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0:00: Justin and Helen for yet another week chat about all the things they’ve been up to, which involves Helen explaining that she’s gotten her mom to watch Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu (and wondering how Justin would know this before the podcast), while Justin’s caught up to all the Fall anime shows, which includes the Gintama spinoff, Mr. Ginpachi’s Zany Class.

6:43: The two hosts then get into Netflix entering an agreement to purchase Warner Bros, HBO & HBO Max. The good news is the planned deal would take until Q3 2026 to actually close. That’s only good because both hosts (Justin especially) are not even sure how big the ramifications of this deal will be, who or what it’ll affect (aside from the consumer, who no matter what will lose), and what this will mean for the Entertainment industry at large.

…Of course, not even a day after the two talked about this, a hostile bid from Paramount was announced, which means the hosts will try and talk about that next episode!

15:08: Justin and Helen attempt to figure out what Amazon was actually thinking when they chose to AI dub a couple of anime, to much derision, and then pull it off their service. It does get the hosts to think a bit darker, and why despite this being over, it’s not actually over when it comes to AI dubbing.

27:34: Yuki Ikeda’s Thunder 3 is slated to resume serialization February 6, which suggests Ikeda is healthy enough to resume the manga; Terraformars is also slated to resume next week, after it did see an initial delay during the summer and fall.

28:53: Shinsuke Takahashi’s family shared details of what has happened to the artist a few weeks ago, and the details are not very good. The hosts can only hope for the best for Takahashi moving forward.

34:04: Following them taking off for Thanksgiving, Seven Seas resumed their Wonderful Wednesdays event and announced they’ve licensed the following:

35:19: Dark Horse announced exclusively on ANN that they’ll release a three-book Deluxe Edition manga series of the following Masamune Shirow works:

36:49: Noir Caesar is partnering with TOKYOPOP to release Mitsuhiro Mizuno and artist Ryōsuke Tobimatsu’s Deep3 basketball manga in 2026; Hiroyuki’s Girlfriend, Girlfriend manga is now part of the Kodansha Print Club line, and it’s available on select retailers…today!

40:08: 4K Kiki’s Delivery Service? 4K Kiki’s Delivery Service!!!…Well, at least Justin thinks so. With GKIDS partnering with IMAX to bring 4K restorations of Studio Ghibli films to North American theaters in 2026, then that means Kiki in 4K should happen! (maybe just not next year, but we’ll have to see the rate of releases though); GKIDS will be bringing the latest Lupin the 3rd film to North America in January; and The 100 Meters film will be on Netflix before the year’s ends, which makes one host happy and one host less interested!

44:54: We’re getting another anime (for Netflix) just announced out of nowhere for the Winter season, and it pairs Boys Over Flowers creator Yoko Kamio with the Wit Studio crew; Chainsaw Man fans who wanted to watch the Reze Arc film but was not willing or able to go a theater to see it can now purchase it digitally…today; And we have a couple anime that will be streaming on Crunchyroll, either for the Winter season (Tamon’s B-Side) or sometime in 2026 (The Drops of God)

47:15: Ever heard of Whale Smart TVs? Well now Crunchyroll is on the service; Ever heard of VIZIO’s WatchFree+? Well now you can get REMOW’s Its Anime service on that app!

49:56: Weird fish discovery and Super Saiyan in one sentence? We can only thank the The University of the Ryukyus for discovering the goby fish and making the connection to a Saiyan.

51:47: Both Justin and Helen are curious about Korean webtoon and web novel platform RIDI suspending sales of BL novel Crazy Dog Hunts the Tiger only a day after its release a few weeks ago, following accusations it closely mirrors very notable pro gamer Faker. This somehow gets Helen to cook up an absolutely insane scenario (56:22) in this section.

57:51: The combination of Silent Möbius and The Avengers would be less weird decades ago, but in 2025? Both hosts have…questions…even if there is some curiosity about it!

1:00:08: And finally, just what Hideaki Anno needed…a figure of himself as Ultraman!

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0:00: Justin and Helen once again hope their internet’s working (especially Justin) so they can discuss everything they’ve been up to over the past few weeks…though for Helen, it’s still very few things. Meanwhile Justin finished that summer anime that Netflix decided needed to air in Fall (Fragrant Flower) while continuing to catch up to the Fall anime season — hear all about his Samsung TV Plus experience with Cinderella Gray Part 2 after discovering he could not catch up to it online!

25:45: After a couple years, it has been determined that Cloudflare is liable for damages in a copyright lawsuit filed by Japan’s top manga publishers, which means the nature of scanlations and piracy is again a hot topic. Justin and Helen get into the details of the case and express their thoughts on what this means.

35:04: Young Magazine’s US contest is over, which means we have our winners from their contest that started over the summer; meanwhile the digital manga platform formerly known as Azuki has now changed its name to Omoi, which both hosts lament because of the main reason why.

