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

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