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Show Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen again discuss what they’ve been up to over the past three weeks. That’s right, three, not two! A quick explanation as to why even this podcast episode got delayed is briefly mentioned here.
Pandemic News
9:12: A whole host of anime either got delayed due, have returned, or will return after already being delayed due to to COVID-19:
- Technoroid: Overmind
- Spy Classroom
- Uncle From Another World’s final episode will air March 8
- Bofuri Season 2 has been on a two-week delay, will return March 8, but now the final two episodes are unscheduled
- The final episode of KanColle Season 2 will air March 25
- Megaton Musashi Season 2’s last two episodes
- The Misfit of Demon Academy S2 delayed indefinitely
- Black Clover film delayed to June
- Masamune-kun’s Revenge R delayed to Summer 2023 season
- Saint Cecilia and Pastor Lawrence delayed to Summer 2023 season
News
13:34: Manga creator, illustrator, and designer Leiji Matsumoto passed away on February 13 at 11:00 a.m. at 85 due to acute heart failure — the two hosts discuss the impact he’s had on both the manga and anime industry.
14:35: The two hosts discuss the news of English dub voice actor Mike Haimoto (the VA of Thorfinn in Vinland Saga) being accused of domestic abuse and sexual assault by his former girlfriend Avery Smithhart in a 50-page document.
17:04: Crunchyroll had to layoff a number of people recently, and Justin and Helen wonder what that says about the company.
18:33: Prince of Tennis creator Takeshi Konomi revealed on his Twitter that he can’t walk and is in a wheelchair.
19:08: After a brief hiatus, Yume Miyamoto will return in the role of Nika Nanaura in Gundam: The Witch From Mercury Part 2.
19:30: And in final bit of news for the episode, Shuichi Shigeno has resumed MF Ghost after being on hiatus due to his health.
Licenses
19:54: Seven Seas announced a bunch of titles over the past few weeks:
- Uoto’s Chi: On the Movements of the Earth
- Shio Usui’s I Married My Female Friend
- Ai Shimizu’s Breakfast with My Two-Tailed Cat
- Yasuhisa Kuma’s Dungeon Friends Forever
- KamuC’s My Boss Is a Giant: He Manages My Every Need With Enormous Skill!
- Ai Hibiki’s I Can’t Refuse S
- Sayo Momota’s Revenge: Kaedama Kon
- Sumire Saiga and Saya Shirosaki’s Loyal Soldier, Lustful Beast (LN) (All Steamship titles)
- Tamiki Wakaki’s 365 Days to the Wedding
- Yuuki Kimikawa, cruelGZ, and Sturkey’s Modern Dungeon Capture Starting with Broken Skills manga and light novel
- Nie’s Anyhow, the Rabbit Is Infatuated with the Puppy
- Otsuichi, loundraw, and Yoshi Inomi’s Summer Ghost manga and light novel
22:37: Yen Press also licensed a bunch of things too:
- Kisetsu Morita, Hitsujibako,& Benio’s I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level Spin-off: The Red Dragon Academy for Girls
- Magica Quartet’s Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie -Rebellion-: The Complete Omnibus Edition
- Tomoki Izumi’s Mieruko-chan Anthology Comic
- Mikage Sawamura & Tōji Aio’s Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki’s Conjecture
- Rocket Shokai’s Sentenced to Brave Punishment (LN)
- Haruki Kuou & Konomi’s Liar, Liar (LN)
- Umikaze Minamino & Laruha’s Kunon the Sorcerer Can See Through (LN)
- Mikanuji’s I Don’t Need a Happy Ending
- Suzu Akeko’s The Illustrated Guide to Monster Girls
- Bisco Kida’s After We Gazed at the Starry Sky
- studio HEADLINE’s The Witches’ Marriage
- Kenji Tsurubuchi’s Touge Oni: Primal Gods in Ancient Times
- Sarasa Nagase, Anko Yuzu, & Mitsuya Fuji’s The Second-Chance Noble Daughter Sets Out to Conquer the Dragon Emperor manga
- Oku Tamamushi’s I Don’t Know Which Is Love
- Mikoto Yamaguchi & D. P’s Game of Familia -Family Senki-
25:30: They did eventually provide a press release, but Kodansha did again have a few new titles go up on digital platforms before announcing it themselves: Keiko Suenobu’s Life and Life 2: Giver/Taker.
