Manga Mavericks

Today’s the day where Hollywood’s elites gather to celebrate the films that make them feel the most superior while begrudgingly throwing a bone to the films your average joe actually likes to appease ABC’s need to have eyeballs on screen to sell commercial space at higher prices! That’s right, it’s the Oscars! The 91st Academy Awards has been riddled with ridiculous and hilarious mishaps all year long, from the aborted popular film category to replacing controversial hosts to trying to cut awards on the telecast only to recant after backlash, among other disasters! The meta misfortunes of the ceremony aside, how do the actual films stack up, and which ones should walk away with that gaudy gold statue? Just like last year, Lum and VLord recap the Oscars and what the Academy should pick as the winners if they actually voted on merit! 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 on twitter at @LumR

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Lum & Colton are joined by Morgana Santilli, former general manager & manga buyer of the Comicopia comic book shop in Boston, to talk about Akiko Higashimura's Princess Jellyfish! A Josei manga series about a group of otaku women known as the Amars, who would rather stay in and indulge in their hobbies then go out and face the world, that is until they are faced with creating their own clothing line in order to save their dormitory! And thats just the tip of the iceberg, as we find more and more themes in the story to unpack as the discussion goes on! Before that though, we also talk to Morgana about what its like to work in a comic book shop, and the trials and tribulations that come with selling and recommending manga to customers! Be sure to stay tuned to the end of the show, as we finally reveal what third Shojo manga we will be covering on the podcast this year! Enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro Discussion Topic(s): 0:05:51 - Interview /w Morgana

Manga Mavericks @ Movies has finally left the year of 2017 and returned triumphantly in 2019 to discuss all the latest theatrical anime screenings! Finally, at long last, we’re releasing newly recorded podcasts about newly released movies! Well, as new as a movie that came out five years ago is, at any rate. That’s right, Manga Mavericks @ Movies is starting off 2019 by discussing Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission, recently released into North American theaters by Viz Media and CineLife Entertainment! The Mavericks finally got to see this movie at long last, but was it worth the wait? Well, not to spoil anything, but I sincerely hope this is the last time we’ll have to talk about this movie. Listen to our often hilarious and sometimes surprisingly serious review of this film and learn why if you’re a Hunter x Hunter fan watching this movie is the last thing you’ll ever want to do! Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and subscribe to us on You

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Lum & Colton (along with Vlord for some reason) finally sit down to go over the results of the annual Manga Mavericks podcast survey!! This year is special not just because of the amount of people who have filled out the survey compared to last year, but also because you, the listener, had a chance to cast votes for what series and topics we would cover on the show this year! Your feedback and voices will be heard! Enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro News: 0:02:32 - Shueshia launches the Manga Plus app! 0:08:27 - Mob Psycho 100 Reigen spinoff to be one volume long 0:09:44 - Dark Horse licenses Space Battleship Yamato 2199 manga 0:10:38 - SUBlime licenses Fourth Generation Head Tatsuyuki Oyamato 0:11:52 - New Yen Press Licenses 0:16:22 - Shueshia & DeNa establish joint venture for Digital Entertainment Services 0:18:05 - Dragon Ball Super: Broly is No. 3 all-time anime film in the U.S. in tickets sold 0:19:34 - Highest Grossing Films at Japanese Box Offic

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, someone reached out to us to talk about the Art of Naoki Urasawa Exhibit in Los Angeles (even before we put up the previous episode!!), and that person was Aidan, otherwise known as @CoyboyBeboy on Twitter! With Urasawa being his favorite manga artist of all time, there was no way he'd miss out on this opportunity, as he joins Colton & Lum on the show to talk about the exhibit and all the cool pieces of art and expensive merchandise they had to offer, as well recount the moment where he met the man himself. You don't want to miss out on hearing this incredible experience! Enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro News: 0:01:27 - Diamond Top 100 Best-Selling Manga in 2018 0:05:42 - Phoenix gets sequel novel in April 0:06:50 - Viz licenses Pokemon: The Power of Us film & spinoff manga 0:07:58 - Rumiko Takahashi wins Angloume Grand Prix award 0:08:50 - Mirai nominated for Best Animated Feature 0:18:47 - Junji Ito comes to Crunchyroll Expo 0:19:43 - Dai from

