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Present Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen are again as soon as once more to debate what they’ve been as much as for…roughly a month except for anime season watching. For Helen this implies trying out Macross 7. For Justin, it’s doing a number of LN studying. J-Novel Membership studying particularly!
Information
23:15: The hosts talk about the continued infiltration of AI into most issues, and the way a pair notable anime and manga firms responded to one of many main ones (OpenAI’s Sora2 program) after seeing the way it’s getting used since launch.
25:14: Panorama of Hell creator Hideshi Hino introduced he has been identified with pancreatic most cancers, and he might be having surgical procedure early subsequent yr to take away it; Masakazu Katsura did have main surgical procedure (particulars not shared) however except for just a few issues, he has halted all new work till he feels capable of resume; Tsukasa Monma and Shikako’s Manchuria Opium Squad will change to an irregular launch schedule, as artist Shikako’s well being is in query so a normal serialization isn’t possible in the mean time.
28:19: ANN checked with Otaku USA journal and discovered they’re presently on a break — quickly sufficient Otaku USA will return however with 2 points through the yr; and until talked about in any other case, Kodansha launching a Hollywood studio has acquired to be a primary for a manga targeted writer, so Justin has to surprise why open this up now?
33:34: Voice actor Fumiyoshi Shioya has been pressured to restrict his actions and his company needed to put out an announcement relating to false data and slander being posted on varied on-line platforms. Evidently, it wasn’t that way back that Yuki Kaji’s company needed to step in on account of one thing virtually comparable, so each hosts are questioning what’s happening on this business proper now.
37:02: Each anime season there appears to be quite a few manufacturing points that present up visually on the display however most energy by way of it it doesn’t matter what…however then there’s anime that needs to be delayed as a result of the scenario is unhealthy sufficient, and it seems that’s the case for Chitose within the Ramune Bottle; In the meantime there’s One Piece, which has soldiered on for many years, however even this franchise has not been proof against manufacturing issues, and now to make sure the sequence high quality is as much as par, their schedule has now modified for the foreseeable future.
40:19: One other manga journal might be ending its publication, this time Le Paradis in February; And this time a really particular manga might be concluding this yr, as Mizuho Kusanagi’s Yona of the Daybreak will finish after a 16-year run.
Licenses
44:10: The Great Wednesdays prepare retains motoring on for Seven Seas, so right here’s extra licenses from them:
- Ayaka Matsumoto’s Unexpectedly Naughty Fukami
- Fujihito’s Dwelling with My Previous Cat shade manga
- Yū Yabuuchi’s Uesugi-kun needs to stop being a woman
- Kohji Natsumi & Reita’s Saving a Weapon Store from Chapter after the Demon King’s Defeat (Airship)
- Masakichi & Shingou’s Magic Repo Man: Dumped by My Get together, I’ll Money In With a Cute Help Fairy to Turn into the Strongest!
- Kanko Nakamura’s Yuri Yuri Panic
- Yuho Okita’s PUNKS TRIANGLE sew
- MAEDAKUN’s Puniru is a Kawaii Slime
- NONCO’s Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Straightforward
45:25: Seven Seas additionally did announce they’ve licensed Koala Omugi’s What’s Up With Noumi-Senpai?, however days later, any details about its license was straight up eliminated…which makes the hosts surprise what occurred to it?
48:37: Yen Press didn’t have too many bulletins, however they nonetheless had them:
- On the Boundary’s Highway: The Works of Suzuka Morino
- Minori Chigusa’s Shino & Ren
- Madoguchimoto’s Each Journey Wants a Weapon! —The Blacksmith Lifetime of Rudy the Obsessed—
- Yūko Satō, Chira Shinoura,& Shishimaru’s The Journey of Black Cat Nyango
- Kisetsu Morita & Matsuuni’s The Alchemist’s Fluffy Island Getaway (Yen On)
49:35: In celebrating their fiftieth Anniversary in 2026, Fantagraphics has introduced they’ve launched Takumigraphics, a brand new imprint devoted solely to East Asian comics; it should start with the next titles:
- Akane Torikai’s Wandering Cat’s Cage
- Yudori’s Lovers of the Empire
- Takako Shimura’s Wandering Son
- Marina Lisa Komiya’s On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese Warfare Brides
51:05: New writer Crossed Hearts has made just a few bulletins for the reason that summer season, however they lastly introduced their first manga license — Mai Ando’s You’re Method Too Cheeky, Chigaya-kun!; It seems Manga Mirai additionally needs to get into the licensing sport too, as they’ve struck a cope with TO Books and now have two new manga titles on their service; Kobako Takara & Jun Natsuba’s If the Heroine Desires My Fiancé, I’ll Marry a Yandere Villain As a substitute! & Kotoko & Ataka’s Breaking Up Was the Plan, the Duke Falling For the Villainess Was Not! has been licensed by Cross Infinite World; and Bear in mind Uketsu’s Unusual Home manga? Properly Unusual Footage has been picked up…not by Seven Seas, however by Titan!
Streaming Information
54:12: Detective Conan Assortment 2 has lastly dropped, which suggests Justin has to speak for hours about one thing he has not watched (but) and go over what’s once more streaming for Conan Cinema Saturdays on YouTube:
- Detective Conan: The Final Wizard of the Century (Aired two weeks in the past)
- Detective Conan: The Non-public Eyes’ Requiem (Aired this previous weekend)
- Detective Conan: Crossroad within the Historical Capital (November 15)
58:48: A pair Crunchyroll information has occurred, beginning with them launching an ad-supported 24/7 channel on Samsung TV Plus; including to their service the dub of Season 1 & 2 of Haikyu!! and including Fist of the North Star (Justin thought these had been already on CR); and including the primary movie within the Love Stay! Nijigasaki Gakuen Faculty Idol Dōkōkai Kanketsu-hen finale trilogy.
1:01:39: Netflix might be streaming Cosmic Princess on their service early subsequent yr and has added the live-action Hatakiri Man so it may be watched now; in the meantime Oceanveil continues to increase their catalog, as they may now have the next Media Blasters titles on their service earlier than the yr ends:
- Doomed Megalopolis, Chu-Bra!!, Grenadier: The Stunning Warrior, Kite: Liberator, Genshiken, Inexperienced Inexperienced (in Japanese with English subtitles and an English dub):
- Mazinkaiser SKL, Yamibo – Darkness, the Hat, and the Vacationers of the Books, Juden Chan, Kanokon: The Woman Who Cried Fox (JP sub)
Bizarre Information
1:05:02 It seems VIZ may’ve been hacked and had a number of data stolen based on cybersecurity web site CyberNews, which suggests sure, this looks like an issue; In the meantime, each hosts must surprise why it took Russia this lengthy to ban entry to MyAnimeList contemplating what we already learn about Russia’s ideas about LGTBQ+ content material, which will get Helen to clarify the rationale why it took them this lengthy.
1:09:50 Let’s simply say Common Studios Japan, for his or her Halloween occasion, didn’t need anybody to run afoul of its costume pointers, so that they made certain to place out an announcement forward of time; and the way doe MLB have a good time the Dodgers successful the World Sequence? Welp, you accomplish that by having Gundam within the background…and in addition Evangelion???
