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Present Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen focus on a bunch of issues they’ve been as much as over the previous few weeks, which incorporates one of many hosts occurring a J-Novel Membership spree and the opposite host working into the Blue Exorcist entice as soon as once more!
Information
17:38: The 2 hosts get into KADOKAWA…and the cyberattack that occurred earlier within the 12 months that severely impacted their enterprise operations, and one thing new has emerged that is likely to be taking part in a job of their present state of affairs with corporations excited about shopping for them.
20:00: The doujinshi scene continues to run afoul of VISA and Mastercard’s new requirements, and now one other firm must halt utilizing them for fee. Justin and Helen get into why that is taking place.
23:52: Darkish Gathering might be getting into a 4-month hiatus, which does have Helen questioning what’s the story behind that because it’s not for health-related causes; in the meantime the voice of Franky from One Piece, Kazuki Yao, is stepping down from his position.
26:29: ‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess will go on hiatus on account of Robinson Haruhara’s well being; Gakuen Idolm@ster VA Ayane Matsuda can even be on hiatus on account of her poor well being.
27:56: Illustrator Syroh handed away, and based mostly on the truth that Syroh was deliberate to enter this 12 months’s Winter Comiket, it was sadly sudden; one other sudden loss was animator & director Hiroki Ikeshita, who was engaged on this season’s Shangri-La Frontier; It was introduced on their Fb and Twitter that Youji Kuri handed away at 96.
31:30: The 2 hosts then focus on the lack of Jan Scott Frazier, who handed away at 59. They go over her impression on the anime trade earlier than going into what a troublesome 12 months it was for her (contemplating she needed to open two GoFundMe pages).
Licenses
34:40: Kodansha has launched a brand new program: Kodansha Print Membership! A few titles might be launched in print from Kodansha’s digital catalog, which all sounds good, however Justin has considerations. And contemplating there have been high quality management points, that’s simply the beginning of Justin’s doable points on one thing that he hopes may be profitable.
42:42: Cyberpunk Edgerunners is the most recent Netflix anime to now be launched on house media. The main downside is Aniplex of America might be releasing it within the US, which suggests it’s time to hope for an inexpensive normal version of it, by some means. There’s additionally going to be a manga launched as properly, this one ultimately by Darkish Horse within the US.
44:01: And we had affirmation of some Star Fruit Books titles that had seen delays, nevertheless it appears like a couple of Q-ta Minami works might be launched beginning in Spring 2025.
Streaming Information
44:54: It had been a while since a brand new Precure was added to Crunchyroll, so it appears somebody felt it was time so as to add one other one earlier than the 12 months’s over (Sure! Precure 5); And Crunchyroll will start to not permit folks to watch all of One Piece free of charge with advertisements anymore, so Justin breaks down their acknowledged plan and wonders if it is a good thought.
48:52: This was introduced at Anime NYC, however to lastly shut the chapter: The Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Senpai collection dub is now on Crunchyroll. Now to see if it’ll get a house media launch with the dub!
50:27: And at last, a pair episodes of Pokémon received added to the Pokémon YouTube channel, which received the hosts questioning how YouTube TV really works.
Bizarre Information
51:32: The trade has lastly completed it — they’ve resorted to AI to create an anime! Each hosts get into the key pitfalls of this choice, but in addition marvel if it will have any impression, particularly if nobody abroad picks this up for streaming.
55:03: BanG Dream and Chainsaw Man shouldn’t be a combo you’d count on, however in relation to video games, it by some means is smart!
55:53: Helen received nostalgic whereas discussing the information of Pokémon collaborating with the studio producing Wallace & Gromit; somebody in Japan received arrested for promoting reprogrammed variations of Pokémon; and Tetsuo Hara of Fist of the North Star fame drew a particular card artwork for Pokémon, which confirms that something involving the franchise has an excessive amount of information!
58:50: Keiichi Arawi determined it was time to convey again CITY, which is ideal timing with the longer term anime upcoming; and Beyblade has been round for a superb whereas, however having Timothée Chalamet convey a Beyblade to a particular premiere for no motive (the hosts counsel he’s gonna let it rip at any individual or some factor) actually makes this franchise fairly notable!
