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Main Topic: The Hosts Went to Anime NYC!
0:00: Justin and Helen ended up going to Anime NYC, but not surprisingly, both had different opinions due to what they were doing! Listen in as they discuss their experience at the convention this year.
Licenses announced at Anime NYC
19:07: Kodansha had a bunch of announcements, which are all slated for the Fall 2023 release window:
- ZAG, Koma Warita, & Riku Tsuchida’s Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
- Fukada Sametaro, Ichiho Katsura, and Miwabe Sakura’s I’m Giving the Disgraced Noble Lady I Rescued a Crash Course in Naughtiness: I’ll Spoil Her With Delicacies and Style to Make Her the Happiest Woman in the World!
- Boichi’s ORIGIN
- Tina Yamashina’s VIRGIN LOVE
- Two Maiden’s Bookshelf titles: Osamu Dazai & Nekosuke’s The Girl Who Became a Fish and Riichi Yokomitsu & Atsuki Ito’s Spring Comes Riding in a Carriage
- Shun Umezawa’s The Darwin Incident
- Kuzushiro’s The Moon on a Rainy Night
- Nagisa Furuya’s My Ultramarine Sky
- Nagisa Furuya’s The Summer With You: The Sequel (My Summer of You Volume 3)
- Kara Aomiya’s Super Morning Star
- Yu Yoshidamaru’s Ogami-san Can’t Keep It In
- Nico Nicholson’s My Lovesick Life as a ‘90s Otaku
- Anashin’s How I Met My Soulmate
- Ai Tanaka’s King in Limbo
- Kamome Shirahama & Hiromi Sato’s Witch Hat Atelier Kitchen
- A deluxe edition of Makoto Yukimura’s Vinland Saga
- Tsubasa Yamaguchi’s Blue Period gets a box set
- Akane Shimizu’s Cells at Work! will be released in omnibus format
- Will release CLAMP’s Magic Knight Rayearth in paperback format
- Will release the following digital-first manga in print: Satoru Nii’s WIND BREAKER, Marcey Naito’s Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister, RIKACHI’s Nina the Starry Bride, Saisou’s She’s My Knight
23:47: Yen Press also had a ton of announcements — so many, they had to also announce them on Twitter!:
- Kaoru Mori’s Scribbles
- Fujino Omori, Yu Shiomura, & Danmachi4 Project’s Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Memoria Freese manga
- Ichine Kamijo’s How to Win Her Heart on the Nth Try (Yen On)
- Mizuki Tsujimura’s Yami-Hara (Yen On)
- Mikage Sawamura’s Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki’s Conjecture (Yen On)
- Rakuzan & Miyuu’s My Summoned Beast is Dead (Yen On)
- Ryukishi07 & Tomato Akase’s Higurashi When They Cry: Gou
- Nikiichi Tobita & Fromsoftware Inc.’s Elden Ring: The Road to the Erdtree
- Zero Akabane’s Magical Girl Incident
- Yukari Umemoto & Sammon’s Manner of Death
- Antonsiku’s Appare-ranman! Manga
- Shin Yamamoto’s What This World Is Made Of
- Magica Quartet & GAN’s Puella Magi Suzune Magica: Complete Omnibus Edition
- Reki Kawahara, Puyocha, & abec’s Sword Art Online Progressive Scherzo of Deep Night manga
- Yuba Isukari, Gonbe Shinkawa, & Tatsuyuki Tanaka’s Yokohama Station SF manga
- Misaki Ichijo’s Even if These Tears Disappear Tonight (Yen On)
- Ichitomo Kazutomo’s Handyman Saito in Another World
- Tail Yuzuhara & Sora’s A Reincarnated Witch Spells Doom
- MAKO, Yone, & Maro’s I Want to Be a Receptionist in This Magical World manga (Which Justin found out at this moment that this is based on the LN that’s been published by J-Novel Club, but it’s called by the much snapper title The Sorcerer’s Receptionist)
- Shiroinu’s Me and My Beast Boss
- Chisaki Kanai’s My Dear Curse-Casting Vampiress
- Zeroki & Miho Takeoka’s Maiden of the Needle (Yen On)
- Aya Fumino’s The Essence of Being a Muse
- Rokusyou • Usuawagi’s The Ephemeral Scenes of Setsuna’s Journey (Yen On)
- Omnibus Editions of Kazuma Kamachi & Kiyotaka Haimura’s A Certain Magical Index: The Old Testament LN
- AidaIro’s Toilet-bound Hanako-kun in Box Set form! (First Stall, first 10 volumes)
- Narae Lee’s Bloody Sweet
- For Ize Press: they licensed JH’s The Horizon and Haehwa, Guava Farm, Perilla, & Narak’s A Business Proposal
29:50: J-Novel Club also had a bunch of announcements too:
- Tsukikage & Chyko’s Let This Grieving Soul Retire! (Sol Press license rescue!)
