Episode 171 – The Finished Stories, Both Good and Bad.

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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)

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