Podcasts about Kodansha

We've made it! Once again, welcome to our end of year tournament spectacular! In this first half of Trashtacular Tournament Arc 6-7, we relive all 25 series covered throughout our sixth year, and slowly whittle them down to our Last 16 for next week's knockout stages. Was Yu-Gi-Oh better than My Hero? Was Flowers of Evil or Hensuki truly that bad? Does Sean still hate Secret of the Alien? All these answers and more await... ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't! Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short. New episodes drop every fortnight, where our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little thing to discuss what's good, what's bad, but mostly, what's trash. Five years in, we're just getting started, as trash never ends, and neither do we. So please, come join us and listen to our book club slash never-ending existential nightmare! ~ Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/ Sean, our forever host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking Mike, our streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/ Phil, our trash overlord, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official releases! Yu-Gi-Oh!, Alice in Borderland, My Hero Academia and Zoids: Chaotic Century are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/ New Saga is licensed by Alpha Manga - https://www.alpha-manga.com/ The Kajiki Chef: Divine Cuisine is licensed by MangaPlus - https://mangaplus.shueisha.co.jp/updates I'm Standing On A Million Lives, Boarding School Juliet, Witch Hat Atelier and The Flowers of Evil are licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/ Kemono Jihen is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/ Sanda is licensed by Titan Comics - https://titan-comics.com/ The Holy Grail of Eris and Tougen Anki: Legend of the Cursed Blood are licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/ Guard Pass is licensed by Tapas - https://tapas.io/ Trigun is licensed by Dark Horse - https://www.darkhorse.com/ My Teasing Fiancée is licensed by Comic Growl - https://comic-growl.com/ Ottoman: Henshin Hero Husband is licensed by Udon Entertainment - https://store.udonentertainment.com/

A man with white hair in a long, brown overcoat wanders from place to place, offering help to problems with no clear solution. His name is Ginko and he is a Mushishi: someone wise in the ways of Mushi. What are Mushi? Beings beyond our comprehension, that can only be described as life in it's purest form. They sometimes unintentionally cause harm to humans, and so Mushishi wander Japan to offer aid..This week, Mat is joined once again by Lea to discuss Mushishi by Yuki Urushibara. Join us as we discuss the differences between the original Del Rey editions and the new hardback collectors editions from Kodansha, how the book seamlessly blends melancholic vibes with slice of life storytelling, and how the stories somehow manage to be uplifting despite their similarities to campfire horror!---Show Notes---God Bless The Mistaken by Nio NakataniWitch Hat Atelier by Kamome ShirahamaYokohama Kaidashi Kikou by Hitoshi AshinanoSuiiki by Yuki UrushibaraWandering Island by Kenji TsurutaKino's Journey by Keiichi Sigsawa and Kouhaku KuroboshiGirls' Last Tour by TsukumizuTouring After the Apocalypse by Sakae Saito The Apothecary Diaries by HyūganatsuFrieren: Beyond Journey's End by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa AbePet Shop of Horrors by Matsuri AkinoThe Summer Hikaru Died by MokumokurenThanks to Juliano Zucareli for our theme music!Find us on:X: Manga Tak PodBluesky: Manga Tak PodInstagram: Manga Tak Pod

K Manga is an app from Kodansha that has one of the biggest catelogs of manga series in the world. As we approach its 3 year anniversary I wanted to talk about the app and a few changes that could help it reach greater heights.Timestamps(00:00) Intro(02:30) Kodansha catalog(08:30) How KManga Works(14:00) Consistency and Structure(19:00) Meeting in the Middle(21:00) Final Thoughts______________________________Follow meMy website: https://dadneedstotalk.com/Blue Sky: dadneedstotalk2.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/DadNeedsToTalkInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dadneedstotalkpodcast/If you enjoy what I do and want to support

Baudelaire, give us strength. It's the FINAL series of Year 6, and we're going out with a traumatic bang, as Sean unleashes the manga version of one of his most hated anime – The Flowers of Evil! But that was 13 years ago, and it's not like you can rotoscope manga, so surely this romantic drama will have grown on him somewhat since then? If he can u-turn on Girl on the Shore, he can u-turn on anything, right? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't! Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short. New episodes drop every fortnight, where our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little thing to discuss what's good, what's bad, but mostly, what's trash. Five years in, we're just getting started, as trash never ends, and neither do we. So please, come join us and listen to our book club slash never-ending existential nightmare! ~ Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/ Sean, our forever host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking Mike, our streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/ Phil, our trash overlord, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official release! The Flowers of Evil is licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/series/the-flowers-of-evil/

Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen once again skip over what they’ve been up to and discuss some of the latest news that’s occurred in the past few weeks, starting with the distressing situation involving Syundei and the harassment that’s come about since the Go for It, Nakamura-kun! anime has aired. News 8:40: What happens when you have one Twitter user ask the creator of Gachiakuta if it’s okay to read the series for free in an Discord channel? Well, you have this news be weird (especially due to some of the tweets Kei Urana has put out there) and also important news since we get into discussing everyone’s favorite topic: piracy!!! (Justin also once again puts forth a challenge to the weird news universe, which only has Helen shaking her head in disbelief) 16:47: It’s been a while since the two hosts have discussed payment processor issues, but FAKKU is exploring a number of options — even crypto — as the struggles for adult manga being published is real; Hiroshi Date will resign as Tokyo MX Representative Director and Chairman at the end of April following an investigation of power harassment towards his subordinates. 22:51: Gangsta. will return! Kohske has announced, after a very lengthy (and still ongoing) battle with systemic lupus erythematosus, the manga will return in July; The Reincarnated as the 7th Prince manga is now back after it went on a hiatus to let the artist recuperate and prepare for the next arc; and in the 9th issue of Shogakukan’s Big Comic Superior magazine, the 86th and latest chapter of Daruma Matsuura’s Steel of the Celestial Shadows was published, which signaled its return following its hiatus since February last year. 27:04: Masaoki Shindō’s RuriDragon was slated to return in April, but the newest chapter is now slated to be released in June; Due to Daisuke Ashihara’s poor health, World Trigger will go on a 1-issue break; Tetsuya Tashiro’s Slasher Maidens is now going on an irregular serialization schedule until further notice. 29:40: And the two hosts send their condolences to the friends and family of Tanma-kun creator Sadao Shoji, who passed away April 5 at a hospital in Tokyo due to heart failure. Licenses 31:32: Yen Press had some announcements for many people: Usa Haneda & U35’s Buying a Classmate Once a Week (Yen On) kurumuakumu & nc&gm’s N Tomoyo Kondoh’s Two A.M. at the Dining Table Shouji Gatou & Ohige Kamisori’s Full Metal Panic! Family Kazuhito Minagi & PenekoR’s Your Castle’s Little Helper (Yen On) Nekomugi’s Tokujo-chan: The Girls Who Brighten Your Day Kazuki Ichimori & Erika Kanbara’s Defying Expectations with Gravity Magic to Be Unparalleled Maki Komatsu’s The Record of Fantastical Nomenclature Keiichi Hikami & lack’s See You at That Site of Grace After Work (Yen On) 34:11: Seven Seas and their Wonderful Wednesdays brings forth more announcements: Into the Night – YOASOBI Stories Collection (Airship) Sworn Brothers on the Farm  The Apothecary Is Gonna Make This Ragged Elf Happy  Kidnapped by Elves, I Went from Potion Factory Alchemist to Accidental Hero I Became a Necromancer After Beating Up My Angel Guide and Accidentally Triggered the Apocalypse (LN and Manga) In Another World with My Cat: A Software Engineer Uses Code to Master Magic (Airship, digital) The Erotical Wizard and His Twelve Brides (Ghost Ship) Hate Me, but Let Me Stay – Mr. Asanaga and Mr. Yanagi Amamiya-san is the Cutest…and I’m a Close Second! The Berserker NPC Unknowingly Destroys the World (Airship, Digital) 35:42: Glacier Bay Books had a couple new releases to announce (from Hyou Hyou short story collection to Codomopaper’s Juji and Aichi) and provided an update on taking over Star Fruit Books’ inventory and them focusing on fulfilling existing SFB orders (and a lot more); Kodama will bring over more Baki and another new title (The Magical Forest of Hoshigahara) this year; Kana meanwhile will bring over Satoshi Morie's My Dear, A Mystery For You next year. 40:00: Two new titles have been added to Kodansha’s K Manga service, while a couple of manga will now also be available on Square Enix’s Manga UP!. Streaming News 40:21: Crunchyroll will stream Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc this week! Yet Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle apparently won’t be added just yet…!; Netflix will finally add Akane-banashi to the service in May, both sub and dub; Bandai Namco Pictures is now streaming Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly on YouTube, which only makes the two hosts wonder if any services was interested in picking this up in the first place. 43:05: The K-ON! film will be on the Criterion Channel in May. Yes, you can re-read that as many times as you want. It is happening. And let’s just say the quotes on the announcement were hilarious. Main Topic: Spring 2026 First Impressions 44:36: A packed spring season means lots to discuss! Hear Justin just lament some of the shows he’s not gonna watch due to how busy the season is (1:26:40: Drops of God, Botan Kamiina, Agents of the Four Seasons to name a few). Hear Justin go over some of his few favorites (Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Re:Zero S4, The Ramparts of Ice, Witch Hat Atelier to name a few). And then naturally hear Justin elaborate on what he likes and dislikes from the newest season of Ascendance of a Bookworm (1:17:57). Wait, what about Helen’s thoughts? WELL, about that…(49:30). Weird News 1:31:33: Manga has evolved in many ways, but I’m not sure Logan Paul buying graded copies of One Piece and Dragonball’s first Jump appearances was a sentence the two hosts would ever utter. But it has happened, because man people are stupid. 1:33:16: An error occurred with the Reincarnated as a Slime manga, where it was listed as over at Volume 32, but was corrected by Dengeki Online. Justin was about to say! 1:34:27: And out of many possible McDonald’s combinations, Masako Nozawa and Baki being involved in this is not a combo you’d expect! If there’s anything you’d like to share about the Spring anime season so far, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! 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Show Notes 0:00: With a LOT of Winter anime shows to discuss, Justin and Helen delve right into the news of the past few weeks, starting with…something weird! But also something very bad, as a manga based off a light novel series has been suspended because the artist decided to plagiarize, and it was egregious enough that the editorial department had to put out a statement about it. 2:32: Aniplex and Crunchyroll’s new anime production venture, HAYATE Inc, has acquired studio Lay-duce; Kageki Shojo!! author Kumiko Saiki was injured at a music festival she went to a few weeks ago, and we’re all hoping she’s ok, as the injuries could be serious (diagnosed with a sprained neck, getting a CT scan to check if her brain is bleeding) 7:09: George Morikawa will be on break due to his hospitalization a few weeks ago, so no Hajime no Ippo for a while; Tawawa on Monday will be on a two-month break and see a return to Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine May 25. 7:51: The two hosts discuss the passing of manga creator Rakko due to heart failure, and the circumstances as well. Licenses 9:51: Yen Press has launched a new imprint: Avocado House! (Both hosts wonder how they came up with it). Appears they’ll be having strictly international novels for this imprint (to give them options + have a clear delineation from Yen On), and they’ve launched with the following works: Keigo Higashino's Laplace’s Witch Yūki Shasendō's Sickness unto Love Gyatei Murasaki's 1,000 Words Left to Live Aya Saitō's The Curse Called Mother, the Prison Called Daughter Haeyeon Jeong's The Place of the Flamingo Yen Press also had some announcements at their Sakuracon panel: Ryoko Kui’s The Dragon School Is Atop the Mountain Natsuki Takaya’s In Such a Small World Neruko Nichinichi’s Non and Akari Futa Kimura’s Fate Rewinder: All Great Feats Require Time Hikaru Sakurai, Tsuta Suzuki, & TYPE-MOON’s Fate/Prototype: Fragments of Sky Silver 21g & Tegekiken’s Elden Ring: Become Lord Mio Tatsumoto’s Meiji-Era Master-and-Servant Tungsten Pieta’s How to Keep a Human 14:18: After their April Fools’ Wonderful Wednesday event, Seven Seas made official announcements this time: Yoichi Sayonaka & Ryuta Yanagi's Gear × Magic: Reincarnated as an Engineer, I’ll Save the Villainous Princess (Airship) Ryūto & Heiro's The Faceless Mercenary Wants to Settle Down: Homestead at the Edge of the Galaxy (Airship, digital only) Yū Omiya, Yōhei Kazawa, & Ale's My Girlfriend Cheated on Me, and Now My Flirty Underclassman Won't Leave Me Alone manga Indosō, Yasuumi's Building a Monster Girl Harem with Forbidden Science (Ghost Ship) Yog Akase's Nono’s Phantom Shop 15:34: Dark Horse took the time to have a manga licensing event themselves, and here’s what they’ll be releasing this year: Rin Suzukawa’s Asobi Asobase Kenji Tsuruta’s Forget-me-not  Kouji Mori’s Suicide Island  Hiromasa Okujima’s Babanba Banban Vampire 17:00: A few more Manga Mavericks titles will be arriving this year; Alien Books will also have a couple titles coming this Fall season; We’ll have an audiobook version of The Apothecary Diaries sometime this year, but will it involve the English voice of Maomao? We shall soon see! 21:31: And finally, while not quite licenses, the two hosts talk about the now updated Bookwalker service, which both (especially Helen) tested as this episode was recording. She found some concerns. Justin also had concerns, but he had them before the podcast episode though! Streaming News 29:03: Not a bunch of streaming news this time, but the hosts had to note how awkward this streaming business can be see — see Ichijōma Mankitsu Gurashi!, which can be seen in a couple places…that also includes Rakuten VIKI. Rakuten VIKI? The drama service? Main Topic: Winter 2026 Final Impressions 31:54: Justin and Helen spend a bunch of time talking about what was ultimately a very strong Winter anime season. There were still lowlights (Roll Over and Die! [43:00] being one that needed a much better fate), but overall there was lots to be impressed by (Fate/Strange Fake, You and I Are Polar Opposites S1, Sentenced to be a Hero, Tamon’s B-Side to name a few). …Butttttt Journal with Witch (32:04) was clearly the best anime of the winter season. Did the hosts (especially Justin) do their best to make it seem like it wasn’t (1:42:12)? You can guess the answer is no! Weird News 1:58:20: There is joy in seeing a work you like get animated and then be either a massive success or moderately successful enough to get multiple sequels. But we live in a world where joy can be fleeting. And for Ascendance of a Bookworm and generative A.I. to be in the same sentence is not a fate you’d want to wish for most things! 2:05:58: Good ole’ mistranslation strikes again, as somehow a collaboration announcement involving Fate/Grand Order and Witch of the Holy Night…involves Madoka Magica? Thanks Grok! 2:07:07: Justin and Helen discuss Netflix, after repeated memes and coordinated attacks on all of their socials by JoJo fans, finally revealed a schedule for Steel Ball Run, which should slow things down…(probably not!); it was actually discussed in the Winter Final impressions section, but Justin had to also shout it here — if you call yourself a final season, that means final! Not an extra arc announced since it basically means it’s not a final season! 2:10:16: Generally speaking, for a franchise to get their work concluded in anime form is very special, so congratulations to the Date A Live franchise as it seems like the next anime project will presumably wrap the series up. But it’s now going to go onto its fifth studio in Fugaku, which is a lot of effort to get this series completed in anime form! 2:12:15: There’s a plan the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has involving anime, manga, and games and how the overseas market will play a role in it — both hosts say good luck; a surprising error occurred on the Japanese digital side that stated DANDADAN would go on break for a month, but the editor announced it was a misprint. 2:13:55: Cute things are happening, and they involved Sailor Moon! First with Artemis II (yes, the one that just went into space) and Sailor Moon’s Artemis being spotted at the CAPCOM desk in Mission Control, and then with Hunter x Hunter creator Yoshihiro Togashi and Naoko Takeuchi combining for a drawing, which also has Artemis and also Kurapika and Sailor Mars in one image. If there’s anything you’d like to share, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! 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We're bringing back yet another MTAC Another World OSMinterview! Today, we've got our interview we did for Ed Chavez! Here's what MTAC had on their webpage about him: Ed Chavez is the President and Publisher of DENPA Books. A twenty year veteran of the manga industry, Ed started his manga career as a journalist, writing for publications such as Comic Book Resources, Animate and Publishers Weekly. He would eventually do editorial work for Seven Seas and DC Comic's manga line CMX. In 2007 he began working with Japanese manga publisher Kodansha. He split time doing marketing and translation for their new manga and light novel imprints (Morning 2 and Kodansha BOX respectively). Prior to his move to Oregon, Ed was the Sales & Marketing Director and Licensing Manager for Vertical Comics (2009-17), where he released numerous New York Times Best Sellers and Eisner Award winners/nominees. Ed is unique in the North American manga industry as someone with experience on both sides of the Pacific as well as someone with translation, editorial, marketing, sales and acquisition experience. https://mtac.net/guests/ed-chavez OSMnotes We want to thank Ed and once again for taking the time to chat with us! And you can find all the places where Ed is by checking out him online at: Denpa's website: https://denpa.pub/ Denpa on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/denpabooks.bsky.social Denpa on Twitter: https://x.com/denpa_books Ed on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/mangacast.bsky.social Plus, a big thank you to MTAC for both letting us have the chance to chat, but also credit for the convention logo used. We also have YouTube Channels now! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends. And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen once again find some time to share what they’ve been up to…ok, only Justin has a title he liked a lot, and it’s published by TOKYOPOP! News 5:53: The hosts then get into discuss Crunchyroll’s latest troubles, ranging from layoffs to a possible security breach that also gets Justin to discuss reporting in the big 2026. 21:02: A couple episodes ago the hosts discussed one live event being cancelled in Japan due to threats — now we’ve gotten another one, this time involving Love Live! and Japan Airlines. 23:02: The Culprit Hanzawa manga is going on hiatus for an unspecified time; meanwhile Kōji Kumeta suffered a finger injury, so he’ll be on hiatus until that heals up. Let’s just say his explanation on how he suffered the cut is indeed hilarious. 24:55: Saint Seiya Episode.G: Requiem is back on Akita Shoten’s Champion Cross website following a 3-month hiatus; Naoki Urasawa’s Asadora is now also back from its hiatus, returning to Shogakukan’s Weekly Big Comic Spirits; and we have another manga magazine in Japan ending publication — Kadokawa’s Comic Alunna. 26:23: The alternative rock band the pillows announced that the band’s drummer, Shinichiro Sato, died on March 23 due to esophageal cancer; The editorial staff of Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine announced a few weeks ago that manga creator Majuro Kaname died in February; and publisher Chikuma Shobo announced that manga creator, Yoshiharu Tsuge, died of aspiration pneumonia at the age of 88. Licenses 30:16: For whatever reason, Titan Manga decided it was finally time to announce what they’re up to for this year: FLIPFLOPs's Darwin’s Game Arata Yamaji's Egnaro the Star-Eating Killer Shin Kazuki's Even After Doronjo-sama Was Reincarnated She Remained a Villainess kamatama's Nova, Little Girl in the Monster Forest Zino's Resident Evil: Death Island Touko Amekawa, Kuroyuki, & Nae Serizawa's The Legendary Witch is Reborn as an Oppressed Princess manga Togawa Yonan's Black Witch Mirror Tatsuya Tobitaka's Ifrit of the Sea Sand Yasuo Isanami's The Obsession of Red Riding Hood 32:29: Seven Seas’ Wonderful Wednesdays is back! Post Media-Do acquisition, which means the following series will be under scrutiny (unless mentioned otherwise) on how it’ll be handled: NEMUI ASADA’s I SAY Kazumi Takayama & tae’s Trapezium (Airship) Suzusuke, Shibanobancha, Yu Yagami, & Sumihei’s The One-Eyed, One-Armed, One-Legged Sorcerer Betty Tamamori’s Your Meteor, Hidden in Flowers Atsushi Suga’s A Quirky Girl is Inviting Me to Bed (Ghost Ship) TATAL & Masuda Mikio’s Legend of the Accidental Sword Saint: Playing the Mentor from the Sidelines (Airship, digital) A Siren audiobook release of Haka Tokura’s Magical Buffs: The Support Caster is Stronger Than He Realized!, narrated by Josh Hurley 34:32: (New manga) publisher Mahjong Pros appears to finally be establishing itself this year, as they announced they’ve licensed the following titles: Hideki Ohwara’s Reform with No Wasted Draws: The Legend of Koizumi Yoshiki Suda & Mio Junta’s Crybaby Mermaid: Illustrated Memoir of Yuumi Uotani Bingo Morihashi & Drill Jill’s Getter Robo High Ayato Sasakura’s Vermilion Stella: Illustrated Memoir of Arisa Date 36:55: Yen Press had a good amount of announcements ahead of their yearly Sakuracon appearance: Shōichi Taguchi & Sugaru Miaki's Three Days of Happiness manga (YP already pubbed the novel) Mitsubachi Miyuki's I'm Just in a Faux BL Suzuka Morino's Servant Beast Watomura's I’m Home, Pardoning the Intrusion Ayune Araragi's Ms. Isshiki Wants to Know About Love Kazune Yamamoto's What Six Survivors Told…… Gen Momoji's Let's Go Nirvana! Satori Kōnosu's Thus Spoke the Rabbit Kazuaki Kurihara & Akane Terai's The Succubus Meets Her Match Yukari Amatsu's Mage of Reda Takemachi, SeuKaname, & tomari's Spy Classroom 4th Period: Blazing Fire Numa Egaki's How to Handle My Sassy Big Sis Ballad Kitaguni, Genshō Yasuda, & Nyum's Ayakashi à la Mode (Yen On) Itsuki Yomukae, Scottie, & Barikios's Why Run? My Summoned Beast Is Cute! (Yen On) An omnibus edition of Yoshiki Tonogai's JUDGE 38:43: Usually Justin or manga enthusiasts looking at retailers catch TOKYOPOP licensing lots of things without them saying anything for like months — but it finally seems like TOKYOPOP’s getting around to announcing what they have on time: Lemon Fujikura's My One-Sided Love Hinako Yugumo's If I Could Write My Love Into You Kisa Inami's Blue Spring in Your Eyes Jiro Ōnishi's How to Befriend a Demon Kana's Our Lucky Future Together Hana Ikuta's The Shadow and the Flower Toworu Miyata's Aoharu Once More Kouji Setsu's Enomoto Is No Angel Toto Tsurui's Spicy Milk Candy/Toto Tsurui's Good Hair & Bad Habits Seno Yanase's The Lion Dances With a Loved One Joe Aruku's Caught in Your Web 39:58: Crossed Hearts has licensed Mei Fujimatsu & Satsuki Haru’s Afternoon Tea for Two for their Glam Beat! yuri imprint; Abrams Kana announced they’ve licensed Makiburo, Nazuna Shiraume, & Mai Murasaki’s Within The Villainess manga; MANGA Plus has added Maki Kanemaki’s The Hero’s Bereaved Family to their service; and more Discotek titles have been added to the MediaOCD Discotek Deep Dives list. Streaming News 42:23: During the Akane-banashi YouTube live stream, global streaming platforms and details were revealed for the anime, which premieres later this week. This got Justin to go down an unlikely rabbit hole as another Weekly Shonen Jump title does not go to Crunchyroll for some reason (and instead, it’ll stream for North American users on YouTube, with Netflix streaming the anime beginning in May). 49:36: Helen gets to talk about the other bizarre streaming situation this Spring in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run, which had its first episode (1st STAGE) go up on Netflix, and nothing else. The 2nd STAGE has been announced to air in 2026. When in 2026? Only the execs at Netflix know apparently! And this sure has led to a LOT of discussion regarding how this series has been handled since Netflix made the deal with david production years ago. 1:00:15: The newest anime streaming service in North America, Amasian TV, just added Mugen Train and that can be watched for free; The Crave streaming platform in Canada added 14 anime films, from Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero to In This Corner of the World; Lupin the IIIrd The Movie: The Immortal Bloodline has been released digitally for rental or purchase by GKIDS, with a BD release (collaboration with Shout! Studios) coming in July; and thanks to GKIDS, Gundam fans will get to see the second film of the Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway anime project in US theaters May 15. Weird News 1:02:29: You say it’s over…it’s never over apparently! For Shadow Skill, which ended 12 years ago, clearly it getting a sequel shows you can return no matter what; and as rumored, From Far Away is getting an anime adaptation — the shoujo manga started in 1991! 1:08:04: You know, there’s not too many cases where an anime character is added to a video game, and certainly not a fighting game, so we had to note Kenshiro getting added to the latest Fatal Fury game; and sure, bringing back a 4KIDS voice actor can be kind of interesting but generally not terribly weird, but for this particular run of One Piece, there’s levels to having Erica Schroeder return to the One Piece franchise as Joyboy. If there’s anything you’d like to share, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 240: Akane’s Bizarre Streaming Adventures appeared first on TheOASG.

We've got a spring in our step for our Spring anime season tie-in, since one of the most anticipated anime adaptations has arrived! Yes, we're reading the award winning and critically acclaimed Witch Hat Atelier! Will the story of a normal girl stumbling into the world of magic resonate with our trio, or is one superfan about to have a horrible awakening... ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't! Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short. New episodes drop every fortnight, where our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little thing to discuss what's good, what's bad, but mostly, what's trash. Five years in, we're just getting started, as trash never ends, and neither do we. So please, come join us and listen to our book club slash never-ending existential nightmare! ~ Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/ Sean, our forever host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking Mike, our streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/ Phil, our trash overlord, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official release! Witch Hat Atelier is licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/series/witch-hat-atelier/ Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2026/2/20/witch-hat-atelier-anime-april-6-premiere-new-trailer-visual

Bright on Buddhism - Research Project Series - YōkaiResources: Foster, Michael Dylan (2009). Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Monsters and the Culture of Yōkai. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25361-2.Hirota, Ryūhei (2021). "Traversing the Natural, Supernatural, and Paranormal: Yōkai in Postwar Japan". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 48 (2, Religion and Identity in Japan since 1940): 321–340. doi:10.18874/jjrs.48.2.2021.321-339. JSTOR 27039930. S2CID 237709697.Komatsu, Kazuhiko [in Japanese] (2011). Yōkaigaku no kiso chishiki 妖怪学の基礎知識 (in Japanese). Kadokawa gakugei shuppan. ISBN 978-4-04-703487-7.Komatsu, Kazuhiko [in Japanese] (2015). Yōkaigaku shinkō: Yōkai kara miru nihonjin no kokoro 妖怪学新考 妖怪からみる日本人の心 (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-292307-1.Miyata, Noboru [in Japanese] (2002). 妖怪の民俗学 (in Japanese). Chikuma shobo. ISBN 4-480-08699-4._________________________________If you like our show and would like to support us, we encourage you to give your money or resources to a worthy cause. We can get through this. Our strongest weapon is solidarity. Stay strong and help where you can. Thank you.Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss? Let us know by emailing us at Bright.On.Buddhism@gmail.com.Credits:Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-HostProven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host

Crunchyroll hit with class action suit, Evangelion anime short leaked, so the company streams it free, and the Hello Kitty Labubu is still creepy looking, but it's Kitty, so it's cute! Also, the Gundam movie Char's Counterattack gets a limited three-day revival screening, Dark Horse Comics Founder, CEO Mike Richardson Leaves Company, and Kodansha celebrates its manga with stop motion animated papercraft! Meanwhile in Japan... The price was finally released for the human washing machine, and it's not at all cheap. Sauna bans testicle covers because they are being left behind on shelves...

Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen finally are able to talk about things they’ve been up to!…Well, Justin’s been up to finally watching the new season of Medalist now that it’s on Hulu and experienced paying to go to a theater for the first time since COVID-19 (all for Uma Musume: Beginning of a New Era). Helen on the other hand has finally watched Journal with Witch (2 episodes so far) like the rest of the cool people! The hosts then get ready to talk about the news over the past few weeks. And it begins with one of the worst anime/manga news that’s ever been covered on this podcast. News 6:13: Shogakukan’s Manga ONE editorial department issued a statement and an apology this past Friday regarding manga creator Shōichi Yamamoto, after the editorial department had allowed Yamamoto to publish a new manga on the service under a pen name after he had been arrested and convicted of a sex crime. The details are not only many but it also can be triggering. It’s fairly staggering, so you’ll want to check out Anime News Network and Strict Algorithm for all the details, but a quick summary: Shoichi Yamamoto returned as a writer for Joujin Kamen, with Eri Tsuruyoshi drawing the series in 2022, despite his arrest and conviction of a sex crime in 2020 and making sure the artist was not aware of Yamamoto’s past since he is now known as Hajime Ichiro. An editor for MangaOne was involved in this situation, even going so far as to try and strike a deal with the victim. Once details emerged this past Friday of how awful the crime was and that the publication covered it up, many manga artists — from those working for Shogakukan to those not working for them — were angry and for those working for Shogakukan demanded not only a proper response but to have their works removed from MangaOne. Then Saturday, Shogakukan announced they will set up an investigative committee that will include lawyers to clarify the facts of the situation. Both hosts discuss this horrifying scandal as they know it and what this ultimately says about Shogakukan (21:10) — and as Justin expected (26:48), more news would eventually emerge over time after the episode was recorded on Sunday, and yesterday, while continuing their internal investigation of MangaOne, Shogakukan revealed that Tatsuya Matsuki, the writer for act-age who was convinced of a sex crime in 2020 and dismissed from Shonen Jump with the cancellation of that manga, was hiding under the pen name of Miki Yatsunami while working on a manga on the service (Seisō no Shinri-shi). We at TheOASG send our apologies to the victim, Eri Tsuruyoshi, and those affected by this situation. 26:57: Media Do, considered the largest e-book distributor in Japan (and sold off their shares of MyAnimeList last year) has acquired Seven Seas Entertainment for US $80 million dollars. More details emerged since the two hosts talked about it on Sunday, and it was concerning to where Seven Seas had to put out a statement yesterday. Expect both hosts to again discuss more about this partnership in the next episode. 33:29: The two hosts discuss the “Ring Ring Live in Osaka” concert event put on by the Himitsu no AiPri staff was cancelled due to threats; Helen goes over Sho-Pro Books (Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions) announcing that its contract to publish Marvel Comics titles in Japanese will end on March 31; and Manga Mavericks Books now has a distribution deal with Pathway Book Service and with Gazelle Book Services Ltd for Europe so we’ll be able to see their print books on certain retailers soon. 39:27: The Gift-o’-Animation studio’s founder and former president Satoshi Mori passed way February 20 after battling an illness for some time; Talent agency Haikyō announced in February that voice actor Masaru Ikeda died on January 31; And Kodansha shared on their Instagram that Vertical publishing company’s co-founder and Kodansha USA Editorial Director Ioannis Mentzas passed away a few weeks ago. Licenses 41:55: Last episode the hosts talked about a bunch of companies licensing manga. This episode the two about more things getting licensed by companies, first with VIZ: Hyuganatsu, Minoji Kurata, & Touko Shino's The Apothecary Diaries: Maomao's Notes on the Inner Palace Kotoyama's Call of the Night: Paradise Arc Inio Asano's Heroes Shuzo Oshimi's Sound of a Blink Paru Itagaki's Witching Hour Glitch Productions and Gooseworx & Sakura's The Amazing Digital Circus Akihisa Maki & Miki Yatsubo's Albus Changes the World Asato Shima's The Seaside Where Dragon Boys Dwell Yori Katakura's Yakuza vs. Cat Esu Omori's Shiba Inu Rooms Agatha Christie & Aya Nikaidō's And Then There Were None Renka Misaki & Yūto Suzuki's Sakamoto Days: Assassin’s Blues LN 3-in-1 edition of Mizuho Kusanagi's Yona of the Dawn Soshichi Tonari's Horror Picture Book: Looking at Me, with illustrations by Junji Ito My Hero Academia Box Set 2 Jujutsu Kaisen Complete Box Set (Will also include Volume 0) Black Torch Complete Box Set One Piece Box Set 5: Wano to Egghead My Hero Academia: Ultra Artworks art book Dorohedoro Illustrations: Mud and Sludge art book The Studio Ghibli Chronicles book 46:10: Square Enix announced they’ve licensed the following works: Natsu Hyūga, Itsuki Nanao, & Touco Shino's The Apothecary Diaries: Xiaolan's Story Gyūnyūmugigohan's Boyish Girlfriend Mugimo's My Ex-Boyfriend Loves Boys’ Love! Yuo Yodogawa's Stalker Stalks Stalker sooncha's Yang Can’t Live Alone Shinichi Fukuda & Choboraunyopomi's My Dress-Up Darling XOXO! My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 Official Anime Fanbook Asaki Asagiri & selen's The Princess Groom 47:52: SuBLime had a couple announcements during their Valentine's Day event — Puling's Sunshine in Hades, Fumi Tsuyuhisa's Robin in the Veil of Night, & Natsuki Kizu's Given 10th Mix; meanwhile Seven Seas announced this during their Citrus Con panel that happened on Sunday that they’ve licensed IROHA MEGU's WOLFHOUND and two Hayate Kuku manga (STRANGER: A WESTERN BL & MARCHEN) 48:30: Michi Masaki's Tell Me, Dear Butler, Robico’s To Dusk and Twilight, & Jun Wakatsuki's Promise Me the Spotlight is now on K MANGA; Takumigraphics, the new spinoff imprint from Fantagraphics, has licensed Gengoroh Tagame's Do You Remember the South Island’s POW Camp? which shocked Helen; Tei Monaka & Komari Kuro's All-Rounder Maid Connie Ville has been licensed by new publisher Crossed Heart; and Eke Shimamizu's The Maid I Admire Looks Good with a Cigarette is now on Manga UP!. 49:30: Manga Mirai has a couple new additions to their service; The Lady version of Cells at Work! will be put in print by Kodansha; and the two hosts discuss Glacier Bay Books taking up what Matt Haasch wanted to do with Star Fruit Books as they announced they’ll be handling the publishing line moving forward. 54:56: MediaOCD and AnimEigo announced they’ve licensed Master of Martial Hearts & Sketchbook ~full color’S~, both expected to release this year. MediaOCD also announced the new round of titles it is adding to its store as part of the Discotek Deep Dives initiative (a good amount); meanwhile Discotek has a couple re-releases upcoming this year and a Patlabor OVA coming at some point; And finally, Sentai Filmworks has licensed Heavy Metal L-Gaim, which continues Sentai just out of nowhere licensing an older work. Streaming News 1:00:02: The Madoka Magica movie has a new release date, and you can hear the two hosts editorial thought process in this moment as they decide no matter what happens — if it screens in Japan or if it doesn’t — it will wind up in weird news somehow; Akane-Banashi will have people be able to see it, but at this moment, not on your typical anime services…which will be shocking for a Shonen Jump property. 1:02:59: We have some screenings going on in the US — Anime Central will screen the original anime Goodbye, Lara in May; Next week people will be able to watch a 4K restoration of Kiki’s Delivery Service; and Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Part 1 will also see another screening, which leads Justin to wonder when he’ll watch it since Crunchyroll doesn’t want to stream it yet! 1:04:51: The Me and Robico film has been added to Crunchyroll; Hulu and Disney+ will stream the Rooster Fighter anime in a few weeks (will first debut on Toonami); and Hulu now has the HD versions of the Pretty Cure English dub on their service. 1:05:58: The Criterion Collection’s streaming service Criterion Channel announced will add Gunbuster: The Movie and the first season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex sometime in March; Hideaki Sorachi’s debut one-shot manga Dandelion is getting an anime series adaptation that will stream exclusively on Netflix starting in April; and that 18+ site Oceanveil (who also sometimes streams non-18+ anime) will stream in advance the English-subtitled first episode of Do You Like Big Girls? and Marika’s Love Meter Malfunction. Weird News 1:08:23: Pokémon’s 30th Anniversary is this year, and there’s lots of things going on with the franchise…starting with the original voice of Ash Ketchum (Satoshi in Japan) doing a Let’s Play in celebration and, well, the franchise sharing their 30th Anniversary logos. All 1,025 of them! 1:10:07: Let’s just say the highs and lows of Japan are covered in this section, from a very shirtless buff man as a hanger to an AI buddharoid. 1:12:34: Two of Japan’s famous properties — Crayon Shin-chan and Sazae-san — are gonna cross over; We got a story involving recent gold medalist and Olympic star Alysa Liu and how she has a Pochita! 1:15:41: And finally, apparently Amazon really wants to be a big player in the anime destination game, which we would take seriously except there’s no real sign that they’re actually serious about it at the moment! If there’s anything you’d like to share, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! 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Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen decide to talk about the news that’s popped up instead of what they’ve been up to as they have many licenses and an anime season to talk about! Starting with Alphapolis acquiring a CG studio, which suggests they’re trying to ramp up their anime production line. News 3:50: The World’s End Harem: Fantasia manga is back after a lengthy hiatus, and it’ll also be released weekly until the manga ends; meanwhile one series that returned — Kai-Hen Wizards — will go back on hiatus after it returned not too long ago. 6:12: My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1 will go on hiatus due to artist Mawata’s health issues; Yūgo Kobayashi’s preparing for the new series that he will launch in Shogakukan’s Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine, so Fermat no Ryōri is going on a temporary hiatus after its 26th chapter; and Kazue Katō announced that her Blue Exorcist manga is going on hiatus as she prepares the manga’s final chapter — this will also involve some changes in her environment. 8:15: There are two anime that Doga Kobo’s involved in that were planned to come out this year. Well, one’s getting moved to 2027 (Roshidere S2) as Inept Villainess will not air in Spring, it’ll instead air in Summer. 10:35: Terminator Zero Season 1 happened and was watched, but not watched enough, as showrunner Mattson Tomlin announced there will be no more seasons of the anime; The talent agency Intention announced that voice actor Kenichi Suzumura is going on hiatus to recover from adjustment disorder. Licenses 12:23: Yen Press decided to announce they licensed this many titles last week: Yuji Iwahara's Clevatess: The King of Dark Beasts, the Baby, and the Undead Hero Rin Minato's Hand in Hand with Mu-chan: Lessons from My Autistic Daughter Yūshi Ukai, BanzaiKotobukiDaienkai, & necometal's Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table manga  Kiyomi Sugishita's Deep-Sea Aquarium Magmell Yukiaki Kurando & Sōsō Sakakibara's Then Shall I Kill in Your Stead? Yuki Azuma's The Blood-Crawling Princess of a Ruined Country Mamoru Hosoda's Scarlet (Yen On) Nikita Kitagawa's My Yandere Girlfriend Hiding in the Dungeon Kills Me Over and Over Again (Yen On)   Shina Inoguchi's Don’t Confuse Me, Yamori-kun Haruichi & FromSoftware, Inc's Elden Ring: Distant Tales Between Risako Natade & Toshiko Machida's The Demon Bride: “I Love You” Are Frightening Words Petos & Kōji Megumi's Golden Man A collector's edition of Tsukumizu's Girls’ Last Tour 17:31: J-Novel Club also had a lot to announce for whatever reason, which also includes titles in print: The light novel & manga of Hanmenkyoushi’s Starting on Hard Mode: God Levels, Got Problems Yuu Tanaka, Watarinica, & Llo’s The Accursed Chef and His Pair of Furry Foodies manga Yuki Kashirome & icchi’s Fired? But I Maintain All the Software! Mary=Doe & Kuga Huna’s Proud to Be the Villainess: If My Doom Can Be Her Happily Ever After, So Be It! Byakushi & Falmaro’s Reborn to Reign: Imposing My Rules with My Mastery of Magic Satou & Hitakiyuu’s The Path of an S-Rank Adventurer: From Deadweight to Weapon Master Sty & Tumeki’s Return of the Corpse King: Reining in My Cringe Secret Society Ryou Yuuki & Nakamura’s The Reincarnated Mastermind: Sundering Fate with Magic Swords Tama Masaki & Kureta’s Miss Medic’s Diary at War Hachigatsumori & Nat.’s Unsung Epics of the Hero’s Journey Kazuki Minamoto’s All Eyes on Nekoyashiki-kun! Notice Me, Not My Characters (J-Novel Knight) J-Novel Heart imprint Adachi & Kyozip’s Sister Mafioso: O God, Let This Lie Stand Yuji Yuji, Roharu Kai, & Nami Hidaka’s The 100th Time’s the Charm She Was Executed 99 Times, So How Did She Unlock “Super Love” Mode! manga (Print) Fuyu Aoki, Yuyu Kouhara, & Minori Aritani’s Safe & Sound in the Arms of an Elite Knight manga (Print) The light novel and manga of Tadashi Kubou's The Water Magician light novel & manga (Print)  Gabihime & Reine Kuwashima’s The Young Lady Is the Substitute Harvest Goddess in print Will re-release Fuminori Teshima & COMTA’s An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride as an Omnibus Edition 22:39: Kodansha had some additions to their Kodansha Print Club line, but interestingly enough one of the titles is new: Shikiso Utsuzawa, Mokuba Matsu, & Pukyunosuke's Because I, the True Saint, was Banished, that Country is Done For! Kana Nakatsuki's Don’t Tempt Me, VP! Akamaru Enomoto's I Have a Crush at Work Akiko Higashimura's Tokyo Tarareba Girls Returns Kazuto Mihara's The World Is Dancing Satoshi Morie's Killing Line Miko Senri's A Kiss with a Cat (will be released as 2-in-1 omnibuses) Ayumu Nagisa's Omega of the Divine (was never released by Kodansha in the US) 24:13: Seven Seas had a Yuri day, and announced the following titles: Kon Fukaumi’s A Love Yet to Bloom Masakazu Ishiguro’s Sleeping Idiot Puebro’s A Couple Drifting in the Wind Inori & Hanagata’s I’m in Love with the Villainess: Come on and Notice Me Already (Airship) Teren Mikami’s There’s No Freaking Way I’ll be Your Lover! Unless… Short Stories (Art by Eku Takeshima) & There’s No Freaking Way I’ll be Your Lover! Unless… Spin-off Collection (Art by Musshu) 26:14: TOKYOPOP finally made time to announce they've licensed the following: Neko Kiirono's Nagi & Hayasaki Natsuwo Ichikawa's Beneath the Fallen Camellia Blooms Sai Asai's 300 New Days With You Ishiko's The Devil’s in the Lunch Deals Odayaka & Comic Room's Sanctuary Princess Rokakoen's Ugly Girls Macho Tako's Ghoul Work, Kurose Kappe Hoshi's Better the Devil You Know Than the Devil You Don’t Know Tomo Kitaoka's Chibon Kaburi: The Masked God Kororiyo's 365 Days with the Yokai Nashi's Six Ryō Koshino's Dr. Ashura 27:40: Hanashi Media announced too many titles as well, but they’re at least distinct since most of their announcements have long names: Shizuru Minazuki & Yamakawa's A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring Umee & Kawaku's The Disfavored Prince is a Genius Alchemist: All I Want is to Spoil My Little Siblings take4 & Hinaco Hino's It Was Supposed to Be My Second Life, but It Turned Out to Be My Third So I’ll Change History with Knowledge and Reform Cancellara & Riv's Reincarnated as a Poor Farmer: Building a Castle Brick by Brick Yо̄suke Akano & hakusai's Reincarnated Onmyoji: Powered by the King of Hell I Refuse to Return to Hell Masanobu Serizawa & Kyou Kitazawa's The Vampire and the Chocolatier: A Genius Alchemist’s Sweet Obsession Rerux & Ryūta Fuse's I Was Banished from the Royal Capital So I’m Building the Ultimate Golems with My Hero Disciples Yuyushita Sasuga & Tamagonokimi's The Guy Who Thought He Was the Hero Used the Real Hero as a Stepping Stone and Won Mesopo Tamia & Carimarica's A Dumped Villainess Married Me, a Lazy Villain Noble—and We Became the Ultimate Power Couple Torisuke & nyanya's I Was Reborn as a Refugee Girl, So I’m Working Toward Citizenship from Scratch Takumi Yanai & Kurojishi's GATE: Thus the JSDF Fought There! 32:14: More manga have been announced for Abrams Comicarts‘ Kana imprint, which includes a new Inio Asano title; New publisher Crossed Hearts licensed for their new Yuri imprint TaaRO’s Borrowing Your Textbook 175160; MANGA Plus added a couple new series to their service, which includes a new Karuho Shiina work; Ichiha Hiiragi & Nagi Ōkawa’s Playing the Vixen to Find Happiness is now on K MANGA; Nobuko Takekawa’s Yuko, the Ghost in My Room is now on MANGA Up. 36:06: And in final licensing news, Helen and Justin remark over 2018 Captain Tsubasa getting released…in DVD format! Streaming News 39:41: Whatever the Kodansha-Disney deal was supposed to mean, Justin at least doesn’t know since the newest Ghost in the Shell anime will be streamed on Prime this summer; Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc will stream on Crunchyroll this Spring but Justin of course will make this about Demon Slayer; And not surprisingly, things don’t get cheaper, they get more expensive so Crunchyroll upping the subscription price for all tiers is not a shock. 44:43: GKIDS acquired the North American theatrical rights to Shōji Kawamori’s original animation film Labyrinth and it will be in theaters for two days in May; The 76th Berlin International Film Festival is screening a 4K restoration of Ninja Scroll; and Oceanveil continues branching out from what they’re usually known for, and now has Haigakura & Scum’s Wish on their service. Main Topic: Winter Anime 2026 First Impressions 48:04: Justin and Helen discuss a very packed Winter Anime season, which means you should find a lot to like, whether it’s sequels (Frieren S2, Jujutsu Kaisen S3) to thoughtful and dense shows (Journal With Witch) or hilarious romcoms (Tamon's B-Side, You and I Are Polar Opposites). Just don’t do what Justin’s doing and watch objectively bad anime because you liked the original source (Roll Over and Die at 53:03, Tune in to the Midnight Heart at 1:07:47). Weird News 1:57:24: The year of reviving old material continues, as now Chie Shinohara’s Red River is getting an anime adaptation, so once again Justin implores everyone to let their dreams be dreams and put out in the universe what you want to become an anime! 2:03:51: You wouldn’t think a collaboration between artists would generate any controversy, but if it involves China and My Hero Academia, then yes, there will be controversy; if you like spicy foods and Hatsune Miku, Thailand’s got something for you; And finally, Mamoru Oshii has too much time on his hands since he’s logged way too many hours on Fallout, why would he share this with anyone (meanwhile Justin reveals how many hours he’s logged into Fire Emblem: Three Houses) If there’s anything you’d like to share, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 237: The Longest Talk We’ve Done Yet! (Probably) appeared first on TheOASG.