- Kawausoutan & Murakami Yuichi’s Grand Sumo Villainess
- rarutori & ciavis’ Enough with This Slow Life! I Was Reincarnated as a High Elf and Now I’m Bored
- Sarasa Nagase & Hatipisuwan’s The Disowned Queen’s Consulting Detective Agency (J-Novel Heart)
- Nabeshiki & Kawaguchi’s I Parry Everything: What Do You Mean I’m the Strongest? I’m Not Even an Adventurer Yet!
- Hiiro Shimotsuki, Shizuku Akechi, & Takashi Iwasaki’s Peddler in Another World: I Can Go Back to My World Whenever I Want! manga
- MiraijinA, Esora Amaichi, & Dai Uemukai’s I’m Capped at Level 1?! Thus Begins My Journey to Become the World’s Strongest Badass!
- Eito Terry, D.P, & bun150’s Karate Master Isekai
- Ichiro Sakaki & Yuugen’s Outbreak Company: Gaiden
J-Novel Club also announced partnerships with the following companies:
- Drecom Media: J-Novel Club will be releasing future DRE Novel titles starting in 2023; to begin the partnership they will be simultaneously publishing Kumo Kagyu & so-bin’s Blade & Bastard, which is slated to come out in December
- RBMedia: Partnering with Audiobook publisher RBMedia to release the following 7 titles: Reborn to Master the Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire, Black Summoner, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, The Faraway Paladin, Hell Mode, My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer, and By the Grace of the Gods
- Podium Audio: Partnering with Audiobook publisher Podium to release In Another World With My Smartphone and Min-Maxing My TRPG Build in Another World
- Yen Press: Will partner with Yen Press to release print editions of J-Novel Club’s digital offerings; this will launch with the following 4 titles in Spring 2023: Hamuo & Mo’s Hell Mode; SHU & Shizumayoshinori’s The Misfit of Demon King Academy; Tsuyoshi Fujitaka, Chisato Naruse, and Hanamaru Nanto’s My Instant Death Ability Is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me! and manga companion —AΩ—
40:34: Dark Horse — not many announcements, but possibly the biggest one of the weekend: Shin’ichi Sakamoto’s Innocent, which will be a 3-in-1 omnibus release starting November 2023.
42:00: Denpa themselves didn’t have too many announcements, but there’s new stuff coming to the BL imprint Kuma in 2023:
- Narita Nomoto’s The Ruthless Commander and his Reincarnated Warhorse
- Yoriko’s Terano-kun & Kumazaki-kun
- Kaya Azuma’s Eiji & Shirou: From Zeroes to Heroes
- Inutoki & Syohei’s A Hero in the Demon’s Castle
- Harada’s Happy Crappy Life
44:14: Comikey also had a panel and also had a bunch of announcements:
- Ogino Yuhei’s Dopeman
- Ichiha Hiiragi & Touka Takauchi’s Her 94th Reincarnation, This Villainess Became the Heroine
- Akane Tamura’s A Side Character’s Love Story
- Ryo Ichino’s Double the Trouble, Twice as Nice
- Nagare Ebi’s Second Time’s the Crime and On a Cold Bed
- Chika Semoto’s The Betrayed Husband’s Blues
- Teko Tanaka’s Pocha-Meshi: Stuff Your Cheeks With Love!
