PodcastONA

WARNING: This show has a running theme of discussions of oral sex all throughout. Because we're stupid. Don't listen if you're not old enough to buy an explicit album. Hi, everyone - we're back after what ended up being a VERY long April of... nonsense, to put it in a word. A break was needed and a break was had, and now we're back to our grind of anime... well, nonsense, again. But to come back after some time away, we have to take our time with the inundation of information on display, so this will be a bit of everything: the best and worst of the winter season (a month late), the announcement of STEEL BALL RUN being real, the Tenchi Muyo comic Kickstarter reaching its goal in barely any time at all, some free offerings on Pluto TV, the new Mamoru Hosoda movie getting BIG plans for its theatrical rollout, Toonami getting THINGS this coming weekend, and a good bit of home video releases coming out in the summer - including one very highly demanded release in the form of CHAINSAW MAN, AT LONG LAST, from... VIZ??? Because sure, why not? Also, yes, we're going to yell about the Crunchyroll Anime Awards nominations. Because it's easy pickings. intro - real-world kvetching and Sinners gushing 21:53 - the best and worst of winter ( 41:51 - once again, the CR Anime Awards nominees 1:30:15 - some news items of note (Steel Ball Run, Toonami additions, Tenchi Muyo comic Kickstarter, Scarlet/Columbia Pictures) 1:50:51 - a lot of upcoming home video releases (Anime Limited surprises, Wind Breaker, Call of the Night, Solo Leveling, Chainsaw Man) Tenchi Muyo Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/armigerentertainment/tenchi-muyo-original-omnibus-edition 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/ As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

AnimeJapan has come and gone... a while ago, with how late this show is, but with it comes a lot of big announcements of a VERY big summer season coming up, and we're going to lay out the details for what's poised to be a rom-com-heavy July along with the usual updates and menageries that the strange and bizarre anime industry has on offer, like a weird pseudo-incestuous corporate offspring, HiDive losing and gaining some shows this month, Netflix viewer data, a new paid 'adult' platform, and most importantly of all: GAY ANGEL TWINKS. Thanks for your patience with this show. We'll be back in May. intro - The Day The Earth Blew Up deserves the world 7:57 - main stories 45:17 - AnimeJapan 2025 1:27:13 - other announcements 1:59:42 - home video releases 7:57 - Crunchyroll and Aniplex form production venture Hayate Inc. 15:05 - Gachiakuta set for Crunchyroll in July 18:24 - TRIGUN STARGAZE coming in 2026 20:22 - SK8 the Infinity OVA now on Crunchyroll (and an old Bones show too) 24:27 - the “final movie” for Sound! Euphonium coming in 2026 25:22 - All You Need Is Kill anime film in production at Studio 4*C 27:25 - Digimon Beatbreak anime set for October 29:23 - another Netflix anime info breakdown (c/o Miles Atherton) 40:26 - Matt Owens stepping down from Netflix One Piece 43:26 - Shinsuke Nakamura joining Kinnikuman anime cast 44:10 - HiDive losing a lot of shows in April 45:17 - the annual AnimeJapan “make this anime” list 51:37 - all the major AnimeJapan announcements and reveals (Panty & Stocking, Chainsaw Man, Twisted-Wonderland, CITY) 1:27:13 - Watari-kun’s [BLEEP] is About to Collapse anime premiering in July 1:30:08 - Chained Soldier season 2 coming in 2026 1:31:02 - Classroom of the Elite season 4 coming in 2026 1:32:52 - HiDive adding Made in Abyss season 1 and more on April 22 1:33:46 - Cute High Earth season 4 (or 5?) confirmed 1:37:15 - GKIDS releasing three Mamoru Hosoda movies in theaters later in 2025 1:37:58 - Witch Watch dub additions and premiere date 1:42:41 - Claymore live-action project added to the pile 1:45:40 - Sentai gets Yandere Dark Elf 1:47:42 - Devil May Cry gets an Evanescence insert song 1:49:19 - Disney+: Bullet/Bullet and Cat’s Eye (2025) details 1:51:58 - every chapter of Detective Conan now on the Viz Manga app and platform 1:54:05 - OceanVeil paid *adult* anime platform launches 1:59:42 - a potpouri of upcoming Anime Limited US releases 2:02:51 - Sentai June releases (Dungeon People, Yamishibai) 2:06:45 - Crunchyroll June releases (Log Horizon, My Hero Academia) 2:09:55 - DANDADAN season 1 collector’s edition coming in June 10 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/ As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

No, this is not an April Fools Day joke. Things have been pretty slow and rough for a lot of outside reasons and circumstances that have prevented our next episode from being up in a timely manner. Burnout and exhaustion sucks. The next episode - AnimeJapan 2025 - will be up later in the week. New episodes will likely resume in May. Thank you for your time and patience. 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/ As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

