Manga Mavericks

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 th

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 ta

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 epi

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 sho

This week we're continuing to dig through our backlog of unreleased episodes to finally deliver you guys one of the oldest in our archive! Back in May 2017 we recorded an episode of @ Movies discussing three very different films that we'd seen between late April to early May - the Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress compilation films, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2, & My Entire High School is Sinking Into the Sea! These three films don't have anything in common other than we saw them around the same time and decided to record about them on the same audio file, but hey, variety is the spice of life! So, did we enjoy the Kabaneri compilations more than its regular tv cut? Is Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2 a worthy follow-up to Marvel's breakout sci-fi comedy? What even is My Entire High School is Sinking Into the Sea about? No kidding, I have no clue! Find out the answers to these questions and more in this long overdue episode of Manga Mavericks @ Movies!   Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mave

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, what was supposed to be an episode discussing the latest Jump Starts from Shonen Jump and My Hero Academia goodness with Maxy Barnard of Friendship Effort Victory, turned out to be another news episode again! We promise you'll get to hear that discussion next time, but in the meantime, we have plenty of news to keep us busy! Including unfortunate news for Yusuke Murata's Back To The Future manga, another tidal wave of licenses from Seven Seas, and just how well My Hero Academia: Two Heroes has been doing at the box office! We PROMISE we'll have a non-news episode next time, but enjoy a shorter episode until then!  PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - Yusuke Murata’s Back to the Future manga cancelled 02:34 - Tomo-chan is a Girl ends with 8th volume 03:23 - Detective Conan currently on 9 week hiatus 04:26 - Tokyo Tarereba Girls gets 3 new chapters 05:14 - M&C licenses The Secret of Girls 06:28 - Viz Media releases MHA One Shot manga: “All Might Rising” 08:0

Welcome back to Manga Mavericks @ Movies, the only movie podcast that waits over a year after recording to release an episode! Well, 2018 is almost over and I still have 13 episodes of @ Movies recorded in 2017 I still haven't released, so let's see if I can get at least some of those out before the year is up. We're starting off with a triple threat of British-based films this week as LumRanmaYasha and VLordGTZ talk about Dunkirk, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, and Victoria & Abdul. Yes, literally the only reason these reviews are paired together in this episode is that they are all about British people and characters so I thought I'd lump them together. Still, as tenuous the thread connecting these films is, each review is quite a lot of fun with some great jokes throughout, so I'll think you'll have a good time! Did we think Dunkirk deserved to win Best Sound Design at the Oscars? Was Kingsman: The Golden Circle really that bad a sequel? Was Victoria & Abdul a disgustingly offensive whitewashing of h

ANOTHER news-only episode?! What is this, 2016? Don't worry folks, we'll have series to cover and topics to discuss very soon! We've been listening to your feedback and we'll be implementing some changes that we think you'll be really happy with starting from the next episode onwards. We're committed to bringing on more guests and talking about more than shonen series, not just other manga, but discussion-forum episodes on important topics that deserve a thorough dialogue. We've got a lot of plans, and here's hoping we'll be able to follow through on some of them before the year's out!  For now, it's just the two of us and the news, but it's quite a crop of news! We've got an MHA-dominated Bookscan list, new simulpubs at Crunchyroll, a Promised Neverland character popularity poll, and a whole lot more to cover! Listen and be entertained as Colton tries to blindly guess who the top ten most popular Promised Neverland characters are after not having read the series for a couple months. He didn't even know the

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its time for another news episode since we didn’t have a topic planned for the week, though unfortunately, we don’t have a lot of very especially good news as we go over some recent accounts of sexism from artists in the industry, how many manga magazines have ended so far this year and the recent passing of the creator of Chibi Maruko-chan, Momoko Sakura. We also have our usual bit of news on different serializations and movie and anime news, as well as LumRanmaYasha’s thoughts on the recent announcement of Crunchyroll’s High Guardian Spice as well as the controversy that has formed around it. It's an unfortunately low energy, but actually short episode of the podcast at least!   Podcast Breakdown: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:28 - Noah’s Notes has ended 0:03:36 - Akame ga kill Zero ends with 10th volume 0:05:35 - Citrus spinoff, Citrus Plus debuts this winter 0:06:21 - 12 manga magazines have ended in the 1st half of 2018 0:11:58 - Recent stories of sexism in the manga industr

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we’re joined by One Piece Podcast contributor and writer for Anime News Network, Sam Leach, as well All Comic contributor, Nick Rowe, as we discuss Bakuman from Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata! We cover all sorts of bases during our discussion from what Bakuman meant to some of us as young readers as an in-depth look at the behind the scenes of what goes into creating Shonen Jump manga, to its unfortunate unchallenged depiction of sexism in the industry. Listen to the episode to find out how well Bakuman holds up 10 years after its debut! We also discuss our usual helping of news including My Hero Academia continuing to dominate half of North American manga sales, Gintama finally coming to an end, and even some new publishers making their way into the market! Enjoy!! Podcast Breakdown: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:26 - July Bookscan List 0:08:24 - Tezuka Mix Magazine to launch as Tezucomi in October 0:09:53 - Kodansha’s Nemesis manga magazine has ceased publication 0:10:53 - Frui