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we could have gone with just another news episode, but we couldn't just ignore the biggest anime movie at the box office right now! Thats right, after we catch up on some news from the past two weeks, we sit down to talk about Dragon Ball Super: Broly! A new movie from the Dragon Ball franchise that is breaking all kinds of new ground: from surpassing Resurrection F's lifetime gross in one night, to new kinds of animation techniques and fight choreography never before seen in the franchise! Sit back and enjoy, because our hosts love for Dragon Ball is about to get MAXIMUM!! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro o:01:12 - Bookscan Lists for December 0:04:36 - New Yen Press Licenses 0:14:13 - New Tidal Wave from Seven Seas! 0:24:44 - Viz Announces New Dragon Ball Art Book 0:26:44 - MediaDo Acquires MyAnimeList 0:28:01 - Hakusensha offers Manga Park app in Africa 0:29:49 - Sakura Con to host Satoshi Shiki 0:30:39 - Naoki Urasawa Art Exhibit Hosted in Los Angeles 0:31

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, with the start of the new year comes our annual Best Of Manga episode! We take a look at everything related to the podcast, what manga we read and everything in between. We even only have about 20 minutes worth of news! Its a 2019 miracle!! Enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro News: 0:01:36 - New Miss Kobayashi spinoff about Lucoa and Shota 0:03:41 - Shortcake Cake Ends in 2 Chapters 0:04:50 - Gintama will end with its 77th volume 0:07:47 - J-Novel club lisences three new titles 0:12:25 - 2018's Top Anime Box Office Grosses in North America Best of Manga Mavericks 2018: 0:20:03 – Favorite Podcast Intros of 2018 0:26:45 - Favorite Podcast Thumbnails of 2018 0:31:01 – Favorite Podcast Reviews of 2018 0:38:58 – Favorite Podcast Moments of 2018 Best of Manga 2018: 0:46:14 – Favorite Manga News Stories of 2018 0:50:55 – Favorite New North American Manga Licenses of 2018 0:55:01 – Favorite New North American Manga Releases of 2018 1:04:15 - Favorite Graphic Novel

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we celebrate our first episode of 2019 by talking about our experience reading manga on the new Shonen Jump website and apps and what we think could be improved upon going forward. As well as discuss the two latest new series from the magazine with Ne0;Lation from Tomohide Hirao & Mizuki Yoda and Hell Warden Higuma from Natsuki Hokami! But before any of that, we have a whole lot of news to cover, including a few lists to top off 2018! Topics of discussion also include our complaints about a video game we won't be buying anyway, our thoughts on Japanese fan's taste in DBZ movies, and Japan's most beloved franchise of 2018: The Greatest Showman (okay not really, but it made a lot of money over there for some reason). Be sure to stay tuned for our next episode as we finally round off last year with our annual Best Of Manga podcast! Until then, enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:34 - Bookscan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels list for November 0:06:43 - Masashi Ki

It’s a New Year, and as they say, out with the old and in with the new! Manga Mavericks @ Movies has been stuck in 2017 for the entirety of 2018, but today we’re wiping our slate clean by sharing our final thoughts on the films of that year! Back in March of last year we recorded and released our Oscars podcast, discussing what they thought were the best films of 2017. During our recording of that episode we also discussed what our favorite films of 2017 were, but we cut that segment out of the episode so that we could finish it in time for the night of the Oscars. Now, having finally released all our unreleased podcasts we recorded from 2017, it’s finally time to release this episode and reveal our favorite films of that year! Both VLord and I share our individual top six favorite films, together comprising a top eleven total! But wait, shouldn’t six plus six equal a top twelve? Well, as it turns out, our number one favorite film of 2017 was the same! Which film was so good that we both couldn’t resist listi

At long last, we’re releasing the last of the episodes of Manga Mavericks @ Movies we recorded in 2017! It’s a wonder why it took so long for these to come out, but I’m relieved we finished releasing theme before the end of the year. Speaking of wonders, can you believe the DCEU is still a thing? Aquaman is doing pretty well for itself both commercially and critically, which you can’t say about most films from that cinematic universe. Except, of course, Wonder Woman - the DCEU’s most beloved film and the subject of this episode! All DC’s hopes were pinned on it and the magic that it’d do, and it changed our minds and changed the world (for DC films)! Originally recorded in June 2017 on the weekend the movie came out, we’re once again joined by Vix and Ethan to discuss what made Wonder Woman so wonderful! Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and now on Youtube! You can also follow LumRanmaYasha at @lumranmayasha, VLordGTZ at @VLordGTZ, and speci

