On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton and Lum are joined by quite possibly their biggest guest yet! As they have the chance to sit down and chat with longtime translator of manga and video games, as well as the CEO of Irodori Comics himself, On Takahashi! Originally this interview was supposed to be an opportunity to discuss titles from the company's newest line of all ages doujinshi known as Irodori Aqua, but unfortunately, On spent most of our time talking about other amazing things, such...
Feb 09, 2020•3 hr 52 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its time for our annual Best of Manga episode! Where Lum and Colton take a look back at the past year and talk about their favorite manga related moments from both the industry and what they’re reading! What were their favorite new releases? What were the coolest and/or emotionally gripping moments in manga this year? And what was the best new series to come out of 2019!? Tune in to the episode and find out! Be sure to fill out our annual podcast survey, not o...
Jan 26, 2020•4 hr 42 min
We’re starting off this decade of the podcast by discussing a bunch of stuff we did last year! That’s right, it’s time to extensively cover all our adventures at the third convention we attended in 2019, Anime NYC! You’ve heard us go over all the news out of the con a few episodes ago, but this time around we’ll be going into what we personally did there - all the panels and events we attended, and all the people we met! It was a big con for us in many ways, and we got to hang out with a bunch o...
Jan 22, 2020•4 hr 31 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Lum and Colton are joined by cosplayer extraordinaire Diana Soreil, as well as Kelly Quinn Chiu from the One Panel Later podcast, to discuss Satoru Noda's Golden Kamuy! Just in time for winter, Golden Kamuy is a tale about hunting for treasure while surviving the bitter freezing wilderness, as well as constant attacks from all kinds of weirdos, criminals or both. We discuss everything we love about Noda's master work, including how it manages to be thrilling, ...
Dec 28, 2019•2 hr 57 min
A couple of months ago we did some massive podcasts to cover everything we did at Anime Expo, and now we’ve got to do the same for Anime NYC! We’re starting off with our long overdue roundup of all the news that came out of the con, which includes tons of licenses and some big announcements. We would’ve just attached the news to our con report, but that ended up being a five hours long conversation all by itself! So, rather than make a five and a half hour podcast, we thought it’d be better to j...
Dec 21, 2019•2 hr 3 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Lum & Colton are joined by dakazu, darfox and Morgana from the Manga Machinations podcast to talk about Paru Itagaki's Beastars! Even only after reading the first two volumes released by Viz Media, we have a lot to dig into as we discuss different interesting facets of the world of Beastars, as well as its many various kinds of social commentary that we may or may not be able to relate to different real world experiences. We also give our first impressions...
Nov 24, 2019•2 hr 23 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Lum and Colton give their impressions on some new additions recently added to Shueisha's Manga Plus app (what we will from now on will be referring to as Manga Plus Starts!!). including 'Tis Time for "Torture" Princess, East, Into the Night, and The Vertical World! But before that, they have a whole lot of news to cover after a little over a month, including the coming end of some big series, a whole lot of pre-Anime NYC licenses, and even some the recent cont...
Nov 18, 2019•3 hr 11 min
ONE DREAM. ONE WISH. WE WENT TO SEE STAMPEDE... AND IT WAS... OVER THE TOP!!! 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. 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 ta...
Nov 11, 2019•1 hr 23 min
Saint Seiya is a shonen manga classic, a trailblazer that codified so many of the tropes and themes the genre embraces to this day. Its influence looms large in the history of manga, inspiring generations of artists and storytellers, but despite being popular in most of the rest of the world it’s been criminally overlooked in the U.S. After a botched attempt by DiC to make it big in America in the early aughts, Netflix has recently reintroduced Saint Seiya to a new generation of fans by making a...
Nov 10, 2019•2 hr 48 min
Manga Mavericks @ Movies returns for the Fall movie season to cover all the new anime theatrical releases like One Piece: Stampede and the upcoming Konosuba movie! But before we can feast on the new, we’ve got to take care of some leftovers first. With I Want to Eat Your Pancreas finally out on blu-ray courtesy of Aniplex, now’s the perfect time to release our podcast we recorded on the film back in February after seeing its limited theatrical run. We actually recorded this episode a day after s...
Nov 04, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Every October thousands of people come to New York City to dress up in costumes and party all day and night for almost an entire week of themed events - and it's not because of Halloween! That’s right, LumRanmaYasha and VlordGTZ went to the famous New York Comic Con, which means it’s time for another con report podcast! That’s right, we went to New York Comic-Con in early October, for VLord’s first NYCC experience and Lum’s third! There were TONS of epic panels, awesome guests, huge announcement...
