About this episode

The hosts discuss recent news in the anime and manga industry, including unionization efforts and controversies surrounding voice actors.

Show Notes 0:00: The two hosts of TheOASG Podcast return once again to talk about what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks, which involves Justin talking about the Star Detective Precure and Detective Conan collaboration and Helen talking Shonen Jump catchup, Bookworm Part 3, and Ramparts of Ice ! News 23:02: Dark Horse staff recently formed a union (Dark Horse Workers United), and the company has recognized it — the hosts will see how negotiations will go moving forward; Japanese VA Kenjirō Tsuda filed a lawsuit against the operator of the video-sharing app TikTok for posting videos that allegedly used AI (artificial intelligence) to imitate his voice without permission, and it will be something to monitor moving forward. 29:46: Let’s just say voice actor Kazuki Atsumi might have had a future in the talent industry, but after his contract was terminated by his agency following a report of him being arrested for suspected sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl , the future ain’t looking great for him; meanwhile One-Punch Man artist Yūsuke Murata decided he had to comment on a very wild post about Pakistani Britons, and the comment was so bad that…

People in this episode

Hosts: Justin, Helen

Topics covered

• anime
• manga
• voice acting
• industry news
• live-action adaptations

Keywords

• anime
• manga
• voice acting
• Dark Horse
• One-Punch Man

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dark Horse Workers United, Madhouse

Books & works: Star Detective Precure, Detective Conan, Shonen Jump, Bookworm Part 3, Ramparts of Ice, One-Punch Man

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