38:45: MF Bunko J Natsu no Gakuensai 2025 was set to take place in person a few weeks ago, but due to credible violent threats that part was cancelled so it then became an online-only event; Kai-hen Wizards is set to return this week as Yellow Tanabe is ready to get back to creating; And manga creator Risa Motoyama revealed on Instagram that her brother Kazuki Motoyama — real name Masumi Motoyama, known for Nintendo’s Super Mario manga series — unfortunately passed away.

Licenses

41:49: TOKYOPOP decided this was the time to reveal what they’ve licensed to the world, so here they are:

44:05: Seven Seas had to close off their Wonderful Wednesdays in November with the following announcements in the last two weeks:

48:33: Crunchyroll announced they’ve partnered with Titan Manga, and now their catalog is on Crunchyroll’s service — well, so far 26 titles, but Justin believes this is a good thing that Crunchyroll has this partnership now; And Justin’s stalling on Project A-Ko has paid off, as a 4K Project A-Ko Collection is coming from Discotek.

52:30: Remember the FUUTO Pi anime a couple years ago? It did get a film that came out last year in Japan but there was no word on when Crunchyroll would actually stream it — until now.

53:50: Last episode, both hosts wondered what was up with Noumi-senpai after Seven Seas mysteriously deleted anything about it like a day or two later. They finally did say something about it after it did not get mentioned during their Wonderful Wednesdays event, and while it didn’t quite turn out to be like Persona 5, them not getting approval from neither the creator nor Japanese publisher (It’s Kobunsha, not Honbunsha, apologies for the error) regarding the English name is pretty bad!

56:19: Drops of God sure had a long, long journey in English, from getting published by Vertical, to then having to skip the rest of the series and publish the sequel to Drops of God, to ultimately the series getting cancelled…and now some years later, a live action is now out, it came back digitally and now it’s back in print, to now getting an anime…apparently this wine manga aged better over time; K-Pop Demon Hunters is in the news, one for having a presence in the Thanksgiving Day Parade to it being denied at particular religious schools in the UK for…some bizarre season.

1:00:21: And finally, Justin didn’t actually want to talk about it, but as Helen remembered to put it in the script, he (and also Helen) discuss an AHL team going all out with combining their players with Evangelion, and results are glorious.

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0:00: Justin and Helen are back once again to discuss what they’ve been up to for…roughly a month aside from anime season watching. For Helen this means checking out Macross 7. For Justin, it’s doing a lot of LN reading. J-Novel Club reading specifically!

News

23:15: The hosts discuss the continued infiltration of AI into most things, and how a couple notable anime and manga companies responded to one of the major ones (OpenAI’s Sora2 program) after seeing how it’s being used since launch.

25:14: Panorama of Hell creator Hideshi Hino announced he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and he will be having surgery early next year to remove it; Masakazu Katsura did have major surgery (details not shared) but aside from a few things, he has halted all new work until he feels able to resume; Tsukasa Monma and Shikako’s Manchuria Opium Squad will switch to an irregular release schedule, as artist Shikako’s health is in question so a standard serialization isn’t feasible at the moment.

28:19: ANN checked with Otaku USA magazine and learned they’re currently on a break — soon enough Otaku USA will return but with 2 issues during the year; and unless mentioned otherwise, Kodansha launching a Hollywood studio has got to be a first for a manga focused publisher, so Justin has to wonder why open this up now?

33:34: Voice actor Fumiyoshi Shioya has been forced to limit his activities and his agency had to put out a statement regarding false information and slander being posted on various online platforms. Needless to say, it wasn’t that long ago that Yuki Kaji’s agency had to step in due to something almost similar, so both hosts are wondering what’s going on in this industry right now.

37:02: Every anime season there seems to be numerous production issues that show up visually on the screen but most power through it no matter what…but then there’s anime that has to be delayed because the situation is bad enough, and it appears that’s the case for Chitose in the Ramune Bottle; Meanwhile there’s One Piece, which has soldiered on for decades, but even this franchise has not been immune to production problems, and now to ensure the series quality is up to par, their schedule has now changed for the foreseeable future.

40:19: Another manga magazine will be ending its publication, this time Le Paradis in February; And this time a very special manga will be concluding this year, as Mizuho Kusanagi’s Yona of the Dawn will end after a 16-year run.

Licenses

44:10: The Wonderful Wednesdays train keeps motoring on for Seven Seas, so here’s more licenses from them:

45:25: Seven Seas also did announce they’ve licensed Koala Omugi’s What’s Up With Noumi-Senpai?, but days later, any information about its license was straight up removed…which makes the hosts wonder what happened to it?

48:37: Yen Press didn’t have too many announcements, but they still had them:

49:35: In celebrating their 50th Anniversary in 2026, Fantagraphics has announced they’ve launched Takumigraphics, a new imprint devoted exclusively to East Asian comics; it will begin with the following titles:

51:05: New publisher Crossed Hearts has made a few announcements since the summer, but they finally announced their first manga license — Mai Ando’s You’re Way Too Cheeky, Chigaya-kun!; It appears Manga Mirai also wants to get into the licensing game too, as they’ve struck a deal with TO Books and now have two new manga titles on their service; Kobako Takara & Jun Natsuba’s If the Heroine Wants My Fiancé, I’ll Marry a Yandere Villain Instead! & Kotoko & Ataka’s Breaking Up Was the Plan, the Duke Falling For the Villainess Was Not! has been licensed by Cross Infinite World; and Remember Uketsu’s Strange House manga? Well Strange Pictures has been picked up…not by Seven Seas, but by Titan!

