After the last couple of banger retrospective podcasts we’re taking a breather! It’s a back-to-basics news-focused episode with reviews of the latest two Shonen Jump simulpubs, The Last Saiyuki and Yui Kamio Lets Loose, thrown in for good measure! That’s not all, because we’ve also got some great listener e-mails to read and community shout-outs to give! So while this might be a short episode, but it’s dense with goodness! Were Lum and Colton surprised by what were the Top Manga franchises last fall? Are we excited for Viz’s new Viz Originals imprint? Will Lum realize they’re pronouncing Yui Kamio’s name wrong? All this in more in another great show!

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PODCAST BREAKDOWN:

00:22 - Intro

NEWS:

02:10 - Top 10 Manga Franchises from Fall 2018
06:20 - February Bookscan Top Graphic Novels List
08:36 - Attack on Titan Before the Fall ends in March
09:25 - Pokemon Adventures Black 2 & White 2 resumes serialization
11:20 - J-Novel Club licenses Campfire Cooking in Another World
12:48 - Udon licenses Stravaganza
14:10 - Titan Comics licenses Ryuko
15:30 - Kodansha Comics adds Love Massage & others
21:25 - Kodansha & Vertical license Bakemonogatari, Cells At Work! Code Black, & others
28:28 - Bookwalker now offers Kodansha simulpubs
28:56 - Seven Seas licenses Gal Gohan, Dance in the Vampire Bund A.S.O, & Roadqueen
33:03 - Viz licenses Seven Days, An Incurable Case of Love, A Tropical Fish Yearns For Love, a Drifting Classroom rerelease, and a new OEL manga imprint
41:58 - Japanese lawmakers put expanded copyright bill on hold
43:34 - Viz copyrights account for 5% of Google url takedown requests

REVIEWS:

46:35 - The Last Saiyuki

55:29 - Yui Kamino Lets Loose

1:02:39 - Listener e-mails from Wensleydale Cheddar & Leigh Sloggett

1:08:46 - Community Shout-Outs: Ash & The Black Manga Critic

1:11:02 - Wrap-Up

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