Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

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

– Blue Archive Artist Apologizes After Being Accused of Using AI
   ∟Rent-a-Girlfriend creator plays with AI art, fans conflicted
      ∟Kaijuu No. 8 & Spice and Wolf Single Covers Accused of AI Usage
      ∟PESTILENCE Changes Their AI Album Artwork After Backlash
         ∟Todd McFarlane Under Fire From Comic Book Creators and Fans For AI-generated Entry Winning Spawn Art Contest
         ∟Pink Floyd awards cash prize for AI art
   ∟Hospitals using AI to diagnose prostate cancer
      ∟App That Claims to Detect STDs With Pics Diagnosed a Penis Cake
– World’s first beauty pageant for AI women is announced: ‘Miss AI’ contest will see computer-generated ladies face off in tests of beauty, technology and social-media clout – with a $20,000 prize at stake
   ∟Ai women are women
      ∟OnlyFans is a real job
         ∟That real job is called being a prostitute

– Vic Mignogna Court Case
   ∟

– Pickups

– Death Row Inmates File Lawsuit for ‘Undignified’ Executions

– New definition of “Japanese whiskey” goes into effect to prevent fakes from fooling overseas buyers

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– GREGORY HORROR SHOW game and animation

Convention news:

–

Live-Action Anime news:

– Keanu Reeves Fighting for Revenge as Shadow in Sonic 3 Movie
– Sony’s Live-Action ‘One-Punch Man’ Film Reportedly Receiving Rewrite From ‘Rick & Morty’ Co-Creator Dan Harmon And Exec Producer Heather Anne Campbell

Streaming news:

–

Theater Release news:

– Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Anime Film Returns to North American Cinemas with 4K Restoration
– MAPPA Cancels Yuri on Ice: Ice Adolescence After 7 Year Wait

Series news:

Anime:
– Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction Anime Film Beams Down Part 2 Main Trailer
– Boys Idol Anime UniteUp! -Uni:Birth- Announced for January 2025
– No Longer Allowed in Another World Anime Adds Aoi Yuki and Mai Nakahara to Cast
– EGUMI LEGACY Card Game Gets Anime Adaptation
– The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies Reveals New Trailer
– Plus-Sized Elf Anime Plumps Up in New Trailer
Manga:
–
Games:
– Square Enix Director Considering Chrono Trigger Remake Possibilities
– Yuji Naka accuses Dragon Quest producer Yu Miyake of lying in court
– Respawn Confirms It Will Export Its Disordered Sexual Behavior Propaganda To Saudi Arabia With ‘Apex Legends’
   ∟Apex Legends won’t restrict LGBT+ cosmetics at Saudi Arabia event
– Stellar Blade Uncensored Across All Regions
– ‘Tomb Raider I-III Remastered’ Hit With Post-Release Censorship As New Update Removes Lara Croft Pin-Ups From ‘Tomb Raider III: The Lost Artefact’
   ∟Former Twitch Program Manager Brandii Hooker Claims The Yetis In ‘Tomb Raider I-III Remastered’ Are An Example Of “Associating Blackness With Monstrosity”
– Pokemon Let’s Go Eevee Approved For Import in China, But Not Let’s Go Pikachu
– Fan-Made Nintendo Network Replacement ‘Pretendo’ No Longer Requires Hacked Wii U
– Gamers seek legal win that would stop developers from rendering online games unplayable: ‘It is an assault on both consumer rights and preservation of media’
– Deck Nine devs accuse former CCO of ‘love bombing’, misconduct
– Pokemon GO Removes Genders, Adds Androgynous Avatar Options
   ∟They did this to placate non-binary people
      ∟Nikocado Avocado is the ideal beauty standard
         ∟Dawn becomes the Wall-E version of Dawn
            ∟Conspiracy Theorists proved right again
   ∟People are pissed
      ∟It is unbelievable how ugly they are now
         ∟‘Pokémon GO’ Players Demand Niantic Reverse Newly Rolled Out Avatar Changes: “Why Y’all Make Everybody Ugly”
            ∟Women don’t need ugly avatars to feel included, men pretending to be women do
   ∟Sweet Baby Inc. Style Consultancy Firm GaymerX Consulted With Niantic Before Radical Gender & Avatar Changes Made In ‘Pokémon GO’

Release news:

– Right Stuf
– AnimEigo Town Hall happening tomorrow

Random Merch news:

– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Studio Ghibli releases new action figures featuring Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind characters
– Japanese burger chain Mos Burger starting record label for musician fast food workers

Misc news:

– Real Estate Company Apologizes for Sexualized Ads
– Mississippi police officer accused of forcing prisoner to drink his own urine
– Urine Trouble: Lawsuit Claims Florida Hospital Served Urine Instead of Soup
– Hospital gives update after doctors carried out abortion on wrong woman
– Man, 27, fractures his penis in two places and hears horrifying ‘snap’ after rolling on his erect member while sleeping

AC’s Funhouse

– The Nazis adored it; the Japanese commercialised it – now we’re all trapped in the cult of cute
– Luxury hotel chain offering karaoke in a large tub floating on the ocean
– Would you pay 450 dollar for a unique picnic dangling 295 feet over a thundering waterfall?
– Subway’s flying restaurant will serve sandwiches 1,000 feet in the air: How to book your free ride
– Taupo McDonald’s Airplane
– Paqui’s One Chip Challenge Pulled From Stores After Teen’s Death
– Dick Amnesia Is a Real Thing
– Does Guile’s Street Fighter video game crouching block work in real life?
– Mr. Sato appears in a French photo album without his consent, goes mad with desire for vengeance
– Netflix being sued for $2 billion by Egyptians for ‘distorting the image’ of Cleopatra in new doc
– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG
– Tokyo capsule toy machine gives you real samurai-era antique coins, but are they worth anything?
– Hot spring offers people of all ages chance to participate in Japanese school-style sports day
– “Get them drunk then chop off their heads.” Samurai’s assassination plot against U.S. envoys found
– “Android” arrested for rice ball theft in Japan, Android Woman denies involvement
– Why do people spend so long in jail without going to trial in Japan?

