Manga Mavericks

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Lum and Colton once again go over some more of the latest manga news as even a global pandemic can't stop all the new series, licenses or even live action adaptations being announced! Some of the biggest news stories this episode include Demon Slayer's complete take over of all of Oricon's sales lists only half way into the year, the end of The Promised Neverland, plus some updates on the state of the North American manga industry via Deb Aoki's article from Publisher's Weekly! Join us over the coming weeks as we have podcast episodes dedicated to discussions of some series such as Cross Manage, Blue Flag, Love Me For Who I Am, and much, much more!! Some of which may or may not end up being uploaded early on our Patreon! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 0:00:00 - Intro 0:01:28 - Oricon's Top Selling Manga and Light Novel Series Mid 2020 0:19:10 - May Bookscan List and June NYT Graphic Books List 0:30:12 - Eisner 2020 Nominees 0:34:48 - Souboutei Enters Final Arc 0:36:15 - Domestic Girlfriend Ends 0:41:06 - 4 Manga Plus Titles Have Ended: East, Into the Night Spotless Love Hina Change The Sign of the Abyss 0:45:37 - The Promised Neverland Ends 0:52:55 - 4 New Series Coming to Shonen Jump: Ayakashi Triangle Magu-chan: God of Destruction Shakunetsu no Nirai Kanai (Red Hot Nirai Kanai) Boku to Robo (Me and the Robot) 0:58:16 - Yen Press Licenses 1:00:12 - Kodansha July Licenses 1:04:36 - J-Novel Club Licenses 1:11:08 - Kaiten Books Licenses 1:14:34 - Manga Planet Licenses 1:17:52 - Mangamura Lawsuit and JP Copyright Law Updates 1:22:43 - Publisher Weekly's State of the Manga Industry 1:38:57 - Next Detective Conan Film Rescheduled for Next Year 1:39:56 - Sonic The Hedgehog Sequel Announced 1:41:41 - The Promised Neverland Live Action Series in Development For Amazon 1:45:50 - Eden's Zero Anime Announced (Oh and Shaman King, I guess) 1:54:07 - NHK Evangelion Mega Poll Results 1:57:45 - Chainsaw Man Popularity Poll Results 2:02:14 - Manga Planet Licenes: Fukumoto Edition 2:04:51 - Blue Flag is now on the Shonen Jump App! 2:07:21 - Community Shout-Outs! Weekly Manga Recap Charity Livestream DuckFace Diaries TomoChocho Patreon Marion’s Ping-Pong Review Knick Knacks Kickstarter Erica’s Yuri Panel Kanzenshuu feature on Lost 1994 Curse of Blood Rubies VHS "Pride, Policing, and the Conservative Politics of MHA" on AniFem Eyes on Yokai 2:14:58 - 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!