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Doesn't it feel like only yesterday we kicked off Year 6 with Yu-Gi-Oh? And now here we are, at year's end, with the King of Games standing alongside 15 other series, ready to fight it out for the title of Not Actually Trash. Who joins the Frierens and Narutos at the top of the pile, and who gets eternal trashnation as the Trashest Manga, Friends? Trashtacular Tournament Arc 6-7 concludes now! ~ 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 and My Hero Academia 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 and Witch Hat Atelier 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 is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/ Guard Pass is licensed by Tapas - https://tapas.io/ 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/

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Show Notes 0:00: Justin and Helen once again go over what they’ve been up to while working with a mix of cold and hot weather changes in the past few weeks! Helen found time to check out light novel series True Love Fades Away When the Contract Ends while Justin, as mentioned in the last episode, watched the latest Detective Conan collection set. News 9:57: Japanese talent agency Amuleto released a statement after unauthorized photos of voice actor Aoi Nagatsuki were released online; we had the Delicious in Dungeon: Ryoko Kui exhibition in New York last year, this year it’ll now happen in Los Angeles. 13:23: We have a couple manga returns: The Elden Ring manga resumed following a 3-month hiatus; Mari Yamazaki’s Thermae Romae sequel manga Zoku Thermae Romae resumed serialization with a new chapter in Shueisha’s Shonen Jump+ platform; Aki Hamaji’s Bocchi the Rock! will return in the next issue of Houbunsha’s Manga Time Kirara Max magazine; and Days of Diamond, after it’s been on a bit of a break, will return in June. 16:09: And in possibly a first for this podcast, we can cover the return of a music group! Home Made Kazoku is back after a 10-year hiatus and they’ll be working on music again, so for those who grew up with Bleach, Eureka Seven, and Naruto: Shippuden, here’s your dose of nostalgia in 2026! 18:03: Even the Student Council Has Its Holes! will go on break due to Muchimuro’s health, but it will resume early June; Kumichi Yoshizuki announced a break from publishing the Nankai Trough Kyodai Jishin manga due to a good number of health ailments. 19:33: English voice actor Bill Wise, who voiced in a number of anime dub roles from Initial D: Legend to Moeyo Ken, passed away at the age of 61; Japanese voice actor Takahiro Fujiwara passed away a few weeks ago at the age of 43 — had a number of roles in anime but while voicing the character Kan Jou (Huan Chang) in the Kingdom anime, he had to step down from the role in August last year due to health reasons; Musician and composer Yuji Ohno — known for the iconic opening and soundtrack of the Lupin the 3rd series — passed away due to natural causes at the age of 84. 24:05: Talent agency Aoni Production announced that Wakana Yamazaki passed away at 61. She had an health ailment earlier this year that was serious enough for her to stop recording episodes of Detective Conan in February. The long-time voice of Ran and her experience in the voice acting industry was a huge loss, and from her Conan castmates and staff to other talents across different industries, her impact was notable and will be sorely missed. Akemi Okamura, who voiced the character since March 14 while Yamazaki was undergoing medical treatment, will now take over the role of Ran moving forward. Licenses 29:54: Yen Press apparently had to have announcements pre-convention and at a convention! And there is a lot of licenses they announced: Kumo Kagyu, Kōtarō Sekine, & Noboru Kannatuki's Moscow 2160 manga Fujino Ōmori, kakage, & Suzuhito Yasuda's Argonaut: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Tales of Heroes (Yen On) Sakuhiro's Love at the City’s Edge on a Moonlit Night Ryoko Kui's Terrarium in a Drawer Akumi Agitogi & Hidari's The Story of the Moon Waiting for the Evening (Yen On) Minoru Matsuda's He Was My Brother Sino Torino's egg: I'm Your Child Gakuto Coda, Meiji, & potg's After-School Duty Yomu Mishima & Pinakes's Valkyrie Bullet (Yen On) Hijiki's Contract Sisters Nagimiso's Izumi and the Dragon Encyclopedia sanorin's My Girlfriend is a Colossal Cutie Hyōgo Amagasa, sugino, & LINO's Tale of the Wizrain Kingdom: The Dragon Is the Bride Rainy Kamitsuki, Minori Tsukahara, & LAM's Witch and Hound Ichiro Sakaki & Shiba's On the Way Home After Defeating the Demon King (Yen On) Kosaka Hanane & Kurogiri's Rise of the Lowborn: Ascending the Ranks by Crushing Incompetent Nobles (Yen On) Kamaseinuesu & Yuu Oukawa's The Demon King Seems to Have Infiltrated the Hero’s Party (Yen On) Fujino Ōmori & Yūnagi's Wistoria: Wand and Sword (Yen On) Anju Goshirakawa & Mayu Murata's Honey Lemon Soda Nauchi's Snowmelt and Agapanthus Yodaka Kuroi's Witch and Cat Yukari Sakai's Sinful Is the Angel Who Loves Hirohisa Satō's Shigahime Uma Agri's Studio Cabana Karuho Shiina's Gusts and Beats Shin Yamamoto's Twilight Vessel-Gods 35:21: Seven Seas had considerably less announcements and they’ll be on a Wonderful Wednesdays break for a bit. So here’s their set of announcements until then: Hana Hasumi's Pendulum: The Beastmen Omegaverse Saga Rico Sakura's Good Night, My Little Bird Oki Eiko's The Cat Who Didn’t Believe in “What-ifs” KNOTS' The Tomorrow I Want to See with Kako: A Time-Loop Romantic Comedy Dokuzu Kento & Nekosuke Ookuma's Goetia Shock (Airship, digital) Hagane Kurodome & Kayahara's Wandmaker of the Ruined World (Airship, digital) Two new Siren audiobooks: Sohei Mikawa's Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard (Narrated by John Patneaude) & Satori Satori’s A Good Day Starts with Cats and Books (Narrated by Sara Matsui-Colby) 38:13: Abrams ComicArts’ Kana imprint announced they’ve licensed Tsubonari’s Antengai: Twilight Metropolis; Manga Mavericks Books announced they’ve licensed Zawayuki Taki’s Tie Me Up, Stare Me Down; One Peace Books announced on Behind the Manga that they've licensed Toshimichi Uzou, Si-me, & Kewi Hayashi’s My Sweet Marriage to My Ex-Nemesis; and we have a new title added to K MANGA: Rin Mikimoto’s Keepsake Heartache. 39:34: California-based distribution company Deaf Crocodile announced they’ve licensed the Frankenstein, Legend of Terror anime, which Helen explains seems like an odd title for them to bring to home media. Streaming News 40:45: We will have a Macross screening of Do You Remember Love? at Anime Expo — and there will be guests at the con too; Netflix revealed they will stream Ginga Tokkyū Milky☆Subway Kakueki Teisha Gekijō Iki, the re-edited film for Yōhei Kameyama’s Milky☆Subway: The Galactic Limited Express in the U.S. on June 1, while announcing a few other anime that will appear on their service, from My Dress-up Darling Season 2 starting yesterday to Shangri-La Frontier: Season 2 appearing June 1. 44:42: Licensing and dubbing studio SkySet Entertainment announced they will stream the Go Forward anime series over the summer; Streaming service Darkroom has added the Haré+Guu Deluxe anime with the English dub for streaming with a premium membership; Cineverse’s RetroCrush streaming service will have the Medabots anime stream on the RetroCrush FAST channel every Saturday and Sunday, which gets Helen once again wondering what the appeal of watching anime at certain times of the day; and Tubi TV announced on Monday that it has licensed Yokoso Scooby-Doo!, a new anime in the Scooby-Doo mystery comedy franchise — this gets the hosts wondering if we’ll be seeing more of Tubi TV and anime streaming moving forward. Weird News 52:10: The two hosts discuss Ken Ogino commenting on his Lady Justice manga that he created for Weekly Shonen Jump back in 2015, and what the editors told him that shifted the mindset of his serialization back then. 56:46: Let’s just say the Gamestop buying eBay did not last very long, and Helen could not believe the statement eBay gave after rejecting the bid; well, this took a turn in a good way involving singer aiko and why she hugged a fan during a concert; There’s apparently going to be a Hello Kitty live-action/animation film coming in 2028, but it sure went through some changes since 2019! 1:01:47: And well, the crossover of all crossovers has happened that makes total sense this year: Detective Conan and Detective Star Precure are crossing over this year — maybe Justin will give thoughts on both in the next episode! If there’s anything you’d like to share about the latest news or about the episode, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 244: Returns, Licenses, and Weird News To Talk About! appeared first on TheOASG.

