Manga Mavericks

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum are joined by John from the MercuryFalcon Youtube channel, as well as Karleen & Malia from Coherent Cats, to discuss Osamu Tezuka's original Dororo manga! A story about a wandering samurai named Hyakkimaru and his rambunctious thief sidekick, Dororo, as they hunt down and slay all kinds of evil spirits and yokai in order for Hyakkimaru to regain all 48 of his missing body parts (and also hunt for treasure, I guess...). We're excited to finally cover our first Tezuka manga as we discuss how feel about Dororo compared to some of his other works, as well as how we feel about Tezuka's handling of Hyakkimaru's physical disabilities and Dororo's gender identity. 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-179-dororo/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 05:09 - Dororo Discussion 1:56:37 - Fan Questions 2:18:48 - Guest Plugs 2:23:19 - Community Shout-

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum finally catch up on about two months worth of new one shots and simulpubs! Including not just everything from Shonen Jump, but also titles from Manga Plus, Star Fruit Books, Yen Press, Kadokawa and even our first look at Comikey! Is Dandadan as good as everyone says it is? What is up with PPPPPP? And is Colton into dragon girls now? Listen to the show to find out all of this and more!! 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-178-october-2021-simulpubs-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - RIP Takao Saito 02:51 - Intro News 03:51 - My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission moviegoers to receive special manga booklet on opening day 06:14 - Nozomi's Dirty Pair Kickstarter 08:19 - Mission: Yozakura Family Popularity Poll has begun One Shots 12:07 - Toki by Tatsuya Ihara 23:25 - New Bleach One Shot from Tite Kubo 31:44 - My Hero Academia: Endeav

Queer manga should be read and celebrated all year round, and thanks to the growing efforts of publishers to bring more great LGBTQ titles over west, it’s easier than ever to find works that speak to you! We’ve taken pride in covering many great LGBTQ manga on our show over the years, and for the longest time I’ve wanted to do a broader topic discussion centered around queer manga. So I decided to take our exploration through the world of queer manga in steps and start from a personal place; what queer manga means to us as queer readers, and our evolving histories with them. Joining me for this discussion are some wonderful guests who’ve specialized in exploring media through a queer lens, examing representation in media and spotlighting queer media in their work - Trevor & Alex from the Queering the Guilotine podcast and Karleen from the blog CoherentCats! We discuss the works that we feel helped us discover ourselves, best represent the queer community, and are promising signs of progress in the ways

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum cover and discuss a SCARY amount of news (oh wait, that's just every month), including a A LOT of serialization news, our licensing highlights for the month, and some updates on some cool anime we're looking forward to, such as updates on the upcoming next seasons of Demon Slayer and Lupin the Third! 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-176-october-2021-news-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - RIP Eiichi Yamamoto 02:57 - Intro 06:18 - NYT Graphic Books & Manga List for September 08:04 - August Bookscan List 19:21 - Candy Flurry ends 22:32 - Dr. Stone begins final arc 26:50 - No Guns Life ends 27:58 - Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns ends 29:07 - Delicious in Dungeon nears climax 30:22 - Berserk & Studio Gaga updates 33:02 - Several new manga to run in Big Comic magazine 36:21 - Square Enix’s new Gangan Bliss BL label 38:11 -

