Behind The Manga

Join us in part 2 with the staff for the latest Square Enix Manga & Books title, Wash It All Away!Our hosts continue to speak with the team behind the localization of the manga Wash It All Away where they discuss work-life balance, the font choice for a scene in the manga, and more!Jennifer's Handles- Twitter: @jaasherman- Blue Sky: @jaasherman.bsky.socialSawa's Handles- Twitter: @SavageSawa- Blue Sky: @sawamsavage.bsky.socialAdnazeer's Handles- Twitter: @macaranran- Blue Sky: @macaran.bsky.social"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us in this special episode where Winter and MangaAlerts go "behind the manga" with the staff for the latest Square Enix Manga & Books title, Wash It All Away!Our hosts speak to the series' editor Jennifer Sherman, translator Sawa Matsueda Savage, and letterer Adnazeer Macalangcom on how they got onto the project, what makes the series so special to them, and the research done for the series!Jennifer's Handles- Twitter: @jaasherman- Blue Sky: @jaasherman.bsky.socialSawa's Handles- Twitter: @SavageSawa- Blue Sky: @sawamsavage.bsky.socialAdnazeer's Handles- Twitter: @macaranran- Blue Sky: @macaran.bsky.social"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In part 2, MangaAlerts and WinterVenom continue to discuss The Otaku Love Connection with series' translator Minami and editor Sarah T covering such subjects as ship ordering in fandom (and how it applies to the title), picks for voice actors/seiyus if the series gets an anime, and our favorite OTPs (one true pair) in media!Minami's Handles- Blue Sky Handle: @sakaimii.bsky.social- Twitter Handle: @sakaimiiSarah's Handles:- Blue Sky Handle: @sarasaraht.bsky.social- Twitter Handle: @sarasarahT"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join MangaAlerts and WinterVenom as they go behind the scenes of Square Enix Manga & Book's latest release The Otaku Love Connection!Joining Behind the Manga are the title's translator Minami and editor Sarah T. The group discusses how they got started in their careers, having to balance otaku terminology during localization, and more!Minami's Handles- Blue Sky Handle: @sakaimii.bsky.social- Twitter Handle: @sakaimiiSarah's Handles:- Blue Sky Handle: @sarasaraht.bsky.social- Twitter Handle: @sarasarahT"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In part 2 of our interview with Madison Salters of J-Novel Club, we get her thoughts on influencers making haul posts sent by publishers, discuss consumer trends she has observed with J-Novel Club, our Persona hot takes, and more! Madison Salter's Twitter Handle: @madison_js_ J-Novel Knight Twitter Handle: @jnc_knight "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Hello! We're Behind the Manga podcast! Hosted by MangaAlerts and WinterVenom, Behind the Manga covers special manga news and topics, interview those from the English manga industry, and cover the process behind the English development of some of your favorite manga titles! If you want to know how we got started, check out our trailer! Contact Us: contact@behindthemanga.com

