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Show Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen once again express to each over Skype how tired they are. Justin’s tired due to work, that “Secret work” that’s now all done, and life in general, but he did catch up to Bookworm and Ahiru no Sora. Helen meanwhile has been captivated by His Dark Materials and She-Ra — and yes, is also very tired.
News
6:11: Leiji Matsumoto has been discharged from the hospital, so the two hosts hope that he will continue to get better after this.
7:12: Psycho Pass 3 is getting a film! Helen gets into how shocking this news is.
9:05: Tear Studio…literally ghosted. Justin and Helen ended talking about this initially weird situation where animators were mentioning they weren’t getting paid, Yamakan was somehow involved, and both wondered if they were having financial troubles. Well a day after the two recorded this episode, we got an answer.
12:46: Finally, there will be a new entry in the Love Live! anime series. Justin and Helen both start wondering why it took so long for this to happen.
15:17: The studio that worked on Sonic the Hedgehog, Detective Pikachu, The Lion King? Shut down! Well, their Vancouver office at least.
17:38: Sentai finally confirmed that the funds that was raised to help Kyoto Animation have been finally sent over to them.
18:34: Gainax’s representative director Tomohiro Maki was arrested for allegedly committing indecent acts on an aspiring voice actress. Let’s just say Gainax themselves are doing their best to distance themselves from him.
Licensing News
21:09: Seven Seas ended up having a holiday license fest, and announced 7 new titles:
- Made in Abyss Anthology
- Who Says Warriors Can’t Be Babes?
- The Gym Teacher and School Nurse are Dating!
- Kingdom of Z
- Psalm 75: Lightning Jack and the Fairy Incident/Psalm 108: Magician Blue (Both spinoffs of The Ancient Magus’ Bride)
The two also devote some time to the company’s most AMAZING license: Buck Naked in Another World.
24:22: Kiki’s Delivery Service the novel is getting released next year! In hardcover editions! Justin was shocked he didn’t know this was licensed earlier.
Streaming news
26:31: All of the Ghibli films are now available for purchase digitally! Justin and Helen discuss this fairly big news.
27:26: A couple more Aniplex titles (Angel Beats! ALDNOAH.ZERO, Valvrave the Librator) and Nozomi titles (Tamayura – Hitotose, Boogiepop Phantom, Sound of the Sky, Sengoku Collection, Ninja Nonsense) can now be watched on Funimation.
28:56: And more NG Knight Lamune & 40 can be seen on Crunchyroll.
Weird News
29:29: Akira is now off Warner Bros’ film schedule!…Neither hosts are surprised this happened.
30:40: And finally, in a move that makes Justin think back to Nick Simmons’ Incarnate, Kevin Bao was caught allegedly plagiarizing a bunch of other works in the Playstation 4 lineup music video, and yes, you probably should not be tracing content from other people.