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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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! 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  6. 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.

  7. May 12

    TheOASG Podcast Episode 243: More Spring Anime Talk, More Conan, And More Weird News

    Show Notes 0:00: This time, hear Helen speak about all the Spring anime she’s watched (so far), and watch all of a sudden that this segment gets into painting… News 16:53: The two hosts then discuss the very disturbing grooming situation involving an animation studio Co-Founder and what has happened since the allegations were made. 22:21: KADOKAWA has established a new company that involves a Yen Press publisher and managing director (Kurt Hassler) running it; Moyoco Anno’s Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen is getting a stage musical adaptation off Broadway, which has Helen talking about what it means to be on and off it! 26:57: No Game, No Life Chapter 2: Eastern Union returned to Kadokawa’s Comic Alive magazine after a 16-month wait; Meguru Ueno’s My First Girlfriend Is a Gal manga is on an extended hiatus due to the creator going on paternity leave, which humorously had to end with the creator clarifying that he is man due to how the magazine worded it. 28:21: Kumiko Saiki’s Kageki Shojo!! series is going on an one-issue break, and while no reason was stated as to why, it’s important to note she was injured while at a music festival, so we can only hope everything is still ok; due to various projects, Fragrant Flower is taking a three-week break; Hiro Mashima’s DEAD ROCK will go on hiatus for a bit then return with a new arc. 29:57: Ted Turner, who you might know more of in the sports and politics world but also happened to be influential in the cartoon space, passed way at 87; The official website of the Japan Cartoonists Association announced that manga author Yousuke Tamori died on April 10 at 74; Animation studio ufotable announced that art director Kazuo Ebisawa died on April 14; Anime studio NAGOMI announced that director and writer Tatsuo Satō died of liver failure on April 24; Ring author Koji Suzuki passed away at the hospital at 68. Licenses 38:51: The two hosts discuss independent publisher Uncivilized Books getting into manga with the launch of the Mangalith imprint and starting with Hideko Mizuno’s Fire! as their first title. 41:19: Seven Seas once again has more Wonderful Wednesday announcements: Kota Nozomi & Omine’s The Villainous Noble is Way Too Fond of MILF Heroines (Ghost Ship) Unitykong & Tunonigau’s I Will Fall in Love with Azami Yako (if it kills me) Central du guma’s My Name is Mienne: Tales of a Blind Kitten Chika Hongo’s As Fish to Water: Where the Forest Meets the Sea Nica Kitabeppu’s And They Were Roommates…! Ayumu Saitô, Yūmi Shirase, & Masato Mutsumi’s Record of Chrono’s War: Apparently I’m Only the Strongest in Bed (Ghost Ship) Norio Sakurai & Haika Nanasaka’s The Dangers in My Heart: The Romantic Comedy Won’t Start Yuki Fumino’s The Horizon Will Soon Shine Taiki Akitoki’s Chii’s Winged Life Eko Nagiki, Bunga & ReTake’s The Clingy New Hire Keeps Asking Me Out Hisumi & Doyou’s A Serious Error in Chihaya-chan’s Reputation (Airship, digital) Kōtarō Isshiki & Parum’s Villager A Wants to Save the Villainess No Matter What! More Siren audiobooks: Natsue Shiomi’s I Wish I Could Meet You Again on the Hill Where That Flower Blooms (Narrated by Mirai), Yū Omiya’s My Girlfriend Cheated on Me, and Now My Flirty Underclassman Won’t Leave Me Alone! (Narrated by David Lee Huynh), Jiragen’s When a Clueless First-Person Shooter Player Falls into Another World (Narrated by Mark Sanderlin), Tobirano’s Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex (Narrated by Jennifer Sun Bell) 44:27: We have another new Crossed Hearts title announced (Mitomo Sasako’s OctoPiece); and while not licensing news, TOKYOPOP will eventually have new titles for their new Kids imprint soon enough. Streaming News 45:09: Detective Conan Collection 3 is out, which means Justin gets to spend the entire Streaming News section professing his love explains what episodes were chosen this time; Thanks to GKIDS, we will have 4k Tekkonkinkreet in theaters this month; now we have Tubi streaming Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly, an ongoing anime…when’s the last time they’ve done that is a question Justin wonders; OceanVeil made a couple streaming announcements, one of which it’s advisable to never say out loud; and in a stunning twist, Galaxy Kickoff! has been added to Crunchyroll. If this does not sound familiar to you, then maybe Ginga e Kickoff! will resonate more with some of you instead! Weird News 53:50: Justin once again has one of his favorite live-action series return for some reason (GTO, this time the 2012 version) but also wonder if it’ll ever be picked up for official streaming anywhere… 56:58: Eldo Yoshimizu’s Ryuko manga will return after 16 years; We once again have to question humanity following someone trying to wait inside a Best Buy for Pokémon cards (it went poorly). 57:46: This episode of TheOASG Podcast was recorded on Mother’s Day, and we somehow two things moms are doing that are hilarious and also hard to believe! 1:03:13: And, well, we did have a story about GameStop announcing that they were trying to acquire 100% of eBay at US$125 per share in cash and common stock at 50% each with full shareholder election rights, but in the next episode, we’ll explain how that went (seemingly poorly!) 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 243: More Spring Anime Talk, More Conan, And More Weird News appeared first on TheOASG.

