Anime NYC 2026 News Roundup Covers Store Changes, Hiatuses, and New Licenses
The episode tracks a single weekend of industry churn, from store and service shutdowns and funding cuts to creator health hiatuses and a fresh wave of English licenses.
Reporting from 1 source: TheOASG.
TheOASG Podcast's Anime NYC 2026 episode rounds up a weekend of industry news. Crunchyroll drops print books from its store, the Cool Japan initiative loses funding, Comico ends service in January 2027, and several manga go on hiatus due to creator health. Hanashi Media announces eight new light novel licenses, Comikey adds Hakusensha shojo titles, and the episode notes the deaths of letterer Dave Lanphear and voice actor Peter Cullen.
The 251st episode of TheOASG Podcast, recorded around Anime NYC 2026, collects a weekend of industry news into one rundown. Beyond the store and service shutdowns, the hosts cover the deaths of letterer Dave Lanphear and voice actor Peter Cullen, plus a wave of new English licenses from Hanashi Media, Comikey, Manga UP!, and K MANGA.
- Crunchyroll print books: store eliminating print books short of exclusives
- Cool Japan: reportedly will not have much funds in 2027, effectively ending it
- Yang Can't Live Alone: sooncha switches publication from Square Enix to a new publisher in Japan
- Manga Mirai: service will shut down later this year
- Comico: NHN Japan's free manga app ends service in January 2027 after 13 years
- New English imprint: a somewhat familiar name
- Fall in Love, You False Angels: returns in Kodansha's Dessert in November after Coco Uzuki's health issues
- Bungo Stray Dogs STORM BRINGER: long-term hiatus due to Shiwasu Hoshikawa's health
- Kemono Jihen: hiatus after Shō Aimoto lost her brother
- Dave Lanphear: comic and manga letterer passed away at 58
- Peter Cullen: legendary voice actor died at 85
- The Hated Prince's Do-Over: Can Good Deeds Save Me from All These Execution Flags?!: Hanashi Media license
- Living the Slow Life as a Demon Lord: The Hero Says My Tomato Field Is an Unconquerable Dungeon!: Hanashi Media license
- Shimotsuki-san Has a Thing for a Background Character: Hanashi Media license
- The Sage of the Forbidden Library: A Genius Apprentice Librarian Unlocks the Secrets of Magical Civilization: Hanashi Media license
- The Breeding Man Takes On the Sengoku Era: Hanashi Media license
- Welcome to Your New Workplace: The Hellish Front Lines! Lina, Strategist, Age Eight: Hanashi Media license
- The Merchant Heiress is Unstoppable with the Power of Money: Hanashi Media license
- Living It Up in Another World Until I Get Bored: A Thirty-Something Nobody's Carefree Life: Hanashi Media license
- Comikey: adding Hakusensha shojo manga to the service
- Manga UP! additions: The Viscount's Porky Portrait, Unwinding with the Aloof Girl at the Standing Bar, If Witch, Then Which?
- Golden Phantom: Daiki Yamazaki's new simulpub on K MANGA
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