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August 4, 2026

TheOASG Podcast Episode 249: W-What’s Actually Happening in DRAMAtical Murder???

<div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="696" height="408" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=696%2C408&ssl=1" alt="It's Not My Fault TheOASG Podcast is Not Popular!" class="wp-image-24519" style="width:866px;height:auto" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=1024%2C600&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=640%2C375&ssl=1 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=1536%2C900&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=2048%2C1201&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=696%2C408&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=1068%2C626&ssl=1 1068w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=716%2C420&ssl=1 716w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=1920%2C1126&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?w=1392&ssl=1 1392w" sizes="(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px" /></figure> </div> <h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Show Notes</h4> 0:00: Justin and Helen finally share what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks, though most of Helen’s thoughts revolve around Otakon this year. Justin, on the other hand, got to talk about re-watching a <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-21/netflix-streams-new-live-action-gto-great-teacher-onizuka-series/.239845">Japanese drama classic…and its revival</a>! News 26:44: Satomi U is <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-21/heisei-haizan-hei-sumire-chan-manga-goes-on-hiatus-due-to-author-maternity-leave/.239808">going on maternity leave</a> until mid-October, so her Heisei Haizan-hei ☆ Sumire-chan manga will be on a break until then; afro needs a bit of time to work on <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-28/laid-back-camp-mono-manga-go-on-hiatus-due-to-creator-health/.240028">both mono and Laid-Back Camp</a>, so they’ll be on break until further notice. 29:08: Composer Shiro Sagisu shared that his uncle and anime producer <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-31/producer-director-masayasu-sagisu-dies-at-93/.240156">Masayasu Sagisu passed away at 93</a>; The Twitter account for guitarist Mei Nekozuki announced from <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-27/guitarist-mei-nekozuki-dies/.240022">her family that she passed away</a>. Licenses 30:57: With it being 801 Day, we had Boys Love announcements from <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-02/sublime-licenses-robin-at-the-break-of-dawn-cake-dog-caramelized-welcome-to-the-tiger-detective-/.240183">SuBLime</a> and <a href="https://www.behindthemanga.com/post/seven-seas-announces-new-licenses-as-part-of-bl-day-celebration">Seven Seas</a>: <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Fumi Tsuyuhisa’s Robin at the Break of Dawn</li> <li>Ogeretsu Tanaka’s Cake Dog Caramelized</li> <li>Yodaka Kuroi’s Welcome to the Tiger Detective Agency </li> <li>rasu’s A Paradise Reached Through Love</li> <li>AKI YUKURA’s We, Pitiful Yet Beloved</li> <li>Micro Noici’s DOGS OF TOSCA</li> <li>Sugar Satoh’s Kitayama and Minamiya: Our First Year of Dating</li> </ul> 32:46: Titan Manga announced exclusively on ANN that they’ve licensed Yoshikazu Kuwajima & Takahiro Seguchi’s <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-23/exclusive-titan-manga-licenses-lastboss-lovedeath-the-rabbit-circle/.239841">LastBoss LoveDeath</a>; Cross Infinite World will be <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-22/cross-infinite-world-licenses-assassin-empress-bellreuge-the-villainess-journal-2-more-light-novels/.239872">bringing over 4 light novels</a>: <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Aoi Miyamae & Hatori Kyouka’s Assassin Empress Bellreuge</li> <li>Saki Ichibu & Yukako Fujimura’s From Bumbling Prodigy to Villainess: Will the Duke’s Love Go Unnoticed?</li> <li>Minato Minato & Tsukito’s From Corporate Drone to Mincemaster! One Order of Dragon Coming Right Up!