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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!)