Even if rakugo was a dying art form, manga surely isn’t! The anime adaptation of Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu was critically acclaimed among anime connoisseurs in the west, so the Manga Mavericks take a look at the original manga, licensed and renamed Descending Stories by Kodansha USA. Can a manga capture the essence of rakugo as an auditory performance art in a soundless medium? Or is this another case of an anime adaptation transcending the limitations of its source material to transform a go...
Jun 03, 2017•1 hr 28 min
Rounding off our My Hero Academia podcast trilogy is this long-awaited Q&A special! We received so many questions for our Manga Fight we couldn't possibly use them all, so we organized this special episode to answer them! Both Jeff Ruberg and Doctor return to give their takes on your questions, and what results is the realization that all podcasters are evil, Stain is best girl, Mineta should make a Spirit Bomb out of sticky balls, and lots of lucrative ideas for ScrewAttack! Before we get t...
May 20, 2017•2 hr 33 min
Who's the greatest teacher in manga? Korosensei? Zetsubou Sensei? The Ultimate Otaku Teacher? Ha! Posers, all of them! They pale in comparison to the original gangsta, the one and only, Great Teacher Onizuka. To celebrate the GTO manga's 20th anniversary, we're schooling you guys a crash-course on the fundamentals of GTO. Fellow All-Comic manga specialist Nick Rowe joins us to give us the 101 on how the old folk discovered GTO back in the days of Tokyopop and how filthy rich GTO's creator Tohru ...
May 04, 2017•2 hr 27 min
It’s time for another episode of All-Comic Presents: Manga Mavericks Presents: Manga Fights sponsored by Geoff Martin Art Sales (not really)! Operating in the same fashion as Screen Junkies’ Movie Fights, Manga Fights features passionate manga fans debating it out over manga-related several topics both intriguing and insane. With the Manga Mavericks as your hosts, intelligent conversations, heated arguments, and unintentional comedy is always sure to abound! Manga Fights returns for a three-mont...
May 01, 2017•1 hr 55 min
There's been a lot of gloom and doom about One Piece recently. It got taken off Toonami, then it got dumped by Hulu, and now everyone's aflame over whether the Pudding twist was sexist or not. In these trouble times, just remember - One Piece has three times as many volumes in print than the entire population of Japan! It has more graphic novels in circulation than any other comic book in the world. Crazy to think about, isn't it? For all the ups and downs One Piece might go through, no one can ...
Apr 21, 2017•1 hr 27 min
I AM HERE! And our never-ending fight to discuss great manga continues with another Shonen Jump series discussion! This week we're talking My Hero Academia with Doctor of the Ass Backwards Anime Podcast. We talk the good, the bad, the ugly, the all right and All Might - every quirky detail we could extrapolate from the series for the sake of doing it justice! It's all for one great all-encompassing MHA podcast, one for all you MHA fans to enjoy! But before we get to that, we've got some news to ...
Apr 06, 2017•2 hr 47 min
Alternatively titled: Dr. Stockholm, Or: How I Learned To Stop Hating and Love Black Clover. ^ I was thinking of making that the episode title but I thought it would be too long. But yes, today's episode is all about the up-and-coming Shonen Jump hit, Black Clover, to celebrate it passing 100 chapters, two years of serialization, and an upcoming anime. Colton never continued with Black Clover past the first chapter, but since the start of the year, he's been working his way through the series in...
Mar 23, 2017•3 hr 14 min
We were going to record a podcast about Toonami, but that fell through, so we're talking about Sword Art Online: Ordinal Scale instead. What a switch. Needless to say we needed some extra help to get through this, so we recruited our friend Ethan to help us dissect everything that works and the exponentially greater number of things that doesn't work about this latest installment in the illustrious SAO franchise. For what it's worth, this is the best thing the SAO franchise has yet to offer. But...
Mar 20, 2017•42 min
Hey, I technically got this up on Sunday, right? Ah, I suppose it doesn't matter if you're not listening to this episode on the day it was posted anyway. Sorry for the delay, but the rough audio for this episode was over four hours long and I had to edit it instead of Colton. But hopefully because this is such a long - and stuffed - episode it was well worth the wait! That's right, our long awaited Weekly Shonen Sunday episode is finally here! We're joined by returning guest and good friends Bom...
Mar 12, 2017•3 hr 31 min
What, another Movie Mavericks in the same week?! That’s right, since this week’s Manga Mavericks is being delayed a few days, we thought we’d give you a little something-something to tide you guys over! In this installment LumRanmaYasha and VLordGTZ talk about the Oscar-nominated animated french-japanese co-production The Red Turtle and the cinematic classic anime masterpiece Ghost in the Shell, a little too late after the Oscars happened and a little too early before the live-action GITS remake...
