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OCA Podcast – 300: What Kind of Animal Cuts a Man’s Tongue?

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– Support us
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
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Tenga

Tsushima Island Shrine Bans Tourists After Gaijin Commit ‘Grave & Unforgivable Act’
   Details on the sorts of trouble people are getting into
      Real-life Ghost of Tsushima shrine announces ban of all “tourists,” but there’s some fine print

Pickups

OpenAI CEO Responds to ChatGPT Users Creating Studio Ghibli-Style AI Images
   Hayao Miyazaki’s thoughts on an artificial intelligence
   An assortment of images put to song
      2016 reee immortalized in Ghibli
      The end of Ukraine immortalized in Ghibli
      Trump mugshot immortalized in Ghibli
      Cheeto in Chief immortalized in Ghibli
         The original meme
      Even the White House is in on the Meme
      Leftist terrorism immortalized in Ghibli
         Remember, the right was overreacting when they boycotted Bud Light
      The IDF tried to get in on the fun
         People weren’t having it
            Spirited Oy Vey

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

 TerrorBytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming

Convention news:

Disney Sued After Walt Disney World Employee Allegedly Filmed Up Teen Guest’s Skirt—Lawsuit Claims Man Had Been Caught by Disney Doing This Previously

Live-Action Anime news:

Japanese VN ‘The House In Fata Morgana’ To Receive Live-Action Adaptation From “A Passionate North American Film Director”, Negotiations Said To Be “Moving Forward Positively”
Nintendo Confirms Legend of Zelda Live-Action Movie 2027 Release Date Through Nintendo Today! App
   The Legend of Zelda live-action film gets 2027 premiere date
Netflix’s ‘One Piece’ Star Joe Manganiello Says He Checked In With Eiichiro Oda To Make Sure Portrayal Of Crocodile Was “Paying Respect” To Source Material

Streaming news:

HIDIVE Expands Service to Amazon Prime Video in U.K., Canada, Australia, New Zealand

Theater Release news:

Snow White Scrapes Up a Measly $12 Million in Opening Day Box Office, Could Have Worse Opening Weekend Than The Marvels and Dumbo
   Snow White Opening Box Office Tanks with $43 Million Weekend, Officially the Lowest Opening Disney Live Action Remake of All Time as Access Media Finally Admits Defeat
      Disney blamed Russian troll farms
      Snow White Box Office Projected to Drop 53% in Second Weekend and That’s A Lot Worse Than it Sounds
         China Rejects Snow White After Years of Disney Pandering to The CCP—The Message is Clear
            Dragon Ball Evolution is rated higher
            Rachel Zegler Reportedly Put Gal Gadot and Her Children at Risk With Online Activisim and Refused to Back Down — Disney Forced to Hire Security for Mother of 4
               Snow White Producer’s Son Confirms Rachel Zegler Controversy, Accuses Zegler of ‘Narcissism’ in Epic Social Media Takedown
   They even race swapped the bird
Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Anime Film Premieres in Japan on September 19
STUDIO 4℃ New Anime Movie ChaO Teaser Trailer, Visual Announces August 15 Release

Series news:

Anime:
Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentosho Anime Unveils New Trailer
Sentenced to Be a Hero Anime Reveals New Trailer and Visual, October 2025 Release
The Demons Are Planning Something Good Anime Adaptation Announced
CITY THE ANIMATION Anime Paints the Town Red in 1st Trailer
The Gorilla God’s Go-To Girl Anime Adds Nozomi Yamamoto, Kyoka Moriya to Voice Cast
May I Ask for One Final Thing? Anime Reveals Fall 2025 Release in New Trailer
Chained Soldier Season 2 Anime Premieres in 2026
My Dress-Up Darling Season 2 Anime Premieres in July 2025
New ‘Panty &Stocking With Garterbelt’ Season 2 Teaser Introduces Lead Duo’s Male Counterparts, Confirms Official Release Date
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 Anime Announced
‘Gundam’ Franchise Animator Says Shorter Anime Seasons Due To “A Shortage Of Professional Staff”, Reveals Studios Turning To Social Media For Help
Manga:

Games:
Unreal Engine’s Metahuman Tool May Be Behind ‘Man-Jaw’ and the Growing Trend of Masculine Female Characters in Gaming
   Do only the West use Unreal Engine?
   It certainly doesn’t excuse everything beyond the face
Sexy roguelite action game Swords & Slippers announced
   Their Patreon is hot
Silent Hill f is no longer banned in Australia, but it still sounds pretty messed up
   It was previously refused classification
      Another website reporting this seems to have given a release window
   Will it lose the magic by rewriting the formula?
Action Taimanin Bunny Girl Skins Removed by Google Play for Being Too Lewd
SAG-AFTRA Warns Voice Actor Strike Continues As Negotiations Fail, ‘Zenless Zone Zero’ Voice Actors Being Replaced
   Jacob Takanashi replaced Kinich
      ∟Anime Matsuri Special Presentation Stream
      Kayli Mills thinks replacing a VA is diabolical
         But wait, what about when Anairis Quiñones replaced Wendee Lee
            It somehow wasn’t diabolical when a black actress did it
      Valeria Rodriguez disapproves
         Lost 400 followers but at least I kept my dignity
            Lost dignity with disgusting armpits
      Stephanie Sheh draws the line at replacing actors who are part of her union clique
      Corina Boettger says this isn’t a passing of the torch
         But she is scabbing as well
            It’s okay though, cause she’s disabled
               She has no other way to pay bills so it is okay
                  She could end up homeless, other people should be homeless
                     You’ll never understand what she went through and why that is different than Jacob Takanashi’s circumstance
                        Please give her the lashings she wants
                           Leave her alone, she can’t even afford Twitter Blue to post this as one message
         Fans see right through her bullshit
         Clearly a cry for attention
         It’s okay when she does it

Release news:

Parasyte Manga Returns to Print with New Covers, Updated Translation
– Right Stuf
Boin: Big Boob Lectures 1 & 2
Amazing Nurse Nanako

Random Merch news:

StealthWeeb.com
OCAPodcast.com/store
Instant cozy anime cosplay can be yours with new Ranma 1/2 roomwear sets
New Japanese maid cafe has strict age limit for maids: No one under 65!
Company Using X-Rays to Identify Foil Cards in Sealed Pokemon TCG Products: An Interview with Industrial Inspection

Misc news:

Groundhog gets stuck after weaseling its way into claw machine, startling workers
Japanese city paints well-known prostitution street bright yellow, adds fish art
Swinging an umbrella while walking has same force as a piano, Tokyo government claims
   It’s not the Ninja swords, it’s the Ninjas

Watch Club:

OCA Podcast – 299: Are You Drooling?

