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Show Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen once again have a lot to talk about so no what they’ve been up to this time! Not too much pandemic news, but know that vaccines are continuing to roll out, and there are places that, unfortunately, have been hit too hard to resume business because of COVID-19.
3:41: Manga Entertainment has now officially been rebranded into Funimation for UK and Ireland audiences; and speaking of Funimation, they did reach a settlement after they were sued back in January for their shop site not meeting ADA standards.
5:07: Justin and Helen have on and off talked about titles getting reprinted or still being out of stock at stores, but Ben Applegate, who works at Kodansha, took to Twitter to note that manga sales have tripled since this point last year, which means there’s going to be a lot of titles that need to be reprinted but it’s going to be a while since COVID-19 protocols and not enough printers will slow things down. So in theory, this is great, but Justin (surprisingly) has some worries about what’s selling during pandemic time…and what isn’t.
Licenses
16:54: Takehiko Inoue’s Real has been published in print, but on April 27 it’ll be available digitally, which is a first for a Inoue title.
19:38: Media Blasters has been hanging around, but it seems this year they’re finally ready to emerge once again as they will be releasing the following anime:
- Girl’s High
- Doomed Megalopolis
- Grenadier
- Ramen Fighter Miki
- Mazinkaiser SKL
- Ten Tokyo Warriors
20:10: Sentai announced they’ve licensed the second Seitokai Yakuindomo film and the digital rights to Earl and Fairy.
Streaming News
20:49: Tubi TV has entered a content deal with Shout! Factory, which is leading to them streaming the following anime:
- Millennium Actress
- Liz and the Blue Bird
- Penguin Highway
- Maquia – When the Promised Flower Blooms
- The Wonderland
- Sound! Euphonium: Welcome to the Kitauji High School Concert Band
- Sound! Euphonium: May the Melody Reach You!
- Sound! Euphonium The Movie – Our Promise: A Brand New Day
- Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 1
- Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern Part 2
- Donten: Laughing Under The Clouds – Gaiden: Chapter 1 – One Year After the Battle; Chapter 2 – The Tragedy of Fuuma Ninja Tribe; & Chapter 3 – Conspiracy of the Military
22:00: Crunchyroll no longer is streaming the following titles:
- Mekaku City Actors
- La Corda D’Oro – primo passo & La Corda D’Oro ~secondo passo~
- Miracle Train – Ōedo-sen e Yōkoso
- Sound of the Sky
- Mitsudomoe Seasons 1-2
- Hourou Musuko Wandering Son
- The Idol Master
- Dog Days Seasons 1-2
- Ghost Slayers Ayashi
22:55: Funimation is streaming three Demon Slayer TV Specials (Sibling’s Bond, Mt. Nagatumo, Hashira Meeting Arc) first; Funimation is adding more NISA titles:
- Daily Lives of High School Boys
- Chronicles of the Going Home Club
- Genshiken: Second Generation
- If Her Flag Breaks
- Arakawa Under the Bridge Seasons 1-2
- Bunny Drop
- Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up
- Kimi ni Todoke – From Me to You- Seasons 1-2
- Natsume’s Book of Friends Seasons 1-4
- Pandora Hearts
- Zakuro
And adding more former VIZ anime:
- JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Parts 1-3
- Bleach (Funimation will stream Episodes 1-109 in the U.S. and episodes 1-209 in Canada.)
- Accel World, Accel World: Infinite Burst
- Infini-T Force
- K Season 1
- Mazinger Z: Infinity
- Vampire Knight
- Vampire Knight Guilty
- Hunter × Hunter: Phantom Rouge
- Naruto Shippūden: The Will of Fire
- Naruto Shippūden: The Lost Tower
- Naruto Shippūden: Blood Prison
- Naruto the Movie: Road to Ninja
- The Last -Naruto the Movie- (All of this is US and Canada only)
25:10: Netflix finally announced global release dates for Godzilla: Singular Point & EDENS ZERO; HIDIVE is now streaming the BanG Dream! FILM LIVE anime.
Main Topic: Spring Anime 2021 impressions
25:54: Justin and Helen once again have a lot of anime they happen to be interested in watching this Spring, though for one of them, they still have more to watch! Here’s what the hosts discuss throughout this section:
Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won’t Lose, Joran: The Princess of Blood and Snow, The Slime Diaries, I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level, Farewell: My Dear Cramer, The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent, Let’s Make a Mug Too, Those Snow White Notes, Higehiro: After Being Rejected, I Shaved and Took in a High School Runaway, MARS RED (Helen’s big time hot take section) Super Cub, Blue Reflection Ray, Fairy Ranmaru, Tokyo Revengers, Vivy: Fluorite Eye’s Song, Zombie Land Saga Revenge, Megalobox: Nomad, 86 (Eighty-Six), SSSS.Dynazenon, Fruits Basket: The Final, Backflip!, To Your Eternity
Weird News
1:31:11: Angels’ pitcher & hitter Shohei Ohtani has a new walk-in song that involves Jujutsu Kaisen’s 2nd ED. The baseball connection continues!
1:32:47: Now we have Peruvian politicians trying to court the otaku vote, and Justin and Helen can only wonder what’s going on here.
1:34:50: Somehow, Tesla Note, which started in Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine January 6, got an anime announced three months later. But in seeing who’s the staff for the anime, Justin realizes this isn’t your typical media-mix project…
1:36:26: Yoshiyuki Tomino is still making anime, and he wants to crush Demon Slayer and Evangelion!!!…(obviously said in good fun!)
1:38:29: There’s many forms of revenge…and then there’s what one lady did to her ex-husband involving Yu-Gi-Oh! cards that feels far fitting than expected!