Manga Mavericks

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum are joined by video essayist Shannon Strucci, as well as Doctor and Foxy from the SSAA Network, to talk about Monkey Punch's original Lupin the Third manga, specifically in the form of the first Greatest Heists collection brought over by Seven Seas! Join us as we discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the manga and whether this collection is good sampler for people who may be new to Lupin! We also discuss how this new release compares to the...

Is Otakon a con you oughta go to? We once again attended Otakon with our good friends from Weekly Shogakukan Edition, Sakaki and Jecka, and we’ve got a lOTA KONversation on this year’s event, because boy was this Otakon eventful! This was THE most attended Otakon ever, and there was good reason for this to be such a big Otakon, because there were some big guests and features at the con this year! With guests including famous voice actors like Toshio Furukawa and Shino Kakinuma, production staff...

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum catch up on the latest simulpubs on some of the usual apps! Including some various one shots on Shonen Jump, plus the return of Chainsaw Man! As well as some new fantastic series on Manga Plus with You and I Are Polar Opposites, Make the Exorcist Fall in Love, Stage S and Moebana! And lastly, despite terrible app its on, we discuss the newest series from Hiromu Arakawa, creator of Fullmetal Alchemist and Silver Spoon, with Daemons of the Shadow...

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again go over the last months worth of news! We start off with a few depressing items such as the passing of Dubu, the artist behind Solo Leveling, as well as some updates on a few series that are currently on hiatus due to a variety of health issues caused by the general harsh workload of the manga industry...

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum discuss Gengoroh Tagame's Our Colors with translator of the book, Anne Ishii! Our Colors is Tagame's newest all ages comic about a high schooler named Sora Itoda, who struggles with being himself around most of his family and friends because he hasn't worked up the courage to come out yet. That is, until he meets, Mr...

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we're releasing a compilation of our thoughts over the years on Gengoroh Tagame's My Brother's Husband! A story about a single father who has to face his internalized prejudices in order to accept certain members of his family for who they are...

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum discuss Keito Gaku's trans coming of age manga, Boys Run the Riot, with none other then the localization team behind the series' English release from Kodansha USA! Including editor TJ Ferentini, letterer Ashley Caswell, as well as translator/returning guest, Leo McDonagh! We discuss some of the localization that went into the series, as well as how its themes and messages about finding the courage to be your true self no matter what people say or...

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again catch up on some news, especially a lot of sales news, as they finally get back to covering both the New York Times Graphic Books & Manga and Bookscan lists to see where North American manga sales have gone in the past three months...

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, after a tiny bit of news, Colton & Lum catch up on a few new simulpub titles from a various services, including a few bonus chapters of a couple of beloved Shonen Jump series like Haikyu!! and Magu-chan! Afterwards, we discuss the latest new series in Weekly Shonen Jump with Super Smartphone, Aliens Area (NOT Arena) and Ruri Dragon! We also discuss two new additions to Manga Plus with MARRIAGETOXIN and OSHI NO KO, as well as the first volumes worth of...

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, it time once again to catch up on a ton of news!! Colton & Lum discuss the latest new serializations, licenses and anime news! Such stories include Togashi starting his own Twitter account to tease the latest manuscripts he's been drawing, the now confirmed US theatrical release date for Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero and the ongoing unionization of the worker of Seven Seas!! Note 1: Right in the middle of writing this post, we got an update from Eric letting...