Podcast appearances and mentions of jeff ruberg

It's a Shonen Jump podcast takeover! Podcast Dictator-for-life Urian Brown and Podcast Emperor Alexis Kirsch are out of town, and a rogue gang has taken over the show for this week! Get ready for the rowdiest Shonen Jump podcast yet! The extremely handsome David Brothers hosts the incredibly astute Karla Clark, the quick-witted dynamo Jeff Ruberg, and Ultra Instinct Annie McCarthy for a deep dive into three fantastic series that feature makeshift families, great art, and even better jokes. Segments 0:16 - Introductions 3:20 - News 5:20 - Manga Discussion 41:55 - Questions

On this week's episode of The One Piece Podcast we have hosts Zach, Ed and Steve with special guests Stephen Paul (translator for One Piece in Shonen Jump and Manga Plus), Jeff Ruberg (app developer for VIZ Media), and Sam Leach (writer for Anime News Network and Anime Recap host). We also have an Anime Recap for the revolutionary Episode 880 plus some Piece Together and trivia! Thanks to Steve for drawing this week's episode image! 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:07:00 - Manga Recap: Chapter 939 1:08:58 - Anime Recap: Episode 880 1:26:34 - Piece Together 1:52:00 - To Be Continued! You can subscribe on Patreon and get access to our 500+ episode archive, exclusive episodes with our special guests, SWAG and a lot more. Don't miss out, subscribe at patreon.com/onepiecepodcast to get the full One Piece Podcast experience! We have the full One Piece Podcast documentary The One Piece Podcast Goes to Japan exclusively on Patreon! We'll be back next week with our Manga Recap for One Piece Chapter 940 and the latest Anime Recap! We are MAJI! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-one-piece-podcast--5846933/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of The One Piece Podcast we have hosts Zach, Ed and Steve with special guests Stephen Paul (translator for One Piece in Shonen Jump and Manga Plus), Jeff Ruberg (app developer for VIZ Media), and Sam Leach (writer for Anime News Network and Anime Recap host). We also have an Anime Recap for the revolutionary Episode 880 plus some Piece Together and trivia! Thanks to Steve for drawing this week's episode image! 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:07:00 - Manga Recap: Chapter 939 1:08:58 - Anime Recap: Episode 880 1:26:34 - Piece Together 1:52:00 - To Be Continued! You can subscribe on Patreon and get access to our 500+ episode archive, exclusive episodes with our special guests, SWAG and a lot more. Don't miss out, subscribe at patreon.com/onepiecepodcast to get the full One Piece Podcast experience! We have the full One Piece Podcast documentary The One Piece Podcast Goes to Japan exclusively on Patreon! We'll be back next week with our Manga Recap for One Piece Chapter 940 and the latest Anime Recap! We are MAJI! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we celebrate our first episode of 2019 by talking about our experience reading manga on the new Shonen Jump website and apps and what we think could be improved upon going forward. As well as discuss the two latest new series from the magazine with Ne0;Lation from Tomohide Hirao & Mizuki Yoda and Hell Warden Higuma from Natsuki Hokami! But before any of that, we have a whole lot of news to cover, including a few lists to top off 2018! Topics of discussion also include our complaints about a video game we won't be buying anyway, our thoughts on Japanese fan's taste in DBZ movies, and Japan's most beloved franchise of 2018: The Greatest Showman (okay not really, but it made a lot of money over there for some reason). Be sure to stay tuned for our next episode as we finally round off last year with our annual Best Of Manga podcast! Until then, enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:34 - Bookscan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels list for November 0:06:43 - Masashi Kishimoto's Samurai 8 Debuts in Jump this Spring 0:08:54 - Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju gets 2 new chapters 0:10:46 - New One Shot from Ryuhei Tamura on Jan 7th 0:11:56 - Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho approaches climax 0:12:45 - Anime Film Industry Revenue Statistics for 2017/Mirai Box Office & Nominations 0:18:58 - Kyoto Manga Contest 0:21:15 - Sunrise Yatate Bunko Award Contest 0:23:44 - Shonen Jump's Under 23 web manga award 0:26:53 - Jump Force Updates 0:33:49 - My Hero Academia Season 4 Release Date 0:35:45 - New Haikyu!! Anime Coming Late 2019 0:37:21 - I'm From Japan Anime Coming this April 0:40:06 - Prince of Tennis gets new anime film 0:41:59 - Japanese fans list their favorite Dragon Ball films 0:50:04 - New One Piece film commemorates anime's 20th anniversary 0:51:31 - One Piece voted most representative manga of Heisei era 0:53:43 - Top Selling Manga in Japan by Series 2018 0:57:32 - Top Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series 2018 1:02:19 - DaVinci’s Top 50 Manga in Japan 2018 1:05:08 - Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals Top 20 Manga Magazines 1:10:25 - Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals Top 20 Manga for Male Readers 1:12:32 - Top Selling Media Franchises in Japan 2018 1:19:14 - Free Comic Book Day Samplers Revealed! Discussion Topic(s): 1:20:06 - Our Thoughts on the new Shonen Jump thus far...! 1:40:30 - First impressions of Ne0;Lation (Catching up /w Act Age & Jujutsu Kaisen) 1:50:55 - First Impressions of Hell Warden Higuma Community Shout Outs! 1:58:09 - Vlord's Review of Kimetsu no Yaiba Ch 139 2:00:52 - Jeff Ruberg and his wonderful customer service! 2:01:39 - 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!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we celebrate our first episode of 2019 by talking about our experience reading manga on the new Shonen Jump website and apps and what we think could be improved upon going forward. As well as discuss the two latest new series from the magazine with Ne0;Lation from Tomohide Hirao & Mizuki Yoda and Hell Warden Higuma from Natsuki Hokami! But before any of that, we have a whole lot of news to cover, including a few lists to top off 2018! Topics of discussion also include our complaints about a video game we won't be buying anyway, our thoughts on Japanese fan's taste in DBZ movies, and Japan's most beloved franchise of 2018: The Greatest Showman (okay not really, but it made a lot of money over there for some reason). Be sure to stay tuned for our next episode as we finally round off last year with our annual Best Of Manga podcast! Until then, enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:02:34 - Bookscan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels list for November 0:06:43 - Masashi Kishimoto's Samurai 8 Debuts in Jump this Spring 0:08:54 - Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju gets 2 new chapters 0:10:46 - New One Shot from Ryuhei Tamura on Jan 7th 0:11:56 - Saint Seiya: Saintia Sho approaches climax 0:12:45 - Anime Film Industry Revenue Statistics for 2017/Mirai Box Office & Nominations 0:18:58 - Kyoto Manga Contest 0:21:15 - Sunrise Yatate Bunko Award Contest 0:23:44 - Shonen Jump's Under 23 web manga award 0:26:53 - Jump Force Updates 0:33:49 - My Hero Academia Season 4 Release Date 0:35:45 - New Haikyu!! Anime Coming Late 2019 0:37:21 - I'm From Japan Anime Coming this April 0:40:06 - Prince of Tennis gets new anime film 0:41:59 - Japanese fans list their favorite Dragon Ball films 0:50:04 - New One Piece film commemorates anime's 20th anniversary 0:51:31 - One Piece voted most representative manga of Heisei era 0:53:43 - Top Selling Manga in Japan by Series 2018 0:57:32 - Top Selling Light Novels in Japan by Series 2018 1:02:19 - DaVinci’s Top 50 Manga in Japan 2018 1:05:08 - Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals Top 20 Manga Magazines 1:10:25 - Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals Top 20 Manga for Male Readers 1:12:32 - Top Selling Media Franchises in Japan 2018 1:19:14 - Free Comic Book Day Samplers Revealed! Discussion Topic(s): 1:20:06 - Our Thoughts on the new Shonen Jump thus far...! 1:40:30 - First impressions of Ne0;Lation (Catching up /w Act Age & Jujutsu Kaisen) 1:50:55 - First Impressions of Hell Warden Higuma Community Shout Outs! 1:58:09 - Vlord's Review of Kimetsu no Yaiba Ch 139 2:00:52 - Jeff Ruberg and his wonderful customer service! 2:01:39 - 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!

