Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– Support us
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Tenga
∟Masturbatory aid maker Tenga releases officially licensed anime versions in Japan and U.S.
∟The Tenga Cup
∟The Tenga Tissue Case
– New Jersey Kids Code Act Draws First Amendment Warning
∟They’re waving the banner of saving your kids, but they’re slitting your throat to do it
∟California Digital ID Age Law Faces New Platform Appeal
∟Brazil Law Makes VPN Use an Aggravating Factor in Crimes as the First Lady Pushes For a Discord Ban
∟France Couldn’t Protect the Data it Already Had
∟Report: British Groups Push Age Verification Bills in 21 US States
– Valve Warns Steam Machine Owners Their Personal Details May Have Been Stolen
∟PlayStation seems to be rolling out age verification for R18+ games in Australia
∟STONKS-9800 Dev Says Sony Terminated PlayStation Agreement Without Explanation
∟This is what the all digital future holds
∟STONKS-9800 developer regains access to PlayStation account
∟PlayStation sent out an email acknowledging users have agreed to their updated terms
∟Except that nobody accepted anything…
∟These emails effectively tell you that you will own nothing
∟Their exact terms
∟Sony Patents AI-Controlled Fake PlayStation Accounts to Catch Scammers & Predators
∟Sony CEO Reveals PlayStation 6 Release Date Is Undecided
∟GTA 6 gameplay, map, radio, and cutscene leaked ahead of Netflix Extended Look
∟GTA 6 gets another gameplay leak ahead of Netflix’s official reveal
∟Breakdown of the leaks
∟The leaker has the full game
∟GTA 6 Leaker Threatens Rockstar’s Digital Future, Saying He Will Not Stop Until Rockstar Issues a Statement
∟Not all heroes wear capes
∟Standing up for your rights should not be a radical position
∟CyberLeek is a modern day Robin Hood
∟The leaks have done serious damage to their bottom line
∟Karma’s a bitch
∟The demands are comically similar to the Joker’s
∟US Army Battalion Offers Time Off Incentive for Soldiers to Play Grand Theft Auto VI
∟GTA 6 May Have Paid Subscription Service
∟The fighting words are getting increasingly stern
∟Let’s send them a message
– Pickups
– Bricks & Minifigs Reaches Settlement With Mansell Family
– Until Dawn And Kingdom Hearts Star Hayden Panettiere Has Died At 36
∟HAYDEN PANETTIERE Tells Her Truth For The First Time Ever (Custody, Addiction, Fame, Hollywood)
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
– Tenchi Galaxy Anime Pilot
– Classic Disney DuckTales Comic Book Adventures Return!
Convention news:
– 7-year-old boy left behind on Mt. Fuji by his own dad
Live-Action Anime news:
– Please Save My Earth Manga Gets Live-Action Drama in 2027
Streaming news:
– LEGO ONE PIECE Shares Main Trailer, Visual
– Golden Axe Animated Series Trailer Predictably Hated
∟YouTube is Adding Peacock at No Charge to Premium Subscribers
– Yani Neko Pulled From Streaming in Hong Kong for Violating Anti-Smoking Law
∟Yani Neko Pulled From Nearly Every Taiwan Stream Service as Censorship Feared
– Pokémon Center Refuses Entry to Nuisance Streamer After Staff Allegedly Recognize Him
Theater Release news:
– One Piece Announces 2 New Anime Films
– AKIRA 4K and IMAX Re-Release Tickets Now on Sale
– The Irregular at Magic High School THE MOVIE -Yotsuba Succession Arc- Releases in the United States, Canada in November 2026
– GKIDS Acquires North American Rights to “VAMPIRE HUNTER D: BLOODLUST”
∟Sevakis says to get a replacement blu-ray if they do one
∟Urban Vision was denied access to the Japanese Audio
∟So was Discotek
∟How does it stack up to the UK discs?
