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The OASG Podcast

Show Notes

Pandemic News

0:00: Justin and Helen go over some of the returns and delays in Japan and even over in the US (Oh Anime Matsuri), with My Hero Academia taking a one-week break to switch from analog to a digital setup for all the artists.

3:44: Crunchyroll did an article discussing how COVID-19 has impacted anime productions in Japan, which even lays out how due to the limited amount of broadcast slots, it’s possible an anime in the works now won’t be out until 2022, among many other things (how meetings are conducted, work processes, etc)

News

6:48: After many years of serialization, Haikyu!! is going to end after a very successful run.

7:11: World Trigger‘s author is taking a one-month break due to his health, and the two hosts discuss this news.

7:38: Justin and Helen again go over the state of animators in Japan since a few weeks ago Trigger reached an “amicable settlement” with a former employee who did not get paid for overtime work.

9:13: Comico launched pocket comics, which means a couple CR manga can be read legally again! Helen however hopes someone will just bring ReLIFE in print…Justin wonders if that will happen.

Pre-Virtual Conpolozza/during Conpolozza but no panels (except for Yen Press!)

11:52: Kodansha Comics is hosting a Shaman King panel at Comic-Con@Home. The two hosts go over everything about this, which means the initial description of it being a ComiXology Original and to that part getting taken out.

14:57: Kodansha Comics will release another shoujo digital title (We Must Never Fall in Love!) early in August, while they will release ASHIDAKA in volume format August 25.

15:30: Yen Press did a pre-AX Lite teaser announcements on Twitter, and will bring over the following:

  • The White Cat’s Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King’s Lap (manga)
  • A Certain Magical Index SS
  • Sword Art Online Project Alicization (manga)
  • Goblin Slayer Side Story II: Dai Katana
  • Wolf & Parchment (manga)
  • Keito Koume Illustrations: Spice & Wolf – The Tenth Year Calvados

16:29: Cross Infinite World only announced one title during that con week: Past Life Countess, Present Life Otome Game NPC?!

17:37: Seven Seas had a “No Panel, No Problem!” campaign on Twitter since they didn’t have a panel at any of the four conventions, and they announced the following:

  • Dai Dark
  • Rozi in the Labyrinth
  • Donuts Under a Crescent Moon
  • Dungeon Toilet
  • The Demon Girl Next Door
  • Reiwa Hanamaru Gakuen
  • A White Rose in Bloom Ride Your Wave (Novel/Manga spin-off)
  • Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells (LN/Manga)
  • Muscles are Better Than Magic! (LN/Manga)
  • Berserk of Gluttony (LN/Manga)

21:51: A couple episodes ago Justin remarked at how Fanfare/Ponent Mon was releasing a manga that wasn’t a Jiro Taniguchi title…they got back at him! They will be releasing A Journal of My Father at the end of this year, and Solitary Gourmet is planned for a Spring 2021 release.

22:53: Discotek will be releasing Space Adventure Cobra and the 22nd Conan film, Zero the Enforcer.

Virtual Conpolooza

24:35: Justin and Helen give their thoughts on 4 cons — Anime Expo Lite, Funimationcon, Kurocon, and Aniplex Online Fest — and their experiences attempting to cover each one, and if something like this should happen again.

Virtual Conpolooza Announcements!

32:10: VIZ announced they licensed the following:

  • My Hero Academia: Team-Up Mission
  • Dr. STONE Reboot: Byakuya 
  • Naruto: Shikamaru’s Story–Mourning Clouds 
  • Jujutsu Kaisen 0 
  • The King’s Beast – Shojo Beat series
  • Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
  • Beast Complex
  • Call of the Night
  • Asadora! 
  • Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection 
  • Tokyo Fashion: A Comic Book

34:03: Yen Press announced they licensed the following:

  • Overlord: The Complete Anime Artbook
  • A Witch’s Love at The End of the World
  • The World’s Finest Assassin, Reincarnated in a Different World as an Aristocrat (LN)
  • The Place Promised in Our Early Days (Novel)
  • Slasher Maidens
  • The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten (LN)
  • Strawberry Fields Once Again
  • Unnamed Memory (LN)
  • The Vampire & His Pleasant Companions
  • King of the Labyrinth (Novel)