54:12: Detective Conan Collection 2 has finally dropped, which means Justin has to talk for hours about something he has not watched (yet) and go over what’s again streaming for Conan Cinema Saturdays on YouTube:

58:48: A couple Crunchyroll news has happened, starting with them launching an ad-supported 24/7 channel on Samsung TV Plus; adding to their service the dub of Season 1 & 2 of Haikyu!! and adding Fist of the North Star (Justin thought these were already on CR); and adding the first film in the Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Dōkōkai Kanketsu-hen finale trilogy.

1:01:39: Netflix will be streaming Cosmic Princess on their service early next year and has added the live-action Hatakiri Man so it can be watched now; meanwhile Oceanveil continues to expand their catalog, as they will now have the following Media Blasters titles on their service before the year ends:

1:05:02 It appears VIZ might’ve been hacked and had a lot of information stolen according to cybersecurity website CyberNews, which means yes, this seems like a problem; Meanwhile, both hosts have to wonder why it took Russia this long to ban access to MyAnimeList considering what we already know about Russia’s thoughts about LGTBQ+ content, which gets Helen to explain the reason why it took them this long.

1:09:50 Let’s just say Universal Studios Japan, for their Halloween event, didn’t want anyone to run afoul of its costume guidelines, so they made sure to put out a statement ahead of time; and how does MLB celebrate the Dodgers winning the World Series? Welp, you do so by having Gundam in the background…and also Evangelion???

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0:00: Another podcast that has a big main topic means Justin and Helen have to dive right into the news…and it begins with the return of Kenya Suzuki to Galko-chan…after being arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material in December 2021!

4:35: Assassination Classroom has had a time with school libraries in the past year, and Pen America confirms this to be the case for real, since the manga’s banned from public school libraries at least 54 times; Kodansha’s opening up a global manga academy, which should mean many interesting stories will be created from a host of different people.

11:13: Jaku Amano’s A-DO manga will go on hiatus due to the author’s poor physical health; Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun‘s going on indefinite hiatus following the creator’s treatment of an unspecified illness; and Frieren has been taking a number of breaks this past year, and now after the newest chapter, the creators are both going to go on hiatus as they take stock of their health.

14:48: And in a bit of quirky news, last episode both hosts mentioned Masahito Soda and Kuro Tomiyama going on hiatus with Firefighter Daigo: Rescuer in Orange for an unknown reason. We might’ve figured out the reason!

Licenses

16:34: VIZ once again took to the internet and not any convention to announce the next couple works they’ll be bringing over next year:

21:54: Meanwhile, Seven Seas continues to consistently announce their new titles during their Wonderful Wednesdays event:

24:00: Yen Press didn’t announce too many things, but they did have some announcements — Himari Hino & Oriko Sakura’s Four Child Life for their JY for Kids imprint, and three more audiobooks for their Yen Audio line:

25:00: Fantagraphics confirmed with ANN that they’ve licensed Marina Lisa Komiya’s On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides; Abrams ComicArts is listing Minetarō Mochizuki’s Chiisakobee manga for release next year for their Kana imprint; and it felt like it has been a while since there was a new Gengoroh Tagame work published in English, but no need to wait anymore thanks to Pantheon!

26:40: We got some new manga available on simulpub sites! MANGA Plus now has Kazuya Konomoto and Ryō Yamasaki’s Kami Kill and
Hakuri’s WITCHRIV on their platform, while K MANGA added Tetsuya Okuyama’s K-9: Public Security Bureau, Division 9 – Special Abilities Countermeasure and A Mangaka’s Road to Japan, created by Spanish artist Juan Albarrán, to their service.

27:52: The hosts have talked about Disney+/Hulu raising their prices at some point every year…well, HBO MAX will also raise their prices too!…But who knows when they’ll raise it a fourth time, based on their pattern.

30:28: And Oceanveil just added a bunch of classic anime to their service, in partnership with Softgarage:

31:51: Justin and Helen go from watching a bunch of Summer Anime shows to…not watching as many this Fall? It’s early, but let’s say it’s a season so far! Both hosts do talk about the Villainess punching anime (33:27) and then explain other anime they’re keeping an eye on, from the latest seasons of Spy x Family and Campfire Cooking in Another World to new works such as Pass The Monster Meat, Milady and The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess.

1:17:33: The Crunchyroll anime on your plane ride is going to happen soon. Real soon!

1:20:20: Meanwhile, little did Eiichiro Oda know when creating One Piece and the iconic Jolly Roger flag decades ago that it would be popular enough to be used in protests around the world in 2025!

1:24:23: Sometimes you can go back — and for the creator of NichiBros, you go back by…showcasing how high school girls are also silly; and someone out there in Japan has a gigantic Game Boy in their home or storage, and Helen has to wonder why!

