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Show Notes
0:00: The two hosts of TheOASG Podcast once again talk from wherever they are in America (one with poor internet) about what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks, though Thanksgiving and Turn A Gundam (and some Tearmoon Empire!) was brought up so that means someone had a better two weeks than the other!
News
7:00: Tokyo Otaku Mode recently got acquired by Shogakukan, which means Justin and Helen have to talk about what this could mean.
8:25: Drawn & Quarterly’s looking to form a union, which if this gets recognized, will be the next company that publishes manga (they’re mostly comics/graphic novels) to have one.
8:59: As expected, ComiXology will not exist as an app anymore — it will shut down December 4, so both hosts discuss and reminisce about using the service and now (maybe) using the Kindle app.
11:25: Kinnikuman is back in Japan! One of the members had to get knee surgery so they went on a hiatus, but they might be healed up and ready to go.
Licenses
12:34: Drawn & Quarterly has licensed Sanpei Shirato’s The Legend of Kamuy; Titan Comics announced they licensed two titles: Shadows of Kyoto and Villain Actor.
13:25: Meanwhile, the new publisher that Justin mentioned over a month ago finally announced their licenses! Only one additional title though: Bingo Morihashi & Manabu Akishige’s Kinryo Rock.
Anime NYC 2023 Impressions!
15:55: Of course Justin just recently gave his impressions in written form, but hear a few more thoughts from him about ANYC personally while Helen wonders about his one 7 train experience. The two then give their thoughts on the convention moving to August in 2024.
25:37: Now, here’s all the announcements that occurred at the convention:
J-Novel Club
- Shin Kouduki & Chocoan’s The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases
- Hayaken & Unapoppo’s Sword Saint Adel’s Second Chance: A Peerless Swordmaster Begins Anew as a Saint to Save the Princess
- Mizuho Itsuki & fuumi’s Management of a Novice Alchemist
- Tadashi Kubou & Nokito‘s The Water Magician (LN and Manga)
- Harunohi Biyori & Hitaki Yuu’s The Otome Heroine’s Fight for Survival
- Punichan & Canarinu’s RVing My Way into Exile with My Beloved Cat: This Villainess Is Trippin’ (J-Novel Heart)
- Almond & Yoshiro Ambe’s The Oblivious Saint Can’t Contain Her Power: Forget My Sister! Turns Out I Was the Real Saint All Along! (J-Novel Heart)
- Yu Okano & TAPIOCA’s The Exiled Noble Rises as the Holy King: Befriending Fluffy Beasts and a Holy Maiden with My Ultimate Cheat Skill!
- Umikaze Minamino & JISHAKU‘s Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden
- Takuma Sakai & Minami’s Butareba -The Story of a Man Turned into a Pig- manga
- J-Novel Heart imprint Hagure metabo & Oonoimo’s A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires (J-Novel Heart)
- miaawa’s Through the Viewport: Child of a Ruined World
- Mori & Maki Hayashi’s Duchess in the Attic (J-Novel Heart)
- Riku Misora & Won’s Chivalry of a Failed Knight (License Rescue!)
Yen Press
- Reki Kawahara, KIMI, Mito Satou & abec’s Sword Art Online: Re: Aincrad
- Toru Shirogane, keyyang, & Mashimasaki’s The Kept Man of the Princess Knight manga
- Ghost Mikawa, Yumika Kanada, & Hiten’s Days with My Stepsister manga
- Sakura Hamada’s Friday at the Atelier
- Akira Hirahara & Naoto Asahara’s She Likes Gays, but Not Me
- Takeshi Murase’s The God of Nishi-Yuigahama Station (Yen On)
- Yuiko Agarizaki & Aoaso’s Brunhild the Dragonslayer (Yen On)
- Daigo Murasaki & Kureta’s Guillotine Bride (Yen On)
- Yuu Kamiya & Ryu Naitou’s No Game No Life Chapter 2: Eastern Union
- Kumo Kagyu, Daichi Matsuse, & Noboru Kannatuki’s Goblin Slayer: A Day in the Life
- Bungo Stray Dogs Official Comic Anthology
- Will produce audiobooks of Reign of the Seven Spellblades, Baccano!, & Bungo Stray Dogs (Slated for May 2024)
Ize Press
- Soda Ice, Berry, & Blue Canna’s Beware the Villainess!
