On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its once again time to cover more manga news, as Colton & Lum go over the usual new serializations, sales lists, licenses, and even anime news!! Some of our biggest pieces of news include the end of Attack on Titan and the beginning of the end of My Hero Academia, as well big licenses from Denpa and Discotek Media, and even the long awaited news of a release date for the North American theatrical debut of Demon Slayer: Mugen Train! And just when we thought...
Apr 13, 2021•2 hr 30 min
We can't stay silent any longer! We're screaming out our love for A Silent Voice all the way to the moon! Special guests and big friends Vix, Marco Oliveros, and Kory Cerjack join us for a special retrospective of Yoshitoki Oima's heart-wrenching and heartfelt coming of age story! Vix and Marco share their perspectives as teachers based in Japan to discuss how accurately the series depicts bullying culture in Japanese classrooms and the systemic issues that perpetuate it. Vix and Kory also share...
Apr 04, 2021•3 hr 29 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum catch up on some news, and more importantly, finally get to the newest simulpubs from Shonen Jump and a few other services! First they cover futekiya's first ever simulpub with Pink Heart Jam by Shikke, along with Don't Blush, Sekime-san! from Shigure Tokita on Manga Plus! They also cover some special chapters with the newest chapter of Shokugeki no Sanji from Food Wars duo, Yuto Tsukuda & Shun Saeki, as well as the newly drawn pilot chapt...
Mar 23, 2021•3 hr 34 min
We’re having a long-overdue conversation about Shonen Jump’s culpability in perpetuating sexism in both its workplace culture and in its series. More specifically, it’s time to have a serious talk about how it has been enabling and rehabilitating not one, not two, but THREE known pedophiles. When I say this podcast was long overdue, I mean it. We originally recorded this way back last August, back when news of Act-Age writer Tatsuya Matsuki’s arrest for groping two female middle school students ...
Mar 14, 2021•3 hr 1 min
Manga Mavericks @ Movies continues our coverage of TMS’s newly-dubbed releases of Detective Conan movies by going back to the beginning - literally! That’s right, we’re covering Detective Conan Episode “One” - the 20th-anniversary anime special remaking the show’s first episode! This special was the first Detective Conan movie released on home video in the US in nearly a decade, and the first chance most people got to experience the new dub cast TMS has assembled for the series! This is also act...
Mar 06, 2021•2 hr 4 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we celebrate our 5 year anniversary by going over the results of our latest survey, as well as our favorite episodes of the show, moments, guests and more! And it wouldn't be a celebration without our friends VlordGTZ (host of the Demon Slayer & Shaman King Podcasts), Sakaki (Founder of the Weekly Shogakukan Edition blog & Twitter), and last but not least, Maxy Barnard (Founder of Friendship, Effort, Victory! and all around lover of comics)! Big thanks...
Mar 02, 2021•3 hr 10 min
Hello darlings! Welcome back to #LumSquad, a podcast hosted by @LumRanmaYasha and @ProdTally devoted to the wonderful and wacky world of Rumiko Takahashi’s Urusei Yatsura! Continuing our read-through of Viz’s rerelease of the manga, we cover volume 7! This volume prominently features Onsen-Mark... sorry, “Hot Springs Emblem.” We still need to get used to that. But hey, his name change may leave us cold but some like it Hot Springs Emblem so who are we to judge? Anyway, everyone’s favorite bewild...
Mar 01, 2021•2 hr 46 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we're finally back to cover the truck load of news we've been meaning to cover, or at least as much as we could before EVEN MORE started popping up afterwards, but we'll get those eventually! For right now, we have 40 minutes worth of serialization news alone to discuss, along with the newest lists from both Bookscan and the New York Times! Afterwards we have some new licenses to cover, along with some controversies involving MediBang and INKR involving insult...
Feb 23, 2021•2 hr 54 min
Manga Mavericks @ Movies continues our coverage of TMS’s newly dubbed Detective Conan movies by discussing the 19th film in the franchise, Sunflowers of Inferno! It’s another showdown between Conan and his magician rival Phantom Thief Kid, but this time the infamous jewel thief is after… a painting? It’s up to Conan (and the viewers) to see through all the red herrings and figure out Kid’s artful scheme! In doing so, we must deduce the most important question of all: Is this film a genuine work ...
Feb 05, 2021•57 min
Hello, darlings! Welcome back to #LumSquad, a podcast hosted by @LumRanmaYasha and @ProdTally devoted to the wonderful and wacky world of Rumiko Takahashi’s Urusei Yatsura! We went back on an unexpected hiatus again last year, but hey, Viz’s second attempt to release UY in the 90s also unceremoniously stopped too. As they say, the third time’s the charm, and at least we’ve come back for our third try much faster than they did! Much like Viz’s regular releases of the series, we’re dedicated to re...
