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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum are joined by special guests, Maxy Barnard of Friendship Effort Victory, Marion from the Good Friends Anime Club, as well as Aisha from the MommaLuvsManga Youtube Channel, to talk about Cross Manage from Kaito! Cross Manage is a sports series about teenager Sakurai, an ex-soccer player who is roped into serving as the problem solving manager of his high school's lacrosse team. This is also another series unfortunately cut short by Weekly Shonen Jump, but also had a full simulpubbed run in English back when Viz's Shonen Jump was in its Alpha phase, as such, this is another "cancelled Shonen Jump manga" podcast, which we will from now on be referring to as "Jump Stop" podcasts! Get it, cause its the opposite of "Jump Starts"? D'aaah, you get it, you get it...

Cross Manage in particular may be the most beloved of these "pre-Jump Start" series licensed and simulpubbed by Viz Media, so of course we spend a lot of time discussing it from a ton of different angles: From Kaito's composition and paneling, to the story's themes of effort and perseverance, as well as just why its run in Shonen Jump may have been cut short.

Join us next week as we discuss Kaito's more recent series, Blue Flag!!

Visit this episode's webpage for a complete list of Links & Shout-Outs included in this episode: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-127-cross-manage/

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:04:21 - Cross Manage discussion

2:23:17 - Community Shout-Outs! 

1:34:30 - 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!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, its already time for a new batch of series from Weekly Shonen Jump, as Lum and Colton tackle the first few chapters of four all new titles! Including two from veteran authors Kentaro Yabuki (Black Cat, To Love Ru) and Ryuhei Tamura (Beelzebub)!! As per usual, the Mavericks discuss their feelings on the debut of each series, whether they're slightly bored or even uncomfortable with Ayakashi Triangle and Hard-Boiled Cop & Dolphin, or they get a genuine laugh or two from both Magu-chan and Roboco! Afterwards, they check emails and list off some more cool things for listeners to check out in the Community Shout-Outs near the end! Enjoy!

Visit this episode's webpage for a complete list of Links & Shout-Outs included in this episode: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-126-june-2020-jump-starts/

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

0:00:00 - Intro

Jump Starts!!

0:02:34 - Ayakashi Triangle by Kentaro Yabuki

0:17:31 - Magu-chan: God of Destruction by Kei Kamiki

0:25:59 - Hard-Boiled Cop & Dolphin by Ryuhei Tamura

0:45:42 - Me & Roboco by Shuhei Miyazaki

1:03:08 - Emails!!

1:42:45 - Community Shout-Outs! 

1:52:42 - 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 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!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Lum and Colton sit down with Emma Hanashiro, editor-in-chief of Boys Love manga subscription service futekiya, to discuss her role in running the service, as well as other topics such as Emma's academic background, how her crew tackles piracy, and even some recommendations as to what people should read on the site!

Visit this episode's webpage for a complete list of Links & Shout-Outs included in this episode: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-125-our-intreview-w-emma-hanashiro/

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:02:40 - Our Interview /w Emma Hanashiro of futekiya

1:42:45 - Community Shout-Outs! 

1:52:42 - Future Plans & 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 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!

If Love Me For Who I Am’s non-binary maid is reporting for duty, then our non-binary host is recording a podcast about it!

That’s right, we’re reviewing the first volume of a newly released series on the show this time! We haven’t spotlighted a lot of new releases recently, but we had to make an exception for this exceptional manga exploring gender and the LGBTQ community in Japan in a way we’ve rarely seen. Joining us to discuss the series is someone who’s basically become its ambassador on MangaTwitter, Ashley Hakker from Anime Herald! Ashley helps us dig into each of the series’ fantastic cast of characters, core themes, and beautiful artwork, exploring what makes it such a sweet, one-of-a-kind story!

We also spend some time discussing a topic close to LumRanmaYasha - the recent #FUCKSVA initiative - and why the School of Visual Arts needs to make long overdue changes to make its campus a safe learning environment for students. It’s a more serious topic sandwiched in the middle of two relatively more light-hearted parts of the podcast, but again, we’re committed to having conversations important topics affecting the community on the show and advocating for change, so we hope you also look into what’s going on at SVA and help the students there fight for a better education too.

We’re also committed to spotlighting the great work people are doing in our community, and since our review was on the shorter end this time, we had the opportunity for a special-sized community Shout-Outs segment spotlighting over a dozen awesome articles, podcasts, and videos to check out! So enjoy this podcast and check out Love Me For Who I Am as well as the work of all the great people we recommend in this episode!

Visit this episode's webpage for a complete list of Links & Shout-Outs included in this episode: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-124/

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:22 - Intro & Patron Shout-Out

Love Me For Who I Am Discussion w/Ashley Hakker
05:15 - Introducing Ashley, Love Me For Who I Am, & Advocating for Niche Series
08:22 - Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover?
11:30 - Gender Representation & “Otokonoko”
15:11 - Japanese Queer Culture in Manga Narratives
17:30 - Who is Kata Konayama?
19:10 - Authentic Relationships in LMFWIA
20:15 - Tetsu’s Burgeoning Queerness
23:00 - Satori and Japanese Gender Pronouns
26:18 - Mei and Self-Identity
29:54 - Where are the Parents?
30:51 - Mogumo and Liking Cute Things
34:37 - Ten and Gender as Performance
36:36 - Suzu and Expressing Both Feminine & Masculine Traits
39:12 - Kotone, Heteronormativity, & Inter-Community Conflict
42:50 - Misunderstandings & Micro-Aggressions
45:35 - Conflicts & Consequences
46:57 - The Title: “Who” vs. “What”
49:45 - Release Schedule & Availability
52:50 - Queer Culture in LMFWIA
54:35 - Ashley’s Efforts to Promote the Series
58:30 - The Art & Background Details
59:53 - Fanservice?
1:00:50 - Mogumo’s Fashion Sense
1:02:30 - Mentor Figures
1:03:15 - Cultural Differences
1:03:49 - Unique Experiences

1:08:27 - Community Call-to-Action: #FUCKSVA

1:16:33 - Community Shout-Outs!