</li> <li>Len Kagizaki & Akira Shigaraki’s The Villainess’ Journal: Newlywed Life of an Obsessive Researcher</li> </ul> 33:55: <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-29/idw-licenses-sonic-the-hedgehog-the-blade-of-courage-manga/.240088">A Sonic manga</a> is now available to be read thanks to IDW; K MANGA has added Yū Taguchi’s<a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-28/k-manga-adds-yu-taguchi-dazzling-spring-days-manga/.240014"> Dazzling Spring Days</a>, meanwhile Manga UP! has added <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-28/manga-up-global-adds-im-now-the-princess-of-spring-in-another-world-fantasy-gourmet-3-more-manga/.239793">a few works</a> this past week; The Banana Fish turnaround continues <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-25/anime-limited-licenses-banana-fish-anime/.239955">as Anime Limited will release the anime</a> on home media next year. 36:54: Justin and Helen cover the many announcements at SDCC and Otakon combined, and yes, after discussing <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-26/marvel-partners-with-kadokawa-for-upcoming-manga-projects/.239968">Marvel’s new partnership</a> with KADOKAWA and <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-24/late-manga-creator-akira-toriyama-inducted-into-eisner-hall-of-fame/.239954">Akira Toriyama</a> being inducted into the Eisner’s HOF, it was a good amount from an assortment of pubs: <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-24/yen-press-licenses-watching-the-angel-sleep-drowning-in-bed-together-yuri-light-novel-9-manga/.239921">Yen Press</a>: (38:55) <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-23/yen-press-licenses-let-begin-a-battle-without-the-hero-the-weakling-who-died-a-million-times-light-/.239896">Taiga Hattori & Rin Kawachi’s Let’s Begin, a Battle Without the Hero </a>(Yen On), yononaka’s The Weakling Who Died a Million Times (Yen On), Nanaki Ichinose, Sango Sansan, & Noco Sugimachi’s The Dragon Prince’s Ill-Mated Betrothal, Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki (Yen Audio), Uesu & Minori Chigusa’s Watching the Angel Sleep, Drowning in Bed Together (Yen On), Teruya’s Sharkmaid of the Shore, Akinoko’s The Deskmate Cat and the Love Novice, Yatsuki Wakatsu, Nina Akabane, & Taku Haruno’s The Villainesses Are Unwavering, Tomato Tri’s Disenchantment Camera, Zoukoujo’s Don’t Talk to Me, Sōichirō Yamamoto’s Mane Mane Nichi Nichi: Baseball Manager Everyday, Katsuwo’s #ImLookingForZombies: The Complete Omnibus, Haru Yuuki’s My First Love With You Again, Tachibana Higuchi’s Champignon Witch <a href="https://kodansha.us/2026/07/25/spring-2027-print-licenses-revealed-at-comic-con-san-diego/">Kodansha</a>: (42:34) Hamuhamu’s The Cat and Dog’s Nine-Tailed Lives, Izu & Hagane’s Kraken Mare, Kenji Tsurubuchi & Konata’s Meaheim, yoruhashi’s Rega in the Sleeping Forest, Shizuku Torii’s I Love You, Please Dump Me, toreta’s I Loved Him First!, Shuichi Shigeno’s Subaru and Subaru; Box Set of Saka Mikami’s The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity; re-announced Gamon Sakurai’s The POOL (first announced at SDCC 2024) <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-24/udon-ent-licenses-hiromi-matsuo-department-store-waltz-rondo-manga/.239937">UDON</a> & <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-23/manga-mavericks-licenses-our-insignificant-justice-manga-launches-independent-manga-alliance-venture/.239895">Manga Mavericks Books</a>: (44:36) Hiromi Matsuo’s Department Store Waltz and Rondo: The Ladies’ Graphic Magazine (both all-color manga and illustration book), Belles Ruelles (anthology manga series); Rin Kawano’s Our Insignificant Justice, launch of the Independent Manga Alliance <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-23/mahjong-pros-licenses-bird-akayoroshi-manga/.239884">Mahjong Pros</a> & <a href="https://x.com/TheOASG/status/2081137224481943960">Drawn and Quarterly</a>: (48:30) Hiromi Aoyama &, Kazutoshi Yamane’s Bird: Mahjong’s Deadliest vs The Master Illusionist, Yume Yamaguchi & Yadokugaeru’s Akayoroshi: Hanafuda Shadow Games; Shigeo Ito’s Marmalade Princess, Sakaguchi Ango & Kondō Yōko’s One Woman and the War, Hinako Sugiura’s Lady Hokusai <a href="https://www.theoasg.com/articles/omoi-talks-acquiring-legendary-shojo-manga-delinquent-detective-sukeban-deka/33713" data-type="post" data-id="33713">Omoi</a> & <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-31/manga-mavericks-books-licenses-town-walking-with-ghost-dog-oni-king-royd-manga/.240159">Manga