  8. Apr 28

    TheOASG Podcast Episode 242: 50 Percent is REAL Generous

    Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen once again skip over what they’ve been up to and discuss some of the latest news that’s occurred in the past few weeks, starting with the distressing situation involving Syundei and the harassment that’s come about since the Go for It, Nakamura-kun! anime has aired. News 8:40: What happens when you have one Twitter user ask the creator of Gachiakuta if it’s okay to read the series for free in an Discord channel? Well, you have this news be weird (especially due to some of the tweets Kei Urana has put out there) and also important news since we get into discussing everyone’s favorite topic: piracy!!! (Justin also once again puts forth a challenge to the weird news universe, which only has Helen shaking her head in disbelief) 16:47: It’s been a while since the two hosts have discussed payment processor issues, but FAKKU is exploring a number of options — even crypto — as the struggles for adult manga being published is real; Hiroshi Date will resign as Tokyo MX Representative Director and Chairman at the end of April following an investigation of power harassment towards his subordinates. 22:51: Gangsta. will return! Kohske has announced, after a very lengthy (and still ongoing) battle with systemic lupus erythematosus, the manga will return in July; The Reincarnated as the 7th Prince manga is now back after it went on a hiatus to let the artist recuperate and prepare for the next arc; and in the 9th issue of Shogakukan’s Big Comic Superior magazine, the 86th and latest chapter of Daruma Matsuura’s Steel of the Celestial Shadows was published, which signaled its return following its hiatus since February last year. 27:04: Masaoki Shindō’s RuriDragon was slated to return in April, but the newest chapter is now slated to be released in June; Due to Daisuke Ashihara’s poor health, World Trigger will go on a 1-issue break; Tetsuya Tashiro’s Slasher Maidens is now going on an irregular serialization schedule until further notice. 29:40: And the two hosts send their condolences to the friends and family of Tanma-kun creator Sadao Shoji, who passed away April 5 at a hospital in Tokyo due to heart failure. Licenses 31:32: Yen Press had some announcements for many people: Usa Haneda & U35’s Buying a Classmate Once a Week (Yen On) kurumuakumu & nc&gm’s N Tomoyo Kondoh’s Two A.M. at the Dining Table Shouji Gatou & Ohige Kamisori’s Full Metal Panic! Family Kazuhito Minagi & PenekoR’s Your Castle’s Little Helper (Yen On) Nekomugi’s Tokujo-chan: The Girls Who Brighten Your Day Kazuki Ichimori & Erika Kanbara’s Defying Expectations with Gravity Magic to Be Unparalleled Maki Komatsu’s The Record of Fantastical Nomenclature Keiichi Hikami & lack’s See You at That Site of Grace After Work (Yen On) 34:11: Seven Seas and their Wonderful Wednesdays brings forth more announcements: Into the Night – YOASOBI Stories Collection (Airship) Sworn Brothers on the Farm  The Apothecary Is Gonna Make This Ragged Elf Happy  Kidnapped by Elves, I Went from Potion Factory Alchemist to Accidental Hero I Became a Necromancer After Beating Up My Angel Guide and Accidentally Triggered the Apocalypse (LN and Manga) In Another World with My Cat: A Software Engineer Uses Code to Master Magic (Airship, digital) The Erotical Wizard and His Twelve Brides (Ghost Ship) Hate Me, but Let Me Stay – Mr. Asanaga and Mr. Yanagi Amamiya-san is the Cutest…and I’m a Close Second! The Berserker NPC Unknowingly Destroys the World (Airship, Digital) 35:42: Glacier Bay Books had a couple new releases to announce (from Hyou Hyou short story collection to Codomopaper’s Juji and Aichi) and provided an update on taking over Star Fruit Books’ inventory and them focusing on fulfilling existing SFB orders (and a lot more); Kodama will bring over more Baki and another new title (The Magical Forest of Hoshigahara) this year; Kana meanwhile will bring over Satoshi Morie’s My Dear, A Mystery For You next year. 40:00: Two new titles have been added to Kodansha’s K Manga service, while a couple of manga will now also be available on Square Enix’s Manga UP!. Streaming News 40:21: Crunchyroll will stream Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc this week! Yet Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle apparently won’t be added just yet…!; Netflix will finally add Akane-banashi to the service in May, both sub and dub; Bandai Namco Pictures is now streaming Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly on YouTube, which only makes the two hosts wonder if any services was interested in picking this up in the first place. 43:05: The K-ON! film will be on the Criterion Channel in May. Yes, you can re-read that as many times as you want. It is happening. And let’s just say the quotes on the announcement were hilarious. Main Topic: Spring 2026 First Impressions 44:36: A packed spring season means lots to discuss! Hear Justin just lament some of the shows he’s not gonna watch due to how busy the season is (1:26:40: Drops of God, Botan Kamiina, Agents of the Four Seasons to name a few). Hear Justin go over some of his few favorites (Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Re:Zero S4, The Ramparts of Ice, Witch Hat Atelier to name a few). And then naturally hear Justin elaborate on what he likes and dislikes from the newest season of Ascendance of a Bookworm (1:17:57). Wait, what about Helen’s thoughts? WELL, about that…(49:30). Weird News 1:31:33: Manga has evolved in many ways, but I’m not sure Logan Paul buying graded copies of One Piece and Dragonball’s first Jump appearances was a sentence the two hosts would ever utter. But it has happened, because man people are stupid. 1:33:16: An error occurred with the Reincarnated as a Slime manga, where it was listed as over at Volume 32, but was corrected by Dengeki Online. Justin was about to say! 1:34:27: And out of many possible McDonald’s combinations, Masako Nozawa and Baki being involved in this is not a combo you’d expect! If there’s anything you’d like to share about the Spring anime season so far, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! 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  9. Apr 14

