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Xan taste-tests Cooking With Wild Game by EDA, a J-Novel Club isekai manga adaptation that blends fantasy survival with culinary adventure. Can this webnovel-turned-manga stand out in a crowded genre, or does it reheat tired tropes? We break down its flavors—both fresh and stale.   Discussion Includes: How it compares to popular isekai/cooking manga Panel announcements for Animazement 2025 (May event) Latest manga releases worth your shelf space ----more---- Support the Show: Fuel our reviews: Gofundme (Thanks, donors!) Engage With Us: Subscribe: YouTube | Website Follow @spiraken on X, Bluesky, Instagram Join our Discord Support on Patreon Rate us: Apple Podcasts Random Question: "What's your favorite ‘unusual premise' manga (e.g., cooking, farming, etc.)?" #Spiraken #MangaReview #CookingWithWildGame #EDA #Isekai #CookingManga #JNovelClub #FantasySurvival #WebNovelAdaptation Music Credits: "Trendsetter" by Mood Maze (via Uppbeat) License code: YEPNB5COHX56JVES WHERE TO FIND US Bluesky: @spiraken.bsky.social Instagram: instagram.com/spiraken Email: Spiraken@gmail.com | Xan: xan@spiraken.com Patreon: patreon.com/spiraken Discord: tinyurl.com/spiradiscord X: x.com/spiraken YouTube: youtube.com/@spiraken Twitch: twitch.com/spiraken Amazon Store: amazon.com/shops/spiraken

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/)

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/)

Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen discuss a bunch of things they've been up to over the past few weeks, which includes one of the hosts going on a J-Novel Club spree and the other host running into the Blue Exorcist trap once again! News 17:38: The two hosts get into KADOKAWA…and the cyberattack that […] The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 211: No Need For Emails! appeared first on TheOASG.

Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen discusses what they've been up to over the past few weeks, which includes trying out a new J-Novel Club title and finishing Season 3 of Re:Zero. A rant about the K MANGA experience also happened in this section! News 11:24: The two hosts then get into one of the […] The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 210: Yes, It's Our Fault This Podcast Isn't Owned By Sony appeared first on TheOASG.

Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen once again gather over the internet to talk about Fall anime season!…Ok, Justin will be talking about the rest of the Fall anime he wanted to try out — Helen's stuck with manga, manhwa and J-Novel Club catchups, to name a few things — which includes accidentally watching Season […] The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 208: It's My Fault This Episode Was This Long Isn't It? appeared first on TheOASG.

We went to our biggest anime convention yet and what better way to celebrate than having our longest Con-versations episode yet. This time, Austin and Tori review Otakon 2024 which was held in Washington, DC from August 2-4th, 2024. This episode would have been out earlier, but between life stuff and us recording for over three and a half hours, it was a lot to get through. Totally worth it though, if you ask me, due in large part to our very special guests, Coop and Maddy! Coop you may know from their work at Discotek Media, Anime News Network, AnimEigo, J-Novel Club, and their own podcast, Dude, You Remember Macross? and Maddy you may have heard appear on shows like Giant Robot FM and Chatty AF: The Anime Feminist Podcast. Both of them are very cool, kind folks who yapped with us for way too long about an awesome convention weekend. 00:00:00 - Introduction and everyone's history with Otakon (or lack-thereof) 00:24:40 - Venue talk, including artist's alley and dealer's room 00:40:53 - Fan panels, and a tangent about Gundam 01:05:58 - Industry panels, with tangents about EGL fashion, gas stations, and more 02:08:04 - The Great and the Terrible of autograph sessions 02:24:04 - Cosplay talk! And an aside about places to eat around the con 02:51:12 - Most iconic moment(s) 02:56:41 - Social medias and outro If you enjoy this or any other episode, leave us a Rating and Review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or elsewhere! Show notes are available on our website: www.thirdimpactanime.com More helpful links: https://beacons.ai/thirdimpactanime Follow us on Instagram at instagram.com/ThirdImpactAnime Follow us on Bluesky at thirdimpactanime.bsky.social Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TI_Anime Listen & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Podbean Support us on Ko-Fi | Patreon

Yes, this episode is very late. Life sometimes gets in the way of getting this show done. Nevertheless, there's quite a bit to talk about as we are in the "pre-Anime Expo" buildup, namely some big moves from Science SARU and GKIDS, a good amount of manga and light novel synopsis reading, a deep dive on Netflix's anime data, and the (hopefully) permanent financial demise of GAINAX. All of that, and so much more to come both in this show and in the coming weeks. Call it the prelude to the madness in LA. P.S. the Attack on Titan discussion episode that was promised last year? It's cancelled. Sorry for that, too. Just imagine all of us screaming for 2 hours straight and that's the discussion we would have had. intro - a VERY late show and vidya ranting 11:45 - main stories 1:00:26 - announcements and updates 2:06:00 - home video releases 11:45 - GAINAX files for bankruptcy 21:56 - Science SARU acquired by TOHO, producing a new Ghost in the Shell series in 2026 32:34 - GKIDS acquires Angel's Egg 36:04 - GKIDS acquires home video rights for DAN DA DAN (and ARCANE) 41:34 - SCOOP CONFIRMED: Sakamoto Days is REAL 44:07 - Gachiakuta anime announced for 2025, produced at BONES 49:07 - a Netflix anime data deep dive 55:35 - Attack on Titan… the MUSICAL? 1:00:26 - Ishura dub is FINALLY up on Hulu 1:04:39 - Suicide Squad Isekai premieres on Max… AND Hulu 1:07:40 - Sailor Moon Cosmos coming to Netflix in August 1:10:01 - The Imaginary (Studio Ponoc) dub cast revealed 1:12:00 - Delicious in Dungeon season 2 announced 1:14:37 - Re:ZERO season 3 premiere to be movie-length 1:18:59 - SPY x FAMILY season 3 announced 1:21:15 - Mr. Osomatsu season 4 announced 1:23:34 - One Piece Egghead arc dub premiere happening at Anime Expo 1:26:30 - some more J-Novel Club cringe 1:37:16 - some more Seven Seas licenses 1:51:22 - some new Viz manga licenses 2:03:00 - Crunchyroll locks for summer and beyond 2:06:00 - MACROSS PLUS ultimate edition out on 9/30 2:09:07 - Dragonball Super LE reprint out on 7/30 2:10:08 - more Aniplex July releases (Rascal, Yamada Lv999) 2:11:37 - Otaku no Video out on 10/8 2:12:12 - Sentai August releases (Helck, Executioner/Way of Life) Apple Podcasts – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podcastona/id1348141210?mt=2 Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/2JZLO3LfoeHepomejTw4TP iHeartRadio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-podcastona-43099114/ TuneIn – https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/PodcastONA-p1249922/ Where to find us: Alex – @AuraOfAzure, https://xandersmachinations.wordpress.com Andrew – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk Jet – @Divinenega, https://thenerdyabyss.wordpress.com As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, and follow @SurrealReso for more updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

This episode, we're talking about Miya Kazuki's Ascendance of a Bookworm published by J-Novel Club. Ascendance of a Bookworm credits: Translated by quof Edited by Aimee Zink As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 0:40 - We talk about Ascendance of a Bookworm Next time is who knows...another year, another fish.

In this episode, Phillip asks Eric about two of the comic series personally edited by the latter: the Tapas webtoon series, The Undefeatable Swordsman and the manga series on J-Novel Club, The Frontier Lord Begins With Zero Subjects. They go over the behind the scenes work of webtoon and manga localization, Phil's distaste of light novel titles, and give a brief overview of the critical and commercial bomb that is Sony's Madame Web movie. Check out the series here: The Frontier Lord Begins With Zero Subjects: Tales of Blue Dias and The Onikin Alna The Undefeatable Swordsman

This episode, we're talking about Nao Sasaki's Diamond in the Rough published by Manga Plus and Ichi Yukishiro's The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter published by J Novel Club digitally and Seven Seas physically. Diamond in the Rough credits: Translating / Editing: Medibang Inc. Lettering: Kai Kyou The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter credits: Translated by: Bérénice Vourdon Edited by: Kieran Redgewell Lettered by: Cedric Maciaas As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 0:55 - We talk about Diamond in the Rough 15:39 - We talk about The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter Next time is Dorohedoro and Dai Dark

This episode, we're talking about Nao Sasaki's Diamond in the Rough published by Manga Plus and Ichi Yukishiro's The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter published by J Novel Club digitally and Seven Seas physically. Diamond in the Rough credits: Translating / Editing: Medibang Inc. Lettering: Kai Kyou The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter credits: Translated by: Bérénice Vourdon Edited by: Kieran Redgewell Lettered by: Cedric Maciaas As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 0:55 - We talk about Diamond in the Rough 15:39 - We talk about The Skull Dragon's Precious Daughter Next time is Dorohedoro and Dai Dark

Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen get together (from long distances) to discuss all the things they've been up to, which may or may not include reading some new (and old) J-Novel Club. News 18:50: Monthly Bushiroad Magazine will be ending publication, which means a few manga will be moving to Comic Growl, while others […] The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 186: The Cool Down Period appeared first on TheOASG.

After a long Thanksgiving weekend, the grind continues onward - if only for one more week as Anime NYC was quite the event to look back on as opposed to the litany of terrible news we have to go through on this episode. We're all really just limping to the end of the year, in a way. But we carry on, if only for our own sense of self-worth and in honor of the greatest man who ever lived: Kento Nanami. May he find his happiness on the beaches of Malaysia for the rest of time, and may the psychopathic executives of MAPPA find the exact opposite. intro - 2023 stinks but Scott Pilgrim is good 9:26 - main stories 40:55 - announcements and updates 51:20 - Anime NYC rundown 2:18:53 - home video releases 9:26 - MAPPA animators on the verge of mutiny? 23:59 - Kadokawa still planning world domination 26:22 - (old news) Hulu to be Disney-only by 2024 29:56 - HiDive going through some… changes? 32:28 - One Piece Day at SoFi Stadium is a thing 35:30 - Togashi's last-case scenario ending for Hunter x Hunter 40:55 - Blue Box anime confirmed 45:25 - Legend of Kurokos gets another season 46:54 - Cherry Magic anime set for winter 48:57 - Zom 100 comes back on Christmas Day 51:20 - Anime NYC preamble 59:27 - Crunchyroll announcements 1:10:33 - surviving through cringy J-Novel Club press copy 1:26:57 - Denpa Books 1:28:55 - Kodansha 1:36:26 - Yen Press 1:44:40 - Sand Land confirmed for Disney+ Hulu 1:46:07 - Great Pretender gets a movie… with some caveats 2:01:40 - Lycoris Recoil coming to Toonami in January 2:04:20 - good news for Panty & Stocking 2:05:21 - the new BONES project and more revealed 2:14:41 - Gurren Lagann movies getting theatrical showings in January… with an English dub 2:18:53 - ANOTHER screwup on the Rascal Does Not Dream Blu-ray release revealed 2:26:16 - a $550 Code Geass collector's edition is a thing 2:30:50 - Crunchyroll February home video releases 2:35:45 - Sentai February home video releases Apple Podcasts – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podcastona/id1348141210?mt=2 Google Play – https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wb2RjYXN0b25hLnN1cnJlYWxyZXNvbHV0aW9uLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/2JZLO3LfoeHepomejTw4TP iHeartRadio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-podcastona-43099114/ TuneIn – https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/PodcastONA-p1249922/ Where to find us: Alex – @AuraOfAzure, https://xandersmachinations.wordpress.com Andrew – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk Jet – @Divinenega, https://thenerdyabyss.wordpress.com As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, and follow @SurrealReso for more updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

Please note that we talked a little World Cup before the Sunday games happened. We're pretty sure after those games, some brackets were broken. So you knew that Mike and Moh had to give some first impressions of Blue Lock23:55 - What stuck out from Anime NYC…and how we got it confused with New York Comic Con and Big Apple Anime Fest, the different ways titles get licensed, and the tweaks coming to J-Novel Club50:10 - In talking J-Novel Club, Mike talks about one of the recent anime adaptations of one of the titles and wonders if the dynamic of the media mix is changing1:00:02 - What stuck out in the interview with Christopher MacDonald, the CEO and Publisher of Anime News Network1:07:35 - James and Kevin talks about the issues with the new Pokemon games. They still sold well1:21:50 - Netflix stuff, Cooking for the Maiko House trailer, and NHK's issues with the advertising tier1:28:45 - The blocking of the Simon and Shuster and Penguin RandomHouse merger, and looking ahead to the arguements concerning Microsoft and Blizzard1:36:45 - Some thoughts on the passings of Kevin Lillard and Jason David Frank (this week's toasts are to them)Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Mohamed Sharmarke, and Kevin Ng (eventually)Opening Theme: “FUBUKI - Snowstorm” performed by Pico MasakiVisit our website for more information and links:Website: animeroundtable.comTwitter, IG, and TikTok: @animeroundtableEmail: animeroundtable@gmail.com Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/animeroundtableYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5U1yZNlQ1VYFH_fV26bYwADiscord: https://discord.gg/Dg38nRm3

Today, we're covering the second half of recent license announcements with 7 Seas Entertainment and J-Novel Club!! We are also informing you which manga publishers accept user request to license manga and how you can request manga you want licensed in English!! Yen Press - email address: yenpress@yenpress.com Viz - Contact Us Page Star Fruit Books - Request A Manga J Novel Club - Forum

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again cover the last month's worth of news, including the latest new series, licenses and anime news! Including unauthorized novelty One Piece all-in-one collections, updates on highly anticipated anime such as Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War, and unfortunately Crunchyroll continually practicing transparently shady business moves. For a complete list of links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2022/manga-mavericks-ep-216-october-2022-news-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - RIP Shichiro Kobayashi 04:10 - Intro 07:31 - NYT Graphic Books & Manga List for September 2022 10:50 - Bookscan List for August 2022 21:47 - Killer in Love ends 23:17 - Asobi Asobase ending soon 24:18 - New manga from Sanshiro Kasama & Hikaru Uesugi 25:21 - Naoshi Arakawa 26:20 - Izumi Miyazono 27:19 - Yasuko Kobayashi 29:18 - Tomohiko Ito 30:56 - Star Fruit Books licenses 33:03 - Irodori Comics licenses 37:06 - Yen Press licenses 46:47 - Seven Seas licenses 1:00:27 - J Novel Club licenses 1:12:00 - Penguin Random House expands partnership with Dark Horse to publish single issue comics/manga 1:13:45 - Mangaka & Vtubers criticize Japan's new invoice system over privacy concerns 1:16:57 - Unauthorized all-in-one One Piece collection 1:21:01 - One Piece Film Red surpasses Weathering With You as #7 all-time anime film in Japan 1:22:02 - Evangelion 3.0 + 1.0 North American theatrical release in December 1:22:58 - Lupin the Third and Cat's Eye crossover film coming in 2023 1:27:47 - New anime film for The Rose of Versailles 1:28:32 - Kimi ni Todoke live-action series coming to Netflix 1:29:27 - Season 2 0f Way of the Househusband coming in January 1:29:44 - Final season of Aggretsuko coming in February 1:30:38 - Updates on Bleach Thousand Year Blood War anime 1:36:52 - New Urusei Yatsura anime premieres Oct 13th on HiDive 1:37:48 - Me & Roboco anime updates 1:39:07 - Second seasons of both Ancient Magus Bride, Girlfriend Girlfriend and Rascal Does Not Dream announced 1:41:48 - Freiren anime announced 1:42:32 - Loving Yamada at Lv999 anime announced 1:43:43 - Mecha-Ude is being developed as a full-fledged anime & manga series 1:45:26 - Crunchyroll's stance on VOD policy changes 1:48:08 - Kyle McCarley not coming back for Mob Psycho season 3 due to disputes with Crunchyroll over not complying with a SAG-AFTRA contract 1:55:35 - Women in Comics to host Erica Friedman & Rica Takashima 1:56:10 - Viz My Hero Academia Quirks poll 2:00:37 - Community Shout-outs! 2:17:15 - 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 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 help us curate the show and create better content!

I'm finally back after Anime Expo and Otakon (and covid) with another light novel series from J-Novel Club! I really enjoy Tearmoon and Mia's antics and it never fails to make me laugh or cry. Go read it! Light Novel: Tearmoon Empire by Nozomu Mochitsuki Here's a link to my new business if you like tea at all: mainichiteas.com Music Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Eclosion by Salmo Check out my website. It has links to all my stuff: dokupe.com Follow dokupied on podcast.dokupe.com, subscribe and review wherever you listen to podcasts!

How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, also known as Re:CONSTRUCTION - The Elfrieden Kingdom Tales of Realistic Brave,[a] is a Japanese light novel series written by Dojyomaru and illustrated by Fuyuyuki. The story follows Kazuya Souma, a humanities-student-turned-hero as he pulls on his knowledge of realism and machiavellianism in order to rebuild the kingdom. A manga adaptation by Satoshi Ueda began serialization online in Overlap's Comic Gardo manga website in July 2017. Digital publisher J-Novel Club has licensed both the light novel and manga for an English release. An anime television series adaptation by J.C.Staff aired from July 2021 to April 2022. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/no-country-for-otakus/support

I'm back with another recent J-Novel Club light novel license with more adult characters in a grounded, hard scifi/fantasy story. Sign me up! Light Novel: D-Genesis: Three Years after the Dungeons Appeared by Kono Tsuranori Here's a link to my new business if you like tea at all: mainichiteas.com Music Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Eclosion by Salmo Check out my website. It has links to all my stuff: dokupe.com Follow dokupied on podcast.dokupe.com, subscribe and review wherever you listen to podcasts!