We start the Valentines episode by recapping Mike's space heater review of Scarlet00:15:22 - We look at the latest crackdown in manga piracy and try and make some sense out of it00:49:38 - Kodansha expands their Print on Demand program. Of which Crunchyroll is part of?00:56:00 - We crack the whip on the obligatory Crunchyroll stuff. Let's start with the store…01:13:30 - Then the streaming subscription prices…going up01:32:00 - Fandom kept the receipts from Viz. And a quick history of limbo titles from them01:53:35 - What's on our queues?James - Lupin III: The Immortal BloodlineMoh - Scarlet (maybe)Kevin - Stray Kids: The DominATE ExperienceMike - Falling For Her Secret Side (LN), Otonari Asobi (LN)02:11:55 - The community calendar, Fruits Basket Prelude, Oshi Uplink V-Tuber ConventionThis Week's Drinking Game: Take a shot when Mike goes on his rantMike Nicolas, James Austin, Mohamed Sharmarke, Kevin Ng (eventually)Opening Theme: “FUBUKI - Snowstorm” performed by Pico MasakiVisit our linktree for more information and links: animeroundtable.com

In a tribute to the 2026 Winter Olympics being held right now in Cortina, Italy, Amy takes up a discussion of skiing in Japan. Japan has hosted the Winter Olympics 2 times: 1972 (Sapporo) and 1998 (Nagano). Amy introduces previous Washington Post Tokyo Bureau Chief T.R. Reid's guidebook called Ski Japan! (Kodansha, 1993). T.R. Reid lived in Japan for five years during the early 1990's. When the Gulf War started, the world turned its attention to that news, leaving foreign journalists in Japan with some unexpected free time. Reid and his family took action: they went skiing! The result is his 1993 guide to skiing in Japan, called Ski Japan!Tasked with updating the book for 2026-27 skiing and snowboarding audience, Amy talks about some of the points in Reid's book: things that have changed as well as those that have not, and the affects of mass-tourism on Japan's ski resorts.Ski Resorts Mentioned:Niseko, Asahidake, Furano, Naeba, Hakuba Valley, Madarao and Tangram Ski Circus, and Myoko Ski Resorts.Literary Ski SpotsYasunari Kawabata's Snow Country took place in Yuzawa Onsen, the train station you get off at to get to Naeba Ski Area. There's a Snow Country museum behind the station which is excellent.In Sapporo's Odori Park, there is a statue of Ishikawa Takuboku (1886-1912), author and poet: A Handful Of Sand, Romaji Diary and Sad Toys.In Asahikawa, Hokkaido, there is the lovely, contemplative Miura Ayako Literature Museum dedicated to the Christian novelist who lived from 1922-1999, and wrote Shiokari Pass as well as other works not yet translated into English. It's a lovely 30-40 minute walk through the snow from the back of Asahikawa station.There are also several statues and plaques dedicated to the two Austrian fathers of Japanese Skiing: Theordore Von Lerch and Hannes Schnieder. Von Lerch monuments can be found in the front of Asahikawa Airport in Hokkaido, and at Joetsu, Niigata, the latter considered the birthplace of skiing in Japan.   The Books on Asia Podcast is co-produced with Plum Rain Press. Podcast host Amy Chavez is author of The Widow, the Priest, and the Octopus Hunter: Discovering a Lost Way of Life on a Secluded Japanese Island. and Amy's Guide to Best Behavior in Japan.The Books on Asia website posts book reviews, podcast episodes and episode Show Notes. Subscribe to the BOA podcast from your favorite podcast service. Subscribe to the Books on Asia newsletter to receive news of the latest new book releases, reviews and podcast episodes.

Another year, another Valentine's, which can only mean yet another romcom. But this time we've looked to the bard for inspiration, to find Boarding School Juliet, inspired by Shakespeare's own Romeo and Juliet! Surely a romcom based off this all time iconic work in this season of love and romance couldn't enrage our trio? ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't! Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short. New episodes drop every fortnight, where our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little thing to discuss what's good, what's bad, but mostly, what's trash. Five years in, we're just getting started, as trash never ends, and neither do we. So please, come join us and listen to our book club slash never-ending existential nightmare! ~ Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/ Sean, our forever host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking Mike, our streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/ Phil, our trash overlord, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official release! Boarding School Juliet is licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/series/boarding-school-juliet/

Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen return from hibernation (and attempting to stay warm in the East coast) to resume recording episodes of It’s Not My Fault TheOASG Podcast is Not Popular, and with the break, means catching up to things from even late December to January. The hosts start with once again a scanlation site shutting down, and what this ultimately means considering who was involved (and maybe not Kakao, which gets both hosts explaining how manhwa copyrights are…crazy) News 12:36: MediaOCD will be distributing Discotek Media’s catalog (as much as they can), and based on information online this project seems to have been sped up following a number of home media titles being delisted on Crunchyroll. This gets both hosts speculating on what this means, and why it sometimes now gets harder and harder to support official publishers. 18:59: Netflix continues making some deals as they’ve worked out a partnership with MAPPA and will be working with TOHO (and their new studio) to produce a bunch of works in a couple years 21:35: We got some hiatuses and returns to cover, starting with The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses manga being continued; after just not having any new chapters since 2022, The Girl, the Shovel, and the Evil Eye manga will return and also finish in a couple chapters; Kemono Jihen is taking a one-issue break due to Sho Aimoto suffering from gastroenteritis to start 2026; Phantom Busters will be on break as something’s going on with Neoshoco, the hosts hope they’re ok; The hosts break down what the heck’s going on with The New Prince of Tennis series as it went through some major editor mismanagement, enough to wear there could not be a new chapter in Jump SQ; The Days of Diamond will go on hiatus, no announcement on its return; Bocchi the Rock! was intended to return this month, but Aki Hamaji’s health has not improved enough to return to serialization, so the hiatus will continue; and in final manga hiatuses, Hajime no Ippo’s taking a break, no announcement on when it’ll return. 25:38: Makes sense that Go Nagai will be inducted into this year’s Eisner’s Hall of Fame, took them long enough; Manga creator Hisashi Eguchi apologized in December after tracing allegations were made back in October that had a number of companies suspend working with him; Chitose in the Ramune Bottle’s got some work to do following its delay due to production issues; And apparently A Tale of the Secret Saint needs more work as it’s been pushed from Spring to Fall season; What in the world is going with the Madoka movie? Well no one knows except that’s now been delayed from its release this month to an unannounced date; and the voice of Hitomi Koshigaya, Yumiri Hanamori, stepped down from the role for an undisclosed reason. So for the upcoming Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. anime, there will need to be a new voice for her. 30:53: Talent agency Aoni Production announced that voice actor Kōzō Shioya had died on January 20 due to cerebral hemorrhage — a number of people noted his impact on them and sent their condolences on social media on this difficult loss. Licenses 31:57: Seven Seas and their Wonderful Wednesdays have returned for 2026! That means catching up to everything they’ve announced in January: Hayate Kuku's Yoichi & Tsugumo Daken, Mugi Sawai & saino's The Wicked Princess and Her Twelve Eyes: The Legendary Villainess and Her Elite Assassins manga Mizuhara's Working as a Goddess! NEMUI ASADA's Sleeping Dead Muchimaro's Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! (Ghost Ship) Yuuri Seo & Okaya's I’m Running for Crown Princess, but All I Want is a Steady Paycheck! (Airship, digital only) Moka Onmae's Good Morning, Good Night, and See You Tomorrow. Ryon's Are You a Landmine, Chihara-san? Hamubane, Mokufū, & Parum's I Used to Think My Childhood Friend Was a Guy —Now We're Newlyweds, and She's the Perfect Bride! Nagata Kabi's My Sketchy Roommate Osamu Takahashi's I Don’t Know, Yoshida-san (Ghost Ship) Shibainubutai, Mochiron san, & Masahiro Suwa's An Ordinary Guy’s Crazy Modern Dungeon Survival! Akairo Mash's Love Tattoo MAMITA's 10 Things I Want to Do Before I Turn 40 – Part 2 NENE AZUKI's Mii-chan and Yamada-san Itaru Kinoshita's Dinosaur Sanctuary: Let’s Go to Dinoland picture book Also re-announced Koala Omugi's The Apology of Noumi-Senpai? (previously called What's Up With Noumi-senpai?) Audiobooks for their Siren imprint: Daken's The Wicked Princess and Her Twelve Eyes: The Legendary Villainess and Her Elite Assassins (Narrated by Aspen Vincent), FUNA's Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! (Narrated by Kara Oates), Yuki SUZUKI's Reincarnated Into a Game as the Hero's Friend: Running the Kingdom Behind the Scenes (Narrated by Eric O'Keeffe), Fuyutsuki Koki's I Abandoned My Engagement Because My Sister is a Tragic Heroine (Narrated by Mirai), Sou Akaike's Easygoing Territory Defense by the Optimistic Lord: Production Magic Turns a Nameless Village into the Strongest Fortified City (Narrated by Eric O'Keeffe), Amano Seiju's I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class (Narrated by Mark Sanderlin) 36:05: Kodansha had a three-day licensing event and announced these titles during their run: Haruka Kawachi’s Rainy Day Serenade  Dorothy Odoroo’s Mr. Vamp Is a Vampire  Kazu Inabe, Yu Kuraishi & Ku Tanaka’s AIDOL  Keigo Maki’s NakiNagi Den Mitao’s Kiss or Die Trying!  Kotora Aoshima’s Fan/Girl x Call/Boy  Marume Goshika’s Say Hello to Mr. Wallaby! Osamu Tezuka’s Black Jack as an oversized Deluxe Edition and a Full Color Selection of Muneyuki Kaneshiro & Yusuke Nomura’s Blue Lock 37:23: Yen Press also decided to start the year off pretty strong as well: Hoku Tomose's List Rouge Masaaki Nakayama's Seeds of Anxiety: Asterisk Sakuhiro's The Crow’s Ballad at Dawn Umi Ruike's Beneath the Fur Akumi Agitogi & Kei Tamura's The Bubble Love of the Mermaid manga Daisuke Motomi's Magic Doctor Rex's Perverted Medical Record Nanigashi Shima & raemz's Love Unseen Beneath the Radiant Night Sky (Yen On) 38:16: Cross Infinite World has licensed these three titles: Mayo Momoyo & Wan Hachipisu's The Brooding Duke's Guide to the Lie-Detecting Lady, Mashimesa Emoto & Nitou Akane's Goodbye, Horrible Fiancé, Hello, Fun Magic School Life! and Hanami Nishine & Renta's Strawberry Princess: The Time Loop Defying Villainess; Abrams ComicArts’ Kana imprint announced they’ve licensed Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Kensuke Nishida’s Jagaan manga; Nao Iori’s Manaka the Human and the Slaughter Robot, Yuto Ito’s Goodbye My Idol, & Manose and Miharu’s Island Rock have been added to MANGA Plus; Crossed Hearts has licensed Akisuke’s The Executioner of Grenimal and Hanami Nishine & Satsuki Amamiya’s The Matchmaker’s Fiancé: My Fiancé Won’t Leave Me Alone While I’m Finding Him The Ideal Bride; and Manga Mavericks announced they’ve licensed Koukoku Brothers's Divine Messengers and Demonic Guardians & Banjo Saitou's Vegetable Sandwich 40:40: Meanwhile, Discotek had a few announcements, and yes, more Lupin the 3rd is a given at this point for them! Streaming News 41:34: The Dangers in My Heart compilation film will be screened in some of the more popular cities this month; Whoever Steals This Book has been acquired by Crunchyroll and will also make its debut at the New York International Children’s Film Festival. 43:11: Remember when Oshi no Ko S3 got picked up by Crunchyroll? What did that mean for HIDIVE since they had the first two seasons? Absolutely nothing apparently since HIDIVE is still streaming it; Justin gets to talk about his excitement about the Umamusume Pretty Derby: Beginning of a New Era being in theaters at the end of the month; And Helen wonders why ALDNOAH.ZERO is back as Crunchyroll has added the English dub — which includes a new episode that aired in Japan last year — to their service. 46:10: A few anime will be on Netflix this year: Kyoto Animation’s Sparks of Tomorrow (in the summer) and Studio KAI’s Ramparts of Ice (in Spring); 47:05: So there were two anime that aired in Japan last year — April Showers Bring May Flowers and Monster Strike: Deadverse Reloaded — that was not picked up by an official service…until now! Prime now is streaming these anime; Fawesome began streaming the Despair of the Monster indie anime film sometime this past December, but at the moment only those in Canada and the UK can watch it. Weird News 49:18: More news about live-action Gundam keeps pouring out, and it gets even closer to becoming a real thing; Pokémon and Hatsune Miku is a thing again; The X (Twitter) continues to just get worse and its editing image feature for lots of people had a couple artists saying they do not want to put their illustrations on there. 55:36: The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio is over!…in print! It’s still ongoing digitally though. This gets Helen wondering however… 57:48: Sugar Sugar Rune has been added to Tubi…BUT there's a reason why it's in the weird news section! So far not at Tai Chi Chasers level, but… 59:32: Rumiko Takahashi made a trip to San Francisco some time ago (which can probably mean VIZ and her are cooking something) and visited a museum — somehow Bible Black is brought up in this part (Why Helen, just why); Justin wonders if Sazae-san is gearing up to be released overseas moving forward now that it’ll see its first overseas release in Taiwan; Otakon announced on Bluesky on Thursday the event is no longer allowing the sale of fan art in its dealers room beginning with the 2026 event, and Helen explains what this means. 1:05:17: Anime can make famous actors cry — see Michael B. Jordan crying over My Hero Academia — and can have its own category on Jeopardy!. Both hosts wonder if anime has become too mainstream… If there’s anything you’d like to share, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! 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This week we are talking about The Great Cleric, an Isekai that trades the typical overpowered hero trope for a salaryman just trying not to die a second time. We largely spend some time debating the show's unique mechanics, specifically the protagonist's grueling training regimen and his constant consumption of the mysterious "Substance X." Rick got hung up on some details  but overall he felt that the show had a book end. Jack found it to be an easy watch and an incredibly easy binge so much so that he knocked it out in a single sitting. He's much more forgiving of the wide-open ending, viewing it as a setup that actually has him considering picking up the light novels just to see where the story goes next. About the anime:The Great Cleric takes a slightly different approach to the standard isekai formula. Instead of an overpowered hero being summoned to defeat a demon lord, we follow a salaryman who gets reincarnated as a 15-year-old named Luciel. And his main motivation is pure survival and since he's terrified of dying young again, he chooses the job class "Healer" as his main job. However, realizing that healers often get exploited or killed because they can't fight back he also chooses the martial arts skill as a back up to help him and he decides to train his body to an absurd degree at the Adventurer's Guild. Where more chaos ensues as we drinks something called "Substance X" with daily training. It's essentially a workplace drama disguised as a fantasy anime, focusing on bureaucracy, corruption in the Healer's Guild, and the grind of self-improvement.Next Week's Pick: “Burst Angel”Have you had the chance to watch The Great Cleric or any of our previous selections? We'd love to hear your thoughts and recommendations for future picks!Deals for You:Supporting your anime binge sessions is what we do best! Here are some exclusive deals that'll make your anime-watching experience even better.Crunchyroll Affiliate Offers:Get 15% off your first anime merch order here.Stream your favorite anime with Crunchyroll. Start Your Free TrialTokyoTreat Special: Use code "FEATUREDANIME" for $5 off your first box through this TokyoTreat link.Looking for some podcast merch? We've got you covered:Main StoreAlternative ShopSupport Our PodcastLove what we do? Support the podcast through Patreon! You can get access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more.Support us on PatreonStay Connected With UsDon't miss out on our latest episodes or discussions! Join us across our social channels and be part of the community:Contact UsAnime List: Check out our anime list on MyAnimeList.Twitch: Watch us live on twitch.tv/featuredanimepodcastEmail: info@featuredanimepodcast.comX (Twitter): @ThoseAnimeGuysFacebook: Featured Anime PodcastDiscord: Join our DiscordAnime Info and Our Ratings: Producers: TBS, Kodansha, Nichion, Moonbow, NetEase, Gree Entertainment, Chrunchyroll, Micro Magazine Publishing, MAGENETStudio: Yokohama Animation Lab, Cloud HeartsSource: Light NovelGenres: Fantasy, Isekai, Slice of Life, ComedyAired: July 2023 to September 2023Number of Episodes: 12Our Scores: Jack's Score: 9 / 10Rick's Score: 8 / 10

The Bears crashed out of the playoffs, but it is almost fantasy baseball draft season, and thus almost baseball season. This episode, we're talking about Kore Yamazaki's Frau Faust published by Kodansha and Jinushi's Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You published by Square Enix. Frau Faust credits: Translation: Stephen Paul Lettering: Lys Blakeslee Editing: Ajani Oloye Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You credits: Translator: Amanda Haley Letterer: Kyla Aiko (volume 1-2, 4-5), Arbash Mughal (volume 3) Title Logo Designer: Ti Collier (volume 2) Cover Designer: Ti Collier (volume 1), Jules Bird (volume 2-5) Editor: Jennifer Sherman As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) and the podcast on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 1:25 - We talk about Frau Faust 17:19 - We talk about Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Next time is Tamaki & Amane and Hirayasumi

This week, Mike, Paloma, and Paul discuss some of their latest bargain bin picks in an episode commissioned by one of the show's listeners, Avocado Kenobi, aka Shane. Links:https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/92bfe182-4dc9-47ae-ad55-0ecf18ccdba2https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/25314-ircb-s-2026-reading-challengehttps://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/eckospider/lists/145084/i-read-comic-books-podcast-2026-reading-challengeTimestamps:00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics00:03:39 - What If #37 The Beast and The Thing Continued to Mutate?00:11:47 - Eddie Brock: Carnage #100:19:06 - 1963 #1-600:28:44 - Marvel Team Up #96 Spider-Man and Howard the Duck00:36:44 - Am I Actually The Strongest? Vol 100:49:06 - Discord Picks00:49:36 - DROME00:50:40 - Orange: The Complete Collection 100:53:44 - Tokyo Alien Bros VOL 0300:58:10 - WrapProducer: Mike Rapin & Kait LamphereProoflistener: Nick WhiteEditor: Zander Riggs Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELIRCB Logo by Kyle RoseSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastBuy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1Email: ircbpodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: ircbpodcast.com/shop

Welcome back, friend. Our end-of-the-year celebration concludes with The Stampies: Best Comics of 2025 (Part Two). If you missed the Part One party, click here, and discover the comics we considered the saddest of 2025, the most stylish, the most genre-bendy, etc, etc. For this week's second half award show ceremony, we're tackling the more traditional categories of Best Limited Series, Best Ongoing, Best Original Graphic Novel, and more. We wrap it all up by anointing the Jesse Tapia II Champ Stamp in honor of our dear departed friend, and announce how we'll be kicking off 2026 next week. As was the case in our first half, The Stampies: Best Comics of 2025 (Part Two) features several guest-stars from folks across the industry. Each and every one of these cool cats is worth your attention, and we encourage you to follow their work and their socials listed below. This year produced too many dang great comics, but thankfully, these creatives helped us break beyond our limited perspective, and you benefit with even more titles to add to your ever-expanding to-read pile. The Best Comics of 2025 Part One Guest-Stars: Gregg Katzman (Bluesky), IDW Publishing's Senior Publicity Manager. Owen (Bluesky), Owen Likes Comics. Tyler Crook (Bluesky), The Lonesome Hunters, Out of Alcatraz, etc. Avery Kaplan (Bluesky), The Beat, Star Trek, TCJ, etc. BJ Kicks (Bluesky), Comics Are Dope. David Brooke (Bluesky), Owner, Writer, Host at AIPT. Chris Condon (Bluesky), That Texas Blood, Green Arrow, Ultimate Wolverine, etc. Chris Piers (Bluesky), Host of ComicTropes. Christian Ward (Bluesky), Batman: City of Madness, Event Horizon: Dark Descent, Two-Face, etc. This Week's Sponsors GlobalComix is the all-in-one digital comics platform offering unlimited reading of thousands of titles from top publishers, indie creators, across comics, manga, and toons. With GlobalComix Gold, members unlock access to more than 100,000 books and genres - superheroes, horror, sci-fi, manga, fantasy, romance, and more. Right now, GlobalComix is running a special Holiday Gold promotion: when you sign up for a year of GlobalComix Gold for $69, you'll get a bonus premium comics bundle from Dark Horse, DC, Kodansha, and Marvel - included for free. This bundle is valued at $67, making the annual plan essentially pay for itself with the bonus alone. How to Redeem: Use the link https://globalcomix.com/holiday-bundle-2025 to sign up. The offer is live now and available for a limited time (through January 4, 2026). Once subscribed, the bonus bundle will be added to your GlobalComix library. Are you ready to face the future? Look no further than 2000 AD – it's the Galaxy's Greatest Comic! Every week 2000 AD brings the best in sci-fi and horror, featuring characters like Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper and more! Get a print subscription to 2000 AD, and it'll arrive at your mailbox every week, and your first issue is free. You'll also receive the HUNDRED PAGE 2000 AD Christmas Special this December at no extra cost! Or, subscribe digitally, and you can download DRM-free copies of each issue for only $9 a month. That's 128 pages of incredible comics every month for less than $10! Head to 2000AD.com and click on ‘subscribe' now – or download the 2000 AD app and start reading today! This Winter, from IDW Publishing, the Heroes in a Half-Shell take on the King of the Monsters! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Godzilla #1 crashes into comic shops on November 12th. Written by Godzilla Kei-Sei Scribe Tim Seeley and illustrated by the brilliant Turtle artist behind the Nightwatcher series, as well as the Stranger Things/TMNT crossover, Fero Pe, this new series finally brings two of our favorite franchises together. How can this reptilian miracle be?  Long before the organization was corrupted by Shredder, the Foot Clan's original purpose was to save Japan from Kaiju! Now, in the present day, Godzilla and its fellow monsters have reappeared. Not only is the Foot not prepared to stop them…it would seem Shredder himself is behind the attacks! The Turtles are always crossing over into rad nerd realms, but this one might be the king crossover of them all.  The Best Comics of 2025 Part One Category Timestamps: Intro (New Year's Intentions) - 2:52 Global Comix Gold Bundle - 12:23 Best Sleeper Superhero Story - 19:16 - WINNER (TIE): Supergirl: Universe End and Two-Face: Trial Separation (DC Comics) Best Anthology - 30:45 - WINNER: Monkey Meat: The Summer Batch (Image Comics) Best Adaptation - 37:47 - WINNER: Dracula Book II: The Brides (Dark Horse Comics) Best Memoir - 44:26 - WINNER: The Ephemerata (Fantagraphics) Most Engaged Comic - 53:28 - WINNER: Black Arms to Hold You Up (Pantheon) Best Limited Series - 1:02:23 - WINNER: Spectrum (Mad Cave Studios) Best Ongoing Series - 1:13:18 - WINNER: Absolute Batman (DC Comics) Best Original Graphic Novel - 1:24:38 - WINNER: Drome (23rd St. Books) Cartoonist of the Year - 1:31:38 - WINNER: Patrick Horvath (Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring) Jesse Tapia II Champ Stamp - 1:37:27 - WINNER: Randy Clute (Our Day) Lisa's Pick - 1:42:52 - WINNER: The Confessional (Silver Sprocket) Brad's Pick - 1:45:40 - WINNER: More Weight (Top Shelf Productions) Final Round of Plugs (PHEW): Support the Podcast by Joining OUR PATREON COMMUNITY. The Comic Book Couples Counseling TeePublic Merch Page. And, of course, follow Comic Book Couples Counseling on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Bluesky @CBCCPodcast, and you can follow hosts Brad Gullickson @MouthDork & Lisa Gullickson @sidewalksiren. Send us your Words of Affirmation by leaving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts. Continue your conversation with CBCC by hopping over to our website, where we have reviews, essays, and numerous interviews with comic book creators. Podcast logo by Jesse Lonergan and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.