    TheOASG Podcast Episode 241: Why Was The Winter Anime Season So Packed Edition

    Show Notes 0:00: With a LOT of Winter anime shows to discuss, Justin and Helen delve right into the news of the past few weeks, starting with…something weird! But also something very bad, as a manga based off a light novel series has been suspended because the artist decided to plagiarize, and it was egregious enough that the editorial department had to put out a statement about it. 2:32: Aniplex and Crunchyroll’s new anime production venture, HAYATE Inc, has acquired studio Lay-duce; Kageki Shojo!! author Kumiko Saiki was injured at a music festival she went to a few weeks ago, and we’re all hoping she’s ok, as the injuries could be serious (diagnosed with a sprained neck, getting a CT scan to check if her brain is bleeding) 7:09: George Morikawa will be on break due to his hospitalization a few weeks ago, so no Hajime no Ippo for a while; Tawawa on Monday will be on a two-month break and see a return to Kodansha’s Weekly Young Magazine May 25. 7:51: The two hosts discuss the passing of manga creator Rakko due to heart failure, and the circumstances as well. Licenses 9:51: Yen Press has launched a new imprint: Avocado House! (Both hosts wonder how they came up with it). Appears they’ll be having strictly international novels for this imprint (to give them options + have a clear delineation from Yen On), and they’ve launched with the following works: Keigo Higashino’s Laplace’s Witch Yūki Shasendō’s Sickness unto Love Gyatei Murasaki’s 1,000 Words Left to Live Aya Saitō’s The Curse Called Mother, the Prison Called Daughter Haeyeon Jeong’s The Place of the Flamingo Yen Press also had some announcements at their Sakuracon panel: Ryoko Kui’s The Dragon School Is Atop the Mountain Natsuki Takaya’s In Such a Small World Neruko Nichinichi’s Non and Akari Futa Kimura’s Fate Rewinder: All Great Feats Require Time Hikaru Sakurai, Tsuta Suzuki, & TYPE-MOON’s Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Sky Silver 21g & Tegekiken’s Elden Ring: Become Lord Mio Tatsumoto’s Meiji-Era Master-and-Servant Tungsten Pieta’s How to Keep a Human 14:18: After their April Fools’ Wonderful Wednesday event, Seven Seas made official announcements this time: Yoichi Sayonaka & Ryuta Yanagi’s Gear × Magic: Reincarnated as an Engineer, I’ll Save the Villainous Princess (Airship) Ryūto & Heiro’s The Faceless Mercenary Wants to Settle Down: Homestead at the Edge of the Galaxy (Airship, digital only) Yū Omiya, Yōhei Kazawa, & Ale’s My Girlfriend Cheated on Me, and Now My Flirty Underclassman Won’t Leave Me Alone manga Indosō, Yasuumi’s Building a Monster Girl Harem with Forbidden Science (Ghost Ship) Yog Akase’s Nono’s Phantom Shop 15:34: Dark Horse took the time to have a manga licensing event themselves, and here’s what they’ll be releasing this year: Rin Suzukawa’s Asobi Asobase Kenji Tsuruta’s Forget-me-not  Kouji Mori’s Suicide Island  Hiromasa Okujima’s Babanba Banban Vampire 17:00: A few more Manga Mavericks titles will be arriving this year; Alien Books will also have a couple titles coming this Fall season; We’ll have an audiobook version of The Apothecary Diaries sometime this year, but will it involve the English voice of Maomao? We shall soon see! 21:31: And finally, while not quite licenses, the two hosts talk about