In Memory Dave Mallow (1948-2025) George Lowe (1957-2025) The ides of "Smarch" are upon us and they've gotten off to a stupid start. Alas, we're still here doing our thing to help alleviate the continued existential dread we all have to deal with in the world. We've got Amazon getting back into the anime simulcast game in a big way, Crunchyroll trying to make good with a big partner of theirs, Viz kickstarting convention season with a pair of sizable announcements of their own, and some dates for some upcoming seasons that will - at the very least - get a reaction out of folks. Also, for the next little while, these episode titles will borrow from Space Ghost Coast to Coast as an ongoing tribute. We'll miss you, George. intro - why we take political potshots for our mental health 16:45 - main stories 1:02:00 - announcements and updates 1:24:57 - awards worth mentioning (r/anime and Anime Trending) 1:37:42 - home video releases (April/May) 16:45 - Amazon shadowdrops the Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. dub 22:47 - Amazon secures Gundam GQuuuuuuX 29:40 - Crunchyroll secures MHA Vigilantes (and got spooked by Toho) 35:12 - Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle dated for September 37:15 - Princess Mononoke 4K restoration premiering in IMAX this month 39:42 - Lazarus premiering on Toonami on April 5 43:24 - Viz at ECCC: Yaiba premieres in April 46:14 - Black Torch anime announcement 56:26 - some manga business news 58:36 - Devil May Cry (Netflix) trailer and cast additions 59:58 - Aurora Animation Studio formally announced 1:02:00 - Tenchi Muyo 1997 comic reprint Kickstarter to be launched 1:05:18 - Witch Watch dub leads 1:10:39 - Plus-Sized Elf dub now on HiDive 1:12:10 - Our Last Crusade season 2 resumes in April 1:14:06 - Shield Hero season 4 premieres in July 1:17:06 - One Punch Man season 3 premieres in October 1:18:39 - Frieren season 2 premieres in January 2026 1:19:51 - Suikoden anime announced, details TBA 1:21:48 - Moonrise finally premiering on Netflix in April 1:22:28 - Dead By Daylight adding Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul 1:24:57 - r/anime Awards 1:31:00 - Anime Trending Awards Tenchi Muyo comic Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/armigerentertainment/tenchi-muyo-original-omnibus-edition 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/ As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

Yes, the world may be on fire and/or a frigid wasteland at the same time, but we're still here and still kicking. And to prove that there is still some good in the world (along with football YouTuber Tom Grossi raising over a million dollars for charity in one week) there's a very long-awaited announcement: NO. 6 IS GETTING A NEW NOVEL. Let's hope that the reunion will, indeed, be coming for those boys. And along with that, we have the news of BOCCHI THE SECOND SEASON happening, Masaaki Yuasa starting up a new studio, an hour's worth of book announcements from several publishers (even from Tokyopop, but just briefly), Fate/stay night airing on a... *curious* cable TV channel, some ripples in the Gundam pipeline, the recent AnimEigo "town hall" announcements, and a whole lot of dumb shenanigans to help distract all of you from the real world at large. And if all else fails, just wait for the Canada gooses to begin their attack. They'll never see it coming. intro - winter’s almost over 8:45 - main stories 48:15 - book announcements 1:44:30 - announcements and updates 2:15:04 - home video releases 8:45 - Masaaki Yuasa establishes a new studio 13:11 - Kadokawa builds their empire further 15:37 - The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All anime announced 19:24 - BOCCHI THE SECOND SEASON 22:40 - No. 6 gets a new novel after 14 years 24:47 - My Dress-Up Darling ends in its next chapter 29:41 - the Zombie Land Saga movie still lives 33:04 - a new live-action Gundam film project announced 41:35 - a new Avatar sequel series greenlit at Nickelodeon 48:15 - Kodansha USA book announcements 59:33 - Seven Seas book announcements 1:16:34 - sadly, Tokyopop has more BL titles 1:20:20 - Yen Press book announcements 1:36:33 - Viz licenses the Kingdom manga 1:44:30 - so, about Fate/stay night UBW on television… 1:49:51 - J Balvin guest starring in Solo Leveling 1:55:11 - GKIDS releasing LOVE & POP (Hideaki Anno) in theaters 1:56:29 - BOCCHI THE ROCK! recap movies and more Touken Ranbu now on Crunchyroll 2:00:21 - Disney backlog dubs hitting Hulu in March (The Fable, Tokyo Revengers, Murai In Love) 2:01:40 - Samurai Pizza Cats: The Video Game is a real thing coming in 2026 2:06:06 - Vampire Hunter D coming to theaters in April 2:06:49 - the recent AnimEigo “town hall” announcements 2:15:04 - misc. home video releases (WB, Anime Limited, AnimEigo, Aniplex) 2:18:04 - GKIDS/Shout Studios releases (Summer Wars, APFTTU, Wolf Children) 2:19:24 - Sentai May releases (Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night, Insomniacs After School) 2:22:17 - Crunchyroll May releases (Iruma-kun, One Piece) 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/ As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

It's been... quite a month for a lot of us. For a lot of reasons. For the foreseeable future, we're all going to be on our own for a while, and we're all going to be depending on each other for help, support, and even survival. And we're all probably going to need more time to ourselves when we need a break from everything, hence why this show is going up so late. Again, it's been "a month" for the ages. But, as long as we all have breath in our lungs and a drive to distract, we'll keep doing these shows for all of you. If only because we all need a break from everything, once in a while. We've got Discotek Day announcements, some thoughts on the top shows of 2024, GKIDS playing with big boy money, Macross finally going up on Disney+ (and Hulu), and more random tangents all over the place. intro - we’re all on our own together 9:18 - Discotek Day announcements 1:05:31 - ANN’s top 10 anime of 2024 1:19:52 - main-ish news items 2:16:18 - home video releases 1:19:52 - Miles Thomas’ ANN report on isekai 1:33:52 - a lot of Viz book announcements 1:40:51 - the dub cast for Sakamoto Days 1:49:25 - Netflix gets Ippo 1:51:26 - Hulu/Disney+ FINALLY gets Macross up 1:55:01 - Sony bounces back at Bloomberg with… a new Crunchyroll manga app (and other projects) 2:06:34 - Witch Watch getting a theatrical premiere in March 2:11:41 - GKIDS gets BIG BOY MONEY with Gundam (GQuuuuuux) 2:14:51 - Signal.MD merging with Production I.G 2:16:18 - Sentai April releases (Princess Principal, Urusei Yatsura) 2:21:35 - March and April home video releases (Undead Unluck, Ghost Cat Anzu, MHA You’re Next) 2:26:41 - Crunchyroll April releases (Shangri-La Frontier, Berserk of Gluttony) 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/ As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