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/

Show Notes 0:00: This time, hear Helen speak about all the Spring anime she’s watched (so far), and watch all of a sudden that this segment gets into painting… News 16:53: The two hosts then discuss the very disturbing grooming situation involving an animation studio Co-Founder and what has happened since the allegations were made. 22:21: KADOKAWA has established a new company that involves a Yen Press publisher and managing director (Kurt Hassler) running it; Moyoco Anno’s Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen is getting a stage musical adaptation off Broadway, which has Helen talking about what it means to be on and off it! 26:57: No Game, No Life Chapter 2: Eastern Union returned to Kadokawa’s Comic Alive magazine after a 16-month wait; Meguru Ueno’s My First Girlfriend Is a Gal manga is on an extended hiatus due to the creator going on paternity leave, which humorously had to end with the creator clarifying that he is man due to how the magazine worded it. 28:21: Kumiko Saiki’s Kageki Shojo!! series is going on an one-issue break, and while no reason was stated as to why, it’s important to note she was injured while at a music festival, so we can only hope everything is still ok; due to various projects, Fragrant Flower is taking a three-week break; Hiro Mashima’s DEAD ROCK will go on hiatus for a bit then return with a new arc. 29:57: Ted Turner, who you might know more of in the sports and politics world but also happened to be influential in the cartoon space, passed way at 87; The official website of the Japan Cartoonists Association announced that manga author Yousuke Tamori died on April 10 at 74; Animation studio ufotable announced that art director Kazuo Ebisawa died on April 14; Anime studio NAGOMI announced that director and writer Tatsuo Satō died of liver failure on April 24; Ring author Koji Suzuki passed away at the hospital at 68. Licenses 38:51: The two hosts discuss independent publisher Uncivilized Books getting into manga with the launch of the Mangalith imprint and starting with Hideko Mizuno's Fire! as their first title. 41:19: Seven Seas once again has more Wonderful Wednesday announcements: Kota Nozomi & Omine's The Villainous Noble is Way Too Fond of MILF Heroines (Ghost Ship) Unitykong & Tunonigau's I Will Fall in Love with Azami Yako (if it kills me) Central du guma's My Name is Mienne: Tales of a Blind Kitten Chika Hongo's As Fish to Water: Where the Forest Meets the Sea Nica Kitabeppu's And They Were Roommates…! Ayumu Saitô, Yūmi Shirase, & Masato Mutsumi's Record of Chrono’s War: Apparently I’m Only the Strongest in Bed (Ghost Ship) Norio Sakurai & Haika Nanasaka's The Dangers in My Heart: The Romantic Comedy Won't Start Yuki Fumino's The Horizon Will Soon Shine Taiki Akitoki's Chii’s Winged Life Eko Nagiki, Bunga & ReTake's The Clingy New Hire Keeps Asking Me Out Hisumi & Doyou's A Serious Error in Chihaya-chan’s Reputation (Airship, digital) Kōtarō Isshiki & Parum's Villager A Wants to Save the Villainess No Matter What! More Siren audiobooks: Natsue Shiomi's I Wish I Could Meet You Again on the Hill Where That Flower Blooms (Narrated by Mirai), Yū Omiya's My Girlfriend Cheated on Me, and Now My Flirty Underclassman Won’t Leave Me Alone! (Narrated by David Lee Huynh), Jiragen's When a Clueless First-Person Shooter Player Falls into Another World (Narrated by Mark Sanderlin), Tobirano's Betrothed to My Sister’s Ex (Narrated by Jennifer Sun Bell) 44:27: We have another new Crossed Hearts title announced (Mitomo Sasako’s OctoPiece); and while not licensing news, TOKYOPOP will eventually have new titles for their new Kids imprint soon enough. Streaming News 45:09: Detective Conan Collection 3 is out, which means Justin gets to spend the entire Streaming News section professing his love explains what episodes were chosen this time; Thanks to GKIDS, we will have 4k Tekkonkinkreet in theaters this month; now we have Tubi streaming Magical Sisters LuluttoLilly, an ongoing anime…when’s the last time they’ve done that is a question Justin wonders; OceanVeil made a couple streaming announcements, one of which it’s advisable to never say out loud; and in a stunning twist, Galaxy Kickoff! has been added to Crunchyroll. If this does not sound familiar to you, then maybe Ginga e Kickoff! will resonate more with some of you instead! Weird News 53:50: Justin once again has one of his favorite live-action series return for some reason (GTO, this time the 2012 version) but also wonder if it’ll ever be picked up for official streaming anywhere… 56:58: Eldo Yoshimizu’s Ryuko manga will return after 16 years; We once again have to question humanity following someone trying to wait inside a Best Buy for Pokémon cards (it went poorly). 57:46: This episode of TheOASG Podcast was recorded on Mother’s Day, and we somehow two things moms are doing that are hilarious and also hard to believe! 1:03:13: And, well, we did have a story about GameStop announcing that they were trying to acquire 100% of eBay at US$125 per share in cash and common stock at 50% each with full shareholder election rights, but in the next episode, we’ll explain how that went (seemingly poorly!) If there’s anything you’d like to share about the latest news or about the episode, please feel free to reach out to us on Twitter (@TheOASG) or comment below with your thoughts! The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 243: More Spring Anime Talk, More Conan, And More Weird News appeared first on TheOASG.

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! The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 242: 50 Percent is REAL Generous appeared first on TheOASG.

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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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.

In an episode recorded in-person at this year's annual conference for the trade organization for comic shops, ComicsPRO, The Beat's Heidi MacDonald and the head of Lunar Distribution and Discount Comic Book Service, Christina Merkler, join the podcast for a vibe check about the event and state of the industry. Up first, MacDonald joins to share her read on the event, how it compares to previous editions, what stood out, and more, before Merkler visits us to talk about how passion is fueling this moment for the direct market, the spread of new readers, blind bag management, building on this moment, creating urgency, Lunar's expansion with Viz Media and Yen Press, what has them hopeful about where comics are headed, and more.

