On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again catch up on the latest batch of news! Including some new manga services that have popped up recently, Homura Kawamoto's newest isekai parody manga that was cancelled after the first chapter, more news on the latest Dragon Ball movie, and a whole ton of new licenses like usual, along with how well manga sales are doing in North America! SPOILER: They're doing AMAZING (despite supply chain issues)!!. All this and more on this latest episode! Enjoy!
For a complete list of links and shout-outs included in this episode, check out this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-168-august-2021-news-roundup/
PODCAST BREAKDOWN:
00:00 - RIP Philence Sampler
03:31 - Intro
08:31 - NYT Graphic Books & Manga List for July 2021
11:43 - June 2021 Bookscan List
20:45 - New Manga Apps/Sites
34:41 - Kawamoto’s Cheat Slayer manga canceled after one chapter
39:47 - A bunch of Shonen Sunday series end all at once
42:22 - Ashidaka ends
43:20 - APOSIMZ ending August 25th
44:05 - JoJo Part 8: Jojolion ending August 19th
47:53 - Golden Kamuy enters final arc
48:16 - A Sign of Affection on hiatus until November
49:19 - Blue Exorcist goes on hiatus until April 2022
51:17 - Jujutsu Kaisen resumes serialization!
52:08 - Natsuki Hokami draws Demon Slayer “Kimetsu Gakuen” spinoff manga
53:02 - New chapter of Orange about Asuza
54:26 - New chapter of Beast Complex & new series from Paru Itagaki
56:21 - New Sukeban Deka spin-off manga
57:16 - New Manga from Hekiru Hikawa
58:03 - Hiroyuki Takei
59:03 - Hiromu Arakawa
1:00:03 - Colton's Licensing Highlights
1:25:10 - Lum's Licensing Highlight
1:40:36 - US Manga Sales & Supply Chain Issues
1:48:35 - Harvey Award Nominations
1:49:48 - One Peace Books & Yen Press Audiobook news
1:51:52 - New anime projects for Konosuba, Vinland Saga, Baki, Beastars & Fruits Basket
1:56:23 - New info on Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero
2:00:05 - Penguindrum Compilation Films
2:01:48 - Gintama: The Very Final picked up for theatrical release by Eleven Arts
2:06:07 - Amazon acquires the Evangelion Rebuild films, including 3.0 + 1.0
2:08:06 - Gkids licenses Future Boy Conan
2:11:05 - Komi Can't Communicate live action to premiere on NHK, Crunchyroll picks up live action Given
2:13:01 - Rest of Sgt Frog added to Crunchyroll
2:14:13 - Pirate Princess Fena premieres on August 14th on Toonami/Crunchyroll
2:15:39 - Viz’s Undead Unluck Character Popularity Poll Results
2:18:16 - Community Shout-outs!
2:28:30 - 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!