Trashtacular Tournament Two continues in this second half, as we pit the remaining 16 series against each other to find the best and worst of Year 2! Will Kissxsis or Sword Art Online go the distance? Or will it be a series we byed, like Peach Boy Riverside or Colorless? All is revealed in our Season 2 finalé! ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't! Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short. Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile? ~ Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official releases! Black Summoner is licensed by J-Novel Club - https://j-novel.club/ Peach Boy Riverside, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and Shikimori's Not Just A Cutie are licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/ So I'm A Spider, So What and Sword Art Online are licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/ Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship and Colorless are licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/ Look Back, How Do We Relationship and Claymore are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/ Beware The Villainess is licensed by Tapas - https://tapas.io/

Has it really been 2 years already? We ring in another year of the podcast with our second Trashtacular Tournament Arc to crown a new Not Actually Trash and Trashest Manga, Friends winners. In this first half, we work through Round 1, featuring 11 matchups and dredging up memories long forgotten including Tsubasa-chan, Alice Academy and Sword Art Online! ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't! Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short. Every fortnight, Sean, Mike and Phil cover a manga (or sometimes webtoon!), and discuss the first two volumes, looking at the good, the bad... but mostly, the trash. Will we find some gems amongst the junk? Or just slip further into the trash pile? ~ Follow us on Twitter @TrashMangaCast - https://twitter.com/trashmangacast Follow Sean on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking Follow Mike on Twitter & Twitch @Bersekrer - https://twitter.com/Bersekrer - https://www.twitch.tv/bersekrer Follow Phil on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official releases! Black Summoner is licensed by J-Novel Club - https://j-novel.club/ Alice Academy is licensed by Tokyopop - https://www.tokyopop.com/ That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and Shikimori's Not Just A Cutie are licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/ So I'm A Spider, So What, Dragons Rioting and Sword Art Online are licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/ The Way of the Househusband, Komi Can't Communicate, World Trigger and Claymore are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/ Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship and World's End Harem are licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/

Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen finally get to talk about what they've been up to over the past month that has nothing to do with seasonal anime. Let's just say it involves reading a lot of J-Novel Club stuff and Helen seeing Pompo: The Cinéphile. Oh, and also watching a few more Spring anime. […] The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 146: Why Yes, The News is Weird Once Again appeared first on TheOASG.

Watching spring training games is this weird exercise in determining whether any given player will be anything, or maybe they're just taking a spot to give others a rest. Or maybe they're younger folks with real promise. Or maybe they just had a particularly good game that day. This episode, we're talking about Nozomu Mochitsuki (author) and Gilse's (illustrator) Tearmoon Empire published by J-Novel Club. Tearmoon Empire credits: Translator: David TengEditors: Samantha J. Moore, Hannah N. Carter The song you heard in this episode was "Back in Time" by Huey Lewis and the News. As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post. Read Helen's reviews of Tearmoon Empire volume 1-2, volume 3, volume 4, and volume 5-6 over at The OASG. Listen Show notes: No show notes. We just talk about Tearmoon Empire. Next time is a special episode where Chris and Ink join Kory to talk about some Shuzo Oshimi.

The lesson of Toonami turning 25 is that, in 2022, people will yell over everything they do, be it for the good or bad or indifferent. But that's where this show comes in, to lay out a grounded overview of what to expect from the block in the future, be it for the good or bad or indifferent. And along with that lengthy discussion, there are more details over the Crunchyroll-Funimation whatever-it-is and what to (not) expect going forward, information regarding the Toei hack, more details on a perplexing 3DCG film, and above all else Discotek is here to show that they are still absolutely wild with their pickups and restorations. As many should come to expect, by now. Apologies for this show being late, things have been busy. Stay tuned for a make-good in the coming days. We hear that there's a big movie out that's worth talking about. intro - when Disney turns red with a coward 6:39 - RIP Mia Ikumi 9:30 - a PSA on how not to use federal funds 15:44 - more CR/Funimation merger details 30:46 - Toei Animation hack and delays 35:26 - Disney and NTV go partner 39:26 - Toonami turns 25, future projects announced 59:20 - Akuma-kun anime coming to Netflix in 2023 1:01:40 - Jobless Reincarnation and Saint's Magic Power second seasons announced 1:04:27 - Pompo the Cinephile dub cast 1:10:18 - 3DCG Prince of Tennis film(s?) coming to theaters in May 1:14:12 - JJBA All-Star Battle R fighting game coming in September 1:18:45 - Blitz chess manga to be published in September 1:20:54 - upcoming J-Novel Club releases 1:33:24 - the latest Yen press audiobook narrators 1:35:23 - GKIDS gets a Makoto Shinkai haul 1:37:14 - Crunchyroll (formerly Funimation) June home video slate 1:42:26 - a Funimation postmortem (1994-2022) 1:51:29 - EL GRANDE DISCOTEK DAY V 2:25:14 - an actual outro for once 2:30:40 - unenhanced break talk additional audio from: WWE Baoh Cyber City Oedo 808 Violence Jack The History of Trunks To Live and Die in L.A. - “Every Night” Apple Podcasts – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podcastona/id1348141210?mt=2 Google Play – https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wb2RjYXN0b25hLnN1cnJlYWxyZXNvbHV0aW9uLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/2JZLO3LfoeHepomejTw4TP iHeartRadio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-podcastona-43099114/ TuneIn – https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/PodcastONA-p1249922/ Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/podcastona/ Where to find us: Alex – @AuraOfAzure Andy – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk Jet – @Divinenega, youtube.com/DubTalk Duelist – @HeartofSword75, youtube.com/DuelistG As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, and follow @SurrealReso for more updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

I checked out another new J-Novel Club light novel series this week, this time featuring a fellow "middle-aged" protagonist who just wants to live the slow life and make stuff. Light Novel: My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World by Tamamaru Here's a link to my new business if you like tea at all: mainichiteas.com Music Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Eclosion by Salmo Check out my website. It has links to all my stuff: dokupe.com Follow dokupied on podcast.dokupe.com, subscribe and review wherever you listen to podcasts!

As the year draws closer to a close, so does this year's convention season, capping off with Anime NYC to... interesting results, in some regards. Fun was had, enjoyment was shared, and panels brought with them plenty of fan experiences and announcements, and we're here to recap the happenings and goings-on - plus plenty of upcoming home video talk, a look at the 2021 Oricon sales rankings, Seven Seas brokering a big deal for a popular manga series with another company, and plenty more in this jampacked show! And do you hear that in the distance? It's the sound of Discotek Day approaching. Prepare yourselves. NOTE: This show was recorded before the news of an Anime NYC attendee testing positive for the COVID-19 omicron variant had broken. If you attended Anime NYC and are feeling unwell, you are advised by New York Governor Kathy Hochul to get tested for COVID-19. Please remember to follow municipal/state/federal guidelines for indoor venues. intro - pouring one out for JoJo Fridays 5:29 - Oricon 2021 light novel sales rankings 14:28 - Oricon 2021 manga sales rankings 28:07 - Arcane renewed for a second season for Netflix 31:49 - Seven Seas licenses Go For It Again, Nakamura! manga 33:22 - Seven Seas publishing Tokyo Revengers manga 39:46 - upcoming shows announced for 2022 (and TBA) 48:29 - Stand By Me Doraemon movies coming to Netflix on Christmas Eve 50:20 - HiDive acquires Hareluya II Boy series and Lupin III series backlog 54:09 - classic Tenchi gone from FunimationNow? 55:25 - more Gonzo titles available on FunimationNow 1:00:15 - Evangelion ultimate edition delayed to Janaury 2022 1:02:01 - Gintama THE VERY FINAL Blu-ray coming in February 1:04:26 - Viz Jan/Feb releases (Tower of God, Yashahime) 1:07:08 - Sentai February releases (Nana, Onyx Equinox) 1:12:54 - Funimation February releases (Josee, Sleepy Princess, AoT S4) 1:25:13 - upcoming Anime Limited releases Anime NYC: 1:36:40 - Andrew and Jet's Anime NYC experience 1:55:41 - Kodansha panel announcements 2:07:39 - Azuki panel announcements 2:09:33 - Comikey panel announcements 2:18:56 - Denpa Books panel announcements 2:23:29 - Yen Press panel announcements 2:33:51 - J-Novel Club panel announcements 2:45:17 - Crunchyroll panel announcements 2:55:16 - One Piece Film RED revealed for 2022 Apple Podcasts – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podcastona/id1348141210?mt=2 Google Play – https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wb2RjYXN0b25hLnN1cnJlYWxyZXNvbHV0aW9uLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/2JZLO3LfoeHepomejTw4TP iHeartRadio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-podcastona-43099114/ TuneIn – https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/PodcastONA-p1249922/ Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/podcastona/ Where to find us: Alex – @AuraOfAzure Andy – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk Jet – @Divinenega, animationinfinity.com As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, and follow @SurrealReso for more updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

This week I rant and rave about a great new light novel license from J-Novel Club. What else is new? I'm already a sucker for father/daughter stories, but toss it in a fantasy world with interesting world building and great characters? Let's gooooo!!! Light Novel Recommendation: My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer by MOJIKAKIYA Here's a link to my new business if you like tea at all: mainichiteas.com Music Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Eclosion by Salmo Check out my website. It has links to all my stuff: dokupe.com Follow dokupied on podcast.dokupe.com, subscribe and review wherever you listen to podcasts!

Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen explain how they've been shirking select responsibilities on the site either because one's consumed by more library books (Reincarnated as a Slime manga, Children of the Whales, and Yona of the Dawn) while the other's consumed by J-Novel Club's titles (Realist Hero, Sorcerer's Receptionist, Marielle Clarac manga, and The […] The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 130: The Hosts Are Busy Reading Manga and Light Novels Edition appeared first on TheOASG.

Early July saw Anime Expo 2021 Online where J-Novel Club announced a bunch of new light novel licenses. Not to be outdone, Yen Press and Seven Seas had their own Twitter event to announce their own set of new releases. So here we are, letting you know all the new light novel series you can look forward to later this year!

Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen quickly discuss what they've been up to since they last talked over the internet. For example, Justin brought up taking advantage of J-Novel Club's monthly catchup to read Slayers, while Helen mentions catching up to Fruits Basket and Thunderbolt Fantasy. On Kentaro Miura 6:30: Before getting into the topics […] The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 124: Look at All The Licenses That Apparently Had to Happen! appeared first on TheOASG.

This week, after looking back on some lingering thoughts between fan and industry convention post pandemic, we look at the latest Asian battle lines in the evolving competition between video streaming services at length. Then in brief we talk the North American Box Office, WWE getting into the anime game, J-Novel Club having a new majority owner, the chase to make a live action version of one of Ghibli’s most famous works, and the passing of a key person from 80s past. Before ending as we continue to look ahead in May Mike Nicolas, James Austin, Kevin Ng, Mohamed Sharmarke, Geoff Greig Visit our website for more information and links: https://animeroundtable.wordpress.com/2021/05/03/anime-roundtable-v2-0-41-may-5-2021/ Website: animeroundtable.com Twitter and IG: @animeroundtable Email: animeroundtable@gmail.com

And this episode I talk about another recent J-Novel Club light novel license. It's another magic fantasy isekai story set in pseudo medieval pseudo Europe, but there are a few interesting twists on the formula. What new light novel series have you checked out recently? Light Novel Recommendation: The Magician Who Rose From Failure by Gamei Hitsuji Music Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Eclosion by Salmo Check out my website. It has links to all my stuff: dokupe.com Follow dokupied on podcast.dokupe.com, subscribe and review wherever you listen to podcasts!

Jonathon, the line manager at J-Novel Club for print, manga, and now the new Pulp line, joins us to discuss the new J-Novel Pulp imprint. Perry Rhodan NEO, John Sinclair: Demon Hunter, and Jessica Bannister, all German pulp series, are their first titles. What was behind Pulp's creation? What are the plans going forward for this new pulp novel publisher? Some background on the launch titles and how people can start reading them NOW! Perry Rhodan NEO Amazon: https://amzn.to/3nknKz3 Kobo: https://bit.ly/3dRtkFW Google: https://bit.ly/3gEBZxA Apple: https://apple.co/3tRbzMK John Sinclair: Demon Hunter Amazon: https://amzn.to/32MszI6 Kobo: https://bit.ly/3sQnHwa Google: https://bit.ly/3xj4FSJ Apple: https://apple.co/3gzEGQU Jessica Bannister Amazon: https://amzn.to/3tUM0um Kobo: https://bit.ly/3xq6bCz Google: https://bit.ly/2QXDCeI Apple: https://apple.co/3aFKhkP

Here's another recent J-Novel Club light novel license. I share my thoughts on the story of our lovable Masochist Zombie Healer, Saint Weirdo! What new light novel licenses have you checked out recently? Light Novel Recommendation: The Great Cleric by Broccoli Lion Music Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Eclosion by Salmo Check out my website. It has links to all my stuff: dokupe.com Follow dokupied on podcast.dokupe.com, subscribe and review wherever you listen to podcasts!

In this episode of the Light Novel Podcast, we look at the light novel series recently licensed by J-Novel Club annonced on their April 2nd Twitch stream. There are 6 series in total, with a mix of fantasy, isekai, reincarnation and Slice of Life! SERIES DISCUSSED Reincarnated as the Piggy Duke: This Time I’m Gonna Tell Her How I Feel! by Rhythm Aida with Illustrations by nauribon 豚公爵に転生したから、今度は君に好きと言いたい The Sidekick Never Gets the Girl, Let Alone the Protag’s Sister! by Toshizo with Illustrations by U35 親友モブの俺に主人公の妹が惚れるわけがない Guide to the Perfect Otaku Girlfriend: Roomies and Romance by Rin Murakami with Illustrations by Mako Tatekawa 同棲から始まるオタク彼女の作りかた The Emperor’s Lady-in-Waiting Is Wanted as a Bride by Kanata Satsuki with Illustrations by Yoru Ichige 皇帝つき女官は花嫁として望まれ中 Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire♀ by Hayaken with Illustrations by Nagu 英雄王、武を極めるため転生す ～そして、世界最強の見習い騎士♀～ Villainess: Reloaded! ~Blowing Away Bad Ends with Modern Weapons~ by 616th Special Information Battalion with Illustrations by Wuhuo どうしても破滅したくない悪役令嬢が現代兵器を手にした結果がこれです https://englishlightnovels.com/2021/04/02/j-novel-club-announces-the-acquisition-of-six-new-titles-at-april-2021-livestream/

My preamble to Helen's write up below is that it is MLB opening day and that I did not forget we were recording an episode, I forgot it was Wednesday at all. Soooo, Kory forgot we were recording an episode (and moved so his computer is in pieces)! So it's only Helen (me) and Apyrll doing a short podcast duet while talking about Sexiled: My Sexist Party Leader Kicked Me Out, So I Teamed Up With a Mythical Sorceress!, which is complete in two volumes from J-Novel Club and available both digitally and physically. Also, as the person editing this episode, I would like to apologize for my weird audio, I will use that stimulus money to buy myself an actual mic. As always, you can find me on Twitter @ImpassionateK, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on Twitter at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post. Read Helen's review of both of the volumes over at The OASG. Listen Show notes: No show notes this time, just manga talk. Next time is TBD.

Hello Light Novel Podcast listeners! In this episode, Biogundam takes over the hosting duties while Justus takes some time off. The group discusses the recent licensing announcements from Seven Seas, Yen On, and J-Novel Club

Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen return after their longest podcast recording last time and discuss what they’ve been up to. For Justin, that’s reading a lot of J-Novel Club stuff, with Part 2, Volume 4 of Ascendance of a Bookworm still on his mind; meanwhile Helen gives her thoughts on a winter anime show […] The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 117: This is All Just Wild appeared first on TheOASG.

Hello Light Novel Podcast listeners! In this episode, we’re talking about some news that’s happened since our last episode. The 2021 edition of Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi (Kono Rano) was released. This yearly ranking of light novels is interesting for a number of reason! Also, we had J-Novel Club and Seven Seas announce some […]

Here's the News Roundup for Mid-November through Mid-December 2020. Sony bought Crunchyroll (after buying Funimation in 2017)! More Demon Slayer dominance now that we've got full sales data for 2020. New Code Geass! Book distributor consolidation with Penguin Random House buying Simon & Schuster. Another big batch of new manga and light novel announcements from J-Novel Club, Seven Seas, Kodansha Comics, Manga Planet, and more. What's got you the most excited? Music Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Eclosion by Salmo Check out my website. It has links to all my stuff: dokupe.com Follow dokupied on podcast.dokupe.com, subscribe and review wherever you listen to podcasts!

Here's the News Roundup for October through Mid-November 2020. Lots of big new anime announcements from all over including Netflix. And a big batch of new manga and light novel announcements from Viz Media, Yen Press, J-Novel Club, Seven Seas, Kodansha Comics, Vertical, Sol Press, Manga Planet, and Cross Infinite World. What's got you the most excited? Music Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Eclosion by Salmo Check out my website. It has links to all my stuff: dokupe.com Follow dokupied on podcast.dokupe.com, subscribe and review wherever you listen to podcasts!

Hello Light Novel Podcast listeners! In this episode, we are talking about the 13! light novel licenses that were announced in the past 2 weeks. There are new titles coming from Tentai Books, Cross Infinite World, Yen On, and J-Novel Club. Overall there is a decent variety with the usual Isekai and fantasy titles, but […]

Show Notes Pandemic News 0:00: Justin wanted to discuss Can Someone Please Explain What’s Going On?! being one of the catch-up titles for J-Novel Club this month (and not free as Justin mentions, you need to subscribe), but instead he and Helen dive right into what’s been going on over the past two weeks in […] The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 110: Let’s Speedrun The Podcast with Only 1 HP! appeared first on TheOASG.

