PodcastONA PodcastONA

Since our last episode, Cody Rhodes "finished the story" at WrestleMania to become the undisputed WWE Champion, and that's good. Sadly, also since our last episode, the overlords at MAPPA decided to finish another story by axing a long-awaited movie project after years of nothing, and that's bad. Things aren't fun, right now, and with that comes a bit of a lull in everything as this is one of the quickest episodes we've done in a very long time - there's some news about Embracer Group to talk about, some updates on that live-action One Punch Man movie project, some brief chatter about SPY x FAMILY Code: White, and talk of Netflix adding some more MANIME to their lineup next moth. Again, it's a pretty quick show, but things should be a bit longer next time when we're at full strength again.



And if you need something longer to listen to, our friends and colleagues over at Dub Talk have their 2024 DUBBIE AWARDS show up, so check it out over on their YouTube channel and in your podcast platform of choice.



P.S. yes this thumbnail gag has been used before. Good memes remain good.



intro - “the story” is finished but life is still hard
10:00 - main stories
26:48 - announcements and updates
43:01 - home video releases



10:00 - Ice Adolescence is cancelled, nobody is happy
17:40 - the MAPPA exodus continues
19:46 - Embracer Group to split into three different companies
22:19 - some updates on AnimEigo
26:48 - Golden Axe to be a Comedy Central animated series?
28:11 - One Punch Man live action film gets new writers
30:43 - GKIDS gets Ghost in the Shell 2 theatrical rights
32:45 - Crunchyroll bringing more movies to theaters this year
34:37 - Hideaki Anno helming a 50th anniversary Space Battleship Yamato project
35:56 - Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf anime premiering next month on Netflix
37:21 - the trailer for Plus-Sized Elf is a bit… lacking
38:27 - the Look Back trailer more than delivers
40:24 - happy 30th to G Gundam
43:01 - Makoto Shinkai Blu-ray collection coming from Anime Limited (UK)
44:02 - about those Gurren Lagann 4K movies…
48:27 - Sentai July home video slate (Dark Gathering, School-Live!)
49:23 - Crunchyroll July home video slate (BOFURI, Soul Eater, vending machine isekai, Vinland Saga)
53:40 - Discotek July home video slate (Urusei Yatsura OVA, Futakoi Alternative)



Apple Podcasts – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podcastona/id1348141210?mt=2
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/2JZLO3LfoeHepomejTw4TP
iHeartRadio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-podcastona-43099114/
TuneIn – https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/PodcastONA-p1249922/



Where to find us:
Alex – @AuraOfAzure, https://xandersmachinations.wordpress.com
Jet – @Divinenega, https://thenerdyabyss.wordpress.com
Duelist – @HeartofSword75, youtube.com/DuelistG



As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, and follow @SurrealReso for more updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

As of this episode going up, we’re in the middle of WrestleMania weekend, and that means many things to many people, and it means hoping that a certain someone finally “finishes his story” on Sunday so that we can all be done hearing about it. But for us, the grind continues as we put a bow on the winter season and lament the continued cannibalism of the anime industry with a tale of what happened the last time a company or two or three went under. It was a dark time. But we also have a recap of the major announcements from this year’s AnimeJapan, all the good and bad and “what is this” because we all don’t quite know everything new coming out, and also a case where ALL the monkey’s paws have curled in regards to Macross… and Disney.



Convention season has also begun, so play it smart and safe if you’re going to one.



intro - did you all stay up for Smiling Puppet Friends?
6:24 - the best and worst of the winter season
21:19 - main stories
45:15 - the AnimeJapan 2024 rundown
1:08:43 - other announcements
1:19:12 - home video releases



21:19 - Funimation is officially dead; a brief history of the 2007 home video crash*
36:37 - Apothecary Diaries creator indicted on charges of tax evasion
38:31 - Dragonball Super manga on indefinite hiatus
39:27 - GKIDS acquires four Mamoru Hosoda catalogue films for release
40:58 - Macross catalogue is headed to Disney+ later in 2024
44:31 - a new Sgt. Frog anime announced
45:15 - the annual AnimeJapan “MAKE THIS ANIME” poll results
48:39 - a lot of announcements from AnimeJapan
1:08:43 - a new MAPPA project with ZERO self-awareness
1:11:32 - Sentenced to Be a Hero anime format set
1:12:16 - I’m a Behemoth anime announced
1:13:39 - From Me to You season 3 set for August on Netflix
1:14:09 - The Apothecary Diaries and Tales of Wedding Rings return next year
1:14:28 - FYI: Urusei Yatsura is now on Crunchyroll
1:15:23 - Gundam SEED Freedom set for theaters in May
1:15:57 - SPY x FAMILY CODE: White screening this month
1:16:22 - Dirty Pair Kickstarter FINALLY set to deliver… this summer
1:17:37 - Gurren Lagann movies coming to 4K Blu-ray this year
1:19:12 - Monogatari Final Season Blu-ray set coming this month
1:20:57 - GKIDS June releases (Digimon, The First Slam Dunk)
1:22:01 - Viz May releases (Sailor Moon)
1:23:35 - Sentai June releases (Oshi No Ko)
1:24:22 - Crunchyroll June releases (Buddy Daddies, isekai)



