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Present Notes
0:00: Comfortable New 12 months! Justin and Helen have a lot to speak about on this episode, so the 2 hosts get into the conclusion of the attainable Sony/KADOKAWA acquisition, which resolved in a approach that may’ve been surprising.
3:33: The 2 then proceed the sharing theme, with TOHO buying a 19.7 stake in Orange earlier than transferring onto the return of One Piece in April and its new timeslot.
6:48: At first of the season, with two exhibits persevering with from the summer season season J.C. Workers was producing 10 anime of varied lengths and codecs. This actually prompt a few these would even have points airing, however the excellent news for them is just one had manufacturing troubles. The hosts didn’t fairly rely on it being Danmachi Season 5!
10:42: Frieren is now again on hiatus, whereas Karino Takatsu’s Marry-Go-Spherical will go on hiatus however return in March; the thirty first Dengeki Novel Prize’s Grand Prize winner Denji Yutai handed away unexpectedly due an unspecified sickness, which has KADOKAWA working with Denji’s household to determine the way to deal with the discharge of the profitable work.
14:28: The 2 hosts then talk about the passing of shoujo pioneer Macoto Takahashi, who has been one of many sources of inspiration for a lot of inside the demographic and the manga trade along with his work.
Licenses
17:11: Yen Press wished to be one of many few to shut the 12 months saying new titles, so right here they’re:
- Sword Artwork On-line Unital Ring
- Secrets and techniques of the Silent Witch (spin-off) -another- Half 1 (LN)
- Alya Typically Hides Her Emotions in Russian
- Isekai Samurai
- The Hitman Stans
- Dara-san of Reiwa
- I Made Buddies with the Second Prettiest Lady in My Class
- Handy Semi-Pal
- The Heroic Story of the Villainous Prince
- Who Killed the Hero? (LN)
- The Lady Who Desires to Be a Hero and the Lady Who Must Be a Hero (LN)
- This Is the Wizard’s Secret Weapon (LN)
- SAILOR ZOMBIE (Digital unique)
- Lord of Mysteries (Chinese language novel)
20:57: AnimeEigo additionally introduced they’ve licensed No person’s Boy Remi, which will get Helen to inform a narrative about this one; Cross Infinite World introduced three new titles that’ll be launched on digital platforms quickly:
- This Alluring Darkish Elf Has the Coronary heart of a Center-aged Man!
- Love & Magic Academy: Who Cares in regards to the Heroine and Villainess? I Wish to Be the Strongest on this Otome Sport World
- Dinners with My Darling: How the Former Monster King Ate Her Approach to Happiness
Streaming Information
23:08: The animated The Lord of the Rings: The Warfare of the Rohirrim got here out in digital format December 27. Usually that’s not an enormous deal, till you understand the movie simply got here out in theaters December 13!
25:45: A number of extra anime works obtained added to Crunchyroll, whereas Netflix added the 2018 model of Captain Tsubasa.
Essential Subject: Fall Anime 2024 Remaining Impressions
27:12: Justin and Helen talk about what was sort of an uncommon Fall 2024 season — some exhibits they preferred for certain, however in comparison with prior Fall anime seasons, feels barely weak. The most important notable new factor that (quickly) completed was Dandadan (1:18:13) however sequels form of highlighted this season, from the great (49:13: Love Dwell! Famous person!! S3) to the strong (35:02: Appraisal Talent S2) to the nonetheless really nice however one way or the other nonetheless annoying at occasions (37:13: Bleach Half 3) to the form of dangerous (55:13: Seirei Gensouki S2)
Bizarre Information
1:27:03: Each hosts are nonetheless trying to determine what the Guinness World Report’s standards is after they accepted the largest shadow projection of Shadow the Hedgehog earlier than then speaking in regards to the Lakers having a One Piece night time, persevering with the theme of the Straw Hats hanging round Los Angeles for no obvious cause. (There’s probably a cause!)