NOTE: parts of the audio from the first 34 minutes of this episode are missing due to technical difficulties. As 2024 comes to a close, we have one last show as all of the stars seemed to align just right with the added benefit of a very hefty gift bestowed to all of us from Bloomberg - a not-so-lovely exposé on Crunchyroll and their corporate culture that we spent 45 minutes dissecting and lambasting. Quite the added extra for a show that just supposed to be about Jump Festa, but yes, the major happenings from Jump Festa are here as well, from the new changes to One Piece to the next stretch of My Hero Academia and even some not-so-confirmed promises from the ever-so-slow and procrastinatory overlords at MAPPA. There's also some talk about some upcoming new seasons for some fan favorites and one more book roundup for the year, but we all know why you're here - it's for the Crunchyroll talk. Again, it's quite a doozy, and a hell of a doozy to close the year out on. We'll see you back here in the new year for more fun shenanigans in our ever present strive for survival - mainly on the "bluer skies" of the internet, if you know you know. intro - Sonic 3 and the Timecop paradox 10:20 - business talk 1:06:38 - other main stories 1:24:00 - Jump Festa 2024 1:58:51 - home video releases 10:20 - Toho to acquire 19.7% stake in Studio Orange 15:02 - Sony to acquire majority 10% stake on Kadokawa 21:42 - the Bloomberg report on Crunchyroll and their MANY terrible issues 1:06:38 - a lot of stuff went up on Crunchyroll with no notice (Golden Kamuy OVAs, Kizumonogatari, given Hiiragi Mix) 1:07:47 - Rascal/Bunny Girl dub and more coming to Hulu in January 1:09:10 - Toonami Rewind is shutting down 1:10:02 - several second seasons announced and confirmed (DANDADAN, Ranma, Skip & Loafer, My Dress-Up Darling, Magilumiere) 1:12:28 - AnimEigo launches a new sub-label 1:13:41 - one more Yen Press book roundup for the year 1:22:11 - THIS JUST IN: Mamoru Hosoda’s new movie is announced 1:23:23 - JOJODAY coming in April 1:24:00 - One Piece gets a problematic new Franky and a late new time slot 1:30:28 - MHA Vigilantes and season 8 announced for 2025 1:39:33 - Kaiju No. 8 and SPY x FAMILY new seasons coming 2025 1:40:25 - Witch Watch previewed, starts in April 1:42:36 - Chained Soldier gets a new studio and new cast members 1:43:48 - Mission: Yozakura Family season 2 coming 2026 1:44:46 - Aharen-san wa Hakarenai season 2 coming in the spring 1:45:35 - more details on Takopi’s Original Sin 1:47:39 - the MAPPA section (Hell’s Paradise and Chainsaw Man) 1:58:31 - Sentai March releases (Ragna Crimson) 1:59:42 - Crunchyroll March releases (Shangri-La Frontier, 100 Girlfriends, SPY x FAMILY, Jujutsu Kaisen) 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/ As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

Christmastime is almost here, and there's a Gundam coming down everyone's stocking in the new year! A pleasant surprise, for sure, and a good tiding of cheer in the wake of Crunchyroll changing the rules of their "awards" show in totally inconspicuous fashion that has nothing to do with a certain show airing this year about aliens and ghosts. And along with that, there are some fun movies coming out (and some that are not-as-fun), some notable dub casts announced for the new year, the Rascal dub situation is FINALLY mostly sorted out after an entire year, and a look at how the manga sales went for the year and who's at the top of the mountain for 2024 - along with much more, with one more show to come before the new year. It's going to be Jump Festa. Call it a late Christmas gift from all of us to all of you. EDITOR'S NOTE: Well, this took a lot of time to get together, didn't it? Apologies for the delay, this was recorded over a week ago and it's been a particularly rough week, so that's why it took so long to get out. Depression and burnout are some real bitches, let me tell you. intro - microphones, yuletide, and Big Luigi 10:47 - main stories 1:01:37 - announcements and updates 1:50:28 - home video releases 10:47 - Crunchyroll changes their awards show rules 22:47 - Demon Slayer and Attack on Titan films coming stateside in 2025 27:27 - Netflix leak update 30:45 - the third ZENSHU trailer reveal 36:17 - Takopi’s Original Sin manga getting an anime 40:28 - Kodansha Print Club launches 42:48 - Gundam GQuuuuuuX announced from Sunrise and khara 49:57 - Takeshi Koike directing a new Lupin the 3rd movie 52:45 - The Summer Hikaru Died set for Netflix, coming summer 2025 55:34 - Oricon manga sales rankings for 2024 1:01:37 - Code Geass refuses to die 1:06:38 - the year-long saga of the Rascal dub mystery is finally over 1:11:30 - Dragonball Daima dub starts in January 1:15:57 - The Colors Within dub cast leads 1:19:21 - another Fate/Strnage Fake update 1:23:24 - F/SN Heaven’s Feel films coming to Crunchyroll this week 1:24:49 - Unlimited Blade Works coming to TV (Toonami) soon? 1:30:22 - an unconfirmed Kagurabachi scoop? 1:35:58 - Nyaight of the Living Cat gets some fun music credits 1:37:14 - more Black Butler and Ascendance of a Bookworm on the way 1:38:34 - You and I are Polar Opposites anime announced 1:41:27 - The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife anime announced 1:42:30 - Hell Mode anime announced 1:44:38 - 10 Dance live-action film coming to Netflix 1:46:20 - anime awards season begins 1:49:19 - NIS America reportedly out of the home video business 1:50:28 - Perfect Blue 4K coming in Japan 1:50:50 - Sentai February releases (Chained Soldier, My Isekai Life, SNAFU) 1:51:55 - Sailor Moon movie collection Blu-ray (Viz) 1:52:19 - Mashle and Kizumonogatari Blu-ray sets (Aniplex) 1:52:57 - The First Slam Dubk 4K and A Place Further Than the Universe coming in February 1:54:06 - Discotek February releases (Digimon Adventure 02, Cutey Honey, Nanoha StrikerS) 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/ As always, check out surrealresolution.com for more content, updates on the show, our continued news posts, reviews, and our fellow podcasts.