For the entirety of 2018, we have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of Shonen Jump by covering various Jump manga throughout the year, but now it is time. It is time to reveal what we have been planning whilst celebrating the magazine's milestone, an even BIGGER celebration of our beloved anthology! So big that we had to scale back the amount of work we were putting into it, going from a planned multi-part podcast celebration interviewing 10+ individuals from all walks of life, to a collection of whatever interviews were already recorded to release in order to commemorate the English Shonen Jump's transition from digital magazine to full blown subscription service!! On this very special episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum gather a handful of past guests to sit down and talk to them about their experiences with Weekly Shonen Jump, including: Maxy Barnard, Sam Leach, Doctor, and Jeff Ruberg! We cover Shonen Jump from many different facets, from our favorite titles, our reading experiences, and many more memories we've shared with the magazine throughout our lives. Included is also an interview with Jeff Ruberg recorded before the launch of the new Shonen Jump subscription service from Viz, featuring info on the various features on both the website and mobile apps and speculation of where the future of Jump can possibly go from here! Enjoy the episode just in time for the holidays! We'll be back on January 4th, 2019 for our first episode of the new year! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro/Behind-The-Scenes 0:07:49 - How We First Discovered Shonen Jump 0:23:34 - Shonen Jump's Past & Future /w Maxy Barnard 0:59:32 - Our Favorite Jump Anime 1:10:59 - Shonen Jump Anime /w Sam Leach 1:35:48 - Our Favorite Jump Manga 1:50:33 - The Shonen Jump Experience /w Doctor 2:29:58 - Our Ideal Reading Experience(s) 2:37:39 - Shonen Jump on Digital Platforms /w Jeff Ruberg 3:35:02 - The Future of Shonen Jump! /w Jeff Ruberg (again) 4:20:16 - What Shonen Jump Means To Us (The End) 4:54:07 - Wrap-up

For the entirety of 2018, we have been celebrating the 50th anniversary of Shonen Jump by covering various Jump manga throughout the year, but now it is time. It is time to reveal what we have been planning whilst celebrating the magazine's milestone, an even BIGGER celebration of our beloved anthology! So big that we had to scale back the amount of work we were putting into it, going from a planned multi-part podcast celebration interviewing 10+ individuals from all walks of life, to a collection of whatever interviews were already recorded to release in order to commemorate the English Shonen Jump's transition from digital magazine to full blown subscription service!! On this very special episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum gather a handful of past guests to sit down and talk to them about their experiences with Weekly Shonen Jump, including: Maxy Barnard, Sam Leach, Doctor, and Jeff Ruberg! We cover Shonen Jump from many different facets, from our favorite titles, our reading experiences, and many more memories we've shared with the magazine throughout our lives. Included is also an interview with Jeff Ruberg recorded before the launch of the new Shonen Jump subscription service from Viz, featuring info on the various features on both the website and mobile apps and speculation of where the future of Jump can possibly go from here! Enjoy the episode just in time for the holidays! We'll be back on January 4th, 2019 for our first episode of the new year! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro/Behind-The-Scenes 0:07:49 - How We First Discovered Shonen Jump 0:23:34 - Shonen Jump's Past & Future /w Maxy Barnard 0:59:32 - Our Favorite Jump Anime 1:10:59 - Shonen Jump Anime /w Sam Leach 1:35:48 - Our Favorite Jump Manga 1:50:33 - The Shonen Jump Experience /w Doctor 2:29:58 - Our Ideal Reading Experience(s) 2:37:39 - Shonen Jump on Digital Platforms /w Jeff Ruberg 3:35:02 - The Future of Shonen Jump! /w Jeff Ruberg (again) 4:20:16 - What Shonen Jump Means To Us (The End) 4:54:07 - Wrap-up

On this week's episode of The One Piece Podcast we have hosts Zach, Ed and Steve special guests Urian Brown, Alexis Kirsch and Jeff Ruberg from Shonen Jump to talk about the all new Shonen Jump coming on December 17, 2018 which includes free chapters of One Piece (and other series) at the same exact time it's released in Japan!! […] The post Episode 549, “Monkey Free Luffy” appeared first on The One Piece Podcast.