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0:00: Justin and Helen once again skip what they’ve been up to in order to end an episode that has to talk NYCC and Summer Anime season shows they finished (or didn’t finish), which starts with Manga Planet and futekiya ending their digital service in March.

5:28: A bizarre situation is ongoing with Yuki Kaji where there’s a lot of allegedly slanderous and misleading statements going around online — so bad that his agency had to put out a statement and make legal threats. That’s how bad it is, despite no context as to what’s exactly being said about him.

8:12: Witch Hat Atelier won the Harvey Awards in 2020 — it has now won it again in 2025; VAs Kaito Ishikawa and Maaya Uchida announced they’re getting married, congrats to the two!

9:59: The newest Firefighter series from Masahito Soda and Kuro Tomiyama is going on hiatus, with no timetable for its return; meanwhile, Tomato Soup’s A Witch’s Life in Mongol will be on break, this following it originally going on a bimonthly schedule due to her maternity leave earlier in the year.

11:42: After over a year of recovery, Akihiro Ononaka’s set to resume Gushing over Magical Girls; Yo Asami’s manga adaptation of Natsu Hyūga’s You Can’t Bluff the Sharp-Eyed Sister will resume following a three-chapter side story.

Licenses

12:50: Seven Seas and their Wonderful Wednesdays had the following new titles announced:

14:49: Yen Press light novels are now available to read on Tapas. Well, ok, not all of them — only a few have been added. But Yen Press announced they’ll be adding titles to the service monthly, so a good catalog of LNs will be on the service in the next couple years.

NYCC Licenses

16:36: But once again, a big convention happened, which means all of the publishers — well, not all of them but a good portion of them — had big announcements during that weekend:

32:10: Meanwhile, Manga Mavericks Books announced they’ve licensed Sen’s Horon of the Closed Country and Atsuji Yamamoto’s Sinbad, while Kodama Tales announced they’ve licensed Boichi’s Sun-Ken Rock and Yuzuko Hoshimi’s MAGICA.

34:36: And in final NYCC news, Crunchyroll announced a couple of anime they’ll be streaming in the near future (Daemons of the Shadow Realm – which will apparently stream first on Crunchyroll — and Isekai Office Worker: The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter to name a few), but both hosts had to discuss them acquiring the streaming rights of Oshi no Ko S3…which, if you didn’t realize, saw Seasons 1 and 2 stream on HIDIVE. That makes you wonder what happened and what state HIDIVE is currently in at the same time.

39:44: We finally have a date for when Virgin Punk Clockwork Girl will air in US theaters (in both Japanese subs and English dub), so mark your calendars for November 11 and 13.

41:29: More Conan Cinema has been announced, but Justin recalls how it went down when TMS showed a TV special on YouTube that ties perfectly with October being Halloween month…and it was only the first 51 minutes. It might be good to note none of TMS’ promos for it shared it would only be 51 minutes on YouTube!

44:17: More Gintama dubs have arrived, which only puzzles both hosts; Helen remarks about how weird the streaming news section while talking about Tubi streaming the first 15 episodes of the 1969 Legend of Ninja Kamui anime; and concludes with Weekly Young Jump announcing that any new manga in their magazine will also be simulpubbed on MANGA Plus, starting with a sequel to a baseball manga.

Main Topic: Summer Anime 2025 Final Impressions

49:12: Justin and Helen have thoughts about the summer season, which had some solid titles, but whether they will stick out years from now will be a major question. Needless to say with sequels and continuing Spring anime, Justin’s watchlist was big (standouts include Dr. Stone: Science Future Part 2, DANDADAN, Silent Witch to name a few, the lowlight is Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter) while Helen’s was small (but Clevatess, Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun Season 2 Part 2, and My Dress-Up Darling S2 were some of her standouts). Both discuss what they can, though eventually, the time for recording had to be sped up (thanks Justin’s internet and Helen needing to do things!).

1:37:02: That’s why weird news is also sped up to its conclusion! We have tariff demands being brought up by the US President once again, it’s just the timing of it — as Demon Slayer was breaking records — is very suspicious; The creator of Stop! Hibari-kun worked on a couple pieces for a couple of Japanese stores…and they’ve now been pulled following allegations of tracing; Incredible that someone found more Tezuka layouts, enough that it can be published into a book; Marlon Wayans and anime is not at all a combo Justin would’ve imagined eons ago, but again, with Demon Slayer breaking records and doing better than the movie Him, Wayans, who’s the lead, is not a fan of anime.

1:40:50: And finally, after 38 years of Ranma 1/2, it’s finally happened. Fans can now buy a shampoo of…Shampoo! (Also Ranma but naturally Shampoo is the main news here!)

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0:00: Justin and Helen explain what they’ve been up to over the past two weeks, which somehow manages to involve Fire Emblem — either admiring the memes from afar or actually playing it — and a couple J-Novel Club Original works!

18:57: The two hosts then discuss Crunchyroll finally announcing the launch of their Manga service, which begins next week, and if it can be different from their first iteration of Crunchyroll Manga.