- hanirim & manggle’s The Villainess Is a Marionette
- KEN, Hanhuen, & Antstudio’s Marriage of Convenience
- Jungyeon, Gabi Nam, & Harara’s My Secretly Hot Husband
- Sinnoa, Neida, & Bill K’s SSS-Class Revival Hunter
- Chelliace & WHAT’s Tied to You
Kodansha
- Rie Aruga’s Sheltering Eaves
- tsuke’s Spoil Me Plzzz, Hinamori-san!
- Mitsuki Mii’s Kusunoki’s Flunking Her High School Glow-Up
- Kintetsu Yamada’s Home Office Romance
- Miyuki Unohana’s Snow & Ink
- Ii Oshikawa, Bekio, & Mitsuya Fuji’s The Boy I Loved Became the Jaded Emperor
- Hono Natsuna’s Pupposites Attract
- ONE, Kyoutarou Azuma, & bose’s VERSUS
- Naoshi Arakawa’s Your Lie in April omnibus (All planned for Fall 2024)
- Kana Nakatsuki’s Don’t Tempt Me, VP! (digital, 12/19)
- Uta Isaki’s Sayabito: Swords of Destiny (digital, 12/5)
- Uta Isaki’s The Spellbook Library (first release in English, slated to be in print Fall 2024)
37:00: Licenses from other publishers at the convention: [Denpa] Kazyua Konomoto, P.I.C.S. & Takeichi Abaraya’s Odd Taxi and Billy Balibally’s Wolf Pack (KUMA) [Star Fruit Books] Kuro Nohara’s His Ankle, Hideshi Hino’s The Red Snake, Tsukimori Masako’s Clan Under the Moon, & Miyako Cojima’s Virginia Inferno (last three titles for their Blood Orange horror imprint) [Azuki] Konoha Kizima’s I’ll Quit Travelling, a one-shot available first on the service (This is a Star Fruit Books title), Mao Nakada‘s You’re So Sloppy Hotta-sensei, Koumori’s Our Aimless Nights
42:04: Other announcements at the convention: Studio Bones adapting the late Cocoa Fujiwara’s MahoAku manga into an anime; Avex Pictures also announced at their panel that Pole Princess!! will get an international release; Lycoris Recoil will air on Toonami; Two Gurren Lagann films will be in North American screens in January; Great Pretender razbliuto, the new sequel to the Great Pretender anime, will screen in theaters in North America in 2024; Crunchyroll had a few announcements at their panel, which includes adapting Manhwa True Beauty as an anime.
Streaming News
50:00: After not airing for two years and finally premiering at this year’s ANYC, Case Closed: The Scarlet Bullet is available (sub/dub) on digital platforms
52:14: Mari Okada and MAPPA’s Maboroshi finally has a premiere date; so does the currently airing in Japan now The Seven Deadly Sins sequel!
53:15: Justin and Helen discuss the news that HIDIVE is ending service in select countries, and what that means in general.
54:53: The Sand Land TV series that just got announced will stream on Hulu & Disney+ in Spring 2024.
Weird News
55:20: Welp, the one year Luffy gets invited to the Thanksgiving Parade, it all goes wrong!
57:19: And well, now people can pull tissue from the head orifice of a Saibaman. Think that’s enough merchandising things for some companies.
58:22: If you thought there wasn’t weird news at ANYC, here you go! Let’s just say this did cause lots of people to wonder about the Marines, the FBI, and the Army being at this convention!
1:01:56: Look, Suletta and Miorine had their honeymoon in Justin’s city! Ok, to be clear, the respective VAs Kana Ichinose and Lynn were at Anime NYC, and based on their socials, they had a good time.
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