the now updated Bookwalker service, which both (especially Helen) tested as this episode was recording. She found some concerns. Justin also had concerns, but he had them before the podcast episode though! Streaming News 29:03: Not a bunch of streaming news this time, but the hosts had to note how awkward this streaming business can be see — see Ichijōma Mankitsu Gurashi!, which can be seen in a couple places…that also includes Rakuten VIKI. Rakuten VIKI? The drama service? Main Topic: Winter 2026 Final Impressions 31:54: Justin and Helen spend a bunch of time talking about what was ultimately a very strong Winter anime season. There were still lowlights (Roll Over and Die! [43:00] being one that needed a much better fate), but overall there was lots to be impressed by (Fate/Strange Fake, You and I Are Polar Opposites S1, Sentenced to be a Hero, Tamon’s B-Side to name a few). …Butttttt Journal with Witch (32:04) was clearly the best anime of the winter season. Did the hosts (especially Justin) do their best to make it seem like it wasn’t (1:42:12)? You can guess the answer is no! Weird News 1:58:20: There is joy in seeing a work you like get animated and then be either a massive success or moderately successful enough to get multiple sequels. But we live in a world where joy can be fleeting. And for Ascendance of a Bookworm and generative A.I. to be in the same sentence is not a fate you’d want to wish for most things! 2:05:58: Good ole’ mistranslation strikes again, as somehow a collaboration announcement involving Fate/Grand Order and Witch of the Holy Night…involves Madoka Magica? Thanks Grok! 2:07:07: Justin and Helen discuss Netflix, after repeated memes and coordinated attacks on all of their socials by JoJo fans, finally revealed a schedule for Steel Ball Run, which should slow things down…(probably not!); it was actually discussed in the Winter Final impressions section, but Justin had to also shout it here — if you call yourself a final season, that means final! Not an extra arc announced since it basically means it’s not a final season! 2:10:16: Generally speaking, for a franchise to get their work concluded in anime form is very special, so congratulations to the Date A Live franchise as it seems like the next anime project will presumably wrap the series up. But it’s now going to go onto its fifth studio in Fugaku, which is a lot of effort to get this series completed in anime form! 2:12:15: There’s a plan the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has involving anime, manga, and games and how the overseas market will play a role in it — both hosts say good luck; a surprising error occurred on the Japanese digital side that stated DANDADAN would go on break for a month, but the editor announced it was a misprint. 2:13:55: Cute things are happening, and they involved Sailor Moon! First with Artemis II (yes, the one that just went into space) and Sailor Moon’s Artemis being spotted at the CAPCOM desk in Mission Control, and then with Hunter x Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi and Naoko Takeuchi combining for a drawing, which also has Artemis and also Kurapika and Sailor Mars in one image. If there’s anything you’d like to share, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! 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  10. Mar 31

