TheOASG Podcast Episode 238: We Talk About The Shogakukan Scandal

About this episode

The hosts discuss recent events including the Shogakukan scandal involving a manga creator's past crimes.

Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen finally are able to talk about things they’ve been up to!…Well, Justin’s been up to finally watching the new season of Medalist now that it’s on Hulu and experienced paying to go to a theater for the first time since COVID-19 (all for Uma Musume: Beginning of a New Era ). Helen on the other hand has finally watched Journal with Witch (2 episodes so far) like the rest of the cool people! The hosts then get ready to talk about the news over the past few weeks. And it begins with one of the worst anime/manga news that’s ever been covered on this podcast. News 6:13: Shogakukan’s Manga ONE editorial department issued a statement and an apology this past Friday regarding manga creator Shōichi Yamamoto, after the editorial department had allowed Yamamoto to publish a new manga on the service under a pen name after he had been arrested and convicted of a sex crime. The details are not only many but it also can be triggering. It’s fairly staggering, so you’ll want to check out Anime News Network and Strict Algorithm for all the details, but a quick summary: Shoichi Yamamoto returned as a writer for Joujin…

People in this episode

Hosts: Justin, Helen

Topics covered

• anime
• manga
• Shogakukan scandal
• COVID-19
• new releases

Keywords

• Shogakukan
• anime news
• manga
• Shōichi Yamamoto
• COVID-19

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Shogakukan, Anime News Network, Strict Algorithm

Books & works: Medalist, Uma Musume: Beginning of a New Era, Journal with Witch, Joujin Kamen

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