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Show Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen finally get to record an episode of TheOASG Podcast following Justin’s brazen attempt to go on a trip during 4th of July weekend, necessitating the podcast getting pushed back a week, and the two hosts get right into the news that’s happened during the past three weeks (despite some tech hiccups) — starting with anime subtitles so bad because AI/ChatGPT was used for one summer anime this season and one summer show getting its whole season leaked!
News
10:30: Gaou has been removed as the artist for Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant and I May Be a Guild Receptionist following possible admission during a livestream in late June to engaging in sexual acts with a minor — needless to say, yikes!
12:20: A new way for indie creators around the world to get their works out there has emerged — Curation Entertainment Partners, Inc. announced on Sunday during Anime Expo a new partnership with Japanese indie manga publisher DouDouDoujin; K MANGA has finally expanded to more countries — listen to Helen actually announce them all in record time!
15:24: For possibly the fourth time (maybe fifth), TMS is making another attempt to make Detective Conan big in the West again. They announced a huge US campaign that will not only see select official releases of Conan episodes that have never been released before (and dubbed as well!), but weeks of Conan theatrical films will be made available on YouTube this year. Hear Justin go wild over the news, speculate what could be the next couple selections, and more, just over Helen’s stated 5-minute time limit!
20:58: The two hosts then discuss the sad news of manga creator Ukyou Takao and voice actor/script adaptor James Carter Cathcart passing away. Known for adapting the manga versions of To Heart, Ukyou passed away due an heart attack; James unfortunately lost his battle with throat cancer, which he was diagnosed with a couple years ago. This forced him to step down from his work on the Pokémon series, which he was a part of from the first episode and was the voice of many memorable characters — James, Meowth, Professor Oak, and Gary.
Licenses
25:03: Let’s just say all the Yoru Sumino fans had a great time last Wednesday, as Seven Seas returned with the following licenses for them:
- Distorted I Love You (Art by ITSUKA)
- Confession Strategy
- I Have a Secret (Manga drawn by Zui Nieki)
They will also release an audiobook version of I Will Forget This Feeling Someday (Narrated by Kurt Kanazawa). They did also announce an audiobook for Touya’s A Tale of the Secret Saint (Narrated by Katy Vaughn).
26:30: Helen and Justin get into the wild news of a new publisher emerging in the least expected way — a mahjong company publishing mahjong manga (and apparently starting off with a wild one!); Glacier Bay Books announced they will release Konomi Oumi’s Universe From the Balcony at some point this year; And all of Oblivion Battery dropped on MANGA Plus, so if you’re in need of a new baseball manga to read, MANGA Plus has you covered.
Anime Expo Licenses
29:27: Once again, another year of Anime Expo, another year of many companies announcing so many things. Here’s what got licensed during that convention weekend a few weeks ago:
- PEACH-PIT’s Shugo Chara! 20th Anniversary Edition and Shugo Chara! Jewel Joker
- Fuyumi Sōryō’s MARS 30th Anniversary Edition
- Masamume Shirow’s The Ghost in the Shell Legacy Edition Manga Box Set
- Ao Hatesaka’s GALAXIAS
- OMOCAT & Nui Konoito’s OMORI
- Aya Kanno’s Fruit of the Underworld
- Sal Jiang’s Wicked Spot
- Shiki Kawabata’s Drawing From Your Memory
- Narumi Hasegaki’s Love at First Memory
- Hanamaru Kira’s Hitting Rewind With You
- Yōko Nogiri’s Love Out on a Limb
- Jun Hareta & Yahiro Arase’s Perfectly Fine on My Own, So My Fiancé Can Twist in the Wind
- Suoh & sometime’s Marrying the Dark Knight (For Her Money)
- Kotaro’s Voices in the Sea Foam
- Dondon’s Blue Summer Haze
- Kumosoku’s What If I Said, “I Love You”?
- Saburō Nagai’s Smells Like Green Spirit
- Jil Hashikura’s Honey Bee & Lemon Balm
Yen Press (32:35)
- Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian: Momoco’s Art Book
- Harunadon & Momose Hanada’s Even a Replica Can Fall in Love manga
- Daigo Murasaki & Yutaka Sakurai’s Demon Lord 2099 manga
- Oumi Kifuru & Kōya Ashitaka’s Divine Incursion manga (All 4 announced on Day 0 of AX)
- Masayuki Taguchi & Koushun Takami’s Battle Royale Deluxe Edition manga
- Kazumi Yamashita’s Wonder Boy
- Aki Shimizu’s Hinatsugimura
- Yuriko Hara’s Out of the Cocoon
- Takako Shimura’s Scenes From Awajima
- Shoun Makise & Yuki Higashiura’s Please Look After the Dragon
- Kentarō Satō’s Immortality and Punishment
- Takuya Okuda’s Animan
- Sesuji’s About a Place in the Kinki Region (Yen On)
- Gyatei Murasaki’s 1,000 Words to Live (Yen On)
- Touwa Akatsuki & Falmaro’s New Game Plus After Defeating the Last Boss (Yen On)
- Rintarō Hatake & Hino’s Thou, as My Knight… (Yen On)
- Will produce audiobooks for Yen Audio of: Secrets of the Silent Witch, The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten, The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter, Days with My Stepsister, & Magical Explorer
J-Novel Club (35:26)
- Sakaku Hishikawa & Yu-nit’s Guild Handyman? More like Mastermind! Using My Hidden Skills in the Shadows
- Yuu Tanaka & LLO’s The Accursed Chef and His Pair of Furry Foodies
- Hisago Amazake-no, Akemi Mikoto, & han2go’s Old Knight, New Post: From Retiree to Her Majesty’s Blade (LN and Manga)
- Nagi Misaki & Kasu Komeshiro’s The Goddess Says, “Kill the Tsundere Witch!”
