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  1. 6d ago

    TheOASG Podcast Episode 253: Weaving Our Way Into Fall…Sorta

    Show Notes 0:00: With some summer anime shows still not finished, the hosts get into what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks!…Which means Justin gets to gush for roughly 10 minutes about starting Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave, while Helen talks about revisiting Full Metal Alchemist again…and then starts going over what in the world’s happening with Tapas. News 17:55: Both hosts go over what they think is happening with Tapas, with it reportedly shutting down next year while still operating like everything’s all good. Artists and a few localizers have spoken about the news, which only leaves Helen and Justin to wonder what’s going on with the platform. 31:09: Negi Haruba’s Go Go! Loser Ranger! is back in Weekly Shonen Magazine after a 2-month hiatus; Yomi Hirasaka, creator of Haganai and A Salad Bowl of Eccentrics to name a few, shared that he has officially retired as a light novelist; Shūichi Shigeno’s Subaru and Subaru is going to be on a one-month break; and you’ll want to read this article further for additional details, but it’s rough to hear manga artist Eiji Hashimoto share that he has now fully lost hearing in his right ear, among other things, due to stress and overwork. 37:55: French publishing companies Dargaud and Kana announced that Kana founder Yves Schlirf passed away on September 13; Newspapers Mainichi Shimbun and Yomiuri Shimbun both reported that film director and screenwriter Toshio Masuda died of old age (98 years old) Licenses 41:27: Yen Press usually makes sure before the month is over to announce a number of things, so here they are: Chizuru Mizushina & Haruyuki Morisawa’s Kafka’s Journey (Yen On) Hibariyu & siso’s Oh Boy, Was I Wrong About Her (Yen On) Hiironoame & Tetsuhiro Nabeshima’s The Returned Tyrant Princess Rewrites Her Dark Past (Yen On) Muromaki’s Lilies in Love for 101 Days Ueji Yuho’s Lord Hades’s Vernal Honeymoon Mai Kaniu’s Desire of the Untouchable Flower Ei Ohitsuji’s The Great Yet Flawed Gods Suzuka Stellagi’s I Want You to Expose Me Gagane’s Monster of Absolute Evil Kenji Tsurubuchi’s Singularity Love: A Kenji Tsurubuchi Collection LYCORIS & ROCOCO’s Summer Love Begins with a Lie -squall- YMK’s Chef in the Demon King’s Castle: Despite All the Scary-Hot Demons, This Is a Great Workplace Luna Usagi & fujihan’s The Immortal Girl’s Breeding and Cultivation Travelogue Toshiya Higashimoto’s The Parasite Princess Ooyamada’s YATTARA Paregoric’s Chewed Flesh, Ground Bones Exchange Parties with Anthropomorphic Figures anthology Mamoru Hosoda’s Mirai (Yen Audio) Yomu Mishima’s Valkyrie Bullet (Yen Audio) 45:19: A few new things have been added to Comikey recently: Nanpei Yamada’s Tea Princes, Sakamegane’s VTuber Shigemi Kusamura: I’m my Oshi’s Favorite, Reiko Shimizu’s Moon Child, and Kennoji & Yun Yuuma’s Trapped as the Villain in My Favorite Dating SIM: But I Know How to Win Over All the Heroines!; One Peace Books revealed exclusively on Behind the Manga that they’ve licensed D, Ikaguchi Ei, & Hige Neko’s My Life Turned Around: After I Was Betrayed and Framed, I Won the Heart of the Most Beautiful Girl at School; Helen goes over the troubled history of Break Blade, which has been licensed by Titan Manga. 50:03: Mukade Makino’s KAKAKAKA, Barako’s Morino-san Just Won’t Leave Me Be, and Kanya Aki & Tsubasa’s Noisering is now on MANGA Plus; Nikita Kitagawa & Yui Hata’s No-Clipping My Way to Supremacy! and Chihiro Kanisawa’s Oh My Panda! is now on K MANGA; Yū Yukishiro’s I Need to Quit this Antique Store, nns, Skyfarm, & Dr. Mine’s The Journey of the Half-Elf Dwarven Master Blacksmith, and Mare Tuzumiya’s Tsukimi Is All Dolled Up is now on Manga UP!; and we got some Discotek home media releases shared for a couple of anime, which includes Digimon Seasons 3 and 4 (Tamers and Frontier) Streaming News 53:15: It’s not even October yet but it’s close enough for Disney+/Hulu subscribers to see another increase in their subscriptions; Crunchyroll will screen the Dive in Wonderland film in select theaters November 16; Masanao Kawajiri’s original anime film Cherry and Virgin and Shingo Natsume and Madhouse’s ghost – end of night will be screened in competition during L.A.’s Animation is Film Fest; and finally, the rest of the world will get to understand what Chiikawa’s all about now that there’s an official YouTube channel and there will be a dub for the anime. Weird News 58:31: The world’s worst kept secret on who Yuki Ikeda is has been revealed: it’s Hiroya Oku! 1:00:22: We will soon have LEGO Dragon Balls unleashed to the world, but at least for now it’s LEGO Japan; Meanwhile South Korea will have Pokémon as Spam; And if you go to your local Kura Revolving Sushi Bar in the US, you can get some Apothecary Diaries items or eat some food inspired by the franchise until the end of October. If there’s anything you’d like to share about the latest news or about the episode, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 253: Weaving Our Way Into Fall…Sorta appeared first on TheOASG.

  2. Sep 15

    TheOASG Podcast Episode 252: Comebacks, Collabs, and Confusion

    Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen once again take time out of their lives to share what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks. Helen goes over her SPX experience and gets into what in the world is happening with Tapas; Justin ended up checking out a few new J-Novel Club titles, one of which actually surprised him with how much he liked it. News 17:11: The hosts end up discussing not one, but two lawsuits in the Japanese pop culture space — first the creator of Saint Seiya, Masami Kurumada, announcing that he has a filed a lawsuit against a number of people (including his former board director), while light novel illustrator Kanna Wakatsuki is suing a publisher (WiZH) for alleged copyright infringement on Inukami!. 21:39: The Mii-chan and Miss Yamada conversation continues over in Japan, where Autism Society Japan spoke about its anime adaptation announcement and with a long statement that they made, there was one section that both hosts believe stood out; GKIDS had a technical error occur for their Last Blossom screening in theaters, which meant those who brought tickets did not have a great experience; After a lengthy hiatus, Boichi’s The Marshal King is now back for readers. 27:59: More hiatus are occurring for series — Gachiakuta, Medalist, Hunter x Hunter, Fukakōryoku no I Love You, Oedo Fire Slayer, & Ninja vs. Gokudo. Some are more or less expected (as Togashi is routinely taking hiatuses due to his health) and others have difficult health ailments, but others is where you simply worry about the creator’s psyche (Reading up on Shinsuke Kondo, who has not posted a new chapter since March, is worrisome) 35:09: There will also be a delay for the anime finale of Bleach, which means it’ll be some time before Justin can actually reflect on the entire Bleach experience; Junket Bank was planned for this Fall season but it is now delayed due to production issues, which prompts Justin to figure out where it’ll fall on the delay scale: Like Inept Villainess? Sword of the Demon Hunter? New Saga? Or that one title that was supposed to air last Fall and there has been radio silence since?; Voice actor Kentarō Itō is currently recuperating following a brain hemorrhage and surgery after he was not feeling well and tests discovered he had symptoms of a brain hemorrhage. 41:50: Musician Kōsei Abe announced that his father, manga artist Shin’ichi Abe, died on September 4 at 76 from submandibular gland cancer; Talent agency Knockout announced that actor and voice actor Toru Shinagawa died on August 29; Both The Insipid Prince and Strongest Rearguard anime production committees announced that director and animator Yūji Yanase died on August 22 at the age of 59; and both hosts go over the loss of voice actor and ADR director Mike McFarland, who passed away at 56. Licenses 51:11: TOKYOPOP, despite a slight issue that will be mentioned later, carried on like their world is all nice and peaceful, sharing they’ve licensed the following: Pitari Mishima’s Can’t Buy My Love Chizu Aoi, Ari Asato, & Kagari Mizuno’s A Fangirl’s Guide to Learning How to Date 3D Men Hi Calo’s Romantically Challenged Arata Minami’s LOVE IS PAIN Kazuma Akutagawa’s How to Fall In Love with You Again 52:14: A good amount of titles were added to Square Enix’s Manga UP! service in the past few weeks: Mio Watanabe’s Dragon and Flower: The Timid Princess and the Ice Sword’s Loyalty Aira Yao & Asana Haine’s I Was Sacrificed to a Vampire, But He Spoils Me Instead! Skyfarm & Tentashi’s Wildcard Alchemist: Building the Ultimate Guild With a Divine Fluffy Beast and Random Alchemy Skill Chisako’s Escaping Overwork Via My Stalker Fumi Itō’s Escape from the Seventh Night Ume Koshida’s Daughter of the Dragon God Streaming News 53:45: Streaming service Pluto TV will add two new channels to its lineup in September, one of which reminds Justin of REMOW, the other gets Helen to wonder about the letter A and why it’s not used to better effect. Pluto will also have a couple more anime from different years added on their service as well. Weird News 55:10: Welp, it might happen again — TOKYOPOP, despite having publishing success in the past year or so due to their focus on shorter shoujo and BL works, may go belly up due to…N-Naruto?!?! 1:01:42: Toei Animation did confirm that there has not been a license agreement for a planned Dragon Ball manga-themed theme park in France, which means many questions must arise from this news; Kyo Shirodaira and Yuri Kimura is bringing The Record of a Fallen Vampire back after 19 years; Black Bullet is also shockingly coming back, this time though it’ll be rebooted; creator Kotoko announced that Megumi Dorokawa will take over as the artist for the Fake It to Break It! I Faked Amnesia to Break off My Engagement and Now He’s All Lovey-Dovey?! manga, which is less weird but more rare for something like this to happen. 1:11:05: Normally a manga ending in Japan wouldn’t be in this section, but with Manga Diary of a Male Porn Star ending in Japan, maybe Seven Seas will finally be able to finish this series after stopping for some unknown reason; Let’s just say memecoin and Pokémon are not a great combination, and especially on X (Twitter), where security gets rougher and rougher for some users, it is disastrous. 1:18:50: And finally, there are more collaborations occurring, starting with again One Piece and SpongeBob being a thing, and now Dragon Ball Super and Burger King will also become a thing. If there’s anything you’d like to share about the latest news or about the episode, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! 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  3. Sep 1

