Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– Why Ogy left the OCA Podcast (According to Ogy)
   ∟AC’s Pregnancy Announcement

– Demon Slayer’s Zenitsu VA Hiro Shimono Returns to Work After Having COVID-19

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Girl and Past | Anime Short Film
– Pre-order ROBOT MONSTER on 3-D Blu-ray and DVD!

Convention news:

– Anime Expo Confirms Return to Live Conventions for 2022

Live-Action Anime news:

– Hollywood Live-Action Your Name Adaptation Loses Director
– The Last of Us HBO Show May Have Greater Budget Than Game of Thrones
– U.S.-produced Netflix Pokémon live-action series reportedly on the way
   ∟Variety: Netflix Catches New Live-Action Pokémon Series

Streaming news:

– Evangelion 3.0+1.01 Launches on Amazon Prime Video in Japan Same Day as Around the World
– Platinum End Anime is Coming to Crunchyroll!
– HiDive Acquires LaidBackers Anime Film
– Ishida and Asakura (dub & sub) is streaming on Amazon Prime Video
– Crunchyroll and Adult Swim Reveal New BLADE RUNNER: BLACK LOTUS Trailer and Key Visual
   ∟Blade Runner: Black Lotus 3D CG Anime Trailer Criticized
– Funimation Announces Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc Simulcast
– Baki Fights on in Baki: Son of Ogre Anime Creditless Opening
– HIDIVE to Stream “See-Through” Version of Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory
– Comikey Media Licenses Eight Shogakukan Manga Series

Theater Release news:

– Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Anime Film Finishes Its Run in Japan With a Whopping 10.22 Billion Yen
   ∟Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Moves up to 35th Highest Grossing Film in Japan of All-Time
– Japan Box Office: BELLE Makes Its Impressive No.1 Debut with 890 Million Yen
   ∟Japan Box Office: BELLE Repeats at No.1 with Strong 523 Million Yen
– Gintama THE VERY FINAL Hits North American Theaters This November
– Knights of Sidonia Anime Film Heads to North American Theaters
– Science SARU’s Film Inu-Oh Announces Lead Cast, Drops Trailer
– The Prince of Tennis New 3DCG Film’s Full Trailer Shows New Level of Tennis Battle
– Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero character concepts revealed at SDCC 2021
   ∟Promo Video

Series news:

Anime:
– Space Aged Vampire TV Anime ‘Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu’ Begins October 2021
– Step-Sibling Light Novel ‘Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Moto Kano Datta’ Receives Anime Project
– 1st Uncle From Another World TV Anime Key Visual Reveals the Power of Coma-Gaming
– Sentai Shares Vinland Saga English Dub Preview, Reveals Full Cast
– Vinland Saga TV Anime Director Confirms S2 Will Have ‘Almost the Same’ Staff
– “Swastika” Censored in Tokyo Revengers Anime for the West
Manga:
– Tokyo Revengers Manga Drives Past 32 Million Copies Printed
– NEW GAME! Manga Goes Game Over Next Month with Final Chapter
– Golden Kamuy Manga Searches for Gold in Final Story Arc
– Future of the Berserk Series Currently Undecided
– KAGUYA-SAMA Creator Redraws Film Poster in Manga Style for Tie-In Book
– Junji Ito Wins Big at Eisner Awards 2021 for Two Separate Manga Series
– Demon Slayer Manga Wins Grand Prize in The 50th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards
– Black Lagoon Manga Creator Comments on Serialization: ‘My Depression Hasn’t Gone Away’
   ∟ブラック・ラグーン (12) Comic – August 19, 2021
   ∟List of Black Lagoon chapters
– Kadokawa President Reveals Manga Rarely Reviewed by Apple and Google Due to Sexual Content
   ∟Kadokawa Apologize for President’s Pro-Censorship Manga Comments; Returns Portion of Salary
   ∟KADOKAWA President “Regrets” Remark Concerning Manga Censorship
Games:
– Fatal Frame: Maiden of the Black Water Has Atelier Ryza Pre-Order Bonus
   ∟Certain Wii U Costumes Not Returning in Fatal Frame: Maiden of the Black Water
– One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows to End Multiplayer Service in February 2022
– The IdolMaster: Shiny Colors Changes Swimsuit Designs After Plagiarism Accusations
– Uma Musume Kowtows to China by Removing Taiwan, Japan Flags From Horse Girl
– Activision Blizzard Sued Over Alleged Sexual Harassment to Females & Inequality
   ∟World of Warcraft Will Censor Content Due to Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
– Muv-Luv: Project Mikhail Altering Character Designs: “This Game Is For the Whole World”
– Genshin Impact to Add Playable Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn
– Latest Digimon Survive Delay Pushes the Game into 2022
– Nintendo Directly Responds To ‘Switch Pro’ Rumors And Switch OLED Profit Margin Estimates

