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Show Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen once again go over what they’ve been up to while working with a mix of cold and hot weather changes in the past few weeks! Helen found time to check out light novel series True Love Fades Away When the Contract Ends while Justin, as mentioned in the last episode, watched the latest Detective Conan collection set.
News
9:57: Japanese talent agency Amuleto released a statement after unauthorized photos of voice actor Aoi Nagatsuki were released online; we had the Delicious in Dungeon: Ryoko Kui exhibition in New York last year, this year it’ll now happen in Los Angeles.
13:23: We have a couple manga returns: The Elden Ring manga resumed following a 3-month hiatus; Mari Yamazaki’s Thermae Romae sequel manga Zoku Thermae Romae resumed serialization with a new chapter in Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ platform; Aki Hamaji’s Bocchi the Rock! will return in the next issue of Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Max magazine; and Days of Diamond, after it’s been on a bit of a break, will return in June.
16:09: And in possibly a first for this podcast, we can cover the return of a music group! Home Made Kazoku is back after a 10-year hiatus and they’ll be working on music again, so for those who grew up with Bleach, Eureka Seven, and Naruto: Shippuden, here’s your dose of nostalgia in 2026!
18:03: Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! will go on break due to Muchimuro’s health, but it will resume early June; Kumichi Yoshizuki announced a break from publishing the Nankai Trough Kyodai Jishin manga due to a good number of health ailments.
19:33: English voice actor Bill Wise, who voiced in a number of anime dub roles from Initial D: Legend to Moeyo Ken, passed away at the age of 61; Japanese voice actor Takahiro Fujiwara passed away a few weeks ago at the age of 43 — had a number of roles in anime but while voicing the character Kan Jou (Huan Chang) in the Kingdom anime, he had to step down from the role in August last year due to health reasons; Musician and composer Yuji Ohno — known for the iconic opening and soundtrack of the Lupin the 3rd series — passed away due to natural causes at the age of 84.
24:05: Talent agency Aoni Production announced that Wakana Yamazaki passed away at 61. She had an health ailment earlier this year that was serious enough for her to stop recording episodes of Detective Conan in February. The long-time voice of Ran and her experience in the voice acting industry was a huge loss, and from her Conan castmates and staff to other talents across different industries, her impact was notable and will be sorely missed. Akemi Okamura, who voiced the character since March 14 while Yamazaki was undergoing medical treatment, will now take over the role of Ran moving forward.
Licenses
29:54: Yen Press apparently had to have announcements pre-convention and at a convention! And there is a lot of licenses they announced:
- Kumo Kagyu, Kōtarō Sekine, & Noboru Kannatuki’s Moscow 2160 manga
- Fujino Ōmori, kakage, & Suzuhito Yasuda’s Argonaut: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Tales of Heroes (Yen On)
- Sakuhiro’s Love at the City’s Edge on a Moonlit Night
- Ryoko Kui’s Terrarium in a Drawer
- Akumi Agitogi & Hidari’s The Story of the Moon Waiting for the Evening (Yen On)
- Minoru Matsuda’s He Was My Brother
- Sino Torino’s egg: I’m Your Child
- Gakuto Coda, Meiji, & potg’s After-School Duty
- Yomu Mishima & Pinakes’s Valkyrie Bullet (Yen On)
- Hijiki’s Contract Sisters
- Nagimiso’s Izumi and the Dragon Encyclopedia
- sanorin’s My Girlfriend is a Colossal Cutie
- Hyōgo Amagasa, sugino, & LINO’s Tale of the Wizrain Kingdom: The Dragon Is the Bride
- Rainy Kamitsuki, Minori Tsukahara, & LAM’s Witch and Hound
- Ichiro Sakaki & Shiba’s On the Way Home After Defeating the Demon King (Yen On)
