TheOASG Podcast Episode 236: A Return to Normalcy…Not!

TheOASG Podcast Episode 236: A Return to Normalcy…Not!

From It's Not My Fault The OASG Podcast Is Not Popular! by TheOASG

February 3, 2026 · 1h 11m

About this episode

Justin and Helen discuss recent developments in the media and manga industry after their break.

Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen return from hibernation (and attempting to stay warm in the East coast) to resume recording episodes of It’s Not My Fault TheOASG Podcast is Not Popular, and with the break, means catching up to things from even late December to January. The hosts start with once again a scanlation site shutting down , and what this ultimately means considering who was involved (and maybe not Kakao, which gets both hosts explaining how manhwa copyrights are…crazy) News 12:36: MediaOCD will be distributing Discotek Media’s catalog (as much as they can), and based on information online this project seems to have been sped up following a number of home media titles being delisted on Crunchyroll. This gets both hosts speculating on what this means, and why it sometimes now gets harder and harder to support official publishers. 18:59: Netflix continues making some deals as they’ve worked out a partnership with MAPPA and will be working with TOHO (and their new studio) to produce a bunch of works in a couple years 21:35: We got some hiatuses and returns to cover, starting with The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses manga being continued; after just…

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Hosts: Justin, Helen

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Organizations: Kakao, MediaOCD, Discotek Media, Crunchyroll, Netflix, MAPPA, TOHO

Books & works: The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses, The Girl, the Shovel, and the Evil Eye, Kemono Jihen, Phantom Busters

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