PodcastONA PodcastONA

The month of July has come and gone, and as we look back on it we can say that it was a pretty strange and wild month across the board. But as the dog days of summer trek onward, so does this show, with plenty of big convention announcements and dub casts for the roll call of the season - and even some extra bits that show that Crunchyroll is just doing way, way, WAY too much for us to keep track of.



There will also be some harsh and profane words spoken about a *certain* individual. And yes, it is highly warranted in that manner.



intro - time to break stuff (VOLUME WARNING)
8:25 - RIP Kazuki Takahashi
18:00 - Ken Akamatsu actually got elected
22:02 - Isekai Island: more NFT nonsense
26:05 - Square Enix’s manga app has problems
36:21 - San Diego Comic-Con happened again (Knights of the Zodiac movie, BRZRKR anime)
49:18 - BREAKING: Crunchyroll acquires Right Stuf
55:59 - Andrew’s Crunchyroll summer (and backlog) dub rundown
1:31:23 - Anime Matsuri and Vic Mignogna: two peas in a garbage pod
1:46:03 - Netflix August drops (Tekken, Kakegurui Twin, FMA live-action movie)
1:48:57 - BELLE now on HBO Max
1:49:39 - October home video releases (CR, Viz, Shout Factory, Sentai)
2:01:33 - Discotek September home video releases
2:03:03 - Denpa Books and Sentai @ Otakon
2:17:18 - EL GRANDE DISCOTEK DAY VI
2:46:47 - BONUS: Crunchyroll Expo



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/

Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/podcastona/



Where to find us:

Alex – @AuraOfAzure

Andrew – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk

Jet – @Divinenega,  youtube.com/DubTalk



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.

NOTE: This show was recorded before news of the passings of Kazuki Takahashi and Shinzo Abe.



After three years since its last in-person event, Anime Expo had its grand return on the big stage, and to the surprise of few it’s still as imperfect as ever with how the event is actually run and managed. Especially since it’s in Los Angeles in JULY. Nevertheless, this means another extended deep dive at the happenings, goings-on, and announcements from AX 2022, of which there were quite a few that were, to sum up, BIG. In the second half of this two-part episode, days 2 and 3 (and even 4) of Anime Expo are discussed, including panels for two big upcoming series (and Bleach, too), why Tokyopop should always be avoided at all costs, some amusing anecdotes from Dark Horse, even MORE Macross coming soon, and the moment where everyone lost their minds - yeah, THAT moment.



(Further reading: https://www.animeherald.com/2021/03/09/the-fine-print-lessons-learned-from-tokyopops-original-english-manga-empire/)



start-1:09:13 - AX Day 2
start - DENPA Books, Seven Seas
14:40 - Viz
17:38 - Rightstuf/Nozomi (w/MORE MACROSS)
22:45 - TRIGGER
33:27 - Tokyopop
42:44 - BLEACH
47:38 - Trigun Stampede
57:14 - Eleven Arts
59:46 - Sentai/HIDIVE
1:09:13-1:31:22 - AX Day 3
1:09:13 - Dark Horse
1:14:18 - Crunchyroll
1:28:25 - Aniplex of America
1:31:22-end - AX Day 4
1:31:22 - Azuki
1:33:21 - Chainsaw Man
1:36:56 - laughing at Harmony Gold and closing thoughts



Additional audio from:
The Offspring - “Intermission”
Fire Bomber - "Seventh Moon"
Microsoft



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/
Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/podcastona/



Where to find us:
Alex – @AuraOfAzure
Andy – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk
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.

NOTE: This show was recorded before news of the passings of Kazuki Takahashi and Shinzo Abe.



After three years since its last in-person event, Anime Expo had its grand return on the big stage, and to the surprise of few it's still as imperfect as ever with how the event is actually run and managed. Especially since it's in Los Angeles in JULY. Nevertheless, this means another extended deep dive at the happenings, goings-on, and announcements from AX 2022, of which there were quite a few that were, to sum up, BIG. In the first half of this two-part episode, we have some pre-and-post AX events to talk about, including some big continuing returns, an update for future Jump+ titles, Netflix doing more Netflix things, and the events of the first day of the 2022 Anime Expo - with plenty of Macross to go around.



