Manga Mavericks

Manga Mavericks

Manga Mavericks is a podcast hosted by Colton and LumRanmaYasha dedicated to covering and discussing manga not just as a medium, but also as an industry!

  1. EP. 259: Princess Da Huang and Other Tales

    8 Jun

    EP. 259: Princess Da Huang and Other Tales

    On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we’re joined by guest and manga letterer, Aidan Clarke, to discuss Princess Da Huang & Other Tales by Ohtori! Join us as we talk with Aidan about his work on this release, as well as our overall thoughts on all the various tales this anthology has to offer! Princess Da Huang is available digitally on the Manga Mavericks Book store and will be available in print on later this month! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00  - Intro 02:57 - Upcoming Manga Mavericks Books releases and con appearances Tie Me Up, Stare Me Down by Zawayuki Taki Brothers of Japan by Taiyo Matsumoto Manga Mavericks Books Panel at Anime Expo! 09:03 - Princess Da Huang discussion 1:12:37 - Wrap-up Enjoy the show, and follow us on Twitter at @manga_mavericks, on Bluesky at @mangamavericks.bsky.social, on Instagram at @mangamavericks_official, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon or our Substack and receive some awesome rewards like our exclusive Bonus pods! Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and Apple Podcasts and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or email us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening! LINKS: ⁠Check out Princess Da Huang and other wonderful manga over on the Manga Mavericks Books store!Find us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts!⁠Subscribe to our Manga Mavericks + Newsletter on Substack!Support us on Patreon!⁠Follow Aidan on Bluesky!

    1hr 29min
  2. EP. 258: Great Metal God

    27 Apr

    EP. 258: Great Metal God

    On this episode of Manga Mavericks, the Mavericks are joined by comics artist and graphic designer, Darren Vogt, to discuss Iwakuni Kogyo's Great Metal God! An incredible sci-fi, action spectacle about a colossal metal being that wreaks havoc and destruction upon the world until another equally giant being is summoned to step in and save the day! Join us as we discuss Kogyo-sensei's amazing artistic ability to convey a story of such epic proportions without the use of very little text, while Darren goes through his process of designing and creating a cover worthy of the Great Metal God themself! Enjoy! Be sure to take the latest Manga Mavericks survey before it ends on April 30th!!! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00  - Intro 02:16 - Take the Manga Mavericks survey TODAY! 05:00 - Check out our newest Manga Mavericks Books releases! 08:28 -  Our latest licensing announcements from Anime Boston! 15:32 - Great Metal God discussion 1:12:15 - Wrap-up Enjoy the show, and follow us on Twitter at @manga_mavericks, on Bluesky at @mangamavericks.bsky.social, on Instagram at @mangamavericks_official, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon or our Substack and receive some awesome rewards like our exclusive Bonus pods! Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and Apple Podcasts and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or email us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening! LINKS: ⁠Take the Manga Mavericks 10th Anniversary Survey and enter our raffle to win a FREE manga!⁠Great Metal God is available for purchase on the Manga Mavericks Books store!Find us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts!⁠Subscribe to our Manga Mavericks + Newsletter on Substack!Support us on Patreon!⁠Follow Darren Vogt on Blusky!

    1hr 21min
  3. EP. 255: Inside ONE PIECE x MERCER LABS with Nasir Dean

    01/12/2025

    EP. 255: Inside ONE PIECE x MERCER LABS with Nasir Dean

    Launched on the weekend of New York Comic Con 2025, the One Piece x Mercer Labs immersive exhibition transported visitors into the world of the series through 11 rooms featuring a variety of digital and physical installations themed around the Wano arc. LumRanmaYasha sat down for two interviews with Nasir Dean, the Manager of Special Projects at Mercer Labs and driving force behind the immersive One Piece exhibition. We discussed Nasir’s history with One Piece and anime, his pathway to collaborating with Toei on the exhibition, curating the exhibition around the Wano arc, the themes of the different installations, what makes One Piece such a natural fit for an immersive experience, and how the installation encapsulates the series’s messages of freedom that’ve resonated and inspired people worldwide.  PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Manga Mavericks Books Promo 00:44 - Intro 06:42 - Nasir Dean Interview at the Mercer Labs, 10/12  38:07 - Nasir Dean Interview over Zoom, 10/29 1:09:21 - Wrap-Up  Enjoy the show, and follow us on Twitter at @manga_mavericks, on Bluesky at @mangamavericks.bsky.social, on Instagram at @mangamavericks_official, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @VLordGTZ and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon or our Substack and receive some awesome rewards like our exclusive Bonus pods! Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and Apple Podcasts and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or email us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening! LINKS: Visit the Mercer Labs! Check out our report on the ONE PIECE x MERCER LABS experience  Order Manga Mavericks Books titles on our online store!  Order Mutsumi Natsuo’s Butch Yuri manga Boyish² and My Date is a Total Ike Woman now on our online store!  Find us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts!⁠ Subscribe to our Manga Mavericks + Newsletter on Substack!  ⁠Support us on Patreon!⁠ Wanna Leave Us a Tip? LumRanmaYasha also has a Ko-fi!

