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Present Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen discusses what they’ve been as much as over the previous few weeks, which incorporates making an attempt out a brand new J-Novel Membership title and ending Season 3 of Re:Zero. A rant concerning the Ok MANGA expertise additionally occurred on this part!
Information
11:24: The 2 hosts then get into one of many largest information tales of the previous few weeks — which might evolve into the most important story of the 12 months if it occurs — Sony in talks to doubtlessly purchase KADOKAWA. With the anime monopoly that Sony already has this appears actual dire, so the explanations why that is occurring, with rumors of a hostile takeover rising, has Justin and Helen pondering what this in the end means. Although it doesn’t change the truth that seeing KADOKAWA being doubtlessly purchased was the very last thing anybody might’ve seen coming.
22:40: Bear in mind the Netflix leaks over the summer time? There’s nonetheless an investigation ongoing and Discord is concerned; In the meantime NIS America, who has not licensed a brand new anime title for a protracted whereas, may even cease reprinting dwelling media of titles they do have, so works like Cardcaptor Sakura and Toradora! (to call a number of!) are going out of print.
25:46: Extra libraries and manga simply getting eliminated continues! Justin and Helen focus on a number of faculties in Tennessee eradicating quite a lot of manga, from Assassination Classroom (which has been within the information for a pair months now) to Case Closed (w-was it the beheading???) to Alice nineteenth (Helen just isn’t positive why it’s on the listing) to Bloom Into You (??????). That’s simply the cliff notes! In the meantime in North Carolina the Unico re-imagining manga that got here out this 12 months has been faraway from Scholastic Ebook Festivals in Richmond County. What on the planet is occurring on the market?
31:54: Not that anime manufacturing woes are a brand new factor, nevertheless it feels particularly lately that there will probably be a number of anime that run into main points throughout a season. Danmachi Season 5 looks like it’ll get off mild with only a one-week delay, however Haigakura has run into high quality management points — to the purpose the place they’ve delayed releasing additional episodes.
34:20: Yoshihiro Togashi had surgical procedure for one thing, however he nonetheless was capable of lay out 2 extra chapters of Hunter x Hunter someway; Shadows Home creator so-ma-to will probably be occurring a three-week break, which is a change from their deliberate schedule introduced over the summer time; Frieren will probably be going on one other break; And Spy x Household is occurring a one-month hiatus, which appears unplanned.
38:06: A number of deaths occurred within the anime/manga area — lyricist Shuntaro Tanigawa handed away at 92; former manga creator Rieko Takeishi handed away after a protracted battle with an unspecified sickness; Eiji Yanagisawa handed away at 57 from a brainstem hemorrhage; and voice actress Junko Hori died at 89 because of senility.
Licenses
42:08: Seven Seas wrapped their 2024 Great Wednesday occasions with the following new bulletins:
- Megumi Yamaguchi’s I’ll Overlook You Beginning Right this moment, Senpai!
- Sinonome’s Two Guys on the Vet Clinic
- Kosuke Yasuda’s Himegasaki Sakurako is a Scorching Mess
- Yui Hanaka, Kana, & Shive’s BL Sport Rebirth: My New Life because the Hero’s Youthful Brother
- Yun’s Candy Warmth Earlier than Falling in Love: The CEO and His Fated Omega (Steamship)
- Murasaki Nishino & Gondawara’s Adored by an Elite Officer: Might This Be Love? (Steamship)
- Fuyumi Ono & Akihiro Yamada’s The Twelve Kingdoms
- Will produce audiobooks for his or her Siren imprint of Yoru Sumino’s Ripping Somebody Open Solely Makes Them Bleed, Kiki’s ROLL OVER AND DIE: I Will Combat for an Odd Life With My Love and Cursed Sword! (Narrated by Emily Bauer), & Hisamitsu Search engine optimization’s Qualia the Purple (Narrated by Katy Vaughn)
49:30: We’re gonna get extra traditional manga in 2025, this one courtesy of Bubbles Zine; VIZ Media is now releasing ONE & Kiyoto Shitara’s Bug Ego manga on the Shonen Soar service; and if you happen to’ve been wanting to buy VIZ titles on Bookwalker, now you possibly can!
Streaming Information
54:20: Crunchyroll will probably be streaming the Destiny/keep evening Heaven’s Really feel Film trilogy on their service December 19; the In This Nook (and Different Corners) of the World prolonged movie is now streaming on the service.
55:30: Various anime will now be locked within the Disney Vault, and this additionally contains a brand new anime of Cat’s Eye.
Bizarre Information
57:29: Justin has to go over the wild, wild story involving two totally different publishers who had been imagined to publish 4 Chinese language titles collectively, however this won’t be occurring anytime quickly as a result of, regardless of the way you have a look at it, these two are simply each not very skilled.
1:02:03 The Legislation of Ueki will probably be getting a model new chapter…after 16 years!
1:02:52: Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! playing cards proceed to be actual in style. Perhaps too in style since individuals hold making an attempt to promote faux playing cards of every and get caught!
1:04:21: Kyoko Otonashi’s ensuring Japan doesn’t mild a cigarette in the home on this tobacco advert, as a result of she will be able to!…This someway leads into Helen’s escapades involving somebody making an attempt to smoke the place they shouldn’t!
1:06:33: And eventually, each hosts focus on Chrome — sure, Google Chrome — turning into an anime (quick).
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