TheOASG Podcast Episode 247 Covers July's License Blitz and Anime Expo 2026
The episode provides a single-listener digest of the two-week license rush leading into and during Anime Expo 2026, cataloging over 40 new acquisitions across three major publishers.
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TheOASG Podcast Episode 247, released July 7, 2026, covers the late-June license announcements and the flood of acquisitions at Anime Expo 2026. Hosts Justin and Helen run through dozens of new manga and light novel licenses from J-Novel Club, Seven Seas, and Kodansha, plus a GKIDS home media release and a Suehiro Maruo work from Bubbles Zine.
TheOASG Podcast's 247th episode, released July 7, 2026, compiles the license announcements from the weeks before and during Anime Expo 2026. Hosts Justin and Helen walk through the pre-AX slate-including Kodama Tales, Crossed Hearts, an astrology work from Abrams Kana, a Suehiro Maruo title from Bubbles Zine, and a GKIDS anime film home media release-before diving into the expo's deluge of acquisitions. J-Novel Club alone announced over 20 new titles, including print editions for series like From Villainess to Healer and Min-Maxing My TRPG Build in Another World. Seven Seas added nine new licenses, among them I See You, Aizawa-san! and Distorted I Love You as an audiobook. Kodansha rounded out the expo with eight new manga, including Hitoshi Iwaaki's Historié and Osamu Nishi's Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Devilish Tales: Kaleg.
- Sorry, Darling, but You Won't Kill Me Again!: J-Novel Club (J-Novel Heart)
- A Young Maiden's Growing Pains: I Reincarnated and All I Got Was This 100X Stat Buff!: J-Novel Club
- God Sleeps in Seafoam: J-Novel Club
- A Wicked Lady's Guide to Accidentally Saving the Kingdom: J-Novel Club
- I'll Become an Elegant Villainess! Time to Enjoy My Second Life to the Fullest: J-Novel Club (J-Novel Heart)
- Father, Have You Sinned? An Assassin in Priest's Robes: J-Novel Club
- Genius in the Library: This Bookish Rookie Will Save the Day!: J-Novel Club
- Last Summer Sparkle: J-Novel Club (J-Novel Knight) manga
- Reset / Reboot: J-Novel Club (J-Novel Knight) manga
- From Villainess to Healer: I Know the Cheat to Change My Fate: J-Novel Club print (manga and LN)
- It's Tough Being a Necromancer: J-Novel Club print
- Min-Maxing My TRPG Build in Another World: J-Novel Club print
- A Livid Lady's Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires: J-Novel Club print
- The Despicable Duke Settles His Affairs: J-Novel Club print (J-Novel Knight)
- Haibara's Teenage New Game+: J-Novel Club print
- The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects: Tales of Blue Dias and the Onikin Alna: J-Novel Club print manga
- What's with the Bag, Kamiyama-san?: J-Novel Club print
- A Cave King's Road to Paradise: Climbing to the Top with My Almighty Mining Skills!: J-Novel Club print manga
- Now I'm a Demon Lord! Happily Ever After with Monster Girls in My Dungeon: J-Novel Club print manga
- All Eyes on Nekoyashiki-kun! Notice Me, Not My Characters: J-Novel Club print
- D-Genesis: Three Years After the Dungeons Appeared: J-Novel Club print
- I See You, Aizawa-san!: Seven Seas
- The Journey of a Dark Elf with Fading Powers: Seven Seas
- This Time Around, My Lovesick Hero Will Keep Me Alive ... If I'm Lucky!: Seven Seas
- That girl I'm interested in is a maid from the abyss: Seven Seas
- I Reincarnated as the "Villain" Commander of an Order of Knights: Seven Seas (LN digital only)
- Hate Me, but Let Me Stay - Manager and Otoha: Seven Seas
- The Suspects of Necromancy: Seven Seas (Airship)
- My Sword Saint Master Is Too Cute to Live With!: Seven Seas (Ghost Ship Siren)
- Distorted I Love You: Seven Seas audiobook (narrated by Paul Dateh & Aria Saltini)
- Historié: Kodansha
- The Serenade of Spring Thunder: Kodansha
- Myther: Kodansha
- Dig It: Kodansha
- Interstellar Violin: Kodansha
- Manga Lover: Kodansha
- Fatale Game: Kodansha
- Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Devilish Tales: Kaleg: Kodansha
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