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Manga Mavericks

Manga Mavericks

Manga Mavericks is a podcast hosted by Colton and LumRanmaYasha dedicated to covering and discussing manga not just as a medium, but also as an industry!

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All Episodes

01:40:38

Manga Mavericks EP. 170: "Go For It, Nakamura!"

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2021/08/25

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

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01:53:34

Manga Mavericks EP. 169: August 2021 Simulpubs Roundup!

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2021/08/11

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

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02:34:45

Manga Mavericks EP. 168: August 2021 News Roundup!

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2021/08/04

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

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02:38:29

Manga Mavericks EP. 167: Fist of the North Star...

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2021/07/27

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

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02:18:27

Manga Mavericks EP. 166: Tokyo Revengers

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2021/07/20

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

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02:37:00

Manga Mavericks EP. 165: July 2021 News Roundup!

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2021/07/07

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

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01:56:03

Manga Mavericks EP. 164: "Manga Mavericks Run the...

Manga Mavericks ·

2021/07/02

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

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01:51:13

Manga Mavericks EP. 163: futekiya Spotlight /w Emma...

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2021/06/20

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

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03:03:41

Manga Mavericks EP. 162: June 2021 News & Simulpub...

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2021/06/15

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

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03:05:44

Manga Mavericks EP. 161: My Solo Exchange Diary

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2021/06/09

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

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03:14:35

Manga Mavericks EP. 160: Demon Slayer

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2021/05/28

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,

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02:13:40

Manga Mavericks EP. 159: Speed Racer & Dragon Racer

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2021/05/20

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum invite on Eisner Award winning comics artist and author of Mermin & Ghost Hog, Joey Weiser, to talk about Tatsunoko Productions founder Tatsuo Yoshida's original Mach GoGoGo (Speed Racer) manga and some of the influence it had on Joey's newest upcoming comic, Dragon Racer! That's right! We cover two whole racing comics and discuss everything we love about them both, as well as reflect on Speed Racer's legacy and ponder over the state of its current

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01:44:12

Manga Mavericks EP. 158: "Pop Life & Star Fruit Books"

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2021/05/16

Everybody needs a thrill, and we all got a space to fill... on our manga shelf! We're excited to spotlight one of the new rising stars of the indie manga publishing world determined to pluck some overlooked manga ripe for the licensing picking, Star Fruit Books! We interview Star Fruits' founder Matt Haasch about the origins of the publisher, their mission statement, and how they've worked with independent creators to share their stories with a wider audience! What's more, we're also discussing one

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03:08:26

Manga Mavericks EP. 157: May 2021 News & Simulpub...

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2021/05/06

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its time once again to cover the newest series from Shonen Jump, but this time with a special guest! We talk about the first few chapters of Blue Box by Kouji Miura & Candy Flurry by Ippon Takegushi and Santa Mitarashi with founder of the Weekly Shogakukan Edition blog and Twitter, Sakaki (@kiirobon)! Even though Sakaki also secretly came on the show to promote the gospel of RYOKO and the rest of Shonen Sunday, he also asked to join us specifically to talk about

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02:31:42

Manga Mavericks EP. 156: "Silver Spoon"

Manga Mavericks ·

2021/04/30

A manga about an agricultural school? In Hiromu Arakawa’s hands, you can bet the farm we’ll be singing its praises ‘till the cows come home! Just in time for its 10th anniversary, we’re doing a retrospective on Hiromu Arakawa’s Silver Spoon, a story about a studious city boy who moves to a country farm school and beefs up to bring home the bacon! Fellow Silver Spoon fans Buggy and Kelly help us put our hands to the plow as we go whole hog on the series’ meaty themes of community and interdependence

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04:02:01

Manga Mavericks EP. 155: Best of Manga 2020!

Manga Mavericks ·

2021/04/20

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its once again time for our annual Best of Manga podcast!! Colton & Lum look back on some of their favorite moments from not just the series they read but the industry as well (you know, like the slogan?). Join them as they talk about ton of different series such as My Hero Academia, My Broken Mariko, Undead Unluck and so much more! We even introduce a few new categories this time around covering our favorite artistic moments and different attacks/techniques! 2020

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02:30:21

Manga Mavericks EP. 154: April 2021 News Roundup!

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2021/04/13

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 we were

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03:28:42

Manga Mavericks EP. 153: "A Silent Voice"

Manga Mavericks ·

2021/04/04

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

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03:34:27

Manga Mavericks EP. 152: March 2021 News & Simulpubs...

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2021/03/23

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 chapter of The

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03:01:09

Manga Mavericks EP. 151: "Shonen Jump's Sex Pest...

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2021/03/14

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

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