1:36:03 - Future Plans & 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 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 be

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Lum and Colton once again go over some more of the latest manga news as even a global pandemic can't stop all the new series, licenses or even live action adaptations being announced! Some of the biggest news stories this episode include Demon Slayer's complete take over of all of Oricon's sales lists only half way into the year, the end of The Promised Neverland, plus some updates on the state of the North American manga industry via Deb Aoki's article from Publisher's Weekly! Join us over the coming weeks as we have podcast episodes dedicated to discussions of some series such as Cross Manage, Blue Flag, Love Me For Who I Am, and much, much more!! Some of which may or may not end up being uploaded early on our Patreon!

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

0:00:00 - Intro

0:01:28 - Oricon's Top Selling Manga and Light Novel Series Mid 2020

0:19:10 - May Bookscan List and June NYT Graphic Books List

0:30:12 - Eisner 2020 Nominees

0:34:48 - Souboutei Enters Final Arc

0:36:15 - Domestic Girlfriend Ends

0:41:06 - 4 Manga Plus Titles Have Ended:

East, Into the Night
Spotless Love
Hina Change
The Sign of the Abyss

0:45:37 - The Promised Neverland Ends

0:52:55 - 4 New Series Coming to Shonen Jump:

Ayakashi Triangle
Magu-chan: God of Destruction
Shakunetsu no Nirai Kanai (Red Hot Nirai Kanai)
Boku to Robo (Me and the Robot)

0:58:16 - Yen Press Licenses

1:00:12 - Kodansha July Licenses

1:04:36 - J-Novel Club Licenses

1:11:08 - Kaiten Books Licenses

1:14:34 - Manga Planet Licenses

1:17:52 - Mangamura Lawsuit and JP Copyright Law Updates

1:22:43 - Publisher Weekly's State of the Manga Industry

1:38:57 - Next Detective Conan Film Rescheduled for Next Year

1:39:56 - Sonic The Hedgehog Sequel Announced

1:41:41 - The Promised Neverland Live Action Series in Development For Amazon

1:45:50 - Eden's Zero Anime Announced (Oh and Shaman King, I guess)

1:54:07 - NHK Evangelion Mega Poll Results

1:57:45 - Chainsaw Man Popularity Poll Results

2:02:14 - Manga Planet Licenes: Fukumoto Edition

2:04:51 - Blue Flag is now on the Shonen Jump App!

2:07:21 - Community Shout-Outs!

Weekly Manga Recap Charity Livestream
DuckFace Diaries
TomoChocho Patreon
Marion’s Ping-Pong Review
Knick Knacks Kickstarter
Erica’s Yuri Panel
Kanzenshuu feature on Lost 1994 Curse of Blood Rubies VHS
"Pride, Policing, and the Conservative Politics of MHA" on AniFem
Eyes on Yokai

2:14:58 - 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 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!

Geez, between all the series starting and ending in Shonen Jump recently, it sure feels like the brand is entering a new era. Heck, by the end of 2020 over half of the lineup will consist of series that only started this year! There are so many new series starting up that we’re getting up our episode on the last batch just as the new batch has started. Actually, there’s been a new series every month so far this year - it’s hard to keep up!

Well, before we can talk about Ayakashi Triangle and the other new blood starting up, we still have to take care of some leftovers. Is Moriking a supremely funny gag comedy or did we want to squash it like a bug? Was Bone Collection bad to the bone? Did we have the time of our lives reading Time Paradox Ghost Writer? Does the Food Wars duo’s new one-shot Yugen’s All-Ghouls Classroom have a ghost of a chance at becoming a regular series in Jump? Is there anything substantial to say about any of these beyond quips and puns? Eh, honestly I wish we’d read more chapters before reviewing Time Paradox. We recorded this a month ago so we only got to read the first chapter before the show, so a bunch of our speculation about how the relationship between Teppei and Aino would turn out is a bit out of date…

Ah well, we actually do have a lot of stuff to say about it and the other new series, so it’s all good! Enjoy our thoughts and recommendations of some of Jump’s newest stuff, and look forward to us talking about even more new Jump series very, very soon!

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:22 - Intro & Patreon Bonus Pod Updates

04:33 - Moriking
14:47 - Bone Collection
29:28 - Time Paradox Ghost Writer
46:47 - Final Recommendations
50:10 - Yugen’s All-Ghouls Classroom

1:09:44 - Community Shout-Outs

- SuperEyepatchWolf’s “Why You Should Watch Outlaw Star”
- The Nen Show’s Soul Eater Podcasts
- “Who is Time Paradox Ghost Writer’s Kenji Ichima?” by YourAnimeGuy

1:14:35 - 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 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!

Check out this podcast's webpage for the full list of links included with this episode: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-122-morikings-all-ghouls-time-paradox-bone-collection