– Matt Walsh Brings Video Game Infiltration Mainstream
   ∟Mark Kern provides a simple critique to Matt Walsh
      ∟Mark Kern exposes Daily Wire DMs
         ∟Lauren Chen was blocked
      ∟Matt Walsh decries being called out
         ∟Lunar Archivist fixes Matt Walsh’s deflection
– Little Kuriboh accused of pedophilia by proxy
   ∟I was approached to talk about this during the Daman Mills coverage
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend’s Friend
   ∟Kirbopher’s Apology Post

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

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

– Shohei Ohtani Found Innocent While Interpreter Pleads Guilty

– Japanese Population Drops by Another 595,000 People in Last Year
   ∟More Than Half Unmarried Men & Women 18 to 29 ‘Don’t Want Children’
      ∟68% of Japanese Feel That the Country Is in Decline
– Japanese Yen Hits 34-Year Low: ‘Cheaper Than the Philippines!’
   ∟The Bank of Japan ends negative interest rates
– BlackRock Is Big On Japan
– Japan is becoming more diverse. Will its government?
– Turkish groups are taking over Japan
   ∟Meanwhile, the national diet refuses to recognize them as a terrorist organization
      ∟Masamune Wada claims anti PPK tweets are propaganda
– Japan is also rejecting joining the WHO Pandemic Gloabl Health Accord
   ∟Japanese media won’t report on the 20,000+ people who marched against the pandemic pact
      ∟It is seemingly only the Sansei Party
– Japan high courts rule same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
   ∟Head of transgender organization arrested for sexually assaulting woman
      ∟Meanwhile, Russia adds the LGBTQ movement to it’s terror watchlist
         ∟Injustice: How the Sex Offender Registry Destroys LGBT Rights

– Ontario resident who wants both a vagina and penis wins public funding for unique surgery
   ∟Court approves gender change for nonsterilized trans man in Japan
      ∟Japan planning to remove gender from My Number Cards

– Pickups

– IGN Tweeted about Isekai using an image of Fieren
   ∟People called them out
      ∟Isekai, the Popular Manga and Anime Genre, Is Now in the Oxford English Dictionary

Convention news:

– Fans angry as Crunchyroll trades Miku Expo hologram for flatscreen TV
   ∟Coachella fans crowded together to watch a hologram sing. It never showed up.
      ∟A virtual pop star appeared at her live concerts in just 2D — and fans are throwing fits

Live-Action Anime news:

– Live-Action Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe Series Gets New Episode This May
– City Hunter Live-Action Film Releases Action-Packed Main Trailer

Streaming news:

– Roku Patent Explores Way to Show Console Players Ads When Games Are Paused
   ∟Is Virtual Product Placement TV’s Latest Disruptor?
– Marvel Animation’s Brad Winderbaum Rejects Claim ‘X-Men ’97’ Showrunner Beau DeMayo Was Fired
   ∟X-Men ’97 Morph Voice Actor Confirms He’s A Radical Queer Activist And Admits Show Is Trying To Normalize Disordered Sexuality
      ∟‘X-Men ’97’ Voice Actor Says Series Never Explicitly Refers To Morph As ‘Nonbinary’: “It’s Not That It Didn’t Exist; It Was Just In No Way A Mainstream Term”
         ∟Giant Freakin Robot begs people to get over themselves
            ∟Trans person identifies that if X-Men existed the left would hate them
               ∟Stop trying to colonize fandom and take it away from people you hate
            ∟Hollywood Director Argues ‘X-Men ’97’ Chose To Adapt ‘The Trial Of Magneto’ In Order To Take A Swing At “The MAGA Crowd”
            ∟They seriously lose their mind over fictional characters not being on their side
   ∟Also, they destroyed Rogue’s ass
      ∟And retconned her established powers for some recent bullshit
   ∟Rumor: Marvel Studios Wants To Follow ‘X-Men ’97’ With ‘Spider-Man: The Animated Series’ Revival
– Multiple Profiles Feature Coming to Crunchyroll Later This Month
– Twitch targets butt streamers with new policy banning “intimate body parts”
   ∟Of course they will at most get a 2 day suspension
      ∟This is okay on Twitch
   ∟Researchers uncover ‘pornification’ trend among female streamers on Twitch
– Johnny Somali Attacked & Arrested in Israel for Disrespecting Female Officer
   ∟Johnny Somali arrested and released after allegedly harassing woman in Israel

Theater Release news:

– Crunchyroll to Bring OVERLORD: The Sacred Kingdom Anime Film to Theaters in North America, Select International Regions

Series news:

Anime:
– Anime Brand Azuki and Dentsu Partner on 3-Part Anthology with Goro Taniguchi Producing
– Yuru Camp Season 3 Takes Away Aoi Inuyama Sex Appeal
– Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night Anime Reveals 6 Cast Additions
– Viral Hit Anime Streams Creditless Opening Video Ahead of April 10 Premiere
– Family BL Anime Tadaima, Okaeri Reveals Combined Key Visual
– Blue Archive The Animation Reveals New Trailer and Character Settings
   ∟Blue Archive The Animation Reveals Sensei’s Appearance
      ∟Sensei is LGBTphobic and Proud!
         ∟Is this account trustworthy?
            ∟Vladimir Putin is LGBTphobic and proud!
            ∟Sonichu is LGBTphobic and proud
   ∟Blue Archive Artist Apologizes After Being Accused of Using AI
– Rent-a-Girlfriend creator plays with AI art, fans conflicted
– Guinness World Records Names JUJUTSU KAISEN Most Popular Anime
Manga:
– Manga publisher TO Books will begin releasing AI translated manga
Games:
– BAFTA Poll Bizarrely Names ‘Tomb Raider’ Protagonist Lara Croft As The “Most Iconic Video Game Character Of All Time”
– ‘Tomb Raider: Shadows Of The Truth’ TTRPG Guidebook Confirms Crystal Dynamics Working To Apologize For Franchise’s “Colonialist” Origins
   ∟They are looking to escape the colonial past
      ∟But the thing is, the franchise is called “Tomb Raider”
   ∟Apparently all TTRPG’s are catering to disabled people
   ∟Melonie Mac decries the destruction of the franchise
– Rumor: Dead Space 2 remake canceled, EA denies it ever existed
– Compulsion Games Community Manager Katie Robinson Claims “I Hate Gamers” After Previously Claiming “White Male Gamers Were A Mistake”
   ∟More racist shit she said
      ∟More details about the train wreck SBI caused
– Putin orders Russian government to make their own video game console