Release news:

– Kyoto Animation’s MUNTO TV Anime and Film Gets 1st Blu-Ray Box
– Dark Horse Debuts Cat + Gamer Manga in English in 2022
– 1937 Novel That Inspired Miyazaki’s Next Movie is Coming Out in English
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Resident Evil Protagonist Perfume Reeks of Nervous Sweat & Horror
– Get Your Own Butterfly Mansion Pajamas and Nap Like a Demon Slayer
– Eva Units 1 and 2 Get Crabby With These New Crayfish Figures
– Get this molting crab plushie from Felissimo for the sea creature fan in your life
– Good Smile Previews Utterly Breathtaking US$500 Cardcaptor Sakura Figure from CLAMP
– Crunchyroll Teams Up with Otaku Lamps for Official Anime LED Lamps!
– Gundam Manhole Project launches, brings awesome anime art to series creator’s hometown
– Who’s ready to make poop cakes with this Japanese cooking gadget?
– Rimuru Takes Over NYC with Massive Hand-Painted Slime Mural

Misc news:

– Excessive dog pee to blame for traffic light collapse, Japanese police think

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– Three people become first arrested in Japan for posting 10-minute movie recap on YouTube
– Clifford Godzilla parody

– Vic Mignogna Court Case
   ∟Rekieta’s interview with Vic Mignogna
   ∟Ron Toye has found something other than Vic to bitch about on Twitter

– Search is on for COVID-19 patient who escaped out a sixth-floor window of Osaka hotel

– Lawmaker apologizes for comment about consensual sex between adult and 14-yr-old
– Japan minister says necessary to ‘wake up’ to protect Taiwan

Live-Action Anime news:

– Photo of Yusuke for Netflix Live Action Yu Yu Hakusho Allegedly Revealed
– Western Live Action Made in Abyss Film Coming

Streaming news:

– Netflix announces Make My Day
– The Rising of the Shield Hero Light Novel Gets Audiobook

Theater Release news:

– Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya: Licht – The Nameless Girl Gets August 27th Release Date
   ∟New Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya Movie Valiantly Saving the World
– ‘Final’ Evangelion Anime Film Moves up to 9th on All-Time JP Anime Box Office Chart
– Japan Box Office: Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway Surpasses Char’s Counterattack
– Gintama THE VERY FINAL Anime Film Heads to North American Theaters
– MAPPA Announces New Mari Okada Directed Film ‘Alice to Tres no Maboroshi Kojo’

Series news:

Anime:
– Fruits Basket Anime Spinoff Announced for 2022
– Chainsaw Man Looking to Shred Everything Into a Red Haze
Manga:
– Chainsaw Man Manga Cuts Through 11 Million Copies Printed and Sold
– Hensuki Novel Posts A Special CM to Celebrate Reaching One Million Copies
– Kakegurui Writer’s Isekai-Hero-Killing Manga Canceled After First Chapter
∟Isekai Tenseisha Koroshi Canned For “Degrading Other Isekai Works”
Games:
– The Paralympics’ first official video game becomes an entirely new breed of sports game
– Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Mei × Steins;Gate
– Sony Wants to Sell 22.6 Million PlayStation 5’s Next Year, More Than the PS2 at Its Peak
– Walking Dead rips off Resident Evil 2

Release news:

– ODDTAXI Anime Needs Fans’ Support for Blu-ray Box Release
– Anohana Anime Gets Its First and Last Blu-ray Box for 10th Anniversary
∟Anohana Director Teases Possible Sequel During 10th Anniversary Talks
– The Ultraman: The Complete Series
– Goblin Slayer Steelbook
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Junji Ito Illustrates Short Manga for Japanese Screening of The Lighthouse
– Chinese criminal’s Yu-Gi-Oh card reaches astronomical price before auction is shut down
– Bury your face in this Pokémon’s butt for the softest, soundest, and weirdest nap ever
– Give your cat culture and class with a beautiful ukiyo-e painting that’s also a scratching post
– Japanese art has never looked quite as beautiful as when it’s made out of Japanese beef

Misc news:

– CIA Keeps Database of ‘Japanese Style Faces’ to Use on Online Forums
– OnlyFans Seeks New Funding at Valuation Above $1 Billion
– Real life doesn’t work like anime – Tokyo man arrested after letting schoolgirl live with him
– Busy morning in Sapporo as bear attacks coincide with naked man walking around town
– Yamagata kids on way to school accidentally say “good morning” to wild bear
– Spaniard Handed 15 Years Imprisonment for Murdering & Eating Mother
– Japanese man deported for eating cats

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Bubblegum Crisis Ultimate Edition Blu-Ray Set
– CHIKA*CHIKA IDOL directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori
– CLANNAD Official English Release
– Coluboccoro
– The Vision of Escaflowne: A New HD Dub for the Classic Anime
– Implosion: ZERO_DAY
– Kodomo No Jikan ~ A Child’s Time
– Little Witch Academia 2
– Mai Mai Miracle
– MECHA-UDE: Japanese Animation
– MIND GAME
– Otaku no Video Otaking Edition Subtitled Anime Blu-Ray
– Riding Bean High Octane Edition Anime Blu-ray
– Santa Company
– Skip Beat! Official North American Release
– Tohoku Zunko Animation “Zunda Horizon” Production Project
– Under the Dog

Series news:

Anime:
– Leijiverse timeline
   ∟FDDNM’s Leiji Matsumoto document

– TMS Entertainment title list

Release news:

– Captain Harlock: Arcadia of My Youth remaster comparison
– Discotek to Release Kaiba, Galaxy Express 999, Adieu Galaxy Express 999, Hells on Blu-ray
– Discotek Licenses Soul Link, 3 Project A-Ko Sequels
– Right Stuf

Misc news:

– Christopher R. SABAT roles
– Lex LANG roles

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– Love Live! Superstar!!’s Nako Misaki Tests Positive For COVID-19
– Tokyo, Osaka to Come Out of State of Emergency as Cases Rise and Olympics Loom
– Japan Will Begin Issuing “Vaccine Passports” Starting in July
– Tokyo Olympics to allow spectators, provided they “cheer quietly”
– Please drink alone in your room and don’t have sex, Tokyo Olympics tells athletes

– Wolf Boy Ken, Sally the Witch Composer Asei Kobayashi Passes Away Aged 88

– Voice Actor Koichi Yamadera and Talent Okada Robin Shoko Announce Marriage
   ∟Anime voice actor star of Cowboy Bebop marries former idol less than half his age

– ‘Prepare for War,’ China Military Warns in New Propaganda Poster for Taiwan

– Source Images of Pokémon Card Backgrounds
   ∟The most overused game graphic you never noticed | Texture Archaeology

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Classic Valis Games Line Up Crowdfunding for Switch Release

Convention news:

– Lucasfilm & Anime Expo Lite Announce STAR WARS: VISIONS Panel

Live-Action Anime news:

– Rurouni Kenshin Live-action Film’s “Final Chapter” Surpasses 5 Billion Yen at Box Office

Streaming news:

– Sgt. Frog Anime Leaps to the Crunchyroll Catalog Today
– Crunchyroll Adds The Saga of Tanya the Evil: Operation Desert Pasta To Catalog
– Boys’ Love Anime Film The Stranger by the Shore Heads to Funimation
– BEASTARS Season 2 Makes Netflix Debut on July 15
– Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop Anime Film Hits Netflix on July 22
– Thermae Romae Novae Anime Reveals Teaser Visual and Main Staff
– Carole & Tuesday Director Helms Anime Adaptation of Mark Millar’s Super Crooks
– CLAMP, WIT STUDIO, Netflix Team Up for New Anime Based on Brothers Grimm
– Netflix Announces Bright: Samurai Soul
– Record Of Ragnarok Anime Denied Release on Netflix in India
– Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory to Get 3 Different Versions on July 14
– Crunchyroll and Adult Swim Reveal Fena: Pirate Princess Trailer, Main Staff, and More
– Digital Manga Service Azuki Announces June 28 Global Launch
– Interspecies Reviewers yeeted off Anime Lab

Theater Release news:

– Newest BELLE Trailer Confirms US Theatrical Release Set For Winter 2021
– Funimation Plans Josee, the Tiger and the Fish Anime Film Screenings for North America
– ‘Final’ Evangelion Anime Film Weekend Jumps Over 900% Over Previous in Japan
   ∟Evangelion 3.0+1.0 10th Highest-Grossing in Japan With 9.33 Billion Yen at Box Office
– Japan Box Office: Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway Surpasses One Billion Yen Mark
– Studio Ghibli’s Earwig and the Witch Gets New Theatrical Release Date for Japan
– JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 Anime Film Reveals December 24 Premiere With New Visual
– Heroes Get Some Hand-On Training in New My Hero Academia Visual for Upcoming Arc
   ∟World Heroes Mission Theatergoers to Receive Bonus Booklet including New Manga

Series news:

Anime:
– Junji Ito’s Uzumaki Anime Adaptation Pushed to Next Year
– Shingo Natsume’s Sonny Boy Anime Reveals New Key Visual, Promo
– Teens Take Back Reality in D_CIDE TRAUMEREI THE ANIMATION Trailer
– Rusted Armors Anime Project Reveals First Character Visual
– Let’s Make a Mug Too Anime Fires Up Second Season This October
– Sho Harusono’s Boys Love Manga Sasaki and Miyano Gets Anime by Studio DEEN in 2022
– Saga of Tanya the Evil TV Anime Continues to March on in Season 2
– Cooking with Valkyries Anime Returns for Its 2nd Season on July 18
– Banished from the Heroes’ Party TV Anime Reveals More Companions
– Demon Lord Shrinks Down in The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! Character Settings
   ∟VTubers Aqua, Subaru, and Nene Sing ED for The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!
– Vampire Rock Anime Visual Prison Unveils New Art and Crew
– Final Fantasy IX Being Developed As Animated Series By Square-Enix And French Studio
– Hotondoshindeiru’s Uncle from Another World Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation
– Grab the tissues: Preteens and teens pick the anime that makes them cry the most
– Mentally Ill K-Pop Cultists Attack Hero Academia Twitter Account
Manga:
– Kaiju No. 8 Manga Has Passed an Impressive 3 Million Copies Printed and Sold
– Tokyo Revengers Manga Gets Around Town With 20 Million Copy Print Run
– Superman to star in upcoming gourmet manga series
Games:
– Isekai Quartet Kadokawa Crossover Anime Gets a Cute Side-Scrolling Platformer
– Mushihimesama, One of the Best Bullet Hell Shooters, is Now on Switch
– Nintendo Announces First New 2D Metroid Game in 19 Years, Metroid Dread
– Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! Expansion Adds More Horrifying Content
– Tekken’s Kazuya Mishima Joins Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Roster
– Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sequel Gets Gameplay Trailer, Planned 2022 Release
– Pokémon GO Developer Niantic Reveals Transformers Mobile Game
– Guilty Gear -Strive- Censors Mention of Taiwan, Uighur From In-Game Lore
– War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Censors Cleavage & Thighs
– Take-Two Interactive Uses E3 Panel to Talk About Diversity & Inclusion Instead of Games
– Space Jam 2 is getting a video game tie-inSpace Jam 2 is getting a video game tie-in

Release news:

– VIZ Media Licenses Record of Ragnarok Manga for Fall 2021
– Funimation Announces Robotech Streaming and Home Video Launch
– Remastered Evangelion 3.333 Anime Film Gets 4K Blu-Ray Release in August
– Right Stuf
– Rhys2753 is a hero
   ∟Speaking up gets results!
– The Woman Called Fujiko Mine audio mixdown
– Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Tops 2021 Physical Release Charts On 1st Day
   ∟Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Film Sells Over 1 Million Copies on Home Video in 3 Days

Random Merch news:

– Yokohama’s Walking Gundam Recreated as 1/48-Scale Light-Up Bust
   ∟New Chogokin Figure Brings Yokohama’s Walking Gundam to You
– Computer Hardware Manufacturer ASUS Launches Gundam Tie-In For Sale In The US
– Mario kimono, Bowser underwear part of gigantic Nintendo/Japanese fashion brand collab
– Carry Your Own Nezuko in This New Demon Slayer Luggage
– $1,000 Yu-Gi-Oh! Blue-Eyes White Dragon Cards Sell Out Immediately
– Now you can fractionally own Pokémon cards
– Japanese NPO Opens New ‘Reiwa’ Tokiwa-so Complex for Budding Manga Artists
– Style Hard With Officially Licensed Very Limited Version Of Kaneda’s Jacket From Akira

Misc news:

– Cardboard cosplayer makes amazing costumes of mecha…and star of Lethal Weapon?!?
– Anti-selfie tech? Government pleads with cellphone carriers to curb inappropriate photos
– Man stealing uniform from school caught by mysterious man in restroom in middle of night
– Restaurant worker putting pubes on curry heralds return of baito-terror
– Busy morning in Sapporo as bear attacks coincide with naked man walking around town
– Yamagata kids on way to school accidentally say “good morning” to wild bear
– Spaniard Handed 15 Years Imprisonment for Murdering & Eating Mother
– Japanese man deported for eating cats

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
   ∟

– Woman Arrested for Sending Arson Threat to WIT Studio

– Macross Mechanical Designer Kazutaka Miyatake Recovering After House Fire
   ∟Macross Mechanical Designer Discharged From Hospital After House Fire
– Asian-American Voice Actors Question Why White A-List Stars Are Still Voicing Anime

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Metal Skin Panic: MADOX-01 Unobtanium Edition
– REVENGE OF THE SHOGUN WOMEN on 3-D Blu-ray!
– The Girl from the Other Side – feature-length animation
– Penguindrum Crowdfunding Campaign Ends With 1,051% of Funds Raised
– Japan’s First Ninja Online Academy
– Mitaka City to Begin Donation Drive to Support the Ghibli Museum
   ∟Airships and Magic Lanterns Light up Ghibli Expo’s Final Run

Live-Action Anime news:

– Live-Action Powerpuff Girls Script Allegedly Leaked, Full of Sex, Memes and “Humor”

Streaming news:

– Inuyasha creator Rumiko Takahashi joins Twitter, wants fans to ask her questions
   ∟Legendary Manga Creator Rumiko Takahashi Opens Staff-Led Twitter Account
– Slam Dunk Scholarship Special Movie Aired at B.LEAGUE FINALS Game on Sunday
– Netflix Hiring Executive for Push Into Game Market

Theater Release news:

– Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Anime Film Takes Home Prestigious Fujimoto Award
– Mugen Train Drops Out of Japanese Box Office Top 10 for 1st Time Since October
– Deku, Bakugo, Todoroki Surpass The Best in New World Heroes Mission Anime Film Visual
– Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway Anime Film Delayed Again, This Time to June 11
– Children of the Sea Heads to Theaters in North America This Month
   ∟Plus others

Series news:

Anime:
– Lupin the Third PART 6 TV Anime Takes on The UK This October
– Mobile Suit Gundam SEED New Project to be Launched in Monthly Gundam Ace Issue
   ∟Gundam SEED Anime Film Sequel Kicks Off Production
– 2 New God Candidates and Their Partners Get Cast for Platinum End TV Anime
– Yugo Kobayashi’s Soccer Manga Aoashi Scores TV Anime in 2022
– Children’s Entertainment is Hell in Uramichi Oniisan TV Anime Trailer
– TV Anime Drugstore in Another World Teaser PV Announces July 7 Premiere Date
– Battle Gods Rumble in Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi TV Anime Trailer
– Record of Ragnarok Anime Premiere Date Announced With New Key Visual And Trailer
   ∟Shuumatsu no Valkyrie PV Pits Humanity’s Best Against Gods
– KADOKAWA Establishes 3DCG Animation and VFX Production Company Studio KADAN
Manga:
– Demon Slayer Dominates Oricon’s Mid-Year Manga and Light Novel Rankings
– Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Sells 50 Million Copies
Games:
– Roger Craig Smith to Continue Voicing Sonic in Upcoming Games
   ∟Next Sonic Game Announced, Sonic Colors Returns in Remastered Form
– Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Stuns With Visuals
– Smash Bros. Director Masahiro Sakurai Contemplating Early Retirement
   ∟Smash Bros. director Sakurai says he’s not retiring from video games…”probably”
– New Kansen × Shoujo Character Will Be Redesigned for “Similarity to Tales of Berseria”

Release news:

– Gundam SEED Ultra Edition Blu-ray replacement discs
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Talking Attack on Titan anime character robot vacuum promises to clean your “shitty” room
– Premium Bandai Launches Lottery For Gorgeous GGG Quattro Bajeena Figure
– Please take Olympic condoms back to your home and use them there, organizers say
– New hell found in Nagasaki, campaign to name it underway
– 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
– Naomi Osaka refuses to talk to reporters at next tennis tournament, doesn’t care about fines
   ∟Noami Osaka withdraws from French Open, discusses experiences with depression
– Japanese woman asks for advice on how to deal with smell of son’s corpse, gets arrested
   ∟Old Woman Arrested After Reporting Foul Stench Emanating From Son’s Corpse
– “Protect the Nation from NHK Party” becomes “Protect the Nation from Old Parties Party”
– Students rapidly losing interest in sumo teams because too “painful,” “scary,” and “naked”
– Saitama welfare official threatened into giving out executive-level-salary worth of benefits
– Crackdown on illegal maid cafes making maids a rarer sight on streets of Akihabara
– Cops in Japan use police box as shag shack, one goes on to have 2nd affair with other officer
   ∟Female Police Officer Resigns After Sex With Other Officers Exposed
– 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