So… things may be a bit rough and not make sense, and the future may not be as bright as we’d all like it to, but we’re going to keep doing what we do for all of you as well as all of us - if only to serve as a momentary distraction from the world around us. The fun and shenanigans will continue, even if the real world reminds us how cold it may be, but we’re going to fight the good fight going forward, be it big or small. And so should all of you since we’re all going to be in this together. Preferably on the platform of "bluer skies," too, hint hint. P.S. enjoy Thanksgiving however you like - preferably with those who are good to you. And with parades and football. intro - some comforting (if unassuring) words 13:42 - a pair of very bad things 37:08 - main stories 56:24 - and the rest 1:23:22 - home video announcements 13:42 - David Wald leaves Crunchyroll for very personal reasons 22:08 - Reuters reporting Sony is in talks to acquire Kadokawa 37:08 - Gundam SEED Freedom ZERO prequel announced 39:12 - Farmagia anime set for January 42:55 - Laid-Back Camp and Iruma-kun season 4s announced 48:28 - Look Back on Amazon Prime with an English dub 52:43 - Hypnosis Mic continues to innovate 56:24 - some more Seven Seas sauciness 1:05:45 - dubs, premieres, and Ninja Scroll on HiDive 1:11:09 - Tomorrow’s Joe now on Crunchyroll 1:12:38 - Expelled From Paradise sequel coming in 2026 1:14:38 - GKIDS acquires A Silent Voice and Liz & the Blue Bird 1:20:11 - Anime Limited @ MCM London Comic-Con 1:23:22 - some loose cases (Berserk steelbook, DBZ/S and Samurai Champloo, Shippuden, Nasu - Sumer in Andalusia) 1:25:59 - Sentai January releases (Ninja Scroll, BASTARD!!) 1:27:11 - Crunchyroll February releases (One Piece, BUCCHIGIRI?!, Jujutsu Kaisen) 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/ 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.

Yes, it's a wrestling reference given that the only two on here for this show have names that start with A. And yes, this show is late, once again due to a more-than-hectic week. Apologies for the not-great scheduling, but we're working in the background to get things more stable. Also, there's a thing happening on November 5, so maybe do it either on that date or before - you all know what the thing is, it doesn't need to be said. Anyway, we've got an abbreviated recap of the summer season, thoughts on Look Back and MHA: You're Next, a major shift for GKIDS, and the biggest change to the One Piece anime yet - that's all in the first hour, and there's plenty from NYCC to dive into, both good and not-as-good. Convention season is wrapping up and we've got some bangs to go out on, for sure. We'll be back with the fall dub cast rundown next time, after... you know, the thing happens. Please make sure the good thing happens, folks. intro - schedule’s still screwy 10:13 - best and worst of summer (from AniChart) 27:55 - main stories 1:17:06 - New York Comic-Con 2:15:18 - and the rest 2:26:08 - home video releases 27:55 - Look Back is incredible (and on Prime Video on November 7) 34:42 - MHA: You’re Next is more of the same 39:01 - TOHO International acquires full equity stake in GKIDS 48:48 - My Hero Academia’s “final season” slated for 2025 51:24 - the One Piece anime is changing in a big way 57:27 - The Colors Within film coming to theaters in January 59:23 - Hideaki Anno and Khara making a Space Battleship Yamato film project 1:01:10 - Viz announces several big book pickups (Steel Ball Run) 1:17:06 - Lazarus previewed at NYCC 1:20:10 - Toonami has things in November (Invincible Fight Girl, Mashle, Blue Exorcist) 1:29:02 - new Kodansha book pickups 1:41:35 - new Square Enix book pickups 1:47:40 - new Yen Press book pickups 2:01:50 - The Beginning After the End anime announced 2:03:23 - Viz has the YAIBA anime and some more book pickups 2:06:04 - GO FOR IT, NAKAMURA! anime announced, all is good 2:08:48 - other Crunchyroll announcements 2:11:29 - what’s up with the new Zenshu PV? 2:15:18 - Yen Press simul-publishing the new Haruhi Suzumiya light novel digitally 2:15:58 - Glitter Force and Voltron LD leaving Netflix? 2:17:48 - SK8 the OVA finally coming in the winter 2:19:17 - HiDive locks in Otaku NEET Kunoichi 2:19:51 - the next Gintama spinoff is coming next October 2:20:49 - a pair of Doga Kobo BL anime are coming 2:22:58 - the new Aquarion anime starts in January 2:23:44 - AnimEigo gets a niche film license 2:26:08 - Naruto full series Blu-ray box coming in January 2:26:55 - Aniplex December releases (Rascal, Blue Exorcist) 2:28:10 - Crunchyroll January releases (a lot of isekai, Horimiya, Apothecary Diaries) 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 – @Xander_Thoughts Andrew – @MangaMan9000, 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.