Mar 10, 2017•44 min
Miss us this past month? Well don't fret, because on this week's Movie Mavericks we've got a nostalgic double feature to talk about! First up is the classic Sailor Moon movie "The Promise of the Rose," a movie about Tuxedo Mask's homoerotic relationship with a rose-twirling alien and why Sailor Moon is Jesus Christ incarnate. Then we talk about the latest Yu-Gi-Oh! movie "The Dark Side of Dimensions," or as it should've really been called Kaiba-Oh! The Daft Seto of Duel-mensions! A movie that's ...
Mar 06, 2017•1 hr 10 min
It's been a while since we've had a relatively straight-forward episode with just our two Mavericks discussing the news, huh? Well, don't get used to it. We've got a lot of plans and a lot of guests booked for the show for the next couple of weeks. But it's nice to get back to basics for an episode, a breather before we cover more big topics and guest appearances. This week we discuss the latest licenses, recent cancellations, and the most exciting new series on the horizon, while also eulogizin...
Feb 23, 2017•2 hr 14 min
In this week's special bonus episode we run down the results of our first annual survey! We discuss the statistics and what you guys like most about the show, as well as suggestions on how to improve it moving forward. Additionally, to make for a belated Valentine's Day special, Colton reads all of Love Rush and shares his ambivalent opinions of it while LumRanmaYasha and Maxy's opinions argue why Love Rush was an underrated gem canceled long before it's time. To make good on some of the suggest...
Feb 16, 2017•1 hr 16 min
What does the unprecedented six new Jump Starts in six weeks initiative say about the future of Weekly Shonen Jump? This week our friend Maxy Barnard of Friendship! Effort! Victory! joins us for his first "official" Manga Mavericks guest spot to discuss the state of Weekly Shonen Jump and the future of the magazine. We discuss opinions on what'll be the new frontrunner of the magazine in the wake of the multiple series conclusions of last year, what new series are worth keeping an eye on, the in...
Feb 12, 2017•2 hr 41 min
Manga Mavericks @ Movies is a new spinoff of Manga Mavericks hosted and edited by LumRanmaYasha, who visits cinemas at least once a week to watch movies and has been eager to find an outlet to talk about what he’s seen. It will likely be an irregularly released podcast until the summer, but you can expect it to come out within a week of the hottest new comic and nerdy movie releases! This week Colton joins us to discuss the latest One Piece theatrical feature, Film: Gold. We talk about our theat...
Feb 04, 2017•1 hr 8 min
JoJo's month comes to a close with our first-ever Q&A special! That's right, this week we spend two and a half hours devoted answering YOUR JJBA-related questions! What are our favorite parts? What would our Stands be like? Why a road roller, of all things? All these and more will be answered as we go over 40 questions from 10 different people! Podcast Breakdown: 00:00 - Introductions & Announcements 4:15 - Where can I read the rest of Jojo's? 10:05 - Why is JoJo’s Not Doing Well on Toon...
Jan 26, 2017•2 hr 31 min
It’s time for another episode of All-Comic Presents: Manga Mavericks Presents: Manga Fights sponsored by Geoff Martin Art Sales (not really)! Operating in the same fashion as Screen Junkies’ Movie Fights, Manga Fights features passionate manga fans debating it out over manga-related several topics both intriguing and insane. With the Manga Mavericks as your hosts, intelligent conversations, heated arguments, and unintentional comedy is always sure to abound! JoJo's month continues today with our...
Jan 21, 2017•2 hr 30 min
Happy! Joy! Nice to meetcha! It's finally friday! Yes my friends...it's finally here. I feel utterly refreshed, like I put on a new pair of underwear on New Year's Day! Why? Because this is the first Manga Mavericks of 2017, and the first installment of JoJo's month, our celebration of the 30th anniversary of the monolithic manga franchise JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Am I excited? YES I AM! JoJo's makes my heart resonate, with heat enough to burn, and my blood razor sharp with excitement! Even Col...
Jan 12, 2017•3 hr 34 min
The Manga Mavericks have expanded into the realm of movies! Manga Mavericks @ Movies is hosted and edited by LumRanmaYasha who visits cinemas at least once a week to watch movies and has been eager to find an outlet to talk about what he's seen. It will likely be an irregularly released podcast until the summer, but you can expect it to come out within a week of the hottest new comic and nerdy movie releases! In this inaugural episode Sid is joined by his brother VlordGTZ as they say goodbye to ...
Jan 06, 2017•1 hr 55 min
Manga Mavericks has lasted an entire year! We've done so much in such a short time, and we couldn't have done it without your support! Thank you for listening and giving feedback on our podcasts. We have great things planned for 2017 as well, so stay tuned and stick around for what we've got in store! In the meantime, we've set up a year-end poll for you guys to take to gather some statistics and help us make the show better. Included are questions asking for your guys' opinions on future topics...