25:28: More subscription updates are incoming for J-Novel Club subscribers, and it…looks pretty good actually?

32:05: More Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle news came out since the two hosts discussed it last episode, and that includes it continuing to make numbers that no animated Japanese film has ever made globally.

38:34: The Bootsleg manga will return after it was on hiatus since last year; two anime have been delayed — Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games and Otherworldly Munchkin — and this once again gets the hosts wondering what is happening in the anime industry right now.

42:14: Two pretty notable VAs — Kensho Ono & Kana Hanakawa — recently announced that they have divorced; It was officially announced that the creator of Giséle Alain, Kasai Sui, passed away September 12.

Licenses

45:33: Seven Seas’ Wonderful Wednesdays has returned, and here’s how they kicked things off:

47:08: More Alphapolis LNs are being brought over by Hanashi Media, and that includes Shinogi Kazanami & Makai no Jūmin’s The New Gate: Where It Ends, It Begins and Kogitsune Kanekiru & Yamaada’s Re:Monster; Helen talks about a partnership involving WEBTOON and BOOM! Studios that will see several of BOOM!’s works being adapted into vertical-scroll webcomic editions.

49:13: Justin and Helen discuss a couple new TOKYOPOP titles that they finally got around to announcing at some point; Azumanga Daioh! is back, this time seeing a BD release for the first time in North America; More audiobooks will be coming from Yen Audio, and the Frieren novel getting one is not surprising at all.

52:31: After spending some time on REMOW’s services, Miru: Paths to My Future is now streaming on Crunchyroll; More Conan Cinema Saturday announcements have been made, which Justin has already watched; Justin went through many stages of grief regarding where the new Gintama spinoff anime would air, but long story short, it does not have to be watched on Azuki.

58:35: Let’s all decide to meet around here next year when Disney+/Hulu subscription prices go up, since this will be the third straight year they do this at this time. As Helen points out though, the timing could NOT be any worse for them; and A Star Brighter Than the Sun will be streaming on Prime Video, which might just mean less people being able to watch it.

1:02:14: As the news somehow manages to get weirder and weirder every month, little did Justin know that by challenging the weird news gods that they would supply something weirder — the Department of Homeland Security posting a video of ICE officers detaining people to the backdrop of Pokémon qualifies as something weirder!

1:07:59: And if you thought politics and anime don’t mix, well what do you call One Piece’s Jolly Roger flag being used as part of protests in Nepal, the Philippines, and France? Helen explains a bit more about the situation, which involves Discord and election voting, somehow!

1:09:59: Ready to eat your favorite CLAMP characters as chocolates? Well the CLAMP x Godiva collaboration is gonna get going soon, so everyone’s gotta be prepared in Japan at least; Olympian Noah Lyles has kicked off a collection of merch you can only buy on Crunchyroll; and Demon Slayer — so popular it’s now an answer to a question for Jeopardy!.

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0:00: Justin and Helen once again get together to chat about what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks, which was stopping by SPX for Helen while Justin talks about now having the final volume of Bookworm in his hands and watching the first two episodes of Fragrant Flower.

17:00: The two briefly discuss a bit about, you guessed it, tariffs! Though at the moment they’re still in effect, it has ruled most of it is illegal so how long it’ll stay like this even once the October 14 deadline arrives is currently a mystery.

20:10: So if you thought Yokohama Animation Lab’s troubles would end following their efforts with Whisper Me a Love Song, you’d be wrong…sorta! The good news is it seems like Sword of the Demon Hunter will be completed, but the last two episodes have been delayed an extra week due to production issues. This announcement comes a few weeks after an incomplete version was streamed on HIDIVE, which then gets Justin wondering what is going on with this studio, and whether Frontier Works acquiring them will be a major boon for them.

27:36: The two hosts then discuss more anime getting delayed — first The Barbarian’s Bride, which was planned for this Fall season and has now been moved to April, and then Witch Hat Atelier, which has now been pushed to 2026. Both have major concerns but can only hope the delay does help; the two then briefly discuss Abrams Books and Abrams ComicArts now having their works distributed by Lunar instead of Diamond.

40:05: Both Justin and Helen send their condolences to the friends and family of Matt Haasch, who passed away last week after a battle with lymphoma. The founder of Star Fruit Books launched a GoFundMe early in September and it sounded like he was in relatively stable condition, enough to where he could still talk to people, so the sudden news was unexpected. At this moment the donation page is still up so if you can, the family can use whatever you can give moving forward.

Licenses

46:26: Cross Infinite World will being over more Do-Over Damsel titles, one of the fluffy variety and one of the bloody variety, while also announcing Ayakashi Moving Service; The Me and the Alien Mumu manga has been licensed by Kodama Tales, which definitely shocked Justin for sure; Shonen Jump and Shueisha’s MANGA Plus app now has Yohira Tokiwa’s Kurumizawa’s Folly on their services.