Feb 01, 2021•2 hr 16 min
* Take the Manga Mavericks 5-Year Anniversary Survey and Enter to Win a Free manga! More Details Below!: https://s.surveyplanet.com/uwgeMjcMq * Art is hard. Did you know that? If not, Akiko Higashimura’s autobiographical memoir of her “so-called artist’s journey,” Blank Canvas, will school you in the fundamentals! To help us navigate Higashimura’s memories, we’re joined by Jenny McKeon, who translated the series for Seven Seas and is a seasoned comics artist herself! Jenny shares her experiences...
Jan 26, 2021•2 hr 9 min
* Take the Manga Mavericks 5-Year Anniversary Survey and Enter to Win a Free manga! More Details Below!* (https://s.surveyplanet.com/uwgeMjcMq) On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum travel to the Hole to take a look at Q Hayashida's Dorohedoro! A violent but wholesome tale of mystery and intrigue, as lizard man Caiman and his gyoza shop owner friend, Nikaido, search for answers about who he is and where he came from, but thats only scratching the surface of everything this series ...
Jan 19, 2021•3 hr 12 min
* Take the Manga Mavericks 5-Year Anniversary Survey and Enter to Win a Free manga! More Details Below!: https://s.surveyplanet.com/uwgeMjcMq * Manga Mavericks @ Movies’ first episode of 2021 is none other than Lupin III: The First! While it’s not the first Lupin film we’ve covered on this podcast, it is a first for the franchise; its first 3DCG animated feature! Vix joins us to discuss our theatrical experience with the film, discussing it’s historical influences, homages to the franchise, and ...
Jan 15, 2021•2 hr 27 min
* Take the Manga Mavericks 5-Year Anniversary Survey and Enter to Win a Free manga! More Details Below!: https://s.surveyplanet.com/uwgeMjcMq * They’re all animals!… as well as tragic victims of familial abuse. That’s right, we’re starting off the year by taking a look back at Natsuki Takaya’s generation-defining shojo classic, Fruits Basket, a manga exploring a family curse that’s both literal and metaphorical. The original Fruits Basket anime was a childhood fave for LumRanmaYasha, but this wa...
Jan 10, 2021•3 hr 9 min
* Take the Manga Mavericks 5-Year Anniversary Survey and Enter to Win a Free manga! More Details Below!: https://s.surveyplanet.com/uwgeMjcMq * Tite Kubo’s traded in Soul Reapers for Witches and Hollows for Dragons in his newest manga, but his storytelling is no less enchanting! To discuss what makes Kubo’s new series Burn the Witch so spellbinding, we’re delighted to have on the magically talented localization team for the series from Viz with us today - editor Pancha Diaz (Death Note, Skip Bea...
Jan 01, 2021•1 hr 55 min
The Nightmare that is 2020 is almost over, but are you prepared to face The Darkest Nightmare? AKA the 20th Detective Conan movie that suddenly dropped dubbed out of nowhere on digital platforms without any promotion or fanfare whatsoever? Well then, this podcast is your dream come true! Manga Mavericks @ Movies returns to close out the year by facing our greatest fear in this hell of a year - a bad Detective Conan movie! We have some colorful words for this movie, so brighten up your day by lis...
Dec 27, 2020•1 hr 4 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Lum & Colton take a closer look at the Mangamo app and read a few select titles such as the award winning MMO rom-com Loving Yamada at LV999!, the hilariously cruel Dropkick on My Devil, and the harrowing but thoughtful gender identity story of I Wanna Be Your Girl. They also take a look at even some more recent additions to the app with The Most Tsundere Boss in History and The Warrior Demigods, Champions of Sparta! The Mangamo app is available on both iO...
Dec 22, 2020•2 hr 23 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum spend most of the time just catching up on the news, including Oricon's list of the top 10 highest selling manga series from the past year (in which case, number 1 WILL surprise you!), as well as some shake ups in the anime/manga industry that may or may not have already happened by the time this episode has been released. We also talk about some new additions to the Shonen Jump app such as new series, Sakamoto Days, as well as one of two new ...
Dec 16, 2020•2 hr 58 min
Just when you thought you polished off the last of your Thanksgiving leftovers, LGBThanksgiving concludes with one last juicy podcast stuffed full of queer manga goodness! Hope you’re hungry, because this is a big one - our retrospective of the defining yuri manga of the 2010’s, Kase-san! We couldn’t digest a series this savory by ourselves, so we invited on some yuri connoisseurs to help us devour all the gay girly goodness - TomoChoco hosts Kit and Sarah and returning guest Erica Friedman, fou...
Dec 14, 2020•2 hr 3 min
Just in time for the turkey day itself, LGBThanksgiving continues with another special interview! We’ve spotlighted manga localizers before, but on this episode we’re excited to host on the show someone who’s making their own manga, and has been doing great work sharing theirs and others’ diverse voices and perspectives by producing manga, animation, blog posts, analysis videos, interviews, merchandise and apparel, and so much more! Jaqueline-Elizabeth "Jax" Cottrell is the digital content strat...