*more information here:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2007/state-of-the-anime-industry
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-30/adv-court-documents-reveal-amounts-paid-for-29-anime-titles
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-09-01/adv-films-shuts-down-transfers-assets-to-other-companies



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Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/2JZLO3LfoeHepomejTw4TP
iHeartRadio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-podcastona-43099114/
TuneIn – https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/PodcastONA-p1249922/



Where to find us:
Alex – @AuraOfAzure, https://xandersmachinations.wordpress.com
Jet – @Divinenega, https://thenerdyabyss.wordpress.com
Duelist – @HeartofSword75, youtube.com/DuelistG



As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, and follow @SurrealReso for more updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

"Move well, study well, play well, eat well, rest well - that is the Turtle Master way!"
"Tackle life with as much energy as Goku! I'll try to do the same!"



In Memoriam
Akira Toriyama
1955-2024



intro - remembering Akira Toriyama
15:55 - (other) main stories
47:34 - announcements and updates
1:24:43 - home video releases



15:55 - let’s talk about that Verge interview
24:32 - producer Kouichirou Itou arrested for lewd misconduct
28:06 - Disney hands off their home video distribution to Sony
32:21 - Rooster Teeth has been shut down
35:29 - Kaiju No. 8 gets a pair of… curious(?) theme songs
39:36 - the Oscars did a few good things
42:27 - the live action Naruto movie is DEFINITELY happening now, right?
45:35 - who is the definitive “hot girl” of anime
47:34 - Dandadan set for Crunchyroll… AND Netflix?
49:15 - Zom 100 coming to Toonami
50:07 - Demon Slayer “season 4” set for May
52:01 - One Punch Man S3 is happening… yay?
53:32 - the GOOD SAO is coming back this year
55:12 - somehow, Fairy Tail returned
56:55 - a pair of spring shows set for Disney+
1:01:11 - a trio of upcoming shojo anime
1:03:10 - Wit Studio’s new project is weird
1:04:19 - Ashita no Joe getting its first ever English print run
1:05:11 - the next Yen Press audiobook project announced
1:06:25 - another round of Yen Press book licenses
1:16:06 - the 24 year journey of The End of Evangelion coming to theaters
1:21:17 - the new Rascal Does Not Dream double feature in theaters next week
1:23:05 - reminder: Dragon Quest Dai is on Netflix
1:24:43 - Sentai May home video releases (Tokyo Mew Mew New)
1:26:10 - Discotek May home video releases (IGPX, Belladonna of Sadness 4K, Digimon Adventure 02)
1:30:27 - reminder: Dragonball Kai late night marathon happening on Toonami



additional audio from:
DBZ Abridged Episode 60 (TeamFourStar)
Liquid Tension Experiment - “Freedom of Speech”
Dream Theater - “The Spirit Carries On”



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Google Play – https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wb2RjYXN0b25hLnN1cnJlYWxyZXNvbHV0aW9uLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/2JZLO3LfoeHepomejTw4TP
iHeartRadio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-podcastona-43099114/
TuneIn – https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/PodcastONA-p1249922/



Where to find us:
Alex – @AuraOfAzure, https://xandersmachinations.wordpress.com
Jet – @Divinenega, https://thenerdyabyss.wordpress.com
Duelist – @HeartofSword75, youtube.com/DuelistG



As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, and follow @SurrealReso for more updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

No jokes, no hyperbole, nothing over-exaggerated - this "awards show" needs to go away and never come back. The corporate overlords at Crunchyroll can put together all of the window dressing they want, but if these events are going to continue awarding themselves and ignoring what the people at AniTrendz and Anime Corner and r/anime put the time and research into awarding then they'll be talked about in an equal manner - with corporate-focused cynicism and exhausted apathy with a whole bunch of "whatevers" to it. This bonus audio was recorded on a day off to just get the corporate nonsense from earlier this (Saturday) morning out of the way while also highlighting the Anime Corner and r/anime awards and honors for their much better and (usually) more thought-out selections. Go to the people and leave the corporations to the side.



We'll be back next time to talk about more pressing matters involving Crunchyroll - namely, THAT interview from The Verge. It won't be fun.



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Google Play – https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wb2RjYXN0b25hLnN1cnJlYWxyZXNvbHV0aW9uLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/2JZLO3LfoeHepomejTw4TP
iHeartRadio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-podcastona-43099114/
TuneIn – https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/PodcastONA-p1249922/



As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, and follow @SurrealReso for more updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

As we inch closer and closer out of the winter doldrums, we find more and more cases of rabid internet discourse popping up and it just makes us ask one thing: whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. We don't like talking about these things, but alas, it is our duty to discuss certain elements of discussion with these topics, namely the topic of what NOT to do when you're working on a major anime dub production (yes, THAT) as well as the unknown future of a post-Funimation world with that side of the service set to shut down and sunset on April 2nd. Not a very fun time, right now. But we can take solace in the fact that the five-year "LOLsuit" saga seems to finally be at an end, AnimEigo is under new and well-known ownership, and Crunchyroll has more than four Blu-ray releases set to come out in May for the first time in a while. See, it's not ALL bad, it's just sorta bad. But we'll all wade through the murky waters together, and our good friend Sketch is back to fill in for this treacherous journey.