– Parents Enraged Over School’s “Masturbation Videos for First Graders”

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– Japanese town builds 42-foot, 25 million-yen squid statue as coronavirus response plan

– 1965 letter from Stanley Kubrick to Osamu Tezuka

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Pre-order REVENGE OF THE SHOGUN WOMEN on 3-D Blu-ray!
– The Girl from the Other Side – feature-length animation
– Metal Skin Panic: MADOX-01 Unobtanium Edition

Convention news:

– Gamescom 2021 Event Going Online Once Again

Live-Action Anime news:

– Anime’s greatest pervert inspires all-female stage play with Takarazuka City Hunter

Streaming news:

– Sailor Moon Eternal Films Will Enchantingly Bless Netflix
– A Silent Voice currently scheduled to expire June 4 on Netflix
– Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series Hits Netflix Later This Year
– The Law of Ueki Anime Joins Crunchyroll’s Catalog Today

Theater Release news:

– Eva: 3.0+1.0 Finally Surpasses Shin Godzilla, Becoming Anno’s Highest-grossing Film
– Mugen Train Becomes the 1st Japanese Film to Make 50 Billion Yen at WW Box Office
– Demon Slayer Is Now the #1 Film From 2020 Worldwide
– Toei Animation Europe Briefly Lists New Dragon Ball Super Movie
∟New Dragon Ball Movie Announced by Original Creator Akira Toriyama

Series news:

Anime:
– Komi-san Anime Seemingly Confirmed by Weekly Shonen Sunday
– Battle Game in 5 Seconds TV Anime Gets 1st Trailer, Key Visual
– Heroes Face Their Darkest Hour in Seven Knights Revolution: Hero Successor “Climax” PV
– New Spriggan Anime Reveals 2nd Teaser Visual Introducing More Characters
– Saudi-Japanese Anime Film The Journey Premieres June 25
– Seasons 2 & 3 of Mushoku Tensei Rumored to Be in Production
– Overlord Reincarnates Into 4th TV Anime Season and Film
– ‘Stealth Suits’ Unveiled for Upcoming My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission Film
– In Yoshi Yoshi Magic, You’re a Child and Your Nannies Are All Hot Dudes
Manga:
– Golden Kamuy Manga Enters Climax
– Tokyo Revengers Manga Is Selling a Whopping 6.7 Times More Since the TV Anime Started
– Japanese fan artist kid redraws entire collected volume of Attack on Titan manga
– Spider-Man Artist Harassed Over Critiquing Twitter User’s “Fixing” of Their Cover
Games:
– Sony Files Patent That Allows Casuals to Consult Experts for Help in Real-Time
– Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Trailer Brimming With Nonstop Action
– Sega’s Yakuza Franchise Will Continue as an RPG
– Fortnite Rumors Suggest Upcoming Naruto & Metroid Skins
– Resident Evil Village Already Has Several Strange Mods
– Another Lewd Uma Musume Bug Flipping Skirts
– Animal Crossing Inducted into World Video Game Hall of Fame

Release news:

– Legend of the Galactic Heroes Premium Box Set Blu-ray is now sold out
– Holy Knight is getting a blu-ray
– Right Stuf
– The Fantastic True Story of How Project A-ko Was Lost and Found

Random Merch news:

– The World Ends With You Anime Drops 54-Track OST in June
– Studio Ghibli store now sells gorgeous cameo brooches of heroines like Kiki and Sophie
– Post Office to release commemorative Pokémon stamps based on original trading cards
– Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’s Ohmu Inspires Earrings, Rings
– Gucci and Crunchyroll Team Up for Special Bananya Collection
∟Gucci Collection
– EVANGELION:WORLD Attraction at Fuji Q Highland Shuts Down After 11 Years
– Is ramune another COVID-19 casualty? Iconic Japanese soda faces plummeting sales
– 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
– Osaka man finds stranger eating in his kitchen at night, stranger dies shortly after

AC’s Funhouse

– 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

Watch Club: