Manga Mavericks

WE’RE SEEING SPIRALS! After five long years, the highly anticipated anime adaptation of Junji Ito’s iconic horror manga Uzumaki is finally premiering on Adult Swim, and we got a chance to preview and review the first episode! With an ambitious production that spiraled out of control and was so cursed with delays that executive producer Jason DeMarco has joked that he’s “still seeing spirals,” did the show end up being just as cursed to watch, or does it break the curse of Adult Swim’s track record of making middling original anime by being as good as the manga it spiraled out of? Join Lum and VLord on this special episode of Saturday Night Shoggy as they spin out their thoughts on the first episode of this new Shoggy anime that's actually airing on Saturday night! Listen to them encircle the show’s production, animation, adaptation, music, both the Japanese and English dub performances, and other topics whilst trying not to let their fascination with the spiral get them too sucked in and make their heads

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton, Lum & Sakaki discuss their time at San Diego Comic Con 2024! Listen as Colton talks about going to his first ever big convention and whether he'd do it all again! Enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 04:34 - San Diego Comic Con 2024 2:18:43 - End Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to hel

On this special episode of Another Day, Another Adventure, Colton & Sakaki have a somewhat unorganized talk in order to get their feelings out about Toriyama's passing and ruminate on what his influence meant to both the world and their friendship.

On March 1st, 2024, Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball (amongst many other works), passed away at the age of 68, and the world is worse without him in it, but that won't stop us from celebrating his life and the legacy he left behind. This episode of the podcast contains the first ever discussion we ever recorded exclusively for our Patreon back in 2019. A discussion featuring our good friends, Sakaki (founder of Weekly Shogakukan Edition) and Maxy Barnard (Shonen Jump enthusiast and contributor to the Shonen Flop podcast), about That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha! A manga that you would be right to assume is one that's about how lame Yamcha is and why its so funny how lame he is, but really, it is a manga for Dragon Ball fans, by a Dragon Ball fan! Enjoy! Be sure to take our annual podcast survey by Sunday, March 17th, for a chance to win some free manga!! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 15:13 - That Time I Got Reincarnated as Yamcha discussion Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at

On this (late) episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum discuss the highest selling manga in Japan according to the latest Oricon list! You won't BELIEVE what number 1 was!! Afterwards, they discuss some more simulpubs! This time mostly from both Kodansha and Jump. First we have two titles from KManga with All My Neighbors Are Convinced the Female Knight From My Rice Field is My Wife and Versus, along with two English first manga titles with Blood Blade and The Spellbook Library! And then we have Satoru Noda's second attempt at an ice hockey manga with Dogsred, along with the newest batch of title from Shonen Jump with Green Green Greens and Shadow Eliminator! Enjoy! Be sure to take our annual podcast survey by Sunday, March 17th, for a chance to win some free manga!! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 00:58 - Oricon Top Selling Manga of 2023 36:11 - Survey Time!! Simulpubs 41:02 - All My Neighbors Are Convinced the Female Knight From My Rice Field is My Wife 51:13 - Versus 1:06:21 - Blood Blade 1:

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum round out the year with one more news episode! We start out the show with some industry news, including more unions, more mergers and more data! Afterwards, we get into the latest North American sales lists from Circana on the New York Times, and then spend the rest of the show on a ton of new licenses! Big thanks to everyone who's been listening to us for the past year, and look forward to our next episode discussing some of the latest simulpubbed manga that has popped up over the past couple of months! But until then, have a happy holiday and a merry new year! Enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro/Patron Shout Out! 04:23 - Drawn & Quarterly forms workers union 07:44 - Crunchyroll discontinues digital manga service 12:05 - Comixology app merges with Kindle 14:56 - Kadokawa aims to establish more wholly owned anime studios 18:21 - Shogakukan buys out all outstanding shares of Tokyo Otaku Mode 20:51 - KKR buys Simon & Schuster 24:56 - Manga

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum discuss another batch of simulpubs! Such as the new Super String Webtoon comic drawn by Boichi, as well some interesting titles from Manga Up like Reto the Protector and Goinda's Naughty Secret! Two other new titles from KManga such as Tune In to the Midnight Heart and The Healer Ditches the Boonies to Become an S-Class Adventurer, and then the newest batch of new series from Shonen Jump with MamaYuyu, Kagurabachi and Two on Ice! Enjoy! Check out our newest Patreon podcast series, the Manga Mavericks Anime Club, as Colton & Sakaki watch through Hajime no Ippo for the very first time! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 02:06 - Hajime no Ippo now available on KManga 07:18 - Manga Plus/Media Do outsourcing manga lettering to an AI services company 22:55 - Manga Plus launches subscription service Simulpubs 30:36 - Super String 49:26 - Reto the Protector 1:03:33 - Goinda's Naughty Secret 1:12:25 - Tune In to the Midnight Heart 1:30:04 - The Healer D