Release news:

– Right Stuf
– $35,000 Anime Collection Demolished by Nine-Year-Old Child

Random Merch news:

– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza evolves into a nagashi somen noodle delivery system
– Pokemon Yo-Yo Ice Cream Maker Announced for Japan
– Restore Your Mana with Delicious in Dungeon Anime-Inspired Craft Mandra Cola
– Golden Kamuy’s Koito Family Fly as Carp Streamers for Children’s Day in Japan
– Nagasaki Locals on Gandhi Statue Gifted From India: ‘But Why?’
– Man pleads guilty to theft of £4.8m gold toilet from Blenheim Palace
– Billionaire has own £160m race track built into side of mountain

Misc news:

– Male Worker Sent to HR for Sexual Harassment for Using ‘Heart Reacts’
– Old Man Uninjured After Being Stabbed Repeatedly in Back & Stomach
– Kochi Prefecture Panty Photographer: ‘I Wanted to Test Out My New Phone’
– Mugshot of woman who squeezed man’s balls ‘until they bled’ has horny blokes jealous

AC’s Funhouse

– The Nazis adored it; the Japanese commercialised it – now we’re all trapped in the cult of cute
– Luxury hotel chain offering karaoke in a large tub floating on the ocean
– Would you pay 450 dollar for a unique picnic dangling 295 feet over a thundering waterfall?
– Subway’s flying restaurant will serve sandwiches 1,000 feet in the air: How to book your free ride
– Taupo McDonald’s Airplane
– Paqui’s One Chip Challenge Pulled From Stores After Teen’s Death
– Dick Amnesia Is a Real Thing
– Does Guile’s Street Fighter video game crouching block work in real life?
– Mr. Sato appears in a French photo album without his consent, goes mad with desire for vengeance
– Netflix being sued for $2 billion by Egyptians for ‘distorting the image’ of Cleopatra in new doc
– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG
– Tokyo capsule toy machine gives you real samurai-era antique coins, but are they worth anything?
– Hot spring offers people of all ages chance to participate in Japanese school-style sports day
– “Get them drunk then chop off their heads.” Samurai’s assassination plot against U.S. envoys found
– “Android” arrested for rice ball theft in Japan, Android Woman denies involvement
– Why do people spend so long in jail without going to trial in Japan?

– Matt Walsh Brings Video Game Infiltration Mainstream
   ∟Mark Kern provides a simple critique to Matt Walsh
      ∟Mark Kern exposes Daily Wire DMs
         ∟Lauren Chen was blocked
      ∟Matt Walsh decries being called out
         ∟Lunar Archivist fixes Matt Walsh’s deflection
– Little Kuriboh accused of pedophilia by proxy
   ∟I was approached to talk about this during the Daman Mills coverage
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend’s Friend
   ∟Kirbopher’s Apology Post

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Could DEI actually stand for “Didn’t Earn It”?
   ∟Like clockwork people gaslight the term
      ∟They are a victim of their media
   ∟Why the Champions of Affirmative Action Had to Leave Asian Americans Behind
   ∟Boeing paid Alaska Airlines $160M in compensation after door plug incident, airline says
      ∟Flames erupt from United Airlines engine seconds after takeoff, terrifying video shows
         ∟‘Mayday, mayday’: Boeing plane catches fire after takeoff, makes emergency landing in Miami
   ∟Titanic tour CEO didn’t hire ‘50-year-old white guys’ because they weren’t ‘inspirational’
   ∟The Companies That Hate Their Customers
      ∟‘The Force is Female’ is not about Star Wars
         ∟Kathleen Kennedy planned this with Nike

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

– Cyael’s incredible song
   ∟XBOX DEMANDS UGLY Women & SBIs Defenders Target Asmongold

– Vic Mignogna has partnered with Davidson & Co Talent Agency
   ∟Vic appears to have tagged the wrong Talent Agency
   ∟I found the correct agency
      ∟It’s run by this guy
         ∟And it is cringe

– Pickups
   ∟MarzGurl’s husband suggests how to make useless Marvel films useful

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG
– Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is charging shipping after the fact
– Mecha-Ude Anime Set for October 2024 Premiere in New Trailer

Convention news:

– Nintendo Event Threat Maker Caught in Ibaraki Prefecture
– Welcome To ErotikaLand, The Sex Theme Park With Penis-Shaped Bumper Cars

Live-Action Anime news:

– Sonic the Hedgehog 3 movie has wrapped up filming
   ∟There may be two new characters showing up
– Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo is getting a stage play!

Streaming news:

– Big West Announces Macross Franchise To Land Exclusively On Disney Plus, Hulu
   ∟Bandai Namco Confirms ‘Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture’ For Global Release On Disney Plus
– Funimation is dead
   ∟They were the best and worst company
– Episodes of Anime from Crunchyroll’s Spring Season Leak Online Ahead of Official Premiere
– ‘Mobile Suit Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance’ Is Coming to Netflix
   ∟Antifa women character designs
      ∟They have the haircut
         ∟How they market it in Japan versus the West

Theater Release news:

– My Hero Academia You’re Next Film’s 2nd Teaser Video Introduces ‘Dark Might’ Villain
– ‘Ghostbusters’ Star Ernie Hudson Rejects Idea That Being Black Led To His Reduced Role In First Film, Says “It’s Very Tempting, Sometimes, To Blame Anything That Doesn’t Work In Your Life On Racism” But “It’s Not Quite That Simple”

Series news:

Anime:
– ‘Re:Zero’ Anime Character Designer Confirms Liliana And Capella Censored In Season 3 Due To International Standards: “The Field Is Doing Its Best To Deliver The Best Possible Product Under The Many Restrictions”
   ∟The excuse seems flimsy at best
   ∟Other shows are putting out similar designs with no problem
   ∟They’re compensating with big titty Emilia
– Delicious in Dungeon Anime Reveals New Trailer and Visual
– Baki-Dou Arc Gets Anime Adaptation from TMS Entertainment
– MAPPA Minister Leaves to Create New Subculture Company Blue Rights
– Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Chief Animation Director: “Anime Bankruptcies Are Coming”
– Warner Bros. Japan to Produce Over 10 Anime Titles Per Year
   ∟Western companies are quick to jump on things and make them terrible
Manga:
– Attack on Titan’s Hajime Isayama, Voice Actor Yūki Kaji Create Manga 1-Shot
– Captain Tsubasa Manga’s Story to Continue in Storyboard Form
– LGBT Activists Threatening Publishers & Bookstores Over ‘Anti-Trans Book’
– Japanese Communist Party encourages members to report fanservice manga to the UN
   ∟UN picks Saudi Arabia to lead women’s rights forum despite ‘abysmal’ record
Games:
– Arknights removes hand gesture associated with anti-LGBT feminist movement
   ∟Are the Nazis in the room right now?
– Microsoft Publishes New Inclusion Guide For Video Game Devs, Recommends Against Creating Female Characters With “Exaggerated Body Proportions”
   ∟Microsoft Recommends Game Developers Question If Female Characters Wear Proper Clothing And If Games Are “Reinforcing Any Negative Gender Stereotypes”
   ∟Bigs Smallson
   ∟How it started versus how it’s going
      ∟Cortana over the years
         ∟Modern Halo They/Them
            ∟UN Approved Characters
   ∟Microsoft cautions developers to avoid making money
      ∟Pokémon Go takes the advice
         ∟They literally made the female model a dude
   ∟Modern Woman Lara Croft
   ∟Curvy Men Still Okay
– Kabrutus asks “Which way, Western man?”
   ∟IGN France Scrambles To Backpedal After Writing Off ‘Stellar Blade’ Protagonist Eve As “A Doll Sexualized By Someone Who Has Never Seen A Woman”
      ∟Walk cycle comparison
         ∟Journalists now claim Eve isn’t sexy enough
            ∟They now retroactively praise Bayonetta and Nier
               ∟They lost their shit when she was shown to be straight
            ∟Remember, it’s okay when we force it into She Hulk
            ∟They claim Lady Dimitrscu is sexier than Eve
               ∟This is an example of “Safe Horny”
                  ∟You can only be attracted to women who challenge gender norm
         ∟Yoko Taro’s reasoning for 2B being sexy was just “I like girls”
      ∟Shin Jae-eun was photoscanned
      ∟Shift-Up CEO is married to the concept artist
      ∟IGN France edited the website
         ∟The author’s clarification of the statement
      ∟IGN Apologizes To ‘Stellar Blade’ Developer Shift Up Corporation For Describing Game’s Protagonist Eve As “A Doll Sexualized By Someone You Would Think Has Never Seen A Woman”
         ∟IGN France Editor-in-Chief Erwan Lafleuriel Implies Eve’s Design In ‘Stellar Blade’ Is Killing Women And Accuses Gamers Of Becoming “Too Fragile Due To Being Fed The Patriarchy”
   ∟Stellar Blade Demo Gameplay Shows More Sexy Skin Suit Action
      ∟Engaging the skin suit disengages the shield
         ∟Technically it is skin-colored fabric
            ∟Hard mode activated
      ∟They know exactly what they’re doing
      ∟Stellar Blade gets playable demo in March
         ∟What are you waiting for?
      ∟Stellar Blade is the most downloaded demo in Playstation history
         ∟It’s also the most pre-ordered game in 30 countries
            ∟Stellar Blade is this year’s Hogwarts Legacy
         ∟‘Stellar Blade’ Director Rejects Microtransactions, Promises Game “Will Not Require Players To Spend Any Additional Money Beyond What They Paid For The Package”
            ∟New Game+ and free skin updates
– Government Broadcaster Radio-Canada Accuses ‘Sweet Baby Inc. Detected’ Steam Curator Group Creator Kabrutus Of Leading A “Cyberharassment Campaign”
   ∟BBC Gaming Presenter Jules Hardy Calls For Current Sweet Baby Inc. Discourse To End With A “Final Purge” Of Ideological Opponents From The Medium
      ∟The blonde-haired blue-eyed presenter calls for the final solution
         ∟Gamers really are the most oppressed group in the world
      ∟Children’s BBC Host Jules Hardy Calls For “Final Purge” Of Gamers After Boycott List Created For Consultants Black Girl Gamers
         ∟Grummz prevents her backpedaling
      ∟This is why we need to gatekeep our hobbies
– ‘Forspoken’ Consultant Black Girl Gamers Threatens Legal Action Against That Park Place And Claims They Are Committed “To Diversity And Inclusion, Including Our Non-Discriminatory Hiring Practices”
   ∟People started mocking their threat
   ∟YouTube cut Stuttering Craig’s stream while they were discussing BGG
      ∟A former member was kicked out for refusing to hate white people
         ∟They mobilized their community against Gothix and sent a cease & desist to That Park Place
            ∟The cease & desist
               ∟That Park Place’s response
   ∟Naturally, members of the cult can’t perceive criticism as anything but racism
      ∟The mask slips and people advocate for segregation
         ∟You don’t get to have it both ways
            ∟If white people can’t do it, black people can’t do it
               ∟When white people do it it’s racist
                  ∟It’s called the KKK
                  ∟The KKK being racist is the point
   ∟Black Girl Gamers destroyed Luminous Studios
      ∟Warner Brothers and Square Enix should be the ones suing
   ∟‘Forspoken’ Consultant Black Girl Gamers Appears To Discriminate In Their Hiring Practices While Claiming They Are Being Harassed
– Let’s talk about Irena Pereira and her experience at GDC
   ∟Seems she is right at home when this is what they discuss at GDC
   ∟She can’t help but virtue signal her hatred of white men
      ∟She and her company go protected
         ∟Let’s take a quick look at her website
            ∟Weird, nearly the whole company is white males
– Now let’s look at this not at all hostile tweet from the head of Marketing for XBox
   ∟Elon decries the statement as racist to white guys
      ∟Savvy asks a very important question
         ∟Non-white gamers are offended at the virtue signal
      ∟Niche Gamer felt the need to explain why they wouldn’t write an article about Elon’s tweet
         ∟Grummz offers sympathy
         ∟Vara offers NONE
         ∟Jeremy points out the tactical error
            ∟Niche Gamer claims they aren’t bending the knee
– Nintendo Treehouse Job Listing Asks for DEI Awareness
   ∟More things DEI could stand for
   ∟DEI Hiring is Racist
– How to make a Media Narrative