    TheOASG Podcast Episode 240: Akane’s Bizarre Streaming Adventures

    Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen once again find some time to share what they’ve been up to…ok, only Justin has a title he liked a lot, and it’s published by TOKYOPOP! News 5:53: The hosts then get into discuss Crunchyroll’s latest troubles, ranging from layoffs to a possible security breach that also gets Justin to discuss reporting in the big 2026. 21:02: A couple episodes ago the hosts discussed one live event being cancelled in Japan due to threats — now we’ve gotten another one, this time involving Love Live! and Japan Airlines. 23:02: The Culprit Hanzawa manga is going on hiatus for an unspecified time; meanwhile Kōji Kumeta suffered a finger injury, so he’ll be on hiatus until that heals up. Let’s just say his explanation on how he suffered the cut is indeed hilarious. 24:55: Saint Seiya Episode.G: Requiem is back on Akita Shoten’s Champion Cross website following a 3-month hiatus; Naoki Urasawa’s Asadora is now also back from its hiatus, returning to Shogakukan’s Weekly Big Comic Spirits; and we have another manga magazine in Japan ending publication — Kadokawa’s Comic Alunna. 26:23: The alternative rock band the pillows announced that the band’s drummer, Shinichiro Sato, died on March 23 due to esophageal cancer; The editorial staff of Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine announced a few weeks ago that manga creator Majuro Kaname died in February; and publisher Chikuma Shobo announced that manga creator, Yoshiharu Tsuge, died of aspiration pneumonia at the age of 88. Licenses 30:16: For whatever reason, Titan Manga decided it was finally time to announce what they’re up to for this year: FLIPFLOPs’s Darwin’s Game Arata Yamaji’s Egnaro the Star-Eating Killer Shin Kazuki’s Even After Doronjo-sama Was Reincarnated She Remained a Villainess  kamatama’s Nova, Little Girl in the Monster Forest Zino’s Resident Evil: Death Island Touko Amekawa, Kuroyuki, & Nae Serizawa’s The Legendary Witch is Reborn as an Oppressed Princess manga Togawa Yonan’s Black Witch Mirror Tatsuya Tobitaka’s Ifrit of the Sea Sand Yasuo Isanami’s The Obsession of Red Riding Hood 32:29: Seven Seas’ Wonderful Wednesdays is back! Post Media-Do acquisition, which means the following series will be under scrutiny (unless mentioned otherwise) on how it’ll be handled: NEMUI ASADA’s I SAY Kazumi Takayama & tae’s Trapezium (Airship) Suzusuke, Shibanobancha, Yu Yagami, & Sumihei’s The One-Eyed, One-Armed, One-Legged Sorcerer Betty Tamamori’s Your Meteor, Hidden in Flowers Atsushi Suga’s A Quirky Girl is Inviting Me to Bed (Ghost Ship) TATAL & Masuda Mikio’s Legend of the Accidental Sword Saint: Playing the Mentor from the Sidelines (Airship, digital) A Siren audiobook release of Haka Tokura’s Magical Buffs: The Support Caster is Stronger Than He Realized!, narrated by Josh Hurley 34:32: (New manga) publisher Mahjong Pros appears to finally be establishing itself this year, as they announced they’ve licensed the following titles: Hideki Ohwara’s Reform with No Wasted Draws: The Legend of Koizumi Yoshiki Suda & Mio Junta’s Crybaby Mermaid: Illustrated Memoir of Yuumi Uotani Bingo Morihashi & Drill Jill’s Getter Robo High  Ayato Sasakura’s Vermilion Stella: Illustrated Memoir of Arisa Date 36:55: Yen Press had a good amount of announcements ahead of their yearly Sakuracon appearance: Shōichi Taguchi & Sugaru Miaki’s Three Days of Happiness manga (YP already pubbed the novel) Mitsubachi Miyuki’s I’m Just in a Faux BL  Suzuka Morino’s Servant Beast  Watomura’s I’m Home, Pardoning the Intrusion  Ayune Araragi’s Ms. Isshiki Wants to Know About Love Kazune Yamamoto’s What Six Survivors Told……  Gen Momoji’s Let’s Go Nirvana! Satori Kōnosu’s Thus Spoke the Rabbit  Kazuaki Kurihara & Akane Terai’s The Succubus Meets Her Match  Yukari