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0:00: On a really packed episode of TheOASG Podcast, Justin and Helen get straight into the information of the previous few weeks — and meaning licenses earlier than AX! From Kodama Tales and Crossed Hearts‘ licensing week, Abrams Kana buying an astrology work, Bubbles Zine bringing over a Suehiro Maruo work, and to GKIDS bringing an anime movie to house media, it was a good variety of works introduced…
…after which got here Anime Expo 2026.
Licenses throughout Anime Expo
We will say a LOT of publishers had a LOT of bulletins: Come take a gander at all the things these corporations acquired:
J-Novel Membership (6:30:)
- Tsuta Sonehara & Lemon Natsume’s Sorry, Darling, however You Gained’t Kill Me Once more! (J-Novel Coronary heart)
- Yuno Yozakura & Nimoshi’s A Younger Maiden’s Rising Pains: I Reincarnated and All I Bought Was This 100X Stat Buff!
- Nora Yasuda & Arutera’s God Sleeps in Seafoam
- Manzi Mazi & Yuuya’s A Depraved Woman’s Information to By accident Saving the Kingdom
- Shusui Hazuki & kururi’s I’ll Turn into an Elegant Villainess! Time to Take pleasure in My Second Life to the Fullest (J-Novel Coronary heart)
- Kennoji & Reita’s Father, Have You Sinned? An Murderer in Priest’s Robes
- Misa Aoi & Yoh Hihara’s Genius within the Library: This Bookish Rookie Will Save the Day!
- Lengthy Utsumi’s Final Summer season Sparkle manga ( J-Novel Knight)
- Ichi Ichikawa’s Reset / Reboot manga (J-Novel Knight)
- Print titles: Punichan’s From Villainess to Healer: I Know the Cheat to Change My Destiny (manga and LN); Jan Olexa’s It’s Robust Being a Necromancer; Schuld’s Min-Maxing My TRPG Construct in One other World; Hagure Metabo’s A Furious Woman’s Information to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires; Miori Kayamoto’s The Despicable Duke Settles His Affairs (J-Novel Knight); Kazuki Amamiya’s Haibara’s Teenage New Sport+; Fuurou, Yumbo, & kinta’s The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Topics: Tales of Blue Dias and the Onikin Alna manga; Abyss Enoshima, Pochi Edoya, & neropaso’s What’s with the Bag, Kamiyama-san?; Hajime Naehara, Takao Demise, & Hatori Kyoka’s A Cave King’s Street to Paradise: Climbing to the Prime with My Almighty Mining Abilities! manga; Ryuyu, Notice Tono, & Daburyu’s Now I’m a Demon Lord! Fortunately Ever After with Monster Women in My Dungeon manga; Kazuki Minamoto’s All Eyes on Nekoyashiki-kun! Discover Me, Not My Characters; Kono Tsuranori’s D-Genesis: Three Years After the Dungeons Appeared
Seven Seas (12:45:)
- Odoroo Dorothy’s I See You, Aizawa-san!
- Daisuke Itabashi’s The Journey of a Darkish Elf with Fading Powers
- Kotoko & Kei Kumanomi’s This Time Round, My Lovesick Hero Will Maintain Me Alive … If I’m Fortunate!
- Itsumi Narita’s That lady I’m fascinated by is a maid from the abyss
- Azusa Sakamoto’s I Reincarnated because the “Villain” Commander of an Order of Knights (manga drawn by fujy, gentle novel artwork by kodamazon; LN is digital solely)
- Hijiki’s Hate Me, however Let Me Keep – Supervisor and Otoha
- Daken & Enta Shiho’s The Suspects of Necromancy (Airship)
- Kennoji & R_ringo’s My Sword Saint Grasp Is Too Cute to Reside With! (Ghost Ship
- Siren audiobook imprint: Yoru Sumino’s Distorted I Love You (Narrated by Paul Dateh & Aria Saltini)
Kodansha (15:53:)
- Hitoshi Iwaaki’s Historié
- Nikki Asada’s The Serenade of Spring Thunder
- Teki Yatsuda’s Myther
- Yoshidamaru’s Dig It
- Kazuto Mihara’s Interstellar Violin
- Ko Fumimura’s Manga Lover
- Battan’s Fatale Sport
- Osamu Nishi’s Welcome to Demon Faculty! Iruma-kun Devilish Tales: Kalego’s Story
- Hana Yakou, Honomi, & Chiharu Nara’s Blaze of Flesh and Blood
- Suji Hanabusa’s Drawn Deep
- Rei Tasaki, Nezu Usugumo, & Jiji’s The Chronicles of Leënde
- A hardcover deluxe version of Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix
- CLAMP Official Artbook COLOR GOLD 1989–2024
- Jun Esaka & Kamome Shirahama’s Witch Hat Atelier: Particular Tales
Yen Press (20:11:)
- Hagane Kurodome & Kururi’s The Chef of the Adventurers’ Tavern (Yen On)
- Kouko Shirakawa’s A Flower in Black Crude Garments (Yen On)
- Hiroyuki Kitazume’s Cell Swimsuit Zeta Gundam Outline
- Hole Takeuchi’s Chihaya Re:Begin!
- samesuke’s The Lowly Elf Is the Blackhearted King’s Plaything
- Nauchi’s Takane-san and Arashi-chan
- Harikamo’s The eleventh Cat Is Nene!
