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Show Notes 0:00: With SO much to discuss in one singular anime/manga/etc. podcast, Justin and Helen immediately get into the news of the past few weeks, and that means talking about Tapas once again now that they’ve given an official statement and closure date, and what this means for comics at large. News 8:39: GKIDS recently had a subtitle issue in theaters for their screening of The Last Blossom, and they’re making up for that error with an extra screening October 13; MediaOCD announced on Wednesday a sales agreement with Aniplex of America to sell select anime on Blu-ray Disc on the MediaOCD online store — this gets Justin to start wondering about the Crunchyroll Store changes and how that has generally affected every publisher; The production committee for Fairy Princess Minky Momo: A Heartfelt Duet for Dreams of Yearning announced that the new anime has been delayed due to production issues. 14:31: After the loss of artist Shikako, the Manchuria Opium Squad manga was on hiatus until they found an artist for the series — they’ve now found said artist for the work; Yūki Kanamaru’s More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers will resume next month following its hiatus for a year; Miyakokasiwa, meanwhile, has resumed the Battle in 5 Seconds manga following their break due to health. 16:41: Artist Matsuki revealed that they have been hospitalized and will need to recover and rest, so Overlord [New] World Arc will be on indefinite hiatus; Chained Soldier will go on hiatus due to artist Yohei Takemura’s poor health; Tetsuya Chiba’s Hinemosu Notari Nikki will go on hiatus as Chiba’s not feeling too great; and Hunter X Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi stated on X/Twitter that due to physical and mental health issues, he will decline future work requests with deadlines after completing his current commissions. 20:10: Animator Satoko Miyachi announced that her husband, animator Kenichirō Katsura, passed away at 59 on September 30 while undergoing medical treatment for an illness. Licenses 22:12: New York Comic Con happened last week, so here’s a recap of all the news pertinent to this podcast: Yen Press (22:50): Yuiko Agarizaki & Fuwan Sono’s The Girls Adrift Among the Stars (Yen On), Amahara & Jun’s Dungeon Master: Creating a Hot Spring Dungeon (Yen On), Ryohgo Narita & TYPE-MOON’s Fate/strange Fake (Yen On), Keiichi Sigsawa & Kouhaku Kuroboshi’s Kino’s Journey (Yen On), Isuna Hasekura & Sera Murase’s Spice and Wolf Diner: Gourmet Exploration, Yasuhiro’s Steam-Pipe Broom Racing, funi-mu9’s Monstrosities and Me, Makoto Tōdō’s The Ice-Core Meteoria, Umi Ishida’s Mermaid Observation Diary, NIMMAHIRO’s After Midnight Skin, tsugumi’s Lily: Lost and Found Again ~By the Sweet Lies and Love of a Nobleman Since Their First Night~, Yuuho Ueji’s A Peach Offering for the Imperial Court Ize Press: samk, Lee kkeut, & Daengmeong’s Regas, Ko Doo Yeol, Kim Haema, & “the Bichon”‘s Eat Before You Go Dark Horse (26:58): bringing over more Gou Tanabe (The Outsider and Other Early Adaptations) Crunchyroll, HAYATE Inc., WEBTOON Entertainment subsidiary LINE Digital Frontier (28:13): have partnered for co-productions “on potential anime adaptations of around 15 select titles” from WEBTOON; Aniplex of America and Fathom Entertainment will screen Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie: Walpurgisnacht: Rising in theaters in January, and they will release the three Madoka movies (Beginnings, Eternal, & Rebellion) on home media and streaming platforms in the coming months. Big West (32:17): will release the Blu-ray Disc for the Macross Frontier anime as a Deluxe Edition in the early second quarter of 2027. 