- Manzi Mazi & Shimofuri (Laplacian)’s Blade Skill Online: Crushing the Competition with My Abysmal Stats, Useless Class, and Garbage Weapon! LN
- Isle Osaki & kodamazon’s Zero Damage Sword Saint: I Enrolled in a Magic School and Wound Up in a Contract with the Demon Queen LN
- Honobonoru500 & Yōsuke Ishibashi’s Flung into a New World? Time to Lift the 200-Year Curse! LN
- Kimimaro & Mokyu’s Worthless at Home, Whiz to the World
- Wasan Kurata & Kewi Hayashi’s This Gyaru’s Got a Thing for…Vampire Hunters?!
- Surume Enoki & Tai’s The Crown of Rutile Quartz manga
- Yasuaki Mikami & Ayahito Kumagai’s Looks like a Job for a Maid! The Tales of a Dismissed Supermaid
- Harunadon & Yanagiyamaro’s Even Exiled, She’s Still the Beloved Saint! St. Evelyn’s Weird and Wonderful Friends
- Sora Suigetsu & Wasabi Mukuno’s Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer! This White Mage is One Heck of a Healer manga
Square Enix Manga & Books (38:39)
- Yū Toyota’s A Starlit Darkness
- Anju Hino’s Betrothed to a Fox Demon
- Oto Nagatsuki & Himako Neko’s The Prince’s Keeper
- Ema Toyama’s A Cat Is a Cat in Any Life (2-in-1)
- Souchu & 138 Neko’s Otaku x Gal
- Riyo Yorima’s My Favorite VTuber Is Scary IRL
- Ayato Miyoshi’s A Howl of the Heart
TOKYOPOP (40:07)
- Reida Soragaki’s In So Deep, It’s Love Already
- Sai Jiang’s Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko!
- Tatsumi Kifuu’s Walking in Your Tracks
- Keiko & Shion’s The Tale of Luvelia Kingdom
- Moyori Mori’s Bride of Ignat
- Marukawa’s Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land
- Gunjō Kazuki’s I Picked Up a No-Good, Useless Prince
Manga Mavericks (41:06)
- Yuki Muta’s First Time in Taiwan: A Delicious Adventure!
- Iwakuni Kōgyō’s Great Metal God
- Ohtori’s Princess Da Huang & Other Titles
- Nishu’s I’ll See You at Ebisu Studios (localized by Red String Studios)
42:03: A few other announcements were made during Anime Expo, starting with Titan Manga being announced during the Newtype panel to publish Mamoru Nagano’s The Five Star Stories; Hayato Aoki’s Macross Frontier (Macross F) manga was announced during the Big West panel to be published by UDON (Helen is not impressed by the art of it); Koumori’s Our Aimless Nights, published by Azuki, will see a hardcover and paperback release by Ink Pop next summer; And Cyberpunk: Edgerunners finally has a home media release date, which delights Justin but also makes him concerned about Aniplex of America’s pricing for it.
Streaming News
46:51: As you all know, we got summer anime airing right now and what will take up much of our time for some will be convenience. Helen and Justin go over the inconvenience of Netflix delaying Fragrant Flower to September 7 for most regions and then releasing an episode once a week despite it airing now.
48:03: Your Forma has finally been made available on a normal platform — both hosts discuss this and the launch of the It’s Anime channel on Samsung TV Plus…for US and Canada!
50:45: Retrocrush announced they will stream Rinkai! in the fall, while also mentioning that Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 is on their platform now, and Terror in Resonance being added later; DAN DA DAN’s gonna premiere on TV July 26 (Toonami!); And yes, a Chihayafuru live-action version is getting added to Netflix.
52:16: Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is being streamed thanks to Toei on their YouTube channel; Aniplex of America announced during their AX panel that they will release director Yasuomi Umetsu and studio SHAFT’s Clockwork Girl episode of Virgin Punk at some point in theaters.
53:33: The Fantasia International Film Festival will screen All You Need is Kill during its run starting tomorrow to August 3rd; there will be select episodes of Tokyo Ghoul premiering in US theaters July 21; and at some point Crunchyroll will add the Idolish7 compilation films to their service. Also during this period with tech issues on the pod occurring, Helen took some time to look into Toei’s YouTube channel and…it’s weird.
Main Topic: Spring Anime 2025 Season Final Thoughts
55:50: Justin and Helen take time to cover what ultimately turned out to be a quiet season in terms of standout anime shows — but of course the two had their favorites (Cinderella Gray, GQuuuuuuuX) and had to discuss a bit about Season 2 of The Apothecary Diaries.
Weird News
1:59:41: Both hosts are baffled, but yes, there will be an AI content awards category for Webtoons in Korea. That’s…concerning!
2:00:30 It finally happened. We got a YouTuber producing an anime. Was only a matter of time; Konami took some time to make a Yu-Gi-Oh! card of Shohei Ohtani’s dog, Decoy; and somehow, someway, Netflix’s BET is getting a Season 2. How this version of Kakegurui is getting another season is only making Justin’s brain explode.
2:03:36: Both hosts can’t believe the latest Sugar Sugar Rune manga news came from a Japan Expo panel in France — how did UDON let this happen; And Justin is just incredulous as we got another Guinness World Record happening and why this amount of punches was accepted, who knows!
2:05:03 Finally, Helen goes over the very troubled Dirty Pair Kickstarter, where news was conveyed, just the issue is it only seems like changes have been made — for the worse, somehow!