- Hajime Taguchi & Hiromu Kitano’s Planarian People
Sq. Enix Manga & Books (23:01:)
- Daisuke Hagiwara’s Not Fairly Love
- yutaka’s My Classmate James
- Mo-suke Mattaku’s Inuta: My Canine Classmate
- Ume Koshida’s Daughter of the Dragon God
- Koume Fujichika’s Supervillain Boy
- Genkotsu Kumano, Jojo Ueyama, & Ryūshi Tajima’s Overpowered and Underpaid: An OP Swordmaster Turns Hit Streamer
- Gojiai’s KasuRich
- Ume Matsutake & Komikan Matsumoto’s Tamagawa, Is That You?
TOKYOPOP & Darkish Horse (24:35:)
- Nasubitaka’s Love at First Howl
- Misaki Sako & Supico Shinonome’s The Reclusive Consort of the Rikan Empire: Sneaking Out of the Rear Palace to Be a Court docket Official
- Nana Aokawa’s How I Attended an All Man’s Mixer: Omnibus Version
- Ayaka Matsumoto’s Mr. Mitsuya’s Deliberate Feeding
- Kenji Tsuruta’s The Sky is however One Roof of the World
- Gou Tanabe’s H.P. Lovecraft’s The Haunter of the Darkish
- Yoshitaka Amano’s Deva Zan (Second Version)
- A deluxe hardcover version of Hiroya Oku’s Gantz
Manga Mavericks Books & Omoi (25:42:)
- Kaoru Kurimoto & Yumiko Igarashi’s The Sword of Paros (Deluxe hardcover version)
- Fast Obake’s Immobile
- Kazuhiko Shimamoto’s Hero Firm
- Mai Matsuda’s Strolling Dwelling with You
- Kakeru Kakemaru’s Shonen Racket
- Shunsuke Sorato’s Natsume & Natsume: Extra Fragrance
- Kaoru Kurimoto & Yumiko Igarashi’s The Sword of Paros (Omoi digital unique, localized by Manga Mavericks)
BluPetal, Mahjong Professionals, KUMA (27:23:)
- Masashi Kumamoto’s Final Heaven
- Raika Suzumi’s The Black World is Dyed in White Chalk
- Sayaka Okada & Kazuo Maekawa’s Golden Sakura
- Katakei & Yoshiki Suda’s Maetel of the Glassy Sea
- Ogeretsu Tanaka’s Mermaid Prince
- As a facet word, DENPA (who runs KUMA) introduced throughout their panel that they have a partnership with Alphapolis, who may have a few of their works in print.
30:40: For at the least the 2 hosts right here (Sword of Paros can be a robust contender, however for Justin at the least that is his favourite of AX), the most effective announcement out of AX weekend was Inklore — most likely the final or at the least second to final firm anybody would’ve picked to take action — saying they licensed Tomoko Yamashita’s Ikoku Nikki. This apparently set Helen’s Bluesky timeline on hearth as soon as information was posted there, and each hosts talk about some background particulars involving this manga over the previous few months.
Ink Pop, Ize Press, AnimEigo (33:32:)
- noho’s My Neighbor Yokai
- Dacto’s Legroom
- oaen and LOGO’s Philomel the Pretend
- SAISA’s Footsteps within the Snow
- Sakon the Ventriloquist
- Drucker within the Dugout!
- A 4K remaster of the three-episode OVA AD Police Information
- Home of 5 Leaves
- Child & I (Could also be modified to Child and Me if accredited)
Streaming Information
37:07: Lastly, after ensuring they squeezed each single penny they might by having it in theaters, the Demon Slayer: Infinity Citadel movie will likely be streaming on Crunchyroll in direction of the tip of July; Crunchyroll may also have theater screenings of Akira in 4K on September 4
37:54: Evangelion: Dying (True)² & Rebirth will display on July 21 and The Finish of Evangelion will display on July 22 due to GKIDS; REMOW will stream My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t Depraved on the “It’s Anime” YouTube channel quickly.
Fundamental Subject: Spring Anime 2026 Remaining Impressions
38:57: Justin and Helen take no breaks and hop proper into wrapping up the Spring anime season, which featured a great quantity of standouts (Witch Hat Atelier, Ramparts of Ice, Dorohedoro S2) and a few principally strong works (An Statement Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess, All the time a Catch, Gals Can’t Be Type to Otaku!?).
Bizarre Information
1:24:50: Welp, this part is the all industries are over, as AI this and AI that has taken over the minds of people that in the end try to get away with being low cost — first with this anime performed by an AI animation firm that appears acquainted in some instances in case you stare lengthy sufficient; then you’ve gotten the Japanese Ministry of Financial system, Commerce and Trade contemplating offering subsidies of 11.5 billion yen (about US$71 million) to fifteen eligible media corporations aiming to extend abroad gross sales — the subsidies would intention to encourage the businesses to make the most of generative AI to translate their works. Welp once more!
1:34:59: It’s 2026 and we now have The Man She Was In Wasn’t a Man at All getting a reasonably very good adaptation — from the way it seems to them having Dave Grohl say that Kurt Cobain would have beloved Inexperienced Yuri, which bought Helen to know all about Kurt Cobain; We even have Bamco (Filmworks and Footage) having to apologize for making an unauthorized references to quite a lot of works — specifically Assault on Titan — of their Sgt. Frog anime movie.
1:38:04: Many questions have arisen with the announcement of Netflix engaged on a live-action Persona TV sequence, and certainly one of them has Justin questioning why anybody let this be introduced in any respect.