If in doubt, shounen will never let you down, right? So was it a bloodbath when we read the classic blood power series Tougen Anki: Legend of the Cursed Blood? After all, if you're drawing inspirations from every big name shounen manga past and present, you've got to be able to channel something interesting... 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! Tougen Anki: Legend of the Cursed Blood is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/series/tougen-anki-legend-of-the-cursed-blood Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GP5HJ84D2/tougen-anki

Daisuke Niwa's 14th birthday isn't going according to plan: rejected by the girl he has a crush on, and receiving no sympathy from his mother, Daisuke suddenly feels a weird transformation coming on... but this isn't puberty, it's something in his DNA! Before Daisuke knows it, he's transformed into Dark Mousy, the legendary phantom thief! With the only way to break the curse being to get his crush to return his affection, and his classmate, Satoshi Hiwatari turning out to be a young prodigal detective, Daisuke's going to need more than angelic powers: he's going to need a miracle!This week, Mat is joined once again by Tsutsudae of Undisputed Anime to discuss Yukiru Sugisaki's Shojo masterpiece, DN Angel, in it's shiny (and we mean SHINY) New Edition from Yen Press!We discuss how the series has held up during it's many hiatuses, talk  phantom thieves in anime / manga at large, before ruminating a little on how great it is that fans of this series from 1997 will finally get a chance to read it's ending almost 30 years later!---Show Notes---Manga---X by CLAMPCard Captor Sakura by CLAMPMan of Many Faces by CLAMPD.Gray-Man by Katsura HishinoSailor Moon by Naoko TakeuchiLupin the Third by Monkey PunchCat's Eye by Tsukasa HojoPhantom Thief Jeanne by Arina TanemuraSaint Tail by Megumi Tachikawa---Sugisaki Interview with  Comics NatalieThanks to Juliano Zucareli for our theme music!Find us on:X: Manga Tak PodBluesky: Manga Tak PodInstagram: Manga Tak Pod

The Winter Olympics are happening right now, which means I'm watching a lot of curling. I am going to become a curling sicko. This episode, we're talking about Fumi Yoshinaga's Tamaki & Amane published by Yen Press and Keigo Shinzō's Hirayazumi published by Viz. Tamaki & Amane credits: Translation: Taylor Engel Lettering: Adnazeer Macalangcom Hirayasumi credits: Translation: Jan Mitsuko Cash Touch-up art & lettering: Elena Diaz Design: Jimmy Presler Editor: Holly Fisher 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. Or the second unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the Third Impact Anime discord. Both used with permission. Listen Show notes: 1:29 - We talk about Tamaki & Amane 19:39 - We talk about Hirayasumi Next time is a mystery!

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.

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! The post TheOASG Podcast Episode 236: A Return to Normalcy…Not! appeared first on TheOASG.

Today I wanted to talk about Divine Incursions Volume 1. It has a very interesting premise but knowing the series short run is a little cause for concern.Story and Art by Kouya AshitakaPublished by Yen PressARC provided by Yen Press and Edelweiss______________________________Follow meMy website: https://dadneedstotalk.com/Blue Sky: dadneedstotalk2.bsky.socialTwitter: https://twitter.com/DadNeedsToTalkInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dadneedstotalkpodcast/

Now that 2026 has well and truly begun, we can start another of our traditions, the seasonal anime tie-in! And for the first time in a long time we're drawing inspiration from the villainess trope, as we let The Holy Grail of Eris bring out the worst in us! But was that a good thing? Or just more slop to animate two frames of and stick an AI sub or dub onto... ~ 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 Holy Grail of Eris is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/series/the-holy-grail-of-eris-manga Want to check out the anime? It's available via Crunchyroll - https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/seasonal-lineup/2025/12/16/winter-anime-2026-crunchyroll

 Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode! Treat yourself or a loved one this holiday season! TokyoTreat makes the perfect gift for any occasion. Use code "NOSTALGIA" for $5 off your first #TokyoTreat box through my link: https://team.tokyotreat.com/theanimenostalgia 2025 is coming to a close, so you know what that means–That's right, it's time for another Year in Review! And this time, returning champion Rachel is here to help discuss the results of my annual year-end survey as filled out by you, the listeners! What older anime titles were you excited to buy (sometimes again) this year, and what titles are you looking forward to coming out next year in 2026? We also talk about all the memorable news stories from throughout this long, grueling mess of a year. Enjoy nearly 3 hours of us taking a walk down memory lane, PLUS the winners of the survey giveaway. Happy Holidays & Happy New Year!! Stream the episode above or [Direct Download]Subscribe on apple podcasts | Spotify Relevant links: ☆ Use my affiliate links to buy the top 3 (as voted by my listeners) older anime releases from 2025! ☆ 1. Black Jack OVA BD2. Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro CR Store Exclusive Steelbook 3. Golden Boy BD / Bubblegum Crisis Perfect Collection BDListen to the full episode for the complete list! Follow Rachel on Bluesky and Twitch! Special thanks to Animeigo, Crunchyroll Store, Fantagraphics, and Yen Press for donating the prizes for this year's holiday giveaway! Congrats to the winners!My theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website! See how you can get access to behind-the-scenes stuff, early access to the podcast, and a BRAND NEW subscriber exclusive podcast with my new Ko-fi Subscriptions! As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening! 

The Professional Women's Hockey League season starts today! November 21, 2025, Toronto-Minnesota and Seattle-Vancouver. I am very much looking forward to the season. Let's go Torrent. This episode, we're talking about Waka Hirako's My Broken Mariko and Somato's Shadows House, both published by Yen Press. My Broken Mariko credits: Translation: Amanda Haley Lettering: Abigail Blackman Shadows House credits: Translation: Taylor Engel Lettering: Lys Blakeslee 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: Content warning for the My Broken Mariko discussion: suicide, parental / familial abuse, rape, self harm 0:44 - My Broken Mariko 14:34 - Shadows House Next time is top manga! Send us your favorite manga you read in 2025 on bsky!

After too long of a hiatus while they cover new Weekly Shonen Jump series, Moxie the Yeen and Isekai Sensei-Sama are back to the Fan Arc and checking out Pandora Hearts.Chat with us instantly by clicking here!Support the showSugoi Mart is your one-stop shop for the best Japanese snacks, candy, toys, and merch! Click here or use code APR15 at checkout to get 15% off your first order.Check out our website, AnimePodcasterReincarnation.com, to leave a comment or check out our blog posts. Follow on Bluesky, Twitter (

My beloved Seattle Mariners have been eliminated by the Toronto Blue Jays, who are currently playing the Los Angeles Dodgers as I type this (well it's technically commercial as I type this). Go Dodgers. This episode, we're talking about Kintetsu Yamada's Home Office Romance published by Yen Press. Then Sakae Saito's Touring After the Apocalypse also published by Yen Press. Home Office Romance credits: Translator: Matt Treyvaud Letterer: Sara Linsley Editor: Maggie Le Managing Editor: Grace Chen Production Manager: Meg Gugarty Touring After the Apocalypse credits: Translation: Amanda Haley Lettering: Phil Christie 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: 1:09 - We talk about Home Office Romance 22:24 - We talk about Touring After the Apocalypse Next time is TBD

Celebrate 600 episodes of the Spiraken Manga Review! For this landmark episode, Xan tackles the controversial and popular Chained Soldier (Mato Seihei no Slave) by Takahiro with art by Yohei Takemura. Does this hit fantasy harem manga about a young man empowering a squad of super-powered women live up to its hype, or does it get... well, chained by its own tropes? We deliver a definitive verdict for this Yen Press title. In This Special Episode: A critical deep-dive into the series' unique power system and ecchi-heavy narrative. Our honest "mid-tier" assessment and who this manga is really for. A look ahead at the future of the Spiraken Manga Review! The latest and greatest in manga news. Support the Show for 600 More: Help fuel the next chapter: 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: "What's a 'guilty pleasure' manga or anime you enjoy, regardless of its critical reception?" #Spiraken #MangaReview #ChainedSoldier #MatoSeiheiNoSlave #Takahiro #Episode600 #FantasyHarem #YenPress #Milestone 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 Major League Baseball playoffs are here and it is the Wild Card round! I am very nervous for the Division Series. This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Tokyo Babylon published by Yen Press. Then Zero Akabane's Magical Girl Incident also published by Yen Press. Tokyo Babylon credits: Translation: Amanda Haley Lettering: Phil Christie, Chiho Christie (volume 4) Magical Girl Incident credits: Translation: Caleb Cook Lettering: Phil Christie 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: 0:42 - We talk about Tokyo Babylon 27:29 - We talk about Magical Girl Incident Next time is Home Office Romance and Touring After the Apocalypse

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.

The Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres shared first place in their respective divisions today, as baseball gets ever more interesting. This episode, we're talking about murata's Catch These Hands! and Sai Naekawa's This Monster Wants to Eat Me, both published by Yen Press. Catch These Hands! credits: Translation: Amanda Haley Lettering: Bianca Pistillo This Monster Wants to Eat Me credits: Translation: Caleb Cook Lettering: Bianca Pistillo 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. Read Helen's review of Catch These Hands! on The OASG. Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 1:12 - We talk about Catch These Hands! 18:50 - We talk about This Monster Wants to Eat Me Content warning: There is ideation of suicide in This Monster Wants to Eat Me and its discussion. Next time is They Were Eleven and Pass the Monster Meat, Milady!

The last time I brought up the PWHL, I said go Frost. And I'm here to say, I lied, go PWHL Seattle. This episode, we're talking about Yama Wayama's Let's Go Karaoke! and Mokumokuren's The Summer Hikaru Died, both published by Yen Press. Let's Go Karaoke! credits: Translation: Leighann Harvey Lettering: Chiho Christie The Summer Hikaru Died credits: Translation: Ajani Oloye Lettering: Abigail Blackman 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: 1:17 - We talk about Let's Go Karaoke! 16:53 - We talk about The Summer Hikaru Died Next time is Catch These Hands! and This Monster Wants to Eat Me

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

Peter David, Mickey Mouse and the Amazing Lost Ocean by Denis-Pierre Filippi and Silvio Camboni from Fanta, Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga Deluxe Edition by Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen, and company, RoboWolf #1 by Jake Smith from Dark Horse, Redcoat #11-12, Hereditary Triangle by Fumiya Hayashi from Yen Press, DC Universe Legacies by Len Wein and a cast of thousands, Sleep, Image O-Rama: Bug Wars by Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar and Gehenna: Naked Aggression #1 by Patrick Kindlon, Maurizio Rosenzweig, Matteo Vattani, and Marco Ferrari, Forces of Nature by Edward Steed from Drawn & Quarterly, plus a whole mess more!

An off week episode!? That can only mean it's the climax of Trashtacular Tournament Arc-V! With the chaff eliminated, we're into the knockout rounds, as we take the 16 survivors and 1v1 them down to find this year's Not Actually Trash series! Will a big name like Naruto or Pokémon win? Can the gays Girl Friends and I Think Our Son is Gay triumph? Or will the hentai Metamorphosis beat 'em all? Let the wars begin! ~ 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. Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare! ~ Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/ Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/ Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official releases! I Think Our Son Is Gay is licensed by Square Enix - https://squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com/en-us Girl Friends, 365 Days To The Wedding and The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom are licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/ K-On! and Girls' Last Tour are licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/ Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint is licensed by Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/ Naruto, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc and Pokémon Adventures are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/ Metamorphosis is licensed by Fakku - https://www.fakku.net/ Revenge of the Baskerville Bloodhound is licensed by Tapas - https://tapas.io/

Congrats to Son Heungmin and Son Heungmin only. This episode, we're talking about Ai Yazawa's Neighborhood Story published by Viz and Jun Mayuzuki's Kowloon Generic Romance published by Yen Press. Neighborhood Story credits: Translation: Andria McKnight Touch-up art and lettering: Michelle Pang Design: Shawn Carrico Editor: Karla Clark Kowloon Generic Romance credits: Translation: Amanda Haley Lettering: Abigail Blackman 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. Listen to our previous Ai Yazawa and Jun Mayuzaki podcast episodes: After the Rain, Last Quarter, Paradise Kiss Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 1:37 - We talk about Neighborhood Story 0 - We talk about Kowloon Generic Romance Next time is

Five years! Yes, that's right, we've made it to Trashtacular Tournament Arc-V, as for the fifth time we pit all the mangas, webtoons and whatever So Pure So Flirtatious was into the tournament arc to end all tournament arcs. In this first half, we'll find which of our 25 series survive the group stages and make it to the Last 16, and which are on the fast track to being the Trashest Manga, Friends. ~ 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. Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare! ~ Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/ Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Bluesky & Twitch - https://bsky.app/profile/slazo.bsky.social ~ https://www.twitch.tv/slazoking Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/ Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official releases! I Think Our Son Is Gay is licensed by Square Enix - https://squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com/en-us Girl Friends, Plus-Sized Elf, 365 Days To The Wedding, I Got Married to the Girl I Hate Most in Class and The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom are licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/ K-On! and Girls' Last Tour are licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/ Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint is licensed by Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/ Battle Vixens is licensed by Tokyopop - https://tokyopop.com/ Naruto, Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc, Pokémon Adventures and Boys Over Flowers are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/ Metamorphosis is licensed by Fakku - https://www.fakku.net/ Don't Mind Me, Sensei! Give Yourself A Hand! is licensed by Tentai Books - https://tentaibooks.com/en/ So Pure, So Flirtatious is licensed by Webnovel - https://www.webnovel.com/ Revenge of the Baskerville Bloodhound is licensed by Tapas - https://tapas.io/ Battle in 5 Seconds is licensed by Comikey - https://comikey.com/