It is our year-end episode, celebrating the absolute greatness of comics and manga with our favorite books of 2025 from across the industry; DC Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW, Kodansha, Viz, Rebellion and many more.  It was an incredible year packed with standout books, so each co-host narrowed it down to their top 10 favorite comics … although one co-host may have sneakily cheated and brought 12 to the table.  From super-heroes to sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everything in between, this episode is a love letter to comics in 2025. 

Friends, let's celebrate. We've made it through another year, and no matter how you felt about the world outside your local comic book shop, you certainly read some great comics. Welcome to our annual award show, The Stampies: Best Comics of 2025. Part One. Every year is a good year for comics. You just have to go out and read them. That's the secret. We try not to imprison ourselves with characters, genres, publishers, or even our preferred tastes. As long as you're only interested in good comics, you'll find them if you read enough, and the brilliant thing about 2025 is that we read a lot, and found so many great comics, but we still didn't read enough to read all the great comics. Thankfully, we sent out the Comic Book Couples Counseling distress call, and a bunch of our friends from across the industry answered. Peppered throughout our Stampies ceremony are our podcaster, journalist, publicist, and creator friends, each offering their favorite comics from 2025. See a list of them below, and make sure you support their work and follow them on socials. As we do every year, we select our favorite comics and then create the Stampies around them. This two-part episode reflects our weird, collective tastes as a couple. Listeners will recognize several of the titles, but hopefully, we've thrown in several surprises, too. You can also find the award categories and (SPOILERS) winners below, listed alongside their timestamps in case you want to hop around or revisit later. For the first time ever, we've created physical Stampy Awards to be delivered to the creators. We're only able to do this thanks to our new sponsor, Global Comix. The all-in-one digital comics platform is currently offfering a great comics bundle when you sign up for their Global Comix Gold program. Make sure you give them a click (more details below), then start browsing their incredible digital comics library. The Best Comics of 2025 Part One Guest-Stars: Lance (Bluesky) and Jeremy (Bluesky) of Comic Book Keepers. Eamon Winkle (Instagram): The Principles of Necromancy, Geiger, etc. Jenna Anderson (Bluesky) of Phase Hero and Go Read Some Comics. Chris Hacker (Bluesky) and Aaron Knowles (BlueSky) of The Oblivion Bar Podcast. Ollie Kaplan (Bluesky) of Comics Beat, Prism Comics, etc. Barbra Dillon (Bluesky): Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of Fanbase Press. David Harper (Bluesky) of SKTCHD and Off Panel. Patrick Horvath (Bluesky): Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees. Badr Milligan (Bluesky) of The Short Box Podcast. This Week's Sponsors GlobalComix is the all-in-one digital comics platform offering unlimited reading of thousands of titles from top publishers, indie creators, across comics, manga, and toons. With GlobalComix Gold, members unlock access to more than 100,000 books and genres - superheroes, horror, sci-fi, manga, fantasy, romance, and more. Right now, GlobalComix is running a special Holiday Gold promotion: when you sign up for a year of GlobalComix Gold for $69, you'll get a bonus premium comics bundle from Dark Horse, DC, Kodansha, and Marvel - included for free. This bundle is valued at $67, making the annual plan essentially pay for itself with the bonus alone. How to Redeem: Use the link https://globalcomix.com/holiday-bundle-2025 to sign up. The offer is live now and available for a limited time (through January 4, 2026). Once subscribed, the bonus bundle will be added to your GlobalComix library. This Winter, from IDW Publishing, the Heroes in a Half-Shell take on the King of the Monsters! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Godzilla #1 crashes into comic shops on November 12th. Written by Godzilla Kei-Sei Scribe Tim Seeley and illustrated by the brilliant Turtle artist behind the Nightwatcher series, as well as the Stranger Things/TMNT crossover, Fero Pe, this new series finally brings two of our favorite franchises together. How can this reptilian miracle be?  Long before the organization was corrupted by Shredder, the Foot Clan's original purpose was to save Japan from Kaiju! Now, in the present day, Godzilla and its fellow monsters have reappeared. Not only is the Foot not prepared to stop them…it would seem Shredder himself is behind the attacks! The Turtles are always crossing over into rad nerd realms, but this one might be the king crossover of them all.  Are you ready to face the future? Look no further than 2000 AD – it's the Galaxy's Greatest Comic! Every week 2000 AD brings the best in sci-fi and horror, featuring characters like Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper and more! Get a print subscription to 2000 AD, and it'll arrive at your mailbox every week, and your first issue is free. You'll also receive the HUNDRED PAGE 2000 AD Christmas Special this December at no extra cost! Or, subscribe digitally, and you can download DRM-free copies of each issue for only $9 a month. That's 128 pages of incredible comics every month for less than $10! Head to 2000AD.com and click on ‘subscribe' now – or download the 2000 AD app and start reading today! The Best Comics of 2025 Part One Category Timestamps: Intro (The Year that Was) - 3:51 Global Comix Gold Bundle - 14:04 The Style is the Substance Award - 22:15 - WINNER: News from the Fallout (Image Comics) Best Genre Mashup - 30:38 - WINNER: Absolute Martian Manhunter (DC Comics) Saddest Comic of the Year - 40:00 - WINNER: Everything Dead and Dying (Image Comics) Best All-Ages Comic - 49:29 - WINNER: The Cartoonists Club (Scholastic) Best Young Adult Comic - 55:17 - WINNER: Clementine Book Three (Skybound/Image Comics) Best Nonfiction Comic - 1:06:23 - WINNER: "Dr. Werthless" (Dark Horse Comics) Best Crime Comic - 1:17:49 - WINNER: Out of Alcatraz (Oni Press) Best Short Story - 1:27:40 - WINNER: "Untitled" from Absolute Batman Annual #1 (DC Comics) Final Round of Plugs (PHEW): Support the Podcast by Joining OUR PATREON COMMUNITY. The Comic Book Couples Counseling TeePublic Merch Page. And, of course, follow Comic Book Couples Counseling on Facebook, on Instagram, and on Bluesky @CBCCPodcast, and you can follow hosts Brad Gullickson @MouthDork & Lisa Gullickson @sidewalksiren. Send us your Words of Affirmation by leaving us a 5-star Review on Apple Podcasts. Continue your conversation with CBCC by hopping over to our website, where we have reviews, essays, and numerous interviews with comic book creators. Podcast logo by Jesse Lonergan and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.

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Kodansha (講談社) establishes a Hollywood studio, Kill Bill extended director's cut to include unseen anime footage, and school Idols to become reality! Also, the full Love Live tribute album song list has dropped, the newest Studio Trigger anime is streaming free on YouTube, and Hello Kitty learns sign language in a new collab! Meanwhile in Japan... The newest toy car is a bit fishy, the newest theme hotel lets you take the driver's seat, and a package delivery was delayed due to... Da Bears?!

This week in PREVIOUSLY ON… Jason and Rosie break down the latest trailer for Marvel’s Wonder Man, arriving January 27th. They also discuss filmmakers Chloé Zhao and Nicolas Gonda launching Kodansha Studios, which will bring some of Kodansha’s biggest manga titles to life in live-action. Then, they share their box office predictions for Dan Trachtenberg’s new Predator film, Predator: Badlands, before reacting to the news that Gremlins 3 is officially a go - with Steven Spielberg and Chris Columbus returning! Finally, they wrap up with news that Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone are teaming up to produce a new Miss Piggy film, written by Tony Award winner Cole Escola. Follow Jason: IG & Bluesky Follow Rosie: IG & Letterboxd Follow X-Ray Vision on Instagram Join the X-Ray Vision DiscordSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There is been one disappointment after another recently. Chatty Patty almost goes to a Kodansha House lottery event, Crunchyroll suddenly doesn't know how to make subtitles, and Wandance's animation is a disgrace. At least with the bitter there is a little bit of sweet in the form of some Fall 2025 anime that caught our attention. In a good way this time. 00:04:31 - It's hard to love Kodansha house as an Otaku00:22:03 - Wandance - anime fall 2025 00:29:30 - Crunchyroll, what the hell are you doing with these subtitles00:41:36 - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle00:52:43 - May I Ask for One Final Thing? - anime fall 202500:54:56 - Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! - anime fall 202500:56:44 - Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider - anime fall 202500:58:54 - A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace - anime fall 2025