∟They’re the same discs
Series news:
Anime:
– Saijaku na Boku wa “Kabenuke Bug” de Nariagaru Anime Broadcasts in 2027
– Original Anime Maiden Blood Teases 2027 Premiere in Trailer, Visual
– A Pen, Handcuffs, and a Common-Law Marriage Anime Shares Teaser Trailer and Visual Confirming January 2027 Premiere
– GROTESQQQUE Anthology Anime Film Releases Trailer for 1st Part
– THE ONE PIECE Anime Unveils Key Visual
– Overgeared Anime Reveals Premiere Date, New Trailer and Key Visual
– Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Anime Trailer Reveals October 20 Premiere Date
– Gundam Creator: “Modern Anime & Movies Have Forgotten the Basics of Storytelling”
– Kadokawa’s Anime Business Posts $4.1 Million Loss Despite Various Hits
∟Re:ZERO creator came over Rui’s voice
∟Okay, not really
∟Here’s how it got translated that way
– The Japanese government is ending its Cool Japan Fund program
∟ADV Court Documents Reveal Amounts Paid for 29 Anime Titles
∟ADV v. ARM: A Tale of Two Anime Companies
∟Funimation Sues A.D. Vision, Sentai, Others for US$8 Million
∟Cool Japan Fund Invests US$30 Million in Sentai Holdings
Manga:
– Scholastic Partners with Tezuka Productions for 5 New Series Reimaginings
Games:
– Giantess Playground Developer Says Former Partner Released Steam Version Without Permission
– Nintendo Targets 400+ Switch Emulator Repositories in Massive GitHub Purge
∟Nintendo continues to battle the Switch Emulation Hydra
– Blue Archive Permanently Bans More Than 122,000 Players in Massive Cheating Crackdown
– Polygon Whines About Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave’s Straight Males
– Twitter Users Concerned for Stellar Blade as Shift Up Recruits “DEI Specialist”
– New World of Warcraft Patch Stealthily Changes Undead “Rude” Animation
– New Fortnite Skin Leaving Many Speechless as Sexiness Returns to Gaming
– Brown Dust 2 Hires Former Last Origin Producer Known for “Pushing the Limits” of Fanservice
– Report: Resident Evil Veronica and Resident Evil 0 remake casts surface
– Silent Hill: Townfall gets 18+ minute block of gameplay
∟The comments are legendary
∟Especially this one
∟It seems the original Silent Hill team members might be making a new installment
– Preorders for Silent Hill: The Short Message end today
∟The founder of Limited Run Games signed it
∟Get it here
Release news:
– Hajime no Ippo: Fighting Spirit! Manga Gets English Print Release from Kodansha
– The announcements were made at Seven Seas’ Anime NYC 2026 panel
– WTK’s account was hacked
∟As you can see
∟People are pissed
– Discotek is now using DoorDash to deliver packages
∟Confirmed by Sevakis, himself
– Walmart Exclusive Speed Racer
– Sentai Filmworks
∟MediaOCD
– Turns out they did actually lock their store behind a paywall
∟People noticed Crunchyroll started removing blu-rays
∟They also removed all manga and figures
∟Crunchyroll’s horrible new store
∟The Apothecary Diaries – Season 2
∟The Apothecary Diaries – Season 2 – Steelbook
∟Overlord – Season 4 – Steelbook
∟My Dress Up Darling – Season 1 – Steelbook
∟Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid – Season 1 – Steelbook
∟Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S – Season 2 – Steelbook
∟JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death – The Movie
∟Crunchyroll Exclusive Chainsaw Man Collection Officially Drops August 25
∟The Curated Mega Fan Experience is Here
∟Meanwhile, people are still underwhelmed by the swag
∟People need to ask the crowd if they got a deal
∟And the service they are paying for is shit
∟Promo codes don’t even work
∟People have had enough
Random Merch news:
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Universal Studios Japan partners with manga horror master Junji Ito’s Tomie
– Anime fans can now wear a Seiko watch inspired by Japan’s One Piece Shinkansen
– These Japanese contact lenses let you put anime characters on your eyes
– Pokémon and Polaroid reveal collaboration with adorable Pikachu and Eeveelution camera and film
– Original Character Sophia F. Shirring Makes Quite the Cute Bunny Magician
– Mushoku Tensei’s Eris Looking Quite Chiseled in New Figure
– My Hero Academia Anime Reveals Class 1-A Figures for 10th Anniversary
– Burger King Japan brings back its insane all-you-can-eat One Pounder Challenge
Misc news:
– Police in Osaka file charges against resident for serial pigeon/crow feeding
∟Man Charged in Osaka for Feeding Pigeons & Crows After Ignoring City Orders for Years
– Foreign resident of Japan arrested after spraying bear repellant inside post office
– Woman Injured by Stray Bullet During Monkey Control Operation in Japan
– Woman Arrested After Allegedly Attacking Relative With Chainsaw in Japan