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– Support us
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
Tenga

Woman stabbed to death on Tokyo street while live streaming
   ∟Live streamer killed on Tokyo street had her location tracked by attacker through stream
      Japanese livestreamer Ai Mogami’s killer says she owed him money
         ∟Japanese Streamer Stabbed to Death While Streaming in Tokyo

Pickups

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

TerrorBytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming
Seed of Nostalgia

Convention news:

Years of east-west Japan rivalry decided as McDonald’s officially refers to itself as “Makudo”

Live-Action Anime news:

Trailer For The CW’s Live-Action ‘Powerpuff Girls’ Series From Diablo Cody Leaks Online – And It’s Worse Than You Can Possibly Imagine
   Powerpuff Girls (Live-Action) CW Trailer
Thanks To Success Of ‘One Piece’, CBS Green Lights Live-Action ‘Claymore’ Series From ‘Heroes’ Star And Netflix’s ‘Death Note’ Co-Producer Masi Oka
‘One Piece’ Co-Showrunner Matt Owens Steps Down

Streaming news:

Cat’s Eye Anime Debuts in September 2025
One Piece Anime Sails Back Onto Screens With Double Episode

Theater Release news:

Rachel Zegler Says Disney’s Snow White Will Help Fight Prejudice and Race Division in Magazine Interview That Once More Ties Disney Film Into Her Personal Politics
   Dwarf Actors Plan Protest Outside Disney Studios Over Snow White Exclusion — Does Disney’s Commitment to ‘Inclusion’ End at Little People?
      Rachel Zegler’s Snow White Movie Story Spoiled by The British Board of Film Classification “Trigger Warnings”
Haikyu!! 2nd Anime Film Reveals First Teaser Trailer and Art

Series news:

Anime:
Turkey! -Time to Strike- Anime Reveals New Key Art
Teogonia TV Anime Reveals Second Trailer
A Gatherer’s Adventure in Isekai TV Anime Adaptation Announced
A Tale of the Secret Saint Anime Releases First Teaser Visual
The Beginning After the End Anime Reveals April 2 Premiere in New Trailer
Dekin no Mogura Anime Welcomes Three New Cast Members
Ruri Rocks TV Anime Finds Hidden Gems in New Trailer
A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof Anime Reveals Episode 1 Additional Cast
The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System Anime Shares New Teaser, Cast and Staff
The Unaware Atelier Meister Anime Previews Theme Songs, Cast in New Trailer
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra TV Anime Unveils New Trailer and Art
The Holy Grail of Eris Anime Reveals New Trailer and Key Art
White Magician Exiled From the Hero Party Anime Reveals Five More Cast Members
I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! Anime Unveils Main Trailer and Visual
Yusha Party o Oidasareta Kiyobinbo TV Anime Announced
Let This Grieving Soul Retire Anime 2nd Cour New Teaser Trailer Announces October 2025 Premiere
   If you needed more convincing
The Barbarian’s Bride Anime Reveals Main Cast, Key Visual
Original Anime Virgin Punk Reveals Key Visual, Main Voice Cast Members
I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day Anime Adaptation Announced
A Wild Last Boss Appeared! Anime Delivers 2nd Teaser Visual, 5 More Cast Members
I Left my A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! Anime Reveals Part 2 Trailer, Key Visual
   Maniella looks exactly like Captain Dola from Castle in the Sky
Giant Ojo-sama Anime Adaptation Announced
Watari-kun’s ****** Is about to Collapse Anime Debuts in July
Mirage QUEEN Elegant Vacations Anime Movie Releases Main Trailer, Visual
Inexpressive Kashiwada and Expressive Oota TV Anime Announced
Fermat no Ryori Manga TV Anime Premieres in July
Welcome to the Outcast’s Restaurant! Anime Cooks up July Premiere, Teaser Trailer
Please Put Them On, Takamine-san Anime Shares POV Visual
DIGIMON BEATBREAK Anime Announced for October 2025
Ninku TV Anime Celebrates 30th Anniversary with New Art
There’s No Freaking Way I’ll be Your Lover! Unless… Anime Confesses in New Trailer
Manga:

Games:
Silent Hill f has been effectively banned in Australia
Ubisoft to Form New Gaming ‘Entity’ as it Scrambles for Survival—Seeks Outside Investors Amid Financial Freefall
   ESG was Tencent’s plan the whole time
   Ubisoft Deploys Legal Team and Government Help to Silence Assassin’s Creed Shadows Critics and Combat Development ‘Harassment’
   Assassin’s Creed: Shadows shrine destruction prompts response from Japanese government
      Assassin’s Creed Shadows Rolls Out Day 1 Patch That Removes Ability to Deface Japanese Religious Sites After Blowback From Japanese Government
         ∟Ubisoft Stealth Patches ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’, Tones Down Shrine Destruction And Civilian Bloodshed
   Assassin’s Creed Shadows Endgame Credits Roll for Over Two Hours, Raising Questions About Ubisoft’s Bloated Spending
   Assassin’s Creed Shadows Flops on Steam Launch Day, Fails to Break Into Top 30 Games as Access Media Sites Heap Critical Praise
      Articles claim they had 1 million players
         They don’t appear to be selling that well
      Other articles seem to be a coordinated PR move
   ∟Japanese Reactions to Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Release
      This is some Gay Shit for real
   Yes… This Is What $70 Gets You in a “AAAA” Ubisoft Game
      This is the AI of a “AAAA” studio
   This is how the game ends
      Ching Chong chant
         Ching Chong Wha Cha Ninja
The United Nations asked Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead if it’d give a talk on psychological manipulation: ‘Could we brainwash an entire community to fight for a fascist state? … Would we be okay with that? Turns out, yeah’

Release news:

Hokkaido Gals Are Super Adorable! Manga Gets Omnibus Release from Seven Seas
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

StealthWeeb.com
OCAPodcast.com/store
Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in 2024
   Report of Observations Regarding the Pokemon Playtests/Prototype Cards
      Prototype Report PDF
Japan’s new trading card game hit has pictures of real-life middle-aged men on every card

Misc news:

Japan’s Female Police Ditch Traditional Skirts and Step into Pants-Only Era This April
   ∟Japan abolishes skirts from policewoman uniforms nationwide
Large drunk foreign man arrested for trespassing on imperial palace grounds in Tokyo
Wesley Medical Center employee stole and sold human body parts, fetuses. He’ll go to prison
Starbucks hit with $50 million jury verdict for hot tea that scalded and disfigured Postmates driver’s penis
Man Faces Execution After Rubbing His Penis on Mao Zedong’s Corpse

Watch Club:

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OCA Podcast – 298: My Tuna Sandwich!!

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– Support us
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
Tenga

Grok Loves Us!

Anime Producer Kouichirou Itou Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison
Johnny Somali pleads guilty in South Korean court after showing up late and hung over

Pickups

GOP Texas bill could jail you for owning or watching Goblin Slayer and more
   The Hatsune Miku Papercraft Random was talking about

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

Japanese Monster Movie BAKEMONO No CGI Horror Film
   ∟Japanese Monster Film BAKEMONO No CGI Horror Movie
      ∟This is the 7th time he has launched a Kickstarter for this movie

Convention news:

Store where you pay to shoplift returns to Tokyo

Live-Action Anime news:

The House in Fata Morgana Live-Action Adaptation Planned

Streaming news:

Aniplex and Crunchyroll Announce Anime Production Joint Venture HAYATE Inc.
WWWave Corporation’s New OceanVeil Streaming Platform Launches; Announces Partnership with Ascendent Animation
Capcom to release entire US Mega Man cartoon in Japan
‘Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Lead Voice Actor Backpedals Previous Fear That Marvel Series Would Be “Woke”, Says He Made “A Poor Of Choice Of Words”
Jon Favreau Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Disney+ Series Confirmed Despite Disney Claiming It’s No Longer Producing Long-Form Animated Content for Streaming
   Jon Favreau Rumored to Bring Kingdom Hearts Series to Disney+ as Part of Mickey Mouse Shared Universe

Theater Release news:

Legacy Media Tries to Shift Blame for Snow White Failures to Gal Gadot Instead of Rachel Zegler After ADL Speech—But the Truth Is Obvious
   Disney Puts Snow White Tickets on Sale Just 10 Days Before Release—And It’s Not Looking Good, Disney Springs AMC Dedicates Minimal Screens to Zegler Release
      Disney Cancels UK Snow White Premiere Amid Backlash and Fears of Negative Rachel Zegler Press, Will Limit Her to Tightly Controlled Press Events
         Disney Scales Back Snow White U.S. Premiere—No Traditional Red Carpet Media Interviews Allowed
            Disney’s Snow White Dwarf Controversy Explodes as Little People Actors Slam Studio, Disney Claims CGI Characters Were Always the Plan Despite Leaked Set Photos
Princess Mononoke gets first-ever IMAX screenings to show off gorgeous new remaster
Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon Anime Movie North America Release Dates Announced
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle First Movie International Release Dates Announced
Sound! Euphonium, The Final Movie Anime Film Announced

Series news:

Anime:
Disney Twisted-Wonderland Anime Teases Heartslabyul Arc in New Visual
Turkey! Anime Begins Bowling in July 2025
Dead Account Manga Gets TV Anime
BLACK TORCH Anime Adaptation Announced
Suikoden RPG Series Gets TV Anime, Stage Play Adaptations
Crayon Shin-chan Spin-Off Style of Hiroshi Nohara’s LUNCH Gets Anime Adaptation
Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider Anime Adaptation Announced
Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Spin-Off Manga Gets Anime Adaptation
KONOSUBA’s Misadventures Will Continue in New Anime Sequel
Aharen-san wa Hakarenai Season 2 Anime Premieres on April 7
Gushing Over Magical Girls season 2 in production
Call of the Night Season 2’s New Teaser Announces New Cast Member, July Debut
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Anime Reveals New Visual, January 2026 Release
One Punch Man Season 3’s New Video Reveals October TV Premiere
All You Need Is Kill Science-Fiction Novel Gets Anime by STUDIO4°C
Manga:

Games:
In Honor Of ‘Chrono Trigger’s 30th Anniversary, Square Enix Announces Plans For “Various Projects That Will Extend Beyond The World Of The Game”
Throwback retro action game Terminator 2D: No Fate announced
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Bombs on PlayStation Plus, BioWare Can’t Even Give This Game Away
Baldur’s Gate 3 mod for Stardew Valley is now available
Silent Hill f gets first details, reveal trailer, more
   Silent Hill f content warning teases disturbing story with gender discrimination, graphic violence, more
‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Creative Director Says Ubisoft Devs Are “Trying To Listen To Japanese Fans”, Assures They’re Open To “Good And Warranted Criticism”
   Assassin’s Creed Shadows Faces Backlash in Japan Over Shrine Depiction, Politicians and Temple Priests Blast Ubisoft for Cultural Disrespect
      ∟Angry Shareholder Calls For Protest Against Ubisoft, Accuses ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Studio Of Being “Horribly Mismanaged” And “Hiding Information” From Investors
         Ubisoft is Ready to Sue Players For Harassing Assassin’s Creed Shadows Developers
Alyssa Mercante Sues Smash JT: YouTuber Alleges Doxing and Family Endangerment
   Her followers gleefully shared the doxxed address
      The lawsuit cites the Wikipedia entry for GamerGate
   Alyssa Mercante Caught in Conflicts of Truth as Gaming Community Rallies Around YouTuber Smash JT
      Smash JT Defense Fund
      Former Kotaku Editor Alyssa Mercante’s Social Media Content Vanishing Ahead of Smash JT Lawsuit
   Her paranoia knows no bounds
         Gaming Documentary Featuring Alyssa Mercante Fails to Reach $400 on GoFundMe as Gamers Rally Around SmashJT Legal Defense Fund
   Smash JT Attorney Ron Coleman Files Motion to Dismiss Alyssa Mercante Defamation Lawsuit Citing Failure to State a Claim
      Alyssa Mercante Legal Team Scrambles to Defend Smash JT Lawsuit as Ron Coleman’s Motion to Dismiss Stands Strong
Sound Cadence comes out against AI
   Emeri Chase refuses to work without AI protections
      She claims projects started before the strike can still be worked
         Actors make life difficult for companies seeking AI to make life easier
            They called her bluff
               She definitely isn’t bitter about it

Release news:

Go For It, Nakamura-kun!! Manga New Edition Among Latest Seven Seas Announcements
– Right Stuf
   Urotsukidoji Legend of the Overfiend
   Kekko Kamen Original Movie Collection SDBD
Detective Pikachu’s New 4K Steelbook Edition Is Only $28, Exclusive To Walmart
New Sailor Moon set features the “fan-requested” 16:9 format
   JP remasters of anime films are never done in 4:3
      This cropping is cinema 9/11

Random Merch news:

StealthWeeb.com
OCAPodcast.com/store
Cat-ear randoseru just might be Japan’s cutest backpacks ever
Dragon Quest Slime sandwich molds are drawing near in Japan
“Cheetozard” – Pokemon Charizard-Shaped Cheeto – 3″
Japanese puffed corn snack to be sold for 110,000 yen as work of art
Upcoming ‘Magic: The Gathering’ X ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Secret Lair Drop Is Everything That’s Wrong With Modern Pop-Culture
Japanese parenting app has demon call your phone and scold your misbehaving kids

Misc news:

Hokkaido man arrested after asking convenience store to lend him money
Foreign tourist arrested in Japan for striking convenience store clerk over 3-yen bag altercation
Ig Nobel Prize Awarded to Takanori Takebe for “Butt-Breathing” Study

Watch Club:

OCA Podcast – 297: Want a Donut?

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The real reason Trump won the Black Vote
   ABC “fact checked” the pet eating story
      Citizens of Springfield were talking about it since at least March
         A woman was arrested for killing and eating a cat
            African Migrants in Ohio Caught on Video Skinning Grilling Cats—And This Can Only Mean One Thing
         Meanwhile, in New York they are cooking rodents on the street
            NYC halal food cart worker caught catching pigeon with bare hands: ‘Beyond disgusted’
      Biden flooded 20,000 Haitian Migrants into Ohio
         A gun store in Ohio was being pressured to sell guns illegally to non-US citizens
      Karine Jean-Pierre was a Haitian eating pussy
   Eugenia Cooney even ate a hamburger in honor of Trump restoring TikTok
   Fully vaxxed doctor who survived on-air heart attack died of turbo cancer
      Fauci ran a campaign to silence dissenters
         Many doctors that pushed for masking and lockdowns didn’t exist
            The doctor Fauci conspired with NIH Director to silence will now be running the NIH
   A paper shredding truck appeared outside the DOJ after Trump won
   Army refuses to identify female Black Hawk pilot killed in DC collision
      She was a Biden aide
         Reminder that they pushed out white male pilots a year ago
            Delta’s pinned TikTok celebrates an all-female flight crew
               Now it is more accurate
                  Delta Adds A Little Hanging Tennis Ball To End Of Runway For Female Pilots
   Trump BANS Pride and Black Lives Matter Flags From ALL American Buildings Around The World
      The State Department has replaced LGBTQ with LGB
         Putting an end to the most embarrassing chapter in America’s history
            The T never belonged to begin with
               The State Department also removed the X gender marker
                  One step closer to sanity
      NHS is accused of ‘pandering to nonsense’ as hospitals say they treat hundreds of women for prostate or penis problems
         Sanity restored
            No more of this shit, please
      The University of Rhode Island invited a trans pornstar to talk to students about doing porn
         She killed herself seemingly over her porn career
      Are trans rights protecting or crushing other rights?
         Stay away from the kids
            Pride in butt sex is celebrated, pride in white culture is shunned
               Being Right Wing is Based
   USAID senior officials were put on leave
      DHS spent $700,000 to ensure video game lore was woke
         60 Minutes portrayed contractors as employees of USAID
            The people fired were taking advantage to begin with
               Government employee compares being asked to reply to an email with life in North Korea
                  Where people are starving
                     They are trying to convince you that accountability is illegal
                        USAID paid people to act as mods and defend Idiocracy
                           Next DOGE is going to investigate Fort Knox
                              Slash everything with a Meat Axe
   Social Security has been granting illegals long-term disability
      Meanwhile, the White House is providing ASMR deportation content
   500 children were shipped to a strip club
   Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl Actress Michelle Trachtenberg Found Dead at Age 39
   Hollywood Icon Gene Hackman Found Dead at 95 Along With His Wife and Dog, No Foul Play Suspected According to Authorities
      New Details Emerge in Gene Hackman Passing—Investigation Continues as Pills Found on the Scene, No Gas Leak Detected
         ∟‘Superman’ Star Gene Hackman, Wife Betsy Arakawa, And Family Dog Found Dead In Santa Fe Home, Police Affidavit Rules Event “Suspicious Enough In Nature To Require A Thorough Search And Investigation”
   ∟Justice Department releases first phase of Epstein files
      What we actually got was less than Gawker leaked years ago
         The SDNY withheld the documents from the FBI
            The House Judiciary GOP account Tweeted out a Rick Roll

