Man oh Manga! 2021 was an incredible year for the manga industry, seeing record sales with books of all stripes flying off the shelves both in Japan and abroad! There sure was a lot of great manga published in 2021, a lotta of which we had the great fortune of reading and keeping up with throughout the year! So, as per our annual tradition, the time has come once again to do our yearly spotlight on the best manga of the previous year - our Best of Manga 2021 podcast! From our favorite news stories to new manga licenses, from published volumes to simulpubs, what were our Mavericks’s favorite series to read last year, and how much crossover will their lists have? Join us as we run down our favorite art, characters, moments, jokes, chapters, series, and more in another jam-packed Best of Manga retrospective celebrating all the comics we love and adore! For a complete list of links and Community Shout-Outs mentioned in this episode, please visit this podcast's webpage at: http://all-comic.com/2022/manga-mavericks-ep-191-best-of-manga-2021/ PODCAST BREAKDOWN: 00:22 - Intro 3:02 - Favorite/Most Important Manga News Stories of 2021 16:18 - Favorite New North American Manga Licenses of 2021 29:10 - Favorite New North American Manga Releases of 2021 50:40 - Favorite Ongoing North American Manga Releases of 2021 1:11:07 - Favorite Manga Art of 2021 1:30:18 - Favorite New Power/Technique/Transformation of 2021 1:36:20 - Favorite Manga Fights of 2021 1:47:07 - Favorite Manga Protagonist of 2021 1:56:36 - Favorite Manga Antagonist of 2021 2:07:04 - Favorite Manga Moments of 2021 2:15:18 - Favorite Manga Gag Moments of 2021 2:21:44 - Favorite Manga Chapters of 2021 2:36:09 - Favorite Manga Series Finales of 2021 2:42:02 - Favorite New Manga of 2021 2:52:07 - Favorite Currently-Running Manga of 2021 3:00:15 - Our Listener’s Favorite Manga of 2021 3:06:28 - Manga We Promise to Read in 2021 3:27:07 - Community Shout-Outs 3:41:37 - Wrap-Up Enjoy the show, and follow us on twitter at @manga_mavericks, 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 our Patreon-exclusive Bonus pods! If one-time donations are more your speed you can donate to Colton’s Ko-fi here and LumRanmaYasha’s Ko-fi here, and if you want to support LumRanmaYasha’s art and other projects you can follow them @siddartworks on Instagram and Twitter and donate to their personal Patreon. 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!