Episode 68 - INFINITY CASTLE IS REAL

THE DEMON SLAYER PODCAST IS BACK!VLord and Lum sit down to dish out all the details on Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle. Does it hold up to the manga, and will the final arc of Demon Slayer really work as a film trilogy? Listen to find out!Check out our store and exclusive indie manga:https://store.mangamavericks.com/Join our Substack:https://mangamavericks.substack.com/Follow us on X (Formerly Twitter):VLord: @VLordGTZLumRanmaYasha: @LumRanmaYashaIntro & Outro music composed by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AmpRen⁠

On this very spooky episode of Manga Mavericks, we're joined by both Casey (MinovskyArticle) and ANN Guest Writer, Adeline, to spiral into madness as we discuss the Junji Ito magnum opus,Uzumaki! A horrifying story of a teenage couple who live in a small village that is being overrun by spirals everywhere they turn! Including twisted, contorted middle aged men, snail people, even giant curly hair! Listen as we discuss some classic Ito comics and the many underlying themes and ideas within that you may not have thought about before. Enjoy!⁠If you enjoyed this episode of the podcast, then be sure to listen to our podcast discussing the recent Uzumaki anime adaptation (featuring special guest, Dawn from the Anime Nostalgia Podcast) available exclusively over on our Patreon!!⁠PODCAST BREAKDOWN:00:00 - Intro06:27 - Uzumaki Discussion1:37:58 - Wrap-upEnjoy the show, and follow us on Twitter at⁠ @manga_mavericks⁠, on Bluesky at⁠@mangamavericks.bsky.social⁠, on tumblr at⁠ mangamavericks.tumblr.com⁠ and on⁠ Youtube⁠! You can also follow the hosts on Twitter at⁠@sniperking323⁠ and⁠@lumranmayasha⁠. If you’d like to help support the show financially you can⁠ pledge to our Patreon⁠ and receive some awesome rewards like our⁠Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods⁠! Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and Apple Podcasts and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!LINKS:⁠Find us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts!⁠⁠Support us on Patreon!⁠⁠Uzumaki is available physically and digitally from Viz Media!⁠⁠As well as available on the Viz Manga app!⁠⁠Check out Adeline's piece on Uzumaki over on ANN!⁠⁠Listen to our initial impressions of the Uzumaki anime on Saturday Night Shoggy!⁠

VLord, Sakaki, and Marion discuss Gunbured × Sisters by Wataru Mitogawa (published by Seven Seas Entertainment).Follow Saturday Night Shoggy on Twitter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SatNightShoggy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.You can email us at [email protected] Credits:SNS Intro – “Can’t See Your Face” by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AmpRen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNS Outro – “Curtain Call” by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AmpRen⁠

New York City. A veritable melting pot of people, living record of historical events, and... a coven of underground subway witches? Run by different gangs of birds?! The Ravenblack Court is an original Webtoon canvas series created in English by ⁠Adorabirb⁠, comics artist and journalist, and friend of the show! With the manhwa/Webtoon industry growing, more and more original series created in English are being published by these platforms. Want to learn more about how the process works? Dive into this series with us as we discuss historically significant events, how a creator can draw inspiration for their work, and gleam insight on the Webtoon/digital comics industry with someone who has lived it! Plus, we have industry news, more recent reading recs, and a teaser at the end of the episode!Here are Adorabirb's recs:⁠What are the Chances⁠⁠OMNIPRESENCE⁠⁠Winged⁠---Edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ademola⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Logo by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TonytoonArt⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AmpRen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Amber⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Marion⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Twitter! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SojuManhwaPod⁠⁠

What's more dangerous than a psychopathic narcissist prince with a god-complex? How about a a bodyswapping villainess and saintess duo with heavy yuri undertones? What if we mix in some Greek mythos as well? ⁠Your Throne⁠ is one of the darkest, politically rife series we've covered so far, and with us this time we have the return of our guest Wit, moderator from the ⁠⁠R/OtomeIsekai subreddit⁠⁠! Join us as we dive deep into one of the first Webtoons that sucked Marion down the rabbit hole of Romantasy. Though we might have to call it Tragentasy with how dark it gets...Content warning for this series: physical and emotional trauma, suicidal ideations, assassination attempts, human trafficking, manipulation, gaslighting, self-harm, torture, graphic violence and murder, severe depression, bombing, and guns.---Edited by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ademola⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Logo by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TonytoonArt⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AmpRen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Amber⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Marion⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Twitter! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SojuManhwaPod⁠⁠

