...And boy was it ever big! Lots of hot and exciting news came out of AE this year, and this week your titular mavericks, Colton and Sid, run down each juicy bit of licensing news and other cool stuff looming on the horizon. But that's not all! We also discuss some other fresh developments, from the revamped Shonen Jump website, to Kodansha re-licensing former Del Ray titles for digital distribution, and perhaps the biggest news of all, Bleach finally actually decisively definitively inexorably assuredly honest-to-god totally ending soon! For reals this time! Lastly, we answer a Q&A asking us why we love* Rurouni Kenshin, leading to a pretty passionate discussion that's not to be missed!

NOTE: The character whose name I keep forgetting in the Kenshin discussion is Kujiranami. Also, he has a cannon for a hand, not an axe. Not sure how I mis-remembered something like that. ^^,

*Editor's Note, 2020: This podcast was recorded over a year before Nobuhiro Watsuki was arrested for possession of child pornography. As such, please keep in mind that our opinions of Watsuki and Kenshin have soured since the recording of this episode, and we no longer stand by much of what we said about them here.

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