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Show Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen return from hibernation (and attempting to stay warm in the East coast) to resume recording episodes of It’s Not My Fault TheOASG Podcast is Not Popular, and with the break, means catching up to things from even late December to January. The hosts start with once again a scanlation site shutting down, and what this ultimately means considering who was involved (and maybe not Kakao, which gets both hosts explaining how manhwa copyrights are…crazy)
News
12:36: MediaOCD will be distributing Discotek Media’s catalog (as much as they can), and based on information online this project seems to have been sped up following a number of home media titles being delisted on Crunchyroll. This gets both hosts speculating on what this means, and why it sometimes now gets harder and harder to support official publishers.
18:59: Netflix continues making some deals as they’ve worked out a partnership with MAPPA and will be working with TOHO (and their new studio) to produce a bunch of works in a couple years
21:35: We got some hiatuses and returns to cover, starting with The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses manga being continued; after just not having any new chapters since 2022, The Girl, the Shovel, and the Evil Eye manga will return and also finish in a couple chapters; Kemono Jihen is taking a one-issue break due to Sho Aimoto suffering from gastroenteritis to start 2026; Phantom Busters will be on break as something’s going on with Neoshoco, the hosts hope they’re ok; The hosts break down what the heck’s going on with The New Prince of Tennis series as it went through some major editor mismanagement, enough to wear there could not be a new chapter in Jump SQ; The Days of Diamond will go on hiatus, no announcement on its return; Bocchi the Rock! was intended to return this month, but Aki Hamaji’s health has not improved enough to return to serialization, so the hiatus will continue; and in final manga hiatuses, Hajime no Ippo’s taking a break, no announcement on when it’ll return.
25:38: Makes sense that Go Nagai will be inducted into this year’s Eisner’s Hall of Fame, took them long enough; Manga creator Hisashi Eguchi apologized in December after tracing allegations were made back in October that had a number of companies suspend working with him; Chitose in the Ramune Bottle’s got some work to do following its delay due to production issues; And apparently A Tale of the Secret Saint needs more work as it’s been pushed from Spring to Fall season; What in the world is going with the Madoka movie? Well no one knows except that’s now been delayed from its release this month to an unannounced date; and the voice of Hitomi Koshigaya, Yumiri Hanamori, stepped down from the role for an undisclosed reason. So for the upcoming Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. anime, there will need to be a new voice for her.
30:53: Talent agency Aoni Production announced that voice actor Kōzō Shioya had died on January 20 due to cerebral hemorrhage — a number of people noted his impact on them and sent their condolences on social media on this difficult loss.
Licenses
31:57: Seven Seas and their Wonderful Wednesdays have returned for 2026! That means catching up to everything they’ve announced in January:
- Hayate Kuku’s Yoichi & Tsugumo
- Daken, Mugi Sawai & saino’s The Wicked Princess and Her Twelve Eyes: The Legendary Villainess and Her Elite Assassins manga
- Mizuhara’s Working as a Goddess!
- NEMUI ASADA’s Sleeping Dead
- Muchimaro’s Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! (Ghost Ship)
- Yuuri Seo & Okaya’s I’m Running for Crown Princess, but All I Want is a Steady Paycheck! (Airship, digital only)
- Moka Onmae’s Good Morning, Good Night, and See You Tomorrow.
- Ryon’s Are You a Landmine, Chihara-san?
- Hamubane, Mokufū, & Parum’s I Used to Think My Childhood Friend Was a Guy —Now We’re Newlyweds, and She’s the Perfect Bride!
- Nagata Kabi’s My Sketchy Roommate
- Osamu Takahashi’s I Don’t Know, Yoshida-san (Ghost Ship)
- Shibainubutai, Mochiron san, & Masahiro Suwa’s An Ordinary Guy’s Crazy Modern Dungeon Survival!
- Akairo Mash’s Love Tattoo
- MAMITA’s 10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40 – Part 2
- NENE AZUKI’s Mii-chan and Yamada-san
- Itaru Kinoshita’s Dinosaur Sanctuary: Let’s Go to Dinoland picture book
- Also re-announced Koala Omugi’s The Apology of Noumi-Senpai? (previously called What’s Up With Noumi-senpai?)
- Audiobooks for their Siren imprint: Daken’s The Wicked Princess and Her Twelve Eyes: The Legendary Villainess and Her Elite Assassins (Narrated by Aspen Vincent), FUNA’s Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! (Narrated by Kara Oates), Yuki SUZUKI’s Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero’s Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes (Narrated by Eric O’Keeffe), Fuyutsuki Koki’s I Abandoned My Engagement Because My Sister is a Tragic Heroine (Narrated by Mirai), Sou Akaike’s Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord: Production Magic Turns a Nameless Village into the Strongest Fortified City (Narrated by Eric O’Keeffe), Amano Seiju’s I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class (Narrated by Mark Sanderlin)
36:05: Kodansha had a three-day licensing event and announced these titles during their run:
- Haruka Kawachi’s Rainy Day Serenade
- Dorothy Odoroo’s Mr. Vamp Is a Vampire
- Kazu Inabe, Yu Kuraishi & Ku Tanaka’s AIDOL
- Keigo Maki’s NakiNagi
- Den Mitao’s Kiss or Die Trying!