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we were going to be talking about Shaman King, but instead we’ll be talking about HOT, the newest one shot by Akira Amano (Reborn, elDLIVE) from Weekly Shonen Jump! With Colton and Sid not being very familiar with Amano’s past works, will HOT convince them to start diving into her bibliography, or will they only feel cold towards it? We also have some news to discuss beforehand, such as ICV2’s top 10 manga franchises of Spring 2018, more new digital titles from Kodansha, and David Pro’s Captain Tsubasa anime getting an English dub on a TV channel that (probably) nobody has! Enjoy!! 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:25 - ICV2’s Top 10 Manga Franchises Spring 2018 0:06:32 - Little Witch Academia manga ends 0:08:19 - Akiko Higashimura launches new manga in October 0:09:41 - Viz licenses MHA: School Briefs novels 0:11:58 - New Viz SUBlime licenses 0:13:40 - GL Bunko offers Girls Kingdom yuri novels in English 0:14:37 - Tokyopop to release collector’s edition of Aria 0:19:47 - N

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we dedicate an entire episode to the latest round of Jump Starts recently featured in Viz Media’s Weekly Shonen Jump! Including the action packed, time travelling adventures of Seiji Tanaka: Secretary to the Managing President, General Time Industries from Keiji Amatsuka, as well as the musical, coming of age story of Alice & Taiyo from Takahide Totsuno. We also discuss Tite Kubo’s latest one-shot, Burn The Witch, and Food Wars creators Yuto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki’s take on One Piece with Shokugeki no Sanji!! Topics of discussion from Colton and Sid include which of the two newest Jump Starts they’d like to see more of, the flaws of Kubo’s general storytelling, and why Shokugeki no Sanji is such a breath of fresh air for Sanji as a character. Enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 – Intro 0:02:02 – Seiji Tanaka 0:19:26 – Alice & Taiyo 0:35:33 – Burn The Witch 0:55:05 – Shokugeki no Sanji 1:15:13 – Wrap Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_maveric

Anime Expo and San Diego Comic Con happened as per the annual July tradition, and with them comes a ton of news we need to talk about. From major licensing acquisitions to remarkable industry achievements, this episode runs the gamut of every monumental piece of news to come out of this month. With the sheer quantity of things to talk about, we’re lucky this episode didn’t run four hours long like our previous news-focused episode did! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & LumRanmaYasha’s Brief AX Report 04:00 - June 2018 Bookscan list 9:10 - Dr. Stone popularity poll 18:45 - Comico cancels Recovery of an MMO Junkie due to author’s health 19:55 - Sweetness and Lightning ends 21:07 - Dorohedoro ends in September 22:42 - Kengen Ashura ends in August 24:07 - Citrus ends in August 25:10 - Atsuo Ueda launches Fairy Tail sequel 26:28 - Comixology offers first American comic to be simulpublished in Japan 28:57 - Comixology debuts BECK and Seven Shakespeares manga from Harold Sakuishi 31:05 - Fan

This week we’re joined by the one and only Shonen Sunday stan Sakaki and all-around manga enthusiast Maxy Barnard to discuss Viz Media’s latest Sunday license - Sleepy Princess in the Demon’s Castle by Kagiji Kumanomata! Well, it was intended to be a discussion about Sleepy Princess, but with both Bomber and Maxy on board it ended up being more of a follow-up to our Shonen Sunday discussion from last year. Could this episode be the unofficial pilot of a Shonen Sunday podcast by those two? I’m not sure, but once you finish listening to the episode you’ll definitely want it to be! We discuss what’s unique and charming about this adorable fantasy comedy, and why it’s such a fun fit for both Shonen Sunday and as a new license for Viz Media. I’m not even going to bother with timecodes for this episode because it’s so all over the place, so you better listen through it beginning to end. Trust me - you’ll laugh and learn a lot! Oh, and fun fact, we recorded this podcast on a Sunday and we’re releasing it on a

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we manage to record an episode before Sid joins Vlord to head out to Los Angeles for Anime Expo! Which means we didn’t have much time to dedicate to getting ready for another long series discussion, but we did sit down to talk about our first impressions of Hiro Mashima’s first chapter of Eden’s Zero! We discuss why we think the first chapter of this new series is already a lot better executed then most of Fairy Tail and where we hope the series goes in the future, but not before we talk about our fair share of news! Including a list of the top selling media franchises in Japan in 2018 so far, Tite Kubo’s upcoming new one shot, and Seven Seas’ biggest LGBTQ manga license to date! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:22 - Intro 0:01:21 - Top Selling Media Franchises in Japan 2018 (First Half) 0:12:55 - Dokaben manga ends after 46 years 0:14:46 - Tsuredure Children ends 0:15:31 - Attack on Titan: Before the Fall reaches final arc 0:18:11 - Comic Birz manga to continue online 0:19:58