Mavericks Books</a> at Otakon: (51:35) 54 Kodansha titles will be added to their service in the coming weeks as volume purchases; Shinji Wada’s Delinquent Detective: Sukeban Deka; Zenzo’s “Oni King” one-shot manga & Roid manga, Ippan Nakamura’s Town Walking With Ghost Dog <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-31/animeigo-to-release-antique-bakery-dog-of-flanders-the-movie-relife-ruin-explorers-fam-and-ihrie-/.240107">AnimEigo</a> & <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-08-02/discotek-to-release-digimon-frontier-pani-poni-dash-lupin-iii-part-ii-outlanders-samurai-pizza-cats-/.240181">Discotek</a>: (56:15) Antique Bakery, Dog of Flanders: The Movie, ReLIFE, Ruin Explorers: Fam & Ihrie, Welcome to Irabu’s Office; Digimon Frontier, Pani Poni Dash!, Lupin III: Part II & Lupin III: Zenigata and the 2 Lupins, Outlanders, Samurai Pizza Cats, Toradora!, The Big O, Argento Soma, Tales of the Abyss, Infinite Ryvius, Memories, Patlabor TV & the Patlabor movies, Penguindrum, Digimon Movies Collection 3 Streaming News 1:01:14: <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-31/crunchyroll-streams-that-time-i-got-reincarnated-as-a-slime-tears-of-the-azure-sea-film/.240152">That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime</a>: Tears of the Azure Sea, <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-22/crunchyroll-adds-new-assassination-classroom-film/.239871">Assassination Classroom</a> the Movie: Our Time, & <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-24/crunchyroll-streams-kamisama-kiss-anime-special-episodes/.239936">Kamisama Kiss</a> OADs have been added to Crunchyroll; but while CR added some anime, <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-23/crunchyroll-delists-blood-blockade-battlefront-orange-grimgar-ashes-and-illusions-black-lagoon-more-/.239907">they’ve also taken away some anime</a> too. 1:05:20: Netflix will stream the <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-27/netflix-streams-gintama-the-movie-2026-yoshiwara-in-flames-on-august-27/.240006">latest Gintama movie later this month</a>; <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-21/netflix-crunchyroll-add-more-episodes-for-detective-conan-anime-3rd-collection-featuring-fbi-on-/.239836">the remaining FBI Intervention</a> episodes of Detective Conan are now on Netflix and Crunchyroll. 1:06:01: <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-23/oceanveil-adds-love-hina-level-e-yuru-yuri-dramatical-murder-more-anime/.239906">Oceanveil has added and will add</a> more anime that are not 18+ to their service, with Level E being one title on their platform now. Helen then brings up something about DRAMAtical Murder that makes Justin freeze for all eternity. 1:07:44: <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-24/clockwork-girl-episode-of-yasuomi-umetsu-shaft-virgin-punk-original-anime-available-for-digital-/.239897">Clockwork Girl will be made available for digital purchase</a> by Aniplex in September; Neon Genesis Evangelion, Evangelion: Death (True)², & The End of Evangelion will be available on the <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-30/criterion-channel-adds-neon-genesis-evangelion-anime-evangelion-death-2-the-end-of-evangelion-films-/.240121">Criterion Channel</a> the first day of September; and Though Am I an Inept Villainess premiered with its <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-24/though-i-am-an-inept-villainess-anime-reveals-english-dub-cast-july-26-debut-trailer/.239940">English dub July 26</a>…let’s just say <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-17/hulu-to-stream-inept-villainess-mission-yozakura-family-season-2-dubs/.238591">it took some turns here</a> and <a href="https://x.com/AnimeDubUpdates/status/2079614826180174049">there</a> before it came out! <h5 class="wp-block-heading">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!</h5> The post <a href="https://www.theoasg.com/podcasts/its-not-my-fault-the-oasg-podcast-is-not-popular/episode-249-w-whats-actually-happening-in-dramatical-murder/33690">TheOASG Podcast Episode 249: W-What’s Actually Happening in DRAMAtical Murder???</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.theoasg.com">TheOASG</a>.