Release news:

– Right Stuf
– Digimon Disc Error
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– Media OCD’s store is live
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Random Merch news:

– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Digivices Updated With Color Screens for Digimon’s 25th Anniversary
– We try the free muscle bread distributed by macho dudes at a one-day, pop-up event in Tokyo
– Samurai armour bandage underpants let you channel the soul of a Sengoku warlord
– Chun-Li Statue Unveiled in Capcom Founder’s Hometown

Misc news:

– Bride feels ‘lied to’ after finding out her husband has a micropenis on their honeymoon
– Shocked doctor discovers 30-YEAR build-up of smegma under the foreskin of married man who was suffering agonising pain in his penis
– Naked driver crashes car after dropping acid with friend during ‘Kung Fu Panda’: Mayfield Heights Police Blotter

AC’s Funhouse

– The Nazis adored it; the Japanese commercialised it – now we’re all trapped in the cult of cute
– Luxury hotel chain offering karaoke in a large tub floating on the ocean
– Would you pay 450 dollar for a unique picnic dangling 295 feet over a thundering waterfall?
– Subway’s flying restaurant will serve sandwiches 1,000 feet in the air: How to book your free ride
– Taupo McDonald’s Airplane
– Paqui’s One Chip Challenge Pulled From Stores After Teen’s Death
– Dick Amnesia Is a Real Thing
– Does Guile’s Street Fighter video game crouching block work in real life?
– Mr. Sato appears in a French photo album without his consent, goes mad with desire for vengeance
– Netflix being sued for $2 billion by Egyptians for ‘distorting the image’ of Cleopatra in new doc
– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG
– Tokyo capsule toy machine gives you real samurai-era antique coins, but are they worth anything?
– Hot spring offers people of all ages chance to participate in Japanese school-style sports day
– “Get them drunk then chop off their heads.” Samurai’s assassination plot against U.S. envoys found
– “Android” arrested for rice ball theft in Japan, Android Woman denies involvement
– Why do people spend so long in jail without going to trial in Japan?

– Matt Walsh Brings Video Game Infiltration Mainstream
   ∟Mark Kern provides a simple critique to Matt Walsh
      ∟Mark Kern exposes Daily Wire DMs
         ∟Lauren Chen was blocked
      ∟Matt Walsh decries being called out
         ∟Lunar Archivist fixes Matt Walsh’s deflection
– Little Kuriboh accused of pedophilia by proxy
   ∟I was approached to talk about this during the Daman Mills coverage
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend’s Friend
   ∟Kirbopher’s Apology Post

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

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

– Shohei Ohtani Interpreter Fired After Allegedly Stealing Millions for Illegal Gambling
   ∟Shohei Ohtani’s personal interpreter fired, accused of “massive theft” to pay off gambling debts
      ∟One of Shohei Ohtani’s endorsement deals looks pretty awkward right now

– Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s

– Pickups
   ∟Ocarina of Time is based
      ∟The Temple of Time remains untouched by Ganon’s evil
         ∟Link is canonically Christian

– While Japan Begins To Reject ESG Investments, The Pokémon Company International Posts Job Listing For Director Of DEI & Social Responsibility

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG

Convention news:

– Dragon Ball theme park, bigger than Tokyo Disneyland, announced, but not for Japan

Live-Action Anime news:

– Parasyte: The Grey Live-Action Series Shares Main Trailer, Key Visual

Streaming news:

– Disney+ to Stream Nearly All Macross Anime Worldwide in 2024
– Two Long-Lost ‘Astro Boy’ Episodes Have Been Restored And Are Airing In Japan

Theater Release news:

– GKIDS To Bring Quartet Of Mamoru Hosoda Films To U.S. Theaters After Acquiring The Director’s Full Studio Chizu Catalog
– Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron Jumps 15 Places on Japanese All-Time Box Office After Oscar Win
– Gundam creator Yoshiyuki Tomino: Young animators must “crush” Hayao Miyazaki

Series news:

Anime:
– Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction Anime Film 2nd Part Pushed Back to May 24
– Sentenced to Be a Hero TV Anime Reveals Teaser Visual and Video
– Grisaia: Phantom Trigger TV Anime Scheduled to Premiere in 2024
– I’m a Behemoth Light Novels Get TV Anime
   ∟I’m a Behemoth, an S-Ranked Monster, but Mistaken for a Cat, I Live as an Elf Girl’s Pet TV Anime Announced
– You Are Ms. Servant TV Anime Premieres in October 2024
– Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World? Anime Debuts in July 2024
– The Unwanted Undead Adventurer Anime Unveils New Visual Ahead of Episode 12
– Ishura Anime Announces Season 2 in Production
– Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World Season 3 Set for October 2024
   ∟Capella is censored
      ∟It’s the holocaust all over again
         ∟Emilia’s tits are huge now too
– ZENSHU. is MAPPA’s Next Original TV Anime
   ∟MAPPA Animator-Focused Original Show Zenshuu Quite Ironic
– KENGAN ASHURA Anime Season 2 Part 2 Reveals August 2024 Release, Teaser Trailer, Visual
– Baki Hanma vs Kengan Ashura
– Chinese State Broadcaster Airs Country’s First AI-Developed Animated Series
Manga:
– Dragon Ball Super enters indefinite hiatus
– Eiichiro Oda to Take Three-Week Break From One Piece Manga Chapter Releases in April