If you couldn't tell, this was too long of a show to go up whole, so stay tuned for part 2 for all the events from days 2, 3, and 4, and make sure to REPENT, MOTHER(friend)ER.



intro - Parliament buffoonery and car chases
5:38 - the pre-and-post AX rundown
6:13 - new Jump+ titles launching after 2023 simultaneous in Japanese and English
10:10 - Captain Velvet Meteor: The Jump+ Dimensions crossover RPG announced for Switch
14:19 - the Saint Seiya 3DCG second season defects to Crunchyroll
19:24 - Crunchyroll releasing the Slime Time movie in 2023
21:06 - upcoming new cours/seasons (SPY x FAMILY, Tiger & Bunny, BIRDIE WING)
26:59 - Mashle: Magic and Muscles anime announced for winter 2023
29:59 - Uzumaki anime delayed once again
32:30 - GKIDS releasing Goodbye, Don Glees! film in September
33:57 - RWBY x Justice League crossover movie announced at RTX Austin
38:44 - Stranger Things creators planning live-action Death Note series for Netflix
43:32 - Sentai September home video slate



48:24-end - AX Day 1
48:24 - the Anime Expo experience, three years later
53:16 - J-Novel Club
1:07:03 - Yen Press
1:19:39 - Kodansha
1:33:34 - Comikey, Mangamo
1:43:24 - BIGWEST (MACROSS)
1:51:09 - Warner Bros. Japan



Additional audio from:
Bad Boys II
The Simpsons
“Ode to Joy”
The Offspring - “Intermission”



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/
Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/podcastona/



Where to find us:
Alex – @AuraOfAzure
Andy – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk
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.

In Memoriam
Billy Kametz
1987-2022

There's been a lot happening over the past few weeks, some good and some not so good. We're here to run everything down, express our jubilation over a few new projects, catch up on some things you and all of us may have missed, and pay our respects to a kind and warm soul taken from this world far too soon. We'll be back to the usual mishaps and shenanigans next time.



intro - summer heat everywhere
2:57 - remembering Billy Kametz
15:20 - additional June passings
20:16 - Anime Expo reverses course in just one day
24:59 - Trigun Stampede anime announced from Orange
40:07 - Berserk manga continuing after all
46:10 - One Piece entering the endgame?
50:02 - Chainsaw Man Part 2 set for July
53:35 - Persona headed to more consoles
58:40 - Genndy Tartakovsky doing more for CN/WB
1:00:11 - animated Avatar movies on the way
1:03:01 - a new Astro Boy series in the works
1:07:36 - Justin Lin directing… One Punch Man?
1:10:32 - Tiger & Bunny live-action, round 3?
1:14:45 - Viz spring 2023 manga titles
1:27:26 - Vinland Saga S2 set for January, S1 available… everywhere?
1:33:15 - Given OVA now on Crunchyroll
1:35:35 - three versions of the saucy summer show
1:37:30 - RWBY: Ice Queendom early premiere set for Japan
1:38:46 - Oshi no Ko anime announced
1:41:58 - Mononoke movie coming in 2023
1:43:51 - Naoko Yamada and Science Saru working on a film project
1:45:04 - a whole lot of Netflix series announcements and updates
2:06:48 - The Deer King dub cast
2:09:38 - Ascendent projects dub casts
2:19:08 - ICYMI: Super Cub got a dub
2:23:40 - DBS: Super Hero dub cast additions
2:30:48 - Crunchyroll AX plans
2:32:40 - The Irresponsible Captain Tylor now on CR
2:33:45 - some very random additions to Roku
2:36:04 - GKIDS gets more EVA
2:37:54 - September home video releases (Viz, CR, Aniplex)
2:46:45 - outro: Mashle memes and more FLCL on vinyl
2:50:48 - “Reflective Remembrance”



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/
Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/podcastona/



Where to find us:
Alex – @AuraOfAzure
Andy – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk
Jet – @Divinenega,  youtube.com/DubTalk
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.

Are you all ready for a super-deluxe-loaded fall season? We sure aren't, which is why we're all hoping for the summer season to be a bit easier for us so that we can lead into fall with a bit more ease - though that's not going to be easy with several big shows slated for premiere in October. And with the approach of summer comes convention season, with industry panels big and small and, in this case, a bit Discotek-y as well. Let's hope that Anime Expo won't leave us melting in the summer heat next month, too. Also, HUNTER X HUNTER IS COMING BACK... MAYBE... POSSIBLY... PRESUMABLY. And along with all of that discussion, there are more projects announced that have gotten our curiosity perked up, a good small morsel of sportsball integration, even more plans for trips to the movies, and yet another moment of Andrew breaking down into hilarious hysterics over a rather saucy title.