July 21, 2026

TheOASG Podcast Episode 248: Hot Historic Anime Summer

<div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large is-resized"><img data-recalc-dims="1" fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="696" height="408" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=696%2C408&ssl=1" alt="It's Not My Fault TheOASG Podcast is Not Popular!" class="wp-image-24519" style="width:866px;height:auto" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=1024%2C600&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=640%2C375&ssl=1 640w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=1536%2C900&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=2048%2C1201&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=696%2C408&ssl=1 696w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=1068%2C626&ssl=1 1068w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=716%2C420&ssl=1 716w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?resize=1920%2C1126&ssl=1 1920w, https://i0.wp.com/www.theoasg.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TheOASGpodisnotpop.png?w=1392&ssl=1 1392w" sizes="(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px" /></figure> </div> <h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Show Notes</h4> 0:00: In a packed episode of TheOASG Podcast, Justin and Helen first kick things off with the <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-14/crunchyroll-store-to-become-exclusive-to-mega-ultimate-fan-tiers-in-august/.239593">news of Crunchyroll announcing</a> that their store can only be accessed by Mega and Ultimate subscribers starting in August, and both hosts explain the ramifications of this decision moving forward. 17:41: Anime International Company (AIC) has <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-11/aic-wins-legal-battle-to-return-as-shareholder-of-aic-rights/.239366">won their civil suit</a> against AIC Rights and producer Yoshikazu Maeda, which may be worth monitoring considering the series they’re involved with; Helen and Justin discuss the former CEO of Crunchyroll <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-06/crunchyroll-co-founder-former-ceo-kun-gao-launches-anibiz-platform-for-anime-licensing/.239248">launching a new B2B marketplace</a> for anime licensing and if it can actually make an impact in the industry. 26:00: Sumi Eno announced that the After God manga <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-14/after-god-manga-takes-break/.239569">will take a break</a> following its latest chapter releases; Negi Haruba needs to recuperate until sometime in <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-09/go-go-loser-ranger-manga-goes-on-hiatus-until-august-due-to-creator-health/.239411">August due to his health,</a> so Go! Go! Loser Ranger! will be on hiatus until then. 26:51: The voice of Fujiko Mine in the first Lupin the 3rd TV anime series, Yukiko Nikaido, <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-17/voice-actress-yukiko-nikaido-dies-at-87/.239726">passed away at 87</a> due to old age; Book author and illustrator (Kiki’s Delivery Service) Akiko Hayashi <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-12/kiki-delivery-service-illustrator-akiko-hayashi-dies-at-81/.239527">died of pneumonia</a> on July 1 in a hospital in Nagano prefecture at 81; The official X/Twitter account for Kadokawa’s Aokishi magazine <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-15/manga-creator-ryoichiro-kezuka-dies/.239632">revealed that manga creator</a> Ryoichiro Kezuka died in late May. Licenses 29:12: While Helen has a grand time calming down her dogs due to World Cup shenanigans, Justin talks about a few licenses that did happen in the last few weeks, starting with <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/theoasg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy/post/3mqu2dro6rf32">Seven Seas surprising everyone</a> by announcing they’ve licensed Kazuo Umezz’s Ultraman on a Friday; Neguse Okita’s <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-15/manga-plus-releases-soon-youll-paint-your-heart-out-manga-in-english/.239641">Soon, You’ll Paint Your Heart Out</a> and Tabireco’s <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-17/manga-plus-adds-tabireco-baby-road-trippers-manga/.239713">Baby Road Trippers</a> have been added to MANGA Plus; Ichiro Sakaki, Ryohei Yamauchi & Hiyori Asahikawa’s Trained to be the Ultimate Anti-magic Spellblade, Ryō Hiromatsu & Osamu Kozuki’s Uglymug, Epicfighter