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we invite on Kendra from the My Hero Academia Podcast, as well as Luke from Hero Notes and the Weird Science Manga & Anime Podcast to discuss My Hero Academia: SMASH!! A 4 panel gag comedy spin off of My Hero Academia where almost anything can happen! Like Shigaraki and the League of Villains kidnaping Bakugo to play board games, or Iida playing Gacha games in order to teach his fellow classmates the horrors of gambling addiction, or even introducing a character with a quirk called Isekai that causes the world to stay stuck in time forever (yes, that actually happens). We discuss this mixed bag of gags and goofs and how its a good avenue to give some characters more screen time, but also how some strips and jokes just absolutely do not land or are just plain gross. Is this the worst thing we've ever read on Manga Mavericks!? Tune in and find out! For a complete list of links and Shout-Outs included in this episode, check out this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we invite on Chris & Nik from Weekly Manga Recap for our next Jump Stop podcast where we discuss Kohei Horikoshi's second ever Weekly Shonen Jump manga, Barrage (or Sensei no Baruji)! A sci-fi adventure take on the classic Prince and the Pauper type of story about an orphan boy named Barrage, who works for whatever little food he can give to his family, until one night where he runs into and witnesses the death of the prince of the kingdom and ends up being mistaken for said prince, which leads him into taking on his responsibilities as peacemaker going from village to village to protect those who need it most! We discuss how we feel about the series in particular as a transitionary point in Horikohi's career and what he improves on from Oumagadoki Zoo, but also what aspects he will later eventually execute better with My Hero Academia afterwards. For a complete list of links and Shout-Outs included in this episode, check out this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, not only do we have another Jump Stop series to talk about, but we also kick off the start of our Kohei Horikoshi month by talking about his first series to run in Weekly Shonen Jump, Oumagadoki Zoo! A story about clumsy high school girl, Aoi Hana, and her attempt to better herself by applying for a part time job as a zookeeper, but she ends up biting more then she can chew as the zoo turns out to be run by a crazy, magical rabbit man cursed with the task of turning his zoo into the most popular one in the world in order to become human again. We once again have returning guests such as cancelled Shonen Jump comic expert, Maxy Barnard, and manga letterer, Ace Christman, as well as new guest and artist extraordinaire, Sai, to discuss why Oumagadoki Zoo is a fun read despite how Horikoshi still has a long way to go as a mangaka until his eventual rise to success with My Hero Academia! Enjoy! For a complete list of links and Shout-Outs included in this episode, check out this

Manga Mavericks Goes to Washington! We headed down to our nation’s capital to congregate with our fellow weebs at the one-and-only otaku convention, Otakon! Was making Otakon our first convention to attend since the pandemic began a wise decision? Was attending a convention while we’re still in a global pandemic a good idea to begin with? Probably not, but we went as press, and we’re obligated to talk about in another one of our signature overly long and needlessly meticulous convention podcasts that comes out a month after the convention is over baybee!!! Con you believe it? Well, you Ota!! 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-172-otakon-2021/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - In Memoriam: Masami Suda and Fredd Ladd 03:00 - Intro News: 04:11 - Otakon 2021 Attendance 05:11 - Anime Expo plans 2022 Event 05:38 - Anime NYC News 06:58 - Community Shout-Outs: Otakon 2021 Con Report!: 14:20 -

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its time once again for Colton & Lum to go over some of the news from the past month! Including such big stories as Sony acquiring Crunchyroll, the announcement of Part 9 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and Kadokawa venturing into doing their own simulpubs! Plus Lum goes over Comic Beat's 2021 Comic Industry report in full to see just how well manga sales have been doing over the last year!!  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-171-september-2021-news-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 02:03 - August NYT Graphic Books & Manga List 04:12 - Bookscan List for July 14:06 - World’s End Harem Britannia Lumiere ends 17:49 - New Game ends 19:04 - Inio Asano plans to end Dead Dead Demon’s DeDeDeDeDestruction this year 20:37 - Rei Hiroe opens up about their mental health and Black Lagoon’s hiatus 23:12 - Berserk to have a new chapter p

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 ho

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 ha

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

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 Sh

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 th

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 & Do

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

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

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 -

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,

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum finally get around to dedicating a whole episode of the podcast to Koyoharu Gotouge's Demon Slayer, otherwise known as the highest selling manga title of last year! And of course, who better to have on to discuss this momentous series then our friends from the Demon Slayer Podcast (Vlord, Marion & Sakaki)! Demon Slayer is a series that was just too big for the Mavericks crew to ignore, not just because we've constantly been covering its rise to fame, but also because we covered the first few chapters when they initially premiered as apart of Shonen Jump's Jump Start initiative all the way back in 2016 on our third episode of the podcast! We discuss just why its become so popular and how the story's poignant themes and messages have managed to capture the hearts of readers around the world and especially Japan, as well as our feelings on the final arc of the series and how much of an exciting and emotional roller coaster it was despite a few criticisms o