On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum finally get around to (at least some of) the news that has been building up over the past couple of months, including all of the licensing news from all the various publishers that were still announced despite the ongoing pandemic! Some of the biggest acquisitions including the return of series like Shaman King from Kodansha USA, as well as Slayers from J-Novel Club, both of which we were so excited about that we just HAD to pull in Vlord into to room for a bit to talk about! We also take a deep dive into the latest thoroughly researched analysis from Comics Beat, as well as report on some other unfortunate events happening in the general comics industry, including but not limited to the exposure of Warren Ellis.

Truthfully, this episode became much more bloated then we initially planned for, which is why we will saving the rest of our news for next week, along with some thoughts on the latest simulpubs and even some titles from the newest line of Irodori Comics! Will the next episode be even longer then this one!? Stay tuned and find out!

For the complete list of links and Shout-Outs featured in this podcast, please visit this episode's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2020/manga-mavericks-ep-129-summer-2020-news-roundup/

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 - Intro 

01:38 - Bookscan List for June

08:35 -  NYT's Graphic Books & Manga Best Sellers List for July

10:02 - Ghost Reaper Girl & Kaiju No. 8 available on Shonen Jump

14:35 - Guardian of the Witch has ended

16:52 - Haikyu has ended

20:32 - Weathering With You manga ends in August with 3rd volume

21:25 - Ooku: The Inner Chambers will end with 19th volume

22:59 - Planned Gridman manga about Akane cancelled

23:53 - Irodori Comics launches SFW website

24:47 - Comico launches Pocket Comics app


26:38 - Mangamo adds Japan Sinks 2020, expands to Android

30:06 - Manga Planet Licenses Silent Mobius and others

31:47 - Kodansha Manga now available on Izneo

33:20 - Bookwaker and Kodansha partner for exclusives

35:03 - Kodansha Licenses (including Shaman King & it's subsequent spin-offs)

1:00:24 - Crunchyroll Manga adds new simulpubs

1:01:24 - Star Fruit Books licenses Pop Life

1:03:13 - Yen Press licenses

1:20:32 - Viz Media licenses

1:38:41 - Tokyopop licenses

1:42:00 - Denpa licenses

1:45:50 - Seven Seas licenses

2:04:23 - Cross Infinite World licenses Past Life Countess, Present Life Otome Game NPC?!

2:05:55 - New J-Novel Club licenses (including Slayers)

2:19:24 - Titles from J-Novel Club, Dark Horse, & Yen Press delisted on Amazon

2:22:06 - Comics Beat’s Industry Analysis

2:50:22 - Various Stories of Sexual Misconduct in the Comics Industry as of late

2:59:18 - Wrap-Up

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