    TheOASG Podcast Episode 251: A Flood of News Occurred at Anime NYC

    Show Notes 0:00: The hosts of TheOASG Podcast explain what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks. For Helen, it involved reading A Witch’s Life in Mongul and watching Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia; for Justin, he describes the craziness of Anime NYC 2026. News 32:34: Once Crunchyroll announced their changes to their store back in July, it was only a matter of time before they went the route of completely eliminating all sorts of print books from their store, short of it being an exclusive; Cool Japan was once a thing, and both Justin and Helen had to really think about the impact this initiative from the Japanese government really made following news that reportedly it will not have much funds in 2027, thus effectively ending it. 36:25: sooncha will switch publication of Yang Can’t Live Alone from Square Enix to a new publisher in Japan, which seems to have had a major impact on its English release; The Manga Mirai service will shut down later this year, which prompted both hosts to wonder how long this platform lasted (not very long); After 13 years, NHN Japan Corporation’s free manga app Comico will end service in January 2027; We will once again have a new imprint in the English publishing market very soon, and it’s a somewhat familiar name. 45:51: Coco Uzuki’s got health issues and needs to adjust her schedule, so her Fall in Love, You False Angels manga is slated to return in Kodansha’s Dessert magazine in November; Shiwasu Hoshikawa’s Bungo Stray Dogs STORM BRINGER manga will go on a long-term hiatus due to Hoshikawa’s health; and Shō Aimoto lost her brother a few weeks ago, so Kemono Jihen will go on hiatus for a bit. 47:15: Comic book and manga letterer Dave Lanphear passed away at 58 a few weeks ago; legendary voice actor Peter Cullen died at 85, according to his family to TMZ, peacefully on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, which led to a number of tributes and remembrance, not just of him as Optimus Prime, but for his role in growing Toonami thanks to all the promos he did. Licenses 51:16: Hanashi Media (LN publisher) announced they’ve licensed the following works: Kei Takano & Shoa Takashima’s The Hated Prince’s Do-Over: Can Good Deeds Save Me from All These Execution Flags?! Ichiro Katawara & Noy’s Living the Slow Life as a Demon Lord: The Hero Says My Tomato Field Is an Unconquerable Dungeon! Kagami Yagami & Roha’s Shimotsuki-san Has a Thing for a Background Character Takeru Uchida & Emuke’s The Sage of the Forbidden Library: A Genius Apprentice Librarian Unlocks the Secrets of Magical Civilization Hayashi Hoshino & Shunsuke Himuro’s The Breeding Man Takes On the Sengoku Era Kaguya & Kodama’s Welcome to Your New Workplace: The Hellish Front Lines! Lina, Strategist, Age Eight Alice Nishizaki & Fruitpunch’s The Merchant Heiress is Unstoppable with the Power of Money Hakoita & Aso’s Living It Up in Another World Until I Get Bored: A Thirty-Something Nobody’s Carefree Life 52:57: Comikey will add a good amount of Shojo manga from Hakusensha to their service…eventually; Akina’s The Viscount’s Porky Portrait: I Married the Knight My Sister Rejected, Sorinokoshi & Taichi Ōkubo’s Unwinding with the Aloof Girl at the Standing Bar, and Ato Sakurai’s If Witch, Then Which? have been added to Manga UP!, while a new simulpub is now on K MANGA: Daiki Yamazaki’s Golden Phantom ANYC Licenses A lot was announced at the convention, so here they all are in list form! Kodansha (56:33): Shiori Hanatsuka’s How to Grill Our Love, Aki Iwai’s Abe-kun’s Got Me Now, Umi Shiina’s I Want to Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die, Umebachi Yamanaka’s Matcha Made in Heaven, & KUJIRA’s Changes of Heart for Kodansha Print Club. TNSK’s Trapped on Tape Joji Morikawa’s Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit!, which will be released in 3-in-1 omnibus format Yen Press (1:01:48) Sonoo Michiru’s Hot Nights at the Hot Springs, Secret Trip No. 241 Sato Kanae’s Make it an Eternity Runta’s Interdimensional Memoir Alt Hanakage’s Can I Call You Unnie? Hachioki Nekono’s The Gray Exorcist Etorouji Shiono’s Übel Blatt II: Knights of the Fallen King Fudou Fudono’s Seal My Lips with a Kiss Yuki Sakai & Ao Nekonabe’s The Witch’s Conviction, The Beast’s Redemption (Yen On) Taro Hitsuji & Akitake Azumi’s ‘Cause I’m Freedom! (Yen On) Yoonhee Na’s Whale Star: The Gyeongseong Mermaid Solo Leveling: Ragnarok sequel novel series by Daul (Last two titles for Ize Press) J-Novel Club (1:03:48) Ryuta Kijima & motto’s Being Famous Is NEET! Going Sister-Rank on Livestream Ameko Kaeruda & U35’s Fleet-Footed Dungeon Delver: Tune in for Magical Girls and Motion Blur! Takatsugu Awaki & Benio’s Middle-Aged and Mid No More: Rising in Ranks over Drinks with an Elite Priest Asa Asazuki & Kyozip’s Elegance in Exile: From Alchemy to Luxury with My Ardent Knight (J-Novel Heart) Morrinmomo & whimhalooo’s Keep Me Close: Finding My Home in You (J-Novel Heart) Kotoko & Tsukasa Satsuki’s Grinding My Way to a Happy Ending: If Only My OP Big Bro Didn’t Make Things So (Sister) Complex! (J-Novel Heart) Minami Kashiwa & Suzunosuke’s Déjà Vute: Betrayal Begets New Beginnings (J-Novel Heart) SHINOBU KURIKI & HIROI TAKAO’s Fraudulent Fiancés (J-Novel Knight) Kaori Shu & Kyo Kitazawa’s An Otaku Prince Finds Love in Akiba (J-Novel Knight) Daizu Konaka & Ryou Mizukane’s Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Who Ate the Poisoned Apple, Core and All? (J-Novel Knight) Romeda Ando’s Crybaby Love Song (J-Novel Knight) Will release the following in print: Mao Nishiura & Maro’s Pens Down, Swords Up: Throw Your Studies to the Wind; Ryuyu & Daburyu’s Now I’m a Demon Lord! Happily Ever After with Monster Girls in My Dungeon LN, Riku Nanano & Tamura Muto’s Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter manga, Quadrilian & Ixy’s Beautiful Daydream Will release Riku Misora & Won’s Chivalry of a Failed Knight as 3-in-1 Hardcover Collector’s Editions, starting with collector edition 1 in April 2027 Seven Seas (1:08:51) Ringoame Third & Akio Kawada’s The Duke’s Daughter Must Seduce the Demon King…But the Demon King’s a Girl?! Rui Obata’s I Wish it Had Just Been Love Tako Nonoshima’s Scarlet Thirst Karin Anzai’s My Lips are Being Targeted Neneko Narazaki’s Synchronicity Obsession Dokuzu Kento, Kobayashi Tetsuya, & Nekosuke Ookuma’s Goetia Shock manga Hasegawa Roku’s Enslaved By My Cats Chohokiteki Kaeru, Miyagi Makoto, and Kanase Bench’s Witch and Mercenary manga Season 1 & Season 2 Box Set of Rikito Nakamura and Yukiko Nozawa’s The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You Audiobook for their Siren imprint of Touya’s A Tale of the Secret Saint ZERO Kana (1:11:41) Masaya Hokazono’s Pumpkin Night ma2’s Why We Fall in Love Kai Kitagou’s Good Morning Leon Qtonagi’s Soon the Fog Clears Yamakujira’s Children of the Afterlife Chiaki Ida’s Happy at Home TOKYOPOP (1:12:41) Yōsuke Takahashi & Mimori’s Garagarapon Takeshi Nozawa & Yoshimi Nanjou’s And Then, She Became Mina. Psyche Delico’s What Goes On Behind the Scenes Nashi, Coby Furukawa, & Dr. Mine’s SIX: Paths of Horror – The Manga Kanawa Tachibana, Makiko Saiki, & Aki Sonomi’s The Commander’s Proposal Is Out of the Question! Kiyo Mori’s Breathe Out, Look at Me Eko Hanada’s First Love Begins With the Second Kiss Rangrari’s Lily of the Valley (manhwa) Kimpeacock & Tropicalarmpit’s Magic Soup (manhwa) Dark Horse (1:14:01) Gou Tanabe’s H.P. Lovecraft’s The Case of Charles Dexter Ward Hideyuki Kikuchi & Saiko Takaki’s Vampire Hunter D: The Rose Princess; will also release a Vampire Hunter D comic Crossed Hearts (1:14:59) Sora Mizuki’s The Two of Us Can’t Stay Mobs Hadajuban Yamada’s Love Beyond the Final Boss: The Hero’s Party’s Quest for Love Al Chiaki’s Where Sea Meets Shore Higure Sakino’s Emma and the Eyes that Bid Farewell Penguin’s Addicted to You Moku and Daran Lee’s Welcome to the Rose Manor (manhwa) Via and Dalseul’s Flirting with the Villain’s Dad (manhwa) Crosswise’s The Devil in Me (Thai comic, Glam Beat imprint) Ahn Siwoo’s Ink Soaked into Ashen Paper (Korean novel, Glam Beat imprint) Chelliace’s Fairy Trap (Korean novel, Blush Club imprint) Launch of an in-house imprint Studio Hearts with the following works: A Kiss Before the Gunshot, Doomsday Requiem With You, Chiaroscuro, and Soul Guiders; Launch of A Novel Press for prose works; A partnership with Thai girls-love publisher Lily House to release titles in English. Manga Mavericks, Mahjong Pros, Omoi, Publang (1:18:48): Akahachi’s Arai-kun & Haruma-senpai, Yohei Sajita’s Midnight Robot; Nagahisa Tsukawaki’s Snap Call Kirinji; Omoi will add Momoshiro & Tomoko Mitsuki’s Love Is the Sweetest Journey, their A Snow Fox at the Northern Fort title will be released in print via Scholastic Graphix (slated for Fall 2027), they will add 45 Titan Manga titles, and will add Vegetable Sandwich from Manga Mavericks Books to their service; Publang licensed the following: Define the Relationship, written by Flona and illustrated by Chada (manhwa) Both the original novel and manhwa adaptation of The Hunter’s Gonna Lay Low. The novel is written by 103, while the manhwa features art by ligong, with an adaptation by MAGMA PASSION manhwa, written by Yuuji with art by GangJak and an adaptation by Hound Healer, a web novel by Mechanist GKIDS (1:24:50): North American rights to Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust anime film and the live-action film of Makoto Shinkai’s 5 Centimeters per Second anime film Streaming News 1:27:29: With t