    1hr 19min
  4. EP. 254: Young Magazine USA (Part 2)

    04/11/2025

    EP. 254: Young Magazine USA (Part 2)

    On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton, Lum and Sakaki continue to read through and discuss the back half of Kodansha's Young Magazine USA! Starting off with the baffling post apocalyptic, sci-fi epic, Protocol Ryugu from Daisaku Tsuru, and then bookended with another equally as baffling horror adventure with Into The Dark by Anri Morikuma! Get ready for even more scares than last time as we finish off the magazine and head to the polls to vote for which series will get to continue! Enjoy! ⁠Be sure to read and vote for your favorite series on Young Magazine USA's official website! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00  - Intro Young Magazine Discussion 13:47 -  Protocol Ryugu 41:09 - The Graveyard Shift 57:50 - Pregnant 1:14:35 - Project Metallia 1:25:30 - Godmother 1:39:05 - Fasciation 1:51:54 - Into the Dark 2:07:06 - Final Thoughts 2:30:30 - Wrap-up Enjoy the show, and follow us on Twitter at @manga_mavericks, on Bluesky at @mangamavericks.bsky.social, on Instagram at @mangamavericks_official, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon or our Substack and receive some awesome rewards like our exclusive Bonus pods! Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and Apple Podcasts and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or email us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening! LINKS: Order Manga Mavericks Books titles on our online store⁠!Attend our Manga Mavericks Books panel at Twin Cities Con! Find us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts!⁠Subscribe to our Manga Mavericks + Newsletter on Substack!Support us on Patreon!⁠Read the entirety of Young Magazine USA on platforms like Azuki, Bookwalker Global, or KManga!

    2h 40m
  5. EP. 253: Young Magazine USA (Part 1)

    27/10/2025

    EP. 253: Young Magazine USA (Part 1)

    On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton, Lum and Sakaki all get together to take a look at the special US edition of Kodansha's Young Magazine and attempt to spotlight and discuss every first chapter featured! Though as you can clearly see, we had definitely bit off more than we can chew! So much so, that we have to split this up into TWO PARTS! Seriously! There was NO WAY we'd be able to get through all 16 series (plus two one shots) in one go! Especially not when you throw in an official sequel to Mavericks favorite, Boys Run The Riot, which we definitely had A LOT to say about! Even so, be proud that we still cover a little more than half the lineup. So stay tuned next time as we finish off the rest of the magazine! Enjoy! Be sure to read and vote for your favorite series on Young Magazine USA's official website! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00  - Intro 12:31 -  Young Magazine Discussion 20:25 - The Last Terran 39:04 - Boys Run the Riot -In Transition- 1:06:28 - To Dusk and Twilight 1:18:18 - GOUMA 1:30:26 - Is My Love Strange? 1:50:02 - Me and Bob Dylan (and My Father) 1:57:16 - The Journey of a Dark Elf with Fading Powers 2:12:01 - The Silent Forest 2:20:04 - The Knight of Blasphemy 2:33:40 - Kikikaikai 2:45:22 Still You 2:55:27 - Wrap-up Enjoy the show, and follow us on Twitter at @manga_mavericks, on Bluesky at @mangamavericks.bsky.social, on Instagram at @mangamavericks_official, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon or our Substack and receive some awesome rewards like our exclusive Bonus pods! Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and Apple Podcasts and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or email us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening! LINKS: Order Manga Mavericks Books titles on our online store⁠!Attend our Manga Mavericks Books panel at Twin Cities Con! Find us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts!⁠Subscribe to our Manga Mavericks + Newsletter on Substack!Support us on Patreon!⁠Revisit our original podcasts on Boys Run the Riot! Read the entirety of Young Magazine USA on platforms like Azuki, Bookwalker Global, or KManga!