For the entirety of 2018, we have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of Shonen Jump by covering various Jump manga throughout the year, but now it is time. It is time to reveal what we have been planning whilst celebrating the magazine's milestone, an even BIGGER celebration of our beloved anthology! So big that we had to scale back the amount of work we were putting into it, going from a planned multi-part podcast celebration interviewing 10+ individuals from all walks of life, to a collection of whatever interviews were already recorded to release in order to commemorate the English Shonen Jump's transition from digital magazine to full blown subscription service!! On this very special episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum gather a handful of past guests to sit down and talk to them about their experiences with Weekly Shonen Jump, including: Maxy Barnard, Sam Leach, Doctor, and Jeff Ruberg! We cover Shonen Jump from many different facets, from our favorite titles, our reading experiences, and man

We’re finally winding down on our backlog episodes of Manga Mavericks @ Movies! We’ve only got two reviews left, both recorded in June 2017, with both films about superheroes who fight villains in their underwear. One’s so on the nose about it, he calls himself Captain Underpants! Dav Pilkey’s comic books about the tidy-whitey titan was a childhood favorite of ours, so we invited a panel of passionate manchildren to discuss what they loved about this Dreamworks-animated theatrical adaptation! When it takes us ten minutes to wrap up the show, you know you’re in for some cacophonous criticism of this cromulent cartoon! Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and now on Youtube! You can also follow LumRanmaYasha at @lumranmayasha, VLordGTZ at @VLordGTZ, and special guest Vix at @vixythevaliant. 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 an

So, Aquaman is in theatres. It’s a film about the buff bearded prince of a high-fantasy, regal realm separate from the world of man, who has to fight his evil brother, reclaim the throne, and protect his people and humankind. Huh. Doesn’t that remind you of someone else? Another superhero from another comic-book based cinematic universe perhaps? Who could it be? Such a mystery… Ok, seriously, Aquaman is the Thor of DC. Except the Aquaman film’s swashbuckling tone is more similar to Thor: Ragnarok than the first two overly serious Thor movies. So what better time to release our review of Thor: Ragnarok! How’s that for a justification of why this podcast is coming out a year late? Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and now on Youtube! You can also follow LumRanmaYasha at @lumranmayasha, VLordGTZ at @VLordGTZ, and special guest Vix at @vixythevaliant. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to h

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the best Spider-Man film yet! With it currently swinging its way into box office success, we’re finally releasing our review of the last critically acclaimed Spider-Man film...last year’s Spider-Man: Homecoming! We’re joined by our resident comics history connoisseur and all-around Spider-geek Vix to discuss how faithful Homecoming was to Spider-Man’s history and how it compares to other film and television interpretations of the character! Of course, any podcast with Vix is sure to weave webs of wild tangents, to the point we decided to cut out an hour of this recording and turn it into its own separate episode! Still, we spent over a good hour and a half focused on Homecoming, so get into the swing of it and listen away! Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and now on Youtube! You can also follow LumRanmaYasha at @lumranmayasha, VLordGTZ at @VLordGTZ, and special guest Vix at @vixythevaliant. Don’t forget

It’s time to du-du-du-du du-du-du-DUEL...opinions on a Yu-Gi-Oh! Movie! But not just any Yu-Gi-Oh! movie; we’re talking about THE Yu-Gi-Oh! Movie, its first theatrical feature, The Pyramid of Light! Recently re-released by Fathom Events in theaters earlier this year, the Mavericks managed to see it at the very same AMC theatre they originally saw it at when they were kids. Oh, the nostalgia! Of course, The Pyramid of Light has a notorious reputation for being a terrible film - it’s the second lowest rated animated movie on both Rotten Tomatoes AND Metacritic for heaven’s sake! So, did the Mavericks regret their decision to sit through this film again, or did the heart of cards guide them through? The answer might surprise you... 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 on Twitter at @LumRanmaYasha and @VLordGTZ. Don’t forget to also subscribe to us on iTunes and leave us reviews to help us cu

