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.
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.
51:16: Hanashi Media (LN publisher) announced they’ve licensed the following works:
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
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.
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:
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
1:27:29: With the movie doing numbers in Japan, Amasian TV is making episodes of the Chiikawa TV series available to watch for free; The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE – Yotsuba Succession Arc – will be in theaters starting November 1; after being taken off the service some months ago, 86 is now back on Crunchyroll.
1:29:40: The 3rd Mononoke film will be on Netflix September 29; RetroCrush is adding several VIZ anime distributed works to their service, from several Naruto movies to Vampire Knight; Detective Conan: The Million-dollar Pentagram premiered at Anime NYC and is now on digital storefronts — it is also notable for using the all-new English dub cast that we’ve heard from the collections on Netflix and Crunchyroll, which gets Justin to think about a survey a few ANYCs ago where a question was asked about using them or the prior studio for the films; No more Crunchyroll can be watched on your Nintendo Switch in November, for reasons that more than likely work out for both companies.
1:34:13: Let’s just say Chainsmoker Cat has gotten a bit of notoriety for a couple reasons, and now it’s new claim to fame is having the anime removed from streaming services in Hong Kong.
1:35:17: Helen discusses the crazy situation that occurred involving Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou’s The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun, where the novel got announced to be a manga drawn by long-time BL artist Ayano Yamane and then days later got suspended for things the artist brought up involving anti-Chinese and anti-Korean sentiments on social media, meaning it’s now added to the pile of works not adapted into another medium.
1:41:26: So there is a proposed theme park project involving France and Saudi Arabia that was announced, and it was reported that a theme park is expected to be based on the Dragon Ball franchise — the problem? According to a French newspaper, the project has not received approval from the rights holders, so we got a current case of he said, she said! And someone is wrong.
1:46:17: Not anime, but all the same, Please Save My Earth is returning after decades to get a live-action work on Prime; the Maria Holic manga is back, getting a sequel after 12 years; TMS Anime announced that Baki Gaiden: Retsu Kaioh wa Isekai Tensei Shitemo Ikkō ni Kamawan is receiving a TV anime adaptation…for some reason!
1:50:20: We got some One Piece and Detective Conan collabs happening thanks to Universal Japan; Krispy Kreme collaborating with Pokémon; and yes, you can support Masako Nozawa turning 90 by buying a few things of hers, including a baseball hat depicting her from youth!
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