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum are joined by new official website owner, Vlord, as they talk about some upcoming changes to the site, including being the home of a bunch of new podcasts that we have highlighted on the show over the years that are now apart of the Manga Mavericks podcast network! Afterwards, they discuss some big shake ups in the industry with Rightstuf officially being phased out and merged with Crunchyroll's online store, as well some new manga licenses, Vlord's thoughts on the recent of ending of Shuzo Oshimi's Blood on the Tracks, and our thoughts on the finally released live action One Piece show now on Netflix! Enjoy!! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro/Website Updates 22:04 - Manga Archive Organization 24:14 - Lianne Sentar appointed as Seven Seas publisher 26:13 - Brady McCollum leaves Crunchyroll 27:35 - Rightstuf phased out and merged into the Crunchyroll store 40:33 - Nippon TV acquires Studio Ghibli 47:15 - Sept NYT List + Both July & August B

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum discuss another batch of simulpubs! Including the manga version of Mecha-Ude from Azuki, as well as Ugly Duckling of the Entertainment District from Mangamo! Along with two of the newest Shonen Jump series, Martial Master Asumi and Ice-Head Gil, and so much more! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 02:40 - Mecha-Ude 16:55 - Ugly Duckling of the Entertainment District 29:15 - Firefly Wedding 43:13 - STAR: Strike It Rich 56:55 - Martial Master Asumi 1:10:56 - Ice-Head Gil 1:27:22 - Wild Strawberry 1:42:10 - Shojo Null 1:57:37 - Mikane and the Sea Woman 2:10:26 - False Child 02:23:40 - Wrap up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations ar

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again attempt to cover whatever news they can in a much more truncated length of time than normal! Including the usual North American manga sales lists from both the New York Times and Circana, some new licenses, and finally some serialization news!  For a complete list of links, time codes and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2023/manga-mavericks-ep-233-august-2023-news-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - RIP Ippei Kuri 03:35 - Intro 07:30 - List News 26:51 - Licensing News 1:05:39 - Serialization News 1:38:27 - Wrap up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon and receive some awesome rewards like our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time do

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum discuss the (not so) newest batch of simulpubs from across both Shonen Jump and Manga Plus! From absurd idol comedies like Handsome Must Die, to heart-racing stories of persevering through tragedy like Do Retry, our Mavericks end up covering a wide variety of titles on this episode! And even then, there are more titles that they STILL haven't had the chance to talk about yet! But thats a story for another podcast...! Until then, enjoy!! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 01:52 - Vibration Man 12:03 - The Soul-Spewing Wielder 25:13 - Handsome Must Die 38:08 - Blooming Love 48:14 - Kindergarten Wars 59:09 - My Girlfriend Gives me Goosebumps 1:06:08 - Beat and Motion  1:26:03 - Gokurakugai  1:41:55 - Tenmaku Cinema 1:54:09 - Kill Blue  2:09:50 - Do Retry 02:25:07 - Nue’s Exorcist 02:39:05 - Wrap up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter a

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum come together for another news episode! Discussion includes a lot what went on at Anime Expo a couple of weeks ago, such as the crew's Zom 100 fever and announcements from panels held by Noir Caesar, Trigger and Netflix! Along with our thoughts on how the live action One Piece series is shaping up after seeing the teaser and our picks for which new manga licenses have been announced over the past month as well! Due to time constraints, the episode is light on actual news compared to normal, but our Mavericks still have a lot of fun, laid-back discussion about all the cool stuff that's been coming out or that they have to look forward to! So enjoy that! Check out the first episode of the Manga Mavericks Anime Club! A new podcast exclusively available on the Patreon where we'll be discussing various different anime! Starting with a blind watch-through of Hajime no Ippo! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - RIP Hitoshi Yoshioka 03:11 - Intro/Anime Expo and

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again do their best to cover as much of the last month of news as possible! And while they only get around to discussing so much, they touch on a lot of big news! Such as Oricon's top 10 best selling manga from the first half of the year, the two manga subscription services from Viz and Kodansha, what's going on with AI over in the Japanese side of the manga industry and a ton of new licenses to round off the show! Enjoy! Check out the newest bonus podcast on our Patreon discussing our thoughts on Knights of the Zodiac! The Hollywood live-action adaptation of Saint Seiya! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro 04:17 - May NYT & April Bookscan List 18:32 - Oricon Top 10 Best Selling Manga in the First Half of 2023 34:34 - Viz Manga app becomes new separate subscription service 44:05 - Our thoughts on the launch of K Manga 1:24:49 - The current presence of AI in the Japanese manga industry  1:39:16 - Stephan Koza's sentence 1:42:48 - Kyoto An