  4. Aug 18

    TheOASG Podcast Episode 250: Weird News is Back With a Vengeance

    Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen explain what they’ve been up to for the past two weeks, though Justin brings up an anime he watched after checking out the GTO live action series — the first Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle film. Meanwhile Helen talks about something current (The World is Dancing) News 20:20: Shogakukan recently announced their findings from their 3rd-party investigation into publisher’s Manga ONE editorial department and involvement with manga creator Shōichi Yamamoto that happened earlier this year, which is long and fairly detailed, so Justin and Helen do their best to summarize a pretty distressing situation and what this ultimately means. 28:18: A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, which caused numerous damage and loss of life to the people in the area — this prompted organizations and people, such as The Pokémon Company and YOSHIKI to donate funds to help as much as they can; Rare for a manga to be cancelled in the manner that Yang Can’t Live Alone did, where its creator sooncha revealed that due to a breakdown in their relationship with Manga UP!, it’s now ended, and working on obtaining the rights for it to be continued in the future; the creator of Gantz and Inuyashiki, Hiroya Oku, revealed in an interview with Courrier Japon published on Tuesday that he plans to retire after he finishes his latest manga. 37:03: Ryuta Amazume announced they’ve been diagnosed with cancer, so no work on manga serialization while undergoing treatment for some time; The Boruto manga will be on a 1-month break and return in the next V-Jump issue; Dark Gathering will also go on 1-month break and return in Jump SQ’s next issue. 38:39: The Skull Dragon’s Precious Daughter is going on a very lengthy break, with an expected return in Spring 2027, as creator Ichi Yukishiro overcomes their stress situation; Miyakokasiwa’s health has worsened to where Battle in 5 Seconds will have to go on indefinite hiatus; Masamichi Sato shared that they were hospitalized for a hernia, so while focusing on recovering, the Quality Assurance in Another World manga will go on an extended hiatus. 40:40: The recent digital issue of SAG-AFTRA’s quarterly magazine shared that Canadian voice actor Michael Donovan (Ryoga Hibiki in the original Ranma ½ anime, Cye Mouri in Ronin Warriors, Master Roshi in an older dub of Dragon Ball) passed away back in March; Katsushi Murakami, who was involved in numerous anime (from Shin Tetsujin 28 to Space Adventure Cobra) and media franchises (Kamen Rider) as a mechanical and toy designer, passed away a few weeks ago at 83. 43:00: The editors for Square Enix’s Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine announced that manga artist Yōko Umezu died July 7 due to cerebral infarction — the manga she was working on with Kōta Amana, Vermeil in Gold, will end with its latest chapter. Licenses 45:49: Shueisha launched global digital manga platform MANGA MILLION last week, which is currently hosting one million pages of translated manga from 400 titles — very ambitious effort, but as Justin and Helen discuss, how these works were brought over despite Shueisha’s insistence that no AI was used has come into question. 55:15: Nakama Press announced exclusively on ANN that they will release Yūji Terajima’s Ace of the Diamond in a 3-in-1 omnibus format, but both hosts wonder about the exclusive part of things when Volume 1 of the series has been up on retailers for months; Online comic shop Sendai Books has announced they’ve licensed Natsuko Ishitsuyo’s Amazoness Kiss and Xian Ozn’s Never Mind Come Together as their first manga releases. 59:14: KADOKAWA announced the global launch of Ryou Mizuno & STUDIO WHITE’s webtoon Record of Lodoss War: The Necromancer Queen (Queen of Death), which can be read on WEBTOON for most places; the Ocean Waves novel has now been licensed by HarperCollins, which means Justin will find out how different it is from the film next year. 1:00:40: You Midorikawa’s Transmigrated to the Northern Frontier and Majisawa’s How to Feed a Delinquent Boy has been added to Manga UP!; Yuno Yozakura and Ryōsuke Sano’s Camp Master Extraordinaire has been added to K MANGA; and we have two new simulpub additions to MANGA Plus: Sango Honda’s Finding the Invisible Star and Shintaro Tengan’s MikotoHako. Streaming News 1:01:40: Crunchyroll (and by extension Sony Pictures) will be the main home/distributor for Makoto Shinkai’s unannounced film around the world (excluding most of Asia); Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe will be on Netflix at the end of August sub and dub; and Oceanveil is now streaming Miru Tights on their platform. Weird News 1:03:01: The weird news is also disturbing this episode — starting with a man in Houston being charged with third-degree felony after allegedly leaving a profanity-ridden voicemail to the Governor’s Office related to anime (this weirdly though leads the hosts to learn about a site that’s actually not official, which then leads Helen to explain what happened when she brought it up on Bluesky!) 1:07:28: A woman is suing The Pokémon Company International with claims that their former engineering director allegedly hid cameras in various public bathrooms, including one in the company’s U.S. office in Bellevue — this engineer was let go following his charge of first-degree voyeurism in January. In other words, the hosts can only be disgusted at what this guy has done, and wonder how the lawyer feels about this case if they’re being honest. 1:11:00: The production committee for the recently announced Mii-chan and Miss Yamada anime issued a statement regarding criticism over the anime’s announcement and how it might affect people with intellectual and developmental disabilities — there was a surprising amount of backlash in Japan and that had led to questions to those unaware (like the two hosts) on what this manga’s really all about. 1:15:56: What will McDonald think of next to force a collaboration with (says Justin, as they paired One Piece and SpongeBob together, they’ve doing Hello Kitty & Godzilla, so what combo will they think of next?) If there’s anything you’d like to share about the latest news or about the episode, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! 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  5. Aug 4

    TheOASG Podcast Episode 249: W-What’s Actually Happening in DRAMAtical Murder???

    Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen finally share what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks, though most of Helen’s thoughts revolve around Otakon this year. Justin, on the other hand, got to talk about re-watching a Japanese drama classic…and its revival! News 26:44: Satomi U is going on maternity leave until mid-October, so her Heisei Haizan-hei ☆ Sumire-chan manga will be on a break until then; afro needs a bit of time to work on both mono and Laid-Back Camp, so they’ll be on break until further notice. 29:08: Composer Shiro Sagisu shared that his uncle and anime producer Masayasu Sagisu passed away at 93; The Twitter account for guitarist Mei Nekozuki announced from her family that she passed away. Licenses 30:57: With it being 801 Day, we had Boys Love announcements from SuBLime and Seven Seas: Fumi Tsuyuhisa’s Robin at the Break of Dawn Ogeretsu Tanaka’s Cake Dog Caramelized Yodaka Kuroi’s Welcome to the Tiger Detective Agency rasu’s A Paradise Reached Through Love AKI YUKURA’s We, Pitiful Yet Beloved Micro Noici’s DOGS OF TOSCA Sugar Satoh’s Kitayama and Minamiya: Our First Year of Dating 32:46: Titan Manga announced exclusively on ANN that they’ve licensed Yoshikazu Kuwajima & Takahiro Seguchi’s LastBoss LoveDeath; Cross Infinite World will be bringing over 4 light novels: Aoi Miyamae & Hatori Kyouka’s Assassin Empress Bellreuge Saki Ichibu & Yukako Fujimura’s From Bumbling Prodigy to Villainess: Will the Duke’s Love Go Unnoticed? Minato Minato & Tsukito’s From Corporate Drone to Mincemaster! One Order of Dragon Coming Right Up! Len Kagizaki & Akira Shigaraki’s The Villainess’ Journal: Newlywed Life of an Obsessive Researcher 33:55: A Sonic manga is now available to be read thanks to IDW; K MANGA has added Yū Taguchi’s Dazzling Spring Days, meanwhile Manga UP! has added a few works this past week; The Banana Fish turnaround continues as Anime Limited will release the anime on home media next year. 36:54: Justin and Helen cover the many announcements at SDCC and Otakon combined, and yes, after discussing Marvel’s new partnership with KADOKAWA and Akira Toriyama being inducted into the Eisner’s HOF, it was a good amount from an assortment of pubs: Yen Press: (38:55) Taiga Hattori & Rin Kawachi’s Let’s Begin, a Battle Without the Hero (Yen On), yononaka’s The Weakling Who Died a Million Times (Yen On), Nanaki Ichinose, Sango Sansan, & Noco Sugimachi’s The Dragon Prince’s Ill-Mated Betrothal, Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki (Yen Audio), Uesu & Minori Chigusa’s Watching the Angel Sleep, Drowning in Bed Together (Yen On), Teruya’s Sharkmaid of the Shore, Akinoko’s The Deskmate Cat and the Love Novice, Yatsuki Wakatsu, Nina Akabane, & Taku Haruno’s The Villainesses Are Unwavering, Tomato Tri’s Disenchantment Camera, Zoukoujo’s Don’t Talk to Me, Sōichirō Yamamoto’s Mane Mane Nichi Nichi: Baseball Manager Everyday, Katsuwo’s #ImLookingForZombies: The Complete Omnibus, Haru Yuuki’s My First Love With You Again, Tachibana Higuchi’s Champignon WitchKodansha: (42:34) Hamuhamu’s The Cat and Dog’s Nine-Tailed Lives, Izu & Hagane’s Kraken Mare, Kenji Tsurubuchi & Konata’s Meaheim, yoruhashi’s Rega in the Sleeping Forest, Shizuku Torii’s I Love You, Please Dump Me, toreta’s I Loved Him First!, Shuichi Shigeno’s Subaru and Subaru; Box Set of Saka Mikami’s The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity; re-announced Gamon Sakurai’s The POOL (first announced at SDCC 2024)UDON & Manga Mavericks Books: (44:36) Hiromi Matsuo’s Department Store Waltz and Rondo: The Ladies’ Graphic Magazine (both all-color manga and illustration book), Belles Ruelles (anthology manga series); Rin Kawano’s Our Insignificant Justice, launch of the Independent Manga AllianceMahjong Pros & Drawn and Quarterly: (48:30) Hiromi Aoyama &, Kazutoshi Yamane’s Bird: Mahjong’s Deadliest vs The Master Illusionist, Yume Yamaguchi & Yadokugaeru’s Akayoroshi: Hanafuda Shadow Games; Shigeo Ito’s Marmalade Princess, Sakaguchi Ango & Kondō Yōko’s One Woman and the War, Hinako Sugiura’s Lady HokusaiOmoi & Manga Mavericks Books at Otakon: (51:35) 54 Kodansha titles will be added to their service in the coming weeks as volume purchases; Shinji Wada’s Delinquent Detective: Sukeban Deka; Zenzo’s “Oni King” one-shot manga & Roid manga, Ippan Nakamura’s Town Walking With Ghost DogAnimEigo & Discotek: (56:15) Antique Bakery, Dog of Flanders: The Movie, ReLIFE, Ruin Explorers: Fam & Ihrie, Welcome to Irabu’s Office; Digimon Frontier, Pani Poni Dash!, Lupin III: Part II & Lupin III: Zenigata and the 2 Lupins, Outlanders, Samurai Pizza Cats, Toradora!, The Big O, Argento Soma, Tales of the Abyss, Infinite Ryvius, Memories, Patlabor TV & the Patlabor movies, Penguindrum, Digimon Movies Collection 3 Streaming News 1:01:14: That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tears of the Azure Sea, Assassination Classroom the Movie: Our Time, & Kamisama Kiss OADs have been added to Crunchyroll; but while CR added some anime, they’ve also taken away some anime too. 1:05:20: Netflix will stream the latest Gintama movie later this month; the remaining FBI Intervention episodes of Detective Conan are now on Netflix and Crunchyroll. 1:06:01: Oceanveil has added and will add more anime that are not 18+ to their service, with Level E being one title on their platform now. Helen then brings up something about DRAMAtical Murder that makes Justin freeze for all eternity. 1:07:44: Clockwork Girl will be made available for digital purchase by Aniplex in September; Neon Genesis Evangelion, Evangelion: Death (True)², & The End of Evangelion will be available on the Criterion Channel the first day of September; and Though Am I an Inept Villainess premiered with its English dub July 26…let’s just say it took some turns here and there before it came out! If there’s anything you’d like to share about the latest news or about the episode, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 249: W-What’s Actually Happening in DRAMAtical Murder??? appeared first on TheOASG.

