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Show Notes
0:00: With lots to talk about, Justin and Helen discuss the only pandemic news to pop up in Japan over the last few weeks — a concert has now been delayed due to Konomi Suzuki testing positive for COVID-19.
News
1:30: Both hosts discuss PLAION PICTURES now acquiring UK company Anime Limited and what that means in general.
4:06: Finally, no more teasing on Twitter! Hunter x Hunter will return to WSJ October 24 — this also led to the series finally being added to the Shonen Jump vault.
6:00: Mob Psycho Season 3 confusion continues — after Crunchyroll stating they were doing a simuldub of this using their Dallas office, Kyle McCarley stated that they are still doing remote recording for the show. Which definitely suggests they have poor reasons for not bringing back the original cast.
8:24: VA Bob Bergen revealed on his Facebook page that VA Jan Rabson, who voiced Tetsuo in the original Wally Burr Recording/Streamline dub of Akira, passed away.
9:15: And after months later, we got more information on the passing of Kazuki Takahashi’s death, including his attempt to save a child during a riptide.
Licenses
12:08: After J-Novel Club said their next industry announcement panels would happen at Anime NYC during their last Twitch, they essentially said sike and announced the following titles in a stream last week:
- Tsuyoshi Fujitaka & Yuunagi’s These Legs Don’t Lie! Harumi-san’s Legacy as the Strongest Mimic
- Saki, Tsukasa Satsuki, & Haduki Futaba’s Young Lady Albert Is Courting Disaster (J-Novel Heart)
- Yura Kiyose, Kooriame, & Hidakanami’s Lady Rose Just Wants to Be a Commoner (J-Novel Heart)
- namo’s The Coppersmith’s Bride
- Kazuki Amamiya & Gin’s Haibara’s Teenage New Game+
- Will release Nozomu Mochitsuki, Mizu Morino, & Gilse’s Tearmoon Empire manga in print (slated for July 2023)
13:50: Seven Seas has announced they’ve licensed the following series during their Wonderful Wednesdays event:
- Shinobu Amano’s Last Game
- Fushiashikumo’s The Great Snake’s Bride
- Gin Shirakawa’s A Story of Seven Lives
- Akira Shikimi & Akiko Kawano’s The Dragon King’s Imperial Wrath: Falling in Love with the Bookish Princess of the Rat Clan
- Otsuji’s My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t Wicked
- Yasuteru Ogoshi’s Shibanban: Super Cute Doggies
- Shilin Huang’s Amongst Us (team up with Hiveworks Comics)
- Spice&kitty & ORKA’s A Stepmother’s Märchen (Print)
- Plutus & Spoon’s Who Made Me a Princess (Print)
15:41: VIZ announced these following titles at NYCC:
- Tatsuki Fujimoto & Sakaku Hishikawa’s Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories
- Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Goodbye Eri
- Yuuki Suenaga & Takamasa Moue’s Akane-banashi
- Tsuyoshi Takaki’s Heart Gear
- Poppy Pesuyama’s Until I Love Myself: The Journey of a Nonbinary Manga Artist
- Ayuko Hatta’s Wolf Girl & Black Prince
- Suu Morishita’s Like a Butterfly
- Kazuo Umezz’s Cat Eyed Boy: The Perfect Edition
- Soichi: Junji Ito Story Collection
- Kenichi Kondou’s Dark Gathering
- Marvel Comics: A Manga Tribute
- Tsutomu Nihei’s WOLVERINE: SNIKT!
- Yuusuke Ousawa’s Spider-Man: Fake Red
- Laurie Ulster & Victoria Rosenthal’s The Way of the Househusband: The Gangster’s Guide to Housekeeping
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Official Coloring Book 2
- The Art of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the Anime
- The following VIZ digital exclusives are slated for Spring 2023:
- Mapollo 3’s PPPPPP
- Minya Hiraga’s Neru: Way of the Martial Artist
- Ippon Takegushi & Santa Mitarashi’s Candy Flurry
- The following VIZ digital exclusives are slated for Spring 2023:
20:36: A new title from Kaiten Books is coming: Manzi Mazi, Parabola, and Falmaro’s The Bottom-Tier Baron’s Accidental Rise to the Top.