Join Winter and Alerts as they speak with J-Novel Club's Director of Content & Business Development, Madison Salters! In part 1 of this two part interview, we discuss Madison's career, J-Novel Club's localization process, J-Novel Club joining the BL market with J-Novel Knight, and more! Madison Salter's Twitter Handle: @madison_js_ "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join Winter and Alerts as we speak with the Director of Publishing Services for Kodansha USA, Ben Applegate! In this episode we talk to Ben about his career, marketing a manga title to retailers and libraries, determining comps for manga, and more! Ben Applegate's email: bapplegate@penguinrandomhouse.com "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join Behind the Manga as they go behind the scenes on the manga Dragon and Chameleon from Square Enix Manga & Books with the manga's editor Edward Hong and translator Kevin Yuan! In this, we talk about how Kevin created the "voice" for the leads, how Edward handled a series with no adaptations, how the mangaka's editor is involved in the English localization, and more! Edward Hong's Twitter handle: @edomonogatariKevin Yuan's Twitter handle: @KyuTheMusic "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us as we go behind the scenes with Square Enix Manga & Books editor Edward Hong and manga letterer Brandon Bovia on their localization process for the first two volumes of Soul Eater NOT Perfect edition!! In this, we learn about their memorable moments, what their process is like, and something surprising for fans to look forward to in volume 3! Edward Hong's Twitter handle: @edomonogatari Brandon Bovia's Twitter handle: @brandonbovia "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In this episode, Winter and Vampy interview Sakaki of WssTalkBack and MangaAlerts on attending Anime Expo as press! Sakaki and Alerts give their thoughts on no room clearing, applying for badges, transcribing panels, and more! WssTalkBack Twittter Handle - @Wsstalkback "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In the final part of our special episode, Vampy talks about her social media pet peeves, Winter answers if manga will be promoted and consumed by BookTok, Alerts gives his honest, critical analysis on the Anime and Manga press industry, and more! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In Part 2, we continue our interview of each other. Vampy talks about what manga are popular in libraries, Winter talks about the contact he didn't expect to have, Alerts gives his opinion on the manga community, and more! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join Alerts, Winter, and Vampy as they celebrate Behind the Manga's 2 year anniversary special! In this episode, they talk about the group's milestones in 2024, and interview each other asking questions about the growth of their accounts, why Vampy hasn't reviewed any manga for the website, and more! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In this special episode, Winter, Alerts, and Vampy interview members of the team who work on the manga adaptation for The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten! Join us as we speak with new friend of the podcast, and translator, Nova Skipper along with returning guest, friend of the podcast, and editor Edward Hong about their research, process, and work they go through when working on the series from the first time they get the files to when the volume is ready to be shipped! We also find out what some of their favorite or memorable scenes from the manga are! Edward Hong's Twitter handle: @edomonogatari Nova Skipper's Twitter handle: @shinhoshi_n "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us in today's episode of Behind the Anime where we talk about Gachiakuta anime announcement, Gainax going bankrupt, and Failure Skill Nut Master?! Wait...what?! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us as we cover talk about the update to the Sexy Tanaka-san live action situation, the new manga awards in the US, and more! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us as Vampy and WinterVenom ask MangaAlerts about his experience at this year's Anime Boston. From attending Kodansha's panel to interviewing rock band Queen Bee, Alerts discusses what it was like going back for a second time! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In this episode Alerts, Winter, and Vampy got the chance to sit down and interview Edward Hong, a manga editor for Square Enix Manga & Books! We talk about how he became a manga editor, his work process as a manga editor, working on both a simulpub and a volume release, and more!! Edward Hong's Twitter handle: @edomonogatari "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us today where we talk about Look Back's casting news, a bunch of anime from the Winter season getting second seasons, and ReZero information! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join the Behind the Manga crew as they discuss Japanese publisher TOBook rolling out an English manga reading service that uses AI, Shueisha using AI for a manga recommendation services, and more! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

On today's episode, the group discusses Akira Toriyama's passing and how his works have impacted the group. They also talk about Viz Media's and Star Fruit Books' recent licenses, and more. "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Recently Shueisha and the police cracked down on the leaking of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. Today's episode has Winter, Alerts, and Vampy cover that information, the impact it has to the manga community as a whole, and their thoughts on the matter! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In Part 2: Alerts, Winter, and Vampy continue to chat with Brandon Bovia on his Gundam hot takes, his love of Beyblade, decisions he makes when lettering manga, and more! Brandon has lettered various manga series such as Dragon Ball Super, Kaiju No 8, and Heavenly Delusion. "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In Part 1: Alerts, Winter, and Vampy sit down and talk with manga letterer Brandon Bovia! Brandon has lettered various manga series such as Dragon Ball Super, Kaiju No 8, and Heavenly Delusion. We talk about how he got into lettering, his process, and more!!! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In part 2 of this episode: Vampy, WinterVenom, and Alerts talk with Sakaki on his thoughts on Jump and Shueisha as a whole, the changes to the Shogakukan Awards, and whether Shogakukan will create their own version of MangaPlus for English audience! Weekly Shogakukan Edition Twitter Handle: @Wsstalkback "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In part 1 of this episode: Vampy, WinterVenom, and Alerts talk with Sakaki, founder of the account WSSTB (Weekly Shogakukan Talk Back), on how he got started, what made him interested in Shogakukan, his thoughts on translations (both official and fan), and more! Weekly Shogakukan Edition Twitter Handle: @Wsstalkback "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In this episode, we cover the news of a bunch of VAs announcing their engagements, some legendary anime staff coming back for new projects, and more! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us today as we discuss the news of Captain Tsubasa's mangaka announcing his retirement, Ancient Magus Bride simulpub being translated using AI, and more! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In part 2 of this this episode: Alerts, Winter, and Vampy continue their interview with Japanese-English Translator David Evelyn! We talk about Visual Novels, fighting duck sized horses, witches of adamas, and more!!! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/) David Evelyn's Website: https://davidevelyn0825.wixsite.com/works

