Episode 161 – The Devilishly Dashing Drops!

For this go-around, we've got a little bit of everything for everyone here - big announcements, business news, recapping a MID season, terrible bullcrap nobody likes, hilarious overreactions from light novel and manga announcements, and even a terrible correction to what we thought was something cool from the last show, only to find out it was all a multi-tiered mistake that was never going to happen to begin with. Such is life, in a way. But at least there's a cool Devil May Cry project coming soon, along with other weird and cool projects for Netflix coming as soon as this month - this is a reminder that we are mere weeks away from PLUTO. We will talk about it. And sadly, we also have to talk about the news regarding the status of Rightstuf - or rather, the lack thereof, going forward. It won't be fun.

At least there's a Discotek Day happening next week along with NYCC. So we'll have plenty to talk about next time.

intro - another late show and a late Rascal correction
8:45 - the best and worst of the summer
22:20 - main stories
1:00:46 - announcements and updates
1:34:08 - home video releases

22:20 - WGA strike over, SAG-AFTRA updates
25:22 - Studio Ghibli acquired by NTV
29:36 - Rightstuf being phased out and migrated to Crunchyroll
42:13 - when machine translation goes wrong (Crunchyroll/Yuzuki Family)
45:57 - Manga Plus gets caught cheating with AI
50:24 - Kinnikuman 2024 new details
54:23 - FLCL Shoegaze dub cast
57:52 - Luffy’s heading to New York City on Thanksgiving
1:00:46 - Netflix DROP 01 announcements (Blood Dragon, Devil May Cry, Tomb Raider)
1:10:08 - Kaguya-sama movie dub was shadowdropped
1:13:39 - Misfit of Demon King Academy season 2 continues in 2024
1:15:20 - Beyblade continues to exist
1:16:54 - some new Seven Seas licenses
1:26:40 - The Tunnel to Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes comes to theaters in November
1:27:29 - Tadaima, Okaeri anime announced and coming soon
1:28:30 - Time Patrol Bon anime announced for Netflix
1:30:28 - The Concierge film coming next year
1:31:51 - some interesting Discotek titles now on Crunchyroll (Gunbuster, GaoGaiGar, Angel Cop)
1:34:08 - Gundam Blu-ray titles delayed once again
1:34:45 - GKIDS releasing Spirited Away stage play and Masaaki Yuasa box set
1:39:39 - To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Blu-ray out in October
1:41:31 - Magical Witch Punie-chan Blu-ray out in November
1:42:37 - Discotek Day next Monday (10/16)

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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

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