33:01: Seven Seas and Wonderful Wednesdays have returned! Here’s how they’ve kicked things off this time: Suzusuke & Sumihei’s The One-Eyed, One-Armed, One-Legged Sorcerer (Airship, digital) Panda Pudding & Hiyaori’s Record of a Reincarnated Chancellor: I Was Summoned by a Hopeless Demon Lord to Rebuild Her Army (Airship, digital) Fujihito’s Living With My New Cat NOJIRO GURI’s Twinkling Secrets Told Us Tonight Is the Night Teito Yuzuriha’s Zukyun x Bakyun For their Siren audiobook imprint: Michi Ichiho’s When It Rains, It Pours, Norasiro’s Reluctant Space Commander: From Death Wish to Galactic Hero!, Lemon’s Al the Adventurer: That Magic Shouldn’t Work! 34:37: Let’s just say a number of Square Enix titles are now on Manga UP!, from magical girl recruiter to lots of blood; Adachitoka’s The Wolf at Memory’s End and A-10 & Ryūga Kawasaki’s Sen Sen Senki is now on K MANGA. 37:41: Chanta’s Noro-Noro Puku-Puku (say that 5 times fast!), Alpa’s Slap Shot Girls, & Ayumu Minato’s Digimon Eggs is now on MANGA Plus; Nao Iwamoto’s The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom is now on the VIZ Manga service Streaming News 38:34: With them picking up Even the Student Council has its Holes! and now the newest iteration of Magical Girls Raising Project for this season, Oceanveil is very much attempting to make an impact in the seasonal anime streaming game it seems — and yes, that means a discussion will have to be had about where we’re all at in regards to anime streaming right now! 41:26: The currently airing Suikoden anime is streaming for free on YouTube; Amazon Prime Video is streaming and doing same day sub/dub for the The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom anime; French entertainment company Ankama announced on Thursday that it will stream the original TV anime The Azure Legend: Welsh & Shedar in multiple languages starting in November. 46:12: More Mobile Suit Gundam SEED will be in theaters in Japan and North America next year; Netflix will stream the Go with the Clouds, North by Northwest anime; Angel Densetsu is now streaming on Darkroom. Summer Anime 2026 Final Impressions 47:50: Justin and Helen FINALLY get to talk about a pretty packed summer season, and it sure was busy — for Justin as always! Helen meanwhile had some works to finish up, so listen on for what the two hosts thought stood out for this season**. Also find out what Justin thought were his worst shows of summer…and spring! **Bookworm discussion derails everything eventually though! (59:52) Weird News 2:46:12: Remember that four-episode special intended to celebrate 20 years of Naruto years ago? Well, we finally have news about it…it…it’s crossing over with Ninku??? 2:47:47: AI this, AI that — we have the Yuri exhibit event, Yuriten, managing to anger a number of people, including well known yuri creators, for their use of AI-generated imagery in promotional material; Remember voice actor Kenjirō Tsuda filing suit against the operator of the video-sharing app TikTok for posting videos that allegedly used AI to imitate his voice without permission? Well, that case got dismissed…because Tsuda had sought the removal of the videos, and the court found that the videos had already been removed. Justin has mixed feelings on the outcome. 2:51:20: Get actor Tom Cruise and director Alejandro González Iñárritu to discover what Chainsaw Man and Yuri on Ice is by stopping by MAPPA and magic happens apparently; The Lego Dragon Ball Shenron Set will be coming to the US in November, so everyone needs to prepare themselves promptly; And if one Kamehameha from one Goku isn’t enough, have four! Japanese VA Masako Nozawa, Spanish VA Mario Castañeda, English VA Sean Schemmel, and Hindi VA Ankur Javeri performed Goku’s signature move before the Tokyo X convention in Houston. If there’s anything you’d like to share about the latest news, your thoughts on the 2026 Summer Anime Season, or about the episode, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! *Justin thinks this could be the longest podcast episode they’ve ever done, but is not willing to find out if it’s true or not! The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 254: Tapas, Anime Streaming, and So Much Summer Anime Talk on The Longest Episode Ever* appeared first on TheOASG.

Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen once again take time out of their lives to share what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks. Helen goes over her SPX experience and gets into what in the world is happening with Tapas; Justin ended up checking out a few new J-Novel Club titles, one of which actually surprised him with how much he liked it. News 17:11: The hosts end up discussing not one, but two lawsuits in the Japanese pop culture space — first the creator of Saint Seiya, Masami Kurumada, announcing that he has a filed a lawsuit against a number of people (including his former board director), while light novel illustrator Kanna Wakatsuki is suing a publisher (WiZH) for alleged copyright infringement on Inukami!. 21:39: The Mii-chan and Miss Yamada conversation continues over in Japan, where Autism Society Japan spoke about its anime adaptation announcement and with a long statement that they made, there was one section that both hosts believe stood out; GKIDS had a technical error occur for their Last Blossom screening in theaters, which meant those who brought tickets did not have a great experience; After a lengthy hiatus, Boichi’s The Marshal King is now back for readers. 27:59: More hiatus are occurring for series — Gachiakuta, Medalist, Hunter x Hunter, Fukakōryoku no I Love You, Oedo Fire Slayer, & Ninja vs. Gokudo. Some are more or less expected (as Togashi is routinely taking hiatuses due to his health) and others have difficult health ailments, but others is where you simply worry about the creator’s psyche (Reading up on Shinsuke Kondo, who has not posted a new chapter since March, is worrisome) 35:09: There will also be a delay for the anime finale of Bleach, which means it’ll be some time before Justin can actually reflect on the entire Bleach experience; Junket Bank was planned for this Fall season but it is now delayed due to production issues, which prompts Justin to figure out where it’ll fall on the delay scale: Like Inept Villainess? Sword of the Demon Hunter? New Saga? Or that one title that was supposed to air last Fall and there has been radio silence since?; Voice actor Kentarō Itō is currently recuperating following a brain hemorrhage and surgery after he was not feeling well and tests discovered he had symptoms of a brain hemorrhage. 41:50: Musician Kōsei Abe announced that his father, manga artist Shin’ichi Abe, died on September 4 at 76 from submandibular gland cancer; Talent agency Knockout announced that actor and voice actor Toru Shinagawa died on August 29; Both The Insipid Prince and Strongest Rearguard anime production committees announced that director and animator Yūji Yanase died on August 22 at the age of 59; and both hosts go over the loss of voice actor and ADR director Mike McFarland, who passed away at 56. Licenses 51:11: TOKYOPOP, despite a slight issue that will be mentioned later, carried on like their world is all nice and peaceful, sharing they’ve licensed the following: Pitari Mishima’s Can’t Buy My Love Chizu Aoi, Ari Asato, & Kagari Mizuno’s A Fangirl’s Guide to Learning How to Date 3D Men Hi Calo’s Romantically Challenged Arata Minami’s LOVE IS PAIN Kazuma Akutagawa’s How to Fall In Love with You Again 52:14: A good amount of titles were added to Square Enix’s Manga UP! service in the past few weeks: Mio Watanabe’s Dragon and Flower: The Timid Princess and the Ice Sword’s Loyalty Aira Yao & Asana Haine’s I Was Sacrificed to a Vampire, But He Spoils Me Instead! Skyfarm & Tentashi’s Wildcard Alchemist: Building the Ultimate Guild With a Divine Fluffy Beast and Random Alchemy Skill Chisako’s Escaping Overwork Via My Stalker Fumi Itō’s Escape from the Seventh Night Ume Koshida’s Daughter of the Dragon God Streaming News 53:45: Streaming service Pluto TV will add two new channels to its lineup in September, one of which reminds Justin of REMOW, the other gets Helen to wonder about the letter A and why it’s not used to better effect. Pluto will also have a couple more anime from different years added on their service as well. Weird News 55:10: Welp, it might happen again — TOKYOPOP, despite having publishing success in the past year or so due to their focus on shorter shoujo and BL works, may go belly up due to…N-Naruto?!?! 1:01:42: Toei Animation did confirm that there has not been a license agreement for a planned Dragon Ball manga-themed theme park in France, which means many questions must arise from this news; Kyo Shirodaira and Yuri Kimura is bringing The Record of a Fallen Vampire back after 19 years; Black Bullet is also shockingly coming back, this time though it’ll be rebooted; creator Kotoko announced that Megumi Dorokawa will take over as the artist for the Fake It to Break It! I Faked Amnesia to Break off My Engagement and Now He’s All Lovey-Dovey?! manga, which is less weird but more rare for something like this to happen. 1:11:05: Normally a manga ending in Japan wouldn’t be in this section, but with Manga Diary of a Male Porn Star ending in Japan, maybe Seven Seas will finally be able to finish this series after stopping for some unknown reason; Let’s just say memecoin and Pokémon are not a great combination, and especially on X (Twitter), where security gets rougher and rougher for some users, it is disastrous. 1:18:50: And finally, there are more collaborations occurring, starting with again One Piece and SpongeBob being a thing, and now Dragon Ball Super and Burger King will also become a thing. If there’s anything you’d like to share about the latest news or about the episode, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! 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