Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com
– J-Rock Band ALI Suspends Activities After Arrest of Now-Former Drummer
– Japanese government to ease prohibition of cannabis-derived medicines
– Is ramune another COVID-19 casualty? Iconic Japanese soda faces plummeting sales
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
– Metal Skin Panic: MADOX-01 Unobtanium Edition
– Original 2D Anime Project NINJAXIS Seeks Crowdfunding Support
– Crowdfunding Campaign for Show By Rock!! Live-action MV Project Reaches 500% of Goal
Convention news:
– Anime Expo Lite Registration Opens with $5 Paid Ticket Proceeds Going to Charity
Live-Action Anime news:
– Everyday Romance Manga Ukiwa Gets Live-Action TV Drama Adaptation
– Japanese fans make landslide pick for next anime they want a Hollywood adaptation of
Streaming news:
– Durarara, Silver Spoon and More Are Leaving Crunchyroll
– Crunchyroll Adds Kekkaishi Anime To Catalog
– Netflix’s Original Anime Eden Releases New Trailers for Its Worldwide Premiere on May 27
– Netflix Helms New 3DCG Ultraman Film
– Sunrise & Asobisystem’s Original Web Anime ArtisWitch Starts Streaming on May 28
– Yokohama Police to give up search for 12-foot python, YouTubers picking up slack
Theater Release news:
– Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Continues Its Worldwide Box Office Domination
– Hayao Miyazaki considers Demon Slayer his rival, Studio Ghibli producer says
– Studio Ghibli helped create final Evangelion movie, since no one else had the right machine
– Eva studio receiving threatening fan comments, will report offenders even outside Japan
– Mamoru Hosoda’s BELLE Movie Announces July 16 Release, Voice Cast
– Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway Anime Film Hit With Another Delay
– Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon Releases on July 30
Series news:
Anime:
– Komi Can’t Communicate Writes in TV Anime Adaptation for October 2021
∟Komi-san wa Komyushou desu Finally Getting Anime Adaptation
– Aquarium Workers Gather in Aquatope of White Sand TV Anime Visual
– New Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution Anime Film Gets Theme From Hentai Shinshi Club
– Heroines Protect the Racetrack in Hairpin Double Short Form Anime
– Isekai Comedy Manga “Fantasy Bishoujo Juniku Ojisan to” Gets Anime Adaptation
– Original Traveling Anime Project TabiHani Goes into Production
– Artist JUN INAGAWA Spearheads Magical Girl Destroyers Anime Project
– That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 2 Announces July 6 Return
– Director Shingo Natsume’s Original TV Anime ‘Sonny Boy’ Premieres July 15
– Accursed Affection Blossoms in The Duke of Death and His Maid TV Anime Trailer
– BPO Complaint Takes Offense at the Currently Airing Hige o Soru
Manga:
– Tokyo Revengers Manga Punches Through 14.5 Million Copy Print Run
– Spy x Family Manga Comes Out of the Cold With 10 Million Copies Printed and Sold
– Tokyo Ghoul Creator Sui Ishida Launches New Manga Series Choujin X
– Gundam Thunderbolt Author Works on Fang of the Sun: Dougram Manga Adaptation
– Pierrot Launches New Project ALL RUSH!! to Show the Backstage of Animation Production
– Power Girl Co-Creator Labels Manga as “Sexist & Misogynistic”
Games:
– Senki Zesshou Symphogear XD Diving Into Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei
– Game Center CX Can Now Cover PS2, GameCube & Gameboy Advance Games
– Life-size Resident Evil Village tall vampire lady standee may be her most terrifying form yet
– Frankenstein’s Army Director “Resident Evil Village Stole My Monster Designs!”
– Disgruntled Man Stabs Younger Brother Over Loudness While Playing Games
Release news:
– Kodansha, Shogakukan, Shueisha Team Up to Start A.I. Driven Distribution Company
– The Fantastic True Story of How Project A-ko Was Lost and Found
– Right Stuf
– Brain-breaking photos from a super otaku’s birthday shrine to her favorite anime character
Random Merch news:
– Brew up Gundam-Strength Tea in a Zaku Head Kettle
– Final Fantasy XIV Crystarium Lego Block City Exquisitely Impressive
– Japanese masturbatory aid Tenga creates tissue-dispensing hat for…various purposes
– Tokyo shop selling ultra-rare Magic: The Gathering card for eight-figure price
– Wal-Mart Allegedly Suspending Trading Card Game Sales
∟Target Stores To Halt Sales Of All Trading Cards From May 14th Forward
∟Pokémon Centers won’t sell new Pokémon cards in-store, but will it stop scalpers?
– Go Beyond the Wall and Enjoy Some Limited-Edition Attack on Titan Sake
– EVANGELION:WORLD Attraction at Fuji Q Highland Shuts Down After 11 Years
– Has Shinjuku’s Robot Restaurant closed permanently?
– Fish-and-Evangelion-inspired oxygen enema treatment developed by Japanese researchers
– Retailer a contender for “Worst Ad Campaign Ever” title after Black Friday rape gaffe
– How a samurai’s quest for revenge created one of Tokyo’s best cafes, and it’s still open
Misc news:
– The time farting lead to murder and the fall of one of Japan’s great samurai clans
– Police alerted to middle-aged man who asked woman to play catch in the park
– Takamatsu man arrested for car-bombing person whose parking method he disapproved of
– Police arrest teen for having knife 2mm too long, released because type of knife mistaken
– Old Man “Doesn’t Recollect” Exposing Genitals to Woman on Train for 10 Minutes
– 14-Year-Old Plunges Crayfish Into Own Anus to “Preserve It”
– Strange job ad asks to “deliver a pork-egg onigiri” from Okinawa to Tokyo twice per day
– 7-Eleven to build 7-Eleven in parking lot of another 7-Eleven
∟7-Eleven in parking lot of other 7-Eleven opens for business in Japan
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