Will ONA.exe return next time? We'll see what everyone has, first.



intro - The Morbining
7:59 - HUNTER X HUNTER WATCH UPDATE
14:02 - Mob Psycho 100 S3 and Urusei Yatsura announced for October
21:00 - even more Seven Deadly Sins anime?
23:05 - Me and Roboco anime announced
25:24 - Konosuba S3 and spinoff anime announced
27:42 - what exactly is Paradox Live?
30:21 - Star Wars: Visions Volume 2 announced
33:00 - sidebar: the state of television is BAD
37:15 - new anime projects announced for Adult Swim
44:40 - JOEN joint company established
49:27 - Crunchyroll calls dibs on Chainsaw Man
51:47 - Speed Racer live-action series announced for Apple TV+
57:54 - Oricon half-year manga sales numbers
1:07:34 - MHA baseball OVA coming this month
1:10:17 - the amazing LA Chargers season schedule anime video
1:14:01 - Anime Limited releasing the SPY x FAMILY soundtrack
1:15:01 - what’s going on with Seven Seas?
1:22:20 - upcoming Seven Seas titles
1:36:11 - the next ComicFesta show broke Andrew
1:39:42 - GKIDS theatrical summer plans
1:42:11 - Crunchyroll releasing DBS: Super hero in theaters worldwide
1:44:19 - Crunchyroll acquires the new Shinkai film for 2023
1:45:29 - Fruits Basket: Prelude and Macross Frontier films set for June
1:47:08 - Shirobako movie now on Tubi
1:49:49 - Crunchyroll August home video titles
1:53:34 - Sentai August home video titles
1:57:31 - other July/August home video titles (MB, Viz, Nozomi, Shout Factory)
2:01:53 - Anime Boston and MomoCon announcements
2:05:41 - Discotek Day @ Anime Boston
2:31:50 - outro



additional audio from:
AEW
Anchorman
Archer
Mean Girls
The Simpsons



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/
Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/podcastona/



Where to find us:
Alex – @AuraOfAzure
Andy – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk
Jet – @Divinenega,  youtube.com/DubTalk
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.

After some additional delays and time needed to get our spring season rundown ready, it’s finally here, and it’s another extra-packed edition that, somehow, managed to find 10 minutes to talk about the trash known as Trapped In A Dating Sim. Don’t ask us how it happens. But that’s not what you’re all here for, you’re here for the biggest new hotness since the last biggest new hotness, and we will be talking all about the spies and the families along with some big sequel titles, other notable fares that fall in the com-of-the-rom variety, and even try and piece together what the baffling mess known as Estab Life actually is.



You will also get to hear the single funniest moment of this entire show in this episode. You’re welcome in advance.



intro - Red Ranger woes and bullying ACen
5:56 - spring rundown intro
6:37 - winter leftovers
11:47 - Disney and Netflix jail
16:32 - spring sequels
47:43 - the roast pile
1:07:02 - top picks
2:47:00 - everything else



spring sequels:
17:04 - The Rising of the Shield Hero S2
21:49 - Komi Can’t Communicate
27:06 - Science Fell in Love S2
29:02 - Ascendance of a Bookworm S3
31:48 - Love Live! NHSIC S2
32:53 - Kingdom S4
33:44 - Kaguya-sama S3
39:34 - Tiger & Bunny S2



the roast pile:
47:43 - Estab Life
57:07 - Tomodachi Game
1:02:03 - Kenda Master Ken



top picks:
1:07:02 - SPY x FAMILY
1:25:29 - Ya Boy Kongming!
1:36:29 - Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie
1:43:33 - Love After World Domination
1:54:18 - Dance Dance Danseur
2:00:36 - BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story
2:12:27 - Aharen-san wa Hakarenai
2:21:52 - Fanfare of Adolescence
2:27:26 - Heroines Run the Show
2:36:00 - The Executioner and Her Way of Life



theme music from:
Summer Time Rendering
Kaguya-sama: Love is War -Ultra Romantic-
Tiger & Bunny
SPY x FAMILY
Ya Boy Kongming!
Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie
The Executioner and Her Way of Life



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/
Stitcher – https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/podcastona/



Where to find us:
Alex – @AuraOfAzure
Andy – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk
Jet – @Divinenega, animationinfinity.com
Duelist – @HeartofSword75, youtube.com/DuelistG
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.