On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its time for our monthly news catch-up, as we discuss the latest newest series being published, a whole slew of new North American manga licenses and even some anime news! Listen as we ponder the possibility of covering Bunny Drop on the podcast, wonder why companies are going all in on making more Prince of Tennis anime available in the states, and report on just how well Jujutsu Kaisen 0 has been doing since its premiere!
For a complete list of links and community shout-outs included in this episode, please visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2022/manga-mavericks-ep-196-april-2022-news-roundup/
PODCAST BREAKDOWN:
00:00 - RIP Mia Ikumi
03:01 - Intro
09:02 - March 2022 NYT Graphic Books & Manga List
10:51 - Bookscan List for February 2022
24:21 - Shaman King and a Garden ends in May
26:01 - Yako Gureishi’s new manga, plea for fan support to continue Somari
28:46 - Harold Sakuishi’s new Gorillaman manga
30:42 - Yumi Unita’s new manga
37:48 - Yuki Kodama’s new manga
38:50 - Tatsuki Fujimoto's newest one-shot (now available on Shonen Jump & Manga Plus)
40:33 - Bubble to receive manga adaptation on Jump Plus
41:55 - New multi-chapter Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan story
43:55 - New Black Lagoon manga about Eda in her early CIA days
46:25 - New Rumic Theater one-shot
47:11 - The Lies of the Sheriff Evans: Dead or Love to end with 20th volume
48:23 - Booklive suspends English release of Ranking of Kings for retranslation
51:48 - Crunchyroll adds 6 Alpha Manga titles
52:41 - Coamix launches English version of MangaHot, featuring new English translation of City Hunter
55:09 - Seven Seas licenses Ayakashi Triangle for an uncut release
57:35 - Lum's Licensing Highlights
1:13:16 - Colton's Licensing Highlights
1:28:45 - Azuki raises $500K from Y Combinator
1:29:48 - Sol Press can no longer provide refunds
1:31:58 - Kenya Suzuki handed a suspended sentence
1:35:39 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle gets new edition this fall
1:37:30 - Stone Ocean’s second cour slated for the fall
1:39:18 - Made in Abyss season 2 premieres in July
1:39:48 - New FLCL sequels, Housing Compex C coming to Toonami
1:41:24 - Blade Runner Black Lotus sequel comic coming soon
1:42:36 - Crunchyroll to halt ad-supported streaming
1:45:20 - New Anime Coming Soon
1:49:53 - Prince of Tennis news
1:55:45 - GKids Licenses
1:56:51 - 2nd Sword Art Online Progressive movie opens in the Fall
1:57:57 - Hollywood Studios shopping around for live-action Voltron project
1:59:06 - Jujutsu Kaisen 0's North American Box Office
2:01:30 - Megumi Ogata wins Seiyu Award, comments that voice acting world should be more gender-free
2:03:35 - Booklive Manga Character Award Results
2:05:34 - Community Shout-outs!
2:30:39 - Wrap up
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