Manga Mavericks EP. 90: Samurai 8 and Others

By Colton
On 16 June 201918 June 2019
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On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum catch up on the four newest series to debut in Shonen Jump, including the long awaited return of Masashi Kishimoto and his newest series 2 years in the making, Samurai 8: The Tale of Hachimaru! The other batch of series discussed on the show include shogi manga Double Taisei by Kentaro Fukuda, rugby manga Beast Children by Kento Terasaka, and controversial dystopian manga Tokyo Shinobi Squad by Yuki Tanaka & Kento Matsuura! Which of these new series will the Mavericks take a liking to the most (and why is it Samurai 8)!? Listen to the episode and find out!

Join us next week as we interview longtime member of the comics industry, David Brothers, as well as manga translator, Caleb Cook the week after that! Or you can listen to both interviews in full ahead of time by becoming a patron!

PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

0:00:00 – Intro

News:

0:01:19 – Boruto Moves to V Jump

0:03:24 – Mewtwo Returns gets manga adaptation

0:05:01 – Cross Infinite World licenses Labyrinth Angel

0:07:59 – Elliot Advisors buys Barnes and Noble

0:10:11 – JMPA reveals magazine circulation numbers for January to March 2019

0:17:28 – Anime Expo Hosts Katsuhiro Otomo, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, & Range Murata

0:19:25 – Anime Expo Hosts 4DX Screenings of Detective Conan & Gundam Movies

Jump Start Reviews:

0:29:40 – Samurai 8

0:53:44 – Double Taisei

1:10:00 – Beast Children

1:25:11 – Tokyo Shinobi Squad

Community Shout Outs!:

1:45:58 – All Systems Goku

1:49:46 – Is Yuri Queer? By Erica for AniFem

1:51:56 – Wrap-up!

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About The Author Colton

Colton is just your regular glasses wearing nerd residing in Saint Louis, Misery (that's a joke) who loves reading and collecting manga as a hobby and also records too many podcasts! He started off his podcasting escapades in 2013 when he created Life Lessons: The Gintama Manga Cast, which was a show dedicated to Gintama and its past English release of the manga. From there he became the co-host of shows such as the Manga Corner from Anime3000, Heavenly Kings, One Podcast Prevails and many more. Colton first discovered manga back in 2006 when he bought his first issue of Shonen Jump, and ever since then, his love and passion for manga took off from there! His favorite titles include Sket Dance, Eyeshield 21, My Hero Academia and much, much more. Colton can be found frequenting sites such as Anilist and Twitter under the handle of sniperking323.

Manga Mavericks EP. 90: Samurai 8 and Others