! 07:43 - futekiya Spotlight: 10:45 - Hard Biscuits 25:05 - While Being Seen off by Campanella 54:34 - Yuki & Matsu 1:32:10 - Community Shout-Outs! 1:44:26 - 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. 162: June 2021 News & Simulpub Roundup! Jun 15, 2021

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again catch up on some news! Including the usual serialization news, some industry stuff, a bunch of cool anime and popularity poll news, and so many licenses that they had to pick a select few talk about, but they're all great nonetheless!! Even after all the news, they still take the time to talk about the first chapter of Choujin X, the newest series from Tokyo Ghoul creator, Sui Ishida, and boy was it a first chapter!! This episode of the podcast is dedicated to the passing of Shunsuke Kikuchi, Akira Ito, and Kentaro Miura. Thank you for everything you've given us, and rest in peace. 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-162-june-2021-news-simulpub-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - RIP Shunsuke Kikuchi, Akira Ito & Kentaro Miura 12:40 - Intro 14:26 - New Manga from Chie Shinkyu 16:11 - Homura Kawamoto 17:24 - Izumi Miyazono 18:15 - Kazune Kawahara 19:17 - Welcome to the NHK gets sequel 22:01 - Jerome Alquie to draw Saint Seiya comic 22:51 - New Gundam 0080 manga centered on Chris 23:56 - Golden Kamuy enters climax 25:27 - Soloist in a Cage enters climax 26:20 - Tokyo Revengers enters final arc 28:16 - Smile Down the Runway ends with volume 22 28:50 - Zettai Karen Children nearing end 30:27 - Kaguya-sama goes on a one-month hiatus 33:28 - Dadadan will be released on Shonen Jump & Manga Plus starting in August/September 35:09 - Moriking now available digitally 36:33 - Drops of God now all available on comixology 38:15 - Drawn & Quarterly publishes Nazuno Saito short manga collection 42:36 - Floating World Comics to publish Tsuge Tadao’s Boat Life 45:09 - Colton's List of Licenses 1:10:16 - Lum's List of Licenses 1:31:05 - Amazia launches Manga Flip app 1:35:03 - Kaiten Books partners with Pathway Book Service for physical distribution of manga 1:36:02 - Yen Press Audio Books 1:38:05 - Kadokawa acquires J-Novel Club 1:40:58 - AT&T to spin off Warner Media for a merger with Discovery 1:43:47 - eBay restrictions on adult anime and manga 1:46:54 - Anime Expo Virtual Event 1:48:24 - Komi Can't Communicate anime debuts this fall 1:50:37 - Lupin the Third Part 6 debuts in October 1:55:57 - '97 Dr Slump anime added to Tubi 2:01:00 - New Dragon Ball Super movie announced for 2022 2:05:38 - Demon Slayer: Mugen Train the 2nd highest grossing anime film in the US 2:11:21 - Japanese Poll Ranking Pokemon anime’s Female Protagonists 2:17:28 - Way of the Househusband popularity poll 2:18:04 - Viz Boruto Popularity Poll 2:24:30 - Black Clover character popularity poll interim results 2:27:06 - 2nd Chainsaw Man popularity poll results 2:30:37 - 1st Undead Unluck Popularity Poll results 2:33:25 - One Piece World Popularity Results 2:39:22 - Choujin X by Sui Ishida 2:55:49 - 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: Planet Namek, Along with Hope, Vanishes by Shunsuke Kikuchi Tell Me Why by PENPALS Lum no Love Song by Yuuko Matsutani, composed by Akira Ito

Manga Mavericks EP. 161: My Solo Exchange Diary Jun 09, 2021

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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum bring on yuri scholar and founder of Okazu, Erica Friedman, to discuss My Solo Exchange Diary! A two volume autobiographical manga from Nagata Kabi that is also a follow up to her previously released My Lesbian Experiece With Loneliness, which we also covered on the podcast back in 2017! We have a very open discussion about how the success of Kabi's works in the west have made it possible for other autobiographical manga to be picked up, as well as how that success has contributed to Kabi's life and work both positively and negatively. This discussion was originally posted exclusively on our Patreon a year ago, which we decided to make available publicly not only to give listeners a peek at what we have to offer for potential patrons, but to also celebrate the release of Nagata Kabi's latest work, My Alcoholic Escape From Reality, of which we will also be releasing a podcast about on our Patreon at the end of this month! So if you enjoyed this discussion, be sure sign up soon to listen to it when its out! Until then, enjoy the episode! 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-161-my-solo-exchange-diary/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro/Patron Shout Out & Other Patreon Stuff 15:33 - Top Selling Manga Series in the First Half of 2021 33:36 - Top Selling Light Novels in the First Half of 2021 37:13 - May 2021 Bookscan List 42:48 - Dramatic Increase in Manga Sales Over the Past Year 48:26 - My Solo Exchange Diary Discussion 2:17:51 - A Lot of Community Shout-Outs! 2:56:09 - 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!

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