Games:
– China Man Arrested for Illegally Copying Game Music at Arcade Center
– Dragon’s Dogma 2 Players Are Planning an NPC Murder Spree to Boost the Frame Rate
   ∟Dragon’s Dogma 2 in Flames for Performance, DLC & DRM Issues
      ∟Make travel fun by paying for it!
      ∟There is no new game option
         ∟If you delete save it is bricked
      ∟The micro transactions are out of control
         ∟They may be hidden, but still unacceptable
      ∟The character creator is still pretty legit
         ∟Play as Mr. Satan
            ∟The King of Pop has come to free his people
               ∟Play as a crack whore
                  ∟Play as late-stage FDDNM
                     ∟You can even give them love handles
– PlayStation Laying Off 900 Across Insomniac, Naughty Dog, Guerrilla, And More, Closing London Studio
   ∟Sony shuts down Deviation Games before first game is released
      ∟Former PlayStation Boss Responds To Mass Layoffs In Gaming, Says Things Will Be “Fine”
– At the Game Developers Conference, the Games Industry Really Needed a Good Scream
   ∟The collective scream heard… just in that garden
      ∟“We’re in control!” screams game dev who is no longer in control
         ∟In reality, only 50 or so devs showed up to scream
      ∟Fealty to the cult must be sworn loudly and publicly
      ∟This all started because one person thought customers should know what they’re buying
   ∟Government-Owned Canadian Broadcasting Company Joins Sweet Baby Inc. Misinformation Campaign
   ∟Kotaku EIC Resigns Over New Editorial Edict
      ∟We Are Now Entering The “Animal Crossing Buttplug” Stage Of 2020
      ∟Contributors would rather quit than write guides
         ∟Good luck inserting politics into guides
            ∟The strategy is to ask for the impossible
               ∟If everyone quits, no severance pay!
      ∟Is this the article that did them in?
         ∟In reality, it is this bullshit
            ∟Of course Alyssa is convinced she’s the victim
               ∟I hope she can learn to code
                  ∟Nope, just gonna suck dick
      ∟Kotaku Owners G/O Media Reportedly Back Down From Fully Shifting Site From News To Guides After Editor-in-Chief Resigns, Staff Push Back
         ∟Alyssa has planned a revenge piece on Melanie Mac
            ∟And appears to have been given the greenlight to write the hit piece
               ∟Get ready for a lawsuit
   ∟EA’s ‘Marvel’s Black Panther’ Narrative Designer Responds After Video Resurfaces Of Her Bragging That Previous Title ‘ValiDate’ Had “No White People” On Dev Team: “I Had Fears Of Certain Treatment Towards My Marginalized Workers”
      ∟Curiously, she just deleted several Tweets
         ∟Associate Narrative Designer Working On ‘Marvel’s Black Panther’ Admits To Being A Racist While Accusing Gamers Of Racism And Saying You Can’t Be Racist To White People
            ∟She is doing a terrible job hiding who she is
   ∟Reflector Entertainment And Bandai Namco’s ‘Unknown 9: Awakening’ Added To Sweet Baby Inc. Detected List
   ∟Let’s revisit Flintlock
      ∟Report: Sweet Baby Inc. Ruined A44 Games’ ‘Flintlock: The Siege Of Dawn’ Race-Swapped Main Character And Made Other Significant DEI Changes
         ∟Put a chick in it and make her lame and gay
         ∟The ops manager for the studio had a meltdown
            ∟Of course she claimed harassment
               ∟She can’t spell preservation
               ∟She deleted her account
   ∟Video Game Developers Reportedly Make Characters Androgynous To Cater To Transgenderism
      ∟Naughty Dog made female characters less feminine to be trans friendly
      ∟Here is a wall of hideous characters
         ∟Game Developer Admits The Game Industry Is Making Games To Cater To LGBTQ+ Agenda
   ∟Why can’t you just ignore the super subtle woke shit?
      ∟Kind of hard when it is EVERYWHERE
         ∟Play as a deaf girl
            ∟Only attractive women are lesbians
               ∟The devs who claim their effort is for realism and authentic lived experiences can’t even get a flag right
   ∟Brianna Wu will decry female game characters for looking like hookers
      ∟Except when it comes to her own game of course
         ∟Remember, these are the people who clamor for real women representation in media

Release news:

– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Tokyo police arrest two men for theft of 4.98 million-yen Yu-Gi-Oh! card
– K-Pop Idol Apologizes for Enjoying Coca-Cola

Misc news:

– Woman Swindled Out of 900,000 Yen by Fake Astronaut
– Teen Brit gets USB cable stuck inside penis in bizarre ‘sexual experimentation’
– Man with one-inch penis opens up about life with a micropenis
– Adam Manikis: Man breaks his penis and blogs his way back to health: ‘It blew up like a Coke can’

AC’s Funhouse

– The Nazis adored it; the Japanese commercialised it – now we’re all trapped in the cult of cute
– Luxury hotel chain offering karaoke in a large tub floating on the ocean
– Would you pay 450 dollar for a unique picnic dangling 295 feet over a thundering waterfall?
– Subway’s flying restaurant will serve sandwiches 1,000 feet in the air: How to book your free ride
– Taupo McDonald’s Airplane
– Paqui’s One Chip Challenge Pulled From Stores After Teen’s Death
– Dick Amnesia Is a Real Thing
– Does Guile’s Street Fighter video game crouching block work in real life?
– Mr. Sato appears in a French photo album without his consent, goes mad with desire for vengeance
– Netflix being sued for $2 billion by Egyptians for ‘distorting the image’ of Cleopatra in new doc
– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG
– Tokyo capsule toy machine gives you real samurai-era antique coins, but are they worth anything?
– Hot spring offers people of all ages chance to participate in Japanese school-style sports day
– “Get them drunk then chop off their heads.” Samurai’s assassination plot against U.S. envoys found
– “Android” arrested for rice ball theft in Japan, Android Woman denies involvement
– Why do people spend so long in jail without going to trial in Japan?

– Matt Walsh Brings Video Game Infiltration Mainstream
   ∟Mark Kern provides a simple critique to Matt Walsh
      ∟Mark Kern exposes Daily Wire DMs
         ∟Lauren Chen was blocked
      ∟Matt Walsh decries being called out
         ∟Lunar Archivist fixes Matt Walsh’s deflection
– Little Kuriboh accused of pedophilia by proxy
   ∟I was approached to talk about this during the Daman Mills coverage
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend’s Friend
   ∟Kirbopher’s Apology Post

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

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

– Austin St. John is monetizing Hitler
   ∟Original Red Power Ranger announces clothing line featuring quotes from famous ‘warriors’ including Hitler
      ∟Actor Who Played the Red Power Ranger Is Launching a Line of T-Shirts with Hitler Quotes?