I recently ran a poll on twitter to pick which new J-Novel Club license I read first and this series won. So I read the 2 volumes available in English so far and here we are! This is more of a first impression discussion than a recommendation or even a review considering how early it is, so just keep that mind as you listen. Light Novel: A Wild Last Boss Appeared! by Firehead Music Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Eclosion by Salmo Check out my website. It has links to all my stuff: dokupe.com Follow dokupied on podcast.dokupe.com, subscribe and review wherever you listen to podcasts!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum finally get around to (at least some of) the news that has been building up over the past couple of months, including all of the licensing news from all the various publishers that were still announced despite the ongoing pandemic! Some of the biggest acquisitions including the return of series like Shaman King from Kodansha USA, as well as Slayers from J-Novel Club, both of which we were so excited about that we just HAD to pull in Vlord into to room for a bit to talk about! We also take a deep dive into the latest thoroughly researched analysis from Comics Beat, as well as report on some other unfortunate events happening in the general comics industry, including but not limited to the exposure of Warren Ellis. Truthfully, this episode became much more bloated then we initially planned for, which is why we will saving the rest of our news for next week, along with some thoughts on the latest simulpubs and even some titles from the newest line of Irodori Comics! Will the next episode be even longer then this one!? Stay tuned and find out! For the complete list of links and Shout-Outs featured in this podcast, please visit this episode's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-129-summer-2020-news-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro  01:38 - Bookscan List for June 08:35 -  NYT's Graphic Books & Manga Best Sellers List for July 10:02 - Ghost Reaper Girl & Kaiju No. 8 available on Shonen Jump 14:35 - Guardian of the Witch has ended 16:52 - Haikyu has ended 20:32 - Weathering With You manga ends in August with 3rd volume 21:25 - Ooku: The Inner Chambers will end with 19th volume 22:59 - Planned Gridman manga about Akane cancelled 23:53 - Irodori Comics launches SFW website 24:47 - Comico launches Pocket Comics app 26:38 - Mangamo adds Japan Sinks 2020, expands to Android 30:06 - Manga Planet Licenses Silent Mobius and others 31:47 - Kodansha Manga now available on Izneo 33:20 - Bookwaker and Kodansha partner for exclusives 35:03 - Kodansha Licenses (including Shaman King & it's subsequent spin-offs) 1:00:24 - Crunchyroll Manga adds new simulpubs 1:01:24 - Star Fruit Books licenses Pop Life 1:03:13 - Yen Press licenses 1:20:32 - Viz Media licenses 1:38:41 - Tokyopop licenses 1:42:00 - Denpa licenses 1:45:50 - Seven Seas licenses 2:04:23 - Cross Infinite World licenses Past Life Countess, Present Life Otome Game NPC?! 2:05:55 - New J-Novel Club licenses (including Slayers) 2:19:24 - Titles from J-Novel Club, Dark Horse, & Yen Press delisted on Amazon 2:22:06 - Comics Beat’s Industry Analysis 2:50:22 - Various Stories of Sexual Misconduct in the Comics Industry as of late 2:59:18 - 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 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 help us curate the show and create better content!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum finally get around to (at least some of) the news that has been building up over the past couple of months, including all of the licensing news from all the various publishers that were still announced despite the ongoing pandemic! Some of the biggest acquisitions including the return of series like Shaman King from Kodansha USA, as well as Slayers from J-Novel Club, both of which we were so excited about that we just HAD to pull in Vlord into to room for a bit to talk about! We also take a deep dive into the latest thoroughly researched analysis from Comics Beat, as well as report on some other unfortunate events happening in the general comics industry, including but not limited to the exposure of Warren Ellis. Truthfully, this episode became much more bloated then we initially planned for, which is why we will saving the rest of our news for next week, along with some thoughts on the latest simulpubs and even some titles from the newest line of Irodori Comics! Will the next episode be even longer then this one!? Stay tuned and find out! For the complete list of links and Shout-Outs featured in this podcast, please visit this episode's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-129-summer-2020-news-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro  01:38 - Bookscan List for June 08:35 -  NYT's Graphic Books & Manga Best Sellers List for July 10:02 - Ghost Reaper Girl & Kaiju No. 8 available on Shonen Jump 14:35 - Guardian of the Witch has ended 16:52 - Haikyu has ended 20:32 - Weathering With You manga ends in August with 3rd volume 21:25 - Ooku: The Inner Chambers will end with 19th volume 22:59 - Planned Gridman manga about Akane cancelled 23:53 - Irodori Comics launches SFW website 24:47 - Comico launches Pocket Comics app 26:38 - Mangamo adds Japan Sinks 2020, expands to Android 30:06 - Manga Planet Licenses Silent Mobius and others 31:47 - Kodansha Manga now available on Izneo 33:20 - Bookwaker and Kodansha partner for exclusives 35:03 - Kodansha Licenses (including Shaman King & it's subsequent spin-offs) 1:00:24 - Crunchyroll Manga adds new simulpubs 1:01:24 - Star Fruit Books licenses Pop Life 1:03:13 - Yen Press licenses 1:20:32 - Viz Media licenses 1:38:41 - Tokyopop licenses 1:42:00 - Denpa licenses 1:45:50 - Seven Seas licenses 2:04:23 - Cross Infinite World licenses Past Life Countess, Present Life Otome Game NPC?! 2:05:55 - New J-Novel Club licenses (including Slayers) 2:19:24 - Titles from J-Novel Club, Dark Horse, & Yen Press delisted on Amazon 2:22:06 - Comics Beat’s Industry Analysis 2:50:22 - Various Stories of Sexual Misconduct in the Comics Industry as of late 2:59:18 - 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 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 help us curate the show and create better content!

News Roundup: GKIDS licensed the new Studio Ghibli film directed by Goro Miyazaki, Earwig and the Witch. Amazon is delisting the ebook versions of a number of light novel and manga series from publishers like J-Novel Club, Yen Press, and Dark Horse Comics. Then I review the anime adaptations for Ascendance of a Bookworm (Seasons 1-2), and My Next Life as a Villainess (Season 1) from the perspective of a fan of the original light novels. Spoiler: I love these series. Light novel info: Ascendance of a Bookworm by Miya Kazuki My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! by Satoru Yamaguchi Music Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Eclosion by Salmo Check out my website. It has links to all my stuff: dokupe.com Follow dokupied on podcast.dokupe.com, subscribe and review wherever you listen to podcasts!

News Roundup: Several new anime adaptations or new seasons announced. Loads of new manga and light novel licenses from Seven Seas, Viz Media, Denpa, Manga Planet, and J-Novel Club. Light novel recommendation: The Economics of Prophecy by Norafukurou Music Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Eclosion by Salmo Check out my website. It has links to all my stuff: dokupe.com Follow dokupied on podcast.dokupe.com, subscribe and review wherever you listen to podcasts!

Hello Light Novel Podcast listeners! On this episode we are discussing the series, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom. This series is being released in English by J-Novel Club. They initially released it as a digital-only series, but with its growing popularity and now an anime, it is getting a […]

Several anime series have been rescheduled for the Summer season. J-Novel Club picked up some interesting new light novel licenses, and Manga Planet got two new manga series. Light novel recommendation: Altina the Sword Princess by Yukiya Murasaki Music Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Eclosion by Salmo Check out my website. It has links to all my stuff: dokupe.com Follow dokupied on podcast.dokupe.com, subscribe and review wherever you listen to podcasts!

Hello there Light Novel Podcast listeners! Welcome to another episode. This time the Light Novel Podcast is covering the new licenses for English release that were announced at the end of April. There are titles from J-Novel Club, Seven Seas, Cross Infinite World, and Tentai Books! In total, ten new light novel series were announced! […]

More delays! Even more new tv series announced! A new Junji Ito manga! J-Novel Club licensed several interesting new light novels. And what's up with mangamo? Light novel recommendations: How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom by Dojyomaru, By the Grace of the Gods by Roy Music Orbiting A Distant Planet by Quantum Jazz Eclosion by Salmo Check out my website. It has links to all my stuff: dokupe.com Follow dokupied on podcast.dokupe.com, subscribe and review wherever you listen to podcasts!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we finally go over the results of our annual podcast survey!! Joined by VlordGTZ, we go over different statistics such as our listeners' favorite podcast episodes, favorite guests we've had on the show, as well as your guys' favorite manga from the past year! We also discuss some news at the top of the show, such as the Maruta Shiga controversy with My Hero Academia, the overall increase in digital manga sales over in Japan, as well as the latest batch of new manga licenses! Enjoy! Stay tuned to the end of show to find out what series we'll be reading through next on the Manga Mavericks Book Club exclusively on our Patreon!! Editor’s Note: This episode has been modified since it’s original release. The reasons for which are very upsetting, but if you wish to learn more, you can read why here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/45731694 PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro News 0:01:42 - GANGSTA. author Kohske diagnosed with autoimmune disease 0:04:01 - My Hero Academia "Maruta Shiga" Name Controversy 0:10:32 - January Bookscan list 0:14:51 - NYT List for Feb 0:16:05 - Seven Deadly Sins Volume 41 will be its last 0:18:24 -The Right Way to Make Jump added to the SJ vault 0:21:25 - New Viz Media Licenses 0:29:04 - Dark Horse to release Hellsing Deluxe Hardcover editions 0:31:55 - Yen Press licenses Fiancee of the Wizard 0:33:05 - Seven Seas licenses 2 yuri short story collections 0:33:58 - J-Novel Club licenses The Extraordinary, The Ordinary, and Soap 0:35:16 - Digital Manga Sales Up 29.5% 0:38:20 - Demon Slayer's recent broken records and popularity 0:43:41 - Manga Mavericks Survey Results! 0:48:34 - Listener Statistics (Age, Gender, Country) 0:54:59 - Listenership Statistics (Where do people listen and how long for, etc.) 1:07:00 - Podcast Statistics (Favorite Episodes, Segments, Guests, etc) 1:44:25 - Listener's Favorite Manga Published in 2019 1:47:28 - Listener's Most Important Anime/Manga Industry News Stories in 2019? 1:50:09 - What content listeners would like to see from Manga Mavericks in 2020? 2:04:49 - What guests listeners would like to hear from on the podcasts in 2020? 2:10:35 - Final Suggestions, Thoughts, Comments, and Criticisms 2:15:21 - Community Shout-Outs! TeamFourStar recently announces end of DBZA Follow them on Youtube and Twitter if you aren't already! Listen to the Talkcast Podshow 2:17:06 - 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 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 donate to their personal Patreon. 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!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we finally go over the results of our annual podcast survey!! Joined by VlordGTZ, we go over different statistics such as our listeners' favorite podcast episodes, favorite guests we've had on the show, as well as your guys' favorite manga from the past year! We also discuss some news at the top of the show, such as the Maruta Shiga controversy with My Hero Academia, the overall increase in digital manga sales over in Japan, as well as the latest batch of new manga licenses! Enjoy! Stay tuned to the end of show to find out what series we'll be reading through next on the Manga Mavericks Book Club exclusively on our Patreon!! Editor’s Note: This episode has been modified since it’s original release. The reasons for which are very upsetting, but if you wish to learn more, you can read why here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/45731694 PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro News 0:01:42 - GANGSTA. author Kohske diagnosed with autoimmune disease 0:04:01 - My Hero Academia "Maruta Shiga" Name Controversy 0:10:32 - January Bookscan list 0:14:51 - NYT List for Feb 0:16:05 - Seven Deadly Sins Volume 41 will be its last 0:18:24 -The Right Way to Make Jump added to the SJ vault 0:21:25 - New Viz Media Licenses 0:29:04 - Dark Horse to release Hellsing Deluxe Hardcover editions 0:31:55 - Yen Press licenses Fiancee of the Wizard 0:33:05 - Seven Seas licenses 2 yuri short story collections 0:33:58 - J-Novel Club licenses The Extraordinary, The Ordinary, and Soap 0:35:16 - Digital Manga Sales Up 29.5% 0:38:20 - Demon Slayer's recent broken records and popularity 0:43:41 - Manga Mavericks Survey Results! 0:48:34 - Listener Statistics (Age, Gender, Country) 0:54:59 - Listenership Statistics (Where do people listen and how long for, etc.) 1:07:00 - Podcast Statistics (Favorite Episodes, Segments, Guests, etc) 1:44:25 - Listener's Favorite Manga Published in 2019 1:47:28 - Listener's Most Important Anime/Manga Industry News Stories in 2019? 1:50:09 - What content listeners would like to see from Manga Mavericks in 2020? 2:04:49 - What guests listeners would like to hear from on the podcasts in 2020? 2:10:35 - Final Suggestions, Thoughts, Comments, and Criticisms 2:15:21 - Community Shout-Outs! TeamFourStar recently announces end of DBZA Follow them on Youtube and Twitter if you aren't already! Listen to the Talkcast Podshow 2:17:06 - 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 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 donate to their personal Patreon. 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!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we finally go over the results of our annual podcast survey!! Joined by VlordGTZ, we go over different statistics such as our listeners' favorite podcast episodes, favorite guests we've had on the show, as well as your guys' favorite manga from the past year! We also discuss some news at the top of the show, such as the Maruta Shiga controversy with My Hero Academia, the overall increase in digital manga sales over in Japan, as well as the latest batch of new manga licenses! Enjoy! Stay tuned to the end of show to find out what series we'll be reading through next on the Manga Mavericks Book Club exclusively on our Patreon!! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro News 0:01:42 - GANGSTA. author Kohske diagnosed with autoimmune disease 0:04:01 - My Hero Academia "Maruta Shiga" Name Controversy 0:10:32 - January Bookscan list 0:14:51 - NYT List for Feb 0:16:05 - Seven Deadly Sins Volume 41 will be its last 0:18:24 -The Right Way to Make Jump added to the SJ vault 0:21:25 - New Viz Media Licenses 0:29:04 - Dark Horse to release Hellsing Deluxe Hardcover editions 0:31:55 - Yen Press licenses Fiancee of the Wizard 0:33:05 - Seven Seas licenses 2 yuri short story collections 0:33:58 - J-Novel Club licenses The Extraordinary, The Ordinary, and Soap 0:35:16 - Digital Manga Sales Up 29.5% 0:38:20 - Demon Slayer's recent broken records and popularity 0:43:41 - Manga Mavericks Survey Results! 0:48:34 - Listener Statistics (Age, Gender, Country) 0:54:59 - Listenership Statistics (Where do people listen and how long for, etc.) 1:07:00 - Podcast Statistics (Favorite Episodes, Segments, Guests, etc) 1:45:55 - Listener's Favorite Manga Published in 2019 1:48:58 - Listener's Most Important Anime/Manga Industry News Stories in 2019? 1:51:39 - What content listeners would like to see from Manga Mavericks in 2020? 2:06:19 - What guests listeners would like to hear from on the podcasts in 2020? 2:12:05 - Final Suggestions, Thoughts, Comments, and Criticisms 2:16:51 - Community Shout-Outs!  TeamFourStar recently announces end of DBZA Follow them on Youtube and Twitter if you aren't already! Listen to the Talkcast Podshow 2:18:36 - 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 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 donate to their personal Patreon. 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!

Hello everyone for a special book club edition of the AniTAY podcast! In this episode, TheMamaLuigi, Edmundton, Viking and I discuss the first volume of Sexiled: My Sexist Party Leader Kicked Me Out, So I Teamed Up With a Mythical Sorceress. We discuss the various themes, characters, the influences of the novel, and our general feelings about the novel in the podcast. I hope you enjoy the podcast and if you have any comments or suggestions for us books/light novels to read, please leave a comment on the article. This Episode’s Podcast Members are: Thatsmapizza, TheMamaLuigi, Edmundton, Viking Book read J-Novel Club via E-Book. The E-book can be purchased via various distributors now. The physical version of the book will be available on June 2, 2020.

Welcome to another episode of the Light Novel Podcast! In this episode, we’re discussing the light novel licensing announcements made at Anime NYC 2019! Quite a number of new light novels were announced, and J-Novel Club even announced a brand new light novel imprint! NEWS Fortune Quest Light Novel Series ends after 30 year run […]

Welcome to another episode of the Light Novel Podcast! In this episode, we’re discussing the light novel series Arifureta From Commonplace to World’s Strongest. This one is released in eBook via J-Novel Club and in print by Seven Seas. NEWS GENERAL NEWs Invaders of the Rokujouma!? Novels’ Kickstarter Ends With US$165,811 (3:00) https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-11-07/invaders-of-the-rokujouma-novels-kickstarter-ends-with-usd165811/.153020 NOVELS FROM […]

In this Special extra episode of Screentone Club, Elliot and Andy team up with J-Novel Club to bring you reviews of two of their currently available manga titles - Animeta! and Marginal Operation!###Series Discussed: Marginal Operation, Animeta!As mentioned in the episode, this is a Special bonus episode brought to you in partnership with J-Novel Club who very kindly offered to sponsor us. The sponsorship in no way effects our editorial freedom or the voting for the Patreon Bonus titles, both of which we consider sacred.If you like this episode, please let both us (and J-Novel Club) know!If you enjoyed this episode, please consider backing us on Patreon - from only US$1 a month you get bonus episodes and other perks as well, including the ability to vote on topics for us to cover!Timecodes:0:00:00 - A Very Special Episode! 0:01:30 - About J-Novel Club0:03:30 - Find out more at J-Novel.Club! 0:04:15 - Andy’s Pick: Marginal Operation0:07:30 - Cannon Fodder, the Amiga Classic0:10:15 - Mixed Messages?0:15:30 - Walking a Tightrope0:19:00 - Americans = Elves?0:24:30 - Ripped from the Headlines0:25:00 - How to Read! 0:26:15 - Elliot’s Pick: Animeta! 0:28:00 - Educational! 0:31:00 - Abused main character?0:33:45 - “A Place of Reality”0:38:45 - A Deep, Deep Dive on Animation0:43:15 - Art in a series about Drawing! Whoa, Meta0:53:30 - “King Hot Stuff of Hot Stuff Mountain”0:55:15 - Check it out on the J-Novel Club Website! 0:55:45 - Closedown and a Free Bonus Plug!