To celebrate the premiere of the Call of the Night anime, we wanted to highlight our discussion of the manga from our sister podcast Saturday Night Shoggy!In this episode, Marion, Sakaki, and VLord invite on manga letterer Ace  Christman to talk about Viz Media's English release of Call of the Night  by Kotoyama.Follow Saturday Night Shoggy on Twitter at @SatNightShoggy and on Facebook.Listen to the Saturday Night Shoggy podcast backlog:https://linktr.ee/SatNightShoggyYou can follow hosts Marion, Sakaki, and VLord on Twitter at @microwaevy, @kiirobon, and @VLordGTZ.You can follow our guest Ace Christman on Twitter at @kaitou_ace.Music Credits:Intro - "Weary Travellers" by AmpRenTransition - "Yofukashi no Uta" by Creepy NutsOutro - "Curtain Call" by AmpRen

VLord and Nick discuss the anime film Make a Girl, the directorial film debut of viral animator Gensho Yasuda.Enjoy the show, and follow us on Twitter at⁠ @manga_mavericks⁠, on Bluesky at⁠@mangamavericks.bsky.social⁠, on tumblr at⁠ mangamavericks.tumblr.com⁠ and on⁠ Youtube⁠! If you’d like to help support the show financially you can⁠ pledge to our Patreon⁠ and receive some awesome rewards like our⁠Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods⁠! Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and Apple Podcasts and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content!

VLord, Sakaki, and Jecka disucuss Production I.G's anime film adaptation of The Concierge.Follow Saturday Night Shoggy on Twitter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@SatNightShoggy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.You can email us at [email protected] Credits:SNS Intro – “Can’t See Your Face” by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AmpRen⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SNS Outro – “Curtain Call” by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠AmpRen⁠⁠

Welcome back to Manga Mavericks @ Movies! The show where we don’t just talk smack about movies, we celebrate them! We’re back after (check notes) FOUR YEARS(?!) to talk about the year of film in 2024! It’s been a long time since we’ve done one of these, so you may be wondering why we were so eager to record a podcast about 2024 films than years past. While 2024 was a bad year for most of the world, it was a pretty strong year for entertainment all around, including movies. While it got off to a rough start with movies that didn’t click with audiences and hit at the box office, by the end of the year we got a lot of interesting and entertaining gems that delighted film critics and moviegoing audiences alike. I think that’s why we have an Oscars race this year where you have a lot of films people have seen and are genuinely enthusiastic about, plus Emilia Perez for some reason, and the lack of clear overwhelming favorites like Oppenheimer and Everything, Everywhere, All At Once like the past two years has made the Awards season really competitive, to the point where it’s hard to predict what will win at the Oscars this year, especially in the Best Picture race. Some critics and commentators consider 2024 a weaker year for film than years previous, but personally, this was the most engaged moviegoing year I’ve ever had. This is the first year since I (Lum) started using Letterboxd over a decade ago where I managed to see over 100 movies that came out that year within the year itself! Only time will tell which films will be remembered as part of the canon of great and essential cinema, but as far as I’m concerned, there were plenty of great films that came out in 2024 that I adore and want to explore, so we’re here to discuss them so much more! Vlord and I each count down our Top 10 favorite films from 2024, celebrating the films we enjoyed and resonated with the most. Then, we discuss all the films and categories nominated at the 97th Academy Awards, giving our thoughts on the nominations picked for each category and speculating on who the Academy will pick as winners. As someone who has listened to lots of Oscars-related podcasts over the course of this Awards season, I can guarantee you that you won’t find a longer discussion of the Short Film categories on any other film podcasts! So get listen up and listen good to our thoughts on the best and most awarded movies of 2024 (not necessarily the same) in our nearly 4-hour long podcast that’s probably longer than this year’s Oscars ceremony itself! Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, on Blu Sky at @mangamavericks.bsky.social, and subscribe to us on Youtube. You can follow the hosts on twitter at @LumRanmaYasha and @VLordGTZ. Don’t forget to also like and subscribe to us on Youtube and iTunes and leave us reviews to help us curate the show and create better content! If there are any topics, series or mangaka you would like to see us talk about on the show, drop us a line in the comments below, or e-mail us at [email protected]! Thanks for listening!PODCAST BREAKDOWN:00:30 – Our Favorite Films of 20242:10:53 – Oscars 2025 Thoughts 3:30:53 – Final Thoughts & Wrap-Up Music Featured:The Boston Pops Orchestra – “Hooray for Hollywood” Tim Heidecker – “Oscar Fever” LINKS:Support us on Patreon!Find us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts!Wanna Leave Us a Tip? LumRanmaYasha also has a Ko-fi!Want more movie thoughts? Follow Lum and VLord on Letterboxd! Check out Lum and VLord’s respective Favorite Films of 2024 Lists on Letterboxd! Read more of Lum’s reviews on All-Comic! Read VLord’s reviews on All-Comic!

VLord, Sakaki, and Nick discuss the Netflix movie Ultraman: Rising. Join our Patreon for early access to episodes and exclusive content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/mangamavericks⁠