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Show Notes

0:00: Helen and Justin talk about what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks. For Helen, it’s watching a few more Winter Anime season shows. For Justin? It’s playing the latest entry in the Fire Emblem series.

Pandemic News

20:42: Last episode the two hosts talked about 3 Aniplex produced shows being delayed…there’s now a 4th one! Meanwhile, the non-Aniplex produced show, Kubo Won’t Let Be Invisible, will soon be seeing a delay after episode 6.

News

23:41: My Hero Academia will go on a two-week hiatus due to Horikoshi’s health.

24:10: The two hosts discuss how Titan Manga has handled everything regarding the release of Kamen Rider Kuuga, and the publisher’s response after numerous people — including pro translators — noticed major localization issues with the first two volumes.

Licenses

29:41: It’s that time of the year where companies start licensing stuff! VIZ announced they acquired the following:

  • Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
  • Natsuki Hokami & Koyoharu Gotouge’s Demon Slayer: Kimetsu Academy & Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba—Corps Record
  • Io Sakisaka’s Sakura, Saku!
  • Junji Ito’s Mimi’s Tales of Terror
  • Tatsuya Endo’s Blade of the Moon Princess; SPY x FAMILY: Family Portrait (Novel written by Aya Yajima) & SPY x FAMILY: The Official Guide–Eyes Only
  • Taizan5’s Takopi’s Original Sin
  • Yuki Shiwasu’s Tamon’s B-Side
  • Shin’ichi Sakamoto’s #DRCL midnight children
  • Ai Yazawa’s Neighborhood Story
  • Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist 20th Anniversary Book
  • Jujutsu Kaisen: The Official Guide Anime Season 1
  • Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Chainsaw Man Manga Box Set of Part 1

33:55: Yen Press licensed a few more titles:

35:08: Kodansha has announced just one digital release this month: Naoki Yamakawa & Masashi Asaki’s My Home Hero. They are also making Drops of God available on more digital platforms.

37:11: J-Novel Club had a Twitch stream to announce a bunch of things:

  • Ryuyu & Note Tono’s Now I’m a Demon Lord! Happily Ever After with Monster Girls in My Dungeon manga
  • Saki & Haduki Futaba’s Young Lady Albert is Courting Disaster manga (J-Novel Heart)
  • Suzu Enoshima & Rumiko Sakaki’s Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte manga
  • Hajime Naehara, Hatori Kyoka, & Takao Demise’s A Cave King’s Road to Paradise: Climbing to the Top with My Almighty Mining Skills! LN and manga
  • Micoto Sakurai & Kuroyuki’s A Royal Rebound: Forget My Ex-Fiancé, I’m Being Pampered by the Prince! (J-Novel Heart)
  • Genkotsu Kumano & Falmaro’s I Only Have Six Months to Live, So I’m Gonna Break the Curse with Light Magic or Die Trying
  • Yuji Yuji & Nami Hidaka’s The 100th Time’s the Charm: She Was Executed 99 Times, So How Did She Unlock “Super Love” Mode?! (J-Novel Heart)
  • Wanta & Yunagi’s Survival Strategies of a Corrupt Aristocrat
  • Kosuzu Kobato & Yasuyuki Syuri’s The Apothecary Witch Turned Divorce Agent (J-Novel Heart)
  • Kuji Furumiya & Teruko Arai’s A Pale Moon Reverie
  • Nabeshiki & KRSG’s I Parry Everything: What Do You Mean I’m the Strongest? I’m Not Even an Adventurer Yet! manga
  • Yusura Kankitsu & Ruria Miyuki’s Reincarnated Mage with Inferior Eyes: Breezing through the Future as an Oppressed Ex-Hero
  • Miya Kazuki & You Shiina’s Ascendance of a Bookworm: Short Story Collection
  • JNC also announced the launch of a rental system, allowing a way to read the older J-Novel Club catalog for cheap

45:44: Helen this time talks about the Discotek announcements since they too had a Twitch stream where they explained what works they’ve licensed or upgraded:

  • Re: Cutie Honey
  • Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection
  • Aim for the Ace!: The Movie
  • Lupin III: Angel Tactics
  • Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs
  • Mazinkaiser vs the Great General of Darkness
  • HD remasters of Iria – Zeiram the Animation OVA and A Wind Named Amnesia anime film
Streaming News

50:11: Monster is now fully available on Netflix, which means many can go and watch it!

51:42: Kakakuri Circus is now available on HIDIVE! This brings back memories for Helen. Sort of!

52:40: Blue Thermal will see a BD and digital release March 14; The Kaguya-sama film will be in theaters for 2 days only next week.

Weird News

53:20: Tokyo Olympic shenanigans and ANN Ad shenanigans occurred around this time. (Dentsu officials admitted to rigging the bidding for contracts related to the event)

54:35: Netflix and Wit Studio is producing an anime short called The Dog & The Boy, which will be notable for the use of AI and the reason why they’re doing it too…all of that makes it land here!

56:04: Justin and Helen discuss a series of burglaries occurring in Japan where a person or group of persons are using the alias Luffy for whatever reason.

57:35: And in final bit of weird news, the Harry Potter creator ended up comparing the Zombie Land Saga TERF meme (involving Lily) to anti-suffragist art, which is exactly something anime fans could’ve totally seen coming…somehow!

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