Behind The Manga: Recent Episodes
Behind The Manga
Welcome Behind The Manga! A show where we take a look behind the scenes on how your manga was created & cover news within the manga industry!
Hosts: AlertsManga - Twitter: @MangaAlerts Vampy - Twitter: @mangamuse WinterVenom - Twitter: @WinterVenom91
In this episode, Winter and Vampy interview Sakaki of WssTalkBack and MangaAlerts on attending Anime Expo as press!
Sakaki and Alerts give their thoughts on no room clearing, applying for badges, transcribing panels, and more!
WssTalkBack Twittter Handle - @Wsstalkback
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In the final part of our special episode, Vampy talks about her social media pet peeves, Winter answers if manga will be promoted and consumed by BookTok, Alerts gives his honest, critical analysis on the Anime and Manga press industry, and more!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In Part 2, we continue our interview of each other. Vampy talks about what manga are popular in libraries, Winter talks about the contact he didn't expect to have, Alerts gives his opinion on the manga community, and more!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join Alerts, Winter, and Vampy as they celebrate Behind the Manga's 2 year anniversary special!
In this episode, they talk about the group's milestones in 2024, and interview each other asking questions about the growth of their accounts, why Vampy hasn't reviewed any manga for the website, and more!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In this special episode, Winter, Alerts, and Vampy interview members of the team who work on the manga adaptation for The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten!
Join us as we speak with new friend of the podcast, and translator, Nova Skipper along with returning guest, friend of the podcast, and editor Edward Hong about their research, process, and work they go through when working on the series from the first time they get the files to when the volume is ready to be shipped!
We also find out what some of their favorite or memorable scenes from the manga are!
Edward Hong's Twitter handle: @edomonogatari
Nova Skipper's Twitter handle: @shinhoshi_n
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us in today's episode of Behind the Anime where we talk about Gachiakuta anime announcement, Gainax going bankrupt, and Failure Skill Nut Master?!
Wait...what?!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us as we cover talk about the update to the Sexy Tanaka-san live action situation, the new manga awards in the US, and more!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us as Vampy and WinterVenom ask MangaAlerts about his experience at this year's Anime Boston.
From attending Kodansha's panel to interviewing rock band Queen Bee, Alerts discusses what it was like going back for a second time!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In this episode Alerts, Winter, and Vampy got the chance to sit down and interview Edward Hong, a manga editor for Square Enix Manga & Books!
We talk about how he became a manga editor, his work process as a manga editor, working on both a simulpub and a volume release, and more!!
Edward Hong's Twitter handle: @edomonogatari
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us today where we talk about Look Back's casting news, a bunch of anime from the Winter season getting second seasons, and ReZero information!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join the Behind the Manga crew as they discuss Japanese publisher TOBook rolling out an English manga reading service that uses AI, Shueisha using AI for a manga recommendation services, and more!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
On today's episode, the group discusses Akira Toriyama's passing and how his works have impacted the group.
They also talk about Viz Media's and Star Fruit Books' recent licenses, and more.
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Recently Shueisha and the police cracked down on the leaking of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.
Today's episode has Winter, Alerts, and Vampy cover that information, the impact it has to the manga community as a whole, and their thoughts on the matter!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In Part 2: Alerts, Winter, and Vampy continue to chat with Brandon Bovia on his Gundam hot takes, his love of Beyblade, decisions he makes when lettering manga, and more!
Brandon has lettered various manga series such as Dragon Ball Super, Kaiju No 8, and Heavenly Delusion.
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In Part 1: Alerts, Winter, and Vampy sit down and talk with manga letterer Brandon Bovia!
Brandon has lettered various manga series such as Dragon Ball Super, Kaiju No 8, and Heavenly Delusion.
We talk about how he got into lettering, his process, and more!!!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In part 2 of this episode: Vampy, WinterVenom, and Alerts talk with Sakaki on his thoughts on Jump and Shueisha as a whole, the changes to the Shogakukan Awards, and whether Shogakukan will create their own version of MangaPlus for English audience!
Weekly Shogakukan Edition Twitter Handle: @Wsstalkback
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In part 1 of this episode: Vampy, WinterVenom, and Alerts talk with Sakaki, founder of the account WSSTB (Weekly Shogakukan Talk Back), on how he got started, what made him interested in Shogakukan, his thoughts on translations (both official and fan), and more!
Weekly Shogakukan Edition Twitter Handle: @Wsstalkback
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In this episode, we cover the news of a bunch of VAs announcing their engagements, some legendary anime staff coming back for new projects, and more!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us today as we discuss the news of Captain Tsubasa's mangaka announcing his retirement, Ancient Magus Bride simulpub being translated using AI, and more!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In part 2 of this this episode: Alerts, Winter, and Vampy continue their interview with Japanese-English Translator David Evelyn!
We talk about Visual Novels, fighting duck sized horses, witches of adamas, and more!!!"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
David Evelyn's Website:
https://davidevelyn0825.wixsite.com/works
In part 1 of this this episode: Alerts, Winter, and Vampy got the chance to sit down with Japanese-English Translator David Evelyn!