Comikey has also entered partnerships with the following Korean publishers:
- C&C Media (10 new titles)
- Storysoop (9 new titles)
- Mr. Blue (5 new titles)
- WoowaBrothers (9 new titles)
The company announced they are slated to release over 100+ Square Enix titles on the platform soon and into 2023, and Comikey themselves is adapting Arai Azuki & Zianazu’s Thank You, Isekai into a Webtoon
46:46: Azuki announced the following titles at their panel:
- Shunsuke Sorato’s Natsume & Natsume
- Has added Star Fruit Books title Tatsuya Ihara’s Toki and Yoshiaki Tabata & Yuki Yogo’s Tribals -Remaster- to their catalog
- Will add Star Fruit Books title Minami Q-ta‘s Myosotis to their catalog December 2; the one-shot will also be available in the first issue of Star Fruit Books’ upcoming Comic Bright manga magazine
47:50: One Peace Books did not have a panel at the convention, but they had an announcement anyways! But as Helen explains, how she found out the Parallel World Pharmacy manga was licensed is pretty hilarious.
49:53: Helen did go to the Anime Limited panel, and she got to witness them announcing the following titles:
- to the abandoned Sacred Beasts
- TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You
- Tokyo Marble Chocolate
- A Place Further Than the Universe; this is also getting an English dub
52:48: Eleven Arts licensed the Blue Thermal film; will first premiere at Anime Frontier this weekend; GKIDS has licensed Production I.G’s Giovanni’s Island anime film for North America.
Anime NYC Streaming News
53:52: HIDIVE had their panel at the convention and made the following announcements:
- Spy Classroom
- Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible
- My Life as Inukai-san’s Dog
- Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte
- Tsurune: The Linking Shot (Season 2); they will release Tsurune The Movie: The First Shot in theaters in 2023
- Will also stream The Dangers in My Heart and Oshi no Ko in 2023
54:54: Crunchyroll made these announcements at the convention:
- Hell’s Paradise (Jigokuraku)
- The Ancient Magus’ Bride Season 2
- Yuri Is My Job!
- The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague
- Dead Mount Death Play
- Ayaka: A Story of Bonds and Wounds
- Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement
Pandemic News
57:36: The two hosts talk about voice actress Momo Asakura, who has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
News
58:21: The Supreme Court of Japan decided to void a ruling that sentenced 47-year-old Jong Hyon Pak, former deputy editor of Kodansha’s Morning magazine, over the death of his wife, Kanoko, in 2016. The court has ordered a retrial.
58:52: Amazon’s going to be laying off a ton of employees; Megaton Musashi has to delay episodes again; KanColle Season 2 had to delay its fourth episode due to production circumstances.
1:00:15: World Trigger is going on a 1-month break due to Ashihara’s health; Shigeno’s MF Ghost will go on indefinite hiatus due to his health; voice actress Yume Miyamoto will go on a brief hiatus due to her health, but will work with restrictions.
1:01:16: Power Rangers actor Jason David Frank passed away at 49, with Deadline reporting that their sources indicated it was suicide; Cosplay photographer Kevin Lillard passed away November 8; niece noted on the announcement that he was battling major health issues.
Licenses
1:02:24: Sentai Filmworks has licensed Revisions, which was only available on Netflix.
Weird News
1:03:18: The Cooking Mama: Cookstar game release has been ruled unlawful after this first was brought up back in 2020.
1:04:47: Not the guy who was the lead person for Sonic the Hedgehog back in the day! And yes, this was part of an ongoing story involving Square Enix, insider trading, and Dragon Quest Tact.
1:06:43: Another work is getting turned into a Hollywood live-action, but since Streets of Rage is a video game maybe it’ll see the light of day.
1:07:13: Furano City’s select committee for budget audits deemed the Furano-focused episode of the Dropkick on My Devil! X anime as inappropriate, so they will not be funding it. The plotline that they thought was inappropriate is…not what you think!