Nov 03, 2019•3 hr 9 min
Its time for Part 2 of our 100th episode! This next half of the episode was originally meant to be the *ending* segment after our previous piracy discussion, where we invited both Bomber D. Rufi (aka Sakaki) and Maxy Barnard (who couldn't make it so we found [redacted]) to come on to discuss the results of our short run survey asking fans about their favorite episodes of the podcast, instead it turned into a 2 hour retrospective where we talked about not only what we like and enjoy about Manga M...
Oct 27, 2019•2 hr 49 min
After over 3 years, we've reached the 100th episode of Manga Mavericks! And to celebrate, we're joined by a panel of special guests, including Morgana Santilli from Manga Machinations, Buggy from DaLadyBugProductions, and Maxy Barnard from Friendship Effort Victory, to discuss the topic of Manga Piracy! We hold nothing back and go all in as we discuss our thoughts and feelings on pirating manga and other media, as well as how the topic is handled and discussed amongst both in fandom and industry...
Oct 20, 2019•2 hr 25 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, with Lum travelling with Vlord at New York Comic Con, its up to Colton and Bomber (@kiirobon) to cover news on their own once again! While they cover the usual news such as My Hero Academia continually dominating North American manga sales and the newest licenses from Seven Seas, they also cover some really big pieces of news like the return of best sellers lists for comics and manga from The New York Times and the announcement of some new Shonen Sunday anime!...
Oct 13, 2019•1 hr 52 min
Welcome to the Manga Mavericks Book Club! A podcast where your friendly neighborhood Mavericks discuss and dissect manga they've talked about in the past on Manga Mavericks, but this time volume by volume! On this inaugural episode, Colton decides to come back to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure starting from Part 1: Phantom Blood. Joining him along for the ride is Twitter sensation and one host of both the Blade Licking Thieves and Super Senpai Podcasts, Grant (@grantthethief)! ***This is a free previe...
Sep 30, 2019•1 hr 15 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we invite on Marion Bea to discuss Akimi Yoshida's hit Shojo manga, Banana Fish! A story that takes place in New York involving gang wars, political corruption, and a whole lot of pain! And even that is just the tip of the iceberg, as the Mavericks do their best to discuss every facet that makes Banana Fish so great, and sometimes not so great. Topics of discussion include how certain demographic labels color people's opinions of the series, our thoughts on it...
Sep 15, 2019•2 hr 38 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, after the usual dose of manga-related news, Colton and Lum talk about the two newest series from Shonen Jump! Mission: Yozakura Family being an action-packed story about a kid who gets married into an assassin family, and Mitama Security: Spirit Busters being a new gag manga about an exorcist who is afraid of ghosts! Other topics of discussion include the addition of Boys Over Flowers to the Shonen Jump vault, the upcoming adaptations of some of Junji Ito's ma...
Sep 08, 2019•1 hr 48 min
You’ve been waiting all summer for it, and now the time has come! That’s right, on this behemoth of an episode we’re giving you guys a full rundown of this year’s Anime Expo - an over four hour-long podcast to discuss over four days of events and activities! Joining me to go over all this goodness is VLordGTZ, co-host of Manga Mavericks @ Movies and editorial writer for All-Comic and Toonami Faithful, and the Shonen Sunday guru himself, Sakaki, webmaster of the Weekly Shonen Sunday talkback blog...
Aug 30, 2019•4 hr 16 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton has a lot of news and manga to cover, but with the help of his conveniently newfound podcast hosting powers, he won't have to go at it alone! First he enlists the help of Shonen Sunday enthusiast, Bomber D. Rufi (@kiirobon), in order to not just tackle whatever news they could at the time, but also cover all of the new one shots now available on the Shonen Jump app and website from well known artists such as Boichi, Yusuke Murata and Yusei Matsui! Join ...
Aug 18, 2019•4 hr 9 min
On Thursday, July 18th, a devastating fire burned down Kyoto Animation’s 1st Studio Building, claiming the lives of 35 people and hospitalizing 33 more. The human costs of this tragedy are unfathomable and the damage done to the studio is immeasurable. We stand together with KyoAni in their time of need, and want to do our part in spreading the word to fans on how to help the studio and its staff. For our Community Shout-Outs this week, we’ve compiled a list of resources that you can use to dona...
