Manga Mavericks EP. 222: January 2022 News Roundup!

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum start the new year a little later than normal as they have so many leftover Xmas gifts to unwrap (and by gifts we mean news)! Including the usual new series and licenses, as well as a lot of lists to catch up on and tons of new anime news that came out over the holiday season! Enjoy!!

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PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:00 – In Memoriam:

Ichiro Mizuki
Satomi Mikuriya
Yuki Hijiri
Hilnama
Gosaku Ota
Yuji Nunokawa

14:19 – Intro/Latest Podcasts

28:15 – November NYT & October Bookscan Lists

31:00 – Bookscan Lists for November & December

41:36 – DaVinci Manga Ranking 2022

44:35- Kono ga Sugoi Manga Editors Picks for 2023

49:25 – Yokai Watch manga changes magazines

50:26 – Hunter x Hunter goes on hiatus again, but will no longer serialize weekly when it resumes

54:54 – Kishimoto to draw short manga based on the winner of global Naruto character poll

59:32 – JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 9 debuts on Feb 17th

1:00:48 – Moriarty the Patriot novels get manga adaptation

1:02:03 – New Devilman Gaiden manga

1:02:54 – Tale of the Outcasts special manga

1:04:04 – New To Love Ru one shot

1:04:38 – New manga from:

Haro Aso
Kei Sasuga
Mingo Ito
Minami Mizuno
Kensuke Koba
Sho Makura
Junji Ito

1:13:24 – Pandora in the Crimson Shell enters final arc

1:14:32 – Gege Akutami implies that Jujutsu Kaisen will probably end in about a year

1:15:16 – Excuse Me Dentist, Its Touching Me ends

1:15:58 – Adachi & Shimamura and Ascendance of Bookworm novels ending

1:17:03 – Kadokawa president writes light novel about starting his publishing business

1:18:26 – Dororo webcomic launches

1:19:40 – Kodansha’s Evening Magazine ceases publication

1:20:45 – Multiple Kodansha series ending with simulpubs being pulled from multiple platforms

1:24:24 – Crunchyroll adds Kaina of the Great Snow Sea manga

1:25:57 – New Licenses from Manga Planet and Manga Hot

1:28:28 – Star Fruit Books licenses H20

1:30:37 – Fantagraphics publishes Minami Lover

1:33:19 – Ablaze licenses Centaurs

1:35:19 – Yen Press Licenses

1:44:50 – Shonen Jump raises subscription price to $2.99

1:46:16 – 2nd Sword Art Online Progressive film screens in NA on Feb 3rd 2023

1:47:13 – Lupin the Third vs. Cat’s Eye streams on January 27th on Amazon Prime

1:49:06 – Detective Conan: The Culprit Hanazawa comes to Netflix on Feb 1st

1:49:43 – Spy X Family gets 2nd season & film in 2023

1:51:14 – Blue Exorcist gets new TV anime

1:52:59 – Mission Yozakura Family and Kaiju No. 8 anime coming in 2024

1:55:06 – Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective gets anime

1:56:50 – Zom 100 gets anime

1:58:01 – Tale of the Outcasts anime will cover the entirety of the manga’s story

1:58:19 – Boruto anime to enter Sasuke Retsuden arc followed by Code arc

1:59:30 – Pokemon enters final arc with Ash & Pikachu as protagonists with a new series coming in April

2:01:53 – Penguin Random House CEO resigns

2:03:11 – Shawne Kleckner leaves Rightstuf

2:04:38 – Peter Tatara leaves Leftfield Media to join Japan Society

2:06:04 – Community Shout-outs!:

2:08:27 – Wrap up

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