We talk about how David got started with translation, Can penguins live on venus, stealing back Yu-Gi-Oh Cards and more!!!"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Today, we go over the news clarification regarding the "potential" Blue Box anime, Dead Dead Demons casting news, and more!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In today's episode, we cover the KKR buyout of Simon & Schuster, A Love Story getting a sequel, and more!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us as we cover the surprising news for Blue Box, Goku's VA winning an award, and more!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In today's episode, we cover Shueisha's new tier plans for MangaPlus platform, a bunch of manga series ending, and new manga licenses by a few English publishers!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In the second part of our interview with Shoujo Sundae's Chika, we continue to dive into her thoughts about the animanga community, the podcaster community, and answer her questions about us!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In a special episode, we talk with Chika from the famous Shoujo podcast, Shoujo Sundae!
We talk about her personal experiences in the animanga community, how her podcast got its start, and more!!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Monogatari Novels returns in our first video podcast episode to discuss their recent situations on social media, their process in producing a title, their thoughts on recent events impacting the industry, and more!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us today as we celebrate our one year anniversary!! In this episode, We look back on our one year of formation and interview each other!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us today as we cover a bunch of manga series ending soon along with a few series starting up. Also My Dress Up Darling changing its release date too!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us in anime news where we talk about Mappa's response regarding Yuri on Ice, a new Australian anime company, and more!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
From Medalist in print to Delicious in Dungeon anime update, join us as we cover all the news coming out of Anime Expo!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us as we speak with Ank and Vlad from Monogatari Novels, a new English & Spanish novel and manga publisher. We dive into how they got their start, the US and Spanish manga industry, and more!
Monogatari Twitter Handles:
English Twitter Account: @GatariNovels Spanish Twitter Account: @MonoNovels
Link to their novel's sample: https://bit.ly/3Nq1qS3
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us as we talk about the best selling manga in Japan for the first half of 2023, news about Viz's latest license announcements, and more!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us today where we go over the new casting news for upcoming anime series, talk about the new Macross news, and more!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In today's episode, we cover Crunchyroll's latest controversy around Tower of God: they blacklisted the English voice actors from the game...or did they?
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In this special episode, we interview the animanga journalist and content creator VLord!
VLord Twitter Handle: @VLordGTZ
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In this special episode, we discuss the controversy behind the re-release of the manga series Franken Fran by 7 Seas and how many customers have not received their orders from any retailer yet...except those who ordered from 7 Seas directly!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us as we go over the new anime studio being created by a prolific director, Suzume's sales performance, Amagami Sisters getting an anime adaptation and more!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In this special episode, we dive into one of the biggest fan scan groups, BlackCat Scans, their various subsidiaries, and their latest announcement of dropping many of their various titles!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us as we answer your submitted questions, cover the leaked K Manga news, the Manga Piracy cost as reported in Japan, and more!!
New website: behindthemanga.com
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In today's episode, we cover the discussion around English manga Freelance Translators and Letterers and the pay disparity compared to their working conditions even though the English manga community is profiting like wild!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In part 2 of Alerts attending Anime Boston, we discuss him attending the Crunchyroll and Dark Horse panels, along with his chat with the CEO of Dark Horse where they discuss many things including Kingdom!!
Link to MangaAlerts's thread asking Dark Horse Questions: https://twitter.com/MangaAlerts/status/1644851088191807489?s=20
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In this episode, we grill MangaAlerts on his time attending Anime Boston in person!! The first of us 3 to attend a con after the creation of the podcast!!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
This episode, we cover all the news behind AnimeJapan! All 3 days of news in a single episode!!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us as we dive into news about Tokyopop's founder moving on up, Kodansha USA is going to pull a Viz, and more!!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
In today's episode of Behind the Anime, we cover the winners of the 17th VA awards, tackle the Frieren anime news, announce how Demon Slayer can pay off student loans, and more!!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Join us this episode as we discuss the reason behind Cypher Academy's first translator quitting, PPPPPP news, the Viz Media VP interview and more!!
"Behind the Manga theme" - Boneyard Records (Website: https://boneyardrecords.com/)
Shinnosuke KANAZAWA - @koikanazawa
Today we're gonna cover the update on the Oshi no Ko anime, Slime season 3 release date update, and all the anime impacted by Covid!
Join us as we cover the news about the English translator for Cyper Academy quitting the series, Horikoshi responding to the MHA controversy, and more!!!
Join us as we cover the news of Kubo Wont Let Me Be Invisible going on hiatus, Tonikawa's Over the Moon s2, and One Piece Red making enough money to potentially cover many people's student loans!
In today's episode, we're covering the Viz license announcements, Kubo Wont Let Me Be Invisible's final arc, and more! Hope you look forward to it!!
Rob Father of Vash Twitter Account - @DadNeedsToTalk
In today's special episode, we go behind the controversy around the Kamen Rider Kuuga English manga translation and Titan Comic's response to it. We also give our thoughts on the entire situation.