Amatsu’s Mage of Reda Takemachi, SeuKaname, & tomari’s Spy Classroom 4th Period: Blazing Fire Numa Egaki’s How to Handle My Sassy Big Sis Ballad Kitaguni, Genshō Yasuda, & Nyum’s Ayakashi à la Mode (Yen On) Itsuki Yomukae, Scottie, & Barikios’s Why Run? My Summoned Beast Is Cute! (Yen On) An omnibus edition of Yoshiki Tonogai’s JUDGE 38:43: Usually Justin or manga enthusiasts looking at retailers catch TOKYOPOP licensing lots of things without them saying anything for like months — but it finally seems like TOKYOPOP’s getting around to announcing what they have on time: Lemon Fujikura’s My One-Sided Love Hinako Yugumo’s If I Could Write My Love Into You Kisa Inami’s Blue Spring in Your Eyes Jiro Ōnishi’s How to Befriend a Demon Kana’s Our Lucky Future Together Hana Ikuta’s The Shadow and the Flower Toworu Miyata’s Aoharu Once More Kouji Setsu’s Enomoto Is No Angel Toto Tsurui’s Spicy Milk Candy/Toto Tsurui’s Good Hair & Bad Habits Seno Yanase’s The Lion Dances With a Loved One Joe Aruku’s Caught in Your Web 39:58: Crossed Hearts has licensed Mei Fujimatsu & Satsuki Haru’s Afternoon Tea for Two for their Glam Beat! yuri imprint; Abrams Kana announced they’ve licensed Makiburo, Nazuna Shiraume, & Mai Murasaki’s Within The Villainess manga; MANGA Plus has added Maki Kanemaki’s The Hero’s Bereaved Family to their service; and more Discotek titles have been added to the MediaOCD Discotek Deep Dives list. Streaming News 42:23: During the Akane-banashi YouTube live stream, global streaming platforms and details were revealed for the anime, which premieres later this week. This got Justin to go down an unlikely rabbit hole as another Weekly Shonen Jump title does not go to Crunchyroll for some reason (and instead, it’ll stream for North American users on YouTube, with Netflix streaming the anime beginning in May). 49:36: Helen gets to talk about the other bizarre streaming situation this Spring in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run, which had its first episode (1st STAGE) go up on Netflix, and nothing else. The 2nd STAGE has been announced to air in 2026. When in 2026? Only the execs at Netflix know apparently! And this sure has led to a LOT of discussion regarding how this series has been handled since Netflix made the deal with david production years ago. 1:00:15: The newest anime streaming service in North America, Amasian TV, just added Mugen Train and that can be watched for free; The Crave streaming platform in Canada added 14 anime films, from Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero to In This Corner of the World; Lupin the IIIrd The Movie: The Immortal Bloodline has been released digitally for rental or purchase by GKIDS, with a BD release (collaboration with Shout! Studios) coming in July; and thanks to GKIDS, Gundam fans will get to see the second film of the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway anime project in US theaters May 15. Weird News 1:02:29: You say it’s over…it’s never over apparently! For Shadow Skill, which ended 12 years ago, clearly it getting a sequel shows you can return no matter what; and as rumored, From Far Away is getting an anime adaptation — the shoujo manga started in 1991! 1:08:04: You know, there’s not too many cases where an anime character is added to a video game, and certainly not a fighting game, so we had to note Kenshiro getting added to the latest Fatal Fury game; and sure, bringing back a 4KIDS voice actor can be kind of interesting but generally not terribly weird, but for this particular run of One Piece, there’s levels to having Erica Schroeder return to the One Piece franchise as Joyboy. If there’s anything you’d like to share, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 240: Akane’s Bizarre Streaming Adventures appeared first on TheOASG.

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