Hello Light Novel Podcast listeners! On this edition of the podcast we’re discussing the light novel series The Faraway Paladin. This one is released in English by J-Novel Club. It’s an isekai series with a very “High Fantasy” feel. NEWS Cross Infinite World Licenses Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- My Next Life as […]

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, after the usual dose of manga-related news, Colton and Lum talk about the two newest series from Shonen Jump! Mission: Yozakura Family being an action-packed story about a kid who gets married into an assassin family, and Mitama Security: Spirit Busters being a new gag manga about an exorcist who is afraid of ghosts! Other topics of discussion include the addition of Boys Over Flowers to the Shonen Jump vault, the upcoming adaptations of some of Junji Ito's manga, and the results of Dr Stone's 2nd character popularity poll! Join us next time as we discuss the 80's shojo manga hit, Banana Fish! Enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN:  0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:31 - Eisner Award Winners 0:03:58 - July Bookscan List 0:08:33 - Bloom Into You is Ending 0:09:30 - Shonen Jump Plus age-restricted to 17+ users 0:13:46 - The Promised Neverland enters "climax" of final arc 0:15:56 - The Last Saiyuki has ended 0:19:45 - Boys Over Flowers added to the Shonen Jump vault 0:25:30 - Viz Media's Release of Golgo 13 will be available digitally 0:27:57 - Udon’s Rose Of Versailles to be released this December 0:29:42 - Seven Seas licenses Kase-san and Yamada 0:30:19 - Denpa licenses Rakuda Laughs and Shino Can't Say Her Name 0:32:39 - J-Novel Club licenses Sexiled 0:34:00 - Writer for Live Action One Piece has been chosen 0:38:23 - Streaming service Quibi to produce live action Tomie series 0:43:51 - New Uzumaki anime mini-series to air on Toonami in 2020 0:50:41 - Blade of the Immortal anime coming this October 0:54:40 - Anime NYC hosting Yoshiyuki Tomino 0:56:48 - 2nd Dr Stone Character Popularity Poll Results New Simulpubs: 1:08:31 - Mission: Yozakura Family by Hitsuji Gondaira 1:24:57 - Mitama Security: Spirit Busters by Tsurun Hatomune Community Shout-outs! 1:36:45 - "The Fragmentation of Anime Production" from Sakugabooru 1:39:44 - Recommended Listening: SSAA Podcast Ep 140 - Discussion of One Piece MHA Podcast Ep 60 - Discussion about My Hero Academia's character development MHA Podcast Ep 63 feat Colton discussing Chapter 241 SSAA Podcast Ep 141 - Includes discussion of Lupin Mystery of Mamo and Netflix's Enter the Anime 1:43:46 - Wrap-up

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, after the usual dose of manga-related news, Colton and Lum talk about the two newest series from Shonen Jump! Mission: Yozakura Family being an action-packed story about a kid who gets married into an assassin family, and Mitama Security: Spirit Busters being a new gag manga about an exorcist who is afraid of ghosts! Other topics of discussion include the addition of Boys Over Flowers to the Shonen Jump vault, the upcoming adaptations of some of Junji Ito's manga, and the results of Dr Stone's 2nd character popularity poll! Join us next time as we discuss the 80's shojo manga hit, Banana Fish! Enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN:  0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:31 - Eisner Award Winners 0:03:58 - July Bookscan List 0:08:33 - Bloom Into You is Ending 0:09:30 - Shonen Jump Plus age-restricted to 17+ users 0:13:46 - The Promised Neverland enters "climax" of final arc 0:15:56 - The Last Saiyuki has ended 0:19:45 - Boys Over Flowers added to the Shonen Jump vault 0:25:30 - Viz Media's Release of Golgo 13 will be available digitally 0:27:57 - Udon’s Rose Of Versailles to be released this December 0:29:42 - Seven Seas licenses Kase-san and Yamada 0:30:19 - Denpa licenses Rakuda Laughs and Shino Can't Say Her Name 0:32:39 - J-Novel Club licenses Sexiled 0:34:00 - Writer for Live Action One Piece has been chosen 0:38:23 - Streaming service Quibi to produce live action Tomie series 0:43:51 - New Uzumaki anime mini-series to air on Toonami in 2020 0:50:41 - Blade of the Immortal anime coming this October 0:54:40 - Anime NYC hosting Yoshiyuki Tomino 0:56:48 - 2nd Dr Stone Character Popularity Poll Results New Simulpubs: 1:08:31 - Mission: Yozakura Family by Hitsuji Gondaira 1:24:57 - Mitama Security: Spirit Busters by Tsurun Hatomune Community Shout-outs! 1:36:45 - "The Fragmentation of Anime Production" from Sakugabooru 1:39:44 - Recommended Listening: SSAA Podcast Ep 140 - Discussion of One Piece MHA Podcast Ep 60 - Discussion about My Hero Academia's character development MHA Podcast Ep 63 feat Colton discussing Chapter 241 SSAA Podcast Ep 141 - Includes discussion of Lupin Mystery of Mamo and Netflix's Enter the Anime 1:43:46 - Wrap-up

In dieser Episode des Light Novel Minicast rede Ich über die neuen Light Novels, die Seven Seas, Sol Press, Yen On und J-Novel Club (in der Reihenfolge) im Laufe der nächsten Monate rausbringen. Das Intro/Outro, sowie der kurze Übergangsjingle wurden erstellt mit Jukedeck: Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com Folgt dem Podcast auf Twitter: https://twitter.com/LightNovelCast Folgt dem Podcast auf Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id1389265?... https://germanlndb.wordpress.com/

2019 marks the centennial anniversary of the Yuri genre, celebrating 100 years of girls in love challenging the expectations placed upon them by patriarchal definitions of love and gender. To commemorate the legacy of the genre and the stories that’ve been told, we interviewed Erica Friedman, a Yuri historian and tastemaker who has been at the center of the fandom for over two decades. Erica is the founder of Yuricon, an organization dedicated to uniting the community through fan events and scholarship, and has written extensively on Yuri on her blog Okazu, which has reached its 4000th post after over 16 years! Erica’s planning an incredible number of events to celebrate 100 Years of Yuri with the community, including numerous convention appearances and a Yuri pilgrimage in Japan in the fall, all leading up to the release of her comprehensive book on Yuri set to come out in 2020! We chat with Erica about the work she’s done growing a proactive community around Yuri, the history of the genre and its fan culture, the influence of digital comics in helping newer creators and more untraditional stories to get published, and how we’ve reached a point where these stories can be spread more widely thanks to the efforts of trailblazers who fought to create a space for those who came after them to work in and expand. Like the pun in Okazu’s namesake, we hope our interview serves as an appetizer before you enjoy the full buffet of information out there about yuri and the works themselves! Our conversation with Erica is the first of an entire month of interviews with manga industry professionals about their work and fandom. Up next will be our interview with Joey Weiser, the award-winning comic book artist and creator of the Mermin series, who joins us to discuss his new book Ghost Hog (available NOW!) and the influence that manga and japanese culture have had on his work. We’ll be releasing the interview this coming Friday, but you can listen to the episode early by becoming a $2 Patron on our Patreon! We’re also offering a ton of other content to our Patrons, including a monthly Patron Bonus Pod, Show Notes, Bloopers, Unreleased Podcasts and more! Every dollar donated to our Patreon is paid forward to making the show self-sufficient and fund future projects, so if you want to see us attempt more ambitious podcasts your support would be a great help and greatly appreciated! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro News: 01:28 - Bloom Into You ends with 8th volume in November 03:06 - Ne0;lation has ended 07:14 - New Shonen Jump series are coming!   13:18 - Blade of the Immortal is getting a sequel 15:19 - Kodansha USA puts up the first chapter of Bootsleg from Suzuhito Yasuda for free! 18:15 - Yen Press licenses Sekiro Side Story 19:14 - J-Novel Club licenses Crest of the Stars & more 25:28 - Cross Infinite World to release Another World: Zombie Apocalypse is Not My Problem light novel 26:45 - Nominations for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia 29:55 - Shueshia reveals new circulation numbers for its manga magazines 36:10 - ComicFesta Contest 37:18 - DMP launches new Yuri doujin label on May 1st Interview with Erica Friedman: 41:25 - Introducing Erica, Yuri Bodhisattva 45:00 - The History and Inclusivity of Yuri Fandom 50:50 - The First Yuricon & Defining Yuri 53:23 - How Social Media & Web Comics Have Made Yuri More Accessible 1:00:21 - The Lesbian Bar Community in Shinjuku Ni-chome 1:03:00 - Rica ‘tte Kanji!? & Resonating with Real-Life Queer Experiences 1:07:40 - Empathizing with Stories That Aren’t Made For You & Respecting Different Perspectives 1:19:32 - Engaging in Different Ways of Interpreting Media & Understanding Referential Context 1:26:40 - Don’t Start with What You Know - Learn Something New! 1:30:09 - Kunihiko Ikuhara: Recognizing an Authorial Voice & Interpreting Authorial Intent 1:38:48 - The Influences & Influence of Shiroi Heya no Futari 1:56:14 - Classic Yuri Manga Display at Toronto Public Library & 100 Years of Yuri on Tour Plans 2:00:00 - The History of Yuri Manga 2:14:36 - Nagata Kabi, My Solo Exchange Diary, and Resonating with Stories About Depression 2:21:04 - Kase-san: A Relationship Developing in Communication 2:32:06 - Yuri Manga About Adults 2:41:43 - Why Gengoroh Tagame Writes Queer Stories Differently Depending on his Audience 2:45:03 - Steven Universe & Exploring Mature Themes About Relationships & Abuse 2:50:54 - Queer Stories Have Been Told Before - It’s Up to You to Find and Share Them 2:56:49 - Yuri Stories We Need More of (AKA SPORTS YURI!!) 2:59:09 - Erica’s Favorite Yuri Manga 3:04:54 - Resources & Recommendations For Yuri Newbies 3:13:05 - Learn more about Queer Comics history at this year’s Queers & Comics at SVA 3:18:34 - Erica’s plans for the rest of 2019! 3:23:05 - What “Okazu” Means & Erica’s Mission Statement 3:24:51 - Community Shout-Outs: - Erica’s Okazu Blog and Yuri Essays Section on Yuricon - Zeria’s videos and essays on Yuri, and her new crowdfunding campaign for her Yuri 101 project - LossThief’s Thread on Mami Yagihara from Blue Flag 3:31:40 - 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 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 donate to their personal Patreon. 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! PATREON LINK: https://www.patreon.com/mangamavericks

2019 marks the centennial anniversary of the Yuri genre, celebrating 100 years of girls in love challenging the expectations placed upon them by patriarchal definitions of love and gender. To commemorate the legacy of the genre and the stories that’ve been told, we interviewed Erica Friedman, a Yuri historian and tastemaker who has been at the center of the fandom for over two decades. Erica is the founder of Yuricon, an organization dedicated to uniting the community through fan events and scholarship, and has written extensively on Yuri on her blog Okazu, which has reached its 4000th post after over 16 years! Erica’s planning an incredible number of events to celebrate 100 Years of Yuri with the community, including numerous convention appearances and a Yuri pilgrimage in Japan in the fall, all leading up to the release of her comprehensive book on Yuri set to come out in 2020! We chat with Erica about the work she’s done growing a proactive community around Yuri, the history of the genre and its fan culture, the influence of digital comics in helping newer creators and more untraditional stories to get published, and how we’ve reached a point where these stories can be spread more widely thanks to the efforts of trailblazers who fought to create a space for those who came after them to work in and expand. Like the pun in Okazu’s namesake, we hope our interview serves as an appetizer before you enjoy the full buffet of information out there about yuri and the works themselves! Our conversation with Erica is the first of an entire month of interviews with manga industry professionals about their work and fandom. Up next will be our interview with Joey Weiser, the award-winning comic book artist and creator of the Mermin series, who joins us to discuss his new book Ghost Hog (available NOW!) and the influence that manga and japanese culture have had on his work. We’ll be releasing the interview this coming Friday, but you can listen to the episode early by becoming a $2 Patron on our Patreon! We’re also offering a ton of other content to our Patrons, including a monthly Patron Bonus Pod, Show Notes, Bloopers, Unreleased Podcasts and more! Every dollar donated to our Patreon is paid forward to making the show self-sufficient and fund future projects, so if you want to see us attempt more ambitious podcasts your support would be a great help and greatly appreciated! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro News: 01:28 - Bloom Into You ends with 8th volume in November 03:06 - Ne0;lation has ended 07:14 - New Shonen Jump series are coming!   13:18 - Blade of the Immortal is getting a sequel 15:19 - Kodansha USA puts up the first chapter of Bootsleg from Suzuhito Yasuda for free! 18:15 - Yen Press licenses Sekiro Side Story 19:14 - J-Novel Club licenses Crest of the Stars & more 25:28 - Cross Infinite World to release Another World: Zombie Apocalypse is Not My Problem light novel 26:45 - Nominations for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Asia 29:55 - Shueshia reveals new circulation numbers for its manga magazines 36:10 - ComicFesta Contest 37:18 - DMP launches new Yuri doujin label on May 1st Interview with Erica Friedman: 41:25 - Introducing Erica, Yuri Bodhisattva 45:00 - The History and Inclusivity of Yuri Fandom 50:50 - The First Yuricon & Defining Yuri 53:23 - How Social Media & Web Comics Have Made Yuri More Accessible 1:00:21 - The Lesbian Bar Community in Shinjuku Ni-chome 1:03:00 - Rica ‘tte Kanji!? & Resonating with Real-Life Queer Experiences 1:07:40 - Empathizing with Stories That Aren’t Made For You & Respecting Different Perspectives 1:19:32 - Engaging in Different Ways of Interpreting Media & Understanding Referential Context 1:26:40 - Don’t Start with What You Know - Learn Something New! 1:30:09 - Kunihiko Ikuhara: Recognizing an Authorial Voice & Interpreting Authorial Intent 1:38:48 - The Influences & Influence of Shiroi Heya no Futari 1:56:14 - Classic Yuri Manga Display at Toronto Public Library & 100 Years of Yuri on Tour Plans 2:00:00 - The History of Yuri Manga 2:14:36 - Nagata Kabi, My Solo Exchange Diary, and Resonating with Stories About Depression 2:21:04 - Kase-san: A Relationship Developing in Communication 2:32:06 - Yuri Manga About Adults 2:41:43 - Why Gengoroh Tagame Writes Queer Stories Differently Depending on his Audience 2:45:03 - Steven Universe & Exploring Mature Themes About Relationships & Abuse 2:50:54 - Queer Stories Have Been Told Before - It’s Up to You to Find and Share Them 2:56:49 - Yuri Stories We Need More of (AKA SPORTS YURI!!) 2:59:09 - Erica’s Favorite Yuri Manga 3:04:54 - Resources & Recommendations For Yuri Newbies 3:13:05 - Learn more about Queer Comics history at this year’s Queers & Comics at SVA 3:18:34 - Erica’s plans for the rest of 2019! 3:23:05 - What “Okazu” Means & Erica’s Mission Statement 3:24:51 - Community Shout-Outs: - Erica’s Okazu Blog and Yuri Essays Section on Yuricon - Zeria’s videos and essays on Yuri, and her new crowdfunding campaign for her Yuri 101 project - LossThief’s Thread on Mami Yagihara from Blue Flag 3:31:40 - 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 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 donate to their personal Patreon. 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! PATREON LINK: https://www.patreon.com/mangamavericks

Timestamps: News: 1:10 Neue Light Novel Lizenzen von J-Novel Club, Seven Seas, Cross Infinite World 1:10 Releases: 13:13 Sponsor: 18:23 Light Novels: 86 - eighty-six 1 18:41 If It's For My Daughter I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord 1 34:54 Beast Blood 1 41:42 Wetter: 51:23 Danmachi 9 51:37 Anime: Kenja no Mago (The Wise Man's Grandchild) 1:01:31 Abmoderation: 1:11:26 Das Intro/Outro, sowie der kurze Übergangsjingle wurden erstellt mit Jukedeck: Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com Folgt dem Podcast auf Twitter: https://twitter.com/LightNovelCast Folgt dem Podcast auf Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id1389265?country=de https://germanlndb.wordpress.com/

Last week we sadly lost two influential mangaka whose works have become cultural institutions. Kazuhiko Kato, more popularly known by his pen name Monkey Punch, and Kazuo Koike have both passed away due to pneumonia. It’s bittersweet that Koike’s final tweets were reminiscing on his friend and rival, as both of their iconic series competed for popularity in Weekly Manga Action over nearly 50 years ago. His very last internet words were “I’m really going to miss him,” and we at Manga Mavericks feel the same about both creators. Lupin the Third is a franchise we both adore and one that has endured and entertained generations. Many of Koike’s works, including Lone Wolf and Cub, are absolute classics, and his legacy and influence on the medium can be seen through the numerous talents he helped nurture like Rumiko Takahashi and Tetsuo Hara, among many others. Both creators’ influence extend beyond manga, having even influence film directors abroad like Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino through film adaptations of their works. So while we mourn their passing, we also find solace that their life’s work and legacy will continue to live on. Though we’d like to spend more time eulogizing them, there’s been a lot of other news in the manga world we need to talk about. There’re new series, new licenses, and exciting opportunities for aspiring mangaka to break-in to the industry! Plus, we’ve got two new Jump Starts to talk about! Or, rather, “Manga Plus Starts” since they’re exclusive to that service. Did Heart Gear and Spy x Family soote our broken hearts, or are they series we’d rather exclude from the Manga Plus family? Listen in and find out! Look forward to next week’s podcast where we answer all your We Never Learn Q&As AND make an exciting announcement! What could it be? You’ll have to listen and see! PODCAST BREAKDOWN 00:22 - Intro News: 1:10 - Monkey Punch & Kazuo Koike Have Passed Away 7:20 - Bookscan’s Top 20 Graphic Novels of March 2019 List 10:02 - Rumiko Takahashi launches her new series, Mao, in May 11:23 - Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-san ends in 4th volume 12:31 - The One-Punch Man webcomic returns after a 2 year hiatus 14:05 - Tokyo Tarareba Girls manga gets sequel series 15:00 - Higashimura draws new short manga Bara to Tulip 15:57 - Taiyo Matsumoto’s new manga 17:20 - J-Novel Club licenses Full Metal Panic! 19:15 - EigoManga licenses First Squad 20:16 - Yen Press’s Spring licenses 29:33 - Seven Seas’s Spring Licenses!! 41:59 - Initial D added to Comixology 45:13 - More J-Novel Club licenses!! 48:31 - Kodansha USA publishes Saint Young Men digitally 50:09 - Viz Media licenses the Persona 5 manga 51:00 - Toronto Comics Fest to host Hiromi Takashima 53:10 - Japan’s Manga Market grows 1.9 percent in 2018 54:30 - Vote in the Latest Black Clover Character Popularity Poll 55:46 - Astra Lost in Space wins the Manga Taisho Awards 56:58 - Enter the New Jump Paint/Medibang Contest 59:04 - Viz Originals’ Portfolio Reviews available at various cons 1:01:37 - My Hero Academia will receive another film this winter Manga Plus Reviews: 1:04:50 - Heart Gear 1:13:30 - Spy x Family Community Shout-Outs: 1:27:45 - One Panel Later 1:32:04 - Let’s Stay Together: A Fruits Basket Podcast 1:34:47 - VLord’s Toonami Faitful Article on The Promised Neverland: “Entering Toonami’s Neverland” 1:35:30 - Wrap-Up 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 the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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!