In part 1 of this this episode: Alerts, Winter, and Vampy got the chance to sit down with Japanese-English Translator David Evelyn! We talk about how David got started with translation, Can penguins live on venus, stealing back Yu-Gi-Oh Cards and more!!! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Today, we go over the news clarification regarding the "potential" Blue Box anime, Dead Dead Demons casting news, and more! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In today's episode, we cover the KKR buyout of Simon & Schuster, A Love Story getting a sequel, and more! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us as we cover the surprising news for Blue Box, Goku's VA winning an award, and more! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In today's episode, we cover Shueisha's new tier plans for MangaPlus platform, a bunch of manga series ending, and new manga licenses by a few English publishers! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In the second part of our interview with Shoujo Sundae's Chika, we continue to dive into her thoughts about the animanga community, the podcaster community, and answer her questions about us! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In a special episode, we talk with Chika from the famous Shoujo podcast, Shoujo Sundae! We talk about her personal experiences in the animanga community, how her podcast got its start, and more!! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Monogatari Novels returns in our first video podcast episode to discuss their recent situations on social media, their process in producing a title, their thoughts on recent events impacting the industry, and more! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us today as we celebrate our one year anniversary!! In this episode, We look back on our one year of formation and interview each other! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us today as we cover a bunch of manga series ending soon along with a few series starting up. Also My Dress Up Darling changing its release date too! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us in anime news where we talk about Mappa's response regarding Yuri on Ice, a new Australian anime company, and more! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

From Medalist in print to Delicious in Dungeon anime update, join us as we cover all the news coming out of Anime Expo! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us as we speak with Ank and Vlad from Monogatari Novels, a new English & Spanish novel and manga publisher. We dive into how they got their start, the US and Spanish manga industry, and more! Monogatari Twitter Handles: English Twitter Account: @GatariNovels Spanish Twitter Account: @MonoNovels Link to their novel's sample: https://bit.ly/3Nq1qS3 "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us as we talk about the best selling manga in Japan for the first half of 2023, news about Viz's latest license announcements, and more! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us today where we go over the new casting news for upcoming anime series, talk about the new Macross news, and more! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: ⁠https://boneyardrecords.com/⁠)

In today's episode, we cover Crunchyroll's latest controversy around Tower of God: they blacklisted the English voice actors from the game...or did they? "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: ⁠https://boneyardrecords.com/⁠)

In this special episode, we interview the animanga journalist and content creator VLord! VLord Twitter Handle: @VLordGTZ "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: ⁠https://boneyardrecords.com/⁠)

In this special episode, we discuss the controversy behind the re-release of the manga series Franken Fran by 7 Seas and how many customers have not received their orders from any retailer yet...except those who ordered from 7 Seas directly! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us as we go over the new anime studio being created by a prolific director, Suzume's sales performance, Amagami Sisters getting an anime adaptation and more! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In this special episode, we dive into one of the biggest fan scan groups, BlackCat Scans, their various subsidiaries, and their latest announcement of dropping many of their various titles! "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us as we answer your submitted questions, cover the leaked K Manga news, the Manga Piracy cost as reported in Japan, and more!! New website: behindthemanga.com "Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)