SSS, & Kanade Ezaki’s AGERECO! Getting Into the Voice Acting Spirit! is now on Manga UP!. 30:57: And while not technically licenses, this occurred during the very busy Anime Expo weekend so this did not get covered: Akimi Yoshida’s Banana Fish and Hisaya Nakajo’s Hana-Kimi have been added to <a href="https://x.com/TheOASG/status/2072376211670511715">VIZ Manga’s library</a> — with VIZ finally <a href="https://x.com/alconnow/status/2072382488849105142">having a Hakusensha title</a> on their service, does this mean Yona of the Dawn has a chance? (Maybe not this year though) Streaming News 32:48: Crusher Joe, Crusher Joe: A Trap of the Frozen Jail, Crusher Joe: The Final Weapon ASH, Haré+Guu Deluxe, Haré+Guu FINAL, and Simoun are now on the <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-12/darkroom-streaming-service-adds-crusher-joe-simoun-more-anime/.239522">latest service now streaming anime</a>, Darkroom; Hyakushō Kizoku – The Farmer’s Days and 500000000 years button is now on RetroCrush; and apparently this was announced at Anime Expo, but Strange: Junji Ito’s Tales for Sleepless Nights will stream on the <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-05/hbo-max-to-stream-live-action-strange-junji-ito-tales-for-sleepless-nights-series-internationally-/.239337">HBO Max service</a> internationally this fall. <h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Main Topic: Summer Anime 2026 First Impressions</h4> 36:18: Let’s just say Justin (and especially Helen) are overwhelmed with choices for the summer anime season, which is packed with some seemingly quality looking works. In fact it’s so packed that Justin even had to lament the works he was interested in but just can’t watch due to time (37:28). Helen has checked out a few anime (Sparks of Tomorrow and BANG DREAM Yume∞Mita among the new shows), but Justin has a lot of anime to discuss — from what he surprisingly did not enjoy to those he’s having a good time with to the three shows that stand alone for him this season (1:36:17: Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia, Iron Wok Jan!, Though I Am an Inept Villainess) Weird News 1:58:25: Let’s just say you certainly want your fans to buy the magazine that holds the final chapter of the series you like — <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-07-17/jump-magazine-apologizes-to-fans-unable-to-buy-issue-with-blue-box-finale-one-piece-card/.239691">but for Blue Box fans</a>, there was some trouble getting that WSJ issue due to One Piece and that series celebrating its 29th anniversary! 2:00:09: There is apparently a need for more Tenchi, if the <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-10/armiger-entertainment-launches-kickstarter-campaign-for-tenchi-galaxy-anime-pilot/.239469">Kickstarter that has succeeded</a> means anything; Yes <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-09/live-action-naruto-hollywood-film-launches-global-casting-call-for-3-main-leads/.239468">Live-action Hollywood Naruto</a> is a go, and naturally the hosts wonder if it’ll be any good. 2:02:51: Normally Banana Fish streaming on Netflix next month after the rights expired on Prime Video would belong in the streaming news section…but this getting a dub just a year <a href="https://gizmodo.com/banana-fish-is-coming-to-netflix-with-human-voices-this-time-2000784452">after the AI dub hilarity last year</a> on Prime makes this turnaround pretty wild! <h5 class="wp-block-heading">If there’s anything you’d like to share about the latest news or your thoughts on a very packed summer anime season, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts!</h5> The post <a href="https://www.theoasg.com/podcasts/its-not-my-fault-the-oasg-podcast-is-not-popular/episode-248-hot-historic-anime-summer/33688">TheOASG Podcast Episode 248: Hot Historic Anime Summer</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.theoasg.com">TheOASG</a>.

July 7, 2026

TheOASG Podcast Episode 247: The July Double-Header