- Kosaka Hanane & Kurogiri’s Rise of the Lowborn: Ascending the Ranks by Crushing Incompetent Nobles (Yen On)
- Kamaseinuesu & Yuu Oukawa’s The Demon King Seems to Have Infiltrated the Hero’s Party (Yen On)
- Fujino Ōmori & Yūnagi’s Wistoria: Wand and Sword (Yen On)
- Anju Goshirakawa & Mayu Murata’s Honey Lemon Soda
- Nauchi’s Snowmelt and Agapanthus
- Yodaka Kuroi’s Witch and Cat
- Yukari Sakai’s Sinful Is the Angel Who Loves
- Hirohisa Satō’s Shigahime
- Uma Agri’s Studio Cabana
- Karuho Shiina’s Gusts and Beats
- Shin Yamamoto’s Twilight Vessel-Gods
35:21: Seven Seas had considerably less announcements and they’ll be on a Wonderful Wednesdays break for a bit. So here’s their set of announcements until then:
- Hana Hasumi’s Pendulum: The Beastmen Omegaverse Saga
- Rico Sakura’s Good Night, My Little Bird
- Oki Eiko’s The Cat Who Didn’t Believe in “What-ifs”
- KNOTS’ The Tomorrow I Want to See with Kako: A Time-Loop Romantic Comedy
- Dokuzu Kento & Nekosuke Ookuma’s Goetia Shock (Airship, digital)
- Hagane Kurodome & Kayahara’s Wandmaker of the Ruined World (Airship, digital)
- Two new Siren audiobooks: Sohei Mikawa’s Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard (Narrated by John Patneaude) & Satori Satori’s A Good Day Starts with Cats and Books (Narrated by Sara Matsui-Colby)
38:13: Abrams ComicArts’ Kana imprint announced they’ve licensed Tsubonari’s Antengai: Twilight Metropolis; Manga Mavericks Books announced they’ve licensed Zawayuki Taki’s Tie Me Up, Stare Me Down; One Peace Books announced on Behind the Manga that they’ve licensed Toshimichi Uzou, Si-me, & Kewi Hayashi’s My Sweet Marriage to My Ex-Nemesis; and we have a new title added to K MANGA: Rin Mikimoto’s Keepsake Heartache.
39:34: California-based distribution company Deaf Crocodile announced they’ve licensed the Frankenstein, Legend of Terror anime, which Helen explains seems like an odd title for them to bring to home media.
Streaming News
40:45: We will have a Macross screening of Do You Remember Love? at Anime Expo — and there will be guests at the con too; Netflix revealed they will stream Ginga Tokkyū Milky☆Subway Kakueki Teisha Gekijō Iki, the re-edited film for Yōhei Kameyama’s Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express in the U.S. on June 1, while announcing a few other anime that will appear on their service, from My Dress-up Darling Season 2 starting yesterday to Shangri-La Frontier: Season 2 appearing June 1.
44:42: Licensing and dubbing studio SkySet Entertainment announced they will stream the Go Forward anime series over the summer; Streaming service Darkroom has added the Haré+Guu Deluxe anime with the English dub for streaming with a premium membership; Cineverse’s RetroCrush streaming service will have the Medabots anime stream on the RetroCrush FAST channel every Saturday and Sunday, which gets Helen once again wondering what the appeal of watching anime at certain times of the day; and Tubi TV announced on Monday that it has licensed Yokoso Scooby-Doo!, a new anime in the Scooby-Doo mystery comedy franchise — this gets the hosts wondering if we’ll be seeing more of Tubi TV and anime streaming moving forward.
Weird News
52:10: The two hosts discuss Ken Ogino commenting on his Lady Justice manga that he created for Weekly Shonen Jump back in 2015, and what the editors told him that shifted the mindset of his serialization back then.
56:46: Let’s just say the Gamestop buying eBay did not last very long, and Helen could not believe the statement eBay gave after rejecting the bid; well, this took a turn in a good way involving singer aiko and why she hugged a fan during a concert; There’s apparently going to be a Hello Kitty live-action/animation film coming in 2028, but it sure went through some changes since 2019!
1:01:47: And well, the crossover of all crossovers has happened that makes total sense this year: Detective Conan and Detective Star Precure are crossing over this year — maybe Justin will give thoughts on both in the next episode!