  6. Jul 21

    TheOASG Podcast Episode 248: Hot Historic Anime Summer

    Show Notes 0:00: In a packed episode of TheOASG Podcast, Justin and Helen first kick things off with the news of Crunchyroll announcing that their store can only be accessed by Mega and Ultimate subscribers starting in August, and both hosts explain the ramifications of this decision moving forward. 17:41: Anime International Company (AIC) has won their civil suit against AIC Rights and producer Yoshikazu Maeda, which may be worth monitoring considering the series they’re involved with; Helen and Justin discuss the former CEO of Crunchyroll launching a new B2B marketplace for anime licensing and if it can actually make an impact in the industry. 26:00: Sumi Eno announced that the After God manga will take a break following its latest chapter releases; Negi Haruba needs to recuperate until sometime in August due to his health, so Go! Go! Loser Ranger! will be on hiatus until then. 26:51: The voice of Fujiko Mine in the first Lupin the 3rd TV anime series, Yukiko Nikaido, passed away at 87 due to old age; Book author and illustrator (Kiki’s Delivery Service) Akiko Hayashi died of pneumonia on July 1 in a hospital in Nagano prefecture at 81; The official X/Twitter account for Kadokawa’s Aokishi magazine revealed that manga creator Ryoichiro Kezuka died in late May. Licenses 29:12: While Helen has a grand time calming down her dogs due to World Cup shenanigans, Justin talks about a few licenses that did happen in the last few weeks, starting with Seven Seas surprising everyone by announcing they’ve licensed Kazuo Umezz’s Ultraman on a Friday; Neguse Okita’s Soon, You’ll Paint Your Heart Out and Tabireco’s Baby Road Trippers have been added to MANGA Plus; Ichiro Sakaki, Ryohei Yamauchi & Hiyori Asahikawa’s Trained to be the Ultimate Anti-magic Spellblade, Ryō Hiromatsu & Osamu Kozuki’s Uglymug, Epicfighter SSS, & Kanade Ezaki’s AGERECO! Getting Into the Voice Acting Spirit! is now on Manga UP!. 30:57: And while not technically licenses, this occurred during the very busy Anime Expo weekend so this did not get covered: Akimi Yoshida’s Banana Fish and Hisaya Nakajo’s Hana-Kimi have been added to VIZ Manga’s library — with VIZ finally having a Hakusensha title on their service, does this mean Yona of the Dawn has a chance? (Maybe not this year though) Streaming News 32:48: Crusher Joe, Crusher Joe: A Trap of the Frozen Jail, Crusher Joe: The Final Weapon ASH, Haré+Guu Deluxe, Haré+Guu FINAL, and Simoun are now on the latest service now streaming anime, Darkroom; Hyakushō Kizoku – The Farmer’s Days and 500000000 years button is now on RetroCrush; and apparently this was announced at Anime Expo, but Strange: Junji Ito’s Tales for Sleepless Nights will stream on the HBO Max service internationally this fall. Main Topic: Summer Anime 2026 First Impressions 36:18: Let’s just say Justin (and especially Helen) are overwhelmed with choices for the summer anime season, which is packed with some seemingly quality looking works. In fact it’s so packed that Justin even had to lament the works he was interested in but just can’t watch due to time (37:28). Helen has checked out a few anime (Sparks of Tomorrow and BANG DREAM Yume∞Mita among the new shows), but Justin has a lot of anime to discuss — from what he surprisingly did not enjoy to those he’s having a good time with to the three shows that stand alone for him this season (1:36:17: Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, Iron Wok Jan!, Though I Am an Inept Villainess) Weird News 1:58:25: Let’s just say you certainly want your fans to buy the magazine that holds the final chapter of the series you like — but for Blue Box fans, there was some trouble getting that WSJ issue due to One Piece and that series celebrating its 29th anniversary! 2:00:09: There is apparently a need for more Tenchi, if the Kickstarter that has succeeded means anything; Yes Live-action Hollywood Naruto is a go, and naturally the hosts wonder if it’ll be any good. 2:02:51: Normally Banana Fish streaming on Netflix next month after the rights expired on Prime Video would belong in the streaming news section…but this getting a dub just a year after the AI dub hilarity last year on Prime makes this turnaround pretty wild! If there’s anything you’d like to share about the latest news or your thoughts on a very packed summer anime season, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 248: Hot Historic Anime Summer appeared first on TheOASG.