    3h 11m
  6. EP. 251: Zigoku's Foreman Vol 1

    06/10/2025

    EP. 251: Zigoku's Foreman Vol 1

    On this episode of Manga Mavericks, we're spotlighting the third and final of our first round of Manga Mavericks Books licenses with 9banta's Zigoku's Foreman! A workplace comedy taking place in Hell about a demon named Mizuchi, who acts as the leader of a construction crew! Join our Mavericks crew as they discuss the specific HELLISH challenges that come with releasing a work such as this one, not just with it being a combination of both manga and light novel prose, but especially with our very own Vlord having his own challenges figuring out how to learn entirely new skills in order to print this book correctly and have it come out as good as possible! Zigoku's Foreman Vol 1 is now available for purchase on our store! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00  - Intro 13:36 -  Zigoku's Foreman Discussion 1:12:18 - Wrap-up Enjoy the show, and follow us on Twitter at @manga_mavericks, on Bluesky at @mangamavericks.bsky.social, on Instagram at @mangamavericks_official, and on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon or our Substack and receive some awesome rewards like our exclusive Bonus pods! Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and Apple Podcasts and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or email us at mangamavericks@gmail.com! Thanks for listening! LINKS: Find us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts!⁠Subscribe to our Manga Mavericks + Newsletter on Substack!⁠Support us on Patreon!⁠Listen to the latest Kanzenshuu podcast reviewing BONDS!

    1hr 21min
  7. EP. 250: Sanda

    29/09/2025

    EP. 250: Sanda

    Christmas has come early for Manga Mavericks, as we’re celebrating our 250th episode with a special gift from Titan Manga, the first volume of Sanda, Paru Itagaki’s crazy dystopian manga about a kid who can transform into a buff, hot Santa Claus investigating the conspiracy behind the disappearance of his classmate! You know a manga by Paru Itagaki’s gotta be wild even without featuring horny-hungry anthropormophic animals, and we talk about everything that makes Sanda the gift that keeps on giving, from its insane bordering on psychotic characters, intriguing world building, and hilariously over-the-top interpretation and application of the Santa Claus mythos for battle manga powers. Sanda is everything that we love about manga and a wonderful way to ring in and commemorate our 250th episode!  Thanks so much to Titan Manga for inviting us to participate in the blog tour for Sanda! Check out more coverage of Sanda at the outlets listed here!  We also have another occasion to celebrate, because we’ll be exhibiting and hosting a panel for Manga Mavericks Books at New York Comic Con! It’s our first time hosting a table for Manga Mavericks Books at a convention, and we’re excited to be able to showcase our books and interact directly with fans at the show! Our booth number is 2242, and we’ll be sharing our booth with B!Juku, one of our digital manga distribution partners, and we’re located right to the left of the Viz Media booth in the small press section of the Exhibit Hall! We’ll have copies of Alternative, Bonds, and Zigoku’s Foreman volume 1 for sale at special discounted prices and free bookmarks for Alternative and Zigoku’s Foreman and a convention exclusive print for Zigoku’s Foreman, alongside other surprises and goodies available for sale and being given away at the booth!  PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00  - In Memoriam: Matt Haasch  GoFundMe for Matt’s Family Lum and VLord’s Reflections on Matt  10:30 - Introducing Sanda 13:45 - Celebrating Manga Mavericks’ 250th episode!  14:55 - We’re going to be Exhibiting and Hosting a Panel at New York Comic Con!  18:03 - Sanda Review  1:00:10 - Wrap-up 1:03:56 - Shout-Outs:  Manga Machinations’ 11th-Year Anniversary Episode  Evan Minto’s In Memoriam for Matt Haasch Matt Haasch Memorial organized by Evan Minto Kanzenshuu Podcast on Bonds!  Lum's Guest Appearances on Manga Tak Senpai no Kohai The Guy She Was Interested Wasn’t a Guy At All She Loves to Cook, She Loves to Eat  Demon Slayer Podcast episode on the Infinity Castle movie  Lum's Guest Appearances on the Toonami Faithful Podcast: Anime Expo San Diego Comic Con  Colleen Manga Recs’ Video on Anime NYC  ANN on the The Legal and Soft Censorship of Manga panel at Anime NYC VLord presenting the Best New Edition of Classic Manga Award at the American Manga Awards 2025  Check out recent Interviews posted on the site!   Check out our manga trailers for: Alternative Bonds  Enjoy the show, and follow us on Twitter at @manga_mavericks, on Bluesky at @mangamavericks.bsky.social, on Instagram at @mangamavericks_official, and on Youtube. You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at @VLordGTZ and @lumranmayasha. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can pledge to our Patreon or our Substack and receive some awesome rewards like our exclusive Bonus pods. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and Apple Podcasts and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content. If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or email us at mangamavericks@gmail.com. Thanks for listening. LINKS: ⁠Pre-Order our Manga Mavericks Books titles on our online store⁠! Find us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts!⁠ Subscribe to our Manga Mavericks + Newsletter on Substack!  ⁠Support us on Patreon!⁠ Wanna Leave Us a Tip? LumRanmaYasha also has a Ko-fi! Read more of Lum’s reviews on the Manga Mavericks website!

    1hr 18min

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Manga Mavericks is a podcast hosted by Colton and LumRanmaYasha dedicated to covering and discussing manga not just as a medium, but also as an industry!

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