Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
∟Vic’s replacement in RWBY is the boyfriend of one of the VAs
∟Allegedly Funimation cleaned house and fired their entire art department
– KyoAni Studio 1 Arson Sources
∟Anime News Network
∟Kyoto Animation Cancels 1 of 2 Planned Fan Events in November
∟Crunchyroll
∟Kyoto Animation Cancels KyoAni and Do Fan Days 2019 Anime Event
Instead of the KyoAni and Do Fan Days event on November 3-4, KyoAni will instead create a place inside the city of Kyoto during that weekend where fans can go to "say their farewells to creators to whom they felt a strong connection through their works."
– Sony Pictures TV, Aniplex Consolidate Funimation, Wakanim, Madman Into Joint Venture
∟Sony Merges Funimation & Aniplex
– Visual Effects Studio Picture Element Files for Bankruptcy
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
Live-Action Anime news:
– 19-Year-Old Minami Hamabe to Star in The Promised Neverland Live-Action Film
Streaming news:
– Funimation Adds Gravitation, Sweet Blue Flowers, Junjō Romantica, Yakitate!! Japan
– Vinland Saga Creator: Episode 11’s TV Version is Cut, Full Version is on Amazon Prime
– Gen Urobuchi-Written Anime OBSOLETE to be Streamed on YouTube in December 2019
– HIDIVE, MyAnimeList Announce Strategic Partnership
Theater Release news:
– Promare Anime Film Ranks at #3 in U.S. on Thursday
– Crunchyroll, Fathom Events Screen KONOSUBA Anime Film on November 12
Series news:
Anime:
– Psycho-Pass 3 Anime Launches on October 24, Episodes Will Be an Hour Long
– Danmachi Season 3 Already Announced
– Fate/GO Babylonia Arc Confirmed for Two-Cour Run
– Fairy Tail Celebrates Its Final Episode with Special Twitter Countdown Illustrations
– Demon Slayer Blazes onto the Big Screen in Newly Announced Anime Film
– Peter Grill and the Philosopher’s Time Nabs a TV Anime Adaptation
Manga:
– Love Lab Manga Ending
Games:
– France Orders Valve to Let Users Resell Steam Games
– Write Letters and Uncover the Truth in Root Letter: Last Answer
– Mario Kart Tour Secures 20 Million Downloads in 24 Hours
– Atelier Ryza’s Lila Decyrus Unsurprisingly Hated Over Her Proportions
– AI: The Somnium Files LGBT Scene Both Praised & Criticized
– Final Fantasy VII Remake Box Art Revealed
Release news:
– Sentai Filmworks Licenses Ahiru no Sora Basketball Anime
– First TV Anime’s Character Designer Draws Dirty Pair Complete Blu-ray Box Art
– TC Entertainment Reveals First ‘Vicke the Little Viking’ Anime DVD Release Artwork
– Right Stuf
Random Merch news:
– Sega Mega Drive six-button controller taiyaki lets you bite into mouthful of nostalgia
– Chicken and Tuna Wage War in Quirky Food Collaboration
– Fate’s Einzbern Castle Available for Lodging & Cosplay Shoots
– AKB48, Japan’s biggest idol singer group, apologizes for selling “Date Tickets”
Misc news:
– Rugby World Cup 2019: Team Canada jumps off bus in yukata…dressed like the dead
– Cringe-worthy thief calling self “Lupin” arrested in “the Flower of O-Edo”
– Naomi Osaka called “too tanned” in Japanese comedy routine
– Japan’s most-wanted manga pirate forcibly repatriated, arrested in Japanese airspace
∟Alleged Mangamura Piracy Site Administrator Being Extradited Back to Japan
– Japan Responds to UN Guidelines Concerning Lolicon