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Show Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen once again discuss what they’ve been up to over the internet, which again includes more Pokémon Puzzle League battles (and Justin getting destroyed), but also includes someone reading 14 (and a short story) volumes of Altina: The Sword Princess and having absolutely no regrets about the experience and Helen finally checking out the anime of MagiRevo after reviewing the first two volumes of the light novel.
Pandemic News
15:03: NieR:Automata Ver 1.1a had been delayed, came back, and now it’s been delayed again due to COVID-19. Justin and Helen speculate on the future of this series.
16:38: The Misfit of Demon Academy S2, which got delayed due to COVID-19, will now restart in July…wasn’t that supposed to be the slot for Part 2??? What will happen to that now??
News
18:20: If you thought Amazon was done laying people off, you’d be way wrong!
20:08: Kōsuke Satake’s The Witch and the Beast will still be on hiatus, which is concerning since the series was already on a two-month hiatus.
Licenses
20:53: Seven Seas recently did pause their Wonderful Wednesdays this past week, but before going away here’s what they’ve announced during the event:
- Hikaru Nakamura’s Black Night Parade
- Masasumi Kakizaki’s omotsuhegui: Scions of the Underworld
- Mikito Chinen & Ritsu Aozaki’s My Dog is a Death God
- The light novel and manga version of Yuki Suzuki’s Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero’s Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes
- Subaru Nitou & NTT Solmare’s Obey Me! The Comic
- Nagata Kabi’s My Pancreas Broke, But My Life Got Better; they will also release a special hardcover edition of My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness
- Mizuki Tsujimura & Tomo Taketomi’s Lonely Castle in the Mirror
- Mito’s Sheep Princess in Wolf’s Clothing
- Namakura, Chinori Toriu, & Tetsuhiro Nabeshima’s The Villainess Who Has Been Killed 108 Times: She Remembers Everything!
- Kazune Kawahara & Aiji Yamakawa’s The Secret of Friendship
- Light novel and manga version of Sou Akaike’s Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord: Production Magic Turns a Nameless Village into the Strongest Fortified City
25:05: Square Enix Manga & Books announced they’ve licensed:
- Esora Amaichi’s FINAL FANTASY XIV: Eorzea Academy
- Miyuki Tonogaya’s The Ice Guy and the Cool Girl
- Yuu Morikawa’s Mr. Villain’s Day Off
26:12: RANKING OF KINGS manga is back! Justin and Helen discusses its’ return and hopes for the re-translation.
Streaming News
28:07: Crunchyroll licensed the following films: To Every You I’ve Loved Before and To Me, The One Who Loved You (4/20) and Sasaki and Miyano: Graduation; meanwhile Netflix is streaming the My Happy Marriage anime
29:39: Capcom is streaming the MegaMan NT Warrior anime on YouTube and Twitch; The live-action Drops of God series will premiere on Apple TV+ April 21; and King Records’ King Amusement Creative label officially launched its “Anileap” 24-hour anime music streaming channel, which Justin thinks is pretty cool.
Main Topic: K MANGA!
30:55: Justin and Helen discuss the announcement of Kodansha launching K MANGA, starting from one place breaking embargo to the hosts trying to figure out why the company’s so vague about how the service is going to be run, among other things.
Weird News
49:27: So for whatever reason, the Hiroshima Board of Education removed Barefoot Gen manga excerpts from their peace educational materials. Confusing and confounding.
50:28: Did you not know about the anime girl helping you do your taxes? Well here it is, now you know! And what happened after this went viral went about as you’d expect!
…What then happens during this segment was something neither host could actually have anticipated!