  7. Jul 7

    TheOASG Podcast Episode 247: The July Double-Header

    Show Notes 0:00: On a very packed episode of TheOASG Podcast, Justin and Helen get straight into the news of the past few weeks — and that means licenses before AX! From Kodama Tales and Crossed Hearts‘ licensing week, Abrams Kana acquiring an astrology work, Bubbles Zine bringing over a Suehiro Maruo work, and to GKIDS bringing an anime film to home media, it was a fair number of works announced… …and then came Anime Expo 2026. Licenses during Anime Expo We can say a LOT of publishers had a LOT of announcements: Come take a gander at everything these companies acquired: J-Novel Club (6:30:) Tsuta Sonehara & Lemon Natsume’s Sorry, Darling, but You Won’t Kill Me Again! (J-Novel Heart) Yuno Yozakura & Nimoshi’s A Young Maiden’s Growing Pains: I Reincarnated and All I Got Was This 100X Stat Buff! Nora Yasuda & Arutera’s God Sleeps in Seafoam Manzi Mazi & Yuuya’s A Wicked Lady’s Guide to Accidentally Saving the Kingdom Shusui Hazuki & kururi’s I’ll Become an Elegant Villainess! Time to Enjoy My Second Life to the Fullest (J-Novel Heart) Kennoji & Reita’s Father, Have You Sinned? An Assassin in Priest’s Robes  Misa Aoi & Yoh Hihara’s Genius in the Library: This Bookish Rookie Will Save the Day!  Long Utsumi’s Last Summer Sparkle manga ( J-Novel Knight) Ichi Ichikawa’s Reset / Reboot manga (J-Novel Knight) Print titles: Punichan’s From Villainess to Healer: I Know the Cheat to Change My Fate (manga and LN); Jan Olexa’s It’s Tough Being a Necromancer; Schuld’s Min-Maxing My TRPG Build in Another World; Hagure Metabo’s A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires; Miori Kayamoto’s The Despicable Duke Settles His Affairs (J-Novel Knight); Kazuki Amamiya’s Haibara’s Teenage New Game+; Fuurou, Yumbo, & kinta’s The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects: Tales of Blue Dias and the Onikin Alna manga; Abyss Enoshima, Pochi Edoya, & neropaso’s What’s with the Bag, Kamiyama-san?; Hajime Naehara, Takao Demise, & Hatori Kyoka’s A Cave King’s Road to Paradise: Climbing to the Top with My Almighty Mining Skills! manga; Ryuyu, Note Tono, & Daburyu’s Now I’m a Demon Lord! Happily Ever After with Monster Girls in My Dungeon manga; Kazuki Minamoto’s All Eyes on Nekoyashiki-kun! Notice Me, Not My Characters; Kono Tsuranori’s D-Genesis: Three Years After the Dungeons Appeared Seven Seas (12:45:) Odoroo Dorothy’s I See You, Aizawa-san! Daisuke Itabashi’s The Journey of a Dark Elf with Fading Powers Kotoko & Kei Kumanomi’s This Time Around, My Lovesick Hero Will Keep Me Alive … If I’m Lucky! Itsumi Narita’s That girl I’m interested in is a maid from the abyss Azusa Sakamoto’s I Reincarnated as the “Villain” Commander of an Order of Knights (manga drawn by fujy, light novel art by kodamazon; LN is digital only) Hijiki’s Hate Me, but Let Me Stay – Manager and Otoha Daken & Enta Shiho’s The Suspects of Necromancy (Airship) Kennoji & R_ringo’s My Sword Saint Master Is Too Cute to Live With! (Ghost Ship Siren audiobook imprint: Yoru Sumino’s Distorted I Love You (Narrated by Paul Dateh & Aria Saltini) Kodansha (15:53:) Hitoshi Iwaaki’s Historié Nikki Asada’s The Serenade of Spring Thunder Teki Yatsuda’s Myther Yoshidamaru’s Dig It Kazuto Mihara’s Interstellar Violin Ko Fumimura’s Manga Lover Battan’s Fatale Game Osamu Nishi’s Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Devilish Tales: Kalego’s Story Hana Yakou, Honomi, & Chiharu Nara’s Blaze of Flesh and Blood Suji Hanabusa’s Drawn Deep Rei Tasaki, Nezu Usugumo, & Jiji’s The Chronicles of Leënde A hardcover deluxe edition of Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix CLAMP Official Artbook COLOR GOLD 1989–2024  Jun Esaka & Kamome Shirahama’s Witch Hat Atelier: Special Stories Yen Press (20:11:) Hagane Kurodome & Kururi’s The Chef of the Adventurers’ Tavern (Yen On) Kouko Shirakawa’s A Flower in Black Crude Clothes (Yen On) Hiroyuki Kitazume’s Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Define Hollow Takeuchi’s Chihaya Re:Start! samesuke’s The Lowly Elf Is the Blackhearted King’s Plaything Nauchi’s Takane-san and Arashi-chan Harikamo’s The 11th Cat Is Nene! Hajime Taguchi & Hiromu Kitano’s Planarian Humans Square Enix Manga & Books (23:01:) Daisuke Hagiwara’s Not Quite Love yutaka’s My Classmate James Mo-suke Mattaku’s Inuta: My Canine Classmate Ume Koshida’s Daughter of the Dragon God Koume Fujichika’s Supervillain Boy Genkotsu Kumano, Jojo Ueyama, & Ryūshi Tajima’s Overpowered and Underpaid: An OP Swordmaster Turns Hit Streamer Gojiai’s KasuRich Ume Matsutake & Komikan Matsumoto’s Tamagawa, Is That You? TOKYOPOP & Dark Horse (24:35:) Nasubitaka’s Love at First Howl Misaki Sako & Supico Shinonome’s The Reclusive Consort of the Rikan Empire: Sneaking Out of the Rear Palace to Be a Court Official Nana Aokawa’s How I Attended an All Guy’s Mixer: Omnibus Edition Ayaka Matsumoto’s Mr. Mitsuya’s Planned Feeding Kenji Tsuruta’s The Sky is but One Roof of the World Gou Tanabe’s H.P. Lovecraft’s The Haunter of the Dark Yoshitaka Amano’s Deva Zan (Second Edition) A deluxe hardcover edition of Hiroya Oku’s Gantz Manga Mavericks Books & Omoi (25:42:) Kaoru Kurimoto & Yumiko Igarashi’s The Sword of Paros (Deluxe hardcover edition)  Quick Obake’s Motionless Kazuhiko Shimamoto’s Hero Company Mai Matsuda’s Walking Home with You Kakeru Kakemaru’s Shonen Racket Shunsuke Sorato’s Natsume & Natsume: More Perfume Kaoru Kurimoto & Yumiko Igarashi’s The Sword of Paros (Omoi digital exclusive, localized by Manga Mavericks) BluPetal, Mahjong Pros, KUMA (27:23:) Masashi Kumamoto’s Last Heaven Raika Suzumi’s The Black World is Dyed in White Chalk Sayaka Okada & Kazuo Maekawa’s Golden Sakura Katakei & Yoshiki Suda’s Maetel of the Glassy Sea Ogeretsu Tanaka’s Mermaid Prince As a side note, DENPA (who runs KUMA) announced during their panel that they have a partnership with Alphapolis, who will have some of their works in print. 30:40: For at least the two hosts here (Sword of Paros is also a strong contender, but for Justin at least this is his favorite of AX), the best announcement out of AX weekend was Inklore — probably the last or at least second to last company anyone would’ve picked to do so — saying they licensed Tomoko Yamashita’s Ikoku Nikki. This apparently set Helen’s Bluesky timeline on fire once news was posted there, and both hosts discuss some background details involving this manga over the past few months. Ink Pop, Ize Press, AnimEigo (33:32:) noho’s My Neighbor Yokai Dacto’s Legroom oaen and LOGO’s Philomel the Fake SAISA’s Footsteps in the Snow Sakon the Ventriloquist Drucker in the Dugout! A 4K remaster of the three-episode OVA AD Police Files House of Five Leaves Baby & I (May be changed to Baby and Me if approved) Streaming News 37:07: Finally, after making sure they squeezed every single penny they could by having it in theaters, the Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle film will be streaming on Crunchyroll towards the end of July; Crunchyroll will also have theater screenings of Akira in 4K on September 4 37:54: Evangelion: Death (True)² & Rebirth will screen on July 21 and The End of Evangelion will screen on July 22 thanks to GKIDS; REMOW will stream My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t Wicked on the “It’s Anime” YouTube channel soon. Main Topic: Spring Anime 2026 Final Impressions 38:57: Justin and Helen take no breaks and hop right into wrapping up the Spring anime season, which featured a good amount of standouts (Witch Hat Atelier, Ramparts of Ice, Dorohedoro S2) and some mostly solid works (An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess, Always a Catch, Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!?). Weird News 1:24:50: Welp, this section is the all industries are over, as AI this and AI that has taken over the minds of people who ultimately are trying to get away with being cheap — first with this anime done by an AI animation company that looks familiar in some cases if you stare long enough; then you have the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry considering providing subsidies of 11.5 billion yen (about US$71 million) to 15 eligible media companies aiming to increase overseas sales — the subsidies would aim to encourage the companies to utilize generative AI to translate their works. Welp again! 1:34:59: It’s 2026 and we have The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All getting a pretty superb adaptation — from how it looks to them having Dave Grohl say that Kurt Cobain would have loved Green Yuri, which got Helen to know all about Kurt Cobain; We also have Bamco (Filmworks and Pictures) having to apologize for making an unauthorized references to a number of works — in particular Attack on Titan — in their Sgt. Frog anime film. 1:38:04: Many questions have arisen with the announcement of Netflix working on a live-action Persona TV series, and one of them has Justin wondering why anyone let this be announced at all. If there’s anything you’d like to share about the latest news or about the episode, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 247: The July Double-Header appeared first on TheOASG.

  8. Jun 23

    TheOASG Podcast Episode 246: Case Closed? No, Case OBLITERATED!

    Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen explain what they’ve been up to over the past two weeks, from checking out Kirio Fan Club in manga form for Justin to Helen giving A Hundred Scenes of Awajima a shot. News 9:16: Let’s just say Satoru Kuwabara is in some deep, deep trouble after reports of alleged affairs for at least the past 2 years, leading to him resigning as music producer for Ensemble Stars! and further announcements for any other projects and his band coming in the near future. 11:42: Doraemon will make another attempt to break through internationally! TV Asahi is working with distributor CAKE to release the iconic Japanese franchise; there will be no more Harlequin Original magazine, as that ended publication with this year’s July issue. 15:42: Shotan’s You are Ms. Servant resumed serialization on June 21 following its hiatus from February; Kazue Kato’s Blue Exorcist will return in July following its hiatus to properly prepare for the final chapter; Hunter x Hunter will be back in WSJ, as Yoshihiro Togashi’s able to get some chapters ready for the magazine; Sakaomi Yuzaki’s She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat after two years on hiatus; and Ayumi Ishii’s Nobunaga Concerto will resume with the first new chapter in three years (and also end in three chapters), starting July 10. 19:20: It will be some time before Norishiro-chan and Yukiji Setsuda’s The Stunned Hero and the Assassin Princesses will return as Setsuda needs a break; It will be at least until August before Takeru Hokazono can resume Kagarabachi, as following numerous ailments this year and after a discussion, the manga will be on the shelf while he recovers. 21:52: It was announced last week that manga creator Keiko Okamoto passed away May 6 due to a cerebral hemorrhage; chief director of the long-running Sazae-san franchise, Hiromitsu Morita, passed away June 4; and TMZ reported on Wednesday that actress Daveigh Chase, well known for being the voice of Lilo in Lilo and Stitch but for anime the voice of Chihiro in Spirited Away, died at 35 due to meningitis and a blood infection, which caused septic issues. Licenses 27:12: Something funny happened on June 12 that basically saw VIZ and Yen Press have social media announcements at the same time (Helen looks at VIZ however for not sending posts on Bluesky). Here’s what VIZ licensed for Spring 2027: Gege Akutami & Yuji Iwasaki’s Jujutsu Kaisen Modulo Akira Osora’s The Exorcist and the Lovestruck Raven (Shojo Beat) Hakuri’s WITCHRIV NISIOISIN & Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Over Heaven novel Inoue’s #Gal x Gal Yuri Shūzō Oshimi’s Sins Issei Eifuku & Taiyo Matsumoto’s Takemitsu Zamurai Mio Nanao & Rei Tōma’s No Glass Slippers for Me: Reincarnated Cinderella Junji Ito: Dissection Taizan5’s The Ichinose Family’s Deadly Sins (digital manga release) Deluxe hardcover edition of Takehiko Inoue’s Slam Dunk Gosho Aoyama’s Detective Conan 3-in-1 Edition (Yeah you can guess Justin went wild here 32:25) 38:48: Here’s what Yen Press announced: Yūri Yumemi, Makuei, & Wata’s Witches Can’t Be Collared manga Kazuhito Minagi, Kazumi Kurihara, & PenekoR’s Your Castle’s Little Helper: Please Feed Me, I’ll Work manga Hyōgo Amagasa & LINO’s Tale of the Wizrain Kingdom: The Nation’s Dragon Guardian Is Reborn as a Downtrodden Young Lady (Yen On) Shinano Sano & Nigata Ammon’s Mafia (Yen On) Fujino Ōmori, Fumikaru Nishijima, Nilitsu, & Suzuhito Yasuda’s Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Episode Asfi (Yen On)  Tsuzurō Hibi & Minori Chigusa’s Shino & Ren: Future (Yen On)  Sekina Aoi & Kurehito Misaki’s Playful Relationships (Yen On) Haruichi & ituca’s The Immortal Witch Would Sacrifice Ten Thousand Lives to Fulfill a Simple Wish (Yen On) Nanateru’s Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! Okinosuke’s I’m the Monster Girl You Once Saved: A Middle-Aged Teacher in Another World is Concerned About His Sudden Popularity An Momose’s Love Me to My Core Daifuku Hoshimi & Ichino Tomizuki’s The Purple Clavel: They Took Everything, So I’ve Bloomed Once More as a Villainous Femme Fatale Candy Tamagokake, Ryū Segawa, & Megumi Nagahama’s The Reincarnated Devil’s Plot for Raising the Ultimate Hero Rui Aomi’s Yamada’s Class Diary A box set release of Kafka Asagiri & Sango Harukawa’s Bungo Stray Dogs Case Files: BSD 01 – 10 42:49: We have two new SuBLime announcements (Mayuharu’s Bursting with Love & Fumi Tsuyuhisa’s Palace of the Omega: A Snowflower’s Tale); Scholastic confirmed with ANN on Friday that its Graphix imprint is publishing Yūsuke Saitoh’s Chuck and the Girl manga. 44:07: Yukiaki Kurando & Wooma’s Kiss Me With Your Face has been added to VIZ Manga; Shonen Jump and MANGA Plus have added Chiyoko Maruume & Tokegoro’s Twilight Blade; Manga UP! has added Sumu Kamiyama’s Haimiya is Scary Cute, Haru Ogawa’s Venus in December, & Kiri Wazawa’s Paranormal Agent Adashino; K MANGA is simulpubbing Daisaku Tsuru’s Protocol Ryugu and has added Ōnijōroku’s Twisted Devotion to their service; Omoi has licensed Tsukasa Mikuni, Tawa Akeno, & Sochu’s A Snow Fox at the Northern Fort. 45:35: And Seven Seas’ Wonderful Wednesdays is back!…with not really licenses (sorta)! Misaki Takamatsu’s Skip and Loafer (Volumes 1-5, 5 art cards) Punichan’s Fluffy Café in Another World (Siren, narrated by Dan Bittner) okuita’s Reborn as an Assassin’s Apprentice (Siren, narrated by Knox Riley) Streaming News 46:13: Crunchyroll is now streaming the Zombie Land Saga: Yumeginga Paradise anime film, the Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: A Lonely Dragon Wants to be Loved anime film, and the Given: Moments in Life OVA; we have a few Hulu dubs announced, which includes Undead Unluck: Winter Arc special now having an English dub release date. 48:35: GKIDS nabs another film for premiering in theaters in cocoon — which Helen had to note the timing of them announcing it the same day the manga came out; GKIDS will screen Baku Kinoshita and writer Kadzuya Konomoto’s anime film The Last Blossom at the end of August; Ninja Scroll will see a limited North American theatrical release (New 4K restoration) from HIDIVE in October; and Korean animated film Your Letter will screen in theaters August 17. Weird News 50:42: Once again the U.S. administration draws the ire of a country thanks to low quality AI slop, and this time Naruto’s involved. 52:12: While Wistoria and Magical Sisters Lulutto Lilly works due to both works having cats and them both airing in the same season, Justin had to note this as also Bandai Namco works crossing over as both of these have involvement from them; 247 Comics is launching a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a 20th Anniversary Collection of Misaho Kujiradou’s Princess Ai manga, which means DJ Milky is back! 55:48: Precure doing a poll for the midseason Precure is interesting — who is Cure Eclair out of the four highlighted? We must guess; and once again, we have another old properly getting an anime adaptation (Dengeki Daisy) which has Helen fearing for it due to age-gap being part of his premise to Justin actually being a bit cynical about all these manga from years ago — and well after they’ve ended — getting an anime adaptation. If there’s anything you’d like to share about the latest news or about the episode, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 246: Case Closed? No, Case OBLITERATED! appeared first on TheOASG.

  9. Jun 9

    TheOASG Podcast Episode 245: Friends is a Josei Live-Action TV Series

    Show Notes 0:00: The two hosts of TheOASG Podcast return once again to talk about what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks, which involves Justin talking about the Star Detective Precure and Detective Conan collaboration and Helen talking Shonen Jump catchup, Bookworm Part 3, and Ramparts of Ice! News 23:02: Dark Horse staff recently formed a union (Dark Horse Workers United), and the company has recognized it — the hosts will see how negotiations will go moving forward; Japanese VA Kenjirō Tsuda filed a lawsuit against the operator of the video-sharing app TikTok for posting videos that allegedly used AI (artificial intelligence) to imitate his voice without permission, and it will be something to monitor moving forward. 29:46: Let’s just say voice actor Kazuki Atsumi might have had a future in the talent industry, but after his contract was terminated by his agency following a report of him being arrested for suspected sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl, the future ain’t looking great for him; meanwhile One-Punch Man artist Yūsuke Murata decided he had to comment on a very wild post about Pakistani Britons, and the comment was so bad that people in many languages criticized him. 34:44: Animator and character designer Kunihiko Hamada shared that he is no longer working at Madhouse — the two hosts discuss Madhouse letting him go after 35 years and how they let him go; Justin and Helen have questions and some concerns on Aki Sora manga creator Masahiro Itosugi saying he has banned by Google while uploading older works to Google Drive. 39:39: A few Japanese magazines will be ending soon or sometime this year; the Captain Tsubasa: Rising Sun Finals manga will enter a hiatus following the 100th chapter; Nippon Sangoku will go on hiatus as creator Ikka Matsuki recovers from steroid withdrawal syndrome; and Eiji Hashimoto announced they will temporary switch to a triweekly schedule for Rappa: Yankee Ninpū Chō after a two-week hiatus due to numerous ailments he’s going through right now. 44:43: Galaxy Express 999 lyricist Jun Hashimoto sadly passed away in a Tokyo hospital at 86 due to liver cirrhosis; Screenwriter Takao Koyama posted on X/Twitter a few weeks ago that scriptwriter Hiroyuki Kawasaki had died on January 23 at 60 years old; and Japanese film director and special effects artist Yoshihiro Nishimura died at 59 — Variety reported that Nishimura had been in the hospital for nearly two weeks fighting a liver disease. Licenses 47:37: Another Taiyo Matsumoto manga has been licensed — but not by VIZ, by Manga Mavericks Books instead!; Aloha Comics announced they’ve licensed Ikuno Tajima’s After Märchen (Ever After in English) as their first ever manga license; K MANGA added a few new titles to its service; and so did Manga UP!; Kogattuo & Ichika Kino’s World Wide Web MIKO! has been added to MANGA Plus. 51:21: Not new licenses, but might as well be considering some of these titles have been out of print for a long while! Look out for a couple Jiro Taniguchi titles, Hideo Azuma’s Disappearance Diary, and Kiriko Nananan’s Blue at some point this year; And with Otakon happening next month, Discotek announced a couple titles ahead of it, including the next entry of Digimon for them (Tamers) and the Hana Yori Dango anime. Streaming News 53:00: GKIDS acquired the North American theatrical rights for Adolescence of Utena and will screen the movie in Japanese with English subtitles in US theaters June 21-22, which has Helen in a pickle; JUJUTSU KAISEN Hidden Inventory / Premature Death compilation film and English dubs for Given: Hiiragi mix and Given The Movie: To the Sea, and the Bean Counter OVA are now on Crunchyroll. 55:49: HIDIVE has announced their comings and goings from the service this month, from the Heavy Metal L-Gaim TV anime and OVAs to The Life of Budori Gusuko being added, while Get Backers, Humanity Has Declined, Mayo Chiki!, and Wasteful Days of High School Girl anime are leaving HIDIVE on June 30; premieres of the Cherry and Virgin film and the Sekiro: No Defeat anime will happen at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival. 58:34: And yes, Conan Cinema Saturdays has returned this summer…which means Justin will just be vibing and getting these movies views instead of watching most of them properly this year! Weird News 1:00:25: Osaka’s holding an exhibition of 17th Century Dutch masterpieces, and it’s set to take place at the Nakanoshima Museum of Art in Osaka between August 21 to September 27. Somehow, Frieren and Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring is a part of it as a crossover, and Helen had a great story to tell involving earrings and which one it needs to go on for this rabbit, but found out that those without a Bluesky account can’t see it. Guess who found this out mid-podcast? 1:03:43: We will now have Baki’s dad in Tekken 8, meaning these anime/manga characters appearing in fighting games has gone up somehow. 1:05:19: Usually we put a manga getting a US live action in this section because again, these normally don’t work out very well — somehow it’s that and weird because it’s one of most unlikeliest manga to get a US live-action series…it’s based off a Josei manga series! If there’s anything you’d like to share about the latest news or about the episode, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 245: Friends is a Josei Live-Action TV Series appeared first on TheOASG.