This week we read The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn, Kurozuka, and Kiichi! for Triple Dip! Remember to send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our tumblr! http://mangamachinations.tumblr.com Join our Discord server and come talk to us! http://discord.me/mangamac Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “New Stranger” by sora tob sakana from Hi Score Girl, Opening, Social Media, Easter Sunday, Introductions 00:03:14 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: Dragon Ball Z OST “Prologue”, dakazu has been reading a manga adaptation about a Japanese World War 2 suicide bomber who returned alive from 9 missions called Fujimi no Tokkouhei 00:08:20 - dakazu accidentally watched the Persona 5 anime OVAs out of order 00:10:12 - Darfox and dakazu take a tangent and talk about Kingdom Hearts III 00:13:08 - Popular anime series like Yowamushi Pedal and Baby Steps are collaborating with the Paralympics in AniPara, their website is available through English at https://www.nhk.or.jp/anime/anipara/en 00:16:32 - News: Seven Seas Entertainment has licensed Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru? 00:17:27 - A special edition of Inio Asano's What a Wonderful World! will include a brand new chapter 00:19:11 - Controversy over Kodansha's recent release of Initial D for using translations from Tokyopop 00:23:29 - J-Novel Club is licensing manga such as Riichi Ueshiba's Discommunication 00:24:11 - Golden Kamuy is now available on the Shonen Jump app 00:25:06 - Lupin III creator Monkey Punch and Lone Wolf and Cub writer Kazuo Koike passed away 00:27:41 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Creator Cross Section where we examine Kazuo Koike’s manga throughout his career: including Lone Wolf and Cub, Lady Snowblood, Crying Freeman, and Mad Bull 34 00:28:45 - Main Segment Triple Dip: The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn/Kurozuka/Kiichi!, Transition Song: “Catch up, latency” by Union Square Garden from Run with the Wind, we read the beginning of each manga to see if we’d keep reading it before picking our favorite 00:29:45 - The Tale of Genji: Dreams at Dawn by Waki Yamato 00:47:37 - Kurozuka by Baku Yumemakura & Takashi Noguchi 00:57:48 - Kiichi! by Hideki Arai 01:11:34 - Next Week’s Topic: Creator Cross Section on Kazuo Koike, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

Last week we sadly lost two influential mangaka whose works have become cultural institutions. Kazuhiko Kato, more popularly known by his pen name Monkey Punch, and Kazuo Koike have both passed away due to pneumonia. It’s bittersweet that Koike’s final tweets were reminiscing on his friend and rival, as both of their iconic series competed for popularity in Weekly Manga Action over nearly 50 years ago. His very last internet words were “I’m really going to miss him,” and we at Manga Mavericks feel the same about both creators. Lupin the Third is a franchise we both adore and one that has endured and entertained generations. Many of Koike’s works, including Lone Wolf and Cub, are absolute classics, and his legacy and influence on the medium can be seen through the numerous talents he helped nurture like Rumiko Takahashi and Tetsuo Hara, among many others. Both creators’ influence extend beyond manga, having even influence film directors abroad like Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino through film adaptations of their works. So while we mourn their passing, we also find solace that their life’s work and legacy will continue to live on. Though we’d like to spend more time eulogizing them, there’s been a lot of other news in the manga world we need to talk about. There’re new series, new licenses, and exciting opportunities for aspiring mangaka to break-in to the industry! Plus, we’ve got two new Jump Starts to talk about! Or, rather, “Manga Plus Starts” since they’re exclusive to that service. Did Heart Gear and Spy x Family soote our broken hearts, or are they series we’d rather exclude from the Manga Plus family? Listen in and find out! Look forward to next week’s podcast where we answer all your We Never Learn Q&As AND make an exciting announcement! What could it be? You’ll have to listen and see! PODCAST BREAKDOWN 00:22 - Intro News: 1:10 - Monkey Punch & Kazuo Koike Have Passed Away 7:20 - Bookscan’s Top 20 Graphic Novels of March 2019 List 10:02 - Rumiko Takahashi launches her new series, Mao, in May 11:23 - Skull-Face Bookseller Honda-san ends in 4th volume 12:31 - The One-Punch Man webcomic returns after a 2 year hiatus 14:05 - Tokyo Tarareba Girls manga gets sequel series 15:00 - Higashimura draws new short manga Bara to Tulip 15:57 - Taiyo Matsumoto’s new manga 17:20 - J-Novel Club licenses Full Metal Panic! 19:15 - EigoManga licenses First Squad 20:16 - Yen Press’s Spring licenses 29:33 - Seven Seas’s Spring Licenses!! 41:59 - Initial D added to Comixology 45:13 - More J-Novel Club licenses!! 48:31 - Kodansha USA publishes Saint Young Men digitally 50:09 - Viz Media licenses the Persona 5 manga 51:00 - Toronto Comics Fest to host Hiromi Takashima 53:10 - Japan’s Manga Market grows 1.9 percent in 2018 54:30 - Vote in the Latest Black Clover Character Popularity Poll 55:46 - Astra Lost in Space wins the Manga Taisho Awards 56:58 - Enter the New Jump Paint/Medibang Contest 59:04 - Viz Originals’ Portfolio Reviews available at various cons 1:01:37 - My Hero Academia will receive another film this winter Manga Plus Reviews: 1:04:50 - Heart Gear 1:13:30 - Spy x Family Community Shout-Outs: 1:27:45 - One Panel Later 1:32:04 - Let’s Stay Together: A Fruits Basket Podcast 1:34:47 - VLord’s Toonami Faitful Article on The Promised Neverland: “Entering Toonami’s Neverland” 1:35:30 - Wrap-Up 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 the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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!

Timestamps: News: 2:23 "Ascendance of a Bookworm" erhält einen Anime 2:53 "Tokyo Ghoul re: [quest]" bei Kazé 4:15 "Date A Live" Anime bei Pro7Maxx 5:33 "High School Prodigies Have It Easy Even In Another World" erhält Anime 6:42 "Mushoku Tensei" erhält Anime 7:17 Neue Lizenzen von J-Novel Club 8:08 "Oregairu" erhält dritte Staffel 14:00 "Meine Wiedergeburt als Schleim in einer anderen Welt" erhält zweite Staffel 15:06 "Re:Zero" erhält zweite Staffel 16:08 "Sword Art Online: Alicization" wird im Oktober fortgesetzt 16:56 "Perfect Bones: Sakurako's Investigation" Anime bei Kazé 18:17 "So I Can't Play H" Anime bei Kazé 19:47 Neue Light Novel Lizenzen von Yen On 20:38 Releases: 26:15 Sponsor: 29:09 Light Novels: My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! 2 29:36 Sword Art Online 6 43:21 How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord 2 58:08 Gamers! 3 01:08:17 Wetter: 01:19:26 Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?! 7 01:19:39 Mirai - Das Mädchen aus der Zukunft 01:35:39 Anime: Date A Live III 01:47:53 Sword Art Online: Alicization 01:56:58 Abmoderation: 02:07:13 Das Intro/Outro, sowie der kurze Übergangsjingle wurden erstellt mit Jukedeck: Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com Folgt dem Podcast auf Twitter: https://twitter.com/LightNovelCast Folgt dem Podcast auf Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id1389265?country=de https://germanlndb.wordpress.com/

After the last couple of banger retrospective podcasts we’re taking a breather! It’s a back-to-basics news-focused episode with reviews of the latest two Shonen Jump simulpubs, The Last Saiyuki and Yui Kamio Lets Loose, thrown in for good measure! That’s not all, because we’ve also got some great listener e-mails to read and community shout-outs to give! So while this might be a short episode, but it’s dense with goodness! Were Lum and Colton surprised by what were the Top Manga franchises last fall? Are we excited for Viz’s new Viz Originals imprint? Will Lum realize they’re pronouncing Yui Kamio’s name wrong? All this in more in another great show! Be sure to take our latest survey to let us know how you feel about us starting a Patreon for the podcast! With Patreon about to make some changes in the next couple weeks, it's become imperative that we start up a Patreon sooner rather than later, and your feedback will help us figure out what tiers and rewards we should provide. Even if you don’t plan on donating, letting us know your thoughts on how we should structure the Patreon would be a great help! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro NEWS: 02:10 - Top 10 Manga Franchises from Fall 2018 06:20 - February Bookscan Top Graphic Novels List 08:36 - Attack on Titan Before the Fall ends in March 09:25 - Pokemon Adventures Black 2 & White 2 resumes serialization 11:20 - J-Novel Club licenses Campfire Cooking in Another World 12:48 - Udon licenses Stravaganza 14:10 - Titan Comics licenses Ryuko 15:30 - Kodansha Comics adds Love Massage & others 21:25 - Kodansha & Vertical license Bakemonogatari, Cells At Work! Code Black, & others 28:28 - Bookwalker now offers Kodansha simulpubs 28:56 - Seven Seas licenses Gal Gohan, Dance in the Vampire Bund A.S.O, & Roadqueen 33:03 - Viz licenses Seven Days, An Incurable Case of Love, A Tropical Fish Yearns For Love, a Drifting Classroom rerelease, and a new OEL manga imprint 41:58 - Japanese lawmakers put expanded copyright bill on hold 43:34 - Viz copyrights account for 5% of Google url takedown requests REVIEWS: 46:35 - The Last Saiyuki 55:29 - Yui Kamino Lets Loose 1:02:39 - Listener e-mails from Wensleydale Cheddar & Leigh Sloggett 1:08:46 - Community Shout-Outs: Ash & The Black Manga Critic 1:11:02 - Wrap-Up 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 the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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!

After the last couple of banger retrospective podcasts we’re taking a breather! It’s a back-to-basics news-focused episode with reviews of the latest two Shonen Jump simulpubs, The Last Saiyuki and Yui Kamio Lets Loose, thrown in for good measure! That’s not all, because we’ve also got some great listener e-mails to read and community shout-outs to give! So while this might be a short episode, but it’s dense with goodness! Were Lum and Colton surprised by what were the Top Manga franchises last fall? Are we excited for Viz’s new Viz Originals imprint? Will Lum realize they’re pronouncing Yui Kamio’s name wrong? All this in more in another great show! Be sure to take our latest survey to let us know how you feel about us starting a Patreon for the podcast! With Patreon about to make some changes in the next couple weeks, it's become imperative that we start up a Patreon sooner rather than later, and your feedback will help us figure out what tiers and rewards we should provide. Even if you don’t plan on donating, letting us know your thoughts on how we should structure the Patreon would be a great help! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro NEWS: 02:10 - Top 10 Manga Franchises from Fall 2018 06:20 - February Bookscan Top Graphic Novels List 08:36 - Attack on Titan Before the Fall ends in March 09:25 - Pokemon Adventures Black 2 & White 2 resumes serialization 11:20 - J-Novel Club licenses Campfire Cooking in Another World 12:48 - Udon licenses Stravaganza 14:10 - Titan Comics licenses Ryuko 15:30 - Kodansha Comics adds Love Massage & others 21:25 - Kodansha & Vertical license Bakemonogatari, Cells At Work! Code Black, & others 28:28 - Bookwalker now offers Kodansha simulpubs 28:56 - Seven Seas licenses Gal Gohan, Dance in the Vampire Bund A.S.O, & Roadqueen 33:03 - Viz licenses Seven Days, An Incurable Case of Love, A Tropical Fish Yearns For Love, a Drifting Classroom rerelease, and a new OEL manga imprint 41:58 - Japanese lawmakers put expanded copyright bill on hold 43:34 - Viz copyrights account for 5% of Google url takedown requests REVIEWS: 46:35 - The Last Saiyuki 55:29 - Yui Kamino Lets Loose 1:02:39 - Listener e-mails from Wensleydale Cheddar & Leigh Sloggett 1:08:46 - Community Shout-Outs: Ash & The Black Manga Critic 1:11:02 - Wrap-Up 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 the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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!

Diese kurze Ausgabe befasst sich mit Kochen in einer anderen Welt, einem Serien Killer Detektiv und einer Methode, wie man besser keinen Dämonen Lord beschwört ... Moment, kommt mir das nicht bekannt vor? Timestamps: News: 1:35 "HenSuki" erhält Anime-Adaption 1:40 "If It's For My Daughter I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord" erhält Anime 2:40 Nipponart veröffentlich "Spice&Wolf" Anime auf Deutsch 4:05 Die neuen Kazé Lizenzen im Überblick 4:45 Releases: 6:32 Wetter: 9:23 Diskussion: Light Novels: Masquerade and the Nameless Women 9:41 Cooking With Wild Game 1 22:27 Sponsor: 31:30 How NOT To Summon a Demon Lord 1 31:55 Abmoderation: 43:18 Das Intro/Outro, sowie der kurze Übergangsjingle wurden erstellt mit Jukedeck: Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com Folgt dem Podcast auf Twitter: https://twitter.com/LightNovelCast Folgt dem Podcast auf Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id1389265?country=de https://germanlndb.wordpress.com/

Timestamps: News: 1:44 "In Another World With My Smartphone" gedubbt bei Crunchyroll 1:49 "I hate being in pain" erhält einen Anime 3:02 "KonoSuba: Explosions on this wonderful world!" bei Yen On 4:11 Animoon lizenziert "Boogiepop" und "Date A Live III" 5:30 Crossover sämtlicher NISIOISIN Werke angekündigt 6:40 "The Eight Son?! That Can't Be Right!" erhält Anime 8:05 "Cooking with Wild Game" & "I shall survive using potions!" bei J-Novel Club 9:32 "Beast+Blood" bei Cross Infinite World 10:53 Releases: 13:09 Wetter: 16:10 Diskussion: 16:23 Light Novels: Gear Drive 1: 16:23 Ab Sofort Dämonenkönig 1: 25:45 Gamers! 2: 36:56 Sponsor: 48:32 Sword Art Online 5: 48:50 Katanagatari Sammelband 1: 01:05:37 Abmoderation: 01:20:46 Das Intro/Outro, sowie der kurze Übergangsjingle wurden erstellt mit Jukedeck: Music from Jukedeck - create your own at http://jukedeck.com Folgt dem Podcast auf Twitter: https://twitter.com/LightNovelCast Folgt dem Podcast auf Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id1389265?country=de https://germanlndb.wordpress.com/

In this episode of the Light Novel Podcast we are talking about several big news items in the light novel world. The first is the licensing announcements coming out of Anime NYC last month. The second is the announcement of J-Novel Club’s first round of manga titles. Especially one that has us feeling like a […]

Hello Light Novel Podcast listeners! This is a very special episode as we have our first guest! Sam Pinansky, the head-honcho at J-Novel Club, talks to us about all aspects of the light novel industry, including anime, different funding models, and moving from eBooks into print! And there might just be some news about a […]

ANOTHER news-only episode?! What is this, 2016? Don't worry folks, we'll have series to cover and topics to discuss very soon! We've been listening to your feedback and we'll be implementing some changes that we think you'll be really happy with starting from the next episode onwards. We're committed to bringing on more guests and talking about more than shonen series, not just other manga, but discussion-forum episodes on important topics that deserve a thorough dialogue. We've got a lot of plans, and here's hoping we'll be able to follow through on some of them before the year's out!  For now, it's just the two of us and the news, but it's quite a crop of news! We've got an MHA-dominated Bookscan list, new simulpubs at Crunchyroll, a Promised Neverland character popularity poll, and a whole lot more to cover! Listen and be entertained as Colton tries to blindly guess who the top ten most popular Promised Neverland characters are after not having read the series for a couple months. He didn't even know the Nameless Man is now named!  PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:42 - August 2018 Bookscan List 0:08:45 - Q Hayashida launches new manga in 2019 0:10:06 - Naoki Urasawa launches new manga in Big Comic Spirits 0:15:30 - Akiro Hiramoto launches new manga 0:17:11 - Gundam Thunderbolt goes on hiatus 0:17:58 - Terraformars goes on hiatus 0:18:33 - Back Street Girls ends 0:20:34 - Invade You ends 0:21:27 - New Jump Starts Debut 0:24:37 - Hunter x Hunter returns on Sept 24th 0:28:13 - The Promised Neverland has entered its final arc 0:30:59 - Gintama ends in Jump, moves to Jump Giga 0:37:59 - Content announced for 1st Tezucomi Magazine 0:41:27 - Animage magazine gets first digital edition 0:42:07 - Denpa licenses Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family 0:43:39 - Crunchyroll licenses three new Square Enix manga 0:48:09 - Cross Infinite World licenses emeth: Island of Golems 0:49:49 - New York Review publishes collection of Tadao Tsuge manga 0:51:14 - FUNimation’s license to The Woman Called Fujiko Mine expires 0:57:33 - NYCC to host Harold Sakuishi 0:58:30 - New Crunchyroll membership tier includes J-Novel Club subscription 0:59:06 - Global Road files for Bankruptcy 1:00:34 - Yugi joins Jump Force 1:03:57 - Promised Neverland Character Popularity Poll results 1:16:33 - Wrap Up 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 the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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! We take your suggestions and feedback very seriously and want to figure out more ways to reach out and interact with you guys, so please leave some responses!