In Memoriam Nicholas Dupree, "LossThief" 1993-2024 GFM link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-nicholass-final-journey intro - we’ll miss you, LossThief 7:52 - main stories 39:49 - Aniplex Online Fest 1:00:26 - Netflix Geeked Week 1:09:13 - and the rest 1:32:39 - home video releases 7:52 - Emi Shinohara passes away at age 61 9:32 - thoughts on Ninja Scroll and DAN DA DAN (and Transformers One) in theaters 23:09 - Dragonball Daima set for Crunchyroll, Hulu, and theaters 24:42 - Patlabor EZY set for 2026 26:11 - a new YAIBA anime project announced, details TBA 27:41 - Dragon Maid movie and CITY anime announced for 2025 32:07 - a new Haruhi Suzumiya LN volume comes out in November 34:15 - new manga from Makoto Ojiro (Insominacs After School) and Mari Okada announced 35:32 - Ichi the Witch manga launched from Osamu Nishi (Iruma-kun) and Shiro Usazaki (act-age) 39:49 - Virgin Punk series announced from SHAFT and Yasuomi Umetsu (Kite, Mezzo) 43:05 - I’m Getting Married to a Girl I Hate in my Class anime set for January 44:20 - mono anime set for 2025 45:44 - Ameku M.D. anime set for January 47:04 - To Be Hero X set for 2025 47:44 - the ENHYPEN (K-Pop) group’s Webtoon gets an anime 48:54 - Mikadono San Shimai wa Angai, Choroi anime set for 2025 50:03 - The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity anime set for 2025 55:00 - Introduction to Mineraology anime announced, set for 2025 55:56 - May I Ask For One Final Thing? anime announced, set for 2025 57:20 - Fate/strange Fake episode premiere happening in Los Angeles in November 58:43 - Aldnoah.Zero gets a new episode exclusively on its new Blu-ray box 1:00:26 - Devil May Cry set for April 1:03:24 - a new animated Cyberpunk project in the works? 1:04:50 - Castlevania: Nocturne season 2 set for January 1:06:04 - more One Piece cast reveals 1:09:13 - Crunchyroll gets the MAPPA anime about overworked anime producers 1:11:58 - some more saucy Seven Seas smut (and non-smut) 1:22:55 - Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron documentary now on (HBO) Max 1:23:33 - Gundam movies coming to theaters 1:24:19 - Look Back and Bocchi the Rock recap movies happening on the same days in October 1:27:13 - Solo Leveling compilation movie coming to theaters in December 1:28:04 - the Macross rollout hits Disney+ in Canada 1:29:02 - Murai in Love now on Hulu 1:29:47 - coming soon: Yandare Dark Elf, the anime 1:30:43 - YOASOBI “Idol” single conming to vinyl in November 1:31:35 - ICYMI: Slam Dunk moved to Netflix 1:32:05 - more Hajime no Ippo and Inu-Oh coming to Netflix on Tuesday 1:32:39 - Madoka Magica movie trilogy coming to 4K Blu-ray in Japan 1:33:39 - Macross Zero coming to Blu-ray in February 1:34:30 - Macross Plus Blu-ray pushed to October, “Sharon Apple Deluxe Exition” coming in November 1:35:25 - Mr. Love: Queen’s Choice Blu-ray coming in December 1:36:45 - Bubblegum CRASH! Blu-ray coming in August 1:36:57 - Discotek November/December releases (MXC, Sgt. Frog, Digimon movies) 1:39:04 - Sentai December releases (Kaiji dub, Food Wars S5 premium box) 1:40:31 - Crunchyroll December releases (Attack on Titan steelbooks, Sound! Euphonium, Frieren, Tokyo Ghoul box set) 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 – @Xander_Thoughts Andrew – @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.

First, yes, this show is very late. Blame a long work weekend and a few days dealing with COVID (remember that? it's still around) for this show being later than it should have been. But we have plenty of happenings and goings-ons from Anime NYC to talk about, along with the winner of the Look Back sweepstakes, a major deal for One Piece in the UK, and the long-awaited and long-belated summer dub cast rundown - perfect for the season almost ending, we know. We'll be back next time to talk about some very interesting Shonen Jump developments that one of us is especially excited about. intro - we missed a bachelor party 3:21 - main-ish stories 32:30 - Anime NYC 1:24:42 - the long-belated summer dub rundown 1:49:20 - home video releases 3:21 - Ranma 1/2 officially confirmed for Netflix in October 7:33 - GKIDS nabs Look Back for theaters in October 9:20 - Bananya is coming back in October 10:11 - Apocalypse Hotel anime announced by CyGames 12:33 - Magilumiere Co. Ltd. anime scooped by Amazon… mostly 15:06 - more PreCure available on Crunchyroll 17:36 - the animated LOTR movie is upon us 19:53 - Overlord film coming to theaters in November 21:00 - Macross DYRL coming to 4K Blu-ray in January (in Japan) 23:11 - One Piece now on the BBC in the UK 25:22 - Dirty Pair Kickstarter update: BULLYING COMPANIES WORKS 28:36 - The Dagger of Kamui Kickstarter launched by AnimEigo 31:11 - Studio Mayflower gets a notable new CCO 32:30 - a firsthand Anime NYC experience 37:12 - A Wild Last Boss Appeared! anime announced 39:45 - Stop!! Hibari-kun! manga finally gets licensed 42:21 - Yen Press new book licenses 1:04:59 - Seven Seas new book licenses 1:10:12 - Kodansha new book licenses 1:17:08 - GKIDS acquires The Colors Within and Ghost Cat Anzu 1:17:39 - Ranma 1/2 merchandising on the way 1:18:57 - Rascal Does Not Dream FINALLY gets its English dub officially confirmed 1:20:38 - DAN DA DAN dub cast 1:24:42 - all the summer dub casts 1:49:20 - Gibiate and Tokyo Revengers coming to Blu-ray 1:51:45 - Sentai November releases The Dagger of Kamui Kickstarter link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/madoverlord/the-dagger-of-kamui-treasure-trove-edition 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 – @Xander_Thoughts, 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.