Bizarre Information of 2024
1:30:46: Earlier than transferring on to 2025, have a look again in any respect the bizarre information that dominated this 12 months within the anime/manga house! There was a large amount of bizarre! Beginning with the truth that after 8 years of podcasting, we lastly had a misplaced episode.
1:31:28: This isn’t really a brand new factor — greater corporations shopping for smaller corporations — however everybody was speaking about the opportunity of an enormous firm buying one other massive firm, and for Justin, seeing Sony in talks to accumulate KADOKAWA at like virtually 2AM at night time hit completely different!
1:32:41: Lest we overlook, Crunchyroll was one of many solely (?) official streaming providers that had the remark part obtainable for his or her exhibits, however they closed it this 12 months. Whether or not it was the evaluation bombing of one other BL title (this time it was Twilight: Out of Focus) or the AI translation accusations for My Deer Pal Nokotan, the remaining reality is you’ll be able to’t touch upon something on CR anymore.
1:33:23: In some unspecified time in the future nonetheless, they should present a touch upon what occurred to David Wald, who claimed that the corporate “opened his non-public mail, threw away the letters, and handed out any objects to their employees.” Nonetheless one of many final issues anybody may’ve seen coming from Crunchyroll!
1:35:26: The anime trade has lengthy been in a poor state, with only a few anime having nice manufacturing, and even those who do nonetheless having a lot bother alongside the best way. So yearly we’ll most actually get a studio that’s in dire straits till there’s a serious enchancment, and this 12 months’s contender is Yokohama Animation Lab, which had the next occur to them:
1:39:00: Whereas Yokohama had general manufacturing troubles, the studio that’ll take the cake for having the wildest manufacturing story is Storm Graphics and their work on Dahlia in Bloom. In spite of everything, studying that attributable to a lot outsourcing that there was a chance that some scenes have been animated in North Korea is a stage of weirdness nobody may’ve seen coming!
1:43:09: That stated, as terrible as anime trade manufacturing has been, for higher or worse, we hardly ever see cancellations of an anime. This 12 months nonetheless, with Yuri on Ice and Ten Depend, we one way or the other obtained two.
1:45:50: We additionally hardly ever hear in regards to the kind of manga cancellations Endo and Kobayashi obtained within the manga trade, however wow did the editorial employees for this collection mess up in ways in which you wouldn’t count on for knowledgeable writer.
1:49:31: Typically there’s simply bizarre information that’s additionally simply despicable, so it was roughly a given that Toru Furuya’s actions would land him right here.
1:51:50: There was approach too many manga library bans that occurred within the second half of the 12 months, however evidently, the Sasaki & Miyano ban was certainly probably the most notable as a result of the reason why it was banned in a single explicit Florida library. (The recommendations on what to interchange it with was additionally hilarious).
1:54:11: Some fast bites of bizarre information that we simply can’t overlook — Aniplex of America unexpectedly giving a birthday to Madoka Magica’s Kyoko Sakura; a public writer tiff that’s going to one way or the other proceed in 2025; and sure, Isekai is now Oxford accepted. Wonderful.
1:57:49: Love Dwell! is an fascinating franchise that’s widespread, however when it comes to gaming, not a lot, as their smartphone sport service ended service in Japan March 31. The issue is that they introduced {that a} World model would launch — and then shut down three months later! And did this in a single tweet! If anybody understood why they did this, please share with the category!
1:59:19: Lastly, after a lot considering, the bizarre information of 2024 needed to shut with the prevalence of AI primarily all over the place. Within the anime house, this has led to a lot dialogue whereas additionally having studios really use it to create their works. So there can be tales like that within the new 12 months. There may even probably be humorous ones too since you’ll be able to’t depend on AI for every thing. See this, this, and particularly the Latina character identify story that solely advanced into studying AI was concerned as soon as the writer commented about it. You could possibly argue that it’s telling nobody advised the writer about this earlier than it obtained to publishing, however alternatively, the state of affairs did change into actually hilarious.
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