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Show Notes
0:00: This is the part of the podcast where Helen absolutely tortures Justin. After that and remarking over recording back-to-back weeks, both get into what they’ve been up to. For Justin, that means some talk about Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation. For Helen, that means some talk about We Rent Tsukumogami.
6:46: Justin and Helen then launch into a discussion over the end of Crunchyroll x FUNimation partnership, alongside HIDIVE being available on VRV. A few things to read:
- Crunchyroll post: https://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-1025862/update-to-the-crunchyroll-x-funimation-partnership
- FUNi FAQ: https://www.funimation.com/blog/2018/10/18/faq-funimationnow-subs-dubs-one-place/
- Justin Sevakis’ article last year involving how Sony Pictures buying FUNimation would factor into this partnership: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2017-08-02/.119577
20:15: License news! Dark Horse is going to release Gou Tanabe’s manga version of H.P. Lovecraft’s At The Mountains of Madness.
22:06: Kodansha and Vertical had a joint NYCC panel with the following licenses:
- Mari Okada and Nao Emoto’s O Maidens in Your Savage Season
- Mitsu Izumi’s Magus of the Library
- Naoki Yamakawa and Akinari Nao’s I’m Standing on a Million Lives will be released in print
- Kaori Ozaki’s The Golden Sheep
- Nanashi’s Don’t Mess with Me, Nagatoro
- Arata Kanoh’s Voices of a Distant Star novel
26:22: VIZ licensed The Art of Neon Genesis Evangelion & Mika Yamamori’s Daytime Shooting Star, which leads to a discussion involving companies licensing age-gap manga.
29:57: The Emma Kickstarter has reached its goal! Helen’s skepticism has been defeated 😀 Helen admits her defeat (maybe)
34:15: In what will be underrated news until VIZ (or some other company) does something with it, Naoki Urasawa will have a title in digital, which is totally surprising.
37:00: Justin and Helen talk about the significance of Nagi Kabata’s My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness being recognized at the Harvey Awards (winning best Manga)
38:52: Huge manga return news! Daisuke Ashihara will return to work on World Trigger.
41:08: Helen talks about the unexpected shuttering of DramaFever.
WEIRD NEWS
43:21: Normally, an announcement saying Overlord, Re:ZERO, Tanya the Saga of Evil, and Konosuba is getting an anime crossover should be put into the regular news section. How they’re getting turned into an anime is what lands it here!
45:29: Also normally you don’t see the anime staff give a target number they consider successful, so for the staffs of Dropkick on my Devil and Isekai Izakaya, them giving numbers is something…but in this case, also odd. Also Seven Senses of the Re’Union’s release in Japan is also mentioned.
49:04: That Neo Yokio show is getting a special, thanks to everyone who watched it.
50:30: Ingress the Animation is a thing…that will also include a popular virtual Youtuber.
52:20: What happens with Bkub Okawa messes with Buichi Terasawa via copyright? Well, nothing really.
53:33: Godzilla is now amongst the stars, according to NASA.
54:27: Finally, we can officially announce that your mom is getting an anime. Congratulations!