On this week's episode of The One Piece Podcast we have hosts Zach, Ed and Steve special guests Urian Brown, Alexis Kirsch and Jeff Ruberg from Shonen Jump to talk about the all new Shonen Jump coming on December 17, 2018 which includes free chapters of One Piece (and other series) at the same exact time it's released in Japan!! We also have our Manga Recap of One Piece Chapter 927, "Otoko the Kamuro" with special guests Stephen Paul (Official Translator for One Piece in Weekly Shonen Jump), Caleb (Official Translator of Dr. Stone and My Hero Academia) and Sam Leach (Reviewer for One Piece, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and Black Clover for Anime News Network). That's not all! We also have our Anime Recap for Episode 864 with Bryan Newton (Director for Teen Titans Go and Rick and Morty) and Sam! We also have some Piece Together and trivia. 0:00:00 One Piece is Free! 0:26:21 News & More 0:41:01 Manga Recap: Chapter 927 1:35:07 Anime Recap: Episode 864 1:46:07 Piece Together 2:16:41 To Be Continued You can subscribe on Patreon and get access to our 500+ episode archive, exclusive episodes with our special guests, SWAG and a lot more. Don't miss out, subscribe at patreon.com/onepiecepodcast to get the full One Piece Podcast experience! If you're a Patreon subscriber, we'll be back next week with Dressrosa: Part 2 in the One Piece Readthrough! For everyone else -- we'll be back on Saturday, December 22nd for an all new podcast episode covering One Piece Chapter 928! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-one-piece-podcast--5846933/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode of The One Piece Podcast we have hosts Zach, Ed and Steve special guests Urian Brown, Alexis Kirsch and Jeff Ruberg from Shonen Jump to talk about the all new Shonen Jump coming on December 17, 2018 which includes free chapters of One Piece (and other series) at the same exact time it's released in Japan!! We also have our Manga Recap of One Piece Chapter 927, "Otoko the Kamuro" with special guests Stephen Paul (Official Translator for One Piece in Weekly Shonen Jump), Caleb (Official Translator of Dr. Stone and My Hero Academia) and Sam Leach (Reviewer for One Piece, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and Black Clover for Anime News Network). That's not all! We also have our Anime Recap for Episode 864 with Bryan Newton (Director for Teen Titans Go and Rick and Morty) and Sam! We also have some Piece Together and trivia. 0:00:00 One Piece is Free! 0:26:21 News & More 0:41:01 Manga Recap: Chapter 927 1:35:07 Anime Recap: Episode 864 1:46:07 Piece Together 2:16:41 To Be Continued You can subscribe on Patreon and get access to our 500+ episode archive, exclusive episodes with our special guests, SWAG and a lot more. Don't miss out, subscribe at patreon.com/onepiecepodcast to get the full One Piece Podcast experience! If you're a Patreon subscriber, we'll be back next week with Dressrosa: Part 2 in the One Piece Readthrough! For everyone else -- we'll be back on Saturday, December 22nd for an all new podcast episode covering One Piece Chapter 928! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discusses the first volume of Shortcake Cake by Suu Morishita We’re back for our second preview guide, covering this month’s new shojo manga series debut of SHORTCAKE CAKE. Viz Media’s mobile app developer Jeff Ruberg and host Ashley review and react to this first volume, digging into its fresh pop aesthetic, which boy is the cutest, Ten’s really long hair, and more. Should you pick up this volume, or should you just go pick up a piece of shortcake instead? Find out here. LINKS Shortcake Cake is available from Viz Media’s Shojo Beat line We Never Learn is definitely not a shojo manga We Were There definitely is a shojo manga. We did multiple podcast episodes about it. Dale Carnegie is not related to Andrew Carnegie Learn How to Win Friends and Influence People The Ghibli film Ashley and Jeff can never remember the name of (Only Yesterday) Kimi ni Todoke is available from Viz Media’s Shojo Beat line and we will be doing podcasts on it fairly soon Assassination Classroom is available from Viz Media and is definitely not a shojo manga Urban Dictionary definition of ahegao Outro Song: “Like Swimming” by Broke For Free, a really awesome electronic music producer your should support! We’re doing a giveaway along with this episode! It's open until 8pm Tuesday, September 4th! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram for entry details. SOCIAL Follow Shojo & Tell on Twitter @shojoandtell Follow Shojo & Tell on Instagram @shojoandtell Follow Jeff on Twitter @jeffinitelyjeff Follow Ashley on Twitter @AshMcD00 Follow Jeff and Ashley's other podcast Podigious (about Digimon) on Twitter @podigious

We’re going on a Japan trip! Ashley’s been on vacation in Japan for the past two weeks, and has gone on some manga-related adventures (and many non-manga-related adventures). She and her romantic partner/Viz Media employee/travel companion Jeff Ruberg discuss the Kimi ni Todoke exhibit at Tokyo Anime Center, how it compares to the ongoing Shonen Jump exhibit, what it’s like seeing the spring cherry blossoms and going to themed cafes, and generally what their favorite activity on this trip has been. LINKS Kimi ni Todoke Exhibit Shonen Jump Exhibit Rurouni Kenshin Author Controversy Yakushima/Shiratani Ravine as inspiration for Princess Mononoke What the heck konpeito is QQ Sweeper Kyoto International Manga Museum Cyborg 009 Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare [Io Sakisaka’s current manga] Viz's announcement that they’re publishing Io Sakisaka’s Ao Haru Ride Flowers manga magazine Ofuro (Japanese style bath) Pokemon Cafe Animate Cafes Final Fantasy Cafe *Magical Pokemon Journey* [shojo Pokemon manga] D · N · ANGEL Nakayoshi Magazine SOCIAL Follow Jeff on Twitter @jeffinitelyjeff Follow Shojo & Tell on Twitter @shojoandtell Follow Shojo & Tell on Instagram @shojoandtell Follow Ashley on Twitter @AshMcD00 Comments, questions, concerns? Want to let us know which city is better, Kyoto or Tokyo? Have a manga you really want us to get to sooner rather than later? Email shojoandtell [at] gmail.com, leave a comment on the episode page, or tweet us.