ANOTHER news-only episode?! What is this, 2016? Don't worry folks, we'll have series to cover and topics to discuss very soon! We've been listening to your feedback and we'll be implementing some changes that we think you'll be really happy with starting from the next episode onwards. We're committed to bringing on more guests and talking about more than shonen series, not just other manga, but discussion-forum episodes on important topics that deserve a thorough dialogue. We've got a lot of plans, and here's hoping we'll be able to follow through on some of them before the year's out!  For now, it's just the two of us and the news, but it's quite a crop of news! We've got an MHA-dominated Bookscan list, new simulpubs at Crunchyroll, a Promised Neverland character popularity poll, and a whole lot more to cover! Listen and be entertained as Colton tries to blindly guess who the top ten most popular Promised Neverland characters are after not having read the series for a couple months. He didn't even know the Nameless Man is now named!  PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:42 - August 2018 Bookscan List 0:08:45 - Q Hayashida launches new manga in 2019 0:10:06 - Naoki Urasawa launches new manga in Big Comic Spirits 0:15:30 - Akiro Hiramoto launches new manga 0:17:11 - Gundam Thunderbolt goes on hiatus 0:17:58 - Terraformars goes on hiatus 0:18:33 - Back Street Girls ends 0:20:34 - Invade You ends 0:21:27 - New Jump Starts Debut 0:24:37 - Hunter x Hunter returns on Sept 24th 0:28:13 - The Promised Neverland has entered its final arc 0:30:59 - Gintama ends in Jump, moves to Jump Giga 0:37:59 - Content announced for 1st Tezucomi Magazine 0:41:27 - Animage magazine gets first digital edition 0:42:07 - Denpa licenses Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family 0:43:39 - Crunchyroll licenses three new Square Enix manga 0:48:09 - Cross Infinite World licenses emeth: Island of Golems 0:49:49 - New York Review publishes collection of Tadao Tsuge manga 0:51:14 - FUNimation’s license to The Woman Called Fujiko Mine expires 0:57:33 - NYCC to host Harold Sakuishi 0:58:30 - New Crunchyroll membership tier includes J-Novel Club subscription 0:59:06 - Global Road files for Bankruptcy 1:00:34 - Yugi joins Jump Force 1:03:57 - Promised Neverland Character Popularity Poll results 1:16:33 - Wrap Up 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 the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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! We take your suggestions and feedback very seriously and want to figure out more ways to reach out and interact with you guys, so please leave some responses!

Hello Light Novel Podcast listeners! On this episode we are talking about the light novel series How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom! This series is brought to us in English by J-Novel Club. It’s an isekai series that focuses more on kingdom building and politics. It sounds dry, but it’s a really well done […]

Hello Light Novel Podcast Listeners! Welcome to Episode 6, where we are focusing on the J-Novel Club title, Infinite Dendrogram! This VRMMO light novel has become a favorite for a number of us on the podcast, so we’re pretty excited to share it with you! To keep the podcast from spiraling into a 5+ hours […]

Anime Expo and San Diego Comic Con happened as per the annual July tradition, and with them comes a ton of news we need to talk about. From major licensing acquisitions to remarkable industry achievements, this episode runs the gamut of every monumental piece of news to come out of this month. With the sheer quantity of things to talk about, we’re lucky this episode didn’t run four hours long like our previous news-focused episode did! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & LumRanmaYasha’s Brief AX Report 04:00 - June 2018 Bookscan list 9:10 - Dr. Stone popularity poll 18:45 - Comico cancels Recovery of an MMO Junkie due to author’s health 19:55 - Sweetness and Lightning ends 21:07 - Dorohedoro ends in September 22:42 - Kengen Ashura ends in August 24:07 - Citrus ends in August 25:10 - Atsuo Ueda launches Fairy Tail sequel 26:28 - Comixology offers first American comic to be simulpublished in Japan 28:57 - Comixology debuts BECK and Seven Shakespeares manga from Harold Sakuishi 31:05 - Fantagraphics licenses Moto Hagio’s The Poe Clan 32:32 - Media Do licenses Baki 38:33 - Drawn & Quarterly to publish collected works of Yoshiharu Tsuge 41:45 - Udon Licenses FLCL art book & Mega Man X manga 43:23 - Dark Horse licenses Elfen Lied 46:31 - Crunchyroll Manga AX licenses 48:31 - J-Novel Club’s AX licenses & Announcements 57:50 - Kodansha USA AX licenses 1:06:50 - Seven Seas AX Licenses 1:14:26 - Yen Press AX Licenses 1:27:55 - Viz Media AX & SDCC Announcements 1:42:42 - Rumiko Takahashi inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame 1:45:40 - My Brother’s Husband wins an Eisner 1:47:30 - Otakon to host Shoji Kawamori 1:49:10 - Studio Trigger launches Patreon 1:51:28 - Kill la Kill: IF game news 1:53:05 - Ichigo, Rukia, & Aizen join Jump Force 1:55:10 - New Anime Song Streaming Service AniUta! 1:56:40 - Sunrise is making a live-action Gundam film 1:57:45 - Children of the Sea gets a movie 1:59:45 - Final Evangelion film finally has a release date 2:00:57 - Dragon Ball Super film is about BROLY, will debut in U.S. theatres in January 2:04:22 - MHA movie opens in the US in September 2:05:41 - I Want to Eat Your Pancreas will get theatrical screenings in the US 2:06:46 - 2nd Heaven’s Feel film screens in the US in 2019 2:07:26 - Fireworks grosses over 500,000 dollars in U.S. theatrical run 2:08:56 - Attack on Titan’s theatrical screening earnings 2:10:56 - Attack on Titan Season 3 premieres on Toonami on August 18th 2:11:15 - Bungo Stray Dogs gets season 3 2:12:42 - Crunchyroll Expo to premiere Rising of the Shield Hero anime 2:14:08 - Anime Fest @ NYCC 2:16:48 - Wrap-Up 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 the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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! We take your suggestions and feedback very seriously and want to figure out more ways to reach out and interact with you guys, so please leave some responses! On our next episode we’ll be discussing the classic Shonen Jump manga Shaman King by Hiroyuki Takei, celebrating its 20th anniversary! We’ll be joined once again by Maxy Barnard, who considers Takei’s magnum opus one of his all-time favorite manga! If you have any Shaman King-related comments, questions, or discussion topics you’d like us to talk about, please send them our way either in the comments below, in our Discord server, commenting in the Manga Mavericks thread on Animation Revelation, tweeting them to us, or by sending an e-mail to mangamavericks@gmail.com! And as always, thanks for listening!

Anime Expo and San Diego Comic Con happened as per the annual July tradition, and with them comes a ton of news we need to talk about. From major licensing acquisitions to remarkable industry achievements, this episode runs the gamut of every monumental piece of news to come out of this month. With the sheer quantity of things to talk about, we’re lucky this episode didn’t run four hours long like our previous news-focused episode did! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & LumRanmaYasha’s Brief AX Report 04:00 - June 2018 Bookscan list 9:10 - Dr. Stone popularity poll 18:45 - Comico cancels Recovery of an MMO Junkie due to author’s health 19:55 - Sweetness and Lightning ends 21:07 - Dorohedoro ends in September 22:42 - Kengen Ashura ends in August 24:07 - Citrus ends in August 25:10 - Atsuo Ueda launches Fairy Tail sequel 26:28 - Comixology offers first American comic to be simulpublished in Japan 28:57 - Comixology debuts BECK and Seven Shakespeares manga from Harold Sakuishi 31:05 - Fantagraphics licenses Moto Hagio’s The Poe Clan 32:32 - Media Do licenses Baki 38:33 - Drawn & Quarterly to publish collected works of Yoshiharu Tsuge 41:45 - Udon Licenses FLCL art book & Mega Man X manga 43:23 - Dark Horse licenses Elfen Lied 46:31 - Crunchyroll Manga AX licenses 48:31 - J-Novel Club’s AX licenses & Announcements 57:50 - Kodansha USA AX licenses 1:06:50 - Seven Seas AX Licenses 1:14:26 - Yen Press AX Licenses 1:27:55 - Viz Media AX & SDCC Announcements 1:42:42 - Rumiko Takahashi inducted into the Eisner Hall of Fame 1:45:40 - My Brother’s Husband wins an Eisner 1:47:30 - Otakon to host Shoji Kawamori 1:49:10 - Studio Trigger launches Patreon 1:51:28 - Kill la Kill: IF game news 1:53:05 - Ichigo, Rukia, & Aizen join Jump Force 1:55:10 - New Anime Song Streaming Service AniUta! 1:56:40 - Sunrise is making a live-action Gundam film 1:57:45 - Children of the Sea gets a movie 1:59:45 - Final Evangelion film finally has a release date 2:00:57 - Dragon Ball Super film is about BROLY, will debut in U.S. theatres in January 2:04:22 - MHA movie opens in the US in September 2:05:41 - I Want to Eat Your Pancreas will get theatrical screenings in the US 2:06:46 - 2nd Heaven’s Feel film screens in the US in 2019 2:07:26 - Fireworks grosses over 500,000 dollars in U.S. theatrical run 2:08:56 - Attack on Titan’s theatrical screening earnings 2:10:56 - Attack on Titan Season 3 premieres on Toonami on August 18th 2:11:15 - Bungo Stray Dogs gets season 3 2:12:42 - Crunchyroll Expo to premiere Rising of the Shield Hero anime 2:14:08 - Anime Fest @ NYCC 2:16:48 - Wrap-Up 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 the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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! We take your suggestions and feedback very seriously and want to figure out more ways to reach out and interact with you guys, so please leave some responses! On our next episode we’ll be discussing the classic Shonen Jump manga Shaman King by Hiroyuki Takei, celebrating its 20th anniversary! We’ll be joined once again by Maxy Barnard, who considers Takei’s magnum opus one of his all-time favorite manga! If you have any Shaman King-related comments, questions, or discussion topics you’d like us to talk about, please send them our way either in the comments below, in our Discord server, commenting in the Manga Mavericks thread on Animation Revelation, tweeting them to us, or by sending an e-mail to mangamavericks@gmail.com! And as always, thanks for listening!

Hello Listeners! On this episode, we’re going over all the major announcements J-Novel Club made at Anime Expo on July 5, 2018. They announced eight new light novel licenses, and also had some other big news! We discuss it all in this episode! Cast in this Episode Justus R. Stone Bio-Gundam Terrence Tom News Well, […]

For this episode of Manga Mavericks, the part of Sid will played by both Maxy Barnard and Bomber D Rufi, as Sid had this thing called “school” to focus on until he is finally finished with that and is ready to get back to slaving away at all the unfinished podcasts he still has to edit. Anyway, while Sid is off on his own ventures, Colton takes care of the show this week and covers the news with the help of Shonen Sunday fanatic, Bomber D Rufi (@kiirobon), as they talk about the usual new upcoming manga serials, licenses and live action films! Some highlights include a list of the biggest first printings from the biggest manga publishers within the last year, Viz Media licensing of Dragon Ball: That Time I Was Reincarnated as Yamcha, as well as some new info about Hiro Mashima’s upcoming new series! Afterwards, Maxy Barnard (@MaxyTheBee) from Friendship! Effort! Victory!, joins the show to discuss and dissect Takamagahara from Jyuuzou Kawai. Another prematurely ending Shonen Jump manga that ran simultaneously in English and Japanese via Viz Media before the era of Jump Starts! Colton and Maxy discuss how they feel about the series in relation to its many unexplored ideas and themes that were shadowed by both some less than stellar storytelling and various production issues behind the scenes. Next episode, we’ll be discussing our thoughts on Viz’s latest round of Jump Starts, as well two recent one shots from both Hiroshi Shiibashi (Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan) and Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro (Toriko). Sid’s Note: As of this post I am hopefully finished with the bulk of my academic obligations. I had hoped to never miss an episode, but alas it was an unavoidable inevitability considering my workload this semester. Sadly, the last few weeks have been highly traumatic and stressful, but hopefully this ordeal is all over with and I can return to the podcast unburdened. I must extend a huge thanks to the wonderful Maxy Barnard and Bomber D Rufi for covering for me this week. They are always a delight to listen to, and I’m looking forward to personally talking with them again in future shows. I’m also very grateful to Colton for creating this week’s thumbnail and writing up this post and the podcast breakdown, tasks I normally do but simply did not have time for this week. You guys are great friends and I’m very thankful this podcast has allowed me to meet all of you. I’m looking forward to continuing doing more projects with you all! And on the subject of all those unedited episodes of Manga Mavericks @ Movies…well, I can’t concretely confirm that they’ll be coming closely, but MAYbe. ;) PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00 - Intro 04:20 - Monthly Bookscan March List 07:46 - Biggest 1st Printing from the Big 3 Publishers 24:04 - Chiho Saito previews new manga 25:16 - Orange's Ichigo Takano Launches New Manga on April 25 26:38 - Shinobu Ohtaka launches new manga in Weekly Shonen Magazine 31:05 - Hiroshi Fukuda launches new manga on April 25th 35:27 - Akame ga Kill artist to launch new series 36:21 - Satoshi Mizukami launches 'Planet With' Anime/Manga 42:22 - Updates on Hiro Mashima’s New Series 47:26 - Bozebeats ends in Issue 20 of Shonen Jump 52:38 - Juni Taisen to end in 4th volume 56:02 - Everyone's Getting Married Manga Ends on May 8 56:33 - D.N.Angel Manga Annoucned to Return 1:01:23 - Welcome to the Ballroom continues its hiatus 1:04:53 - Naruto gets new 3-novel book series 1:06:39 - Listing for After The Rain from Vertical on Amazon 1:07:40 - Vertical’s Anime Boston Licenses 1:11:27 - Yen Press Anime Boston Licenses 1:18:27 - Viz Media Anime Boston Licenses 1:27:08 - J-Novel Club licenses Mari Okada’s autobiography 1:27:38 - Dark Horse Comics to release Eromanga-sensei 1:29:12 - Dark Horse Licenses Danganronpa 2: Ultimate Luck and Hope and Despair Manga 1:29:34 - Udon to Launch Otherwordly Izakaya Nobu Manga in September 2018 1:30:33 - One Peace Books Licenses Hinamatsuri and others 1:33:12 - Nisekoi Live Action Movie coming this December 1:35:12 - Kingdom gets Live Action Movie 1:36:48 - Takamagahara Discussion /w Maxy Barnard 2:43:35 - Wrap Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on our Youtube channel! You can also follow the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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 you have any questions or topics that you’d like us to discuss, you can drop us a line in the comments below, comment in the Manga Mavericks thread on Animation Revelation, tweet at us, or send an e-mail to mangamavericks@gmail.com! And as always, thanks for listening!

For this episode of Manga Mavericks, the part of Sid will played by both Maxy Barnard and Bomber D Rufi, as Sid had this thing called “school” to focus on until he is finally finished with that and is ready to get back to slaving away at all the unfinished podcasts he still has to edit. Anyway, while Sid is off on his own ventures, Colton takes care of the show this week and covers the news with the help of Shonen Sunday fanatic, Bomber D Rufi (@kiirobon), as they talk about the usual new upcoming manga serials, licenses and live action films! Some highlights include a list of the biggest first printings from the biggest manga publishers within the last year, Viz Media licensing of Dragon Ball: That Time I Was Reincarnated as Yamcha, as well as some new info about Hiro Mashima’s upcoming new series! Afterwards, Maxy Barnard (@MaxyTheBee) from Friendship! Effort! Victory!, joins the show to discuss and dissect Takamagahara from Jyuuzou Kawai. Another prematurely ending Shonen Jump manga that ran simultaneously in English and Japanese via Viz Media before the era of Jump Starts! Colton and Maxy discuss how they feel about the series in relation to its many unexplored ideas and themes that were shadowed by both some less than stellar storytelling and various production issues behind the scenes. Next episode, we’ll be discussing our thoughts on Viz’s latest round of Jump Starts, as well two recent one shots from both Hiroshi Shiibashi (Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan) and Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro (Toriko). Sid’s Note: As of this post I am hopefully finished with the bulk of my academic obligations. I had hoped to never miss an episode, but alas it was an unavoidable inevitability considering my workload this semester. Sadly, the last few weeks have been highly traumatic and stressful, but hopefully this ordeal is all over with and I can return to the podcast unburdened. I must extend a huge thanks to the wonderful Maxy Barnard and Bomber D Rufi for covering for me this week. They are always a delight to listen to, and I’m looking forward to personally talking with them again in future shows. I’m also very grateful to Colton for creating this week’s thumbnail and writing up this post and the podcast breakdown, tasks I normally do but simply did not have time for this week. You guys are great friends and I’m very thankful this podcast has allowed me to meet all of you. I’m looking forward to continuing doing more projects with you all! And on the subject of all those unedited episodes of Manga Mavericks @ Movies…well, I can’t concretely confirm that they’ll be coming closely, but MAYbe. ;) PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00 - Intro 04:20 - Monthly Bookscan March List 07:46 - Biggest 1st Printing from the Big 3 Publishers 24:04 - Chiho Saito previews new manga 25:16 - Orange's Ichigo Takano Launches New Manga on April 25 26:38 - Shinobu Ohtaka launches new manga in Weekly Shonen Magazine 31:05 - Hiroshi Fukuda launches new manga on April 25th 35:27 - Akame ga Kill artist to launch new series 36:21 - Satoshi Mizukami launches 'Planet With' Anime/Manga 42:22 - Updates on Hiro Mashima’s New Series 47:26 - Bozebeats ends in Issue 20 of Shonen Jump 52:38 - Juni Taisen to end in 4th volume 56:02 - Everyone's Getting Married Manga Ends on May 8 56:33 - D.N.Angel Manga Annoucned to Return 1:01:23 - Welcome to the Ballroom continues its hiatus 1:04:53 - Naruto gets new 3-novel book series 1:06:39 - Listing for After The Rain from Vertical on Amazon 1:07:40 - Vertical’s Anime Boston Licenses 1:11:27 - Yen Press Anime Boston Licenses 1:18:27 - Viz Media Anime Boston Licenses 1:27:08 - J-Novel Club licenses Mari Okada’s autobiography 1:27:38 - Dark Horse Comics to release Eromanga-sensei 1:29:12 - Dark Horse Licenses Danganronpa 2: Ultimate Luck and Hope and Despair Manga 1:29:34 - Udon to Launch Otherwordly Izakaya Nobu Manga in September 2018 1:30:33 - One Peace Books Licenses Hinamatsuri and others 1:33:12 - Nisekoi Live Action Movie coming this December 1:35:12 - Kingdom gets Live Action Movie 1:36:48 - Takamagahara Discussion /w Maxy Barnard 2:43:35 - Wrap Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and on our Youtube channel! You can also follow the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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 you have any questions or topics that you’d like us to discuss, you can drop us a line in the comments below, comment in the Manga Mavericks thread on Animation Revelation, tweet at us, or send an e-mail to mangamavericks@gmail.com! And as always, thanks for listening!