49:28: So we already knew the latest Jojo anime will be streaming on Netflix. But will it stream weekly or dropped all at once? We’ll find out soon enough; Nijiyon Animation 2, the short OVA based off the Love Live! Nijigasaki anime, is now on Crunchyroll; And more Tatsuki Fujimoto works will be adapted into anime, a number of one-shots done by different studios and talents that will stream on Amazon Prime Video. This gets both hosts wondering when Goodbye Eri will be adapted. (Fire Punch, however…)

55:50: So the music duo GARNiDELiA is going on an indefinite hiatus. But as Helen and Justin go over the details, this is turning out to be a very weird situation, even after vocalist Mai “MARiA” Mizuhashi revealed she has not been paid wages by her agency.

59:02: The One-Punch Man S3 situation will be resolved for better or worse in a few weeks, as it’s planned to air in October. But since its announcement a couple years ago information had been hard to come by until earlier this month, where we finally got anime staff information. But many concerns about the production caused its director, Shinpei Nagai, to take to Twitter and explain what he could.

1:02:49: What is Naoki Urasawa up to nowadays? Would you believe a French luxury goods conglomerate is involved? Well they are; the A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans LN is getting an anime, which would normally not be weird except this might be the first anime adaptation of a work by a VTuber.

1:06:29: Would you want to eat popcorn from Denji’s head? Well in a certain Japanese theater you will be able to eat popcorn out of Chainsaw Man’s head, which both hosts wonder if a theater will do this over in the States; Demon Slayer’s first Infinity Castle film has topped the box office this past weekend (since it’s opening weekend start at $33 million it has now reached $70 million), shattering the US record for an anime film in the US.

1:12:39: How would you feel if the President delivered a message at your World Championships? Well Yu-Gi-Oh! competitors got to experience this a few weeks ago actually at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, France; and a new script writer has now been attached to the My Hero Academia live-action film, which was announced in 2022. Justin wonders when we’ll next hear about this project.

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0:00: Justin and Helen (and a dog…?) once again discuss what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks, starting with Helen relieving her experience at the K-Pop Demon Hunters sing-a-long event in her area and catching up to Genshin before Justin goes over his (sort of) final summer anime season shows he’ll be keeping up with and talks about Collection 1 of Detective Conan.

News

20:29: The two then talk about politics! Specifically the one where the Japan Post has temporarily suspended package delivery to and from the US for packages exceeding $100 in value and consumer goods, citing recent legislation surrounding import tariffs. Let’s just say despite both hosts going over it, it can still be confusing as to know what’s affected and what’s not!

32:02: TheOASG wishes all the best to Mike McFarland, a long-time mainstay in the English anime dubbing industry, who was recently diagnosed with glioblastoma following brain tumor surgery.

34:55: Arata Yamaji’s Hoshi-kui Koroshi Egnaro manga has been cancelled due to various circumstances; Young King magazine revealed that creator Shohei Harumoto passed away last month; and Kadokawa’s Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh magazine announced on their Twitter (X) account that manga creator Shino had died in June.

38:18: The two then discuss Apte Pro President, CEO and voice actor Takaya Hashi, who passed away last week due to an heart attack. The two discuss briefly his impact on the industry at large and the many condolences by fellow voice actors, creators and companies.

Licenses

40:07: There was only two not ANYC licenses that occurred in the past two weeks. One of them involved escaping the Netflix Streaming Complex (Devilman: Crybaby). The other…is a Naoki Urasawa title that has finally been licensed!

ANYC Thoughts and Licenses

48:24: Justin gives some thoughts about this year’s edition of Anime NYC, which had its highs (packed weekend, the 7 train running, good events) and lows (some panel room issues, panel line management oddities), but pulling off a 4-day convention is pretty tough but for LeftField Media’s first attempt, it didn’t seem too shabby. But it can be better next year.

The two then go over the many licenses made at the convention:

Yen Press (58:37)

Seven Seas (1:02:19)

J-Novel Club (1:06:00)

Kodansha (1:10:03)

Mangamo (1:13:08)

1:13:54: Other ANYC News — Kuma licensed Asada Nemui’s Takatora-kun to Omega-tachi; Dark Horse licensed John Tarachine’s The Credits Roll into the Sea; Shinobu Kaitani’s Liar Game manga will receive a TV anime adaptation after 20 years; AnimEigo will release a fully authored 1080p HD remastered edition of Osamu Tezuka’s 1983 A Time Slip of 10000 Years: Prime Rose anime special on Blu-ray Disc in early 2026; and Peow will release Kow Yokoyama’s S.F.3.D Chronicles and S.F.3.D Reprint Edition in Winter 2026.

1:17:49: HIDIVE added the Queen Millennia anime to its service; Crunchyroll is now streaming Senpai is an Otokonoko Movie: Sunshine After the Rain film.

1:18:42: Naturally Justin had to discuss a bit more about the latest round of Conan Cinema Saturday films (while also calling out the questionable subs) before discussing REMOW’s latest streaming announcement on their services.

1:20:42: The rest of this section is All GKIDS, all time, starting with one more announcement from ANYC: Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue will be in theaters October 3 in 4K, which makes Helen happy since you’d figure GKIDS will release a home media version of it, but Justin meanwhile is not pleased (for extremely selfish reasons)!; another compilation film for Jujutsu Kaisen will be released in theaters this December; GKIDS will have All You Need is Kill screened at NYCC; 100 Meters will screen in theaters in October, with a special premiere in Los Angeles October 10.

