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Show Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen once again spend some time over the internet talking about what they’ve been up to over the past two weeks, which may or may not involve some reading manga (A Kingdom of Quartz) and watching anime (BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!!) for these two.
News
7:34: A number of hiatuses/breaks have been announced over the past week, starting with Dragon Ball Super going on an indefinite hiatus; Then on the heels of that, One Piece will go on a three-week break starting in April.
9:41: Frieren is going on a month hiatus, while Gushing Over Magical Girls is going on hiatus due to Akihiro Ononaka’s poor health.
10:40: ‘Tales of’ RPG series artist Mutsumi Inomata passed away suddenly at 63. The two hosts reflect on the character designer for that franchise and involvement in anime such as Acrobunch and Brain Powerd.
12:27: Justin and Helen then discuss the news that manga creator Motoyuki Asai and his wife, fellow manga creator duo Yuu Asai, were involved in a serious traffic accident. This has left Yuu dead and Motoyuki hospitalized for the foreseeable future.
Licenses
13:40: TOKYOPOP finally took the time to announce they’ve licensed the following on their social media account:
- The Troublesome Guest of Sotomura Detective Agency
- The Gardener’s Favorite Poisonous Flower
- World’s End Blue Bird
- The Person I Loved Asked Me to Die in My Sister’s Stead
- A Tail’s Tale
- Let’s Eat Together, Aki and Haru
- Wails of the Bound: Beta
- This Reincarnated Countess Is Trying to Escape From Her Prince
- SANCTIFY
- Bite Marks and Fluorite
16:03: Titan Manga once again had a few more exclusive announcements on ANN, one of which includes a new Hajime Segawa title!
16:34: Yen Audio will be producing an audiobook of Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian; Inio Asano’s Mujina Into the Deep has been added to VIZ Manga, while Yasuki Tanaka’s GHOST FIXERS & Kou Tosaya’s GOZE HOTARU has been added to MANGA Plus; and Fantagraphics is finally going to reprint Moto Hagio’s The Heart of Thomas, which is good for those who’ve wanted it for years!
18:38: Seven Seas’ Wonderful Wednesday announcements keep rolling on, showing no signs of stopping anytime soon:
- The Strange House
- I Abandoned My Engagement Because My Sister is a Tragic Heroine, but Somehow I Became Entangled with a Righteous Prince (LN/Manga)
- Chotto Dake Ai ga Omoi Dark Elf ga Isekai Kara Oikakete Kita (Ghost Ship)
- Monster Marriage Shop (Ghost Ship)
- An Autumn in Amber, a Zero-Second Journey (Airship)
- The Lady and Her Butler
- Perfect Buddy
- The Big Apple
- I’m the Heroic Knight of an Intergalactic Empire! (Airship)
20:38: Justin and Helen then discuss the news of GKIDS licensing four Mamoru Hosoda films. While discussing what this means overall since a few of these Hosoda titles (Wolf Children, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The Boy and the Beast) are still streaming on Crunchyroll, this somehow leads to a reveal about Summer Wars from Helen that left Justin in despair in real time.
Streaming News
26:08: The Boy and the Heron will stream exclusively on Max, this coming on top of Max extending its deal with Studio Ghibli.
26:55: Mission: Yozakura Family will be streaming on Hulu, which means we’ll have to see if it can gain any traction or will it suffer the same fate of works such as Heavenly Delusion and Undead Unluck!
28:44: Dandadan will stream not only on Crunchyroll, but also on Netflix — the hype campaign for one of Fall 2024’s biggest titles is now underway!
29:05: To close out the streaming news of this week’s episode, most of Macross will stream on Disney+. Helen could not be more surprised and flabbergasted.
Weird News
32:48: Lots of anime were announced at AnimeJapan this past weekend, but a Baki Hanma x Kengan Ashura crossover at least caught Justin’s attention for weird news, due to the fact that there’s not too many anime crossovers out there!
35:48: The Boy and the Heron English dub was in Japanese theaters March 20. Justin and Helen had to at least talk about how unusual that is.
37:01: A couple episodes were finally found for Astro Boy, and this streamed in Japan a few weeks ago. Not so lost anymore!
39:22: There’s an 18K Gold Godzilla figure that someone really into the franchise could buy for 3.3 Million Yen. Justin recommends no!
41:07: Netflix announcing dates for their Rising Impact anime is cool and nice to know. But let’s just say seeing Netflix have Season 1 and Season 2 for an anime coming out in a two month window drove Justin momentarily insane.
43:00: And finally, Animate Ikebukuro has finally gotten the Guinness World Record seal of approval as the largest anime store. None of the hosts are surprised.