Manga Mavericks EP. 168: August 2021 News Roundup!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum once again catch up on the latest batch of news! Including some new manga services that have popped up recently, Homura Kawamoto's newest isekai parody manga that was cancelled after the first chapter, more news on the latest Dragon Ball movie, and a whole ton of new licenses like usual, along with how well manga sales are doing in North America! SPOILER: They're doing AMAZING (despite supply chain issues)!!. All this and more on this latest episode! Enjoy!

For a complete list of links and shout-outs included in this episode, check out this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2021/manga-mavericks-ep-168-august-2021-news-roundup/

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 - RIP Philence Sampler

03:31 - Intro

08:31 - NYT Graphic Books & Manga List for July 2021

11:43 - June 2021 Bookscan List

20:45 - New Manga Apps/Sites

34:41 - Kawamoto’s Cheat Slayer manga canceled after one chapter

39:47 - A bunch of Shonen Sunday series end all at once

42:22 - Ashidaka ends

43:20 - APOSIMZ ending August 25th

44:05 - JoJo Part 8: Jojolion ending August 19th

47:53 - Golden Kamuy enters final arc

48:16 - A Sign of Affection on hiatus until November

49:19 - Blue Exorcist goes on hiatus until April 2022

51:17 - Jujutsu Kaisen resumes serialization!

52:08 - Natsuki Hokami draws Demon Slayer “Kimetsu Gakuen” spinoff manga

53:02 - New chapter of Orange about Asuza

54:26 - New chapter of Beast Complex & new series from Paru Itagaki

56:21 - New Sukeban Deka spin-off manga

57:16 - New Manga from Hekiru Hikawa

58:03 - Hiroyuki Takei

59:03 - Hiromu Arakawa

1:00:03 - Colton's Licensing Highlights

1:25:10 - Lum's Licensing Highlight

1:40:36 - US Manga Sales & Supply Chain Issues

1:48:35 - Harvey Award Nominations

1:49:48 - One Peace Books & Yen Press Audiobook news

1:51:52 - New anime projects for Konosuba, Vinland Saga, Baki, Beastars & Fruits Basket

1:56:23 - New info on Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero

2:00:05 - Penguindrum Compilation Films

2:01:48 - Gintama: The Very Final picked up for theatrical release by Eleven Arts

2:06:07 - Amazon acquires the Evangelion Rebuild films, including 3.0 + 1.0

2:08:06 - Gkids licenses Future Boy Conan

2:11:05 - Komi Can't Communicate live action to premiere on NHK, Crunchyroll picks up live action Given

2:13:01 - Rest of Sgt Frog added to Crunchyroll

2:14:13 - Pirate Princess Fena premieres on August 14th on Toonami/Crunchyroll

2:15:39 - Viz’s Undead Unluck Character Popularity Poll Results

2:18:16 - Community Shout-outs!

2:28:30 - Wrap up

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