P.S. March may be a bit spotty with shows due to some outside circumstances. Apologies in advance.



intro - a reminder that it’s tax season
4:59 - news items
48:42 - announcements and updates
1:05:31 - home video releases



4:59 - dissecting the very stupid Lovely Complex discourse
21:22 - Funimation’s funeral is set for April 2
33:44 - THE END (hopefully) of the stupid LOLsuit saga
39:54 - Justin Sevakis acquires AnimEigo (yes really)
42:08 - Toonami gets an old friend back at 2:30am
45:47 - AnimeNEXT 2024 cancelled
47:10 - another class action data breach lawsuit is settled (AMC Networks/HiDive)
48:42 - the new Kinnikuman anime is set for July
49:24 - Murai In Love set for fall for Disney+
51:27 - a case of irony: Quality Assurance in Another World is delayed
52:50 - the Rent-A-Girlfriend author needs to be stopped
56:43 - Look Back to become a movie
58:00 - SPYxFAMILY movie coming stateside in April
59:40 - Your Name gets an audiobook
1:01:00 - a really cute SuBLime manga pickup worth mentioning
1:02:13 - NEET Kuroichi anime announced
1:05:31 - Crunchyroll May home video releases (Mob Psycho 100, One Piece, Uzaki-chan)
1:15:02 - A Place Further Than the Universe Blu-ray coming in April



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Google Play – https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wb2RjYXN0b25hLnN1cnJlYWxyZXNvbHV0aW9uLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/2JZLO3LfoeHepomejTw4TP
iHeartRadio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-podcastona-43099114/
TuneIn – https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/PodcastONA-p1249922/



Where to find us:
Alex – @AuraOfAzure, https://xandersmachinations.wordpress.com
Andrew – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk
Jet – @Divinenega, https://thenerdyabyss.wordpress.com
Sketch – @Sketch1984, soundcloud.com/toonamifaithfulpodcast



As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, and follow @SurrealReso for more updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

HEADS UP: some of the audio is a little crunchy. Weird things happened with some of the recording. We’ll try to not let that happen next time.



The sluggish days of winter are here and we're all feeling it around here. We're all a bit tired and we're still trying to wade through our shifting schedules, so pardon any additional dust around here as we work to make the best of an ever-evolving situation. In the meantime, while there are some serious matters to discuss here, there are also a bit of good matters worth talking about, a large amount of dub cast for the season, and hopefully the first bit of the END of a five-year saga that's so unbelievably stupid it's not worth going all the way back to for discussion. Let's just laugh at the disgraced sex pest who will owe half a million dollars to those whom he attempted to silence into submission and committed career suicide as a result of it.



Enjoy the festivities on Sunday, too. You know the ones.



intro - we’re all very tired
4:37 - main stories
31:14 - the winter dub cast rundown
57:36 - announcements and updates



4:37 - death penalty verdict on the Kyoto Animation arsonist
8:31 - a $376,000 payday from a stupid lawsuit
16:57 - Expelled From Paradise sequel announced
19:37 - Netflix nabs The Imaginary and gets a Studio Ponac partnership
22:22 - Fate/stay night Remastered announced for Switch and Steam
28:54 - From Me to You updated with English dub on Netflix
31:14 - the winter dub cast rundown
57:36 - the new MHA movie is named
1:02:00 - Digimon Adventure 02 The Beginning gets distribution deal
1:03:55 - a whole lot of new Viz book licenses
1:22:47 - more Shield Hero is coming… yaaaaaaay…
1:25:05 - Mayonaka Punch and Takusetsu anime projects announced
1:28:24 - Oshi No Ko live-action series announced for Amazon
1:31:19 - not a lot of recent home video releases announced except Blue Giant in April



Apple Podcasts – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/podcastona/id1348141210?mt=2
Google Play – https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wb2RjYXN0b25hLnN1cnJlYWxyZXNvbHV0aW9uLmNvbS9mZWVkL3BvZGNhc3Q
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/2JZLO3LfoeHepomejTw4TP
iHeartRadio – https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-podcastona-43099114/
TuneIn – https://tunein.com/podcasts/Podcasts/PodcastONA-p1249922/



Where to find us:
Alex – @AuraOfAzure, https://xandersmachinations.wordpress.com
Andrew – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk
Jet – @Divinenega, https://thenerdyabyss.wordpress.com
Duelist – @HeartofSword75, youtube.com/DuelistG



As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, and follow @SurrealReso for more updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.