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From <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-29/kodama-tales-licenses-crows-cyberblue-beautiful-place-2-more-manga/.239072">Kodama Tales</a> and <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-29/crossed-hearts-licenses-4-bl-manga/.239102">Crossed Hearts</a>‘ licensing week, <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-23/abrams-comicarts-kana-licenses-qtonagi-hotel-astrology-book/.238821">Abrams Kana</a> acquiring an astrology work, <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-23/bubbles-zine-licenses-suehiro-maruo-new-national-kid-manga/.238840">Bubbles Zine</a> bringing over a Suehiro Maruo work, and to <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-23/gkids-to-release-chao-anime-film-on-blu-ray-disc-on-september-22/.238855">GKIDS</a> bringing an anime film to home media, it was a fair number of works announced… …and then came Anime Expo 2026. <h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Licenses during Anime Expo</h4> We can say a LOT of publishers had a LOT of announcements: Come take a gander at everything these companies acquired: <a href="https://x.com/TheOASG/status/2074256367091691830">J-Novel Club</a> (6:30:) <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Tsuta Sonehara & Lemon Natsume’s Sorry, Darling, but You Won’t Kill Me Again! (J-Novel Heart)</li> <li>Yuno Yozakura & Nimoshi’s A Young Maiden’s Growing Pains: I Reincarnated and All I Got Was This 100X Stat Buff!</li> <li>Nora Yasuda & Arutera’s God Sleeps in Seafoam</li> <li>Manzi Mazi & Yuuya’s A Wicked Lady’s Guide to Accidentally Saving the Kingdom</li> <li>Shusui Hazuki & kururi’s I’ll Become an Elegant Villainess! Time to Enjoy My Second Life to the Fullest (J-Novel Heart)</li> <li>Kennoji & Reita’s Father, Have You Sinned? An Assassin in Priest’s Robes </li> <li>Misa Aoi & Yoh Hihara’s Genius in the Library: This Bookish Rookie Will Save the Day! </li> <li>Long Utsumi’s Last Summer Sparkle manga ( J-Novel Knight)</li> <li>Ichi Ichikawa’s Reset / Reboot manga (J-Novel Knight)</li> <li>Print titles: Punichan’s From Villainess to Healer: I Know the Cheat to Change My Fate (manga and LN); Jan Olexa’s It’s Tough Being a Necromancer; Schuld’s Min-Maxing My TRPG Build in Another World; Hagure Metabo’s A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires; Miori Kayamoto’s The Despicable Duke Settles His Affairs (J-Novel Knight); Kazuki Amamiya’s Haibara’s Teenage New Game+; Fuurou, Yumbo, & kinta’s The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects: Tales of Blue Dias and the Onikin Alna manga; Abyss Enoshima, Pochi Edoya, & neropaso’s What’s with the Bag, Kamiyama-san?; Hajime Naehara, Takao Demise, & Hatori Kyoka’s A Cave King’s Road to Paradise: Climbing to the Top with My Almighty Mining Skills! manga; Ryuyu, Note Tono, & Daburyu’s Now I’m a Demon Lord! Happily Ever After with Monster Girls in My Dungeon manga; Kazuki Minamoto’s All Eyes on Nekoyashiki-kun! Notice Me, Not My Characters; Kono Tsuranori’s D-Genesis: Three Years After the Dungeons Appeared</li> </ul> <a href="https://x.com/TheOASG/status/2074205768555827413">Seven Seas</a> (12:45:) <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Odoroo Dorothy’s I See You, Aizawa-san!</li> <li>Daisuke Itabashi’s The Journey of a Dark Elf with Fading Powers </li> <li>Kotoko & Kei Kumanomi’s This Time Around, My Lovesick Hero Will Keep Me Alive … If I’m Lucky!</li> <li>Itsumi Narita’s That girl I’m interested in is a maid from the abyss</li> <li>Azusa Sakamoto’s I Reincarnated as the “Villain” Commander of an Order of Knights (manga drawn by fujy, light novel art by kodamazon; LN is digital only)</li> <li>Hijiki’s Hate Me, but Let Me Stay – Manager and Otoha</li> <li>Daken & Enta Shiho’s The Suspects of Necromancy (Airship)</li> <li>Kennoji & R_ringo’s My Sword Saint Master Is Too Cute to Live With! (Ghost Ship</li> <li>Siren audiobook imprint: Yoru Sumino’s Distorted I Love You (Narrated by Paul Dateh & Aria Saltini)</li> </ul> <a href="https://kodansha.us/2026/07/02/kodansha-reveals-spring-2027-new-print-licenses-at-anime-expo/">Kodansha</a> (15:53:) <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Hitoshi Iwaaki’s Historié</li> <li>Nikki Asada’s The Serenade of Spring Thunder</li> <li>Teki Yatsuda’s Myther</li> <li>Yoshidamaru’s Dig It</li> <li>Kazuto Mihara’s Interstellar Violin</li> <li>Ko Fumimura’s Manga Lover</li> <li>Battan’s Fatale Game</li> <li>Osamu Nishi’s Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Devilish Tales: Kalego’s Story</li> <li>Hana Yakou, Honomi, & Chiharu Nara’s Blaze of Flesh and Blood</li> <li>Suji Hanabusa’s Drawn Deep</li> <li>Rei Tasaki, Nezu Usugumo, & Jiji’s The Chronicles of Leënde</li> <li>A hardcover deluxe edition of Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix</li> <li>CLAMP Official Artbook COLOR GOLD 1989–2024 </li> <li>Jun Esaka & Kamome Shirahama’s Witch Hat Atelier: Special Stories</li> </ul> <a href="https://x.com/TheOASG/status/2073829302747943165">Yen Press</a> (20:11:) <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Hagane Kurodome & Kururi’s The Chef of the Adventurers’ Tavern (Yen On)</li> <li>Kouko Shirakawa’s A Flower in Black Crude Clothes (Yen On)</li> <li>Hiroyuki Kitazume’s Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam Define</li> <li>Hollow Takeuchi’s Chihaya Re:Start!