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Present Notes
0:00: Justin and Helen lastly get to document an episode of TheOASG Podcast following Justin’s brazen try and go on a visit throughout 4th of July weekend, necessitating the podcast getting pushed again every week, and the 2 hosts get proper into the information that’s occurred throughout the previous three weeks (regardless of some tech hiccups) — beginning with anime subtitles so unhealthy as a result of AI/ChatGPT was used for one summer time anime this season and one summer time present getting its complete season leaked!
Information
10:30: Gaou has been eliminated because the artist for Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant and I Might Be a Guild Receptionist following attainable admission throughout a livestream in late June to participating in sexual acts with a minor — for sure, yikes!
12:20: A brand new approach for indie creators world wide to get their works on the market has emerged — Curation Leisure Companions, Inc. introduced on Sunday throughout Anime Expo a brand new partnership with Japanese indie manga writer DouDouDoujin; Okay MANGA has lastly expanded to extra nations — hearken to Helen truly announce all of them in document time!
15:24: For probably the fourth time (perhaps fifth), TMS is making one other try and make Detective Conan massive within the West once more. They introduced a big US marketing campaign that won’t solely see choose official releases of Conan episodes which have by no means been launched earlier than (and dubbed as nicely!), however weeks of Conan theatrical movies might be made accessible on YouTube this yr. Hear Justin go wild over the information, speculate what could possibly be the subsequent couple picks, and extra, simply over Helen’s acknowledged 5-minute time restrict!
20:58: The 2 hosts then focus on the unhappy information of manga creator Ukyou Takao and voice actor/script adaptor James Carter Cathcart passing away. Recognized for adapting the manga variations of To Coronary heart, Ukyou handed away due an coronary heart assault; James sadly misplaced his battle with throat most cancers, which he was recognized with a pair years in the past. This compelled him to step down from his work on the Pokémon collection, which he was part of from the primary episode and was the voice of many memorable characters — James, Meowth, Professor Oak, and Gary.
Licenses
25:03: Let’s simply say all of the Yoru Sumino followers had a good time final Wednesday, as Seven Seas returned with the next licenses for them:
- Distorted I Love You (Artwork by ITSUKA)
- Confession Technique
- I Have a Secret (Manga drawn by Zui Nieki)
They will even launch an audiobook model of I Will Overlook This Feeling Sometime (Narrated by Kurt Kanazawa). They did additionally announce an audiobook for Touya’s A Story of the Secret Saint (Narrated by Katy Vaughn).
26:30: Helen and Justin get into the wild information of a brand new writer rising within the least anticipated approach — a mahjong firm publishing mahjong manga (and apparently beginning off with a wild one!); Glacier Bay Books introduced they’ll launch Konomi Oumi’s Universe From the Balcony sooner or later this yr; And all of Oblivion Battery dropped on MANGA Plus, so should you’re in want of a brand new baseball manga to learn, MANGA Plus has you lined.
Anime Expo Licenses
29:27: As soon as once more, one other yr of Anime Expo, one other yr of many corporations saying so many issues. Right here’s what acquired licensed throughout that conference weekend just a few weeks in the past:
- PEACH-PIT’s Shugo Chara! twentieth Anniversary Version and Shugo Chara! Jewel Joker
- Fuyumi Sōryō’s MARS thirtieth Anniversary Version
- Masamume Shirow’s The Ghost within the Shell Legacy Version Manga Field Set
- Ao Hatesaka’s GALAXIAS
- OMOCAT & Nui Konoito’s OMORI
- Aya Kanno’s Fruit of the Underworld
- Sal Jiang’s Depraved Spot
- Shiki Kawabata’s Drawing From Your Reminiscence
- Narumi Hasegaki’s Love at First Reminiscence
- Hanamaru Kira’s Hitting Rewind With You
- Yōko Nogiri’s Love Out on a Limb
- Jun Hareta & Yahiro Arase’s Completely Positive on My Personal, So My Fiancé Can Twist within the Wind
- Suoh & someday’s Marrying the Darkish Knight (For Her Cash)
- Kotaro’s Voices within the Sea Foam
- Dondon’s Blue Summer season Haze
- Kumosoku’s What If I Mentioned, “I Love You”?
- Saburō Nagai’s Smells Like Inexperienced Spirit
- Jil Hashikura’s Honey Bee & Lemon Balm
Yen Press (32:35)
- Alya Generally Hides Her Emotions in Russian: Momoco’s Artwork Ebook
- Harunadon & Momose Hanada’s Even a Reproduction Can Fall in Love manga
- Daigo Murasaki & Yutaka Sakurai’s Demon Lord 2099 manga
- Oumi Kifuru & Kōya Ashitaka’s Divine Incursion manga (All 4 introduced on Day 0 of AX)
- Masayuki Taguchi & Koushun Takami’s Battle Royale Deluxe Version manga
- Kazumi Yamashita’s Surprise 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 A couple of Place within the Kinki Area (Yen On)
- Gyatei Murasaki’s 1,000 Phrases to Dwell (Yen On)
- Touwa Akatsuki & Falmaro’s New Sport Plus After Defeating the Final Boss (Yen On)
- Rintarō Hatake & Hino’s Thou, as My Knight… (Yen On)
- Will produce audiobooks for Yen Audio of: Secrets and techniques of the Silent Witch, The Angel Subsequent Door Spoils Me Rotten, The Different World’s Books Rely upon the Bean Counter, Days with My Stepsister, & Magical Explorer
J-Novel Membership (35:26)
- Sakaku Hishikawa & Yu-nit’s Guild Handyman? Extra like Mastermind! Utilizing My Hidden Expertise within the Shadows
- Yuu Tanaka & LLO’s The Accursed Chef and His Pair of Furry Foodies
- Hisago Amazake-no, Akemi Mikoto, & han2go’s Previous Knight, New Submit: 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 Talent On-line: Crushing the Competitors with My Abysmal Stats, Ineffective Class, and Rubbish Weapon! LN
- Isle Osaki & kodamazon’s Zero Injury Sword Saint: I Enrolled in a Magic College and Wound Up in a Contract with the Demon Queen LN
- Honobonoru500 & Yōsuke Ishibashi’s Flung right into a New World? Time to Elevate the 200-12 months Curse! LN
- Kimimaro & Mokyu’s Nugatory at House, Whiz to the World
- Wasan Kurata & Kewi Hayashi’s This Gyaru’s Obtained a Factor for…Vampire Hunters?!