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun on AidaIron yliluonnollinen toimintasarja, jossa lukiotyttö päätyy tutustumaan koulunsa seitsemään mysteeriin ja muihin henkiolentoihin. Ajankohtaisaiheena puhumme korealaisen sarjakuvateollisuuden muutoksesta mangan halpakopioista netissä julkaistaviksi webtooneiksi. Lukujonossa tutustumme Kamome Shirahaman debyyttimangaan Eniale & Dewiela. --- Kommentoi | Bluesky | Mastodon | X | Threads | Instagram --- (00:57) – KUULUMISET: DESUCON JA ANIME-ALIAS - Desucon 2025:n ohjelmakartta (01:30) – KUULUMISET: JAKSOKUVAT - Instagramissa on kustomoidut jaksokuvat - Mainittuja jaksokuvia: - Jakso 84 (Fullmetal Alchemist) - Jakso 9 (Delicious in Dungeon) - Jakso 112 (Wotakoi) - Jakso 97 (Perfect World) - Jakso 52 (After the Rain) - Jakso 50 (Kuroshitsuji) - Jakso 73 (Sweat and Soap) - Jakso 92 (I Want to Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die) - Jakso 111 (Magic Knight Rayearth) - Jakso 107 (The Royal Tutor) - Jakso 62 (Saiyuki) - Jakso 1 (Patriootti Moriarty) - Jakso 36 (Patriootti Moriarty) - Jakso 60 (Death Note) - Jakso 41 (Dr. Stone) - Jakso 17 (Rumiko Takahashi) - Jakso 100 (One Piece, osa 1) - Jakso 103 (One Piece, osa 2) - Jakso 51 (Mitä on isekai?) - Jakso 72 (Mitä ovat kuolemanpelisarjat?) - Jakso 76 (Miksi pahikset kiinnostavat?) - Jakso 93 (Millainen on hyvä mangakansi?) - Jakso 109 (Keitä ovat mangan päähenkilöt?) - Jakso 98 (Miksi kaikki manga näyttää samalta?) - Jakso 66 (Miksi mangassa on ääniefektejä?) - Jakso 82 (Mikä on nimen merkitys mangalle?) - Jakso 89 (Mangan yhdeksän vuosikymmentä) - Jakso 61 (Miksi mangasarjat ovat niin pitkiä?) - Jakso 11 (Kenelle mangaa tehdään?) (23:03) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: ESITTELY - Toilet-bound Hanako-kun - GFantasy-sarjoja on käsitelty Mangakartassa aiemmin: - Jakso 50, jossa puhuimme Kuroshitsujista - Jakso 62, jossa puhuimme Saiyukista - Jakso 107, jossa puhuimme The Royal Tutorista - Maaretin neoshounen-artikkeli Anime-lehdessä 7/2015 (pdf) sekä Desucon-luento Kuroshitsujista Karnevaliin – neoshounenin salat (YouTube) - Nene-kala ja kohtalokas sopimus (kuva) (33:42) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: MAAILMANRAKENNUS - Sanzu-joki - Rinne - Jonkin paikan seitsemän mysteeriä on suosittu konsepti - Hanako-san - Yorishiro - Hanako-kunissa yorishirot ovat koulun mysteereille tärkeitä esineitä, jotka antavat niille aseman yhtenä seitsemästä mysteeristä (kuva) - Kannagi - Henkiolennot joutuvat noudattamaan niistä kerrottuja tarinoita (kuva) - Revolutionary Girl Utena - Jakso 92, jossa puhuimme sarjasta I Want to Hold Aono-kun So Badly I Could Die - Pandora Hearts (53:27) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: NENE YASHIRO - Nene on höpsö romantikko (kuva) - Magatama-helmet ovat japanilaisessa viihteessä usein maagisia reliikkejä - Paksut nilkat (kuva) - Daikon-retiisi - Mega Man - Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt - Pojat Nenen kiinnostusasteikolla (kuva) (01:01:37) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: HANAKO-KUN ELI AMANE YUGI - Jakso 20, jossa puhuimme sarjasta Vanitaksen kirja, jonka nimihahmo Vanitas on myös hyvä huono poika - Kiusoitteleva pusi (kuva) - Pusi toiseen suuntaan (kuva) - Hanako halii Neneä ja hiplaa hiuksia usein (kuva) - Hanako suojelevaisena (kuva) - Hanakon sydänverikyyneleet… (kuva) - …jotka olivatkin feikatut, vai olivatko sittenkään? (kuva) - Tsukasan ilmestyminen saattaa Hanakon paniikkiin (kuva) - Nenekin huomaa, että Hanako on mahdoton (kuva) (01:11:36) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: KOU MINAMOTO - Kou on reipas, vilpitön ja kotitaloustaitoinen manaajanalku (kuva) - Kou haluaisi auttaa kaikkia, mutta neuvot eivät aina meinaa riittää (kuva) - Historiallinen samurai Minamoto no Yorimitsu on Koun esi-isä - Myös genderbendattu Fate-versio löytyy (01:15:49) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: SOUSUKE MITSUBA - Mitsuba on rasittava kummituspoika… - …joka haluaisi ottaa viimeisen valokuvansa ja saada ystäviä (kuva) (01:20:05) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: KUULUTUSHUONEEN POSSE - Tsukasa on kuin empatiakyvytön lapsi (kuva) - Sakura Nanamine on tehnyt jonkinlaisen sopimuksen Tsukasan kanssa, ja Natsuhiko Hyouga luulee olevansa coolimpi kuin on (kuva) - Kuulutushuone on rajapinta (kuva) (01:28:55) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: YAKO JA TSUCHIGOMORI - Misaki-portaiden rajapinta on pyhättöportaikko täynnä leluja ja roinaa (kuva) - Mysteeriä nro 2 eli Misaki-portaita hallinnoi Yako-kettu, mysteeriä nro 5 eli kello neljän kirjastoa hallinnoi hämähäkkihenkiolento Tsuchigomori, joka esittää koulussa ihmisopettajaa (kuva) - Tsuchigomori kantaa huolta Hanakosta, koska on tuntenut hänet siitä asti kun hän oli elossa (kuva) - Kello neljän kirjasto (kuva) (01:37:00) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: MUUT HAHMOT - Koun isoveli Teru Minamoto vihaa henkiolentoja (kuva) - Aoi Akane ja Akane Aoi ovat lapsuudenystävät (kuva) (01:42:43) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: TYYLI JA VISUAALIT - Käsinpiirretyt taustat ovat visuaalisesti samaa kynänjälkeä hahmojen kanssa (kuva) - Se, että luokkahuone näkyy kalansilmälinssin läpi hahmojen taustalla, tuo kohtaukseen pahaenteisen tunnelman Sarjoja, jotka yhdistävät pelottavat ympäristöt ja lapsekkaat hahmodesignit: - Made in Abyss - Puella Magi Madoka Magica - Princess Tutu - Higurashi: When They Cry - School-Live! - Magical Girl Raising Project - Sarjan pilottiversiossa pääkolmikon hahmodesignit (ja luonteet) olivat vielä astetta kehittymättömämmät (kuva) - Komeita koko sivun ja aukeaman ruutuja (kuva) - Nenen minämuotoiset kerronnat lukujen alussa ja visuaaliset kehykset luovat neljättä seinää rikkovan tarinankerronnan fiilistä (kuva) - Nenen silmät heijastavat joskus asioita, joita hän katsoo (kuva) - Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Sarjan kannet (02:00:38) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: JULKAISU - Boksijulkaisu on hieno (YouTube) - Käännös- ja kulttuuriselitteet ovat oikein hyviä (kuva) - Yen Pressille harvinaisesti ääniefektejä ei ole tuplakäännetty – mutta edes puhekuplissa olevia ääniefektejä ei ole korvattu, mikä näyttää vähän halvalta (kuva) - Yleensähän Yen Press tuplakääntää ääniefektit, kuten The Case Study of Vanitaksessa (kuva) - …jolloin puhekuplissa olevat ääniefektit ovat vieläkin hassumpia (kuva) - Maaretin vihainen Mastodon-ketju siitä, miten Yen Press on lokalisoinut The Summer Hikaru Died -sarjan ääniefektit rumasti (02:12:49) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: PILOTTITARINA - Pilottitarinassa on mukana konsepteja, joita lopulliseen sarjaan ei ole otettu (kuva) - D.Gray-man (02:22:15) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: ANIMESOVITUS - Anime Crunchyrollissa - Animen ensimmäisen kauden OP (YouTube) - Animen toisen kauden OP (YouTube) - After School Hanako-kun Crunchyrollissa - Kamishibai-paperiteatteri - Ääninäyttelijät MyAnimeList-sivustolla (02:36:20) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: SPOILERIOSIO – AJAN VARTIJAT JA PEILIHELVETTI - Uusi hahmodesign (kuva) - Miksei aikaa voi kääntää eteenpäin (kuva) - Mainittu luvunaloituskuva, jossa vain yksi ei kuulu joukkoon (kuva) - Kamerakimaira (kuva) - Uusi Mitsuba (kuva) (02:47:13) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: SPOILERIOSIO – TAIDELUOKAN SHIJIMA - Taideluokan Shijima (kuva) - Ristiriitaiset tunteet, kun Hanako ja Mitsuba ovatkin elossa! (kuva) - Hanakon suunnitelma (kuva) - Mein painajaissairaala (kuva) - “En halua että kuolet” (kuva) - Minä toteutan toiveesi! (kuva) (02:58:00) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: SUPERSPOILERIOSIO – KUOLEMANJUMALA - Obon-juhla - Alkaa tulla ongelmia, kun yorishiroja on tuhottu jo aika monta (kuva) - Hakubo, koulumysteeri numero 6, ja Sumire, uhriksi kasvatettu tyttö (kuva) - Kuuluisa oni Shuten-dooji - Myös genderbendattu Fate-versio löytyy - Aoista poistettiin “kaikki ylimääräinen” (kuva) - Akanen ja Aoin status quo -leikki saa uusia aggressiivisia muotoja (kuva) (03:11:20) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: SUPERSPOILERIOSIO – EROTUS - Erotus (kuva) - Jakso 111, jossa puhuimme Magic Knight Rayearthista - Dragon Pilot: Hisone & Masotan - Jos kaikki yorishirot tuhotaan… (kuva) (03:20:02) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: SUPERSPOILERIOSIO – PUNAINEN TALO - Teru selittää, miten tämänpuoleinen ja tuonpuoleinen ovat yhteydessä (kuva) - Pakko mennä kirottuun taloon (kuva) - Kannagi-kuilun pohjalla (kuva) - Poikakannagi Katakuri on vielä järjissään… nipin napin (kuva) - Muuttuva labyrintti, joka tarjoaa houkutuksia (kuva) - Tsukasan ja Hanakon lapsuustakauma (kuva) - Niin helkkarin pelottava nelivuotias (kuva) (03:34:10) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: SUPERSPOILERIOSIO – EROTUKSEN JÄLKEEN - Ainoa toinen tapa tuhota yorishiro sinettilapun poistamisen lisäksi (kuva) - Akvaariotreffit (kuva) - Väkisinsyöttämistä (kuva) (03:43:59) – TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN: YHTEENVETO - Land of the Lustrous - Witch Hat Atelier, josta puhuimme jaksossa 43 - Steel of the Celestial Shadows, josta puhuimme jaksossa 109 (03:45:54) – KOREALAISEN MANHWAN TUHO JA WEBTOONIEN NOUSU - A Brief History of Webtoons Mainittuja varhaisia manhwoja: - Kill Me, Kiss Me - I.N.V.U. - Demon Diary - Les Bijoux - Ragnarök - Let Dai - Puhuimme pystysuuntaan luettavista sarjakuvista jaksossa 29, jossa mainitsimme myös ReLIFEn - Deb Aokin X-ketju - Boichi - Naver Webtoon - Lezhin Comics Mainittuja nettisarjoja: - Love Story - Noblesse - Legendary Moonlight Sculptor - Daughter of the Emperor - Solo Leveling - Tower of God - The God of High School - Killing Stalking - Vuonna 2020 huomautimme, että mangapiraattisaiteilla suosituimpien sarjojen listalla on yhä vähemmän mangaa (kuva) - Quibi-suoratoistopalvelu oli yritys tehdä sarjamuotoista viihdettä kännykkäkulutukseen (04:06:19) – KUULIJAKOMMENTTI: MAGIC KNIGHT RAYEARTH JA SUPER ROBOT WARS - Jakso 111, jossa puhuimme Magic Knight Rayearthista - Super Robot Wars -pelisarja - Isekai Quartet - Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX - Reiwa Restauraatio (04:13:57) – KUULIJAKOMMENTTI: ONE PIECE JA SANKARUUS - Jakso 109, jossa puhuimme päähenkilöistä (04:15:38) – LUKUJONOSSA: ENIALE & DEWIELA - Kamome Shirahama on saapumassa kesäkuun Desuconin kunniavieraaksi - Witch Hat Atelier, Shirahaman tunnetuin sarja - Eniale & Dewiela - Harta-lehti - Good Omens - Mangasplaining-podcastin jakso Eniale & Dewielasta - Enielan hinku saada kylpyläänsä luminen vuoristomaisema laittaa maailman ilmaston sekaisin, ja lopulta jopa kylpylädemoni Crocell suutahtaa raamatullisesti (kuva) - Välillä käydään Japanissa ihmettelemässä kahdeksan miljoonan jumalan olemassaoloa, eivätkä paikalliset jumalat ota kristillisiä vieraita vastaan hyvällä (kuva) - Muotia ja vaatteita (kuva) (04:24:41) – LOPETUS