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Pickups

New Copyright Ruling Just Made AI Skills The Biggest Advantage
   ∟US Copyright Office Declares Generative AI Can’t Be Protected By Copyright: “The Requisite Level of Creativity is Extremely Low”

Disney Company Hacked, House of Mouse Rocked by Digital Security Breach After Employee’s AI Download

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

Support Mike McFarland’s Road to Recovery
Silent Hill Fan Film. A Letter to James.

Convention news:

Shibuya’s other famous meeting spot statue has lost its home as part of redevelopment
   It is now disguised as Anya

Live-Action Anime news:

Streaming news:

Crunchyroll shows the broadcast cut of shows for the Japanese version

Theater Release news:

Wicked Star Cynthia Erivo Eyes Storm Role in MCU, But Her History of Fan Blaming Fits Could Create Another Marvel Identity Politics Disaster
   But that would cover her eyes and that would be erasing her
Warner Bros. Sent A Cease-And-Desist Letter To Uwe Boll Ordering Him Not To Use ‘The Dark Knight’ As The Title Of His Next Film, But It’s Not Stopping Him
Paramount Rolls Back DEI Mandates to Conform With Trump Administration Policies as Pending Lawsuit and Skydance Sale Loom Over Company
Disney Removes Diversity From Criteria Determining Manager Pay, Latest DEI Overhaul Suggests Major Shift but Leaves Questions Unanswered
Chris Gore Reports Disney Has Been Trying to Sell Star Wars for 7 Months, But No One Will Buy It, Film Threat Seeks Additional Information
Mufasa the Very Expensive Flop for Disney — How Bloated Budgets Mean Billion Dollar Blockbusters Are Required
Disney’s Snow White Box Office Projections Plunge Even Lower as House of Mouse Braces for Looming Rachel Zegler Financial Disaster
   Disney Shifts Snow White Marketing Strategy to Include Clips From the Original 1937 Animated Movie, But Fans Aren’t Buying It
      Disney Appears to Change Rachel Zegler’s Skin Color in Snow White International Poster to Make Her Look White
Chinese Poster for Captain America: Brave New World Partially Obscures Anthony Mackie’s Face – Is Disney Abandoning its DEI Morals for Chinese Money?
   Captain America: Brave New World Marketing in China Removes Anthony Mackie’s Skin Color For Second Time
Marvel Denies Creating Fantastic Four: First Steps Poster With AI, ‘Deadline’ Takes Them at Their Word But Fans Aren’t Buying It

Series news:

Anime:
1st Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle Film Opens in Japan on July 18
Detectives These Days Are Crazy! Anime Adds Chado Horii to Cast
   ∟The Mononoke Lecture Logs of Chuzenji-sensei Anime Reveals Premiere Date, Theme Songs in New Trailer
ME & ROBOCO Anime Movie Releases Romantic Comedy World Character Visual, Trailer
   ∟ME & ROBOCO Anime Film Reveals Showa Gag Manga World Character Trailer
      ∟ME & ROBOCO Anime Film Reveals Multiverse of Alternate Characters
Hotel Inhumans Anime Opens Its Doors in July 2025
Original TV Anime Apocalypse Hotel Premieres April 8
Touring After the Apocalypse Anime Adaptation Announced
The Kept Man of the Princess Knight TV Anime Announced
The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All Anime Adaptation Announced
Gag Manga Biyori GO Anime Announces April 5 Premiere in New Trailer
The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 Anime Premieres in July 2025
Shinsuke Kondo’s Ninja Vs. Gokudo Action Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation
Shogo Imamura’s Oedo Fire Slayer -The Legend of Phoenix- Novel Series Gets Anime in Winter 2026
A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace Anime Reveals Main Cast, Staff in 1st Trailer
Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube Anime Releases New Trailer, Key Visual
Shinichiro Watanabe’s Upcoming ‘Lazarus’ Anime Releases New Trailer Ahead of April Premiere
   New key visual strongly evokes Cowboy Bebop vibes
‘Dragon Ball’ Boss Reveals Akira Toriyama Did “Most Of The Work” For ‘Dragon Ball Daima’, Confirms Plans “To Expand” Franchise
   ∟‘Dragon Ball’ Boss Reveals The Idea Behind ‘Daima’ “Was To Create A New Series Similar To ‘GT’ That Parents Could Watch With Their Children”
Manga:
Azumanga Daioh character may appear in latest Yostuba& volume
Games:
Silent Hill 2 Remake Game’s Bloober Team Partners with Konami for New Project
   Bloober Team and KONAMI Continue Their Collaboration
      Hideo Kojima recently posted an image of P.T.
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Will Be Given Away for Free on PlayStation Just Four Months After Release
Alan Wake 2 becomes profitable, sells over two-million copies
   Alan Wake II Has Finally Started Turning a Profit After Sweet Baby Inc. Ruined Sales, But Remedy is Still Operating in The Red
WB Cancels Wonder Woman Game, Closes Shadow of Mordor Studio, Yet Keeps Rocksteady Open as Games Division Continues to Reel From Sweet Baby Inc. Failure
   Warner Bros. Retains the Patent to the ‘Shadow of Mordor’s “Nemesis System” Until 2036
   ∟‘Batman Beyond’ Could Be The Next DC Game From Rocksteady Studios That Tries To Carry On The Legacy Of The Arkhamverse
Avowed Backtracks on Pronoun Display as Obsidian Art Director Matt Hansen Maintains Social Media Silence After Outburst at Elon Musk
   Bigotry won again ☕️👌
      Avowed vs The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Details and Physics Comparison
Fable Reboot Delayed to 2026 as Concerns Grow Over the Game’s Direction
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Reveals Animated Shorts Ahead of Game Release
   They continue to miss the mark in marketing
      ∟Japanese Politician Calls On National Diet To Condemn Ubisoft And ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Over In-Game Ability To Destroy Real-World Shinto Shrine: “Can We Really Excuse This Just Because It’s A Game?”
         The game rewards you for looting the grave if the still living Imperial Family
‘The Callisto Protocol’ Developer Striking Distance Studios Announces Wave Of Layoffs, Parent Company Krafton Claims Job Cuts “Will Not Impact Any Planned Ongoing Support”
Cowboy Bebop Fortnite Collab Delivers Themed Outfits, Quests
Precision run-and-gun platformer Shotgun Cop Man announced
Gaming Industry ‘Hopes’ GTA 6 Price Opens the Floodgates for $100 Base Games – Is This The End of Affordable Gaming?
   Rockstar Rumored to Have Partnerships With Taylor Swift, Fortnite, Roblox, and More for GTA 6, Fans Fear the Once-Defiant Studio Has Sold Out to Hollywood
‘Pocket Monster: Remake’ Chinese Mobile Knock-Off Developers Settle Copyright Case With The Pokémon Company, Paying Almost $15 Million And Further “Substantial Economic Price”