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum *attempt* to catch up on at least some of the latest simulpub manga titles that have popped up over the past three months. Unfortunately, they only managed to cover 6 titles, but 6 pretty good ones! We start off with Crescent Moon Marching from Azuki, and then transition into a few new titles over on Manga Plus. All ranging in tone from comedic and slightly heart-warming titles like Stan for Salvation, Service Wars and The Pension Life Vampire, to straight horror with Jinrui-Shoku: Blight of Man and Shibatarian! Join us again in a couple episodes as our Mavericks work with much more recording time to try and cover and discuss the rest of the simulpubs they still have to get to! Including the newest batch of series from Shonen Jump, but until then, enjoy! Check out the newest bonus podcast on our Patreon discussing our thoughts on Knights of the Zodiac! The Hollywood live-action adaptation of Saint Seiya! For a complete list of links, time codes and Communi

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again cover a fraction of all the news that's come out over the past month! Including Viz's domination of the US manga market according to Comics Beat's 2022 Bookscan data report, a lot of licenses from Yen Press in particular, even MORE Cells at Work spin-off manga and much more! For a complete list of links, time codes and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2023/manga-mavericks-ep-228-may-2023-news-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - In Memoriam 07:09 - Intro 13:32 - List News 24:41 - Industry News 1:11:11 - Licensing News 1:38:52 - Serialization News 2:04:06 - Poll News 2:16:18 - Movie News 2:22:08 - Wrap up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge

On this (late) episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum cover as much of the last month's worth of news as possible! Including a lot of industry news, cool new licenses and big pieces such as the news of Kodansha's upcoming new manga app! Enjoy! For a complete list of links, time codes and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2023/manga-mavericks-ep-227-april-2023-news-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00  - In Memoriam 09:20 - Intro 16:11 - List News 40:04 - Industry News 1:15:28 - Serialization News 1:34:41 - Licensing News 2:28:33 - Local manga will not settle late freelancer payments 2:34:37 - Pokemon News 2:40:38 - Wrap up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at⁠ @manga_mavericks⁠, on tumblr at⁠ mangamavericks.tumblr.com,⁠ and on⁠ Youtube⁠! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at⁠ @sniperking323⁠ and⁠ @lumranmayasha⁠. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can⁠ pledge to our Patreon⁠ and receive some awe

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum are joined by tokusatsu enthusiasts, Grant & Patrick, from the Super Senpai Podcast, to discuss Shotaro Ishinomori's original Himitsu Sentai Gorenger manga released by Seven Seas! Not only a comic which ran in Weekly Shonen Sunday back in 1975 that served as the tie-in to the television show of the same name, but was a starting point for what would eventually become another staple iconic tokusatsu franchise just as big, if not bigger, than Kamen Rider! While the comic itself is much more transparently a commercial product tie-in for an existing tv show than Kamen Rider was, that doesn't mean there isn't a lot to love! Join us as we discuss why Gorenger, as well as Super Sentai and tokusatu as a whole, is fun! Enjoy!! For a complete list of links, time codes and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2023/manga-mavericks-ep-226-super-sentai-himitsu-sentai-gorenger/ PODCAST B

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again cover the last month’s worth of news! Including Chainsaw Man’s total takeover of the monthly Bookscan list, a ton of cool new licenses, some shocking Shonen Jump cancellations and even updates on the long-awaited Pluto anime!! Enjoy!! For a complete list of links, time codes and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2023/manga-mavericks-ep-225-march-2023-news-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00  - In Memoriam: Toei Animation President & CEO Osamu Tezuka Leiji Matsumoto 05:29 - Intro 06:36 - List News 22:10 - Serialization News 1:04:32 - Licensing News 1:41:02 - Industry News 1:50:12 - Anime & Other Miscellaneous News 2:20:37 - Community Shout-outs! 2:22:44 - Wrap up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If y

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum catch up on some interesting simulpubs from a bunch of different services! First, if you're looking for more shojo titles, the Mavericks check out I Fell For a Fujoshi from Azuki, as well as The Cursed Prince's Servant from Comikey! Afterwards, they check out some new titles available on Mangamo! Including once again another death game manga, as well as a step-sibling...romantic...comedy??? We promise it is and isn't what it looks like!! And then after checking out Kaina of the Great Snow on Crunchyroll Manga, the Mavericks finish the show with the latest two new series from the Shonen Jump umbrella of manga with Yumeocchi and Jiangshi X! Its quite the selection of various new titles this time around, so listen and find out what we think!! For a complete list of links, time codes and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2023/manga-mavericks-ep-224-february-2023-simulpubs-roundup/ Be sure

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum FINALLY catch up on news from closer to the beginning of the year! Some topics of conversation including the recent controversy with the release of the Kamen Rider Kuuga manga from Titan Comics, Toei Animation's record year at the box office and some of the shenanigans happening over at Amazon, along with all of the normal serialization, licensing and anime news you've surely come to expect from our Mavericks! Enjoy!! For a complete list of links, time codes and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2023/manga-mavericks-ep-223-february-2023-news-roundup/ Be sure to take our annual podcast survey for a chance to win some free manga!! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00  - Intro/Patron shout out 08:37 - Serialization News 24:29 - Licensing News 1:02:33 - Industry News 1:13:43 - Interest News 1:20:59 - Anime & Film News 2:10:12 - Event News 2:13:47 - Wrap-up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twi