On this week's season premiere episode of The One Piece Podcast we go through One Piece Chapter 890, “Big Mom On The Ship” with Stephen Paul (translator for One Piece in Weekly Shonen Jump) and Jeff Ruberg (app developer for Viz Media). We also have our Anime Recap of One Piece Episodes 817 with Sam Leach, Kelly and Ed plus a Piece Together segment trivia and more! We used […] The post Episode 501, “She Did The Mamamash” appeared first on The One Piece Podcast.

On this week's season premiere episode of The One Piece Podcast we go through One Piece Chapter 890, "Big Mom On The Ship" with Stephen Paul (translator for One Piece in Weekly Shonen Jump) and Jeff Ruberg (app developer for Viz Media). We also have our Anime Recap of One Piece Episodes 817 with Sam Leach, Kelly and Ed plus a Piece Together segment trivia and more! We used some different editing/recording software, so things may sound different this week. We'll be back to the usual software next week. 0:00:00 Introduction and News 0:03:24 Manga Recap: Chapter 890 0:41:28 Anime Recap: Episode 818-820 1:08:21 Piece Together 1:41:43 To Be Continued (and Trivia)! You can subscribe on Patreon and get access to our 500+ episode archive, exclusive episodes with our special guests, SWAG and a lot more. Don't miss out, subscribe at patreon.com/onepiecepodcast to get the full One Piece Podcast experience! We'll see you next week for our Manga Recap of One Piece Chapter 891 and an Anime Recap for One Piece Episode 821! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-one-piece-podcast--5846933/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's season premiere episode of The One Piece Podcast we go through One Piece Chapter 890, "Big Mom On The Ship" with Stephen Paul (translator for One Piece in Weekly Shonen Jump) and Jeff Ruberg (app developer for Viz Media). We also have our Anime Recap of One Piece Episodes 817 with Sam Leach, Kelly and Ed plus a Piece Together segment trivia and more! We used some different editing/recording software, so things may sound different this week. We'll be back to the usual software next week. 0:00:00 Introduction and News 0:03:24 Manga Recap: Chapter 890 0:41:28 Anime Recap: Episode 818-820 1:08:21 Piece Together 1:41:43 To Be Continued (and Trivia)! You can subscribe on Patreon and get access to our 500+ episode archive, exclusive episodes with our special guests, SWAG and a lot more. Don't miss out, subscribe at patreon.com/onepiecepodcast to get the full One Piece Podcast experience! We'll see you next week for our Manga Recap of One Piece Chapter 891 and an Anime Recap for One Piece Episode 821! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re back baby! Manga Mavericks has been on a hiatus recently, but we’ve returned to end the year with a bang. That’s right, since 2017 is over, it’s time to look back at the last year of manga and highlight the best of the best. First we’ve got an hour and a half of news highlights from the past three months, giving our thoughts on some of the most important news stories we missed. Except for licensing news, because trying to recap everything Seven Seas has licensed this year would take a whole show in of itself. After that, it’s our best of manga superlative awards, where we gush about our favorite things about manga this year, and reminisce about our favorite moments from the podcast as well. It’s four hours of Manga Mavericks goodness to close out 2017 and begin 2018 strong! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & Updates! 05:30 - Jump Starts! Lycopene the Tomatoy Poodle, Full Drive, & Golem Hearts News: 18:20 - Bookscan November 2017 List 22:00 - Oricon’s Top Selling Manga by Series in 2017 29:50 - Oricon’s Top Selling Light Novels by Series in 2017 35:40 - Juni Taisen Novel Gets Sequel 38:30 - Hunter X Hunter Resumes on January 29th 43:20 - Kentaro Yabuki Launches New Manga in Jump+ in January 45:50 - Many Mangaka will Pen New One-shots for Jump in 2018 50:20 - Akiko Higashimura Launches a New Manga 52:10 - Welcome to the Ballroom Takes a 2-month Break 58:24 - Detective Conan Goes on Hiatus  59:40 - Rin-ne Ends 1:01:20 - Astra Lost in Space Ends 1:04:05 - US Manga Sales up 29% 1:07:15 - Nobuhiro Watsuki is Charged with Child Porn Possession 1:15:05 - Tokyo Ghoul:re Gets an Anime 1:16:45 - Major 2nd Gets an Anime 1:17:40 - Banana Fish Gets an Anime 1:18:53 - Ashita no Joe Gets an Anime "Spiritual Successor" 1:19:53 - New Fist of the Blue Sky Anime Debuts in April 1:20:20 - Captain Tsubasa Gets an Anime Reboot 1:21:26 - MHA Gets an Anime Film in Summer 2018 1:22:28 - Live-action Gintama film Will Screen in US Theaters in January 1:25:10 - Gintama Live-Action Film Gets Sequel in Summer 2018 1:27:18 - Shonen Jump Inspires Live-Action Drama in January Best of Manga Mavericks 2017: 1:29:42 - Favorite Podcast Intros of 2017 1:44:55 - Favorite Podcast Reviews of 2017 1:54:18 - Favorite Manga Fight of 2017 1:58:15 - Favorite Podcast Moments of 2017 Best of Manga 2017: 2:05:00 - Best Manga News Stories of 2017 2:07:08 - Best New North American Manga Licenses of 2017 2:09:40 - Best New North American Manga Releases of 2017 2:13:32 - Best Manga Characters of 2017 2:30:55 - Best Manga Villains of 2017 2:50:00 - Best Manga Fights of 2017 2:57:10 - Best Currently-Running Manga of 2017 3:03:27 - Best New Manga of 2017 3:08:55 - Best Manga Chapters of 2017 3:23:30 - Best Manga Series Finales of 2017 3:29:15 - Best Manga Moments of 2017 3:37:10 - Fan Favorites 3:45:15 - Manga We Promise to Read in 2018 3:56:36 - Wrap-Up We want to thank everyone who listened and contributed to our podcasts this year. This was a big year for both the podcast and our personal lives, the latter of which resulting in the former being put on hiatus for the past couple of months. The podcast really grew this year as we tackled excellent topics like “The Future of Shonen Jump” and “The State of Shonen Sunday,” and we had guests from the manga industry on like Annaliese Christman and Jeff Ruberg. Manga Mavericks @ Movies debuted this year giving us a fun outlet to talk about movies with friends like Ethan and Jonathan, the latter of which also joining us for my favorite project we did this year – The Pokemon Adventures retrospectives. Not to mention we launched our Youtube channel early in the year, which finally surpassed the 100 subscriber threshold in November and continues to grow. It’s really incredible just how much we accomplished with the show this year even with our short hiatus, and we think 2018 is going to be an even better year for us. We have lots of ideas and topics for the show set and scheduled, as well as exciting projects we can’t wait to start working on. So there’s a lot to look forward to in 2018! But wait, there’s a way you guys can help make the show better too! 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 our and interact with you guys, so please leave some responses! As always, you can also e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com with any questions or suggestions you have as well! 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! On our next episode we’ll be reviewing Sket Dance to celebrate it’s 10th anniversary (no seriously, we’re really doing it this time – I swear!). If you have any questions or topics concerning Sket Dance 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! As always, thanks for listening, and I hope you all have a very Happy New Year!

We’re back baby! Manga Mavericks has been on a hiatus recently, but we’ve returned to end the year with a bang. That’s right, since 2017 is over, it’s time to look back at the last year of manga and highlight the best of the best. First we’ve got an hour and a half of news highlights from the past three months, giving our thoughts on some of the most important news stories we missed. Except for licensing news, because trying to recap everything Seven Seas has licensed this year would take a whole show in of itself. After that, it’s our best of manga superlative awards, where we gush about our favorite things about manga this year, and reminisce about our favorite moments from the podcast as well. It’s four hours of Manga Mavericks goodness to close out 2017 and begin 2018 strong! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & Updates! 05:30 - Jump Starts! Lycopene the Tomatoy Poodle, Full Drive, & Golem Hearts News: 18:20 - Bookscan November 2017 List 22:00 - Oricon’s Top Selling Manga by Series in 2017 29:50 - Oricon’s Top Selling Light Novels by Series in 2017 35:40 - Juni Taisen Novel Gets Sequel 38:30 - Hunter X Hunter Resumes on January 29th 43:20 - Kentaro Yabuki Launches New Manga in Jump+ in January 45:50 - Many Mangaka will Pen New One-shots for Jump in 2018 50:20 - Akiko Higashimura Launches a New Manga 52:10 - Welcome to the Ballroom Takes a 2-month Break 58:24 - Detective Conan Goes on Hiatus  59:40 - Rin-ne Ends 1:01:20 - Astra Lost in Space Ends 1:04:05 - US Manga Sales up 29% 1:07:15 - Nobuhiro Watsuki is Charged with Child Porn Possession 1:15:05 - Tokyo Ghoul:re Gets an Anime 1:16:45 - Major 2nd Gets an Anime 1:17:40 - Banana Fish Gets an Anime 1:18:53 - Ashita no Joe Gets an Anime "Spiritual Successor" 1:19:53 - New Fist of the Blue Sky Anime Debuts in April 1:20:20 - Captain Tsubasa Gets an Anime Reboot 1:21:26 - MHA Gets an Anime Film in Summer 2018 1:22:28 - Live-action Gintama film Will Screen in US Theaters in January 1:25:10 - Gintama Live-Action Film Gets Sequel in Summer 2018 1:27:18 - Shonen Jump Inspires Live-Action Drama in January Best of Manga Mavericks 2017: 1:29:42 - Favorite Podcast Intros of 2017 1:44:55 - Favorite Podcast Reviews of 2017 1:54:18 - Favorite Manga Fight of 2017 1:58:15 - Favorite Podcast Moments of 2017 Best of Manga 2017: 2:05:00 - Best Manga News Stories of 2017 2:07:08 - Best New North American Manga Licenses of 2017 2:09:40 - Best New North American Manga Releases of 2017 2:13:32 - Best Manga Characters of 2017 2:30:55 - Best Manga Villains of 2017 2:50:00 - Best Manga Fights of 2017 2:57:10 - Best Currently-Running Manga of 2017 3:03:27 - Best New Manga of 2017 3:08:55 - Best Manga Chapters of 2017 3:23:30 - Best Manga Series Finales of 2017 3:29:15 - Best Manga Moments of 2017 3:37:10 - Fan Favorites 3:45:15 - Manga We Promise to Read in 2018 3:56:36 - Wrap-Up We want to thank everyone who listened and contributed to our podcasts this year. This was a big year for both the podcast and our personal lives, the latter of which resulting in the former being put on hiatus for the past couple of months. The podcast really grew this year as we tackled excellent topics like “The Future of Shonen Jump” and “The State of Shonen Sunday,” and we had guests from the manga industry on like Annaliese Christman and Jeff Ruberg. Manga Mavericks @ Movies debuted this year giving us a fun outlet to talk about movies with friends like Ethan and Jonathan, the latter of which also joining us for my favorite project we did this year – The Pokemon Adventures retrospectives. Not to mention we launched our Youtube channel early in the year, which finally surpassed the 100 subscriber threshold in November and continues to grow. It’s really incredible just how much we accomplished with the show this year even with our short hiatus, and we think 2018 is going to be an even better year for us. We have lots of ideas and topics for the show set and scheduled, as well as exciting projects we can’t wait to start working on. So there’s a lot to look forward to in 2018! But wait, there’s a way you guys can help make the show better too! 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 our and interact with you guys, so please leave some responses! As always, you can also e-mail us at mangamavericks@gmail.com with any questions or suggestions you have as well! 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! On our next episode we’ll be reviewing Sket Dance to celebrate it’s 10th anniversary (no seriously, we’re really doing it this time – I swear!). If you have any questions or topics concerning Sket Dance 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! As always, thanks for listening, and I hope you all have a very Happy New Year!

On this episode we’ll be reviewing In This Corner of the World, another anime hit from 2016, to find out if it can pull at darfox’s heartstrings! 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 Time Stamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Dandelion” by Kotoringo from In This Corner of the World, Opening, Introductions, Listener Emails: we reveal our next retrospective Princess Jellyfish 00:05:04 - responding to Jeff Ruberg(@jeffinitlyjeff) from VIZMedia and Podigious podcast on twitter, official translated manga and our podcast philosophy, Seven Seas Entertainment’s December survey 00:19:25 - News: Ashita no Joe 50th anniversary project anime Megalo Box, My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness on NPR’s Best Books of 2017 list 00:25:09 - Upcoming live action adaptation of My Brother’s Husband and Video Girl Ai 00:29:02 - Official trailer for Alita: Battle Angel and discussing the choice to enlarge Alita’s eyes 00:42:13 - Main Segment Manga in Motion: Transition Song: “I Can’t Bear How Sad It Is” by Kotoringo from In This Corner of the World, we give our impressions on the lovely art style, quick vignettes, and surprisingly light tone of In This Corner of the World 01:12:33 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: One Shot single episode retrospective of Ibitsu by Haruto Ryo suggested by listener Chris 01:13:05 - New Chapter Check In: BEASTARS, Chi no Wadachi 01:23:46 - Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “wish men” by sunbrain from Beet the Vandel Buster

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!

It’s time for another episode of All-Comic Presents: Manga Mavericks Presents: Manga Fights sponsored by Geoff Martin Art Sales (not really)! Operating in the same fashion as Screen Junkies’ Movie Fights, Manga Fights features passionate manga fans debating it out over manga-related several topics both intriguing and insane. With the Manga Mavericks as your hosts, intelligent conversations, heated arguments, and unintentional comedy is always sure to abound! Manga Fights returns for a three-month hiatus with a fight of heroic proportions! Continuing where we left off with our My Hero Academia debate, Doctor rejoins us to debate Jeff Ruberg, mobile developer for Viz Media, in a series of MHA-related topics! For the very first time ever, every topic picked for this episode was a listener suggestion! Not knowing just what to expect, Jeff and Doctor argue over what makes a good hero and villain, what defines a "comic-book style," and most importantly, who the best girl and best boy in the series are! The debates get so heated that the judges start arguing themselves! With some smart answers, snappy humor, and surprise special guests, this is a fight that's not to be missed! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:30 - Introductions!! Debate Round: 5:20 - Round 1: What Makes a Good Hero? 19:05 - Round 2: What Makes a Good Villain? 35:30 - Round 3: Which Character is Criminally Underused? 49:10 - Round 4: Which MHA Hero Should Get Their Own Comic-Book Style Solo Series? 1:03:00 - Round 5: Who is the Traitor? Speed Round: 1:18:15 - Round 6: Who is Best Girl? 1:21:25 - Round 7: Who is Best Boy? 1:24:20 - Round 8: Which Characters Should Get Their Turn in the Limelight? 1:27:40 - Round 9: Is Deku a Relatable Character? 1:38:30 - Round 10: In Which Arc Do You Appreciate Deku's Character the Most? 1:46:40 - 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, and special guests Doctor and Jeff Ruberg at @ssaapodcast and @jeffinitelyjeff! Due to the number of MHA-related questions we received, we will be recording a separate MHA Q&A special to be released on Friday, May 19th! We’ll be recording on Sunday, My 7th, so make sure to send any MHA-related questions and debate topics suggestions for us to discuss on the show before then! 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!

It’s time for another episode of All-Comic Presents: Manga Mavericks Presents: Manga Fights sponsored by Geoff Martin Art Sales (not really)! Operating in the same fashion as Screen Junkies’ Movie Fights, Manga Fights features passionate manga fans debating it out over manga-related several topics both intriguing and insane. With the Manga Mavericks as your hosts, intelligent conversations, heated arguments, and unintentional comedy is always sure to abound! Manga Fights returns for a three-month hiatus with a fight of heroic proportions! Continuing where we left off with our My Hero Academia debate, Doctor rejoins us to debate Jeff Ruberg, mobile developer for Viz Media, in a series of MHA-related topics! For the very first time ever, every topic picked for this episode was a listener suggestion! Not knowing just what to expect, Jeff and Doctor argue over what makes a good hero and villain, what defines a "comic-book style," and most importantly, who the best girl and best boy in the series are! The debates get so heated that the judges start arguing themselves! With some smart answers, snappy humor, and surprise special guests, this is a fight that's not to be missed! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:30 - Introductions!! Debate Round: 5:20 - Round 1: What Makes a Good Hero? 19:05 - Round 2: What Makes a Good Villain? 35:30 - Round 3: Which Character is Criminally Underused? 49:10 - Round 4: Which MHA Hero Should Get Their Own Comic-Book Style Solo Series? 1:03:00 - Round 5: Who is the Traitor? Speed Round: 1:18:15 - Round 6: Who is Best Girl? 1:21:25 - Round 7: Who is Best Boy? 1:24:20 - Round 8: Which Characters Should Get Their Turn in the Limelight? 1:27:40 - Round 9: Is Deku a Relatable Character? 1:38:30 - Round 10: In Which Arc Do You Appreciate Deku's Character the Most? 1:46:40 - 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, and special guests Doctor and Jeff Ruberg at @ssaapodcast and @jeffinitelyjeff! Due to the number of MHA-related questions we received, we will be recording a separate MHA Q&A special to be released on Friday, May 19th! We’ll be recording on Sunday, My 7th, so make sure to send any MHA-related questions and debate topics suggestions for us to discuss on the show before then! 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!

There's been a lot of gloom and doom about One Piece recently. It got taken off Toonami, then it got dumped by Hulu, and now everyone's aflame over whether the Pudding twist was sexist or not. In these trouble times, just remember - One Piece has three times as many volumes in print than the entire population of Japan! It has more graphic novels in circulation than any other comic book in the world. Crazy to think about, isn't it? For all the ups and downs One Piece might go through, no one can deny it's success, and it's indomitable presence in comic book culture worldwide. This week we don't have a discussion, but the Mavericks still manage to go on for about a hour and a half on a ton of news! We cover the March Bookscan list, the latest licenses, and a ton of noteworthy circulation news! We cap off the show covering a list of long-running manga people dropped before their conclusion and the results are...not surprising, but interesting nonetheless! It's a shorter show than usual, but hey, after weeks of three hour long podcasts, we deserve some slack once in a while. Especially since the next couple episodes may very well turn out to be some of our longest yet... PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:15 - Announcing the Return of Manga Fights!! 2:25 - Bookscan March 2017 List 5:15 - Tokyo Tareba Girls Ends 5:45 - Black Lagoon Resumes on May 19th 6:40 - Re:Creators gets manga spinoff in Monthly Shonen Sunday 7:47 - Cells at Work Gets Spinoff Focused on Intenstinal Bacteria 8:52 - A Boruto Novel Will Come Out on May 2nd 13:05 - Full Color Edition of Attack on Titan: No Regrets Coming in June 14:20 - The Fate/Zero Manga Ends on May 2nd 14:53 - Dengeki Daioh to Debut Four New Manga 19:08 - Yuu Watase Launches Fushigi Yūgi Byakko-hen Manga 20:28 - To Love Ru Might Continue? 23:25 - Viz adds Dr. Stone to WSJ lineup 26:48 - Seven Seas’s Latest Licenses! 31:03 - Kodansha USA Licenses Domestic Girlfriend & GTO Paradise Lost 34:08 - Yen Press Licensed a Lot of Manga! 40:38 - Space Captain Harlock’s Film Rights Acquired by Film World Studios 43:15 - One Piece Has 350 Million Copies in Print 46:15 - Dark Horse's Berserk Manga Release Has 1.2 Million Copies in Print 48:35 - Kingdom Has 30 Million Copies in Print 50:05 - Manga with the Biggest 1st Printings in 2016!! 58:45 - List of Manga Dropped Due to Length!! 1:17:17 - 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. Also, Manga Fights is making a comeback, and we’ll be debating My Hero Academia! Doctor will be joining us once again to debate against Jeff Ruberg, mobile developer for Viz Media, in a series of MHA-related topics with some new twists added into the usual Manga Fights routine! We’ll be recording on Sunday, April 23rd, so make sure to send any MHA-related questions and debate topics suggestions for us to discuss on the show before then! 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 at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

There's been a lot of gloom and doom about One Piece recently. It got taken off Toonami, then it got dumped by Hulu, and now everyone's aflame over whether the Pudding twist was sexist or not. In these trouble times, just remember - One Piece has three times as many volumes in print than the entire population of Japan! It has more graphic novels in circulation than any other comic book in the world. Crazy to think about, isn't it? For all the ups and downs One Piece might go through, no one can deny it's success, and it's indomitable presence in comic book culture worldwide. This week we don't have a discussion, but the Mavericks still manage to go on for about a hour and a half on a ton of news! We cover the March Bookscan list, the latest licenses, and a ton of noteworthy circulation news! We cap off the show covering a list of long-running manga people dropped before their conclusion and the results are...not surprising, but interesting nonetheless! It's a shorter show than usual, but hey, after weeks of three hour long podcasts, we deserve some slack once in a while. Especially since the next couple episodes may very well turn out to be some of our longest yet... PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:15 - Announcing the Return of Manga Fights!! 2:25 - Bookscan March 2017 List 5:15 - Tokyo Tareba Girls Ends 5:45 - Black Lagoon Resumes on May 19th 6:40 - Re:Creators gets manga spinoff in Monthly Shonen Sunday 7:47 - Cells at Work Gets Spinoff Focused on Intenstinal Bacteria 8:52 - A Boruto Novel Will Come Out on May 2nd 13:05 - Full Color Edition of Attack on Titan: No Regrets Coming in June 14:20 - The Fate/Zero Manga Ends on May 2nd 14:53 - Dengeki Daioh to Debut Four New Manga 19:08 - Yuu Watase Launches Fushigi Yūgi Byakko-hen Manga 20:28 - To Love Ru Might Continue? 23:25 - Viz adds Dr. Stone to WSJ lineup 26:48 - Seven Seas’s Latest Licenses! 31:03 - Kodansha USA Licenses Domestic Girlfriend & GTO Paradise Lost 34:08 - Yen Press Licensed a Lot of Manga! 40:38 - Space Captain Harlock’s Film Rights Acquired by Film World Studios 43:15 - One Piece Has 350 Million Copies in Print 46:15 - Dark Horse's Berserk Manga Release Has 1.2 Million Copies in Print 48:35 - Kingdom Has 30 Million Copies in Print 50:05 - Manga with the Biggest 1st Printings in 2016!! 58:45 - List of Manga Dropped Due to Length!! 1:17:17 - 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. Also, Manga Fights is making a comeback, and we’ll be debating My Hero Academia! Doctor will be joining us once again to debate against Jeff Ruberg, mobile developer for Viz Media, in a series of MHA-related topics with some new twists added into the usual Manga Fights routine! We’ll be recording on Sunday, April 23rd, so make sure to send any MHA-related questions and debate topics suggestions for us to discuss on the show before then! 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 at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

Jeff Ruberg joins us to discuss the hefty amount of male nudity in Dr. Stone, Kirishima reaching maximum hardness, and The Promised Neverland basically being Digimon.   Seven Deadly Sins ch. 213 - 5:12 Fairy Tail ch. 530 - 12:19 Food Wars ch. 210 - 23:38 The Promised Neverland ch. 34 - 37:23 My Hero Academia ch. 133 - 1:03:27 Black Clover ch. 105 - 1:21:06 Dr. Stone ch. 4 & 5 - 1:48:06 Weekly MVPs - 2:18:00  