26:31: Mangamo has added the following titles to their app:
- Shinya Murata & Kazuasa Sumita’s Killing Bites (2/15)
- Yuu Toyota’s Papa and Daddy’s Home Cooking (2/22)
- Hanta Kinoshita’s THE FORCE OF THE FOX (3/1)
27:17: Cross Infinite World has announced a few new light novels they’ve licensed:
- Akako & Hazuki Futaba’s The Reincarnated Villainess Won’t Seek Revenge
- Shakushineko & Yukiko’s Lovestruck Prince! I’ll Fight the Heroine for My Villainess Fiancée!
- Makino Maebaru & Murasaki Shido’s The Invisible Wallflower Marries an Upstart Aristocrat After Getting Dumped for Her Sister!
27:59: ABLAZE is locked into 4 Osamu Tezuka titles for this year and 2024:
- One Hundred Tales (Summer 2023)
- Shakespeare Manga Theater (Q4 of 2023)
- Tomorrow The Birds (Q2 of 2024)
- Neo Faust (Q4 of 2024)
28:42: Osamu Kozuki’s Stan for Salvation and Ryoma Kitada’s Yumeochi: Dreaming of Falling For You are up on MANGA Plus; Akiko Morishima apparently self-published a few weeks ago on Amazon in English THE SINGLE LIFE: 60-year-old lesbian who is single and living alone.
Streaming News
29:35: VIZ dropped a number of anime to watch for free on YouTube:
- Death Note (all episodes)
- Inuyasha (complete series and movies)
- Hunter x Hunter (episodes 1-148)
- Mr. Osomatsu (seasons 1 and 2)
- Naruto (episodes 1-220)
- Sailor Moon (entire anime)
- Accel World: Infinite Burst
- Tiger & Bunny the Movie: The Beginning
- Tiger & Bunny The Movie -The Rising-
- K: Missing Kings
- Infini-T Force the Movie Farewell, Friend
- Mazinger Z: Infinity
30:45: Immoral Guild and Eternal Boys have been picked up by HIDIVE; Kin-iro Mosaic Thank you!! anime film and Kin-iro Mosaic: Pretty Day special episode are also up on HIDIVE.
31:36: We have new episodes of Case Closed that have been dubbed! A few episodes are up on Tubi TV.
32:50: The Spirited Away stage plays will be screened in theaters this Spring, and Helen is excited about this news!
Weird News
33:48: Naoki Urasawa’s Pluto anime lives!!! It will stream on Netflix, and both Helen and Justin are…intrigued but confused about the trailer going no voice acting.
37:59: Michael B. Jordan is a known anime fan, and he speaks about some of the fight inspirations that are included in the upcoming film Creed III.
38:55: Well, you wouldn’t expect this to be made public, but Cipher Academy apparently was the title that would cause a translator to resign from translating the simulpub for it!
42:36: If you want to learn more about anime and film directing, take a class with Mamoru Oshii!
43:40: Media Blasters founder John Sirabella did a series of videos and answered a question about some of the worst performing titles for them over the years. You may be shocked or not surprised which anime fell onto this list.
46:18: Now we have One Punch Man collaborating with Overwatch. What anime will collab with Overwatch next?
47:00: And finally, two things involving One Piece: one that’s a continuing news item from the last time the hosts talked to each other over the internet (this time involving an airplane that was used as a collaboration last year), and the other where a UEFA Champions League match featured Luffy and his arms stretching halfway across the stadium.