Release news:

Shin’ichi Sakamoto’s Innocent Rouge Manga Omnibus Launches This October
Godzilla Minus One Novel, More Manga on the Way from Seven Seas
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Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Anime Inspires Winter Coat Based on Iconic Design
Berserk Figure Featuring Guts in Berserker Armor is Surprisingly Cute
A real-world Pokémon that people can actually ride is on the way from Honda
The new world’s smallest park is in Japan, and it’s so tiny you might not even notice it

Misc news:

‘Half-headed’ man arrested — again
   Scientists research man missing 90% of his brain who leads a normal life
      Seemingly most Reddit users are also missing their brains

Watch Club:

OCA Podcast – 296: Cheeseburger Bastard

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The UN pressured Japan to let a woman become emperor
   Japan tells the UN to pound sand

Pickups

Warren Buffett’s billion-dollar secret revealed: Why he’s hoarding cash and betting big on Japan

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

Support Mike McFarland’s Road to Recovery
Silent Hill Fan Film. A Letter to James.

Convention news:

CPAC Faces Calls for Concerning Action from Former President of Anime-Focused Katsucon as Conventions Collide

Live-Action Anime news:

Collector’s Edition Of French Indie RPG ‘Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’ Sells Out As The Game Gears Up For A Live-Action Film
Street Fighter Movie Taps The Eric Andre Show’s Kitao Sakurai to Direct

Streaming news:

‘Avatar’ Sequel Series ‘Seven Havens’ Ordered at Nickelodeon, Set After ‘Legend of Korra’

Theater Release news:

Series news:

Anime:
Iconic ‘Mind Game,’ ‘Inu-Oh’ Director Masaaki Yuasa Launches New Tokyo Studio Ame Pippin
Princess Principal: Crown Handler Movie 4 Release Date Revealed in New Trailer, Visual
Apocalypse Bringer Mynoghra Anime Reveals More Cast, Updated Teaser Visual
Link Click: Bridon Arc English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date
Even a Replica Can Fall in Love Anime Adaptation Announced
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- Teases New Footage, Audience Gifts
My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s TV Anime Announced for October 2025
Nyaight of the Living Cat Anime Premieres in July 2025
Sakamoto Days Anime Reveals Voice Actors for Natsuki Seba, Kashima
White Magician Exiled From the Hero Party, Picked Up by S-Rank Adventurer Anime Reveals 1st Trailer, Key Visual
MIRU: Paths to My Future Anime Releases 1st Main Trailer Featuring Ending Theme
Black Butler -Emerald Witch Arc- Anime Reveals Ending Song Details
Rock is a Lady’s Modesty Anime Reveals 1st ‘Character Gap’ Visual, Trailer
Please Put Them On, Takamine-san Anime Reveals Premiere Date, Theme Songs in New Trailer
Rippaverse Adds Angel Studios as New Collaborator with Announcement of “Gabriel and the Guardians” Partnership
   Don’t forget their cringe investors pitch
Manga:
My Dress-Up Darling Manga Ends in March 2025
Games:
Samurai Pizza Cats Action-RPG Coming to Consoles and PC with Original Cast
EA CEO Admits BioWare’s ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Failed Because “It Did Not Resonate With A Broad Enough Audience In This Highly Competitive Market”
   Dragon Age: The Veilguard Devs, Led by Corinne Busche, Could Be The Team Developing Baldur’s Gate 4
      Dragon Age Director Corinne Busche Reportedly Not Working on Baldur’s Gate 4 According to WOTC Inside Source
Ghost of Yotei Fan Concerns Increase, Game’s Writers Also Worked on Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Mass Effect: Andromeda
   To put it simply
      Erika Ishii is a morally bankrupt person
Meanwhile, the head of Concord marketing joined Halo Studios
Ubisoft Desperately Tells Players They Can Skip Playing as Black Samurai Yasuke “For Any Reason” in Assassin’s Creed Shadows
   Ubisoft Sparks Fears of Financial Collapse and Alleged Investor Deception as Assassin’s Creed Dev Works Hard to Spin Financial Ruin as a Positive
   Yasuke Simulator Parodies Assassin’s Creed Shadows With Hilarious, Over-the-Top Ubisoft Trolling, Releases on Same Day
   ∟After Learning That ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Allows Players To Trash Real-World Japanese Shinto Shrine, Current Caretakers Vow To “Take Appropriate Action” Against Ubisoft
   Assassin’s Creed Shadows Suffers Massive Black Market Leak, Spoilers and Gameplay Streams Hit the Internet as Ubisoft Faces Another Major Setback
Discontinuation of Earning My Nintendo Gold Points
Ex-PlayStation Boss Says Sony ‘Can’t Get Away’ with a PS6 That Has No Disc Drive

Release news:

Dur-an-ki Manga, Based on Berserk Creator’s Original Story, Launches in English This September
Mushishi, Dragon Head and Miraculous Manga Omnibus Editions Coming via Kodansha
Seven Seas Announces She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man Audiobook and More
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The Kamen Rider Dyad Legacy Kollection
   This are limited to 1000 numbered units

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Hunter x Hunter – Gon Pen Prize Figure
Frieren and Fern dress up as maids with cute new anime figures
Dragon Ball Z and Crocs team up to bring super Saiyan style to your feet
Studio Ghibli adds Catbus and Totoro items to its anime range in Japan
Totoro sequel anime short inspires cuddly T-shirt, adorable plushies at Ghibli Museum shop
Studio Ghibli gives anime lovers a happy ending with new Whisper of the Heart music box
How much would you spend on Cheetozard — the Pokémon-shaped Cheeto?
Thousands of convenience stores in Japan to end sale of print magazines this spring

Misc news:

71-year-old Japanese man who “wanted to look cool” robbed 63 houses, treated strangers to sushi
American tourist arrested in Japan on charges of pushing sexual services worker down stairs

Watch Club:

OCA Podcast – 295: Shingeki no Choujin

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Google and Apple Maps rename Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America
   Trump has been on an absolute rampage of winning
      Trump declassified JFK’s assassination and the FBI miraculously found 2,000 secret documents
         Kamala Harris’ website is now unburdened by what has been
            Trump hang his own mugshot outside the Oval Office
               Trump pardoned Edward Snowden
   Democrats are losing it that Trump kept his promise about DOGE
      DOGE has found gross misappropriation of funds
         Gasp! DEI was a government plot all along?!
            $2.3 Million spent on a VR training course to have difficult DEI discussions
               Climate Change was being fought by overthrowing Israel
                  USAID literally funding terrorism
                     Pretty obvious the military industrial complex is controlling the purse strings
                        The left is going crazy because there’s no defense for this kind of fraud
                           Look at what has been uncovered
                              People are taking the opportunity to muddy the water
                              Even the most ridiculous claims seem plausible
                           The people telling you to stop investigating the fraud are the ones doing it
                              Gordon Brown
                              Judge John Bates
                              Thousands of houses have gone up for sale in DC
                                 Searches for Criminal Defense Attorney have shot up
                                    At least they have their priorities in order
                              “Anonymous” has come out in defense of the fraud
      The Walt Disney Company Was Provided USAID Funds by the Biden Administration to Create NatGeo Content
         U.S. Government Paid Over $14 Million of Taxpayer Funds to Suspected Disney Subsidiary
      USAID funded Black Lives Matter
         The riots were funded by them
      While developing COVID they were also learning to dance
      Member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team resigns after racist posts resurface
         Musk reinstates DOGE staffer who resigned over racist posts after JD Vance leads outcry
            The journalist that doxxed BigBalls also wants diversity in video games
               People are clutching their pearls over the age of the team
                  Another employee outsmarted the journalists
      The democrats didn’t seem to mind when it was China with access to the treasury
      USAID funded several mobile games in 2012
         USAID Official Disinformation Primer Says “Gaming Sites” Are One Of Many “Alternative Spaces” From Which “Problematic Information More Regularly Originates”
            It’s easier at this point to name the media outlets that weren’t funded by the government
               Vaush is now curiously broke
               The Department of Defense paid $9 Million to Reuters
                  The chain of events is unreal
                     The government records literally refer to it as “Large Scale Social Deception”
               Politico Took $8M in USAID Taxpayer Money While Attacking Gamergate and Pushing Anti-Gamer Narrative—Trump Admin Just Cut Them Off
                  22 Results!
                  Imagine having your government charge you for them to smear you
                     We’d love to know who was really behind the supposed bomb threats
                  What goes around comes around
                     The left tries to downplay it
                        After previously elevating it to the UN
                           Never forget Zoe Quinn got someone killed
                              And now we’re defunding the CIA
      Fact Check: Sweet Baby and Feminist Frequency didn’t receive hundreds of thousands from taxpayers

Pickups

Kyoto Animation Arsonist’s Lawyers Ask to Nullifiy Appeal Withdrawal

Former Crunchyroll Employee Says He Was Fired After Reporting Workplace Misconduct
   Shawn Hoffman’s allegations
      Followup Post

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

 Support Mike McFarland’s Road to Recovery
 Cressidia Andrew Holmes independent journalist
 Hand-Drawn Game Guides: Mega Man

Convention news:

Ohio’s Ohayocon Owners Sue Sekaicon Organizers for Theft of Trade Secrets

Live-Action Anime news:

Gundam Live-Action Film Gets Co-Financed by Bandai Namco Filmworks, Legendary
Live-Action Bakugan Movie to Bring Battle Brawlers to the Big Screen

Streaming news:

AnimEigo, Justin Sevakis Produce Documentary Interviews on Western Anime Industry Figures
CoMix Wave Films to Deliver New Pokémon Anime About Dragonite
Dragon Ball Daima Anime Ends on February 28, Streams Climax Trailer

Series news:

Anime:
Rascal the Raccoon Anime Spin-Off Araiguma Calcaldan Premieres in April 2025
Hana-Kimi Anime Reveals New Teaser Trailer and Main Cast
cocoon TV Anime Debuts in March 2025
Ishura Season 2 Anime Unveils New Visual for 2nd Half
Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! Light Novel Gets Anime Adaptation
Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table TV Anime Premieres in January 2026
I Left my A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! Anime Adds Maria Sashide to Cast
The Stunned Hero and the Assassin Princesses Anime Adaptation Announced for 2025
Your Forma Anime Reveals New Trailer, Key Art and Cast Additions
Dr. STONE SCIENCE FUTURE Anime Reveals New Cast for Episode 6
Vampires Chan Can’t Suck Properly Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime in 2025
MIRU: Paths to My Future Anime Releases New Trailer Introducing Opening Theme Song
   Agricultural Machine Company Yanmar Produces ‘Miru’ Original Anime Project
Yaiba: Samurai Legend Anime Reveals Start Date, Detective Conan Collab Video
Japanese Netizens Argue: ‘Are Female Gundam Protagonists Too Unrealistic?’
Manga:
Assassin’s Creed Shadows reveals prequel manga
Games:
‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Delay Was to Scale Back Yasuke After Historical Backlash
   In Apparent Backpedal From Yasuke, ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Creative Director Reveals Entire Game Can Be Played Without Switching Characters: “We’re Not Imposing Players Try To Split The Time”
   Watermelons for their black samurai
      This post was originally from Assassin’s Creed News
         ∟They’re going through some hard times
   Assassin’s Creed Shadows reveals story trailer and preorder bonus expansion
      They’re so historically accurate that they put in a female sumo wrestler
         Turns out Yaya is the reason everyone else was starving
            Worse yet, it’s how they view Japanese women versus how the Japanese view Western women
   Team Ninja Challenges Ubisoft To A Feudal Japanese Duel, Announces ‘Rise Of The Ronin’ Will Hit PC Just Days Before ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’
   Assassin’s Creed: Shadows censors gore and violence for Japanese release
      They made Yasuke a white woman’s erotic fantasy
         They claim the game is historically accurate
            They also have non-binary nonsense in it
   ∟Japanese YouTuber Claims Video Criticizing ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Gameplay Struck Down 12 Times for ‘Hate Speech’
      Meanwhile, the usual shills came out to fellate it
         Journalist marvels at bare minimum game mechanic
            Meanwhile, this mechanic was far exceeded a decade ago
   Insanely, despite being able to mow down the Japanese, you can’t harm the French
      But you can destroy ancient Japanese shrines
         Japanese Shrine Demands Removal from Assassin’s Creed Shadows After Ubisoft Depicts Its Destruction
   Ubisoft Closes a ‘Star Wars: Outlaws’ Studio, Lays Off 185 Employees as Company’s Financial Troubles Deepen Ahead of ‘Assassin’s Creed: Shadows’
      Leaked Ubisoft Internal Email Comments on Recent Layoffs and Studio Closures as Company Stands at the Brink of Financial Collapse
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater release date leaks
Onimusha 2 Remaster Coming to Consoles and PC in 2025
Onimusha: Way of the Sword reveals new protagonist in latest trailer
Remedy Entertainment Enters Agreement with Rockstar Games for New Max Payne 1&2 Project
   I’ll be happy if they make Max look half as good as this AI art
‘Ninja Gaiden 2 Black’ Releases Mostly Uncensored: Slight Edits Applied To One NPC And Rachel’s Fiend Costume, Female Characters Cut From Xbox Version Of Trailer
A Switch 2 patent suggests its Joy-Con controls can be rotated
Nintendo files new patents relevant to Palworld case
   Denied 22 out of 23 claims
      Nintendo grappling with hard choice after U.S. patent office overwhelmingly rejected anti-Palworld patent application
Nintendo loses trademark fight against Super Mario supermarket
   Costa Rican trademark office deals Nintendo defeat over Super Mario brand against owner of small grocery store: wrong decision
   The other Super Mario Mart

Release news:

My Girlfriend is 8 Meters Tall Manga and More on the Way from Seven Seas
China’s Warring States Period Heads West As Yasuhisa Hara’s ‘Kingdom’ Manga Finally Licensed For English Release Courtesy Of Viz Media
AnimEigo Announces Black Jack OVAs, Romeo’s Blue Skies, Vampire Princess Miyu HD, Sasuke
MADOX-01 reissue canceled because they have tons of the old one
   Refunds will be issued shortly
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Media Blasters is removing content from the Standard Edition to justify the price of the Elite Edition
   They are locking exclusivity behind their storefront

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Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Soundtrack Gets Vinyl Release
Initial D wet wipe cases and bento boxes drift into Japan, available at Narita Airport too
Japan’s Sleep Shelter is here to help gamers play all night and sleep all day
Life-size Pokémon plushie is here for big Gardevoir fans who want a big Gardevoir in their life
   Licking the butt
   People are putting it in tights
      People are making fanart of it
      More fanart
      Lots of fanart
      Even manga fanart
   People are dressing it as a maid
      And drawing it too
   They’re also drawing it in the Jack-O pose
   Frieren knows what these degenerate men want
      They were thrilled
   Even Gardevoir wants to fuck Gardevoir
   Even Shinji wants to fuck Gardevoir…
   These people are worse than furries