Puhumme Kodanshan ilmaisen Young Magazine USA -erikoisjulkaisun kuudestatoista pilottimangaluvusta. Ajankohtaisina aiheina puhumme Ivrean viime aikojen mangalisensseistä, Manga Planet -palvelun digijulkaisualustan sulkemisesta sekä Crunchyrollin uuden digimangapalvelun aukeamisesta. Lukujonossa ovat Ryo Ishiyaman mangantekoaiheinen kehonvaihtosarja Dragon and Chameleon ja Shuzo Oshimin Welcome Back, Alice. --- Kommentoi | Bluesky | Mastodon | X | Threads | Instagram --- (01:12) – KUULUMISET: ONKO SEINEN MIEHILLE? – All Tsun No Deren Bluesky-ketju – Jakso 114, jossa puhuimme Kamome Shirahaman haastatteluista – Witch Hat Atelier (11:14) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: ESITTELY JA YLEISESTI – Young Magazine USA – Lehden voi lukea nettisivujen lisäksi ilmaiseksi mm. Amazonista, BookWalkerista, Azukista ja tietysti K Mangasta vuoden 2025 loppuun asti – Weekly Young Magazine -lehden historiallista tarjontaa – Anime Atelierin julkaisema Hidemi Shirakin haastattelu – Manga Propertiesin esittely Young Magazine USA:n pilottilukujen tekijöistä (29:21) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: THE LAST TERRAN – Spriggan ja Until Death Do Us Part, käsikirjoittajan aiemmat sarjat – Jakso 91, jossa puhuimme sarjasta The Girl from the Other Side (35:06) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: BOYS RUN THE RIOT – IN TRANSITION – Jakso 87, jossa puhuimme alkuperäisestä Boys Run the Riot -sarjasta – Jakso 63, jossa puhuimme sarjasta Given (41:43) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: TO DUSK AND TWILIGHT – My Little Monster, Robicon aiempi sarja – Puhuimme hänen edellisestä sarjastaan Our Precious Conversations pääaiheena jaksossa 12 ja lukujonossa jaksossa 23 – Call of the Night (47:43) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: GOUMA: THE BLADE THAT SLAUGHTERS GODS – Hahmot eivät oikein istu taustoihin (kuva) – Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun -sarjan nimihahmo on mangantekijä, joka ei osaa suhteuttaa taustoja hahmoihin (YouTube) (56:11) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: IS MY LOVE STRANGE? – Vertauskuvallinen viestittelykohtaus (kuva) – Tekijän aiempi sarja Pako-chan (01:03:38) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: THE JOURNEY OF A DARK ELF WITH FADING POWERS – Frieren: Beyond Journey's End – Harta-lehti tunnetaan näteistä tytöistä sekä kauniista ja selkeistä piirrostyyleistä (jotka usein näyttävät vähän lehden entisen lippulaivatekijä Kaoru Morin tyyliltä) – Lilicena ei ole yhdessä ruudussa, mutta sitten on… mutta kohtaus olisi kaivannut reaktioruutua, jossa Amira huomaa Lilicenan ilmestyneen paikalle (kuva) – Hakumei and Mikochi (01:13:32) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: THE KNIGHT OF BLASPHEMY (01:19:56) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: KIKIKAIKAI – Tekijän edellinen sarja The Gene of AI – Ilmeistä näkee, että kyseessä on taitava tekijä… (kuva) – …mutta toiminta ja hirviödesignit ovat niin geneerisiä kuin olla ja voi (kuva) – Jujutsu Kaisen (01:23:17) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: STILL YOU – The Beatin arvio – Ilmavaa ruutuasettelua (kuva) – Hienovaraista tuulen vaikutusta hiuksissa ja vaatteissa (kuva) – Jakso 25, jossa puhuimme sarjasta Blue Flag (01:29:57) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: PROTOCOL RYUGU – Shibuya Goldfish, josta puhuimme jaksossa 10 – Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction, josta puhuimme jaksossa 110 – I Am a Hero (01:38:10) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: THE GRAVEYARD SHIFT – Tekijän aiempi sarja Makina-san's a Love Bot?!, jonka animesovitus löytyy OceanVeilistä (01:45:13) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: PREGNANT – The Beatin arvio (01:50:34) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: PROJECT METALLIA (01:55:21) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: GODMOTHER – Pet Shop of Horrors – Toisinaan ruudun sisällöt on aseteltu harhaanjohtavasti samanlevyiseksi ruutuvälin kanssa (kuva) – Huomaa myös, miten kuva jatkuu sekä keskitaitokseen että sivun ulkoreunoille (02:03:53) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: FASCIATION – Somali and the Forest Spirit – Zolan esittelykohtauksesta tuntuu puuttuvan seisomaannousua ilmaiseva ruutu (kuva) (02:12:08) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: INTO THE DARK (02:16:52) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: MUUT NELJÄ LYHÄRIÄ – Shuzo Oshimin esseemanga Me and Bob Dylan (and My Father) – Masaaki Nakayaman one-shot The Silent Forest – Jakso 110, jossa puhuimme tekijän sarjasta PTSD Radio – Ykkösluku Kengo Hanazawan sarjasta Under Ninja (jota ei löydy projektin nettisivuilta – kenties siksi, että sarjan jenkkikustantajana toimii Kodanshan sijaan Denpa) – Ykkösluku Shuichi Shigenon sarjasta Subaru and Subaru – Tekijän tunnetuin sarja Initial D (02:21:49) – YOUNG MAGAZINE USA: YHTEENVETO – Petterin Top 3: – Godmother – To Dusk and Twilight – Is My Love Strange? – Maaretin Top 3: – Godmother – Still You – Is My Love Strange? – Yleisöäänestyksen päivittyvät tulokset löytyvät projektin nettisivujen alareunasta – Yleisöäänestyksen top 5 nauhoitusviikolla ja julkaisuviikolla (kuva) (02:28:08) – IVREAN UUDET MANGALISENSSIT – Ivrean nettisivut ja niiden tulevat julkaisut -osio – Uzumaki – Ivrean julkistus X:ssä – Black Paradox – Ivrean julkistus X:ssä – Solanin – Ivrean julkistus X:ssä – Dandadan – Ivrean julkistus X:ssä (02:39:28) – MANGA PLANET LOPETTAA DIGIJULKAISUN – Jakso 117, jossa puhuimme viimeksi maksunvälityspalveluiden sisältösääntöjen aiheuttamista haasteista japanilaisten kulttuurituotteiden ostamiselle internetissä – Manga Planetin tiedote – Manga Planetin alkuvuoden 2025 tiedotteet, joissa kerrotaan ongelmista Stripe-maksunvälityspalvelun kanssa – Ongelmat alkoivat alun perin jo 2019 – ScreenRantin artikkeli aiheesta – ANN:n julkaisema tiedote Manga Planetin ja Futekiyan printtijulkaisuja Eurooppaan myyvistä palveluista – Maaretin viime hetken Futekiya-tärpit: – Last Stop Is Tokyo – Dear, My God – See You Later, Mermaid – Fragment of a Flower – The Dragon's Husband, josta puhuimme jaksossa 64 – The Revolutionary Alpha, josta puhuimme jaksossa 54 – Stray Dog's Night (02:52:58) – CRUNCHYROLL MANGA SYNTYY UUDESTAAN – Lehdistötiedote – Jakso 92, jossa puhuimme edellisen Crunchyroll Mangan sulkeutumisesta pitkän zombijakson jälkeen – Vuonna 2013 avattu alkuperäinen Crunchyroll Manga oli varsin Kodansha-painotteinen – Jakso 52, jossa puhuimme siitä, miten Crunchyroll Mangalta valui väkeä perustamaan Azuki-manganlukupalvelun – Tältä se Crunchyroll Manga nyt sitten näyttää, jos käyttää VPN-palvelua (kuva) – Tällä kertaa Crunchyroll ei näemmä säästele mangapalvelunsa markkinoinnissa, päätellen Deb Aokin saamasta swag-paketista (03:01:57) – LUKUJONOSSA: DRAGON AND CHAMELEON – Dragon and Chameleon, joka oli ehdolla The American Manga Awards -palkintogaalassa, josta puhuimme jaksossa 117 – Sarja Square Enixin sivustolla – Mangan tekemisestä kertovia mangoja, jotka keskittyvät Shonen Jump -lehteen: – Bakuman – Time Paradox Ghostwriter, josta puhuimme jaksossa 34 – Dragon and Chameleon kuitenkin ilmestyy Gangan Joker -lehdessä (03:16:38) – LUKUJONOSSA: WELCOME BACK, ALICE – Welcome Back, Alice – Jakso 49, jossa puhuimme Shuzo Oshimin sarjasta Happiness – Jakso 74, jakso 76, jakso 81 ja jakso 107, joissa puhuimme Oshimin sarjasta Blood on the Tracks (03:37:04) – LOPETUS

The Seattle Mariners are 1.5 games back of the Astros in the AL West and 1 game ahead of the Rangers for the last Wild Card spot. Cal Raleigh is having a historic season. I'm ready to be hurt, or fall in love. This episode, we're talking about Moto Hagio's They Were Eleven published by Denpa and Chika Mizube's Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! (with story by Kanata Hoshi and character design by Pepperon) published by Kodansha. They Were Eleven credits: Translator: Ajani Oloye Proofreading: Momo Production: Nicole Dochych, Lauren Eldon As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 1:07 - We talk about They Were Eleven 29:17 - We talk about Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! Next time is Tokyo Babylon and Magical Girl Incident

Wait, an isekai that... justified being an isekai? Surely not! This time we've covered I'm Standing On A Million Lives, and asking ourselves if we have finally, truly found the best isekai ever... or if once again, we're standing on yet another trash manga. ~ Welcome to That Time I Started A Podcast To Read Trash Manga With My Friends And Actually Most Of Them Were Trash But Some Of Them Weren't! Or The Trash Manga Friends Podcast, for short. New episodes drop every fortnight, where our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little thing to discuss what's good, what's bad, but mostly, what's trash. Five years in, we're just getting started, as trash never ends, and neither do we. So please, come join us and listen to our book club slash never-ending existential nightmare! ~ Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/ Sean, our forever host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking Mike, our streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/ Phil, our trash overlord, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official release! I'm Standing On A Million Lives is licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/series/im-standing-on-a-million-lives/ Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll! - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G6Q9GGE26/im-standing-on-a-million-lives

Xan explores Spacewalking with Me by Inuhiko Doronoda, a poignant coming-of-age manga about an unlikely bond between a daydreamer and a "yankee" delinquent. Does this Kodansha title use its cosmic metaphor to deliver a relatable story about human connection and the tethers that keep us grounded? We dive into its heartfelt narrative. In This Episode: Analyzing the powerful theme of emotional "tethers" and friendship. Why the dynamic between the two leads feels so genuine. The latest manga releases you need to know about. Support the Show: Help keep our podcast exploring new stories: Gofundme Engage With Us: Subscribe! YouTube | Website Follow @spiraken on X (Twitter), Bluesky, Instagram Join the community on Discord Support us on Patreon Rate us on Apple Podcasts Random Question of the Day: "Who was the most unlikely friend you've ever had, and what 'tethered' you together?" #Spiraken #MangaReview #SpacewalkingWithMe #InuhikoDoronoda #Shonen #SliceOfLife #ComingOfAge #Kodansha #FriendshipManga Music Credits: "Trendsetter" by Mood Maze (via Uppbeat) License code: YEPNB5COHX56JVES WHERE TO FIND US Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/spiraken.bsky.social Instagram: instagram.com/spiraken Email: Spiraken@gmail.com | Xan: xan@spiraken.com Patreon: patreon.com/spiraken Discord: tinyurl.com/spiradiscord X: x.com/spiraken YouTube: youtube.com/@spiraken Twitch: twitch.com/spiraken Amazon Store: amazon.com/shops/spiraken

The August 2025 edition of our monthly "What Did I Miss?" series welcomes special guests Kory from "The World Is My Burrito" podcast and Badr from "The Short Box Podcast" for a lively discussion of recent pop culture news and developments.• Exploration of IDW's new Godzilla comics in the Kaisei era, featuring three parallel storylines across different titles with rich storytelling and impressive artwork• Discussion of international animation's growing impact, focusing on K-Pop Demon Hunters becoming Netflix's most-streamed film and Ne Zha 2's theatrical release through A24• Analysis of James Gunn's DCU reboot plans, including potential returning characters like Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn and audience reactions to the Superman film• Breakdown of digital comics evolution with Global Comics partnering with Kodansha to bring manga titles to Western audiences and Webtoon collaborating with Disney for vertical-scroll Marvel content• Conversation about the resurgence of physical media interest amid streaming fatigue, with upcoming film rereleases and new adaptations of beloved properties• Spirited Kahoot game testing everyone's pop culture knowledge across film, comics, music, and local Jacksonville triviaFollow Kory and The World Is My Burrito here: https://www.twimbpodcast.com/Follow Badr and The Short Box here: https://www.theshortboxpodcast.com/

Hey there, I heard you like reading, ya nerd. Well, you're in luck, cause we got a whole truckload of licensing announcements from manga publishers over the weekend! Frankfurtter will take us through all of the recent manga, light novel, and comic(????) announcements from publishers like Seven Seas, Yen Press, Kodansha, and Dark Horse. And hey, didn't make it to AnimeNYC last weekend? Well, don't worry your pretty, little head! MagicallyAverage talks about his experience attending AnimeNYC as a panelist and gives a rundown of the pros and cons of the Big Apple's anime convention. Spoiler alert, it was stinky... ┌(。Д。)┐---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Twitch: BakacopodcastTikTok: @bakacopodcastInstagram: @bakacopodcastBlueSky: @bakaco.bsky.socialYouTube: @bakacopodcast---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#anime #animepodcast #podcast #manga #animenews #animereviews #animepreviews #animerecommendations #mangacollectionSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bakacompany-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back, and boy have we missed a lot! San Diego Comic Con wrapped up with plenty of amazing manga announcements from Kodansha, Viz, and Dark Horse. Demon Slayer has been breaking its own records in Japan with the release of the Infinity Castle Arc Movie pt. 1. And to top it all off, Vshojo has shut its doors after practically all of their signed vtubers left the company after not being paid. We've got a TON to cover, so sit back and enjoy this week's chaotic episode!!---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Twitch: BakacopodcastTikTok: @bakacopodcastInstagram: @bakacopodcastBlueSky: @bakaco.bsky.socialYouTube: @bakacopodcast---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#anime #animepodcast #podcast #manga #animenews #animereviews #animepreviews #animerecommendations #mangacollectionSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/bakacompany-podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Sanrio 2025 ranking is out, live-action Sailor Moon series returns to television, and the AKIRA film rights revert back to Kodansha! Also, Anime Expo® apologizes for canceled autograph tickets due to vague wording on the rules, Crunchyroll to host music festival during San Diego Comic Con International, and rock band TOKIO announces disbandment... Meanwhile in Japan, the police raid a real casino in Tokyo that caters to online gambling, and get paid to poop, but only if it's really awesome poop?!

Finalmente recibimos a nuestra amiga Vicka para hacer la RE: seña de la primera parte de Magic Knight Rayearth, el famoso manga del grupo CLAMP que se editó entre 1993 y 1995 en la revista Nakayoshi, de la afamada editorial Kodansha. Gran ejemplo del shojo o manga "para chicas", combina diferentes géneros como el magical girl y el isekai, u otros mundos. Justamente, en la historia, tres adolescentes (Hikaru, Umi, y Fuu) se ven transportadas al mundo de Cephiro por la Princesa Emeraude, para salvarla de un malvado secuestrador, y así salvar esa tierra fantástica. Escuchen este episodio para saber que tal envejeció este comic, y como funcionó (o no) con gente bastante mayor a su público objetivo. Con música de Naomi Tamura, y GFRIEND. Próximo programa: Sopapo Oriental - Los Avisos Más Mortíferos Del Mundo (Parte II).

This week, baseball nerds across the internet (there are ones of us!!) are participating in a fan exchange, just to see how the other side lives. As a die hard and lifelong fan of the White Sox, Mariners, Padres, Dodgers, Brewers, Giants fan, I am too, but just by switching who's number one. Go Brewers. Love Salvatore. This episode, we're talking about Kurano's I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup published by Kodansha and Sumiko Arai's The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All published by Yen Press. I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup credits Translator: Jocelyne Allen Letterer: Paige Pumphrey Editor: Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini Editorial Assistance: Naseem Alavi Managing Editor: Dasia Payne Production Manager: Angela Zurlo The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All credits Translation: Ajani Oloye Lettering: Brandon Bovia As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Forgot to mention this on the podcast, but The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All has an official playlist on Spotify. Listen Show notes: 0:58 - We talk about I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup 13:36 - We talk about The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All Next time is Let's Go Karaoke! and The Summer Hikaru Died

Thousands and thousands (and thousands) of pages later, we're ready to share thoughts on Kodansha's wine and food manga The Drops of God. Over on the tabletop, we take a deep look at The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game from Office Dog Games, which effortlessly captures the spirit of The Lord of the Rings. Plus the only review you need of Libellud's Harmonies. All that, and remembering to take care, on Ep225. 00:00 - Meeting famous people 09:04 - The Drops of God 26:36 - A new segment: Staying In life hacks! 29:45 - The Fellowship of the Ring: Trick-Taking Game 45:23 - Harmonies On this episode were Kris (@DigitalStrider) and Peter (@XeroXeroXero). Our Spotify Playlist brings together lots of great thematic music inspired by the stuff we talk about. Links to where you can find us - StayingInPodcast.com Note: sometimes we'll have been sent a review copy of the thing we're talking about on the podcast. It doesn't skew how we think about that thing, and we don't receive compensation for anything we discuss, but we thought you might like to know this is the case.

