Hello! We're Behind the Manga podcast!

Hosted by MangaAlerts and WinterVenom, Behind the Manga covers special manga news and topics, interview those from the English manga industry, and cover the process behind the English development of some of your favorite manga titles!

If you want to know how we got started, check out our trailer!

Contact Us: [email protected]

Join Winter and Alerts as they speak with J-Novel Club's

In part 1 of this two part interview, we discuss Madison's career, J-Novel Club's localization process, J-Novel Club joining the BL market with J-Novel Knight, and more!

Madison Salter's Twitter Handle: @madison_js_

Join Winter and Alerts as we speak with the Director of Publishing Services for Kodansha USA, Ben Applegate!

In this episode we talk to Ben about his career, marketing a manga title to retailers and libraries, determining comps for manga, and more!

Ben Applegate's email: [email protected]

Join Behind the Manga as they go behind the scenes on the manga Dragon and Chameleon from Square Enix Manga & Books with the manga's editor Edward Hong and translator Kevin Yuan!

In this, we talk about how Kevin created the "voice" for the leads, how Edward handled a series with no adaptations, how the mangaka's editor is involved in the English localization, and more!

"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

Join us as we go behind the scenes with Square Enix Manga & Books editor Edward Hong and manga letterer Brandon Bovia on their localization process for the first two volumes of Soul Eater NOT Perfect edition!!

In this, we learn about their memorable moments, what their process is like, and something surprising for fans to look forward to in volume 3!

In this episode, Winter and Vampy interview Sakaki of WssTalkBack and MangaAlerts on attending Anime Expo as press!

Sakaki and Alerts give their thoughts on no room clearing, applying for badges, transcribing panels, and more!

WssTalkBack Twittter Handle - @Wsstalkback

In the final part of our special episode, Vampy talks about her social media pet peeves, Winter answers if manga will be promoted and consumed by BookTok, Alerts gives his honest, critical analysis on the Anime and Manga press industry, and more!

"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)

In Part 2, we continue our interview of each other. Vampy talks about what manga are popular in libraries, Winter talks about the contact he didn't expect to have, Alerts gives his opinion on the manga community, and more!

Join Alerts, Winter, and Vampy as they celebrate Behind the Manga's 2 year anniversary special!

In this episode, they talk about the group's milestones in 2024, and interview each other asking questions about the growth of their accounts, why Vampy hasn't reviewed any manga for the website, and more!

In this special episode, Winter, Alerts, and Vampy interview members of the team who work on the manga adaptation for The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten!

Join us as we speak with new friend of the podcast, and translator, Nova Skipper along with returning guest, friend of the podcast, and editor Edward Hong about their research, process, and work they go through when working on the series from the first time they get the files to when the volume is ready to be shipped!

We also find out what some of their favorite or memorable scenes from the manga are!

Nova Skipper's Twitter handle: @shinhoshi_n