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0:00: Justin and Helen return to chat about things over the internet! In this case, it’s Helen discussing watching Alita and Justin going over some of the manga he got from his local library.
News
10:38: Psycho Pass is getting another season!…Helen is totally excited about it.
14:50: Funimation’s introducing everyone to tiers!…The hosts wonder if it’s Fruits Basket related, but also chat if it’s worth getting the tier after April 10
17:55: Are You Lost? and Gleipnir are getting anime adaptations! Maybe Justin dropped the things Kodansha licenses turns into an anime a little too early.
20:23: Ascendance of a Bookworm is getting an anime, and Helen is now looking at J-Novel to go and license the novel know.
22:41: Now, onto anime delays! 7 Seeds and Chihayafuru are getting delayed! Chihayafuru getting delayed affects one of the hosts greatly.
26:20: There’s going to be a Gundam Hollywood film!…Justin and Helen discuss the prospects of this.
28:21: The Edge of Tomorrow film is getting a sequel! Don’t think anyone saw that coming.
30:50: Funimation and Toei is gonna release a very legendary edition of Dragon Ball Z…that will happen if 2,500 people pre-order. Count the hosts feeling a bit concerned.
34:11: MangaBox is finally ending. It probably should’ve ended years ago, but it’s finally ending. Justin goes over its history, from how it started, to its eventual ending. (Also, special shoutout to Inter4Ever on Twitter for noticing it and notifying TheOASG account)
(Also, podcast correction at 37:10: Love and Lies is being published by Kodansha Comics.)
39:31: Kakashi Oniyazu, the creator of Though You May Burn to Ash, passed away in early February. Justin gets a bit into that since he’s been reviewing the series.
Licensing News
42:21: Shojo Beat will be bringing a new Maki Enjoji title to the states, and it’s rated M as a Medical, Mature Manga.
43:03: UDON surprisingly licensed a new manga! It did leak on a couple places, but they did license it, and it’s from a Harta magazine: Akihito Tomi’s Stravaganza.
45:18: SuBLime is rescuing DMP title Seven Days, by Venio Tachibana and Rihito Takarai.
46:24: Kodansha’s digital manga arm is releasing Josei manga for March and April. As described in their announcement article, they’re releasing this for “those of ya looking for walks on Josei’s wilder side”:
- Toki Sunazuka’s Love Massage: Melting Beauty Treatment (Rated M)
- Ammitsu’s Ran the Peerless Beauty (16+)
- Iroha Machino’s Asahi-sempai’s Favorite (16+)
- Lalako Kojima’s Momo’s Iron Will (4/2)
- Yuki Monou’s My Pink Is Overflowing (4/9)
Weird News
51:00: The Natsume: Book of Friends film made a good amount of coin in Japan for its theater run. In China, it earned more than that in just three days.
51:35: Gintama the anime is back!!!…Probably.
52:53: Helen talks about one of the weirdest Otome VR games upcoming that’s…pretty weird.
54:27: In case you avoided the internet for a long time, Sonic the Hedgehog is getting a film. And the design of Sonic leaked. It…it’s pretty bad. The trailer for this better be 10000000% amazing. Which is likely not going to be!