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Present Notes
0:00: One other episode of Justin and Helen discussing the whole lot they’ve been as much as over the previous few weeks, which can embody a musical and a few J-Novel Membership reads alongside the best way. The 2 hosts additionally get right into a little bit of nostalgia for no actual cause…
Information
17:30: Final episode, the information of Media Do buying Seven Seas simply occurred like roughly an hour or two earlier than the 2 hosts began recording. It’s been two weeks, which suggests extra info has come forth, together with Media Do and Seven Seas having to make assurances that AI won’t be utilized in any future works shifting ahead…let’s simply say the hosts have some issues!
27:55: The sufferer within the Shoichi Yamamoto/Shogakukan scandal launched an announcement on the complete state of affairs, and meaning Justin and Helen have extra ideas on how the corporate’s dealing with the state of affairs and the way nicely they will honor the sufferer’s request whereas additionally making certain their tradition will change shifting ahead. However let’s simply say the hosts have worries about how they’ll deal with it, contemplating their historical past.
37:32: Helen talks about plenty of plaintiffs submitting a shopper digital privateness class motion grievance in opposition to Crunchyroll, which alleges that Crunchyroll violated the Video Privateness Safety Act. For her, the timing couldn’t have been any extra fascinating; Justin in the meantime goes over Darkish Horse primarily letting their Founder and CEO Mike Richardson go and what this implies for the writer shifting ahead.
42:36: RuriDragon will be on hiatus till late April; The Detective is Already Lifeless Season 2 won’t air in the summertime, it has been pushed to the Fall season; And I Grew to become a Legend After My 10 12 months-Lengthy Final Stand can even be delayed, it’s now deliberate to air in the summertime.
43:48: Chitose within the Ramune Bottle will return following it’s manufacturing points within the Fall season; Tomato Soup is again following maternity depart, which suggests A Witch Life in Mongol will return subsequent week; and we sadly will say goodbye to a different Japanese manga journal, as Magazine Backyard has ceased publication, and with their touch upon why the journal’s ending, Justin wonders if the manga market shrinking has performed a giant position.
48:13: Voice actress Yukie Maeda has handed away on account of her well being; voice actress Masako Ikeda died on March 3 from a cerebral hemorrhage; and Kyoto Animation introduced that its president and co-founder Hideaki Hatta died on February 16 — the hosts go over the lack of every of those skills and other people, and want honest condolences to their household and buddies.
Licenses
52:57: Titan Manga introduced solely on ANN that they’ve licensed the next manga for launch in 2026: Tomonori Inoue’s Huck the Air Pirate and the Princess of Steam and Shinachiku’s The Regalia of the Underdog; We are going to see one other H.P. Lovecraft novel tailored by Gou Tanabe revealed by Darkish Horse, this one coming in September; and Mad Cave Studios’ imprint Nakama Press, in partnership with Tatsunoko Manufacturing, introduced on Friday that it’s going to launch the primary quantity of its Casshan manga by author Mario B. Lengthy and Kusanagi on September 15.
54:41: Justin and Helen introduced up DMP/DMG whereas speaking about Blupetal, who simply launched a Kickstarter for Sakura Kurihara’s Let Me Repair You final week (and it has already reached its objective); Japan-based indie writer Purple String introduced at CitrusCon that they’ve licensed Yoshika Komatsu’s The Elf Husband and Dwarf Spouse (will solely be on Omoi on March 22) and Arakata’s Humorous Bone; The most recent Crossed Hearts title has been introduced and it’ll be going for his or her Glam Beat (Yuri) line — Mei Fujimatsu’s Time is a Closet; And we received extra Siren audiobooks incoming — 3 of them!
58:19: With Manga Planet closing March 31, we lastly know the place among the titles will go — Renta! They’ve introduced a particular switch program that may enable Manga Planet customers entry to chapters/volumes bought on the service, so completely satisfied that among the titles (they gained’t be capable to carry all of them) will exist in a roundabout way, this time on Renta!.
Streaming Information
59:15: Justin and Helen go into Amazon elevating their ad-tier costs for causes, however arduous to say if the explanations are good; Prime has added the Lupin the IIIrd: Zenigata and the Two Lupins internet anime to their service.
1:01:18: Helen is now questioning about Justin’s tastes following his enthusiastic announcement of a present he has by no means watched (Queen’s Blade: Vanquished Queens) that’s now obtainable on Oceanveil; In the event you’re not into 18+ stuff, Oceanveil can even add the Black Jack OVA with an English dub to their service.
1:03:00: Extra 4K Ghibli is going on in theaters, so be looking out for a number of of their heralded movies within the spring; ODK Media’s North American streaming platform Amasian TV started streaming the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime with the English dub in the USA and Canada…Justin wonders if this may really be a streaming service to look out for sooner or later.
1:04:33: DOROHEDORO Season 2, regardless of it airing in April, has taken some time for a lot information to return out. Not anymore! A trailer has come out for it, with additionally the information that along with Netflix it can even stream on Crunchyroll; Retrocrush has added a pair reveals to their service, with Black Jack: The Full OVA Collection arriving on their service early subsequent month.
Bizarre Information
1:06:32: Justin finally ends up reflecting on the origin of TheOASG Podcast, and the way when Muse got here up with doing this, nobody might’ve anticipated Pokémon, The White Home, and Nintendo to even be thought-about in the identical sentence as a subject. However we’ve additionally that (and Yu-Gi-Oh! additionally!) on this part. In case you wanted to know the way bizarre the information could be.
1:10:24: Let’s simply say The Evangelion quick that was just lately launched by Khara had some points, points that ultimately led the studio to launch it themselves and for each Justin and Helen to ponder the that means of media embargoes.
1:13:11: Sure, One Piece and Elmo is someway a factor. No, not a lie, this crossover actually occurred due to Netflix; Author Shirow Shiratori introduced that his and illustrator Kippu’s No-Rin gentle novel collection will return from its decade-long hiatus with its 14th and closing quantity on June 13; Hiromu Shinozuka topped it although, as Mirmo de Pon! New is the primary entry within the Mirmo Zibang! in 21 years. The return of works after so lengthy…by no means say closing applies for these works!
1:15:35: And eventually, someway, a way, the live-action adaptation information of manga/anime franchise doesn’t cease…and Samurai Champloo is the subsequent one picked. Trying ahead to it popping out in 2030!