- Kotora Aoshima’s Fan/Girl x Call/Boy
- Marume Goshika’s Say Hello to Mr. Wallaby!
- Osamu Tezuka’s Black Jack as an oversized Deluxe Edition and a Full Color Selection of Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura’s Blue Lock
37:23: Yen Press also decided to start the year off pretty strong as well:
- Hoku Tomose’s List Rouge
- Masaaki Nakayama’s Seeds of Anxiety: Asterisk
- Sakuhiro’s The Crow’s Ballad at Dawn
- Umi Ruike’s Beneath the Fur
- Akumi Agitogi & Kei Tamura’s The Bubble Love of the Mermaid manga
- Daisuke Motomi’s Magic Doctor Rex’s Perverted Medical Record
- Nanigashi Shima & raemz’s Love Unseen Beneath the Radiant Night Sky (Yen On)
38:16: Cross Infinite World has licensed these three titles: Mayo Momoyo & Wan Hachipisu’s The Brooding Duke’s Guide to the Lie-Detecting Lady, Mashimesa Emoto & Nitou Akane’s Goodbye, Horrible Fiancé, Hello, Fun Magic School Life! and Hanami Nishine & Renta’s Strawberry Princess: The Time Loop Defying Villainess; Abrams ComicArts’ Kana imprint announced they’ve licensed Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Kensuke Nishida’s Jagaan manga; Nao Iori’s Manaka the Human and the Slaughter Robot, Yuto Ito’s Goodbye My Idol, & Manose and Miharu’s Island Rock have been added to MANGA Plus; Crossed Hearts has licensed Akisuke’s The Executioner of Grenimal and Hanami Nishine & Satsuki Amamiya’s The Matchmaker’s Fiancé: My Fiancé Won’t Leave Me Alone While I’m Finding Him The Ideal Bride; and Manga Mavericks announced they’ve licensed Koukoku Brothers’s Divine Messengers and Demonic Guardians & Banjo Saitou’s Vegetable Sandwich
40:40: Meanwhile, Discotek had a few announcements, and yes, more Lupin the 3rd is a given at this point for them!
Streaming News
41:34: The Dangers in My Heart compilation film will be screened in some of the more popular cities this month; Whoever Steals This Book has been acquired by Crunchyroll and will also make its debut at the New York International Children’s Film Festival.
43:11: Remember when Oshi no Ko S3 got picked up by Crunchyroll? What did that mean for HIDIVE since they had the first two seasons? Absolutely nothing apparently since HIDIVE is still streaming it; Justin gets to talk about his excitement about the Umamusume Pretty Derby: Beginning of a New Era being in theaters at the end of the month; And Helen wonders why ALDNOAH.ZERO is back as Crunchyroll has added the English dub — which includes a new episode that aired in Japan last year — to their service.
46:10: A few anime will be on Netflix this year: Kyoto Animation’s Sparks of Tomorrow (in the summer) and Studio KAI’s Ramparts of Ice (in Spring);
47:05: So there were two anime that aired in Japan last year — April Showers Bring May Flowers and Monster Strike: Deadverse Reloaded — that was not picked up by an official service…until now! Prime now is streaming these anime; Fawesome began streaming the Despair of the Monster indie anime film sometime this past December, but at the moment only those in Canada and the UK can watch it.
Weird News
49:18: More news about live-action Gundam keeps pouring out, and it gets even closer to becoming a real thing; Pokémon and Hatsune Miku is a thing again; The X (Twitter) continues to just get worse and its editing image feature for lots of people had a couple artists saying they do not want to put their illustrations on there.
55:36: The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio is over!…in print! It’s still ongoing digitally though. This gets Helen wondering however…
57:48: Sugar Sugar Rune has been added to Tubi…BUT there’s a reason why it’s in the weird news section! So far not at Tai Chi Chasers level, but…
59:32: Rumiko Takahashi made a trip to San Francisco some time ago (which can probably mean VIZ and her are cooking something) and visited a museum — somehow Bible Black is brought up in this part (Why Helen, just why); Justin wonders if Sazae-san is gearing up to be released overseas moving forward now that it’ll see its first overseas release in Taiwan; Otakon announced on Bluesky on Thursday the event is no longer allowing the sale of fan art in its dealers room beginning with the 2026 event, and Helen explains what this means.
1:05:17: Anime can make famous actors cry — see Michael B. Jordan crying over My Hero Academia — and can have its own category on Jeopardy!. Both hosts wonder if anime has become too mainstream…