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0:00: Justin and Helen, before getting into Anime Expo and Summer anime season discussion, take a moment and reflect on TheOASG Podcast getting to 200 episodes. (And one special!)
Anime Expo License/News Roundup
A bunch of licenses and news was announced at the convention, so here’s it all rounded up:
Yen Press (3:45):
- Complete box set of Ryoko Kui’s Delicious in Dungeon
- Miyuki Nakayama’s Blend-S
- Yuu Morikawa’s Luciole Has a Dream
- Sumi Ichiya’s Stomp, Kick, Love
- Chihiro Yuzuki’s With You, Our Love Will Make It Through
- Ghost Mikawa & Rag Miwano’s Monsterholic (Yen On)
- Michelle’s Be My Worst Nightmare!
- Miyako’s Revenge Agent Hizumi-san
- Ryou Iwanami & TwinBox’s I’m the Strongest in This Zombie World, But I Can’t Beat This Girl! (Yen On)
- Kaeru Ryouseiru & Natsuki Amashiro’s The BS Situation of Tougetsu Umidori (Yen On)
- Kotatsu Takahashi & Kakao Lanthanum’s Before the Tutorial Starts: A Few Things I Can Do to Keep the Bosses Alive (Yen On)
- Fumiya Hayashi’s Hereditary Triangle
- Sword Art Online abec Artworks New World
- Will release Etorouji Shiono’s Ubel Blatt in 3-in-1 omnibus editions
- Chizutokouro & Kei Mochizuki’s Catalog of Wonders novel (JY for Kids)
J-Novel Club (8:39):
- Touko Amekawa’s The Legendary Witch Is Reborn as an Oppressed Princess (J-Novel Heart)
- Riku Nanano’s Private Tutor to the Duke’s Daughter manga
- Mori’s Duchess in the Attic (J-Novel Heart)
- Sin Guilty’s The Boy Who Ruled the Monsters
- Hyogo Amagasa’s Lacey Longs for Freedom: The Dawn Witch’s Low-Key Life after Defeating the Demon King (J-Novel Heart)
- Harajun’s EXP Is Golden
- Fuyu Aoki’s Safe & Sound in the Arms of an Elite Knight manga (J-Novel Heart)
- Ito Iino’s The Troubles of Miss Nicola the Exorcist manga (J-Novel Heart)
Kodansha (11:20):
- Hiro Mashima’s DEAD ROCK
- Minetaro Mochizuki’s Hauntress
- Shuzo Oshimi’s Toxic Daughter: Chi-chan
- Inuhiko Doronoda’s Spacewalking With You
- Tsutomu Nihei’s Tower Dungeon
- Midori Yuma & Mamenosuke Fujimaru’s The Ayakashi Hunter’s Tainted Bride
- Fumito’s The Dashing Zaddy and His Icy Protégé
- Nikuya Inui’s How to Deal When Your Intimidating Neighbor is Actually an Omega
- Niko Izuki’s A Vampire in the Bathhouse
- Ohana’s 23:45
- Akiko Higashimura’s Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns 2 (digital, already out)
- Yuna Hirasawa’s My Journey to Her (digital, July 23)
- Will release a Naoko Takeuchi Collection edition of Sailor V
SQ Enix Manga & Books (13:24):
- The Apothecary Diaries Art Book
- Yuzo Natsuno’s Assassin & Cinderella
- Shinnosuke Kanazawa’s On and Off: Work-Life Imbalance
- Chu Amairo’s The Otaku Love Connection
- Rinteku’s Love in the Palm of His Hand
- Mitsuru Hattori’s Wash It All Away
- Ichiha Hiiragi, Aya Shouoto, & Haruki Yoshimura’s The Emperor’s Caretaker
- Ezogingitune, PIG3rd, & TEDDY’s The God-Slaying Demon King
15:31: KUMA & DENPA made a few announcements, with 4 more BL titles licensed and an artbook coming in the future; Mangamo added a few more titles to their service; GKIDS is bringing over a Naoko Yamada short film; and new Panty & Stocking is coming next year by Trigger.
News
19:50: Justin and Helen discuss KADOKAWA acquiring Doga Kobo, and of course if this is a good thing or bad thing.
21:55: Meanwhile, KADOKAWA is still recovering from the cyber attack a few months ago, with Niconico as of now still remaining down.
23:39: The two hosts discuss Crunchyroll disabling comments across the board, which suspiciously happened after Geoff Thew pointed out the review bombing for Twilight Out of Focus…and after accusations of AI was used for all translations in My Deer Friend Nokotan (which was handled by the Japanese distributor, REMOW)
33:00: My Neighbor Seki is back!; Moriarty the Patriot will also return!; and so will Magic Knight Rayearth in some form!
Licenses
36:52: Seven Seas announced 6 manga/light novel titles during their No Panel, No Problem event:
- Blood Night Market
- Wet Dream Aquarium
- The Elf Sisters Can’t Wait for the Night (Ghost Ship)
- The Obsessed Mage and His Beloved Statue Bride: She Cannot Resist His Seductive Voice (Steamship)
- ISEKAI AFFAIR: 10 Years After Defeating the Demon King, the Hero Cheats on His Wife With a Warrior Woman Who Lost Her Husband (Ghost Ship)
- No Spicy Romance Allowed!
This does lead into the two hosts discussing what’s with the lack of Yuri (38:50), since Seven Seas didn’t announce a single one last month.
41:50: Dark Horse announced exclusively on ANN that they will release Kenichi Sonoda’s Gunsmith Cats in new Omnibus Editions.
42:13: Devilman Crybaby will finally have a home media release! Both hosts celebrate it escaping Netflix jail!
Streaming News
44:01: Disney+ is finally streaming Macross Frontier and Delta!…but in the U.K and Australia!; Meanwhile it was announced exclusively on ANN that Beyblade X will premiere on Disney XD, and soon enough other regions this month.
47:13: Netflix will stream Blue Box this Fall season while Beastars’ final season (starting with Part 1) will air in December.
48:33: Crunchyroll is now streaming the Go! Princess Precure and Witchy Pretty Cure! anime series, which means Helen has to bring up what’s good about both!
Main Topic: Summer 2024 First Impressions
49:38: Justin and Helen discuss the Summer anime 2024 season!…It’s just, with Otakon crunch happening, Helen’s watched very little so far (Narenare, Oshi no Ko S2, Mayonaka Punch!). That basically means Justin’s holding it down as he’s watched those three and a WHOLE lot more (Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, I Parry Everything, Shoshimin to name a few!). They also both discuss Dahlia in Bloom’s approach (1:04:07) in adapting the light novel (and also its lacking visuals). Somewhere in this section you’ll see how much Justin knows about Japanese history (which is not much, not a good look for him)
Weird News
1:45:07: We now have another group of people using AI to try to produce a work, which means the hosts shaking their heads and going why would they do this; And well, there’s many ways to hold an event where hand shakes are involved but avoid showing the face, but here’s what one singer has announced they’ll be doing for privacy reasons! This then somehow leads to Helen bringing up something related, but it only gives Justin spooky ideas…
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