Nov 26, 2020•1 hr 56 min
After our recent retrospective on My Brother's Husband, we were left curious about its creator, Gengoroh Tagame, and the world of gay manga. So we decided to talk to the person who perhaps knows Tagame's work best - Anne Ishii, the translator of My Brother's Husband and ambassador of Tagame's work in the west! Anne is one of the co-founders of Massive Goods, a publisher dedicated to producing gay manga, apparel, and merchandise, and is the executive director of the Asian Arts Initiative. She has...
Nov 17, 2020•1 hr 41 min
Our Dreams at Dusk is a beautiful manga that explores characters across the LGBTQ+ spectrum in different phases of their life, struggling to be accepted for being themselves, and finding a community and support network in one another. It made waves when Seven Seas released it in English last year, and after reading it we knew we had to talk about it on the show! We’ve also brought on a very special guest to discuss the series with us - Jocelyne Allen, translator of Our Dreams at Dusk and so many...
Nov 08, 2020•1 hr 43 min
Boo! That’s the sound a vuvuzela makes, at least according to the series we’re talking about today. That’s right, Naoki Urasawa superfan and lettering enthusiast Aidan joins us to discuss the first Urasawa manga we’re covering on the show - Mujirushi: The Sign of Dreams! We discuss how the series reflects Urasawa’s storytelling principles while differing stylistically in interesting ways, and gush over his art and color pages! We also discuss the lettering found in Urasawa’s books, translation d...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 56 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum spend most of the show catching up on and discussing their thoughts on the latest round of Jump Starts from Shonen Jump (Phantom Seer, High School Family & Our Blood Oath), as well as some other simulpub debuts from Mangamo (Deathdeus: Hero of the Dead & My Evil Stepbrother) and Manga Plus (World's End Harem ~Britannia Lumiére~, Hokkaido Gals are Super Adorable, Excuse Me Dentist, Its Touching Me! & Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detect...
Oct 26, 2020•3 hr 16 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we have yet another review of a new series whose first volume is now on sale from Viz Media known as Moriarty the Patriot from Ryosuke Takeuchi and Hikaru Miyoshi! A series that runs in Shueisha's monthly Jump Square magazine starring the infamous nemesis of Sherlock Holmes himself, as he and his comrades take on the task of murdering the worst of England's elite noble society to make the world a better place for the common folk. Lum & Colton are joined by...
Oct 15, 2020•2 hr 14 min
“Fly Me to the Moon Let me podcast among the stars Let me see what marriage is like From a, Sunday and Hata In other words, listen to me In other words, baby, read this series!” That’s right, we’re over the moon because we’re taking a trip into one of the latest hit Shonen Sunday manga, Kenjiro Hata’s Fly Me to the Moon! As always when we cover anything Sunday, we’re joined once again by Sakaki, founder of the Weekly Shogakukan Edition Talkback Twitter & Blog, as well as Marion from the Good...
Oct 12, 2020•1 hr 40 min
Anime and manga are beloved worldwide and enjoyed by passionate fans of all walks of life. However, marginalized voices are often not represented or visible in community events, conversations, or the media we enjoy itself. But POC fans and creatives have done so much great and essential work for this fandom, Black fans in particular. Recently there’s been a long-overdue movement in creative and professional circles to amplify and spotlight the voices of Black creatives in fandoms and industries,...
Sep 20, 2020•2 hr 38 min
On this Manga Mavericks, its once again time for another news roundup, but this time we try something different! Instead of bogging down the episode with a huge slew of licenses that have been announced since the last time news was covered, Colton & Lum decide to each make their own short list of licenses that they're personally looking forward to seeing! Its a slight change in format compared to how the Mavericks normally report on news, but it gives them the time and energy to report on an...
Sep 14, 2020•2 hr 24 min
On this monster-sized episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum talk about Naoya Matsumoto's Kaiju No. 8, a new series from Shonen Jump that takes in a world where humanity battles against giant monsters, starring a protagonist who's job it is to clean up after those battles, but ends up deciding to pursue his dream of being a soldier to engage in actual combat...but not before he himself gains the ability to turn into a monster! Our Mavericks go the extra mile with not just discussing their ...
Sep 07, 2020•2 hr 53 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again tackle more news from the world of manga! We also discuss a lot of new manga from various publishers, including three new doujinshi from Irodori Comics' LGBTQ-focused imprint Irodori Sakura, as well as three new simulpubs! We start off with the manga adaptation of Japan Sinks 2020 exclusively on Mangamo, followed by Ghost Reaper Girl from Shonen Jump, and last but not least, Lockdown Zone: Level X from Denpa! It's a cool collection ...
Aug 18, 2020•3 hr 14 min
