Man oh Manga! 2021 was an incredible year for the manga industry, seeing record sales with books of all stripes flying off the shelves both in Japan and abroad! There sure was a lot of great manga published in 2021, a lotta of which we had the great fortune of reading and keeping up with throughout the year! So, as per our annual tradition, the time has come once again to do our yearly spotlight on the best manga of the previous year – our Best of Manga 2021 podcast! From our favorite news stories to new manga licenses, from published volumes to simulpubs, what were our Mavericks’s favorite series to read last year, and how much crossover will their lists have? Join us as we run down our favorite art, characters, moments, jokes, chapters, series, and more in another jam-packed Best of Manga retrospective celebrating all the comics we love and adore!
PODCAST BREAKDOWN:
00:22 – Intro
3:02 – Favorite/Most Important Manga News Stories of 2021
16:18 – Favorite New North American Manga Licenses of 2021
29:10 – Favorite New North American Manga Releases of 2021
50:40 – Favorite Ongoing North American Manga Releases of 2021
1:11:07 – Favorite Manga Art of 2021
1:30:18 – Favorite New Power/Technique/Transformation of 2021
1:36:20 – Favorite Manga Fights of 2021
1:47:07 – Favorite Manga Protagonist of 2021
1:56:36 – Favorite Manga Antagonist of 2021
2:07:04 – Favorite Manga Moments of 2021
2:15:18 – Favorite Manga Gag Moments of 2021
2:21:44 – Favorite Manga Chapters of 2021
2:36:09 – Favorite Manga Series Finales of 2021
2:42:02 – Favorite New Manga of 2021
2:52:07 – Favorite Currently-Running Manga of 2021
3:00:15 – Our Listener’s Favorite Manga of 2021
3:06:28 – Manga We Promise to Read in 2021
3:27:07 – COMMUNITY SHOUT-OUTS:
Best of the Year Lists/Retrospectives:
- Sakaki’s Shonen Sunday Retrospective
- Multiversity Manga Club on Best Jump Manga of 2021
- WMR 2021 Retrospective
- Manga Machinations Awards 2021
- Read Right to Left Top 5 Manga of 2021
- Okazu’s Top Yuri of 2021
- AIPT Best Manga and Anime of 2021
- ANN’s Best and Worst Anime of 2021
- AniFem’s Top anime picks for 2021
- Dragon Ball Dissection December 2021
- DBCember 2021
Black Community Spotlights:
- Crunchyroll’s Black Voices in the Industry Features
- Toonami Faithful Black Excellence in Anime
- The Mary Sue on Folks Assuming Black Folks Aren’t Into Anime
- Kotaku on Black Anime Voice Actors Overcoming Hate While Living the Dream
Campaigns:
- Clamp Down
- #NewDeal4Animation
- The Real News Network’s Roundtable on the New Deal for Animation
- Kazutaka Miyatake GoFundMe
Ukraine Aid Resources & Links
- Ukraine Crisis Media Center links
- Ukraine Caard
- Ukraine Linktree
- Ukraine Refugee IRC Emergency Fund
- PayPal Pool to Help Afro-Caribbean Students in Ukraine
- American Prestige Podcast’s Ukraine Explain episodes
- Zoya Sheftalovich on Putin’s Miscalculation
- Ukranian President Zelenskyy’s Plea to the Russian People
- Thread by an Ukranian teen documenting the war
- GoFundMe’s Verified Ukraine Fundraisers & Humanitarian Fund
Texas Trans Support Resources & Links
- Act-Blue and Donation Page for the Transgender Education Network of Texas
- Dawn’s Fundraising Raffle for TENT
- Links to Smaller Trans Organizations in Texas to Donate to
- Anime Feminist’s Dual Resources & Links List for Ukraine Aid & Trans Community Support
3:41:37 – Wrap-Up
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