38:14: TOKYOPOP (still crawling, existing, etc) announced they licensed the following:

  • The God and the Flightless Messenger 
  • Bakeneko Katatte Soro 
  • Kusattemo Ani

40:10: Denpa made two announcements at AX Lite and one at Kurocon, so those are combined:

43:25: J-Novel Club had 13 titles to announce at Anime Expo Lite:

  • The Bloodline – this will be part of their J-Novel Club Firsts, where this will be published first by them, not in Japan.
  • I Love Yuri and I Got Bodyswapped with a Fujoshi (manga)
  • My Instant Death Ability is So Overpowered, No One in This Other World Stands a Chance Against Me!
  • WATARU!!! The Hot-Blooded Fighting Teen & His Epic Adventures in a Fantasy World After Stopping a Truck with His Bare Hands!!
  • Record of Wortenia War (manga)
  • A Lily Blooms in Another World – J-Novel Heart series
  • Mapping: The Trash-Tier Skill That Got Me Into a Top-Tier Party (LN and manga)
  • The Sorcerer’s Receptionist – J-Novel Heart series
  • Black Summoner (LN and manga)
  • Holmes of Kyoto – J-Novel Heart series
  • Slayers

48:39: Manga Planet announced at Anime Expo Lite that a couple of Sozo Comics titles will be on their service starting this weekend, but the big one is they’ll be adding Kia Asamiya’s Silent Mobius series to their service.

50:22: futekiya was mentioned to be in negotiations with Libre at Anime Expo Lite, but they announced they will add the following BL titles to their service at Fujocon:

  • Oazuke no Kiss no Yukue
  • Kakumei no α
  • Himitsu no Mesuiki Ojisan
  • Gozen 0-ji no Shitsuren Doukoukai
  • Kimi wa Boku no Koto wo Suuhai Shisugiteiru
  • Tsukikagerou de Aimashou ~Yuukaku Omegaverse ~
  • Do S Obake ga Nekasetekurenai
  • Revival Blue
  • α ga α wo Daku Houkou
  • Vampire Itadakimasu

Other Virtual Con announcements!

52:20: Funimation announced a couple of things at their convention — they will stream The World Ends With You; Naruto is now on their service; Funimation and Aniplex are aiming to show Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba the movie — Mugen Train in theaters; and their service will start becoming available in Mexico and Brazil.

55:17: Kodansha and Vertical had a panel at AX Lite where they mostly went over their upcoming releases this year, but they did announce they will release suu Morishita’s A Sign of Affection in print in 2021, and they will also simulpub the series starting July 20th. A couple of their titles: Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, ASHIDAKA, and GiTS: The Human Algorithm are now available to read on Crunchyroll.

Streaming News

57:35: You can now watch Tower of God, Food Wars S4, Death Note and Hunter x Hunter on HBO Max!

58:04: Retrocrush added or is adding the following titles to their service this month:

  • One-Million Year Trip: Bander Book
  • Bagi, the Monster of Mighty Nature
  • Ambassador Magma
  • Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick
  • Voltes V
  • Shin Getter Robo
  • ItaKiss
  • Project A-Ko 2, 3 & 4 films

Main Topic (2???): The Summer Anime 2020 Season

58:57: The two hosts go over what is a pretty limited summer season — they discuss the first episodes of shows such as Deca-Dence and The God of Highschool, and also stuff like Rent-A-Girlfriend and Monster Girl Doctor. They also mention shows that are resuming this season (like Digimon Adventure, Appare-Ranman!), among other things.

Weird News

1:18:19: Rem is getting a really gorgeous looking figure that…that costs $39,999. Justin and Helen are beside themselves.

1:19:18: While it appears the Ahiru no Sora Twitter account did not make a terrific tweet, Justin can only think it’s reasons like this that the manga by Takeshi Hinata took this long to get adapted into an anime.

1:21:12: Meanwhile, the Ryuo’s Work is Never Done!’s author gloats on Twitter after a standout 17-year-old shogi player is dominating in Japan — after a couple people criticized the age of the protagonist in his work.

1:22:30: Finally, if anyone was looking to read a manga starring Akane Shinjo from SSSS. Gridman…you’ll have to wait a bit longer: after a year of trying to figure out a direction, it is now straight up cancelled.