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Show Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen once again discuss what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks over the internet. Bookworm, Fruits Basket and Re:Zero dominate Justin’s brain, while Helen continues her HIDIVE backlog watching and talks a bit about The Great Pretender.
Pandemic News
8:02: So since March it was hard to forecast if NYCC and ANYC would go on, but as the months progressed, it was starting to become clear each had to start preparing alternatives. And now it’s official: both cons have been cancelled.
13:13: More reports of people testing positive for COVID-19 has happened in Japan, and while some things are starting to resume, others, like the Aquors Idol Group live dome tour, are getting cancelled.
13:50: It’s already happened, so put this as past news: Sentai at Home happened! Though Helen did use this opportunity to wonder why Sentai decided to have a screening for the Made in Abyss movie.
News
15:52: Justin and Helen give their thoughts on AT&T potentially selling Crunchyroll, or if that’s actually a thing.
19:20: In case you missed it, KissAnime and KissManga shut down! Both discuss this news, while also wondering if will make a big impact after all.
Licenses
25:00: Media Blasters lives! Well, they’ve been around. And at some point they’re going to release Puppet Princess on BD.
25:55: J-Novel Club announced at Otakuthon at Home they’ve licensed Milligram & YukiKana’s I’ll Never Set Foot in That House Again! for their J-Novel Heart label and Mizuumi Amakawa & Mai Ooguma’s Fushi no Kami: Rebuilding Civilization Starts with a Village. They will also bring over the manga version of How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom in print format.
27:15: futekiya announced they licensed a ton of BL titles:
- Futekiya licensed the following over the past two weeks:
- Complete Edition of ri-ru’s The Perfect Son
- Complete Edition of Ukya Iwashimizu’s Tyrant Boyfriend~6 UNDER GROUND~
- Samba Maekawa’s Love DO!!
- Uni Shindo’s Now That’s a Teacher!
- Makoto Inagaki’s For the Next Act…
- At Otakuthon at Home: Mushiba’s Fujimi no Meinichi
- Wataru Nanatsuno’s Stay With Good Boy
- Dento Hayane’s See You Later, Mermaid
- Chika Hongo’s Metro
- Nayuta Nago’s Mihanada Pectolite
- Naka Nakaoka’s Kigi wa Haru
- Tsuruko’s Amagami Dake de wa Sumasanai
- Taira Taga’s Melt at Night
- Erica Shibutani’s Tobira wo Akete, Boku Dake wo Mite.
- Manami Kisaragi & Fuyu Akino’s Romance with Etude
- Saki’s Dear My Boy
- Ronoji Takada’s Shanai Koiwazurai
- Ronoji Takada’s Ore, Kaisha no Kouhai ni Ikenai Koto Sareteimasu
- Kumi Hama’s Kamitsuki Dragon No Sumika
- Umako Hareya’s Surechigai Vegetable Garden
- Ayako Muro’s Kawaii Boku no Meine Liebe & Riaru na Uranai Daisainan
- Mario Yamada’s Yankee Musashi-san to Oyamada no Kiken na Junai
- Masaru Masa’s Neko Danshisan! & Levi-san To Ore – Ariyori no Happiness –
- Shota Kon’s Hibi mo Tsumoreba Koi to Naru
- Chimi’s Circus Nai Renai Kinshi!
34:36: MANGA Plus added the spinoff to World’s End Harem that looks like it’s definitely otome inspired, ~Britannia Lumiére~. This also leads to a discussion on how Seven Seas might eventually handle bringing this over since it’s likely not remotely close to its counterparts, so having this as a Ghost Ship title might be a bit much.
39:10: VIZ went out and licensed every right of Genie Family 2020. Like, every right.
Streaming News
40:41: Genie Family 2020 will eventually stream on Crunchyroll this October. They are now streaming Cardfight!! Vanguard Extra Story -if-. Netflix will also be streaming The Promised Neverland next week. And yes, The Kartoon Channel is streaming Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V.
Weird News
41:52: Bleacher Report mashed up the NBA Playoffs with Cowboy Bebop‘s opening, and yes, it is indeed glorious.
43:58: Weird news from months ago!!! But Helen caught recently that someone created an extension that makes features on SAKUGABOORU much more accessible, and thought it was cool to point out.
45:30: When creators and cats collide, basically. Look at those cats!
46:39: Finally, just when we thought we could escape discussing plagiarism, noppppeeeee, one author decided it’s just not possible this time! And it involves a BL manga published by SuBLime…