21:03: Discotek, ahead of their upcoming stream, had a couple announcements:
- Saiyuki Reload: Burial OVA
- Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus film
- They’ve announced December 27 home video release dates for the following:
- Digimon Adventure English dub
- Project A-ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody OVA
- Machine Robo: Battle Hackers
- Live-action Female Yakuza Tale: Inquisition and Torture film
Streaming News
22:22: Helen and Justin both attempt to figure out what the heck is Disney doing with their anime…at the time it was first because of their absolutely strange marketing (lack of marketing) for Bleach: Thousand-Year War, which did ensure those in North America could see the series on Hulu, but then other regions could not, despite them saying they could see it on Disney+ internationally. But then two Disney+ anime have finally been announced to be on the service…well, actually, one of them:
- Tatami Time Machine Blues will stream on Disney+ November 9.
- Black Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall got shadowdropped recently…but on Hulu!
This leads to Justin speculating that Summer Time Rendering will go on Hulu, and at least these titles will not be weirdly on-hold for a long time. But overall, Disney…and VIZ for Bleach, have to take some heat regarding how things have been handled.
31:46: Late Fall anime Arknights Prelude to Dawn will stream on Crunchyroll October 28; Crunchyroll will be raising the subscription prices in other regions at the end of the month.
33:44: Dororo will now be streamed on HIDIVE in January; the final part of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean will stream on Netflix December 1.
Main Topic: Fall Anime 2022 First Impressions
35:30: Justin and Helen talk about what they’ve checked out this Fall anime season, ranging from some of the big stuff (Chainsaw Man, Bleach, Gundam: Witch From Mercury) to some surprises (Akiba Maid War, Raven of the Inner Palace). The anime covered in this section:
Housing Complex C, My Master Has No Tail, Gundam: Witch From Mercury, BLUE LOCK, Akiba Maid War, Bleach: Thousand Year War, Chainsaw Man, Do It Yourself!, Bocchi the Rock, Encouragement of Climb Season 4, Golden Kamuy Season 4, Pop Team Epic Season 2, Raven of the Inner Palace, Spy x Family, Urusei Yatsura, I’m the Villainess So I’m Taming the Final Boss
Weird News
1:22:27: Can call this the Gundam: Witch From Mercury section since we got some weird news involving the series:
- Aerial snacks and Gundam wasn’t actually a thing until Witch From Mercury aired, and then it became official for hilarious reasons.
- The producer for the series, Takuya Okamoto, talked about how modern teens viewed the Gundam franchise, and how it they thought it was for older people.
- And yes, one manga artist really enjoyed the series finally having a female protagonist. Koichi Tokita however, remembers years ago where he was told that having a Gunpla belonging to a female character wouldn’t sell.
1:25:20: Uzaki-chan Season 2 is airing this fall season and it’s time for marketing to go full force! Japan’s biggest eSports park is collaborating with the anime series, so games and possible memes may be involved.
1:25:53: The anime says Ilya Ilyukhin’s Bulgarian. But the manga says Ilya’s Russian. Love Flops appears to have gotten some signals crossed!
1:27:24: Vic Mignogna’s court re-hearing got denied…which isn’t a surprise.
1:28:04: Kadokawa had a couple people resign after their involvement in the Olympic Bribing scandal, which, well, is also not a surprise!
1:29:16: US Consumer Product Safety Commission has now gotten involved in the Chainsaw Man discourse, for various reasons.
1:30:42: The latest ridiculously sized Pokémon cushion (Garchomp) is up for pre-orders, so both hosts wonder how big it actually is.
1:32:00: On it’s own The Great Cleric is not worthy of being in this section. But of course, there’s a reason why it’s here, and it involves Helen thinking it had gotten an anime two years ago for whatever reason. She wonders what she got it mixed up with!
1:33:01: VTubers and Splatoon 3 is a good combo, but let’s just say you should use that combination for good, not for…this.