Misc news:

Osaka woman causes 8 separate traffic accidents in 35 minutes
Navarre man caught masturbating while driving next to Santa Rosa County school bus
100 Cases in History: Inside the Remarkable Surgery That Changed One Boy’s Life

Watch Club:

OCA Podcast – 294: The World Beyond the Wall is My Birthright

Topics of discussion

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Tenga

Crunchyroll Terms of Use
   Fact Check: Crunchyroll didn’t change their terms of service, it’s always been bad
 U.S. whistleblower says Mastercard, Visa failed to stop payments for child sex abuse material on OnlyFans
   The details are sickening
      But it has caused Japanese Officials to start looking into things
   Japanese government to investigate payment processors after withholding revenue from adult games on Steam
      Isn’t there some random Twitter user you forgot to ask?
         Their minds will contort to whatever allows them to be offended
            The doodle of consent
               Pixel allergies
      Japan: Nintendo will soon no longer accept foreign credit cards & PayPal accounts

Pickups

Kyoto Animation Arsonist Drops Appeal, Will Receive Death Penalty
   ∟Kyoto Animation arsonist withdraws appeal, clearing death sentence to proceed
Japanese Rock Band ‘the pillows’ Disbands After 35 Years

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

 Support Mike McFarland’s Road to Recovery
 Cressidia Andrew Holmes independent journalist
 Hand-Drawn Game Guides: Mega Man

Convention news:

Live-Action Anime news:

Netflix Removes 2025 Release Date for Live-Action ‘One Piece’ Season 2 After Apparent Leak

Streaming news:

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man voice actor: ‘My biggest fear was that it was gonna be annoying and woke’
   The showrunner decided he should clarify that the show is woke
      Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Gender and Race Swaps Dr. Connors and Others, Despite Star’s Denial of Identity Politics in the Show
Devil May Cry animated series reveals April premiere date, opening credits
   “Adi Shankar does not miss”
      He’s adapting the stage play too?
         All of it??
   Hideki Kamiya doesn’t want to watch it

Theater Release news:

Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK Omnibus Movie Tickets Now on Sale
   Movie tickets in Huntington Beach

Series news:

Anime:
New One Piece Log: Fish-Man Island Saga Anime Openings to Be Sung by Hololive Members
Oshi no Ko Season 3 Anime Reveals Teaser Visual, Release Date
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX Anime Reveals New Cast Members
   Real life Gundam doesn’t feel as cool
I Want to Escape from Princess Lessons Anime Reveals Neil Cast
Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time Anime Reveals Evolved Character Art for Maple
Once Upon a Witch’s Death Anime Reveals April 2025 Premiere in 1st Trailer
New Saga TV Anime Debuts in July 2025
BADGIRL TV Anime Debuts in July 2025
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Anime Unveils 5 Pro Hero Character Visuals
Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers Anime Trailer Revealed With April Premiere
   Guilty Gear anime seemingly, accidentally says Bridget is a man
      The old and new Tweets
Übel Blatt Heavily Censors NSFW Scenes For Its Anime
Anime Industry Report shows overseas anime market is bigger than Japanese one, but is this a cultural tipping point?
Manga:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto Crossover Comic’s Issue #1 Gets 2nd Printing, Reveals New Cover
Sony Makes Questionable Decision To Revive ‘Crunchyroll Manga’ App
Games:
Chinese otome game Love and Deepspace adds period tracker
Silent Hill 2 remake tops 2 million copies shipped and sold
Venus Vacation PRISM: Dead or Alive Xtreme gets slight delay
   ∟Koei Tecmo Exec Reveals Company Issues Takedown Requests Against Thousands Of Inappropriate ‘Dead Or Alive’ Fan Art Pieces Every Year In Attempt To Protect IP, Says Characters Are Considered “Like Daughters”
      Their daughters have nice jiggle physics
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Price Slashed at GameStop by 65%, Four Month Old Game Costs $25 Brand New
   BioWare Layoffs Begin as EA Purges ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Activist Developers
      Guess they didn’t do enough Barves
   The cope is so cringe
   BioWare doesn’t care about trannies
      They think they are unique
One of PlayStation Plus’ Free Games for January 2025 Is Too Little, Too Late
   Rocksteady Reveals Arkham Batman Isn’t Dead in Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League As Dev Scrambles to Rewrite its $200M Disaster
   Rocksteady Suffers More Layoffs as Arkham Studio Continues to Feel the Results of Sweet Baby Inc. Infected ‘Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’
      Warner Bros. Games boss David Haddad departs following rocky period for publisher
Concord Advocate Hermen Hulst Demoted at Sony as Hideaki Nishino Takes Over as Sole Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO
   Sony Leadership Shake-Up: Totoki Takes Helm as CEO, Nishino Leads PlayStation Amid DEI Push

Release news:

Gushing Over Magical Girls is getting an English print release
Blood Blockade Battlefront Manga Collected in New Omnibus Volumes
Breathless Time Traveler by Toradora! Author Yuyuko Takemiya Coming from Seven Seas
GKids obtained distribution rights to Love & Pop
Media Blaster blu-ray announcements
– Right Stuf
   Nobody’s Boy Remi – Blu-ray box
   Summer Wars: Limited Edition Steelbook (Amazon Exclusive)
   Wolf Children Steelbook 4K UHD

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Attack on Titan sukajan jackets bring elegant action to your wardrobes, are two garments in one
Kotobukiya unveils progress update on Unicorn Overlord figures
Onimai statue
   More angles
‘Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective’ Author Pushes Back Against Critic Who Railed Against “Moe” Art Style Used In Anime Adaptation’s Collab With Red Cross: “If More People Donate Blood Because Of This Poster, More People Will Be Saved”

Misc news:

Breakthrough in chimpanzee pee made by Kyoto University
Woman Enters MRI With Butt Plug, Ends Up In Hospital
Man who dated a cockroach for a year and had sex dreams about it says humans aren’t as attractive

Watch Club:

OCA Podcast – 293: It’s Pointy, Dumbass

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Support us Further
Tenga

Disney Defies Trump Order on DEI in SEC Filing, Admits to Tying Bonuses to Race and Sex Based Factors, Appears to List Diversity as a “Skill”
   ∟Actor’s Mother Bemoans “Setback To The LGBTQ+ Community” After Disney Pulls Controversial Transgender Storyline From Pixar’s ‘Win or Lose’

Pickups

U.S. whistleblower says Mastercard, Visa failed to stop payments for child sex abuse material on OnlyFans

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

Support Mike McFarland’s Road to Recovery
   A different perspective
Cressidia Andrew Holmes independent journalist
Hand-Drawn Game Guides: Mega Man

Convention news:

Group of bicyclists allegedly start trash can fire near Crypto.com Arena, arson probe launched
Vic Mignogna is going to Hall of Heroes Comic Con
Japanese aquarium installs fake people to keep apparently lonely sunfish company

Streaming news:

Netflix Increasing Prices for Subscribers Again (Including the Version With Ads)
Newly Discovered Document Reveals Sonic SatAM Cancellation Cause, Confirms SEGA’s Ownership of DiC Productions
Fired Marvel Showrunner Beau DeMayo Indicates He’ll Expose Kevin Feige Before Court Date, Accuses Marvel of Disregarding Black Stories
Macross Dynamite 7 censored on Disney+ and Hulu
Crunchyroll Confirms Some Login Credentials Were Posted on Social Media; States There is ‘No Evidence’ its Systems Were Compromised