Xan tackles Übel Blatt by Etorouji Shiono —a brutal seinen revenge saga often compared to Berserk. Does this Yen Press manga carve its own path, or does it live in the shadow of giants? We dissect its grim worldbuilding, relentless action, and moral ambiguity. In This Episode: Why Übel Blatt's antihero Koinzell stands out Latest manga releases worth your attention Animazement 2025 Panel Announcements (May event) *No episode 5/21* (Con prep mode activated!) Support the Show: Keep us reviewing: Gofundme (Thanks to our donors!) Engage With Us: Subscribe: YouTube | Website Follow @spiraken on X, Bluesky, Instagram Join our Discord Support on Patreon Rate us: Apple Podcasts Random Question: "What's your favorite dark fantasy manga—and does it need a moral compass?" #Spiraken #MangaReview #ÜbelBlatt #EtoroujiShiono #Seinen #DarkFantasy #BerserkComparisons #RevengeManga #YenPress Music Credits: "Trendsetter" by Mood Maze (via Uppbeat) License code: YEPNB5COHX56JVES WHERE TO FIND US Bluesky: @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 White Sox are already running into random wins that didn't seem to happen in 2024, so we're well on our way to a normal extremely bad season instead of historically extremely bad season. This episode, we're talking about CLAMP's Legend of Chun Hyang published by Tokyopop and Spica Aoki's Kaiju Girl Caramelise published by Yen Press. Legend of Chun Hyang credits: Translator: Ray Yoshimoto Retouch and Lettering: Jose Macasocol, Jr. Cover Layout: Gary Shum Editor: Jake Forbes Kaiju Girl Caramelise credits: Translation: Taylor Engel Lettering: Lys Blakeslee 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: 1:01 - We talk about Legend of Chun Hyang 12:11 - We talk about Kaiju Girl Caramelise Next time is Neighborhood Story and Kowloon Generic Romance

In this episode of ScreenTone Club Elliot and Andy talk about the most important things in the world: Cats, Video Games, Questionable Soft Drinks and Suspect Romantic Entanglements!This episode was recorded in early-2025 after ending our Hiatus - please excuse us while we find our feet again!Series Discussed: Cat+Gamer, Honey Lemon SodaAssignments for next Episode: Medalist, Ako and BambiTIMECODES:0:01:15 - Brief Re-introduction0:02:30 - Elliot's Pick: Cat+Gamer0:02:45 - A note on finding this series!0:09:00 - A terminal case of “Gamer” 0:20:15 - Two Cats?!?!?! 0:22:30 - Andy's Pick: Honey Lemon Soda0:23:45 - Shoujo0:27:00 - “Is This Healthy?”0:34:30 - “Ahwawawawah” 0:37:45 - “Shot with a Shoujo Beam”0:51:30 - Our Picks for Next Episode! 0:52:30 - Closedown! If you enjoy this episode, please consider backing us on Patreon - from only US$3 a month you get bonus episodes and other perks as well, including the ability to vote on topics for us to cover!We have a Discord! Join us!We are affiliates on BookWalker - using this link when shopping there will give us a small kickback, helping cover the cost of manga for the podcast!The intro music is Track 8 on Resting State by HOME, used here under the CC-BY 3.0 license.

In this episode, Xan dives into Takahashi from the Bike Shop by Arare Matsumushi   - a critically acclaimed josei romance about an office worker falling for a blunt bicycle shop owner. Despite its unconventional art style, this Yen Press title has captured readers' hearts. But does the storytelling overcome its visual quirks? Join us as we explore what makes this slice-of-life manga work (or not)! ----more---- Support the show: Help us keep creating content at tinyurl.com/spiraken - special thanks to our anonymous donors! Engage with us: Subscribe to our YouTube: youtube.com/@spiraken Follow @spiraken on Twitter/X, Bluesky, and Instagram Join our Discord Support on Patreon Rate us on Apple Podcasts Random Question of the Day: What life experience of a josei mangaka would you most want to read about? Comment below! #Spiraken #MangaReview #JoseiManga #TakahashiFromTheBikeShop #ArareMatsumushi #YenPress #RomanceManga #SliceOfLife #WheelOfManga #MangaRecommendations #MangaPodcast Music Credits:

The Chicago White Sox have -1.6 fWAR projected per ZiPS, which is lower than any group projection in its history, and that's very sad. This episode, we're talking about Uoto's Orb: On the Movements of the Earth published by Seven Seas and Kaoru Mori's A Bride's Story published by Yen Press. Orb: On the Movements of the Earth credits: Translation: Daniel Komen Adaptation: Molly Tanzer Lettering: Phil Christie Original cover design: Tadashi Hisamochi(hive&co.,ltd.) Cover design: H. Qi Copyeditor: Leighanna DeRouen Proofreader: Dave Murray Production designer: George Panella Editor: Nick Mamtas A Bride's Story credits: Translation: William Flannagan Lettering: Abigail Blackman 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. Link to Kaoru Mori drawing playlist Join the unofficial Taiiku Podcast discord, the OSMCast discord. Used with permission. Listen Show notes: 1:17 - We talk about Orb: On the Movements of the Earth 22:27 - We read off your lists of favorite manga you read in 2024 26:31 - We talk about A Bride's Story Next time is Look Back and March Comes in Like a Lion

 Subscribers! Be sure to go to the blog to read the description easier & check out links for this episode!This episode is sponsored in part by Tokyo Treat! To get $5 off your first box of delicious snacks & treats delivered from Japan straight to your door, AND to help support my little podcast, use code "NOSTALGIA" at my link here! 2024 is coming to a close, so you know what that means–That's right, it's time for another Year in Review! And this time, MDi is here to help discuss the results of my annual year-end survey as filled out by you, the listeners! What older anime titles were you excited to buy (sometimes again) this year, and what titles are you looking forward to coming out in 2025? We also talk about all the memorable news stories from throughout this long, seemingly never-ending year. Hear all the silliness, sadness, and stress of this year; PLUS the winners of the survey giveaway. Happy Holidays & Happy New Year!!Stream the episode above or  [Direct Download]Subscribe on apple podcasts | Spotify Relevant links: ☆ Use my affiliate links to buy the top 3 (as voted by my listeners) older anime releases from 2024! ☆ 1. Berserk '97 BD2. Belladonna of Sadness 4k+BD3. Macross Plus Movie + OVA Ultimate Edition BDListen to the full episode for the complete list! Follow MDi on Youtube and Bluesky! Special thanks to Animeigo, Fantagraphics, and Yen Press for donating the prizes for this year's holiday giveaway! Congrats to the winners!My theme song music was done by Kerobit! You can find more about them on their website! See how you can get access to behind-the-scenes stuff, early access to the podcast, and a BRAND NEW subscriber exclusive podcast with my new Ko-fi Subscriptions! As always, feel free to leave me your thoughts on this episode or ideas for future episodes here—or email me directly at AnimeNostalgiaPodcast@gmail.com. Thanks for listening, and Happy New Year! 

It's the first half of our Secret Santa Christmas Specials, as Sean and Mike compete to woo Phil for a chance at winning the ultimate prize – screwing somebody over in Trashtacular 5! Sean steps up first, picking legendary award winning sci-fi manga Girls' Last Tour as his champion, as two girls travel the end of days to see what's what. Were his co-hosts as apocalyptically won over as Sean was? ~ 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. Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare! ~ Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/ Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter & Twitch @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/ Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official release! Girls' Last Tour is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/series/girls-last-tour

Before isekai, there was moeblob! And we're tackling the king of the genre, K-On, this time on the show. There's music, there's comedy and there's fluffy fun galore in this 4koma manga... well, unless you're a certain member of 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. Each fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil read the first two volumes (or equivalent) of a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, analysing every little detail to discuss what's good, what's bad, and what's trash. And believe us, half a decade in, there's a lot of trash to discuss. So come listen to our book club slash neverending existential nightmare! ~ Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/ Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/ Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official release! K-On! is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/series/k-on

This episode, we talk about Marimo Ragawa's New York, New York published by Yen Press. Then for our newer series, we talk about Yuki Fumino's I Hear the Sunspot published by One Peace Books. New York, New York credits: Translation: Preston Johnson-Chonkar Retouch: Lys Blakeslee Lettering: Abigail Blackman I Hear the Sunspot credits: English translation rights arranged with France Shoin through Japan UNI Agency, Inc., Tokyo As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, 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: 0:55 - We talk about New York, New York (content warning: there is discussion of the depictions of physical abuse, emotional abuse, rape, and suicide within New York, New York) 22:13 - We talk about I Hear the Sunspot Next time is River's Edge and Medalist

The group stages are over, now the real work begins! In this second half of our Trashtacular Fournament Arc, the remaining 16 series are pitted against each other 1v1 until only one Not Actually Trash series remains. Is Frieren inevitable? Will One Piece remain the GOAT? And which series will get the prestige of being the Trashest Manga, Friends? All shall be revealed... ~ 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. Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out! ~ Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/ Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/ Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official releases! Fairy Tail and The Fable are licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/ ReLife is licensed by Pocket Comics - https://www.pocketcomics.com/ Elfen Lied is licensed by Dark Horse - https://www.darkhorse.com/ Welcome to the N.H.K. is licensed by Tokypop - https://tokyopop.com/ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, One Piece, Welcome to the N.H.K. and Sand Land are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/ Nano Machine is licensed by Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/ Machimaho: I Messed Up and Made the Wrong Person Into a Magical Girl! is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/ Chained Solider is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/ Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed by Vertical - https://www.vertical-inc.com/ Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed by Inkr - https://comics.inkr.com/ Death Note is streamable on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/

A whole term of trash is in the books, which can only mean it's time for the Trashtacular Forunament Arc! Of the 24 series we've covered this year, which series will be crowned Not Actually Trash? I mean, One Piece, obviously, it's the GOAT. And on the flipside, which will be the Trashest Manga, Friends? From Fairy Tail to I, Superhero and Magical Girl, lets relive (or should that be ReLife) another year of nightmares! ~ 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. Every fortnight, our trio of Sean, Mike and Phil discuss a manga, webtoon, manhua or manhwa, reviewing the first two volumes and breaking down what's good, what's bad, but mainly, what's Trash with a capital T. Will this series pass the test? Or be the latest in a long line of failures? Listen in to find out! ~ Follow us on social media! Links to all platforms on our site - https://trashmangafriends.carrd.co/ Sean, foreeeeveeeer host, is on Twitter @Slazoking - https://twitter.com/Slazoking Mike, speedrunner and streamer extraordinaire, is everywhere @Bersekrer - https://bersekrer.carrd.co/ Phil, arbiter of trash, is on Twitter @PheNaxKian - https://twitter.com/PheNaxKian ~ Support the official releases! Fairy Tail and The Fable are licensed by Kodansha - https://kodansha.us/ ReLife is licensed by Pocket Comics - https://www.pocketcomics.com/ Elfen Lied and FLCL are licensed by Dark Horse - https://www.darkhorse.com/ FLCL, Monochrome Factor, Battle Royale and Welcome to the N.H.K. are licensed by Tokypop - https://tokyopop.com/ Dark Gathering, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, One Piece, Welcome to the N.H.K. and Sand Land are licensed by Viz - https://www.viz.com/ Nano Machine is licensed by Naver Webtoon - https://www.webtoons.com/en/ I Fell in Love So I'm Streaming It is licensed by Mangamo - https://www.mangamo.com/ Machimaho: I Messed Up and Made the Wrong Person Into a Magical Girl! is licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment - https://sevenseasentertainment.com/ Chained Solider is licensed by Yen Press - https://yenpress.com/ Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed by Vertical - https://www.vertical-inc.com/ Mysterious Girlfriend X is licensed by Inkr - https://comics.inkr.com/