(thumbnail courtesy of Don East) Yep, it's a shorter mid-convention show here, going up while Anime NYC is in progress in... well, New York, duh. We'll be back next time with a fuller show talking all of those wild convention hijinks, but for now we've got some very interesting developments with Weekly Shonen Jump, in the return of a legendary title coming at the cost of the sudden ending of another title that most definitely exists. Also, nobody wants to let Attack on Titan die and we're very annoyed by that. All of that and a bit more coming your way in this breezier show right here, enjoy it and enjoy the rest of Anime NYC. Both in person and on Twitter watching things get announced, of course. intro - it’s a shorter show 3:43 - main stories 29:20 - smaller bits 46:22 - home video releases 3:43 - the passings of Rachael Lillis and Atsuko Tanaka 7:38 - Hunter x Hunter returns to WSJ on October 7 10:35 - Grave of the Fireflies coming to Netflix in September 12:29 - (Netflix) One Piece season 2 updates 17:35 - Witch Watch anime coming next spring 20:21 - Attack on Titan refuses to die with ANOTHER “final” thing 24:37 - Jujutsu Kaisen ENDS in WSJ on September 30 29:20 - Aniplex Online Fest 2024 happening next month 30:16 - the Dirty Pair Kickstarter is radio silent (again) 34:28 - WildBrain launching a Pokémon FAST channel 36:01 - BLUELOCK season 2 renamed BLUELOCK vs. U-20 Japan 36:32 - Pacific Rim prequel series announced 38:01 - Wandance anime announced from Madhouse, coming 2025 40:06 - Cherry Magic compilation movie coming in Japan in December 40:42 - more AI nonsense bits, one disappointing and one funny 46:22 - NieR:Automata anime Blu-ray in October 47:08 - 86 Blu-ray coming in November 47:59 - Crunchyroll November releases (One Piece Film RED 4K, Planetes, Psycho-Pass, Afro Samurai steelbook) 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.

In Memoriam Rachael Lillis 1978-2024 So, a lot has happened in the month since our last episode. Some good, some bad, some downright insane, and not everything involved someone who may or may not have had coitus with a couch like a total weirdo. But we're back, we're easing through things for the time being, and we're running through the big details for the new Ranma 1/2 anime (starting in TWO MONTHS), all of the goodies from Otakon, Devilman fans eating supremely well, and one of the biggest leaks we'e sen in a very long time. Because nothing is ever boring around here, is it? intro - a hell of a year, this past month 11:11 - main stories 56:48 - Otakon 2024 1:38:43 - and the rest 1:57:48 - home video releases 11:11 - the first worldwide MHA popularity poll announced 16:27 - the new Ranma 1/2 anime details 25:03 - a MAJOR anime leak happened 36:39 - Sakamoto Days officially confirmed for Netflix 38:59 - Anime Limited licenses Devilman Crybaby 42:45 - Devilman Crybaby OST coming to vinyl in October 45:02 - Toei does the barest minimum for Girls Band Cry 48:42 - Toonami @ SDCC, Rooster Fighter announced 56:48 - AnimEigo @ Otakon 1:02:24 - EL GRANDE DISCOTEK DAY 12 1:38:43 - Kaiju No. 8 season 2 coming 2025 1:39:37 - Our Last Crusade season 2 delayed indefinitely 1:43:14 - Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE 10th anniversary film announced 1:46:01 - The Boy & the Heron on Max in September 1:47:22 - The Concierge and Trapezium one-day screenings coming in September 1:52:17 - Blue Giant and Gundam SEED Freedom coming to Netflix in September 1:53:50 - The First Slam Dunk coming to Netflix later this month 1:54:23 - “Good Red Ranger, Bad Red Ranger” 1:57:48 - Megazone 23, Arcane S1, TONOKAWA S1 disc releases 2:00:59 - Viz October releases (Zom 100, Bleach) 2:02:53 - Discotek September releases (Dallos, GTo, Kite) 2:03:44 - Sentai October releases (Ninja Scroll steelbook) 2:06:44 - Crunchyroll October releases (The Ancient Magus’ Bride, Outlaw Star, Goblin Slayer) 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 Andrew – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk Jet – @Divinenega, https://thenerdyabyss.wordpress.com 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.

