Behind The Manga

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! "B...

17 Apr 20241h 31min

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 ...

24 Mar 20241h 49min

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...

25 Feb 202457min

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...

19 Feb 20241h 35min

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 t...

15 Feb 20241h 29min

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 the...

29 Jan 20241h 48min

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, h...

21 Jan 20241h 46min

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 (Webs...

14 Jan 202443min