– Cristina Vee accused of being a Zionist
   ∟People can’t believe it
      ∟Half the cast is allegedly Zionist
   ∟Don’t accuse people on flimsy evidence
      ∟What happened?
         ∟People harassed her on flimsy evidence
   ∟She deleted her Twitter over the allegations

– Pickups

– Investors in Japan Drain $4.5 Billion as They Exit ESG Funds
– Former Team Lead For World Of Warcraft Mark Kern Explains How ESG Influences Video Game Developers And How It Will Kill Them

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG
– Original ‘G.I. Joe’ Animated Series Creator And ‘Transformers: The Movie’ Writer Ron Friedman Launches Emergency GoFundMe To Pay For Cancer Treatments, Living Expenses

Convention news:

–

Live-Action Anime news:

– Live-Action City Hunter Film Releases Teaser Trailer Featuring Ending Theme by TM NETWORK

Streaming news:

– Cat’s Eye is on YouTube
   ∟Seems they missed episode 56
– ‘X-Men ’97’ Showrunner Beau DeMayo Gets The Boot From Marvel Studios Just Days Before Series’ Premiere, Deletes Social Media Accounts In Response
   ∟‘X-Men: The Animated Series’ Creators Defend Decision To Make Morph Nonbinary In ‘X-Men ’97’: “The Word ‘Nonbinary’ Is The Same As The Word ‘Shapeshifter’”
– ‘Shōgun’ Isn’t Likely to Get a Second Season
   ∟Where Are The Black People in ‘Shogun’?
      ∟In Harlem of course
         ∟This is what they want to see
            ∟Japan was 95% black before the nuke
               ∟Sideways katana
            ∟It’s AI generated
               ∟Lack of culture must be filled with someone else’s
            ∟This is the ‘cultural appropriation’ crowd
               ∟It’s absolutely hopeless
            ∟This is what I want to see

Theater Release news:

– Gina Carano on Getting Sacked From Star Wars and Her Grudge Match With Disney
   ∟All you had to do was bend over backwards and suck the girl cock
      ∟The devil makes the easy way out appetizing

Series news:

Anime:
– Space Battleship Yamato 2205 2-Part Film Project Gets TV Version in May
– My Deer Friend Nokotan Anime Adaptation by WIT Studio Announced for July 2024
– Studio Colorido Announces Original Anime Film My Oni Girl for May 2024 Release
– Plus-Sized Elf Anime Round Out the Cast With Three New Roles Revealed
– Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf! TV Anime Says Hi to Main Cast in First Teaser Trailer, Visual
– Black Butler -Public School Arc- TV Anime Unveils New Key Visual
– Viral Hit Anime Punches in April 10 Premiere, New Visual and Trailer
– Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest Anime’s Teaser Reveals Cast, Staff, July Debut
– A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring TV Anime Reveals 1st Trailer, July 2024 Debut
– I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time Anime Reveals 2024 Premiere, Main Staff
– DAN DA DAN Anime Goes UFO Hunting in New Trailer, Key Visual
– The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s Army was a Human TV Anime Reveals New Trailer and More
Manga:
– Psycho-Pass Anime Writers Makoto Fukami, Ryō Yoshigami Launch New Manga with Psycho-Pass Manga Artist Natsuo Sai on March 26
Games:
– Japanese Gamers Prefer Realistic Environments, Says Sega
– LGBTQ+ Activists Accuse ‘Helldivers 2’ Developers Of Silencing Them After They Attempted To Push Propaganda Into Game
   ∟It would be like an American flag in Hyrule
– ‘Dead By Daylight’ Voice Actor Demands Reparations And Accuses Developer Behavior Interactive Of Tricking Him Into “Voicing A Stereotype”
   ∟People are perpetuating the lie
   ∟Take a look at the animations
   ∟Looks like the monster
   ∟Ricky Berwick got in on the discourse
      ∟Ricky was the model’s inspiration
– Regulate toxic online video games the same as social media
   ∟Let’s look at Pancaked Brick’s breakdown
      ∟Let’s start by looking at the author
         ∟Their gravest concern is that someone other than them is involved in community organizing
            ∟They claim gaming culture is toxic
               ∟Most of all, they despise your freedom of speech and privacy
                  ∟Video games cause violence
                     ∟Roblox birthed the new Hitler
                        ∟Letting people have autonomy is too dangerous
                        ∟Abolish privacy
                           ∟Save the children
                              ∟Governments are starting to get involved
                                 ∟6 eighth graders face criminal charges over ‘hateful and racist’ online chat: DA
         ∟The root of the problem is right there
                                 ∟Let’s boycott the oganizations who want to suppress freedom of speech
   ∟DHS and FBI Aim To Target Gamers in Misguided Fight Against Domestic Terrorism
      ∟This will lead to a renaissance of single player games
         ∟Note that gamers are more dangerous than military-aged men flooding the border
   ∟US Government-Funded Non-Profit ‘Take This’ Responds To Sweet Baby Inc. Backlash By Calling On Video Game Industry “To Clearly And Unequivocally Denounce Gamergate”
      ∟They are going after “lore developers” to ensure they don’t radicalize
         ∟DHS to Spend Almost $700,000 Investigating ‘Radicalization in Gaming’
      ∟Why are Valve and Discord permitting harassment against Sweet Baby Inc.?
         ∟If they can’t cancel you, they will put pressure on those who could cancel you
            ∟Mark Kern holds a mirror up to that behavior
   ∟Vara recaps the timeline for GamerGate 1 becoming GamerGate 2
      ∟Someone simplified it
         ∟The ADL tries to pressure congress
            ∟Israel is desperate to control narratives
               ∟They have a real problem
   ∟Kabrutus noticed the government connections are starting to get scrubbed
      ∟Extremism and Gaming Members page completely yeeted
         ∟They are trying to hide the common thread of people across these funding groups
      ∟They have also altered their mission statement (Mandate)
      ∟Let’s look at some of these connections
   ∟Elon Musk Describes Sweet Baby Inc. As “An Evil Blight On The Gaming Industry” After Employee Attempts To Cancel Asmongold
      ∟SBI should build their own games instead of hijacking established brands
         ∟Of course they can’t which is why they don’t
      ∟All attempts have failed
         ∟But they still only fail upwards
            ∟Dani Lalonders won’t hire white people
               ∟Mark Kern points out there are illegal hiring practices going on all over the industry
                  ∟She also worked for Sweet Baby Inc. for 8 months
                     ∟Confirmed by her LinkedIn
         ∟Someone claims GamerGaters have just advertised ValiDate
            ∟Only 3 peak players though…
         ∟Ex-Sweet Baby Inc. Employee And Current EA’s ‘Marvel’s Black Panther’ Narrative Designer Seen Proudly Bragging That Previous Title ‘ValiDate’ Had “No White People” On Dev Team
            ∟Hilariously, the white character they put in is the most popular character
               ∟They disavow people giving attention to the white character
                  ∟You only like white characters because of bias
                     ∟Both the white guy AND his mom are the biggest thirst traps
                        ∟Players blame the devs for even adding white characters
                           ∟They can’t handle that people like the white characters
                              ∟Many people of color are important
   ∟The pitfall of modern advertising
      ∟Indie games will overtake AAA
   ∟‘Forspoken’ Consultant Black Girl Gamers Appears To Discriminate In Their Hiring Practices While Claiming They Are Being Harassed
   ∟Richie de Wit promises to destroy employees that call out DEI policies
      ∟He founded a company to consult for inclusivity
         ∟They are admitting to what we are accusing them of doing
            ∟Game Developer Consultant Richie de Wit Promises To Destroy Careers Of Video Game Company Employees If They Call Out DEI Policies
               ∟And they are sinking money and resources into nonsense
   ∟The return of Gamer gate is smaller and sadder
      ∟So why do they need to send the entire fleet?
         ∟We have only grown since GamerGate 1.0
            ∟Sweet Baby Inc Detected has reacheed 300,000 people
      ∟The author avoided including a timeline becuase it would prove Kabrutus right
   ∟Kabrutus has continued adding additional games
   ∟GDC is going on this week
      ∟I’m sure the agenda will be no different from 2017
– Stellar Blade Eve Practically Naked in Sexy Skintight Costume
   ∟Korea is singlehandedly undoing GamerGate
      ∟Vindictus: Defying Fate brings the physics
      ∟The First Descendant brings the diversity we want
         ∟The planet is healing
            ∟Doing God’s work
      ∟They are gorgeous
         ∟Single player games are the way
– PlayStation gamers reportedly losing access to purchased games via serious bug