And here we are, running down the major bits and pieces from Anime Expo once again, all while the industry is threatened more now than ever in recent memory of suffering from a bursting bubble. It's best to enjoy things while we still can, but that does include plenty of upcoming projects like... more Fire Force and Blue Exorcist... but there's more TRIGUN and Panty & Stocking coming so it all balances out in the end. And that's not withstanding the folks from RWBY getting a new place of employment at Viz Media, the newest arc of One Piece getting ready for its dub premiere and the long-awaited finish line of "simuldub" inching closer and closer, and even a new film project from Shoji Kawamori in the works as well, along with plenty more to dive into and discuss. There's a lot to get to as we're in the heat of convention season, so for this "landmark" 175th episode, we're... going to do the same as usual. Except it's molten hot outside, so that's what makes this a bit more special. I think. A little bit of FYI for those who are curious: most shows we do are initially recorded anywhere from 2-3 hours in one call, though sometimes it can be a little longer than 3 hours, while the editing process can take anywhere from 6 to 10 hours to scroll through everything and make the necessary cuts and edits in several editing sessions. So if anyone’s wondering why these shows take a while to come out, that’s why. It’s a one-man editing operation on a MacBook Pro, at the end of the day. We'll be back to talk SDCC and Otakon very soon. ntro - happy 175th, the heat is still unbearable 4:04 - pre/post-AX news items 57:15 - Anime Expo 2024: signs of an unstable industry 1:04:12 - the BIG announcement(s): BLUE BOX + NETFLIX 1:09:55 - Day 1 1:47:50 - Day 2 2:28:58 - Day 3 4:04 - Demon Slayer going back to the theaters 15:12 - the new Rose of Versailles film is a MAPPA production 20:37 - Magic Knight Rayearth 30th anniversary anime project announced 24:06 - Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha 20th anniversary movies re-edit announced 26:36 - Kisemonogatari compilation film in theaters in August 29:13 - Kadokawa acquires Doga Kobo 35:04 - Science SARU producing SANDA series from BEASTARS creator 37:10 - Crunchyroll fixes review bombing by disabling EVERY comment section 42:49 - THAT scene in Rent-a-Girlfriend will soon be upon us 46:05 - coming to SDCC: Adult Swim vs. AEW 48:29 - some Toonami updates: Sailor Moon and… something else 55:16 - BOCCHI THE CASSETTE TAPE 56:39 - late from Japan Expo: DEVILMAN CRYBABY BLU-RAY IS COMING AX Day 1: 1:09:55 - TRIGUN STARGAZE 1:13:01 - NEW Panty & Stocking 1:15:12 - Witch Hat Atelier 1:22:15 - Garden of Remembrance 1:24:11 - Batman Ninja sequel film 1:26:03 - Shoji Kawamori directing a new original film 1:27:01 - Kodansha USA 1:44:05 - BEASTARS season 4 1:45:21 - Grotesque AX Day 2: 1:47:50 - Viz Media acquires RWBY 1:54:53 - J-Novel Club 2:06:53 - Yen Press 2:20:27 - DENPA/Kuma 2:24:17 - Bleach: Rebirth of Souls 2:27:42 - One Piece Egghead Arc dub 2:28:58 - Tokyopop still sucks 2:30:09 - Uzumaki dub cast 2:32:07 - Special Kid Factory 2:33:37 - Bleach: TYBW 2:37:03 - MHA: You’re Next release details 2:42:50 - new Blue Exorcist and Black Butler seasons 2:43:38 - Crunchyroll 2:51:43 - AX Cinema Nights 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 Andrew – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk Jet – @Divinenega, https://thenerdyabyss.wordpress.com 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.

It's the last stop before Anime Expo, and with it comes a smaller platter of stuff to talk about, but a platter nonetheless - and since that Urusei Yatsura anime revival worked so well, why don't we do it again with Ranma 1/2? It'll be... something, that's for sure. There's also a not-so-great update on the recent business dealings of Kadokawa, HiDive getting back into business with Hulu, the end of My Hero Academia drawing near, and an early best-and-worst of an admittedly middling spring season that had the real best show of the season be unavailable due to a return of Toei's bag-fumbling skills. C'est la vie, as some say. We'll catch you all back here next time for the AX goods. And all of the extra nonsense that's sure to come with it. intro - summer sucks and other old people rants 8:46 - main stories 44:00 - best and worst of the spring season 58:32 - announcements and updates 1:14:46 - home video releases 8:46 - Kadokawa services struck down by a cyberattack 12:24 - Studio 3Hz consolidated into A-1 Pictures 16:06 - a sidebar about the streaming economy 18:34 - HiDive putting some big shows on Hulu 22:40 - GUILTY GEAR THE ANIME 27:17 - Ranma 1/2 remake anime confirmed 36:49 - GKIDS putting DANDADAN in theaters after all (on September 13) 40:20 - My Hero Academia finishes publication in August 44:00 - best shows of the spring season 55:35 - worst shows of the spring season 58:32 - HiDive dubs coming in the summer 1:00:43 - Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture dub cast 1:04:05 - Demon Slayer HTA dub on Crunchyroll 1:05:39 - the new Kinnikuman series is set for Netflix, starts July 8 1:07:52 - wading through the Ninja Kamui rumors 1:09:01 - Plus-Sized Elf getting three different versions 1:11:45 - Tokyo Revengers anime sequel annnounced, details TBD 1:13:58 - Oshi no Ko live-action series set for November 28 on Amazon Prime 1:14:46 - Viz September home video releases (Shippuden, Stone Ocean) 1:15:22 - upcoming Shout Studios home video releases (B: The Beginning, GITS:SAC_2045) 1:17:08 - Sentai September releases (Ya Boy Kongming! premium box, Spy Classroom) 1:19:49 - Crunchyroll September releases (Gundam, TRIGUN STAMPEDE, Jobless Reincarnation, Ranking of Kings) 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 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.