Dec 29, 2016•3 hr 16 min
It’s time for another episode of All-Comic Presents: Manga Mavericks Presents: Manga Fights sponsored by Geoff Martin Art Sales (not really)! Operating in the same fashion as Screen Junkies’ Movie Fights, Manga Fights features passionate manga fans debating it out over manga-related several topics both intriguing and insane. With the Manga Mavericks as your hosts, intelligent conversations, heated arguments, and unintentional comedy is always sure to abound! To honor the recently concluded Shone...
Dec 14, 2016•2 hr 38 min
I know you're asking "wait, where's the Toriko retrospective?" Well, we recorded it, but unfortunately there were some technical difficulties during the editing process and we lost the whole thing. We're sorry guys. Don't worry, we'll still be discussing the series and answering your questions during our Toriko Manga Fight, which will be out next week. That episode will now double as our all-encompassing retrospective on the series. On the bright side, that means if you haven't sent us any quest...
Dec 07, 2016•1 hr 9 min
Our InuYasha retrospective and Manga Fight have been very well received and we couldn't be happier! We got more four times the likes on the Retrospective on tumblr than we have on all the other Manga Mavericks episodes combined! Thank you all for your comments and enthusiasm! We hope to make more retrospective and Manga Fights like those in the future, so stay tuned to our brand-spanking new twitter account for future updates on the show! On this week's Manga Mavericks, Colton and Sid spend a go...
Nov 16, 2016•2 hr 22 min
It's time for another episode of All-Comic Presents: Manga Mavericks Presents: Manga Fights sponsored by Geoff Martin Art Sales (not really)! Operating in the same fashion as Screen Junkies’ Movie Fights, Manga Fights features passionate manga fans debating it out over manga-related several topics both intriguing and insane. With the Manga Mavericks as your hosts, intelligent conversations, heated arguments, and unintentional comedy is always sure to abound! Continuing off our InuYasha 20th anni...
Nov 13, 2016•2 hr 17 min
On November 13th 1996, Rumiko Takahashi's feudal fairy tale InuYasha began its serialization in Weekly Shonen Sunday, where it would continue to run for a nearly 12-year run. From the very beginning, InuYasha was wildly popular and successful both in Japan and internationally, and its popularity and influence on anime fandom are still indelible nearly a decade since it's conclusion. In honor of 20 years of InuYasha, Manga Mavericks' resident Rumic World expert LumRanmaYasha has recruited their b...
Nov 13, 2016•2 hr 5 min
Halloween may be past us, but the scariest day of the year has yet to arrive. You know what I'm talking about...ELECTION DAY! Oh, the horror! The suspense is killing me! It's like the tagline for Alien vs. Predator - "Whoever Wins...We Lose." And the spectacle is going to be just as painful to watch as that movie was! Who needs to watch horror movies when real life is already so scary? So in honor of these scary days, we've invited all-around comics connoisseur and horror homie Casey "MinovskyAr...
Nov 06, 2016•2 hr 23 min
I'm not watching any anime this season. I'm not watching anything that's airing on TV (except South Park). The time I have for recreation has become limited, and so the amount of what I can watch has become more select by necessity. I don't have the time to watch an entire season of Luke Cage on Netflix, or the four hour-long DC shows airing weekly on the CW, much less the dozens of new anime that came out this season. These days, after exhausting myself from long hours of work on little sleep, ...
Oct 20, 2016•2 hr 23 min
Welcome to the first episode of our new podcast series, Manga Mavericks Presents: Manga Fights! Operating in the same fashion as Screen Junkies' Movie Fights, Manga Fights features passionate manga fans debating it out over manga-related several topics both intriguing and insane. With the Manga Mavericks as your hosts, intelligent conversations, heated arguments, and unintentional comedy is always sure to abound! Continuing off our Yusei Matsui coverage on Manga Mavericks, Colton and Sid are joi...
Oct 07, 2016•1 hr 22 min
Just in time for his special appearance at New York Comic Con, our long-awaited Yusei Matsui episode has finally arrived! This week your titular mavericks, Colton and Sid, are joined by the unofficial translator of the Gintama manga Bomber D Rufi as we go over Yusei Matsui's career and major works, from Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro to Assassination Classroom and everything in between! No news this week folks, we jump right into the discussion and talk about how much we love Matsui's manga for a so...
Oct 05, 2016•2 hr 16 min
We talk about a top 10 shojo manga list in this episode, and we'd only read about one and a half of them. We really need to read more shojo stuff. That's why I'm glad Viz has been having a lot of digital shojo manga sales recently. I picked up the entirety of Ceres and From Far Away recently, and they've got Basara for sale right now. These sales are great if you want to get into older and out of print titles like those especially. You have to budget yourself just right if you want to get full s...
Sep 21, 2016•1 hr 40 min
