About this episode

The episode covers recent anime licensing news and announcements from Anime Expo 2026.

Show Notes 0:00: On a very packed episode of TheOASG Podcast, Justin and Helen get straight into the news of the past few weeks — and that means licenses before AX! From Kodama Tales and Crossed Hearts ‘ licensing week, Abrams Kana acquiring an astrology work, Bubbles Zine bringing over a Suehiro Maruo work, and to GKIDS bringing an anime film to home media, it was a fair number of works announced… …and then came Anime Expo 2026. Licenses during Anime Expo We can say a LOT of publishers had a LOT of announcements: Come take a gander at everything these companies acquired: J-Novel Club ( 6:30: ) Tsuta Sonehara & Lemon Natsume’s Sorry, Darling, but You Won’t Kill Me Again! (J-Novel Heart) Yuno Yozakura & Nimoshi’s A Young Maiden’s Growing Pains: I Reincarnated and All I Got Was This 100X Stat Buff! Nora Yasuda & Arutera’s God Sleeps in Seafoam Manzi Mazi & Yuuya’s A Wicked Lady’s Guide to Accidentally Saving the Kingdom Shusui Hazuki & kururi’s I’ll Become an Elegant Villainess! Time to Enjoy My Second Life to the Fullest (J-Novel Heart) Kennoji & Reita’s Father, Have You Sinned? An Assassin in Priest’s…

People in this episode

Hosts: Justin, Helen

Topics covered

• anime licensing
• Anime Expo
• manga announcements
• home media
• publishing news

Keywords

• anime
• licensing
• Anime Expo
• manga
• publishing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kodama Tales, Crossed Hearts, Abrams Kana, Bubbles Zine, GKIDS, J-Novel Club

Books & works: Sorry, Darling, but You Won’t Kill Me Again!, A Young Maiden’s Growing Pains: I Reincarnated and All I Got Was This 100X Stat Buff!, God Sleeps in Seafoam, A Wicked Lady’s Guide to Accidentally Saving the Kingdom, I’ll Become an Elegant Villainess! Time to Enjoy My Second Life to the Fullest, Father, Have You Sinned? An Assassin in Priest’s Robes, Genius in the Library: This Bookish Rookie Will Save the Day!, Last Summer Sparkle, Reset / Reboot, From Villainess to Healer: I Know the Cheat to Change My Fate

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