</li> <li>samesuke’s The Lowly Elf Is the Blackhearted King’s Plaything</li> <li>Nauchi’s Takane-san and Arashi-chan</li> <li>Harikamo’s The 11th Cat Is Nene!</li> <li>Hajime Taguchi & Hiromu Kitano’s Planarian Humans </li> </ul> Square Enix Manga & Books (23:01:) <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Daisuke Hagiwara’s Not Quite Love</li> <li>yutaka’s My Classmate James</li> <li>Mo-suke Mattaku’s Inuta: My Canine Classmate</li> <li>Ume Koshida’s Daughter of the Dragon God</li> <li>Koume Fujichika’s Supervillain Boy</li> <li>Genkotsu Kumano, Jojo Ueyama, & Ryūshi Tajima’s Overpowered and Underpaid: An OP Swordmaster Turns Hit Streamer</li> <li>Gojiai’s KasuRich</li> <li>Ume Matsutake & Komikan Matsumoto’s Tamagawa, Is That You?</li> </ul> <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-05/tokyopop-licenses-how-i-attended-an-all-guy-mixer-the-reclusive-consort-of-the-rikan-empire-mr-/.239334">TOKYOPOP</a> & <a href="https://x.com/TheOASG/status/2073808142471671911">Dark Horse</a> (24:35:) <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Nasubitaka’s Love at First Howl</li> <li>Misaki Sako & Supico Shinonome’s The Reclusive Consort of the Rikan Empire: Sneaking Out of the Rear Palace to Be a Court Official</li> <li>Nana Aokawa’s How I Attended an All Guy’s Mixer: Omnibus Edition</li> <li>Ayaka Matsumoto’s Mr. Mitsuya’s Planned Feeding </li> <li>Kenji Tsuruta’s The Sky is but One Roof of the World</li> <li>Gou Tanabe’s H.P. Lovecraft’s The Haunter of the Dark</li> <li>Yoshitaka Amano’s Deva Zan (Second Edition)</li> <li>A deluxe hardcover edition of Hiroya Oku’s Gantz</li> </ul> <a href="https://x.com/TheOASG/status/2073819967502397518">Manga Mavericks Books</a> & <a href="https://x.com/TheOASG/status/2073823915336487271">Omoi</a> (25:42:) <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Kaoru Kurimoto & Yumiko Igarashi’s The Sword of Paros (Deluxe hardcover edition) </li> <li>Quick Obake’s Motionless</li> <li>Kazuhiko Shimamoto’s Hero Company </li> <li>Mai Matsuda’s Walking Home with You</li> <li>Kakeru Kakemaru’s Shonen Racket</li> <li>Shunsuke Sorato’s Natsume & Natsume: More Perfume</li> <li>Kaoru Kurimoto & Yumiko Igarashi’s The Sword of Paros (Omoi digital exclusive, localized by Manga Mavericks)</li> </ul> <a href="https://x.com/TheOASG/status/2073825733802176795">BluPetal</a>, <a href="https://x.com/TheOASG/status/2073806598586192301">Mahjong Pros</a>, <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-04/kuma-licenses-ogeretsu-tanaka-bl-manga-mermaid-prince/.239295">KUMA</a> (27:23:) <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>Masashi Kumamoto’s Last Heaven</li> <li>Raika Suzumi’s The Black World is Dyed in White Chalk </li> <li>Sayaka Okada & Kazuo Maekawa’s Golden Sakura</li> <li>Katakei & Yoshiki Suda’s Maetel of the Glassy Sea </li> <li>Ogeretsu Tanaka’s Mermaid Prince </li> <li>As a side note, DENPA (who runs KUMA) announced during their panel that they <a href="https://x.com/MangaAlerts/status/2073468175619121253">have a partnership with Alphapolis</a>, who will have some of their works in print. </li> </ul> 30:40: For at least the two hosts here (Sword of Paros is also a strong contender, but for Justin at least this is his favorite of AX), the best announcement out of AX weekend was Inklore — probably the last or at least second to last company anyone would’ve picked to do so — saying they licensed <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-03/inklore-licenses-tomoko-yamashita-ikoku-nikki-manga/.239246">Tomoko Yamashita’s Ikoku Nikki</a>. This apparently set Helen’s Bluesky timeline on fire once news was posted there, and both hosts discuss <a href="https://x.com/MangaAlerts/status/2065499832630870097">some background details</a> involving this manga over the past <a href="https://x.com/BelleMarsT/status/2073172788496797709">few months</a>. <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-02/ink-pop-licenses-noho-my-neighbor-yokai-manga/.239241">Ink Pop</a>, <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-03/ize-press-licenses-legroom-philomel-the-fake-footsteps-in-the-snow-for-january-2027-print-release/.239212">Ize Press</a>, <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-03/animeigo-reveals-bds-for-sakon-the-ventriloquist-moshidora-ad-police-files-2-more-titles/.239199">AnimEigo</a> (33:32:) <ul class="wp-block-list"> <li>noho’s My Neighbor Yokai </li> <li>Dacto’s Legroom</li> <li>oaen and LOGO’s Philomel the Fake</li> <li>SAISA’s Footsteps in the Snow </li> <li>Sakon the Ventriloquist</li> <li>Drucker in the Dugout!