Theater Release news:

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Premiere Locked in for March 19, 2027
AX Cinema Nights Adds 40th Anniversary Screening of Vampire Hunter D Anime
GKIDS to Screen Witch Watch Anime in Theaters on March 16 Ahead of April Stream on Crunchyroll/Netflix

Series news:

Anime:
Shinichiro Watanabe’s LAZARUS TV Anime Announces April 2025 Premiere
The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold To Another Kingdom Anime Unveils Key Visual
The Unaware Atelier Master TV Anime Reveals New Trailer
I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date
   ∟I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time Anime Reveals Special Visual, Character Song Trailer
Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date
   Dr. Gregory House Reincarnated as a Cute Japanese Girl
      Welcome back Dr. House
         They even reference Lupus
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Anime Reveals Premiere Date, Cast in New Trailer
   It appears they are censoring it
      Hopefully they fix it for the blu-ray
Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 4 Anime Splashes Down Over 2 Parts Starting July 2025
Your Name’s Producer Insisted on Making Suzume’s Main Character an Underage Girl Is Facing Prison For S*xual Relationship with 100+ minors!
Bleach Anime Used in Defense in New Zealand Murder Case
   Reminder that they brought up Bleach in the Young Thug trial too
Manga:
Marvel Announces Godzilla Vs. Hulk
Games:
Fortnite x Kaiju No. 8 Collab Goes Live with Cosmetics Bundle
Xbox’s NINJA GAIDEN II Black trailer cuts out fanservice by removing women entirely
   Trailer Comparison
   I finally understand the appeal of Ninja Garden
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows Gameplay Twitch Stream Shows a Buggy Bland Game That Put No Fears to Rest
   They’ve removed Yasuke from the pre-order banner
      They removed decapitation from the Japanese version
   ∟From Outright Beatings To Wage Theft, Former Employees Of ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Support Team Brandoville Studios Claim Leadership Subjected Them To Constant Physical, Mental, And Financial Abuse
After shutting down several popular emulators, Nintendo admits emulation is legal

Release news:

Magic Maker -How to Create Magic in Another World- Manga and More Join Seven Seas Slate
– Right Stuf
   Legends of the Dark King 2009 DVD
   Legends of the Dark King 2010 DVD
   Legends of the Dark King 2010 blu-ray
   Legends of the Dark King 2025 blu-ray

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Put it on and look like Donkey Kong! Nintendo releases DK jackets, more for new merch line
Yu-Gi-Oh! Gets the Sanrio Treatment in Cute New Collab
McDonald’s releases new Pokémon Happy Meals, but in the U.S., not Japan
Minecraft Movie Gets Square Doritos And Chips That Taste Like Creepers
   Win £10k by finding the square Dorito

Misc news:

US man, 81, sentenced to six months for creating giant hybrid sheep for hunting
Man kicks bunny to death on Japan’s Rabbit Island, may have killed as many as 77 others
Man’s Penis Gets Stuck to Icy Sidewalk During Boozy Fight

Watch Club:

OCA Podcast – 292: The Government Decides What’s True

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Support us Further
Tenga

The Entire Vic Mignogna Story – The Face of Anime’s Dumbest Culture War
   Seems she did not enjoy the consequences

Pickups

Asmongold Calls Out Elon Musk, Says He’ll Stream To Twitter/X “For An Entire Year Straight” If Tesla CEO Can Prove He Personally Leveled-Up His Top Ranking ‘Path Of Exile 2’ Account
   ∟Elon Musk Responds With Insults After Twitch Streamer Asmongold Challenges Him To Prove ‘Path Of Exile 2’ Skills: “While Asmon IS Good At Caustic Commentary And Making Fun Of People, He Is NOT Good At Video Games”
      Elon then removed Asmongold’s Gaming Tag and Checkmark

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

Crowdfunding Launched After Voice Actor Mike McFarland’s Successful Brain Tumor Surgery
   Vic promoted the GoFundMe
      Support Mike McFarland’s Road to Recovery

Live-Action Anime news:

One Piece Live-Action Series Reveals Dragon Actor and More for Season 2
   ∟One Piece Live-Action Drums up 3 New Cast Members
Will Smith Hints at Matrix Reboot in Cryptic Instagram Post, as WB Seemingly Won’t Let Franchise Die With Any Dignity

Streaming news:

Japanese Social Media Network Niconico Announces Shut Down Of Adult Art Service ‘Nico Nico Shunga’ Due To “The Current Social Environment And International Situation”

Theater Release news:

Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning- Gets North America Theatrical Release Date
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live North American Tour Dates Announced

Series news:

Anime:
Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Anime Film Reveals Release Date, Cast and Staff in New Trailer
Alice in Wonderland Novel Gets 1st Anime Film by P.A. Works
The Otome Heroine’s Fight for Survival Anime Adaptation Announced
Sentenced to Be a Hero Anime Reveals New Teaser Visual, Release Date
With You, Our Love Will Make It Through TV Anime Slated for Fall 2025
I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! Anime Previews More Cast in New Trailer
I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time Anime Reveals Special Visual, Character Song Trailer
Manga:
Nhentai Fights Back: Drops Bombshell Evidence Showing They Were Granted Permission To Host ‘Pirated’ Content
   Adult Website nHentai Files Motion to Dismiss Copyright Infringement Lawsuit

Games:
Hatsune Miku is the Fortnite Festival Season 7 Icon
   Can’t help but notice the Trans flag
      Can’t help but notice the Nazi flag
   Hatsune Miku Godzilla Emote
‘DragonAge: The Veilguard’ Director Corinne Bush Gone, Rumored Closure Of Edmonton Studio, Missing Sales Targets by 85%
Video game publishers are starting to use “anti-DEI” as a marketing meme
   Arrowhead CCO comments on DEI, says to ‘make good games’
   Lords of The Fallen Dev Vows to Update Game to Replace Body Type A/B With Male/Female After Players Vote to Keep Gender Politics Out of Games
      Players Overwhelmingly Vote to Keep RPG Video Game Character Genders Male and Female in Online Poll From Lords of The Fallen Developer
   Then there’s Heartbeat
      People love the transphobia
   I love supporting terrorism
Nintendo Switch 2 Officially Revealed, Set to Release in 2025
   This was the real reveal

Release news:

– Right Stuf
Discotek Licenses Urotsukidoji, Higurashi, DearS, More
Media Blasters hinted at releasing an Amazing Nurse Nanako blu-ray
   Someone suggested they hire MediaOCD for the blu-ray
      I agree with this suggestion
         But they are retarded
            I died a little explaining it to them

Random Merch news:

StealthWeeb.com
OCAPodcast.com/store
Ghibli komonoire are little pockets of the anime world for storing your tiny treasures
Berserk Bookend Set Puts Your Collection Between Guts and Casca
JoJo’s bizzare/beautiful beer – Manga creator Hirohiko Araki designs Ebisu Beer cans
A Lego Ideas Megazord Set With Power Rangers Minifigures Is Up For Consideration
Dog-killing waves create spectacular views on this remote Japanese island

Misc news:

Woman ticketed thousands of dollars because license matched numbers on ‘Star Trek’ ship
“I overdid it.” – Man in Japan fired after ditching work 633 times to go to the gym
China Man Arrested for Spraying Bodily Fluids on Two Women Taking Purikura Photos
Man dies trying to ‘rape a cow’ in field where his body was found by farmers
   PETA suggests that milk is basically rape juice
      Kirsche enjoys chocolate rape juice

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