David Evelyn - @shinhoroko
Kaylyn Saucedo - @MarzGurl
In today's episode, we dive into Attack on Titan Final Season news, Disney finally releasing Summer Time Rendering from Disney jail, and more!!
Join us this episode as we cover the manga news from the past week. Such news includes the winners of the Shogakukan Awards, a new Josei manga by mangka Minami, and Bocchi the Rock news!!
Mangaka Minami thread of links to her manga - https://twitter.com/sakaimii/status/1614284288866013184?s=20
Join us in our first special episode of 2023 where we cover the breaking news of Kodansha pulling their simulpubs off of all digital service platforms, including Azuki!!
You'll get our thoughts on this decision and what it means for the community as a whole.
Join us in our second episode of Behind the anime where we cover various anime news such as reincarnated as a sword season 2 announced, Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War Part 2 release date, and more!
Author of Fluffy Princess - @mohunade
Join the Behind the Manga crew in our first episode of 2023 where we cover such topics of whether Tawawa on a Monday's English release is delayed or not, Domestic Girlfriend's mangaka starting a new work, and more!!
PS: Winter meant World's End Harem: Britannia Lumiére
Today, we cover the various panels at Jump Festa, the first time the event is livestreamed internationally!! We also give our thoughts on the panels and our sentiments of the event as a whole!!
David Evelyn (Translator on Kaiju No 8 and Undead Unluck) - @shinhoroko
Join us today as we discuss the controversy around the Nana anime coming to Netflix and give our thoughts on how the AniManga Community handles news and leaks!
Join us as go behind the Manga Awards including how it started, the reception and responses at various stages in the event, and our thoughts about the entire situation!
Join us today as we cover a bunch of manga news, including Aka Akasaka's upcoming work, the breakdown of Dark Horse's partnership with Random House, and more!!
Join us as we interview the Canadian Restock influencer Pebenator03, also known as PB! Today, we will discuss how she got her start as an influencer along with her research and review of the Kaze/Crunchyroll Dust Jacket situation!
PB Twitter & Tiktok handles- @pebenator03
In a new segment we're starting, we have a ton of Oshi no Ko news!!! We also have some news about Yuru Camp and Spy Classroom!!
Today we discuss the return of Hunter x Hunter, the reported results from the MangaPlus Survey, the rise in manga prices in France, and more!!
WSJ_Unofficial's thread of the MangaPlus Survey Results
Today, we're covering the second half of recent license announcements with 7 Seas Entertainment and J-Novel Club!!
We are also informing you which manga publishers accept user request to license manga and how you can request manga you want licensed in English!!
Yen Press - email address: yenpress@yenpress.com
Viz - Contact Us Page
Star Fruit Books - Request A Manga
J Novel Club - Forum
Today, we're covering the recent license announcements, starting off with Viz Media and Yen Press who presented their licenses at New York Comic Con!
Dark Gathering's Mangaka's twitter account - @2koin1echd
Join the Behind the Manga group as we discuss the announcements from the Aniplex event.
In Part 2 we cover the Nier Automata anime details, the information that came out about Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War, and more!!
Join the Behind the Manga group as we discuss the announcements from the Aniplex event. We cover Fate/Strange Fake, Misfit of Demon King Academy 2, and more!
This is the first part of 2 (it was a big episode)!
Join us as we talk about Crunchyroll taking ANOTHER L by changing a policy, "Girlfriend, Girlfriend" getting another season, and so much Chainsaw Man news, it'll make your head spin!!
Join us as we talk about the current legal problems Kadokawa's chairman is facing, the new sales update for "Girlfriend, Girlfriend", and more!!
Join us as we go behind the situation with Kyle McCarley, the English voice actor for Mob, and his risk of being replaced by Crunchyroll.
Kyle McCarley's video: https://youtu.be/oHYWLTrBVlk
Crunchyroll Statement to Kotaku: https://twitter.com/Kotaku/status/1572323339133423617?s=20&t=MODIu-BxLFwUFdIUgL9ZIA
Join us as we talk about Shueisha's & MediaBang's Manga Plus Creators Platform, some surprising anime announcements, and more!!
Dive into us discussing TokyoPop not announcing their upcoming titles, Undead Unluck getting an anime, and more!
Link to Interview with Spy x Family editor on MangaPlus
Today, we present a special episode around Shojo Beat's update regarding their classic Shojo titles coming back to print and the manga community's reception to it. Join us in breaking down this situation!
This episode, we're discussing manga preservation and how it impacts the manga licensing pipeline!
Today we have Crunchyroll takings L's, Haikyu misinformation, and Kaguya's mangaka creating a live action tournament arc!
- Link to Aka Akasaka's & Young Jump's Contest: https://youngjump.jp/akasakaaka-audition/
- Mangaka Sakaimii's Twitter Handle - @sakaimii
A breakdown of the current news around Udon Entertainment's controversies around the Summertime Rendering hardcover release along with the Summertime Rendering censorship.
Hosts:
AlertsManga - Twitter: @alertsmanga
Vampy - Twitter: @mangamuse
WinterVenom - Twitter: @WinterVenom91