1:24:00: Ok, one non-GKIDS related thing to cover — Mamoru Hosoda’s upcoming film, Scarlet, will not see a wide release in North American theaters this year, as it’s now delayed to early 2026.

1:24:48: Justin and Helen wonder if Crunchyroll is finally feeling the effects of having so much anime to simulcast on their platform, as a number of their shows did not get uploaded on schedule, with some showing on the site a day later; and Crunchyroll will be exclusively streaming the Sekiro anime, which had a few people question if AI was used in the work thanks to the history of the company producing it — that led to the official Sekiro account stating AI was not used. Chances are very high this won’t be the only anime moving forward to be accused of this.

1:31:40: Justin was floored when he saw Fantagraphics “We were Robbed” sale a few weeks ago and it’s not immediately the first thing you think of when it says robbery; The Saiki K. creator had an interesting experience at a bookstore sometime ago, which then led his imagination to go to places after he discovered two women were looking a poster of the variant cover art that guests drew for the Dragon Ball 40th Anniversary Manga set.

1:36:47: Finally, VTubers really continue to evolve — see Ironmouse making the Rolling Stones Top 25 Most Influential Creator list and Suisei Hoshimachi having her face plastered all over the Forbes’ 30 for 30 magazine in Japan.

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0:00: The two Anti-Social Geniuses return to discuss everything they’ve been up to over the past few weeks! For Helen, that meant more Otakon and finding time to see how visually different S2 of My Dress-Up Darling is compared to S2. For Justin, this meant finally understanding the real meaning behind the raw chicken scene from The Summer Hikaru Died and sharing thoughts about a few more summer anime he’s tried.

25:37: Both hosts then delve into the situation with Kiba Walker, who has been accused of grooming and sending sexually suggestive messages to minors. This has led to a number of organizations — LGBTQ+ related — to drop Kiba from their roster. The latest company to do so was Ascendent Animation, who also had to clarify who was running the company.

30:14: Also weird news as this doesn’t happen often — an anime has been cancelled due to various circumstances. Justin and Helen both wonder what could’ve been the issue; Crunchyroll announced layoffs as part of their restructuring, and as part of their reorganization, they will build engineering hubs in a few places. The timing couldn’t have been more hilarious since the day before Channing Tatum was announced as a VA for the English dub of the first Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle film, which led to many people learning that Aniplex was the one who made this decision and not Crunchyroll.

36:31: Bill Flynn, known as the voice of Dr. Asaga from Funimation’s Case Closed dub, passed away early in July; Saint Seiya singer and former lead vocalist of MAKE-UP, Nobuo Yamada (NoB) passed away due to kidney cancer; and after unexpected complications during treatment, voice actress Tomo Sakurai passed away due to multiple organ cancer last week. Both hosts send condolences to the friends and family of the three.

Licenses

40:06: Ahead of their announcements at Anime NYC this week, Yen Press had a slate of announcements last week:

41:55: Discotek once again went to Otakon and had plenty of announcements to share with the crowd:

47:11: AnimEigo announced at Otakon they will release the TCJ Animation/Eiken version of Sasuke 1968 on BD, Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope, & release the OVA adaptation of Hitoshi Tomizawa’s Alien Nine manga in HD in 2026.

49:13: More Otakon news: Manga Mavericks Books will have a few of their recent titles added to Azuki and release two new titles at some point this year and in print next year.

51:40: SuBLime naturally had to have announcements on Yaoi Day (8/1), and they will be bringing over Satomichi’s Bride of the Shark Clan and Enjō’s Forest of the Rabbits next year; Last Gasp licensed Suehiro Maruo’s manga adaptation of Edogawa Rampo’s short story The Caterpillar; meanwhile, Glacier Bay Books’ Kickstarter has launched, and the opportunity to own five unique titles might be worth looking into.

54:05: Both hosts wonder what the fate of Hulu will be now that it was announced that it will be fully integrated into Disney+; more One Piece films have been added to Crunchyroll’s service.

55:45: As Justin figured, TMS will bring over more Conan vs. Black Organization episodes of Detective Conan starting August 21, which pairs down what will be the next selection in…September or October?

58:18: One of the few shows that was not picked up by an official streaming service, Fermat’s Kitchen, is now available in North America thanks to REMOW; A whole bunch of Angel’s Egg will be seen at multiple theaters and soon enough, on HBO Max thanks to GKIDS.

1:01:48: Amazon Prime Video has added a Nintama Rantaro film to its service; you can now watch the Unico: Black Cloud and White Feathers pilot short on YouTube thanks to Tezuka Productions.

1:02:56: So yes, it still is weird Channing Tatum of all people is now a VA in Demon Slayer, but for Crunchyroll, offering anime in-flight to Delta passengers might get very weird depending on what they choose (puts the 18+ anime on there); Manga creator-turned-politician Ken Akamatsu confirmed that he will not be appearing at the second day of Comiket 106, but it only invites more questions than answers for some reason.

