Manga Mavericks EP. 44: Survey Results 2018!!

03/23/18 • 154 min

It’s time once again to run down the results of our annual survey! VLordGTZ joins us to dissect the data and contextualize what the podcast’s biggest triumphs were in 2018. Find out which guests and episodes fans liked the most, alongside a bunch of other interesting statistics! The answer to what was the most beloved moment from the podcast last year might (not) surprise you! Plus, we discuss the recent Jump Start Act-Age and Naoshi Komi’s latest one-shot! Thanks again to everyone who took the survey! The responses we collected were very informative and will go a long way in improving the show in 2018 and beyond. We have lots of exciting plans and are preparing to make good on a lot of the things suggested in the survey in the immediate future. Definitely keep your eyes on both the podcast and youtube channel as both we’ll be producing a lot of ambitious new content starting in the summer. In the short-term, look forward to a lengthy news roundup on the next Manga Mavericks, as well as a very special episode of @ Movies coming shortly! We’re getting back into the swing of our bi-weekly schedule, so you can expect more podcasts more regularly! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro & Show Plan 04:24 - Starting Point: E no Genten Discussion 20:55 - Jump Start! Act-Age Discussion 35:58 – 2018 Survey Results!! 2:30:27 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com, and subscribe to us on Youtube. You can follow the hosts at @lumranmayasha, @VLordGTZ, and @sniperking323. 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! 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 [email protected]! And as always, thanks for listening!

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Manga Mavericks EP. 43: Astra Lost in Space

Our Kenta Shinohara Month ended up ballooning to a quarter-year! Sorry about the delay on this episode folks. Life stuff happened, which is pretty usual. Also, my (LumRanmaYasha)'s audio got messed up and had to be completely re-recorded, which was very unusual. But all these setbacks couldn't stop this podcast from coming out! We kept the mantra of Astra's world - Per Aspera Ad Aspera: "Through hardships through the stars" - in our minds and hearts. And like the Astra crew, we overcame all the hurdles in our way and became better and stronger people for it! Continuing off from last month's interview, we're joined once again by Marlene First, editor of Astra Lost in Space for Viz Media! We discuss all the reasons why Astra captured our hearts, from its lovably nuanced characters to its intriguing sci-fi concepts. We also answer some Q&As from Reddit listeners, addressing changes made to the Viz editions of the graphic novels and clearing some misconceptions about why it ended. So join us as we journey through everything that makes Kenta Shinohara's latest series so astra-ordinary! Awe yeah! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:22 - Intro & Updates 3:30 - Astra Lost in Space Discussion w/ Marlene First Q&As: 1:08:30 - “What did Shinohara-sensei redraw for the Viz Graphic Novels?” 1:11:03 - “What motivated Shinohara-sensei from writing a manga that differed so heavily from his previous work?” 1:11:45 - “Was there originally another ending planned for Astra?” 1:25:30 - Wrap-Up & Podcast Plans 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 Marlene First at @miichi1st. You can also watch her gaming streams on Twitch and tip her for her work on Ko-fi! 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! 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 to [email protected]! And as always, thanks for listening!

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Manga Mavericks EP. 45: The Big News Roundup!

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