Manga Mavericks

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton and Lum are joined by freelance letterer, Brandon Bovia, as well as former Shonen Jump manga editor, Jason Thompson, to discuss Kazuki Takahashi's smash hit manga, Yu-Gi-Oh! A series that went from being about the journey of a young, boy who became possessed by an evil spirit after solving an ancient puzzle, to becoming one of the biggest trading card games of all time! On this podcast, we discuss our memories of the franchise and what it means to us,...

Hello listeners! It’s time to fly higher, further, faster with another Pateron Peek of one of our Patreon Bonus Podcasts! The results of our latest survey showed that many of our listeners REALLY liked our Spider-Verse episode of @ Movies with Vix where we really dived deep into the history of the characters that appeared in the film...

Welcome to a special preview of a podcast series available exclusively on our Patreon entitled, the Manga Mavericks Book Club! A spin off series where we select different manga series previously covered on the main Manga Mavericks podcast and discuss them even further from volume to volume! Previously, we covered the entirety of the first arc of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure with Grant (@grantthethief) from the Blade Licking Thieves podcast, but for now we'll be taking a break from JoJo in order to...

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...

The first new manga of the 2020s have arrived, and we’re excited to talk about them! We cover the first new Shonen Jump series of the year and decade, Undead Unluck, Mashle: Magic and Muscles, and Guardian of the Witch, as well as a new global multi-language simulpub from Kodansha - Ashidaka - The Iron Hero! Plus, we discuss the return of Death Note in its first new one-shot in over a decade, which went widely viral for very weird reasons! Then, we have a beefier community shout-outs segment to...

Hello listeners! Today you’re all my valentines, and I’m here to show my love by sharing one of our previously Patreon-exclusive podcasts with all you lovely people! The results of our latest survey showed that many of our listeners REALLY liked our Spider-Verse episode of @ Movies with Vix where we really dived deep into the history of the characters that appeared in the film...

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton and Lum are joined by quite possibly their biggest guest yet! As they have the chance to sit down and chat with longtime translator of manga and video games, as well as the CEO of Irodori Comics himself, On Takahashi! Originally this interview was supposed to be an opportunity to discuss titles from the company's newest line of all ages doujinshi known as Irodori Aqua, but unfortunately, On spent most of our time talking about other amazing things,...

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its time for our annual Best of Manga episode! Where Lum and Colton take a look back at the past year and talk about their favorite manga related moments from both the industry and what they’re reading! What were their favorite new releases? What were the coolest and/or emotionally gripping moments in manga this year? And what was the best new series to come out of 2019!? Tune in to the episode and find out! Be sure to fill out our annual podcast survey, not...

We’re starting off this decade of the podcast by discussing a bunch of stuff we did last year! That’s right, it’s time to extensively cover all our adventures at the third convention we attended in 2019, Anime NYC! You’ve heard us go over all the news out of the con a few episodes ago, but this time around we’ll be going into what we personally did there - all the panels and events we attended, and all the people we met! It was a big con for us in many ways, and we got to hang out with a bunch...

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Lum and Colton are joined by cosplayer extraordinaire Diana Soreil, as well as Kelly Quinn Chiu from the One Panel Later podcast, to discuss Satoru Noda's Golden Kamuy! Just in time for winter, Golden Kamuy is a tale about hunting for treasure while surviving the bitter freezing wilderness, as well as constant attacks from all kinds of weirdos, criminals or both...