Yes, this episode is very late. Life sometimes gets in the way of getting this show done. Nevertheless, there's quite a bit to talk about as we are in the "pre-Anime Expo" buildup, namely some big moves from Science SARU and GKIDS, a good amount of manga and light novel synopsis reading, a deep dive on Netflix's anime data, and the (hopefully) permanent financial demise of GAINAX. All of that, and so much more to come both in this show and in the coming weeks. Call it the prelude to the madness in LA. P.S. the Attack on Titan discussion episode that was promised last year? It’s cancelled. Sorry for that, too. Just imagine all of us screaming for 2 hours straight and that’s the discussion we would have had. intro - a VERY late show and vidya ranting 11:45 - main stories 1:00:26 - announcements and updates 2:06:00 - home video releases 11:45 - GAINAX files for bankruptcy 21:56 - Science SARU acquired by TOHO, producing a new Ghost in the Shell series in 2026 32:34 - GKIDS acquires Angel’s Egg 36:04 - GKIDS acquires home video rights for DAN DA DAN (and ARCANE) 41:34 - SCOOP CONFIRMED: Sakamoto Days is REAL 44:07 - Gachiakuta anime announced for 2025, produced at BONES 49:07 - a Netflix anime data deep dive 55:35 - Attack on Titan… the MUSICAL? 1:00:26 - Ishura dub is FINALLY up on Hulu 1:04:39 - Suicide Squad Isekai premieres on Max… AND Hulu 1:07:40 - Sailor Moon Cosmos coming to Netflix in August 1:10:01 - The Imaginary (Studio Ponoc) dub cast revealed 1:12:00 - Delicious in Dungeon season 2 announced 1:14:37 - Re:ZERO season 3 premiere to be movie-length 1:18:59 - SPY x FAMILY season 3 announced 1:21:15 - Mr. Osomatsu season 4 announced 1:23:34 - One Piece Egghead arc dub premiere happening at Anime Expo 1:26:30 - some more J-Novel Club cringe 1:37:16 - some more Seven Seas licenses 1:51:22 - some new Viz manga licenses 2:03:00 - Crunchyroll locks for summer and beyond 2:06:00 - MACROSS PLUS ultimate edition out on 9/30 2:09:07 - Dragonball Super LE reprint out on 7/30 2:10:08 - more Aniplex July releases (Rascal, Yamada Lv999) 2:11:37 - Otaku no Video out on 10/8 2:12:12 - Sentai August releases (Helck, Executioner/Way of Life) 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 Andrew – @MangaMan9000, youtube.com/DubTalk Jet – @Divinenega, https://thenerdyabyss.wordpress.com 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.

Well, then. After taking an unexpected month-long break from this show, we are FINALLY back and we are FINALLY whole again with Andrew back in the saddle to give all of the shenanigans that have been sorely missed in his absence. This includes running down the spring dub casts (finally) and reading some cringy light novel summaries, and it also includes talking about some pretty cool things like a Sakamoto Days project for Netflix getting leaked out, TOONAMI REWIND on Fridays, a positive tease for 86 from VIZ of all companies, a scintillating sell for the new Code Geass project, and the curious case of Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction going from movies to a TV series with zero notice - same with Crunchyroll picking it up and giving it a dub ALSO with zero notice. All the fun you've come to expect, and then some, back at it again for all of you to enjoy over this holiday weekend. Link to Rachael Lillis' GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-sister-rachael-with-medical-needs intro - Andrew’s FINALLY back! 4:30 - main stories 37:50 - the long-belated spring dub cast rundown 1:00:19 - announcements and updates 2:04:34 - home video releases 4:30 - Rachael Lillis diagnosed with breast cancer, GoFundMe campaign launched for home care expenses 7:41 - Toonami Rewind block set for Fridays on Adult Swim, SAILOR MOON is back after 22 years 24:57 - did Netflix leak a Sakamoto Days project? (yes) 32:05 - GKIDS acquires Science SARU film The Colors Within for release 34:29 - Studio Ghibli awarded honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes 35:59 - Kinema Citrus announced two new projects at ACen 1:00:19 - this season’s Hulu/Disney+ dubs set for June 1:07:48 - Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction movies to get TV version… NOW… and on Crunchyroll (with a dub) 1:14:46 - The Darwin Incident anime adaptation announced 1:17:52 - how to sell the new Code Geass to the most jaded non-fan 1:21:43 - somehow, GoHands returned 1:23:47 - HIDIVE gets Plus-Sized Elf and I Parry Everything for the summer season 1:27:07 - BLUELOCK season 2 set for October 1:27:51 - Kakuriyo season 2 set for 2025, staff and studio TBA 1:28:52 - the Quintuplets are coming back for more 1:31:23 - Ace of Diamond Act II sequel season confirmed, TBD 1:31:58 - Hana-Kimi anime confirmed, coming soon 1:35:01 - Terminator Zero anime drops on Netflix in August 1:38:19 - upcoming Seven Seas and Yen Press titles 2:00:17 - Gundam in Call of Duty… WHY tho 2:04:34 - AnimEigo’s first “new old” release (Riding Bean) 2:05:13 - upcoming Viz releases (To Your Eternity, Boruto, 86) 2:07:57 - GKIDS/Shout Factory July releases (steelbooks, The Boy and the Heron 4K) 2:10:19 - new Anime Limited collector edition sets (Inuyasha, Rental Magica, Gundam Movie Trilogy 4K) 2:11:06 - Demon Slayer S3 Aniplex set out in June 2:11:51 - Crunchyroll August releases (MHA S6, Hell’s Paradise, Space Dandy, The Ancient Magus’ Bride S2) 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 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.

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 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 –