Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– Nearly 20% of Japanese College Students Don’t Want Kids
– Japanese university globalizes with fall start date, governor wants English as official language
– China: ‘Cure LGBTQ People by Hitting Them!’
– Nippon TV, Shogakukan Respond to Sexy Tanaka-san Mangaka Suicide
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Support us Further
– Tenga
∟Pleasure just got more affordable!
– Pickups
– Hitoshi Matsumoto Defamation Lawsuit Hearing Set for March 28
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG
– Suikoden & Eiyuden Chronicle Creator Yoshitaka Murayama Dies at 55
∟Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
∟Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising
Convention news:
– Japanese women lift skirts, flash ocean to attract lots of fish at annual ceremony
Streaming news:
– ‘X-Men ’97’ Showrunner Confirms Disney Plus Series Will Portray Morph As “Nonbinary”
∟Writer and producer of X-Men ’97 is an NPC
∟Wants Batman to be black
∟It doesn’t come as a surprise
∟X They/Them
∟When the first thing you hear about something is how diverse it is, you know it sucks
∟They also nerfed Rogue’s ass
∟Fanboys mourn
∟Rejoice for high fidelity ass
– Three men arrested after accidentally livestreaming own crime for 90 minutes
Series news:
Anime:
– Rent-a-Girlfriend Manga Creator’s Latest Series ‘The Shiunji Family Children’ Gets TV Anime
– The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess Isekai Fantasy Manga Gets TV Anime
– Children’s Educational Manhwa Survival Gets TV Anime Adaptation
– Murai in Love Anime Sets Fall 2024 Premiere with New Visual, Trailer
– Gridman Universe Takarada Rikka Futomomo Too Overwhelming
– Lovely☆Complex dub localizer openly mocks it
∟JelloApocalypse’s Patreon confession
∟Hayden Daviau was the actor who was deported
∟They claim to be trans
∟MyAnimeList describes Seiko as born in the wrong body
∟“Oz” is Siv Ryan
∟Example of Oz’s voice in KagekiShojo
∟Nobuko is the one grabbing her tits in the intro
∟The call it the trans-iest dub
∟I couldn’t help but think of this
∟She still refers to him as he
∟The “I know better than the writer” mentality needs to end
∟They admit they aren’t supposed to advertise the changes
∟Crunchyroll allegedly avoids inserting terms that will offend
∟It is unreasonable to hire someone that hates the source material
∟Sevakis released an official statement for Discotek
∟Sound Cadence released their own statement
∟David Miranda suggests no one is out to ruin your favorite shows
∟They put in 100% for every show
∟Sabotaging the original work is completely unacceptable
∟The majority of claims were lies
∟Shaybs reiterates that all anime deserve respect
∟Brady Hartel recalls a finished show that has been waiting on approval for 8 months
∟It is a good thing they’re committed to accurate subs
∟Except they changed the subs in Kashimashi
∟Sevakis is liking Tweets from localizers complaining about fans
∟Examples of the dub on disc
∟Sevakis deleted the tweet
∟People asked why
∟Sevakis claims they were asked to
∟Sevakis points to Discotek’s history of not censoring
∟Sevakis says it was her favorite shoe
∟The bus line wasn’t cut
∟Packer Girl calls for the show to be redubbed
∟Vtuber questions David Miranda’s thread
∟He failed to change what he set out to
∟Jello was exaggerating
∟If he was lying, why wasn’t it mentioned in the original post
∟They worked on it over a year ago
∟So why didn’t they update the statement or wait to make one?
∟The only feedback that mattered
– Ghost Stories was super successful, actually
Manga:
– ‘Hajime No Ippo’ Mangaka George Morikawa Speaks Out Against Adaptations Making Changes To Source Material: “The Author Is Absolute”
– Makoto Ojiro Launches New ‘Hoshino-kun, Shitagatte!’ Manga
Games:
– Kadokawa Corporation Acquires Developer Acquire
– ‘Tomb Raider’ Remasters Will Remain Uncensored, Instead Feature Performative Disclaimer Condemning “Harmful Impact” Of Original Games
∟Despite Promise Games Would Appear In Their “Original Form”, ‘Tomb Raider I-III Remastered’ Censors Risqué Graphic Found On Pierre’s Jacket
Release news:
– Right Stuf
– Spain gets Monster: Complete Series Blue-ray/DVD LE
– Justin Sevakis’ Video Production Company MediaOCD Acquires AnimEigo
∟A formal statement from MediaOCD
∟Robert J. Woodhead’s announcement
∟Justin Sevakis says Robert J. Woodhead has 1-2 more Kickstarters in the works
Random Merch news:
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Crunchyroll partnered with Playboy for some reason
∟The whole collection
∟Rhys calls out their double standards
Misc news:
– Delta Flight Turns Back After Maggots Fall on Passengers
∟Wiggly Maggots Fall On Delta Passenger From Overhead Bin