Manga Mavericks EP. 185: December 2021 Simulpubs Roundup!

01/06/22 • 176 min

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, it may be a new year, but Colton & Lum still have a ton of new simulpubbed manga from over the past few months that need to be discussed from places such as Shonen Jump, Azuki, Yen Press, and especially Mangamo! We'd like to thank Mangamo for reaching out and giving us a sneak peek at some of their newest titles before they were even added onto their app! We even got to read ahead of what's currently available at the time we're recording and releasing this episode, so be sure to watch out for spoiler warnings during the latter half of the episode pertaining to anything that may not even be available to read yet!! It's time for our annual podcast survey! Be sure to take it before Sunday, February 6th, for a chance to win some free manga!! - https://s.surveyplanet.com/1m409qcf And check out our 2021 Shonen Jump Retrospective (featuring our good friend, Maxy Barnard) over at our Patreon for just $1!! For a complete list of links and Shout-Outs included in this episode, check out this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2022/manga-mavericks-ep-185-december-2021-simulpubs-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - RIP Keiko Nobumoto, Joji Yanami, Hiroshi Hirata, Sayaka Kanda 09:57 - Intro/Patreon News 16:33 - Our 2022 Survey!! Simulpubs: 22:02 - Fade-Away Bunny 34:52 - Sugar Apple Fairy Tale 44:26 - On Ruru’s Heavenly Sails 55:21 - Even If You Slit My Mouth 1:04:32 - Show-ha Shoten! 1:18:16 - Ayashimon 1:29:49 - Protect Me, Shugomaru! 1:37:59 - Doron Dororon 1:47:49 - The White Necromancer 2:03:37 - Tokyo Death Game 2:18:31 - I Was Invited to the Otherworldly Country as a Warrior 2:34:46 - Nanase-san’s Crazy Love Obsession 2:46:47 - Community Shout-outs! 2:49:52- 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!

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Lum Squad #10: "You "Only You" Once"

Hello darlings! Welcome back to #LumSquad, a podcast hosted by @LumRanmaYasha and @ProdTally devoted to the wonderful and wacky world of Rumiko Takahashi’s Urusei Yatsura! It’s time for I, I, You, and I to review the Urusei Yatsura: Only You! We’re so excited to finally have the films streaming on Crunchyroll and coming to blu-ray courtesy of Discotek, and so we’ll be periodically interrupting our coverage of the manga to review each movie! What better occasion to start than on our 10th episode AND just ahead of the upcoming blu-ray release of Only You coming later this month! We’re starting off with the series’s first movie, Only You, a much-beloved crowd-pleaser that director Mamoru Oshii was loath to make! While clearly a love-letter to the series, do we agree with Oshii that it’s more of an extended episode than a “real film?” We discuss the fascinatingly fraught production history of Only You, analyze Elle as a parallel to both Lum and Ataru, describe the multitude of references and callbacks to the series, and evaluate the film’s iconic music and far less esteemed english dub! They say a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet, but where does this first feature fall among the other films in the franchise? Only you will find out by listening to our show! For a complete list of links included in this episode, check out this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/lum-squad-10-you-only-you-once/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:30 - Intro & Overview of Only You 02:34 - Synopsis of Only You 09:11 - Only You Production History 13:03 - Elle Character Analysis, Part 1 14:45 - Only You Production History, Continued 17:30 - Rumiko Takhashi’s Involvement & Reactions 18:55 - Impact on Oshii’s Career 20:45 - Influence on Subsequent UY Films 21:50 - Oshii’s Dissatisfaction with Only You & Ethos as a Filmmaker 31:05 - Only You’s Animation 33:15 - The Shadow Tag Scene 34:36 - The Movie’s Place in Continuity 37:45 - Only You as a Potential Finale for the Series 40:32 - Musings about Long-Running Shows, including a Tangent about Chibi Maruko-chan 45:25 - Urusei Yatsura’s Place in Japanese Popular Culture 48:13 - Animation Cels 51:26 - Animation Quality & Backgrounds 54:15 - Only You as a Self-Referential Reflection of the Series 55:30 - Elle Character Analysis, Part 2 1:00:13 - References to Other Media 1:01:27 - Lum & Ataru’s Parents & the Marriage Meeting Scene 1:08:33 - Elle Character Analysis, Part 3 1:12:52 - Minor Characters & Cameos 1:13:40 - Benten & Oyuki’s Emphasized Roles in the Film 1:14:55 - How Well the Film Uses Its Characters & Their Dynamics 1:18:55 - Only You’s Music 1:29:29 - Only You’s Various Home Video Releases Over the Years 1:31:05 - CPM’s English Dub 1:36:50 - Voice Actor Connections Between Only You and Other Anime 1:40:53 - Our Final Thoughts on Only You 1:44:16 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @Lum_Squad, on tumblr at lumsquad.tumblr.com, and subscribe to us on Youtube! You can follow the hosts on twitter at @LumRanmaYasha and @ProdTally. 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 you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at [email protected]! Thanks for listening!

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Manga Mavericks EP. 186: January 2022 News Roundup!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its time for the first news roundup of the year as we catch up on a whole lotta news from the past month! Including some rather interesting items such as how Viz has been handling their release of Ayakashi Triangle lately and mangaka of Love Hina, Ken Akumatsu, getting into politics, as well as some big news items like Naoki Urasawa making all of his works accessible digitally and the announcement of a new Urusei Yatsura anime coming later this year, along with a ton of other cool anime as well! Content Warning for some news stories during the show that involve child porn and general sexual assault. Time codes below. It's time for our annual podcast survey! Be sure to take it before Sunday, February 6th, for a chance to win some free manga!! - https://s.surveyplanet.com/1m409qcf For a complete list of links and Shout-Outs included in this episode, check out this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2022/manga-mavericks-ep-185-december-2021-simulpubs-roundup/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro/Survey 03:50- NYT Graphic Books & Manga List for Dec 2021 06:12 - Bookscan List for Nov 2021 20:50 - Welcome to the Ballroom goes back on hiatus again due to Takeuchi’s health 22:34 - JoJo 35th anniversary magazine to feature new Rohan one-shot 25:56 - New manga from Aki Irie 27:26 - Ryuta Amazume 28:27 - Kintetsu Yamada 29:58 - Yoshifumi Otera 31:28 - Masao Ohtake 32:35 - Chainsaw Man Part 2 launches on Jump+ in summer 2022 33:36 - 2 Naruto novels gets manga adaptations in 2022 36:22 - Horikoshi hopes to meet his “goal” with My Hero Academia in a year 39:23 - Fruits Basket Another will officially end with 4th volume in February 41:48 - No Game No Life novels enter final stage 42:12 - Berserk volume 41 will come out in the US and France next summer, fate of the series still undecided 45:50 - Ayakashi Triangle digital volumes delisted, Ch 74 will not be simulpublished in English by Viz or Manga Plus 59:41 - Akiko Higashimura’s A Fake Affair now available on Webtoon 1:03:33 - Manga Planet licenses Koe de Oshigoto 1:04:58 - Lum's Licensing Highlights 1:18:25 - Colton's Licensing Highlights 1:35:56 - Naoki Urasawa’s works finally being made available digitally (in Japan) 1:42:22 - Ken Akumatsu aims to run for Japan legislature next summer 1:46:04 - Kenya Suzuki arrested for importing child porn 1:51:04 - Manga creator in Makiart unit found guilty of sexually assaulting a minor 1:52:52 - Court hands suspended sentence to ufotable founder Hikaru Kondo for tax evasion 1:54:44 - 2 ad agencies for Mangamura piracy site ordered to pay 11 million yen 1:56:17 - Penguin Random House’s defense of their Simon & Schuster acquisition 1:57:36 - Embracer Group enters agreement to acquire Dark Horse 1:59:38 - Azuki enters exclusive partnership with Kaiten Books 2:02:39 - Manga Plaza service launches in spring 2022 2:05:32 - Amimaru reportedly trialing machine translation for commercial manga 2:10:43 - Shoko Nakagawa's hospitalization 2:12:20 - Netflix cancels live-action Cowboy Bebop 2:13:30 - Live-Action Megaman in the works for Netflix 2:14:15 - Sword Art Online Progressive NA box office 2:15:16 - Jujutsu Kaisen 0 box office 2:16:47 - Japanese Box Office in 2021 2:19:50 - Makoto Shinkai’s new film 2:21:11 - Oddtaxi film 2:22:09 - Next Gridman universe project to be a film 2:22:59 - Dragon Ball Super Super Hero comes out this April (in Japan) 2:26:28 - Spy x Family anime premieres this April 2:28:03 - Summer Time Rendering premieres this April 2:29:20 - Dr. Stone gets Ryusui special in summer 2022, followed by 3rd season in 2023 2:31:19 - My Hero Academia season 6 comes out in Fall 2022 2:34:00 - Bleach Thousand Year Blood War arc anime premieres October 2022 2:35:40 - Chainsaw Man & Hell’s Paradise anime from MAPPA premiering in 2022 2:37:29 - Ayakashi Triang