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Show Notes
0:00: With SO much to discuss in one singular anime/manga/etc. podcast, Justin and Helen immediately get into the news of the past few weeks, and that means talking about Tapas once again now that they’ve given an official statement and closure date, and what this means for comics at large.
News
8:39: GKIDS recently had a subtitle issue in theaters for their screening of The Last Blossom, and they’re making up for that error with an extra screening October 13; MediaOCD announced on Wednesday a sales agreement with Aniplex of America to sell select anime on Blu-ray Disc on the MediaOCD online store — this gets Justin to start wondering about the Crunchyroll Store changes and how that has generally affected every publisher; The production committee for Fairy Princess Minky Momo: A Heartfelt Duet for Dreams of Yearning announced that the new anime has been delayed due to production issues.
14:31: After the loss of artist Shikako, the Manchuria Opium Squad manga was on hiatus until they found an artist for the series — they’ve now found said artist for the work; Yūki Kanamaru’s More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers will resume next month following its hiatus for a year; Miyakokasiwa, meanwhile, has resumed the Battle in 5 Seconds manga following their break due to health.
16:41: Artist Matsuki revealed that they have been hospitalized and will need to recover and rest, so Overlord [New] World Arc will be on indefinite hiatus; Chained Soldier will go on hiatus due to artist Yohei Takemura’s poor health; Tetsuya Chiba’s Hinemosu Notari Nikki will go on hiatus as Chiba’s not feeling too great; and Hunter X Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi stated on X/Twitter that due to physical and mental health issues, he will decline future work requests with deadlines after completing his current commissions.
20:10: Animator Satoko Miyachi announced that her husband, animator Kenichirō Katsura, passed away at 59 on September 30 while undergoing medical treatment for an illness.
Licenses
22:12: New York Comic Con happened last week, so here’s a recap of all the news pertinent to this podcast:
- Yen Press (22:50): Yuiko Agarizaki & Fuwan Sono’s The Girls Adrift Among the Stars (Yen On), Amahara & Jun’s Dungeon Master: Creating a Hot Spring Dungeon (Yen On), Ryohgo Narita & TYPE-MOON’s Fate/strange Fake (Yen On), Keiichi Sigsawa & Kouhaku Kuroboshi’s Kino’s Journey (Yen On), Isuna Hasekura & Sera Murase’s Spice and Wolf Diner: Gourmet Exploration, Yasuhiro’s Steam-Pipe Broom Racing, funi-mu9’s Monstrosities and Me, Makoto Tōdō’s The Ice-Core Meteoria, Umi Ishida’s Mermaid Observation Diary, NIMMAHIRO’s After Midnight Skin, tsugumi’s Lily: Lost and Found Again ~By the Sweet Lies and Love of a Nobleman Since Their First Night~, Yuuho Ueji’s A Peach Offering for the Imperial Court
- Ize Press: samk, Lee kkeut, & Daengmeong’s Regas, Ko Doo Yeol, Kim Haema, & “the Bichon”‘s Eat Before You Go
- Dark Horse (26:58): bringing over more Gou Tanabe (The Outsider and Other Early Adaptations)
- Crunchyroll, HAYATE Inc., WEBTOON Entertainment subsidiary LINE Digital Frontier (28:13): have partnered for co-productions “on potential anime adaptations of around 15 select titles” from WEBTOON; Aniplex of America and Fathom Entertainment will screen Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising in theaters in January, and they will release the three Madoka movies (Beginnings, Eternal, & Rebellion) on home media and streaming platforms in the coming months.
- Big West (32:17): will release the Blu-ray Disc for the Macross Frontier anime as a Deluxe Edition in the early second quarter of 2027.
33:01: Seven Seas and Wonderful Wednesdays have returned! Here’s how they’ve kicked things off this time:
- Suzusuke & Sumihei’s The One-Eyed, One-Armed, One-Legged Sorcerer (Airship, digital)
- Panda Pudding & Hiyaori’s Record of a Reincarnated Chancellor: I Was Summoned by a Hopeless Demon Lord to Rebuild Her Army (Airship, digital)
- Fujihito’s Living With My New Cat
- NOJIRO GURI’s Twinkling Secrets Told Us Tonight Is the Night
- Teito Yuzuriha’s Zukyun x Bakyun
- For their Siren audiobook imprint: Michi Ichiho’s When It Rains, It Pours, Norasiro’s Reluctant Space Commander: From Death Wish to Galactic Hero!, Lemon’s Al the Adventurer: That Magic Shouldn’t Work!
34:37: Let’s just say a number of Square Enix titles are now on Manga UP!, from magical girl recruiter to lots of blood; Adachitoka’s The Wolf at Memory’s End and A-10 & Ryūga Kawasaki’s Sen Sen Senki is now on K MANGA.
37:41: Chanta’s Noro-Noro Puku-Puku (say that 5 times fast!), Alpa’s Slap Shot Girls, & Ayumu Minato’s Digimon Eggs is now on MANGA Plus; Nao Iwamoto’s The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom is now on the VIZ Manga service
Streaming News
38:34: With them picking up Even the Student Council has its Holes! and now the newest iteration of Magical Girls Raising Project for this season, Oceanveil is very much attempting to make an impact in the seasonal anime streaming game it seems — and yes, that means a discussion will have to be had about where we’re all at in regards to anime streaming right now!
41:26: The currently airing Suikoden anime is streaming for free on YouTube; Amazon Prime Video is streaming and doing same day sub/dub for the The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom anime; French entertainment company Ankama announced on Thursday that it will stream the original TV anime The Azure Legend: Welsh & Shedar in multiple languages starting in November.
46:12: More Mobile Suit Gundam SEED will be in theaters in Japan and North America next year; Netflix will stream the Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest anime; Angel Densetsu is now streaming on Darkroom.
Summer Anime 2026 Final Impressions
47:50: Justin and Helen FINALLY get to talk about a pretty packed summer season, and it sure was busy — for Justin as always! Helen meanwhile had some works to finish up, so listen on for what the two hosts thought stood out for this season**. Also find out what Justin thought were his worst shows of summer…and spring!
**Bookworm discussion derails everything eventually though! (59:52)
Weird News
2:46:12: Remember that four-episode special intended to celebrate 20 years of Naruto years ago? Well, we finally have news about it…it…it’s crossing over with Ninku???
2:47:47: AI this, AI that — we have the Yuri exhibit event, Yuriten, managing to anger a number of people, including well known yuri creators, for their use of AI-generated imagery in promotional material; Remember voice actor Kenjirō Tsuda filing suit against the operator of the video-sharing app TikTok for posting videos that allegedly used AI to imitate his voice without permission? Well, that case got dismissed…because Tsuda had sought the removal of the videos, and the court found that the videos had already been removed. Justin has mixed feelings on the outcome.
2:51:20: Get actor Tom Cruise and director Alejandro González Iñárritu to discover what Chainsaw Man and Yuri on Ice is by stopping by MAPPA and magic happens apparently; The Lego Dragon Ball Shenron Set will be coming to the US in November, so everyone needs to prepare themselves promptly; And if one Kamehameha from one Goku isn’t enough, have four! Japanese VA Masako Nozawa, Spanish VA Mario Castañeda, English VA Sean Schemmel, and Hindi VA Ankur Javeri performed Goku’s signature move before the Tokyo X convention in Houston.