 Zach is joined by the host of the I Read Comic Books podcast, Mike Rapin, to talk the hilarious and heartfelt, dungeoncrawling foodie manga, Delicious in Dungeon!When an adventuring party has to save one of their own from being digested by a dragon, they'll do anything they can to get through the dungeon again and kill the giant beast, even if it means surviving by eating the monsters that they kill!---------------------------------------------------Check out more from Mike on I Read Comic Books!---------------------------------------------------GoFundMe to help my wife's family in VietnamAny help is appreciated. We also understand if you can't. A share would also be nice!---------------------------------------------------Check out Dreampass and all their killer tracks on Spotify!---------------------------------------------------Join the Patreon to help us keep the lights on, and internet connected! https://www.patreon.com/tctwl---------------------------------------------------Listen to my other podcast!TFD: NerdcastAnd I am also part of the team over at...I Read Comic Books!---------------------------------------------------Want to try out all the sweet gigs over on Fiverr.com? Click on the link below and sign up!https://go.fiverr.com/visit/?bta=323533&brand=fiverrcpa---------------------------------------------------Follow on Instagram!The Comics That We LoveFollow on Tiktok!The Comics that We LoveFollow on Twitter!@Z_Irish_Red

I love keeper penalties, and I love Antonio Rüdiger chaos penalties even more. Go Real. This episode, we're talking about Rei Taki's Last Gender: When We Are Nameless published by Kodansha and Aki Hamazi's Bocchi the Rock! published by Yen Press. Last Gender: When We Are Nameless credits: Editor: Michelle Lin Translation: Rose Padgett (volume 1), Mishima Kitan (volume 2-3) Production: Shirley Fang, Pei Ann Yeap, Lorina Mapa Proofreading: Micah Q. Allen (volume 1-2), Kevin Luo (volume 3) Bocchi the Rock! credits Translation: John Neal Lettering: Chiho Christie As always, you can find me on bsky @taiikumenco, 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: 0:56 - We talk about Last Gender: When We Are Nameless 18:42 - We talk about Bocchi the Rock! Next time is Fool Night and Two on Ice

If you would like to give us feedback on how were doing follow us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/cd6sNqvnav⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://beacons.ai/senornerdpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/senornerdpodcast/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @senornerdpod on Twitter. Solo Leveling, also alternatively translated as Only I Level Up (Korean: 나 혼자만 레벨업; RR: Na Honjaman Rebeleop), is a South Korean web novel written by Chugong. It was serialized in Kakao's digital comic and fiction platform KakaoPage beginning on July 25, 2016, and was later published by D&C Media under their Papyrus label since November 4, 2016. The novel has been licensed in English by Yen Press.[1] A webtoon adaptation of Solo Leveling was first serialized in KakaoPage on March 4, 2018; it was illustrated by Jang Sung-rak (Dubu). The webtoon's first season concluded on March 19, 2020, and its second season was released from August 2020 to December 2021. Its individual chapters have been collected and published by D&C Media in nine volumes as of August 2023.[2] The webtoon has been licensed in English by Yen Press.[3] An anime television series adaptation produced by A-1 Pictures aired from January to March 2024. A second season, entitled Arise from the Shadow, has been announced. A Korean drama adaptation is in development and spin-off webtoon Solo Leveling: Ragnarok is set to premiere in 2024.[4] A role-playing video game titled Solo Leveling: Arise has been in development by Netmarble.[5] In a world where hunters — human warriors who possess supernatural abilities — must battle deadly monsters to protect mankind from certain annihilation, a notoriously weak hunter named Sung Jinwoo finds himself in a seemingly endless struggle for survival. One day, after narrowly surviving an overwhelmingly powerful double dungeon that nearly wipes out his entire party, a mysterious program called the System chooses him as its sole player and in turn, gives him the unique ability to level up in strength. This is something no other hunter is able to do, as a hunter's abilities are set once they awaken. Jinwoo then sets out on a journey as he fights against all kinds of enemies, both man and monster, to discover the secrets of the dungeons and the true source of his powers. Plot[edit]

In this episode, Phillip and Eric discuss the Yen Press manga memoir My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness by Kai Nagata. They discuss its unique visual style compared to other manga, its candid discussion of the author's mental health struggles and visiting a lesbian escort agency, and how Phillip has the three strikes of being problematic by not having watched Echo yet.

Wondering if you should pick up Lord Hades' Ruthless Marriage by Ueji Yuho? Ashley and Asher discuss the first volume of this new manga published by Yen Press, in which Lord Hades has been shot by one of Eros' arrows and thus is fated to fall in love. But not without a lot of hijinks happening first, harem manga style.This is a short review of Lord Hades' Ruthless Marriage volume 1.REFERENCESLord Hades' Ruthless Marriage is available from Yen PressOther Greek mythology-inspired media we mentioned:Percy Jackson seriesCirce by Madeline MillerThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerNeon Gods by Katee RobertMisc mentionsRenji from BleachDisney's HerculesMorgana was a guest for the Pet Shop of Horrors episode, which you can listen to hereCONTACT USShojo & Tell on Bluesky, Tumblr, and Instagram

Hang out with Al Mega as he chats with longtime comic book industry mainstay and author of the new Marvel books: Captain America: Avenger, Hero, Icon, The Amazing Spider-Man: Web-Slinger, Hero, Icon and his latest title, The Incredible Hulk: Worldbreaker, Hero, Icon, Rich johnson. Hang out to learn al about these amazing books, his journey and more… About Rich: Rich Johnson is a longtime comic book industry mainstay: he spent time as a vice president with DC Comics and Lion Forge Press, has been an Eisner Awards judge, writes for comics website The Beat, and founded and was co–publishing director of manga imprint Yen Press. Johnson also co-edited the critically acclaimed COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology, named by The Washington Post one of the best graphic novels of 2021. Episode 348 in an unlimited series! Host: Al Mega Follow on: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook): @TheRealAlMega / @ComicCrusaders Make sure to Like/Share/Subscribe if you haven't yet: https://www.youtube.com/c/comiccrusadersworld Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/comiccrusaders Visit the official Comic Crusaders Comic Book Shop: comiccrusaders.shop Visit the OFFICIAL Comic Crusaders Swag Shop at: comiccrusaders.us Main Site: https://www.comiccrusaders.com/​​​​ Sister Site: http://www.undercovercapes.com​​​​ Pick up official Undercover Capes Podcast Network merchandise exclusively on RedBubble.com: bit.ly/UCPNMerch

This episode discusses volumes 8–15 of Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts by Yu Tomofuji.Sariphi has gone from ritual sacrifice to acting queen, but she's still working to gain the respect of members of beastkind. In this episode about the back half of Tomofuji's series, Mackenzie from Mac Loves Manga and Shojo and Tell host Ashley break down the highlights. We get to talk more about our favorite hyena boy, Lante, and his heartwarming worldviews; crotchety Anubis and the amazing journey he went on (where he got stabbed at least twice); the power of Sariphi, particularly in the arc with Fenrir; plus, we finally find out why the king is partially human, and meet some of the best side characters who should definitely have their own series.Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts is available from Yen Press in EnglishThere's a spinoff that's not licensed yet, The White Rabbit and the Beast PrinceBe sure to check out Shoujo Sundae, Colleen's Manga Recs, and Basic BoiOther anime/manga mentionedVampire KnightOne PieceRequiem of the Rose KingMy Happy MarriageOokuTokyo GhoulDragon Ball ZHunter x HunterFullmetal AlchemistThe World is Still BeautifulDub actors lobbying for better payMad MaxAvengers: EndgameOutro song: "The Streatham Hill Gods" by DanosongsCONTACT USMackenzie on Bluesky, Twitter, Instagram, TumblrMackenzie's YouTube channelShojo & Tell on Bluesky, Tumblr, Instagram, and Twitter

Mike Del Vecchio joins us on an all-manga episode, highlighting Chainsaw Man by Tatsuji Fujimoto from Viz, Go! Go! Loser Ranger! by Negi Haruba from Kodansha, One Piece and Eiichiro Oda, Junji Ito, The Gay Who Turned Kaiju by Kazuki Minamoto from Yen Press, The Way of the Househusband by Kousuke Oono from Viz, Shuna's Journey by Hayao Miyazaki from :01 First Second, plus a whole mess more!