- Surume Enoki & Tai’s The Crown of Rutile Quartz manga
- Yasuaki Mikami & Ayahito Kumagai’s Appears to be like like a Job for a Maid! The Tales of a Dismissed Supermaid
- Harunadon & Yanagiyamaro’s Even Exiled, She’s Nonetheless the Beloved Saint! St. Evelyn’s Bizarre and Great Buddies
- Sora Suigetsu & Wasabi Mukuno’s Scooped Up by an S-Rank Adventurer! This White Mage is One Heck of a Healer mangaÂ
Sq. 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 Favourite VTuber Is Scary IRL
- Ayato Miyoshi’s A Howl of the Coronary 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 Strolling in Your Tracks
- Keiko & Shion’s The Story of Luvelia Kingdom
- Moyori Mori’s Bride of Ignat
- Marukawa’s Apprentice Nail Artist in a Overseas Land
- Gunjō Kazuki’s I Picked Up a No-Good, Ineffective Prince
Manga Mavericks (41:06)
- Yuki Muta’s First Time in Taiwan: A Scrumptious Journey!
- Iwakuni Kōgyō’s Nice Steel God
- Ohtori’s Princess Da Huang & Different Titles
- Nishu’s I’ll See You at Ebisu Studios (localized by Pink String Studios)
42:03: A number of different bulletins had been made throughout Anime Expo, beginning with Titan Manga being introduced throughout the Newtype panel to publish Mamoru Nagano’s The 5 Star Tales; Hayato Aoki’s Macross Frontier (Macross F) manga was introduced throughout the Huge West panel to be revealed by UDON (Helen is just not impressed by the artwork of it); Koumori’s Our Aimless Nights, revealed by Azuki, will see a hardcover and paperback launch by Ink Pop subsequent summer time; And Cyberpunk: Edgerunners lastly has a house media launch date, which delights Justin but additionally makes him involved about Aniplex of America’s pricing for it.
Streaming Information
46:51: As you all know, we acquired summer time anime airing proper now and what’s going to take up a lot of our time for some might be comfort. Helen and Justin go over the inconvenience of Netflix delaying Aromatic Flower to September 7 for many areas after which releasing an episode as soon as every week regardless of it airing now.
48:03: Your Forma has lastly been made accessible on a traditional platform — each hosts focus on this and the launch of the It’s Anime channel on Samsung TV Plus…for US and Canada!
50:45: Retrocrush introduced they’ll stream Rinkai! within the fall, whereas additionally 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 sure, a Chihayafuru live-action model is getting added to Netflix.
52:16: Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is being streamed due to Toei on their YouTube channel; Aniplex of America introduced throughout their AX panel that they’ll launch director Yasuomi Umetsu and studio SHAFT’s Clockwork Lady episode of Virgin Punk sooner or later in theaters.
53:33: The Fantasia Worldwide Movie Pageant will display All You Want is Kill throughout its run beginning tomorrow to August third; there might be choose episodes of Tokyo Ghoul premiering in US theaters July 21; and sooner or later Crunchyroll will add the Idolish7 compilation movies to their service. Additionally throughout this era with tech points on the pod occurring, Helen took a while to look into Toei’s YouTube channel and…it’s bizarre.
Principal Subject: Spring Anime 2025 Season Closing Ideas
55:50: Justin and Helen take time to cowl what in the end turned out to be a quiet season when it comes to standout anime exhibits — however in fact the 2 had their favorites (Cinderella Grey, GQuuuuuuuX) and needed to focus on a bit about Season 2 of The Apothecary Diaries.
Bizarre Information
1:59:41: Each hosts are baffled, however sure, there might be an AI content material awards class for Webtoons in Korea. That’s…regarding!
2:00:30 It lastly occurred. We acquired a YouTuber producing an anime. Was solely a matter of time; Konami took a while to make a Yu-Gi-Oh! card of Shohei Ohtani’s canine, Decoy; and someway, someway, Netflix’s BET is getting a Season 2. How this model of Kakegurui is getting one other season is simply making Justin’s mind explode.
2:03:36: Each hosts can’t consider the most recent Sugar Sugar Rune manga information got here from a Japan Expo panel in France — how did UDON let this occur; And Justin is simply incredulous as we acquired one other Guinness World Document occurring and why this quantity of punches was accepted, who is aware of!
2:05:03 Lastly, Helen goes over the very troubled Soiled Pair Kickstarter, the place information was conveyed, simply the difficulty is it solely looks like adjustments have been made — for the more severe, someway!

