Manga Mavericks EP. 49: Devilman

We’re taking a short break from Shonen Jump-related podcast to talk about a creator celebrating a special 50th anniversary milestone – Go Nagai! 2018 is the 50th year of the legendary mangaka's career, and he’s seen a resurgence of popularity thanks to a slew of new anime based on his works like Mazinger Z: Infinity, Cutie Honey Universe, and most famously, Devilman Crybaby! To celebrate Go Nagi’s legacy and the renaissance of his work in the anime community, we’re discussing the original Devilman manga, recently released in the U.S. for the first time in a beautiful hardcover edition courtesy of Seven Seas! Joining us is our good friend and devilishly handsome Go Nagai devotee Josh Dunham, host of Senpai Coast to Coast of co-founder of Wave Motion Cannon! We go over Go Nagi’s career, what inspired him to write Devilman, and how his personal demons may have carried over into his work. Josh provides a ton of wonderful insight on the chaotic, anarchic mind of Nagai, making for one of our best analytical discussion so far! This podcast has literally been two years in the making – we’ve been planning to do a Devilman podcast with Josh since we first had him on the show all the way back in July 2016, so it’s exciting to see it finally come to fruition! Sit back and listen as we explore the macabre world of Devilman and gleam as many insights we can from its dark and twisted world. But first, we’ve got our usual news roundup to go through! We discuss the Oricon Top Selling Manga list, which has some surprising series making it on to the top ten! Then, we discuss the deaths of several manga magazines in print, and speculate whether this trend heralds the end for manga magazines in general. Plus we discuss a lot of new manga, new licenses, and new anime that we’re really looking forward to! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro 01:39 - Oricon’s Top Selling Manga Lists for the First Half of 2018 10:52 - Oricon’s Top Selling Light Novel List for the First Half of 2018 15:13 - Bessatsu Hana to Yume ends publication 18:48 - Monthly Comic Birz ends publication 19:53 - Young Animal Arashi ends publication 21:50 - Comic Ryu moves online 23:50 - Cells At Work gets Black spinoff manga in June 26:26 - Batman Ninja gets manga adaptation 28:40 - New Saiki K. one-shot 30:28 - Yuu Watase plans to resume Arata: The Legend this year 31:56 - New manga about Satoshi Tajiri 32:44 - Akiko Higashimura’s new manga 34:11 - Title and launch date for Kouji Seo’s new manga 35:40 - Hiro Mashima’s new manga will be simulpublished in 5 languages 38:57 - Crunchyroll to simulpublish Domestic Girlfriend 41:42 - Kodansha USA Adds 4 New Digital-First Manga Licenses 48:28 - Vertical licenses Kino’s Journey manga & more 51:00 - DC to publish Batman and the Justice League manga 53:04 - Yen Press to simulpublish Goblin Slayer: Brand New Day 54:06 - Cross Infinite World licenses Dawn of the Mapmaker 55:00 - Shonen Jump’s New Vertical Manga Awards 56:40 - Kohei Horikoshi will attend San Diego Comic Con 1:01:56 - One Piece gets Episode of Skypiea special on August 25th 1:03:22 - The Promised Neverland gets an anime in January 2019 1:06:54 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba gets an anime by Ufotable 1:08:05 - Attack on Titan Season 3 gets Theatrical World Premiere in U.S. and Canada 1:10:50 - Contest to win Makoto Yukimura’s used pen nibs 1:12:00 - Detective Conan Fan creates ‘Must Read’ Volume List 1:15:15 - The Pillows goes on tour in the U.S. 1:17:50 - Go Nagai exhibition in Tokyo and Osaka in September 1:19:48 - Devilman Discussion with Josh Dunham! 2:51:34 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on tumblr at mangamavericks.tumblr.com,and now on Youtube! You can also follow the hosts at @sniperking323 and @lumranmayasha and Josh Dusham at @Josh_Dunham. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here.