Manga Mavericks

On this episode of Manga Mavericks, Colton & Lum round out the year with one more news episode! We start out the show with some industry news, including more unions, more mergers and more data! Afterwards, we get into the latest North American sales lists from Circana on the New York Times, and then spend the rest of the show on a ton of new licenses! Big thanks to everyone who's been listening to us for the past year, and look forward to our next episode discussing some of the latest simulpubbed manga that has popped up over the past couple of months! But until then, have a happy holiday and a merry new year! Enjoy! PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:00 - Intro/Patron Shout Out! 04:23 - Drawn & Quarterly forms workers union 07:44 - Crunchyroll discontinues digital manga service 12:05 - Comixology app merges with Kindle 14:56 - Kadokawa aims to establish more wholly owned anime studios 18:21 - Shogakukan buys out all outstanding shares of Tokyo Otaku Mode 20:51 - KKR buys Simon & Schuster 24:56 - Manga