This episode I discuss a new manga called Roar: A Star in the Abyss that is published by Kodansha.Thanks to Netgalley for the DRC_____________________________Follow meMy website: https://dadneedstotalk.com/Blue Sky: dadneedstotalk2.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/DadNeedsToTalkInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dadneedstotalkpodcast/If you enjoy what I do and want to supportKofi: https://ko-fi.com/dadneedstotalkPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/Dadneeds total

This week, we dive into the biggest manga first printings from Kodansha, Shogakukan, and Shueisha. Ohayocon 2026 is officially on despite a legal dispute with Sekaicon. We cover a wave of anime announcements, including JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run, Devil May Cry Season 2, To Your Eternity Season 3, and more. Plus, Ufotable is opening a Demon Slayer-themed mocktail bar in Tokyo's Ginza, and My Happy Marriage teases a new anime project after its second season. Don't miss updates on the Kodansha Manga Award nomineess. and new anime adaptations like Agents of the Four Seasons and Tenkaichi.Call to Action:

The forty-forth episode of More Than Headlines, your go-to podcast for all things anime is back with our early takeaways from the Spring 2025 season!Join hosts Brendan White and Courtney Smith every week as they dive into the latest news, rumors, and must-know updates from the world of anime. Whether you're a seasoned otaku or just getting started, this is your ticket to staying informed and entertained. Don't miss out on the freshest insights and hottest gossip in anime

４月「今月のオススメ児童書」（Navi:藤木優子）紹介作品は理不尽な校則を自らの手で変えようと立ち上がった中学生たちの話　工藤純子作『ルール！』（講談社）です。（2022年4月から同年9月まで朝日中高生新聞に掲載された連載小説に加筆・修正され、2023年１0月講談社から発売）中学二年生で文芸部所属の知里（ちり）が受けた学校での屈辱的な出来事。これをきっかけに文芸部の仲間、そして生徒会も加わり、校則の見直しをかけて学校側と対話を重ねていきます。疑問に思うことをそのままにしておかない、当たり前を当たり前と思わないー時代の変化とともに考えさせられる作品です。作者は『となりの火星人』『あした、また学校で』そしてJBBY　日本国際児童図書評議会「おすすめ！世界の子どもの本　2022」選定図書に選ばれた『サイコーの通知表』「いじめ」の問題を加害者と被害者からの視点で描いた話題作『だれもみえない教室で』（以上、講談社）など学校を舞台に子どもに寄り添った作品を多く書かれている人気児童文学作家　工藤純子さん。番組の終わりに作者の工藤純子さんよりさくらラジオリスナーさん宛に頂いたお手紙をご紹介！！最後までぜひ聴いて下さいね。この番組では、あなたからの番組へのご意見・ご感想、またオススメ児童書をお待ちしています。ラジオを通してあなたがオススメしたい児童書はありませんか？作者名、作品名、そして簡単なメッセージを添えて、メールアドレス: joho@sakuraradio.comまたは、さくらラジオHP: www.sakuraradio.com 右上 の「お問い合わせ」にあります「リクエスト・情報提供フォーム」よりお気軽におよせください（英語・日本語どちらでも可）楽しみに待っています。April's “Recommended Children's Book of the Month” (Navi: Yuko Fujiki) is “Rule!” written by Junko Kudo and published by Kodansha, whose story is about junior high school students who stood up to change unreasonable school rules with their own hands. Chiri, a second-year junior high school student who belongs to the literature club, is humiliated by an incident at school. This incident triggers a dialogue between her fellow members of the literature club as well as the student council and the school, to revise the school rules. This is a work that will make you think the importance of not leaving questions unanswered and not taking things for granted with the changing times.The author is Ms. Junko Kudo, a popular children's literature author who has written many works for children set in schools, including “Tonari no Kaseijin”, “Ashita mata Gakko de”, “Saiko no Tsuchihyou” which was selected as one of the “World Children's Books 2022” by JBBY and “Daremo Inai Kyoshitsu de,” a popular work depicting bullying issues from the perspectives of both perpetrators and victims (all above published by Kodansha). At the end of this program, we will introduce a letter from the author, Ms. Junko Kudo, to Sakura Radio listeners! Please listen to the end of the program.We welcome your comments and suggestions for the program, as well as your recommendations for children's books. Do you have a children's book you would like to recommend through the radio? Please feel free to send us an e-mail with the author's name, the title of the book, and a brief message to our e-mail address: joho@sakuraradio.com or to Sakura Radio's homepage: www.sakuraradio.com. Please use the “Request/Information Form” in the “Contact Us” section on the upper right corner.We look forward to hearing from you!

３月の「今月のオススメ児童書」（Navi:藤木優子）紹介作品は、母親のお腹の中から生まれることのなかった双子の妹、野乃をずっと心の中で思い続ける中学生の寧音が主人公のお話　戸森しるこ作　カシワイ絵『ココロノナカノノノ』 （光村図書）です。３つの賞を受賞したデビュー作『ぼくたちのリアル』（講談社）や野間児童文芸賞受賞作品『ゆかいな床井くん』（講談社）で大人気の児童文学作家　戸森しるこさんの2023年9月に発売された作品です。あなたの心の中には忘れたくない人はいますか？現実の世界が忙しくなって、大切な人の存在を忘れてしまうことはありませんか？ぜひ、この番組を聴いて、少しだけ、大切な人のことを思い出してみてください。この番組では、あなたからの番組へのご意見・ご感想、またオススメ児童書をお待ちしています。ラジオを通してあなたがオススメしたい児童書はありませんか？作者名、作品名、そして簡単なメッセージを添えて、メールアドレス: joho@sakuraradio.comまたは、さくらラジオHP: www.sakuraradio.com 右上 の「お問い合わせ」にあります「リクエスト・情報提供フォーム」よりお気軽におよせください（英語・日本語どちらでも可）楽しみに待っています。March's “Recommended Children's Book of the Month” (Navi: Yuko Fujiki) is “KokoronoNakano Nono” written by Shiruko Tomori, illustrated by Kashiwai  and published by Mitsumura Tosho. It is a story about a junior high school student, Nene, who keeps thinking about her twin sister, Nono, who was never born from her mother's womb. This work was released in September 2023. The author,  Shiruko Tomori, is a very popular children's literature author whose works include “Bokutachi no Real” (Kodansha), which won three major children's literature award and “Yukai na Tokoi kun” (Kodansha), which won the Noma Children's Literature Award.Is there someone in your heart that you do not want to forget? Do you ever get so busy in the real world that you forget about your loved ones? Please listen to this program and try to remember your loved ones for a little while.We welcome your comments and suggestions for the program, as well as your recommendations for children's books. Do you have a children's book you would like to recommend through the radio? Please feel free to send us an e-mail with the author's name, the title of the book, and a brief message to our e-mail address: joho@sakuraradio.com or to Sakura Radio's homepage: www.sakuraradio.com. Please use the “Request/Information Form” in the “Contact Us” section on the upper right corner. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Well it only took us one hundred and ninety seven episodes, but we have finally done it! Our internet radio show has talked about actual radio. Kinda. We talked about an anime based off a manga that's about actual radio. Er, well okay, not an actual radio station, it was a fictional one. But the anime is real! It's called Wave, Listen to Me!, based off the manga by Hiroaki Samura. The anime was animated over at Sunrise, directed by Tatsuma Minamikawa. We also get into the anime Astro Note, the sudden reappearance of Ninja Gaiden games, and how One Piece is a good time.OSMnotesNow that you have listened to our song podcast, you may be asking yourself “Gosh, how can I check out this show and/or manga?” Do not worry! We've got links (that will never, ever, go out of date or anything)!Wave, Listen to Me! How to Watch and/or Buy:Stream on Devices that Streamon CrunchyrollBuy on Blu-RayAmazonCrunchyroll StoreBuy as MangaAmazonBarnes & NobleCrunchyroll StoreKodansha.usPlus, Time Cues:We start the OSMcast!ing – 00:00General Gabbing – 00:36OSMplugs (Discord, Patreon, TeePublic) – 02:45Moments of OSM – 03:38Astro Note – 03:53Ninja Gaiden 2 Black – 06:05Laios – 09:58One Piece – 10:33Wave, Listen to Me!Wave, Listen to Me!, Sans Spoilers (Mostly) – 13:05Wave, Listen to Me!, Full of Spoilers – 29:54Questions from Listeners Like You About Wave, Listen to Me! – 44:06OSMs Out of OSM and Final Thoughts – 1:03:11We also have YouTube Channels! Both for OSMcast proper and The Carbuncle Chronicle! Please subscribe, hit the bell, and share amongst your friends.And as always, feel free to leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! Oh, and if you still use Spotify, go ahead and get on that mobile device and throw us some five stars there too. Tell your friends! As well, just like we mentioned when we do the OSMplugs, you can also join the Discord and support us on Patreon! PS If you have ever wanted some OSMmerch, feel free to check out our TeePublic page! PPS We appreciate you.

Watch women's sports! The PWHL (Professional Women's Hockey League) has been streaming on YouTube and is an absolute blast. Go Frost, I think? This episode, we're talking about Ai Yazawa's Last Quarter published by Viz and Makihirochi's Sketchy published by Kodansha. Last Quarter credits: Translation & Adaptation: Max Greenway Touch-Up Art & Lettering: Inori Fukuda Trant Design: Yukiko Whitley Editor: Nancy Thistlethwaite Sketchy credits: Translator: Alethea & Athena Nibley Letterer: Evan Hayden Editor: Tiff Joshua TJ Ferentini Managing Editor: Dasia Payne Production Manager: Meg Gugarty As always, you can find me on bsky @nidokorn, and my co-hosts Helen (@WanderinDreamr) and Apryll (@manjiorin) on bsky at those places in the parenthesis. You can find both of their writing at The Organization of Anti-Social Geniuses, more of Helen's writing at Narrative Investigations, and my writing at the Fandom Post and Awko Tako. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 0:41 - We talk about Last Quarter 19:05 - We talk about Sketchy Next time is...well, we haven't decided yet.

Today's guest on the Cryptid Creator Corner has worked in comics as both an editor and a writer since 2008. He worked for Marvel Entertainment, Image Comics, Kodansha, Viz, Vault Comics, and Wizards of the Coast. In 2018, he helped launch TKO Studios as Editor-in-Chief. It's Sebastian Girner and he's now embarked on a new endeavor with Goats Flying Press! They've already launch The Dead and the Damned #1 and #2 and The Fables of Erlking Wood. Sebastian and Jimmy discuss those 2 projects, including the stunning artwork of Kelly Williams and the incredible artistry of Juni Ba. Sebastian talks about his hopes for Goats Flying Press and previews what is coming up in 2025, including Lake Yellowwood Slaughter, described as "The “official comic adaptation” of the most infamous Italian Giallo you've never seen!" Jimmy's brother Bobby is very excited about that one after seeing the cover at Baltimore Comic-Con.   Goats Flying Press website Follow Goats Flying on Bluesky Follow Sebastian on Instagram The Fables of Erlking Woods From the publisher From Juni Ba, the unforgettable artist of Robin: The Boy Wonder, Monkey Meat, and Djeliya, and lettering by Aditya Bidikar comes a most remarkable graphic novel—a meditation on life, death, joy, regret, and the great web of stories that connects all living things. PATREON We have a new Patreon, CryptidCreatorCornerpod. If you like what we do, please consider supporting us. We got two simple tiers, $1 and $3. I'll be uploading a story every Sunday about some of the crazy things I've gotten into over the years. The first one dropped last week about me relocating a drug lord's sharks. Yes, it did happen, and the alligators didn't even get in the way. Want to know more, you know what to do. Arkenforge Play TTRPG games? Make sure to check out our partner Arkenforge. They have everything you need to make your TTRPG more fun and immersive, allowing you to build, play, and export animated maps including in person fog of war capability that let's your players interact with maps as the adventure unfolds while you, the DM get the full picture. Use the discount code YETI5 to get $5 off your order. Global Comix Save on a subscription to GlobalComix with us. Visit the link below and use the discount code COMICBOOKYETI. https://globalcomix.com/lp/promos/af/comicbookyeti Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello Mangasplaining fans, have we got a treat for you! Thanks to our friends at Kodansha who sponsored this episode, we were given an advance peak at the forthcoming hardcover omnibus Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow Volume 1. This classic boxing manga (and so much more!) has been one of the podcast's white whales for years, and on December 24th the first volume will be released to the world! Is it everything we dreamed of? Listen and find out!Listen along with our show-notes at mangasplaining.com.Check out show-notes, translated manga, and original articles at mangasplainingextra.com.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Danny, Kait, and René sat down to discuss Elegant Yokai Apartment Life, Vol. 1 by Hinowa Kouzuki and Waka Miyama.Timestamps:00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics00:01:08 - Elegant Yokai Apartment Life, Vol. 100:41:21 - WrapMusic provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELIRCB Logo by Kyle RoseProducer: Mike RapinProoflistener: Nick WhiteEditor: Zander Riggs Support us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastEmail: ircbpodcast@gmail.comTwitter: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: ircbpodcast.com/shop

Dracula-O-Rama: Dracula: The Impaler, #DRCL: Midnight Children, and Conquest 2099: Manga-O-Rama: Tank Chair by Manabu Yashiro from Kodansha and UFO Mushroom Invasion by Shirakawa Marina from Living the Line/Smudge, Dawnrunner, DC's I Know What You Did Last Crisis, The Toxic Avenger from Ahoy, Absolute Power, Ocultos by Laura Pérez from Fantagraphics, Final Cut and Charles Burns, The One Hand, The Complete Brzrkr and Matt Kindt, plus a whole mess more!