</li> <li>A 4K remaster of the three-episode OVA AD Police Files</li> <li>House of Five Leaves </li> <li>Baby & I (May be changed to Baby and Me if approved)</li> </ul> Streaming News 37:07: Finally, after making sure they squeezed every single penny they could by having it in theaters, the <a href="https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/announcements/2026/7/4/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba-infinity-castle-1-streaming-premiere-date-announced">Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle film</a> will be streaming on Crunchyroll towards the end of July; Crunchyroll will also have theater screenings of <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-02/crunchyroll-to-screen-akira-anime-film-in-u.s-canada-in-4k-imax-on-september-4/.239235">Akira in 4K</a> on September 4 37:54: Evangelion: Death (True)² & Rebirth will screen on July 21 and The End of Evangelion will screen on July 22 thanks to GKIDS; REMOW will stream <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-01/remow-its-anime-streams-my-stepmother-and-stepsisters-arent-wicked-anime-on-youtube/.239152">My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t Wicked</a> on the “It’s Anime” YouTube channel soon. <h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Main Topic: Spring Anime 2026 Final Impressions</h4> 38:57: Justin and Helen take no breaks and hop right into wrapping up the Spring anime season, which featured a good amount of standouts (Witch Hat Atelier, Ramparts of Ice, Dorohedoro S2) and some mostly solid works (An Observation Log of My Fiancée Who Calls Herself a Villainess, Always a Catch, Gals Can’t Be Kind to Otaku!?). Weird News 1:24:50: Welp, this section is the all industries are over, as AI this and AI that has taken over the minds of people who ultimately are trying to get away with being cheap — first with this <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-07-02/ai-animation-company-puri-prince-announces-denno-isu-tantei-charlotte-~dead-man-hand~-short-anime/.239211">anime done by an AI animation company</a> that looks familiar in some cases if you stare long enough; then you have the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry considering providing subsidies of 11.5 billion yen (about US$71 million) to 15 eligible media companies aiming to increase overseas sales — the subsidies would aim to encourage the companies to utilize <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-06-29/japanese-govt-to-consider-providing-subsidies-for-ai-translation-overseas-sales-generation-to-/.239030">generative AI to translate their works</a>. Welp again! 1:34:59: It’s 2026 and we have The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All getting a pretty superb adaptation — from how it looks to them having Dave Grohl <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rebeccaoliver.bsky.social/post/3mpri336lnc2j">say that Kurt Cobain would have loved</a> Green Yuri, which got Helen to know all about Kurt Cobain; We also have Bamco (Filmworks and Pictures) having to apologize for making an unauthorized references to a number of works — <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2026-06-26/bandai-namco-apologizes-for-sgt-frog-film-unapproved-reference-to-attack-on-titan/.238985">in particular Attack on Titan</a> — in their Sgt. Frog anime film. 1:38:04: Many questions have arisen with the announcement of <a href="https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/persona-live-action-tv-series-netflix-1236798581/">Netflix working on a live-action Persona</a> TV series, and one of them has Justin wondering why anyone let this be announced at all. <h5 class="wp-block-heading">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!</h5> The post <a href="https://www.theoasg.com/podcasts/its-not-my-fault-the-oasg-podcast-is-not-popular/theoasg-podcast-episode-247-the-july-double-header/33686">TheOASG Podcast Episode 247: The July Double-Header</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.theoasg.com">TheOASG</a>.

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