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we have another super huge news roundup for you! But its not just any news roundup, as we dedicate at least an hour to the latest Shonen Jump news! We start off the show by discussing the latest evolution of Viz's Shonen Jump from digital magazine to free subscription service and whatever tidbits we could find out on before its launch tomorrow on Monday, December 17th! Everything from new simulpubs to access to nearly all of Viz's Jump manga for an incredibly low price! We also discuss our thoughts on some of the new series that have premiered so far, such as Tatsuki Fujimaki's Chainsaw Man, as well as the official RWBY manga by Bunta Kinami! Afterwards we have about 2 more hours worth of news to cover, ranging from Japan's latest moves against manga piracy, the results of My Hero Academia's latest character popularity polls, and the huge amount of anime related content coming to Netflix in 2019! Its an episode stacked with a lot of huge news, so we hope you enjoy it until

It’s the 69th episode of Manga Mavericks! NICE! To celebrate the occasion we wanted to record a podcast that was appropriately lewd and meme-worthy...but we didn’t get the chance to. Luckily, we didn’t need to record anything new because we already had something that fit perfectly! About a year and a half ago we recorded an episode of Manga Mavericks @ Movies with our good friend Vix, which derailed into long, off-tangent asides about Sonic, Archie comics, the X-Men, MUMKEY JONES, and many more bizarre topics! This hour of madness has nothing to do with Spider-Man Homecoming, but (mostly) everything to do with comics and memes, and is laughs a plenty! Don’t worry, we’ll have another manga-focused podcast out very soon, but for now enjoy this blast from the past and we and Vix discuss some stuff we don’t normally talk about in an out-of-control podcast gone rogue! Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and now on Youtube! You can also follow LumR

Today is the day Dragon Ball Super fans have been waiting for. After months of waiting, a long-awaited project fans have been clamoring for has arrived. And no, I’m not talking about the Broly movie. That’s right folks, it took only six months to get it done, but our Dragon Ball Super podcast is finally here! Joining us for this super Super podcast are Sam Leach, One Piece Podcast contributor and daily streaming reviewer for Anime News Network, and for the very first time on Manga Mavericks we’re joined by Chris Larios, host of Weekly Manga Recap and The Super Larios Bros. Show! We discuss our histories with Dragon Ball and our thoughts on the entirety of Dragon Ball Super, digging especially deep into the Tournament of Power. We express how much we liked the comedy, adored Master Roshi’s dramatic moments, got hyped for the fights, frustrated over Tenshinhan’s treatment, confused by Gohan’s character arc, disappointed by Krillin’s quick elimination, and a whole lot more! We run the gamut of emotions, but al

I wanna be the very best Podcaster there ever was To edit them is my real test To release them is my cause! I will look across my external drive Clicking files open wide Each podcast to remember The content that’s inside! Pokémon (Gotta talk ‘em all!), it’s VLord and me We reviewed the 20th movie! Pokémon! Oh, Pikachu is Ash’s best friend, In a story that will never end! Pokémon (Gotta talk ‘em all!), it’s a remake The nostalgia will make your heart ache You listen to me, and I’ll tell you About Po-ké-mon (the 20th movie) Gotta talk ‘em all! Gotta talk ‘em all! Pokémon! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:12 - Intro & Updates 04:35 - Pokémon! I Choose You 1:28:30 - Wrap-Up 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 on twitter at @LumRanmaYasha and @VLordGTZ. Don’t forget to also subscribe to us on iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! We take your suggest

Whoa, what’s this? We’re actually talking about a recent movie for once? We’re really releasing a podcast we recorded recently and not over a year ago? WHAT’S GOING ON?!?! Well, let me tell you! VLord and I haven’t gotten a chance to record many new @ Movies podcasts this year, and we’ve taken such a long time to sift through our backlog of already recorded podcasts there hasn’t been a need. However, we’ve still been seeing as many movies as ever, and I’ve been writing reviews for some that I’ve really wanted to share my thoughts on. Last week I saw Mamoru Hosoda's newest film Mirai and wrote a review of it, but I really wanted to discuss it on the podcast as well. Unfortunately, VLord’s too busy and most of my friends who’d be interested in discussing it with me haven’t seen it yet. So I’ve decided to try something different and record a solo @ Movies podcast on Mirai, essentially reading out my review for those of you who haven’t read it yet or would prefer listening to it. If you guys like this format I