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Show Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen return after a month break and get back into the podcasting spirit! By diving right into pandemic news!
Pandemic News
1:42: And in mere moments after the two hosts talked about UniteUp & NieR: Automata — two titles produced by Aniplex — were delayed due to COVID-19, another Aniplex-produced anime, Ayakashi Triangle, then announced they too would have to delay future episodes as well. Justin and Helen can only speak to Aniplex just having some major scheduling issues (and a good article posted today elaborates even further), and not about what happened to Kubo Won’t Let Me Be Invisible, which will be delayed after episode 6 due to COVID-19.
News
6:34: Justin and Helen discuss the surprising news that an official publisher would voluntary halt official simulpubs of their own titles and why it’s not the best decision, even if a purported Kodansha English service is in the works.
12:44: Amazon is laying off 18,000 people, either now or over the next couple months; this also includes ComiXology, which they are laying off all the roles within that department.
13:33: Peter Tatara last month has moved on from Leftfield Media and now is starting a position at the Japan Society.
Licenses
14:32: Yen Press had their January license announcements:
- Kei Sazane & Ao Nekonabe’s Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World: Secret File
- Satoshi Wagahara & Akio Hiiragi’s The Devil Is a Part-Timer! Official Anthology Comic
- Natsume Akatsuki, Kurone Mishima, Hirukuma, & Sumzap’s Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! Fantastic Days
- Ghost Mikawa, necömi’s Looks Are All You Need LN
- Matsuri Isora, Nanna Fujimi, Tobi Tana’s Secrets of the Silent Witch manga
- Kyoung-Ran Park’s IMITATION (Manhwa)
- Arata Asanae’s My Mate Is a Feline Gentleman
- Inumajin & iidatoy’s Saint? Nope, Just a Monster Tamer Passing Through manga
- Ryosuke Hata & Manatsu Suzuki’s The Reformation of the World as Overseen by a Realist Demon King manga
- Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume novel
16:41: Azuki has licensed Toako’s I Fell for a Fujoshi; Kodansha announced they’ve licensed Daiju Yanauchi’s Gang King (already out) and Narumi Hasegaki’s Boss Bride Days (out next week); they are also partnering with Crunchyroll to release the Kaina of the Great Sea Snow manga.
Streaming News
18:51: The first 42 dub episodes of Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai are now streaming on Hoopla; meanwhile, Season 3 of the World Trigger dub is up on the service as well…but not Season 2 for whatever reason!
19:43: Netflix is now streaming Demon Slayer “Season 2”. Everyone later found out it was Mugen Train that they’re having as season 2.
20:06: And we have some early Summer Season anime news, with Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead going to stream on Hulu.
Main Topic: Winter Anime 2023 First Impressions
20:53: Justin and Helen give thoughts on a packed Winter season, even despite the delays, though while comparable to Winter 2021, the actual quality is a bit less than that season.
22:51: Bofuri and Tokyo Revengers Season 2
27:19: Summertime Rendering (Which finally launched on Hulu! Yay Disney for making sure the two hosts never have to subscribe to your service!)
32:31: Tsurune Season 2
34:28: Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague, Giant Beasts of Ars, Spy Classroom
44:44: Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte
49:25: Handyman Saitou in Another World
52:03: Nijiyon Animation, The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten
55:04: Buddy Daddies
59:37: Tomo-chan, Sugar Apple Fairy Tale
1:06:43: High Card
1:09:16: Campfire Cooking in Another World With My Absurd Skill, Ippon Again, Reborn to Master The Blade: From Hero-King to Extraordinary Squire ♀
1:18:16: Trigun Stampede, Kaina of the Great Snow Sea
1:24:14: The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady
Weird News
1:30:03: Let’s just say one publisher of a popular mobile game found out someone was making NFTs of their characters. You can guess what happened next.
1:30:51: Meanwhile just when you thought the Final Season of a popular anime series could not get any less Final, we now know Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 3 will be split into two parts. Did no one consider that the audience can wait until it’s all done or…?
1:34:15: The Evangelion staff had to apologize for plagiarism after Chinese fans noticed similarities of the marketing poster with another poster done years ago. Whoops!
1:35:13: Due to politics, Belarus is now allowing their people to pirate Japanese works, so yes, people over there apparently can pirate anime and manga with no guilt!
1:36:51: The only thing Justin wonders is what exactly went on in How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord’s second season that it is now outright banned for sale in Australia.
1:37:57: Makes sense for an NFL team to use Titan and Titans together, which the Jaguars did in their final regular season game.
1:38:34: Someone found out that using AI to VTube can have some pitfalls. Big ones.
1:39:42: Meanwhile Hideo Kojima apparently still wants to live on, even as AI.
1:40:35: Finally, Bocchi the Rock!’s creator really just lived the Suffering From Success meme in real life during the recent Comiket.