  10. May 26

    TheOASG Podcast Episode 244: Returns, Licenses, and Weird News To Talk About!

    Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen once again go over what they’ve been up to while working with a mix of cold and hot weather changes in the past few weeks! Helen found time to check out light novel series True Love Fades Away When the Contract Ends while Justin, as mentioned in the last episode, watched the latest Detective Conan collection set. News 9:57: Japanese talent agency Amuleto released a statement after unauthorized photos of voice actor Aoi Nagatsuki were released online; we had the Delicious in Dungeon: Ryoko Kui exhibition in New York last year, this year it’ll now happen in Los Angeles. 13:23: We have a couple manga returns: The Elden Ring manga resumed following a 3-month hiatus; Mari Yamazaki’s Thermae Romae sequel manga Zoku Thermae Romae resumed serialization with a new chapter in Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ platform; Aki Hamaji’s Bocchi the Rock! will return in the next issue of Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Max magazine; and Days of Diamond, after it’s been on a bit of a break, will return in June. 16:09: And in possibly a first for this podcast, we can cover the return of a music group! Home Made Kazoku is back after a 10-year hiatus and they’ll be working on music again, so for those who grew up with Bleach, Eureka Seven, and Naruto: Shippuden, here’s your dose of nostalgia in 2026! 18:03: Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! will go on break due to Muchimuro’s health, but it will resume early June; Kumichi Yoshizuki announced a break from publishing the Nankai Trough Kyodai Jishin manga due to a good number of health ailments. 19:33: English voice actor Bill Wise, who voiced in a number of anime dub roles from Initial D: Legend to Moeyo Ken, passed away at the age of 61; Japanese voice actor Takahiro Fujiwara passed away a few weeks ago at the age of 43 — had a number of roles in anime but while voicing the character Kan Jou (Huan Chang) in the Kingdom anime, he had to step down from the role in August last year due to health reasons; Musician and composer Yuji Ohno — known for the iconic opening and soundtrack of the Lupin the 3rd series — passed away due to natural causes at the age of 84. 24:05: Talent agency Aoni Production announced that Wakana Yamazaki passed away at 61. She had an health ailment earlier this year that was serious enough for her to stop recording episodes of Detective Conan in February. The long-time voice of Ran and her experience in the voice acting industry was a huge loss, and from her Conan castmates and staff to other talents across different industries, her impact was notable and will be sorely missed. Akemi Okamura, who voiced the character since March 14 while Yamazaki was undergoing medical treatment, will now take over the role of Ran moving forward. Licenses 29:54: Yen Press apparently had to have announcements pre-convention and at a convention! And there is a lot of licenses they announced: Kumo Kagyu, Kōtarō Sekine, & Noboru Kannatuki’s Moscow 2160 manga Fujino Ōmori, kakage, & Suzuhito Yasuda’s Argonaut: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Tales of Heroes (Yen On) Sakuhiro’s Love at the City’s Edge on a Moonlit Night Ryoko Kui’s Terrarium in a Drawer Akumi Agitogi & Hidari’s The Story of the Moon Waiting for the Evening (Yen On) Minoru Matsuda’s He Was My Brother Sino Torino’s egg: I’m Your Child  Gakuto Coda, Meiji, & potg’s After-School Duty Yomu Mishima & Pinakes’s Valkyrie Bullet (Yen On) Hijiki’s Contract Sisters Nagimiso’s Izumi and the Dragon Encyclopedia sanorin’s My Girlfriend is a Colossal Cutie Hyōgo Amagasa, sugino, & LINO’s Tale of the Wizrain Kingdom: The Dragon Is the Bride Rainy Kamitsuki, Minori Tsukahara, & LAM’s Witch and Hound Ichiro Sakaki & Shiba’s On the Way Home After Defeating the Demon King (Yen On) Kosaka Hanane & Kurogiri’s Rise of the Lowborn: Ascending the Ranks by Crushing Incompetent Nobles (Yen On) Kamaseinuesu & Yuu Oukawa’s The Demon King Seems to Have Infiltrated the Hero’s Party (Yen On) Fujino Ōmori & Yūnagi’s Wistoria: Wand and Sword (Yen On) Anju Goshirakawa & Mayu Murata’s Honey Lemon Soda Nauchi’s Snowmelt and Agapanthus Yodaka Kuroi’s Witch and Cat Yukari Sakai’s Sinful Is the Angel Who Loves Hirohisa Satō’s Shigahime Uma Agri’s Studio Cabana Karuho Shiina’s Gusts and Beats Shin Yamamoto’s Twilight Vessel-Gods 35:21: Seven Seas had considerably less announcements and they’ll be on a Wonderful Wednesdays break for a bit. So here’s their set of announcements until then: Hana Hasumi’s Pendulum: The Beastmen Omegaverse Saga Rico Sakura’s Good Night, My Little Bird Oki Eiko’s The Cat Who Didn’t Believe in “What-ifs” KNOTS’ The Tomorrow I Want to See with Kako: A Time-Loop Romantic Comedy Dokuzu Kento & Nekosuke Ookuma’s Goetia Shock (Airship, digital) Hagane Kurodome & Kayahara’s Wandmaker of the Ruined World (Airship, digital) Two new Siren audiobooks: Sohei Mikawa’s Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard (Narrated by John Patneaude) & Satori Satori’s A Good Day Starts with Cats and Books (Narrated by Sara Matsui-Colby) 38:13: Abrams ComicArts’ Kana imprint announced they’ve licensed Tsubonari’s Antengai: Twilight Metropolis; Manga Mavericks Books announced they’ve licensed Zawayuki Taki’s Tie Me Up, Stare Me Down; One Peace Books announced on Behind the Manga that they’ve licensed Toshimichi Uzou, Si-me, & Kewi Hayashi’s My Sweet Marriage to My Ex-Nemesis; and we have a new title added to K MANGA: Rin Mikimoto’s Keepsake Heartache. 39:34: California-based distribution company Deaf Crocodile announced they’ve licensed the Frankenstein, Legend of Terror anime, which Helen explains seems like an odd title for them to bring to home media. Streaming News 40:45: We will have a Macross screening of Do You Remember Love? at Anime Expo — and there will be guests at the con too; Netflix revealed they will stream Ginga Tokkyū Milky☆Subway Kakueki Teisha Gekijō Iki, the re-edited film for Yōhei Kameyama’s Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express in the U.S. on June 1, while announcing a few other anime that will appear on their service, from My Dress-up Darling Season 2 starting yesterday to Shangri-La Frontier: Season 2 appearing June 1. 44:42: Licensing and dubbing studio SkySet Entertainment announced they will stream the Go Forward anime series over the summer; Streaming service Darkroom has added the Haré+Guu Deluxe anime with the English dub for streaming with a premium membership; Cineverse’s RetroCrush streaming service will have the Medabots anime stream on the RetroCrush FAST channel every Saturday and Sunday, which gets Helen once again wondering what the appeal of watching anime at certain times of the day; and Tubi TV announced on Monday that it has licensed Yokoso Scooby-Doo!, a new anime in the Scooby-Doo mystery comedy franchise — this gets the hosts wondering if we’ll be seeing more of Tubi TV and anime streaming moving forward. Weird News 52:10: The two hosts discuss Ken Ogino commenting on his Lady Justice manga that he created for Weekly Shonen Jump back in 2015, and what the editors told him that shifted the mindset of his serialization back then. 56:46: Let’s just say the Gamestop buying eBay did not last very long, and Helen could not believe the statement eBay gave after rejecting the bid; well, this took a turn in a good way involving singer aiko and why she hugged a fan during a concert; There’s apparently going to be a Hello Kitty live-action/animation film coming in 2028, but it sure went through some changes since 2019! 1:01:47: And well, the crossover of all crossovers has happened that makes total sense this year: Detective Conan and Detective Star Precure are crossing over this year — maybe Justin will give thoughts on both in the next episode! If there’s anything you’d like to share about the latest news or about the episode, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 244: Returns, Licenses, and Weird News To Talk About! appeared first on TheOASG.

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