BIG NEWS! Because our Kenta Shinohara podcasts were delayed we didn’t get around to covering a lot of important news from the past couple months. To remedy that, we decided to record a big news-focused podcast to get everyone up to speed! …This was a big bad idea. We accumulated nearly twelve pages worth of news, tallying to over one hundred stories in total! To make matters worse, we began recording late at night after I was already exhausted from drawing for nearly 20 hours that day. Thanks to a spotty internet connection, we ended up needing two recording sessions and over four hours of rough audio to cover everything we wanted to. Needless to say, recording this was a tiring process. You can definitely hear the exhaustion in my voice by the end of this podcast, alongside Colton’s groans of impatience. Though frankly, listening back to this episode I did most of the talking, so it’s kinda funny that Colton was more vocally upset by the experience. ^^, Regardless of how frustrating the process was, this was a necessary podcast to make. Discussing manga news is the reason this show originally came into being, and doing a purely news-focused episode brings us nostalgically back to the roots of our early episodes. Did we go a little overboard in the mountain of content we attempted to surmount? Perhaps. But hopefully you’ll find this podcast as valuable as we found these stories important to discuss. From lists to licenses, endings to sequels, controversies to scandals, and adaptations to anime this podcast is jam-packed with all the stories you need to know to understand where the manga industry is at as of Spring 2018! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & Updates 02:50 - ICV2 releases Top 10 manga franchises in Fall 2017 07:20 - My Brother’s Husband ranks in YALSA Top 10 Graphic Novels for teens  09:30 - Monthly Bookscan February List & Diamond’s Top 50 Manga of February 2017 List  15:23 - Attack on Titan’s 1st volume has sold 21000 copies in the U.S. in 2017 17:22 - Tokyo Ghoul;re enters final arc 20:22 - Irregular of Magic High School light novels head towards climax  20:52 - Dagashi Kashi ends 22:12 - Nekogahara ends of April 17th 23:22 - Behind the Scenes ends in its 7th volume 26:14 - The Disastrous Life in Saiki K. manga ends and gets a 4-koma sequel series  30:17 - Muhyo & Roji sequel & Godzilla manga debut on Shonen Jump+  31:41 - Captain Tsubasa receives two new spinoff manga in April  33:51 - Hoshin Engi sequel slated for April 26th (Mention Hoshin Engi digital release) 36:50 - The Promised Neverland reaches its turnaround point  40:20 - Masashi Kishimoto’s newest work confirmed as serialization  42:43 - Jump SQ Crown manga ends, Jump SQ Rise launches in April  44:00 - Monthly Tezuka mix manga magazine launches in April  46:30 - Mashima teases details about his next work 50:30 - New Mob Psycho 100 spinoff manga about Reigen  52:44 - Gengoroh Tagame's new manga 53:44 - Chiho Sato publishes first boys love book 54:48 - Revolutionary Girl Utena receives its 3rd new chapter 56:22 - Yusuke Murata draws Back to the Future manga 58:58 - Yuki Kodama’s new manga  59:30 - DMC mangaka launches new manga in April  1:01:07 - New Ninja Slayer manga launches of April 19th  1:01:54 - Sword Art Online Progressive manga begins “Part 2” with new artist  1:03:06 - Boogiepop light novel series receives 2 new manga adaptations 1:04:42 - A new Slayers novel is on the way!  1:05:52 - Sound! Euphonium gets new novel in April  1:06:30 - WataMote's writer breaks their arm in bicycle accident 1:07:30 - Yotusba&! receives its first new volume in 29 months!  1:07:43 - Crunchyroll removes catalog chapters of Kodansha titles and adds new Crunchyroll simulpubs  1:16:36 - Viz Media’s Upcoming Graphic Novel Releases 1:21:45 - J-Novel Club’s latest licenses 1:27:39 - Yen Press’ latest licenses 1:29:19 - New Kodansha USA digital licenses 1:33:36 - Cross Infinite World licenses Mia and the Forbidden Medicine Report  1:34:43 - Seven Seas' Latest Tidal Wave of Licenses!  1:47:04 - Dark Horse to publish Gantz G  1:47:47 - Tokyopop licenses Konohana Kitan, Hanger, and Futaribeya  1:52:10 - Digital Manga allegedly shuts down all production, leaving multiple outstanding Kickstarters unfulfilled  1:56:23 - Udon gives update on Rose of Versailles manga release  1:58:18 - Controversy over Udon’s Matt Moylan’s statements about diversity in comics  2:01:15 - David Brothers joins Viz Media as a Manga Editor  2:02:05 - Garon Tsuchiya passes away 2:03:46 - Japan extends copyright until 70 years after author’s passing  2:06:50 - Digital manga sales overtake physical volume sales in Japan for the first time  2:08:53 - Various Mangaka speak out against piracy 2:18:45 - Former manga assistant requests unreceived overtime pay as a statement towards improving industry standards 2:28:43 - Rumiko Takahashi nominated for the Eisner Hall of Game 2:30:07 - Angouleme award winners 2:31:24 - Shonen Magazine editors vow to comment on every comic submitted to new site  2:33:33 - Kodansha launches comic days app online service for 6 manga magazines  2:34:50 - 39 mangaka contribute illustrations to world’s 1st yuri textbook 2:35:50 - Light Novel author protests Twitter HQ after his book cover is censored by the site  2:37:54 - Nobuhiro Watsuki Fined 200,000 yen for child porn possession 2:40:56 - Tsutomu Nihei & Polygon Pictures establish joint venture  2:42:24 - Viz Media forges partnership with Rose City Games  2:43:12 - MAL opens manga store with title from Viz & Kodansha 2:44:24 - Shaman King Character popularity poll  2:46:28 - Manga Thieves steal over 100 volumes before apprehension  2:48:26 - Live-Action Princess Jellyfish show casts japanese actress to portray an Indian character 2:50:45 - Live-Action SAO sold to Netflix, will feature asian leads  2:52:32 - Inio Asano will attend Toronto Comic Arts Festival  2:53:32 - Deadman Wonderland creators will attend Anime Central  2:54:56 - Japan’s First Color Manga Magazine Digitized for Posterity  2:56:23 - Queer japanese vlogger discusses Boys Love in english subtitled video  2:57:32 - Bakugan spin master files copyright infringement lawsuit against screechers wild  2:58:25 - Palladium Books’s Robotech license expires 2:59:55 - AnimEigo launches Gunsmith Cats Kickstarter 3:01:00 - Mamoru Oshii directs Baku Yumemakura’s chimera novels  3:02:20 - Hi-Dive to offer “dubcasts”  3:04:00 - Kaiji spinoff manga gets anime 3:05:40 - Boogiepop and others get a new anime by Madhouse  3:08:00 - Karakuri Circus manga gets anime  3:09:20 - Mob Psycho 100 gets second season  3:10:16 - Vinland Saga gets anime 3:13:00 - Dororo gets anime 3:14:20 - Muhyo & Roji gets anime  3:15:35 - Fans choose Promised Neverland, Psyren, among others for anime wishlist  3:18:38 - Wrap-Up 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 the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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 you have any questions or topics that you’d like us to discuss, you can drop us a line in the comments below, comment in the Manga Mavericks thread on Animation Revelation, tweet at us, or send an e-mail to mangamavericks@gmail.com! And as always, thanks for listening!

BIG NEWS! Because our Kenta Shinohara podcasts were delayed we didn’t get around to covering a lot of important news from the past couple months. To remedy that, we decided to record a big news-focused podcast to get everyone up to speed! …This was a big bad idea. We accumulated nearly twelve pages worth of news, tallying to over one hundred stories in total! To make matters worse, we began recording late at night after I was already exhausted from drawing for nearly 20 hours that day. Thanks to a spotty internet connection, we ended up needing two recording sessions and over four hours of rough audio to cover everything we wanted to. Needless to say, recording this was a tiring process. You can definitely hear the exhaustion in my voice by the end of this podcast, alongside Colton’s groans of impatience. Though frankly, listening back to this episode I did most of the talking, so it’s kinda funny that Colton was more vocally upset by the experience. ^^, Regardless of how frustrating the process was, this was a necessary podcast to make. Discussing manga news is the reason this show originally came into being, and doing a purely news-focused episode brings us nostalgically back to the roots of our early episodes. Did we go a little overboard in the mountain of content we attempted to surmount? Perhaps. But hopefully you’ll find this podcast as valuable as we found these stories important to discuss. From lists to licenses, endings to sequels, controversies to scandals, and adaptations to anime this podcast is jam-packed with all the stories you need to know to understand where the manga industry is at as of Spring 2018! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & Updates 02:50 - ICV2 releases Top 10 manga franchises in Fall 2017 07:20 - My Brother’s Husband ranks in YALSA Top 10 Graphic Novels for teens  09:30 - Monthly Bookscan February List & Diamond’s Top 50 Manga of February 2017 List  15:23 - Attack on Titan’s 1st volume has sold 21000 copies in the U.S. in 2017 17:22 - Tokyo Ghoul;re enters final arc 20:22 - Irregular of Magic High School light novels head towards climax  20:52 - Dagashi Kashi ends 22:12 - Nekogahara ends of April 17th 23:22 - Behind the Scenes ends in its 7th volume 26:14 - The Disastrous Life in Saiki K. manga ends and gets a 4-koma sequel series  30:17 - Muhyo & Roji sequel & Godzilla manga debut on Shonen Jump+  31:41 - Captain Tsubasa receives two new spinoff manga in April  33:51 - Hoshin Engi sequel slated for April 26th (Mention Hoshin Engi digital release) 36:50 - The Promised Neverland reaches its turnaround point  40:20 - Masashi Kishimoto’s newest work confirmed as serialization  42:43 - Jump SQ Crown manga ends, Jump SQ Rise launches in April  44:00 - Monthly Tezuka mix manga magazine launches in April  46:30 - Mashima teases details about his next work 50:30 - New Mob Psycho 100 spinoff manga about Reigen  52:44 - Gengoroh Tagame's new manga 53:44 - Chiho Sato publishes first boys love book 54:48 - Revolutionary Girl Utena receives its 3rd new chapter 56:22 - Yusuke Murata draws Back to the Future manga 58:58 - Yuki Kodama’s new manga  59:30 - DMC mangaka launches new manga in April  1:01:07 - New Ninja Slayer manga launches of April 19th  1:01:54 - Sword Art Online Progressive manga begins “Part 2” with new artist  1:03:06 - Boogiepop light novel series receives 2 new manga adaptations 1:04:42 - A new Slayers novel is on the way!  1:05:52 - Sound! Euphonium gets new novel in April  1:06:30 - WataMote's writer breaks their arm in bicycle accident 1:07:30 - Yotusba&! receives its first new volume in 29 months!  1:07:43 - Crunchyroll removes catalog chapters of Kodansha titles and adds new Crunchyroll simulpubs  1:16:36 - Viz Media’s Upcoming Graphic Novel Releases 1:21:45 - J-Novel Club’s latest licenses 1:27:39 - Yen Press’ latest licenses 1:29:19 - New Kodansha USA digital licenses 1:33:36 - Cross Infinite World licenses Mia and the Forbidden Medicine Report  1:34:43 - Seven Seas' Latest Tidal Wave of Licenses!  1:47:04 - Dark Horse to publish Gantz G  1:47:47 - Tokyopop licenses Konohana Kitan, Hanger, and Futaribeya  1:52:10 - Digital Manga allegedly shuts down all production, leaving multiple outstanding Kickstarters unfulfilled  1:56:23 - Udon gives update on Rose of Versailles manga release  1:58:18 - Controversy over Udon’s Matt Moylan’s statements about diversity in comics  2:01:15 - David Brothers joins Viz Media as a Manga Editor  2:02:05 - Garon Tsuchiya passes away 2:03:46 - Japan extends copyright until 70 years after author’s passing  2:06:50 - Digital manga sales overtake physical volume sales in Japan for the first time  2:08:53 - Various Mangaka speak out against piracy 2:18:45 - Former manga assistant requests unreceived overtime pay as a statement towards improving industry standards 2:28:43 - Rumiko Takahashi nominated for the Eisner Hall of Game 2:30:07 - Angouleme award winners 2:31:24 - Shonen Magazine editors vow to comment on every comic submitted to new site  2:33:33 - Kodansha launches comic days app online service for 6 manga magazines  2:34:50 - 39 mangaka contribute illustrations to world’s 1st yuri textbook 2:35:50 - Light Novel author protests Twitter HQ after his book cover is censored by the site  2:37:54 - Nobuhiro Watsuki Fined 200,000 yen for child porn possession 2:40:56 - Tsutomu Nihei & Polygon Pictures establish joint venture  2:42:24 - Viz Media forges partnership with Rose City Games  2:43:12 - MAL opens manga store with title from Viz & Kodansha 2:44:24 - Shaman King Character popularity poll  2:46:28 - Manga Thieves steal over 100 volumes before apprehension  2:48:26 - Live-Action Princess Jellyfish show casts japanese actress to portray an Indian character 2:50:45 - Live-Action SAO sold to Netflix, will feature asian leads  2:52:32 - Inio Asano will attend Toronto Comic Arts Festival  2:53:32 - Deadman Wonderland creators will attend Anime Central  2:54:56 - Japan’s First Color Manga Magazine Digitized for Posterity  2:56:23 - Queer japanese vlogger discusses Boys Love in english subtitled video  2:57:32 - Bakugan spin master files copyright infringement lawsuit against screechers wild  2:58:25 - Palladium Books’s Robotech license expires 2:59:55 - AnimEigo launches Gunsmith Cats Kickstarter 3:01:00 - Mamoru Oshii directs Baku Yumemakura’s chimera novels  3:02:20 - Hi-Dive to offer “dubcasts”  3:04:00 - Kaiji spinoff manga gets anime 3:05:40 - Boogiepop and others get a new anime by Madhouse  3:08:00 - Karakuri Circus manga gets anime  3:09:20 - Mob Psycho 100 gets second season  3:10:16 - Vinland Saga gets anime 3:13:00 - Dororo gets anime 3:14:20 - Muhyo & Roji gets anime  3:15:35 - Fans choose Promised Neverland, Psyren, among others for anime wishlist  3:18:38 - Wrap-Up 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 the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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 you have any questions or topics that you’d like us to discuss, you can drop us a line in the comments below, comment in the Manga Mavericks thread on Animation Revelation, tweet at us, or send an e-mail to mangamavericks@gmail.com! And as always, thanks for listening!

It’s a new year for the podcast, and with a new year comes a new logo! This new logo makes me feel completely refreshed like we just put a fresh pair of underwear on the podcast for the first time in two years. But there’s something else about our inaugural episode of 2018 that makes me dance for joy! That’s right – it’s our long-awaited Sket Dance retrospective! We spend over two and a half hours reflecting on Kenta Shinohara’s magnum opus, discussing its characters, humor, and story arcs in great depth – describing just about everything that makes the series so special and one of our all-time favorites! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:22 - Intro & Show Plans! News: 2:45 - Godzilla anime film gets Jump+ manga in March 4:10 - Ryu Fujisaki draws new Hoshin Engi short manga 5:50 - Shaman King gets new arc in Spring  7:25 - Muhyo and Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigations gets sequel in Spring  9:13 - Shudan! Ends  10:08 - elDlive enters last season on February 5th 11:36 - ReLife will end in March  12:41 - Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess manga returns on February 26th 13:21 - Young Black Jack resumes in February  14:29 - Everyone’s Getting Married Resumes in February  15:16 - A Certain Magical Virtual-On manga launches  16:32 - Konosuba gets 3 spinoffs manga 18:07 - New Revolutionary Girl Utena manga chapter about Juri and Shiori will be published on January 27th 19:27 - Galaxy Express 999 manga gets new chapter in February 20:42 - Nobuyuki Anzai to launch new manga series 21:32 - Hiro Mashima plans to launch a new manga next year  22:52 - Hiro Mashima attends Angouleme Festival  24:32 - MHA & Pokemon manga will be offered on Free Comic Book Day  27:00 - Kodansha Comics releases My Boyfriend in Orange digitally 28:00 - J-Novel Club licenses Arifureta Zero 29:00 - Fate Spinoff manga Today’s Menu for Emiya Family gets net anime 31:00 - Hinomaru Zumo gets anime 33:57 - Sket Dance Retrospective 2:51:47 - Listener Comments 2:57:45 - Wrap Up 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 the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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! By taking our annual year-end survey, you can give us feedback that’ll help us curate the content of our show to reflect what our audience most responds too. We take your suggestions and feedback very seriously and want to figure out more ways to reach out and interact with you guys, so please leave some responses! And we’re not done discussing Kenta Shinohara’s mangagraphy! We’ll be following up our Sket Dance discussion up next week with our series review of Astra Lost in Space! If you’ve listened to our “Best of Manga in 2017” podcast or taken a look at our twitter feeds, then you know Astra was one of our favorite manga to read last year. Joining us to talk about the series will be a very special guest – Marlene First, editor of Astra Lost in Space for Viz Media! We’re excited to discuss Astra with Marlene and go over everything that makes this series and Kenta Shinohara so astra-ordinary! If you have any questions or topics concerning Astra Lost in Space that you’d like us to discuss, you can drop us a line in the comments below, comment in the Manga Mavericks thread on Animation Revelation, tweet at us, or send an e-mail! And as always, thanks for listening!