Aug 02, 2019•3 hr 32 min
On this episode of the podcast, the Mavericks are joined by both Maxy Barnard and Bomber D Rufi to once again cover the first volume of a newly released Shonen Sunday title from Viz Media in the form of Tomohito Oda's, Komi Can't Communicate! A sincere slice of life series about a popular girl named Komi who has trouble even uttering a single word to any of her classmates, but with the the help of some guy named Tadano Hitohito, she'll overcome her lack of communication skills and make 100 frien...
Jul 14, 2019•1 hr 55 min
Spider-Man: Far From Home is swinging into theaters today, so it’s a perfect time to release our review of the last Spider-Man film which came out...six months ago. Huh, hasn’t been long has it? Well, with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse making the jump from the big screen to home video and Netflix, there’s no better occasion to talk about this year’s Academy Award winner for Best Animated Picture! Once again our comics-loving friend Vix joins us to give a detailed overview of the comics histo...
Jul 02, 2019•2 hr 54 min
Caleb Cook calls in to the show to share the story of how he became the translator of the most popular manga in North America! Caleb covers his career journey from the beginning, sharing his experiences living in Japan during his time in the JET program, his early translation work for Yen Press and UDON, and finally, the circumstances that led him to become the translator of big Shonen Jump hits like My Hero Academia and Dr. Stone! Plus, we discuss Caleb’s awesome Twitter Threads and Sculptures,...
Jun 28, 2019•2 hr 43 min
We've got another awesome interview to share with you! We're delighted to be joined by David Brothers to discuss his awesome career journey from comics blogger to manga editor at Viz Media! David details his early blogging days at 4thletter, his duties as Brand Manager at Image, and what it's like to edit series like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and We Never Learn! We also talk to David about his thoughts on representation in comics, the future of digital comics, and his philosophy on comics critici...
Jun 23, 2019•3 hr 30 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton and Lum catch up on the four newest series to debut in Shonen Jump, including the long awaited return of Masashi Kishimoto and his newest series 2 years in the making, Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru! The other batch of series discussed on the show include shogi manga Double Taisei by Kentaro Fukuda, rugby manga Beast Children by Kento Terasaka, and controversial dystopian manga Tokyo Shinobi Squad by Yuki Tanaka and Kento Matsuura! Which of these new ...
Jun 18, 2019•1 hr 56 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its back to basics as Colton & Lum finally get back to covering some manga news, and in under 2 hours! They talk about everything from all the Shonen Jump series that are ending, to more new licenses from Yen Press and Seven Seas, and much more! Our titular Mavericks may mostly spend this week catching up on news and things, but stay tuned for next week when they cover all of the new series that have made their debut in Jump, including Masashi Kishimoto's ...
Jun 09, 2019•1 hr 30 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum continue their series of interviews as they sit down with Dr. Mari Morimoto, manga translator and veterinarian! Mari talks about her career spanning 25 years and experiencing the growth of the manga industry, as well as her experience in interpreting for other Japanese guests at cons such as Toriyama and Kishimoto! Mari even discusses her time working on the upcoming Rose of Versailles English release from Udon Entertainment and so much more! ...
Jun 01, 2019•2 hr 12 min
On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum continue their series of interviews throughout the month of May! This next one featuring Eisner Award nominated comic artist, Joey Weiser, author of a lot of titles, such as Mermin and Ghost Hog! Ghost Hog being Joey's latest new title about a boar named Truff who faces a journey in coping with loss and learning the importance of forgiveness and acceptance. We sit down with Joey to talk about his new work as well as some of the rest of his bib...
May 12, 2019•2 hr 18 min
2019 marks the centennial anniversary of the Yuri genre, celebrating 100 years of girls in love challenging the expectations placed upon them by patriarchal definitions of love and gender. To commemorate the legacy of the genre and the stories that’ve been told, we interviewed Erica Friedman, a Yuri historian and tastemaker who has been at the center of the fandom for over two decades. Erica is the founder of Yuricon, an organization dedicated to uniting the community through fan events and scho...
May 07, 2019•3 hr 40 min
Previously on Manga Mavericks, Lum and Colton, along with special guests, Buggy and Hovin, discussed We Never Learn and what they liked or disliked (but mostly liked) about Jump's latest romcom series! And this week's episode, they do even more of that! As Lum gathered We Never Learn-themed questions from all over the internet, so that they could once again hold another study session! We tackle such test questions as who will end up with who by the end of the series? What does the series have go...
Apr 29, 2019•2 hr 30 min