I AM HERE! And our never-ending fight to discuss great manga continues with another Shonen Jump series discussion! This week we're talking My Hero Academia with Doctor of the Ass Backwards Anime Podcast. We talk the good, the bad, the ugly, the all right and All Might - every quirky detail we could extrapolate from the series for the sake of doing it justice! It's all for one great all-encompassing MHA podcast, one for all you MHA fans to enjoy! But before we get to that, we've got some news to cover! We round off our discussion of the recent Jump Starts by going over Tadatoshi Fujimaki's Robot X Laserbeam, a golfing manga featuring a protagonist who's as excited about the sport as most readers! Then, we wish Makoto Raiku well after his heartbreaking decision to cancel Vector Ball, eulogize the passing of the High School of the Dead mangaka, and speculate about the upcoming Blazing Transfer Student show on Netflix! Finally, we round off the show with a dozen of MHA Q&As from one seriously dedicated MHA superfan! Plus Ultra! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:22 - Intro & Updates 0:54 - Jump Start Discussion: Robot X Laserbeam 8:00 - Makoto Raiku Abruptly Ends Vector Ball 13:30 - Jump Square to Debut Six New Series to Commemorate 10th Anniversary 16:10 - Yen Press Licenses Gabriel Dropout, Sword Oratia, & Hybrid x Heart 18:56 - Viz licenses Children of the Whales, SP Baby, Juni Taisen, & More 25:45 - DMP Launches Wonder 3 Kickstarter 27:30 - Daisuke Sato Passes Away at 52 28:20 - Blazing Transfer Student Manga Gets Live-Action Show on Netflix Worldwide 32:05 - My Hero Academia Has Over 10 Million Copies in Print 33:15 - My Hero Academia Discussion w/Doctor 1:57:35 - Twitter Comments! Q&As: 2:07:30 - “Do You Think There is a Traitor?” 2:09:55 - “Is Dabi Todoroki’s Brother?” 2:11:00 - “What Was Horikoshi Getting At With the Nomu Hint?” 2:12:00 - “Where is Midoriya’s Dad?” 2:15:20 - “Who is Going to Kill All Might?” 2:18:00 - “Will Deku Ever Reach 100%?” 2:18:30 - “Other Than One For All/All For One, What is the Coolest Quirk?” 2:21:40 - “What Kind of Quirks Would You Like to See?” 2:24:05 - “What Role Do You Think Stain Could Play From Here On?” 2:25:20 - “Which Character Should Have More Appearances?” 2:26:10 - “Best Villain?” 2:26:25 - “Best Hero?” 2:28:05 - “Do You Find the Series “Generic” Or Are the Haters Trying Too Hard?” 2:35:50 - “Are There Any Things You Think the Seres Could Improve On?” 2:39:03 - 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, and special guest Doctor at @ssaapodcast! Also, Manga Fights is making a comeback next month, and we'll be debating My Hero Academia! Doctor will be joining us once again to debate against Jeff Ruberg, mobile developer for Viz Media, in a series of MHA-related topics with some new twists added into the usual Manga Fights routine! We'll be recording on Sunday, April 23rd, so make sure to send any MHA-related questions and debate topics suggestions for us to discuss on the show before then! 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 at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

I AM HERE! And our never-ending fight to discuss great manga continues with another Shonen Jump series discussion! This week we're talking My Hero Academia with Doctor of the Ass Backwards Anime Podcast. We talk the good, the bad, the ugly, the all right and All Might - every quirky detail we could extrapolate from the series for the sake of doing it justice! It's all for one great all-encompassing MHA podcast, one for all you MHA fans to enjoy! But before we get to that, we've got some news to cover! We round off our discussion of the recent Jump Starts by going over Tadatoshi Fujimaki's Robot X Laserbeam, a golfing manga featuring a protagonist who's as excited about the sport as most readers! Then, we wish Makoto Raiku well after his heartbreaking decision to cancel Vector Ball, eulogize the passing of the High School of the Dead mangaka, and speculate about the upcoming Blazing Transfer Student show on Netflix! Finally, we round off the show with a dozen of MHA Q&As from one seriously dedicated MHA superfan! Plus Ultra! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:22 - Intro & Updates 0:54 - Jump Start Discussion: Robot X Laserbeam 8:00 - Makoto Raiku Abruptly Ends Vector Ball 13:30 - Jump Square to Debut Six New Series to Commemorate 10th Anniversary 16:10 - Yen Press Licenses Gabriel Dropout, Sword Oratia, & Hybrid x Heart 18:56 - Viz licenses Children of the Whales, SP Baby, Juni Taisen, & More 25:45 - DMP Launches Wonder 3 Kickstarter 27:30 - Daisuke Sato Passes Away at 52 28:20 - Blazing Transfer Student Manga Gets Live-Action Show on Netflix Worldwide 32:05 - My Hero Academia Has Over 10 Million Copies in Print 33:15 - My Hero Academia Discussion w/Doctor 1:57:35 - Twitter Comments! Q&As: 2:07:30 - “Do You Think There is a Traitor?” 2:09:55 - “Is Dabi Todoroki’s Brother?” 2:11:00 - “What Was Horikoshi Getting At With the Nomu Hint?” 2:12:00 - “Where is Midoriya’s Dad?” 2:15:20 - “Who is Going to Kill All Might?” 2:18:00 - “Will Deku Ever Reach 100%?” 2:18:30 - “Other Than One For All/All For One, What is the Coolest Quirk?” 2:21:40 - “What Kind of Quirks Would You Like to See?” 2:24:05 - “What Role Do You Think Stain Could Play From Here On?” 2:25:20 - “Which Character Should Have More Appearances?” 2:26:10 - “Best Villain?” 2:26:25 - “Best Hero?” 2:28:05 - “Do You Find the Series “Generic” Or Are the Haters Trying Too Hard?” 2:35:50 - “Are There Any Things You Think the Seres Could Improve On?” 2:39:03 - 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, and special guest Doctor at @ssaapodcast! Also, Manga Fights is making a comeback next month, and we'll be debating My Hero Academia! Doctor will be joining us once again to debate against Jeff Ruberg, mobile developer for Viz Media, in a series of MHA-related topics with some new twists added into the usual Manga Fights routine! We'll be recording on Sunday, April 23rd, so make sure to send any MHA-related questions and debate topics suggestions for us to discuss on the show before then! 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 at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening!

Jeff Ruberg comes on to discuss his podcast talking about Digimon. He discusses podcasting in a niche topic, using Jekyll and Auphonic to publish his episodes and how he edits and produces each show.

Jeff Ruberg comes on to discuss his podcast talking about Digimon. He discusses podcasting in a niche topic, using Jekyll and Auphonic to publish his episodes and how he edits and produces each show.

Jeff Ruberg comes on to discuss his podcast talking about Digimon. He discusses podcasting in a niche topic, using Jekyll and Auphonic to publish his episodes and how he edits and produces each show.