1:06:43: CLAMP has been around so long, it makes perfect sense to partner with chocolate maker GODIVA; meanwhile, Teekyu has been around long enough to where they can do something stupid like put their entire catalog on one disc with the characters wearing underpants-shaped cap covers.

1:09:04: And finally, just when you thought you were done with Tai Chi Chasers, somehow, someway, it really kept going, somehow, in a possible direction no one could’ve predicted.

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0:00: Justin and Helen are back to talk about a bunch of things that occurred with anime/manga/Japanese pop culture in the past couple weeks! The episode however starts with an explanation of why there was no new episode last week.

2:53: The two then get right into the main topic…Summer anime season! Yes, the two get straight into what’s caught their attention so far…with plenty more anime on their to watch cue!

News

39:50: The hosts then get into one massive censorship storm that has all of a sudden exploded for works — right now video games — being unable to be sold on certain platforms because of their content. Needless to say, this has changed a bunch of times and even keeping up with all the information is a task. But Justin and Helen do their best to try and condense some of its main points while also wondering what’s gonna be next.

48:39: Alphapolis, probably not satisfied with the quality of their works being turned into anime, has decided to acquire WHITE FOX to help them produce better anime. What does this mean for Re:ZERO? Well…

52:04: So last episode the two hosts saw publishers Overlap and Dengeki Bunko distancing themselves from Gaou — now KADOKAWA has joined as well, announcing suspension of Guild Receptionist volumes until they can find a new illustrator for the light novel. And yes, as Helen ends up explaining, it’s not just over on the Japanese side.

55:43: Yongseok Jo’s Wind Breaker webtoon ended due to obvious plagiarism — Helen and Justin break down what happened and how Naver WEBTOON has handled things.

57:43: As expected, Junji Ito is now in the Eisner’s Hall of Fame; Taiyo Matsumoto and Yuna Hirasaka took home awards as well during the Eisner Awards.

Licenses

58:31: Kodansha once again took some time to go to a convention (SDCC this time) and announce a bunch of stuff:

1:01:53: Seven Seas and their Wonderful Wednesdays means more announcements that will interest some people at least once a week:

1:04:50: Dark Horse, Gou Tanabe, and H.P. Lovecraft continues to be a thing; OLDBOY will also return from Dark Horse, this time as a Deluxe Edition.

1:05:35: Kodama Tales will not just be publishing Baki — they’ll also be publishing Smile!; Manga Mavericks Books continues making announcements of works coming out in the next year; and some more BL titles from Futekiya will be released in print.

1:06:52: Crunchyroll announced they have the streaming rights to a bunch of anime that will air this year and in 2026; Conan Cinema Saturdays has a new schedule, which does allow Justin to make the one joke about TMS Anime’s subs of The Raven Chaser.

1:12:30: Criterion will have their own anime section on their service this month, which suggests they’ll be adding more than just Ghost in the Shell and Redline in the near future; Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz will see theatrical screenings this Fall, starting with a special screening at the Japan Society in NY before airing in select theaters.

1:14:29: In the history of weird news, Helen and Justin have covered a lot…but there was so much weird news that truly turned out to be spectacularly weird. The first one they decide to cover is the VSHOJO fallout following Ironmouse’s departure, which somehow managed to escalate in maybe under or close to 24 hours.

1:20:58: They then discuss Tai Chi Chasers, which started out well enough with this anime being added to Tubi…and then it was discovered S3 was AI dubbed. SOMEHOW it evolved from there, which even includes the guy who handled it trying to explain himself in the ANN forums. Justin and Helen do what they can to break this down without crying laughing.

1:25:44: You get an AI here, you get an AI here, you also get an AI there! More AI news, starting with Studio Gaina changing their name to Benten Film following them being acquired by an AI animation company; Aya Hirakawa’s Dealing with Mikadono Sisters Is a Breeze was added to VIZ Manga’s site, and normally this would be in the licenses section, except that they are hosting the emaqi version on their service. emaqi is being run by AI Localization company Orange. Both hosts get real about the entire AI situation, and Justin in particular wonders if the lack of independence for VIZ (They have a partnership with Shogakukan, Shogakukan is part of the round of investment for Orange) caught up to them here.

1:35:07: Nukitashi really is airing a show that can’t be broadcasted on TV. Well, ok, it can, but let’s just say you can only hear instead of see all the sex happening in that anime; Kazuya Minekura’s Wild Adapter is resuming after 9 years, which does lead both hosts to wonder why it’s returning…and then Helen drops a bombshell that absolutely befuddles Justin.

1:39:52: Would you want to rely on the Time Wizard as your alarm clock? Well, now you too can find out if you can get as lucky as Joey now that you can have the Time Wizard in your home; And yes, The Summer Hikaru Died has premiered and in episode 2, real marinated chicken was used for the scene. Justin is looking forward to finding out the context of that picture when he gets to watching the anime this week, while Helen can only smile and look forward to him discovering the true reason why it’s there! And it won’t be as appetizing!

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