It’s a new year for the podcast, and with a new year comes a new logo! This new logo makes me feel completely refreshed like we just put a fresh pair of underwear on the podcast for the first time in two years. But there’s something else about our inaugural episode of 2018 that makes me dance for joy! That’s right – it’s our long-awaited Sket Dance retrospective! We spend over two and a half hours reflecting on Kenta Shinohara’s magnum opus, discussing its characters, humor, and story arcs in great depth – describing just about everything that makes the series so special and one of our all-time favorites! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:22 - Intro & Show Plans! News: 2:45 - Godzilla anime film gets Jump+ manga in March 4:10 - Ryu Fujisaki draws new Hoshin Engi short manga 5:50 - Shaman King gets new arc in Spring  7:25 - Muhyo and Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigations gets sequel in Spring  9:13 - Shudan! Ends  10:08 - elDlive enters last season on February 5th 11:36 - ReLife will end in March  12:41 - Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess manga returns on February 26th 13:21 - Young Black Jack resumes in February  14:29 - Everyone’s Getting Married Resumes in February  15:16 - A Certain Magical Virtual-On manga launches  16:32 - Konosuba gets 3 spinoffs manga 18:07 - New Revolutionary Girl Utena manga chapter about Juri and Shiori will be published on January 27th 19:27 - Galaxy Express 999 manga gets new chapter in February 20:42 - Nobuyuki Anzai to launch new manga series 21:32 - Hiro Mashima plans to launch a new manga next year  22:52 - Hiro Mashima attends Angouleme Festival  24:32 - MHA & Pokemon manga will be offered on Free Comic Book Day  27:00 - Kodansha Comics releases My Boyfriend in Orange digitally 28:00 - J-Novel Club licenses Arifureta Zero 29:00 - Fate Spinoff manga Today’s Menu for Emiya Family gets net anime 31:00 - Hinomaru Zumo gets anime 33:57 - Sket Dance Retrospective 2:51:47 - Listener Comments 2:57:45 - Wrap Up 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 the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here. 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! By taking our annual year-end survey, you can give us feedback that’ll help us curate the content of our show to reflect what our audience most responds too. We take your suggestions and feedback very seriously and want to figure out more ways to reach out and interact with you guys, so please leave some responses! And we’re not done discussing Kenta Shinohara’s mangagraphy! We’ll be following up our Sket Dance discussion up next week with our series review of Astra Lost in Space! If you’ve listened to our “Best of Manga in 2017” podcast or taken a look at our twitter feeds, then you know Astra was one of our favorite manga to read last year. Joining us to talk about the series will be a very special guest – Marlene First, editor of Astra Lost in Space for Viz Media! We’re excited to discuss Astra with Marlene and go over everything that makes this series and Kenta Shinohara so astra-ordinary! If you have any questions or topics concerning Astra Lost in Space that you’d like us to discuss, you can drop us a line in the comments below, comment in the Manga Mavericks thread on Animation Revelation, tweet at us, or send an e-mail! And as always, thanks for listening!

Rounding off our My Hero Academia podcast trilogy is this long-awaited Q&A special! We received so many questions for our Manga Fight we couldn't possibly use them all, so we organized this special episode to answer them! Both Jeff Ruberg and Doctor return to give their takes on your questions, and what results is the realization that all podcasters are evil, Stain is best girl, Mineta should make a Spirit Bomb out of sticky balls, and lots of lucrative ideas for ScrewAttack! Before we get to all that we have to cover the news first, but because Colton abandoned the podcast to go to Anime St. Louis to buy cigarettes, I had to find another co-host for the week. Thankfully, that scumbag VLordGTZ just happened to be in the room so I pulled him over, sat him down, and forced him to talk about the latest happenings in the manga industry for fourty-five minutes. We discuss how confusing Yu-Gi-Oh! is now, dance on Fairy Tail's grave, and speculate on the Attack on Titan/Madagascar crossover that is totally definitely going to happen one day. We close off talking about a list of japanese readers' favorite Shonen Jump mangaka. Did MHA's Kohei Horikoshi make the list? Listen and find out! PODCAST BREAKDOWN News w/VlordGTZ: 00:22 - Introductions!! 01:32 - April Bookscan List 08:32 - Detroit Metal City’s Mangaka Launches Rhyming Man Manga 09:10 - Pani Poni Mangaka Launches Manga About Youtubers 09:38 - Kids on the Slope's Mangaka Launches New Series in July 10:18 - Noragami Goes on Hiatus 11:13 - Princess Jellyfish Resumes in June 12:28 - Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service reboots with new arc in June 13:58 - Fate/Zero Manga Gets Extra Chapter 15:03 - 1970s-1980s Sci-fi Omnibus Features Moto Hagio & Keiko Takemiya 16:03 - Mari Yamazaki Draws Manga About Bulgari Founder for Vogue Japan 17:03 - Hunter X Hunter Volume 34 is on the Way 18:58 - Fairy Tail is Finally Ending!! 23:40 - J-Novel Club’s Latest Licenses!! 27:38 - Cross Infinite World’s Latest Licenses!! 29:50 - Kodansha USA’s Latest Licenses!! 32:00 - Seven Seas’ Several Licenses!! 36:50 - Manga Nominated for Eisner Awards!! 38:10 - Manga Publishers Discuss Legal Action Against Scanlation Site Free Books 39:20 - Japanese Netizens Choose the Best Shonen Jump Manga Artists MHA Q&A EXTRAVAGANZA w/Jeff Ruberg & Doctor: 47:18 - Re-introductions!! 48:30 - Give Every Member of Class 1-A in MHA a Partner Pokemon! 52:30 - What if the Traitor was Someone from Class B? 56:48 - Pitch a 4-person Team of Any Four Heroes 1:02:08 - Should Vigilante Crossover with My Hero Academia? 1:08:30 - If All Might Had Never Met Midoriya, Which UA Student Would be Most Deserving of Inheriting All For One, and Why? 1:16:30 - What Would Be Your Quirk? 1:21:18 - What Western Superhero Would it be Most Fun to See Interact with the Characters of the MHA Universe? 1:28:53 - Quirk Free-for-all Between All First Year Students: Who wins? 1:33:03 - Would a Crossover Between One Punch Man and MHA Work Well? 1:41:41 - Would a Time Skip Work in a Series Like This? 1:45:31 - If Todoroki and Bakugo Had Fought for Real in the Sports Festival Who Would Have Won? 1:46:46 - Best Color Page? 1:52:20 - Does Deku Rank Among Your Favorite Superheroes? 1:54:48 - Was Mirio Togata a Better Successor Candidate Than Deku
? 1:57:38 - Who Was the Better Mentor? 2:00:03 - Who Had the Better Ideals for Creating a Symbol of Peace? 2:03:48 - Is Dabi Related to Todoroki? 2:07:20 - How Could An American Hero Society Tie in with Japan's?
 2:09:15 - What Moves Could Mineta Learn to Become a Top Hero?
 2:11:48 - How Should the Story Transition from School to Work Force Once Class 1A Become Seniors?
 2:18:30 - What are the Most Overrated and Underrated Aspects of MHA? 2:27:00 - Wrap-Up 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 the hosts at @lumranmayasha and @sniperking323 and special guests VLordGTZ, Doctor, and Jeff Ruberg at @VLordGTZ, @ssaapodcast and @jeffinitelyjeff! The next Manga Fight will differ from the usual format, instead tackling a genre instead of a specific series. Said genre will be MONSTER GIRL manga!! If you guys want to send questions and topic suggestions for that episode, you may do so on twitter, the Manga Mavericks forum on Animation Revelation, or e-mail us at mangamaverics@gmail.com. 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 any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us! Thanks for listening! LINKS: Listen to Doctor’s Podcasts! The SSAA Podcast & Just a Gintama Podcast! Listen to Jeff’s Podcasts! Podigious, NihongoPod, & the official Weekly Shonen Jump Podcast!

Rounding off our My Hero Academia podcast trilogy is this long-awaited Q&A special! We received so many questions for our Manga Fight we couldn't possibly use them all, so we organized this special episode to answer them! Both Jeff Ruberg and Doctor return to give their takes on your questions, and what results is the realization that all podcasters are evil, Stain is best girl, Mineta should make a Spirit Bomb out of sticky balls, and lots of lucrative ideas for ScrewAttack! Before we get to all that we have to cover the news first, but because Colton abandoned the podcast to go to Anime St. Louis to buy cigarettes, I had to find another co-host for the week. Thankfully, that scumbag VLordGTZ just happened to be in the room so I pulled him over, sat him down, and forced him to talk about the latest happenings in the manga industry for fourty-five minutes. We discuss how confusing Yu-Gi-Oh! is now, dance on Fairy Tail's grave, and speculate on the Attack on Titan/Madagascar crossover that is totally definitely going to happen one day. We close off talking about a list of japanese readers' favorite Shonen Jump mangaka. Did MHA's Kohei Horikoshi make the list? Listen and find out! PODCAST BREAKDOWN News w/VlordGTZ: 00:22 - Introductions!! 01:32 - April Bookscan List 08:32 - Detroit Metal City’s Mangaka Launches Rhyming Man Manga 09:10 - Pani Poni Mangaka Launches Manga About Youtubers 09:38 - Kids on the Slope's Mangaka Launches New Series in July 10:18 - Noragami Goes on Hiatus 11:13 - Princess Jellyfish Resumes in June 12:28 - Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service reboots with new arc in June 13:58 - Fate/Zero Manga Gets Extra Chapter 15:03 - 1970s-1980s Sci-fi Omnibus Features Moto Hagio & Keiko Takemiya 16:03 - Mari Yamazaki Draws Manga About Bulgari Founder for Vogue Japan 17:03 - Hunter X Hunter Volume 34 is on the Way 18:58 - Fairy Tail is Finally Ending!! 23:40 - J-Novel Club’s Latest Licenses!! 27:38 - Cross Infinite World’s Latest Licenses!! 29:50 - Kodansha USA’s Latest Licenses!! 32:00 - Seven Seas’ Several Licenses!! 36:50 - Manga Nominated for Eisner Awards!! 38:10 - Manga Publishers Discuss Legal Action Against Scanlation Site Free Books 39:20 - Japanese Netizens Choose the Best Shonen Jump Manga Artists MHA Q&A EXTRAVAGANZA w/Jeff Ruberg & Doctor: 47:18 - Re-introductions!! 48:30 - Give Every Member of Class 1-A in MHA a Partner Pokemon! 52:30 - What if the Traitor was Someone from Class B? 56:48 - Pitch a 4-person Team of Any Four Heroes 1:02:08 - Should Vigilante Crossover with My Hero Academia? 1:08:30 - If All Might Had Never Met Midoriya, Which UA Student Would be Most Deserving of Inheriting All For One, and Why? 1:16:30 - What Would Be Your Quirk? 1:21:18 - What Western Superhero Would it be Most Fun to See Interact with the Characters of the MHA Universe? 1:28:53 - Quirk Free-for-all Between All First Year Students: Who wins? 1:33:03 - Would a Crossover Between One Punch Man and MHA Work Well? 1:41:41 - Would a Time Skip Work in a Series Like This? 1:45:31 - If Todoroki and Bakugo Had Fought for Real in the Sports Festival Who Would Have Won? 1:46:46 - Best Color Page? 1:52:20 - Does Deku Rank Among Your Favorite Superheroes? 1:54:48 - Was Mirio Togata a Better Successor Candidate Than Deku
? 1:57:38 - Who Was the Better Mentor? 2:00:03 - Who Had the Better Ideals for Creating a Symbol of Peace? 2:03:48 - Is Dabi Related to Todoroki? 2:07:20 - How Could An American Hero Society Tie in with Japan's?
 2:09:15 - What Moves Could Mineta Learn to Become a Top Hero?
 2:11:48 - How Should the Story Transition from School to Work Force Once Class 1A Become Seniors?
 2:18:30 - What are the Most Overrated and Underrated Aspects of MHA? 2:27:00 - Wrap-Up 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 the hosts at @lumranmayasha and @sniperking323 and special guests VLordGTZ, Doctor, and Jeff Ruberg at @VLordGTZ, @ssaapodcast and @jeffinitelyjeff! The next Manga Fight will differ from the usual format, instead tackling a genre instead of a specific series. Said genre will be MONSTER GIRL manga!! If you guys want to send questions and topic suggestions for that episode, you may do so on twitter, the Manga Mavericks forum on Animation Revelation, or e-mail us at mangamaverics@gmail.com. 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 any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us! Thanks for listening! LINKS: Listen to Doctor’s Podcasts! The SSAA Podcast & Just a Gintama Podcast! Listen to Jeff’s Podcasts! Podigious, NihongoPod, & the official Weekly Shonen Jump Podcast!

Buggy and Chris are joined by J-Novel Club’s Sam Pinansky, who shares his experiences with the light novel industry and why he launched the site. Download (right click, save link as) | Time: 2:10:11 | iTunes | YouTube Link (coming soon) Social Media and Correspondence Buggy’s Twitter | Buggy’s YouTube Chris’s Twitter J-Novel Club Website… Read

Buggy and Chris are joined by J-Novel Club’s Sam Pinansky, who shares his experiences with the light novel industry and why he launched the site. Download (right click, save link as) | Time: 2:10:11 | iTunes | YouTube Link (coming soon) Social Media and Correspondence Buggy’s Twitter | Buggy’s YouTube Chris’s Twitter J-Novel Club Website… Read

It’s been some time since the last discussional, so the amount of news to talk about is plenty! Join the hosts as they get caught up, jump into some topic ideas, and then dive into some community questions. Topics this episode: Nozomi Gundam, Fate Grand Order Anime, Hatsune Miku Future Tone, Funimation saves Nichijou and Scrapped Princess, Magic Knight Rayearth, J-Novel Club launch, Amazon confirms ownership of The Great Passage and ViVid Strike, Grisaia Phantom Trigger, Dragon Ball Super, Eccentric Family 2, The End Girl Trip, Little Witch Academia TV, Spice and Wolf Short Stories, Green Legend Ran, Shuffle Visual Novel, High School DxD, Yuki Yuna is a Hero 2, Miss Koboyashi’s Dragon Maid, Scum’s Wish, Crunchyroll/Funimation post examination, Rightstuf Holiday Sale, Fulfillment Woes, Nintendo Switch, and more! The opening song for this episode is the OP for Scrapped Princess called “Little Wing” by JAM Project featuring Masami Okui. The closing song for this episode is the ED for Nichijou called “Zzz” by Sayaka Sasaki.

We're back with tons of huge industry news and huge impressions of the fall season! It's going to be the greatest just ask anyone. Absolutely terrific episode like you've never seen or heard before. Big League stuff. Opening song is Amigo Amigo by the Condor Queens, closing is Jigen X e Youkoso by Etsuko Yakushimaru.   00:02:08 News 00:02:15 LeSean Thomas and Crunchyroll work together to announced Children of Ether CORRECTION: Yapiko Animation is a French animation studio 00:07:47 Little Witch Academia teaser, names, and dates 00:11:15 Japanese lawyer on anime and minimum wage 00:17:10 Eir Aoi to go on hiatus 00:19:45 Recent losses of life in the industry 00:26:05 Ronja the Robber's Daughter to be on Amazon 00:28:01 J-Novel Club subscription service for light novels opens 00:33:31 Shelter 00:39:45 Dragonball Super finally makes its way Westward 00:42:00 Full Metal Panic's 4th season announced for Fall 00:42:55 Voice Actor's Guild strike 00:48:55 Anime 00:49:20 Scorching Ping Pong Girls 00:51:20 Stella no Mahou 00:53:05 Trickster 00:55:35 Soushin Shoujo Matoi 00:56:55 Natsume Yuujinchou Go 00:57:35 Hibike Euphonium 01:05:45 Cheating Craft 01:06:50 Yuri!! on Ice 01:20:20 Gi(a)rlish Number 01:23:35 Flip Flappers 01:32:30 All Out 01:36:40 Keijo!!!!!!!! 01:41:10 Haikyu S3 01:42:27 Drifters 01:47:34 Wixoss 01:51:35 ClassicaLoid 01:53:20 BBK/BRNK 01:56:00 Magical Girl Raising Project 02:00:04 Tiger Mask W 02:03:40 Occultic;Nine 02:06:50 March Comes in Like a Lion 02:13:44 Poco's Udon World 02:14:13 Longriders 02:16:10 Izetta 02:25:09 IBO 02:29:50 Show By Rock!! 2 02:31:24 The Great Passage 02:32:11 Magic-kyun Renaissance