If you’re reading this right now, we need your help! Our supposedly good friend and regular guest Maxy Barnard was so upset we hadn’t invited him on the podcast in a while that he flew from the U.K. to the U.S., traveled cross-country to kidnap us, stuffed us both in a large grocery store plastic bag, and trapped us in a closet! Colton tried chewing through the bag, but instead, he ended up choking on it like a pigeon and is slowly coughing and suffocating to death. I’ve only just managed to rip through and break down the closet door. Maxy confiscated our phones so we couldn’t call for help, but I’ve managed to hack his laptop so I’m messaging for help before he comes ba--AAACCCKKKK!!!! … Ha ha, don’t take what my good pal Sid said seriously. He doesn’t exist anymore. Neither of them do. But I promise you we’re all having a smashing good time anyways! We’re going to talk about some Jump Starts, namely the recent two, Momiji no Kisetsu and Invade You. About time too, considering the new round of Jump Starts

It’s only fitting that we hit our 50th episode during the same year we’re celebrating Weekly Shonen Jump’s 50th anniversary. Maybe we’ll eventually run fifty years ourselves. Hey, we’ve got two years down already, what’s another forty-eight? Regardless, we want to thank all you listeners for helping us reach this far! Your listenership and support makes doing this show all the more fun and fulfilling for us to do, and we want to keep going for a long while yet. To celebrate our 50th episode milestone, we wanted to revisit a series we’ve previously discussed on the show. So we decided to go back to class - Assassination Classroom that is! Turns out Colton never quite graduated from the series back when we first talked about it, so now that Viz Media’s release of the manga has concluded, we decided it was time to go back and finish it. Joining us is our guest from our original Yusei Matsui retrospective, Kiirobon, best known for his Shonen Sunday blog but also an avid Matsui fan in his own right! Together we

We’re taking a short break from Shonen Jump-related podcast to talk about a creator celebrating a special 50th anniversary milestone – Go Nagai! 2018 is the 50th year of the legendary mangaka's career, and he’s seen a resurgence of popularity thanks to a slew of new anime based on his works like Mazinger Z: Infinity, Cutie Honey Universe, and most famously, Devilman Crybaby! To celebrate Go Nagi’s legacy and the renaissance of his work in the anime community, we’re discussing the original Devilman manga, recently released in the U.S. for the first time in a beautiful hardcover edition courtesy of Seven Seas! Joining us is our good friend and devilishly handsome Go Nagai devotee Josh Dunham, host of Senpai Coast to Coast of co-founder of Wave Motion Cannon! We go over Go Nagi’s career, what inspired him to write Devilman, and how his personal demons may have carried over into his work. Josh provides a ton of wonderful insight on the chaotic, anarchic mind of Nagai, making for one of our best analytical discu

Welcome to the second half of our World Trigger discussion, wherein we answer all your questions in another Q&A extravaganza!! Our discussion went so long that half of our team has to bail out! Which members of Team Osamu-1 made it to the end of the podcast? Only one way to know the answers to this and many other questions! Trigger on! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:21 – Intro 04:53 – Least Favorite World Trigger Characters? 09:25 – Which Mascot is better; Raijin-maru or Battle Cat? 10:21 – What are ourfavorite squads from the B-rank wars? 16:25 – Would we be a Sniper, Gunner, Shooter, All Rounder, Attacker, Operator, or Trapper? 16:40 – What are our favorite Trigger Loadout Combinations? 17:47 – Favorite Neighbor? 18:11 – Anime OST Recommendation 18:27 – Who do we like the most from Tamakoma-2 and why? 18:48 – Opinions on the volume extras and Ashihara’s author comments? 21:38 – Are we put off by Ashihara’s “same-face” designs? 22:00 – Will we continue reading WT if it resumes serialization? 23:11 –

Even though World Trigger has been on hiatus for a long time, the love of its fans remains strong. With the series celebrating its fifth anniversary this year, we thought now would be as good as time as any to re-read and talk about it! Joining us are two VERY passionate World Trigger fans and Osamu Mikumo stans - Annaliese Christman, letterer of the series for Viz Media and Weekly Shonen Jump, and Wensleydale Cheddar, host of the Shonen Jump podcast Stammer Stream and the voice of Osamu in Team ODA:R’s World Trigger abridged series! Can they help LumRanmaYasha convince Colton that it’s the best sports manga that isn’t technically a sports manga ever made? Either way, we had a long and fun discussion of one of our favorite series, and we hope you enjoy it! But first, we’ve got a ton of news! We talk about both the Bookscan and Diamond monthly lists, new licenses, lots of industry shakeups, and a few fun polls! There’s so much to talk about, it’s no wonder this episode ended up being four hours long! In fact