Release news:

– Exclusive: Kodansha Reveals Cover for ‘Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow’
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Rogue Figure
– Where’d those amazing Godzilla shoes seen at the Academy Awards come from, and can you buy them?

Misc news:

– Tiger-man steals show at Japanese zoo’s safety training exercise
– Man rushed to hospital after squeezing himself into 11 penis rings

AC’s Funhouse

– The Nazis adored it; the Japanese commercialised it – now we’re all trapped in the cult of cute
– Luxury hotel chain offering karaoke in a large tub floating on the ocean
– Would you pay 450 dollar for a unique picnic dangling 295 feet over a thundering waterfall?
– Subway’s flying restaurant will serve sandwiches 1,000 feet in the air: How to book your free ride
– Taupo McDonald’s Airplane
– Paqui’s One Chip Challenge Pulled From Stores After Teen’s Death
– Dick Amnesia Is a Real Thing
– Does Guile’s Street Fighter video game crouching block work in real life?
– Mr. Sato appears in a French photo album without his consent, goes mad with desire for vengeance
– Netflix being sued for $2 billion by Egyptians for ‘distorting the image’ of Cleopatra in new doc
– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG
– Tokyo capsule toy machine gives you real samurai-era antique coins, but are they worth anything?
– Hot spring offers people of all ages chance to participate in Japanese school-style sports day
– “Get them drunk then chop off their heads.” Samurai’s assassination plot against U.S. envoys found
– “Android” arrested for rice ball theft in Japan, Android Woman denies involvement
– Why do people spend so long in jail without going to trial in Japan?

– Matt Walsh Brings Video Game Infiltration Mainstream
   ∟Mark Kern provides a simple critique to Matt Walsh
      ∟Mark Kern exposes Daily Wire DMs
         ∟Lauren Chen was blocked
      ∟Matt Walsh decries being called out
         ∟Lunar Archivist fixes Matt Walsh’s deflection
– Little Kuriboh accused of pedophilia by proxy
   ∟I was approached to talk about this during the Daman Mills coverage
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend’s Friend
   ∟Kirbopher’s Apology Post

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– Chibi Maruko-chan Voice Actress TARAKO Dead at 63
– ‘Dragon Ball’ Creator Akira Toriyama Passes Away At Age 68 From Reported Acute Subdural Hematoma
   ∟Dragon Ball: Japan manga creator Akira Toriyama dies
      ∟Sonic recaps the Saiyan Saga
   ∟Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama passes away
      ∟Goku as a gorgeous girl? Artist reimagines iconic manga’s male hero minus his Dragon Balls
   ∟Dragon Ball Creator Akira Toriyama Passes Away at Age 68
      ∟Manga & Game Industry Greats Mourn Akira Toriyama’s Death
         ∟Akira Toriyama mourned by the entire entertainment industry
            ∟Yusuke Murata’s statement on Toriyama’s death
   ∟Dragon Ball in the style of Sui Ishida (Tokyo Ghoul)
      ∟Jim Lee (Batman: Hush)
      ∟Tite Kubo (Bleach)
      ∟Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto)
      ∟Eiichiro Oda (One Piece)
      ∟Kohei Horikoshi (My Hero Academia)
      ∟Yusuke Murata (One Punch Man)
      ∟Yoshihiro Togashi (Hunter × Hunter)
      ∟Tatsuki Fujimoto (Chainsaw Man)
      ∟Gotouge Koyoharu (Demon Slayer)
      ∟Gege Akutami (Jujutsu Kaisen)
      ∟Yuki Tabata (Black Clover)
      ∟Yukinobu Tatsu (Dandadan)
      ∟Yoshifumi Tozuka (Undead Unluck)
      ∟Yusei Matsui (Assassination Classroom)
      ∟Shun Saeki (Food Wars!)
      ∟Kentaro Yabuki (Black Cat)
         ∟He learned everything from Dragon Ball
      ∟Takeshi Obata (Death Note)
      ∟Tetsuo Hara (Fist of the North Star)
      ∟Norihiro Yagi (Claymore)
      ∟Hirohiko Araki (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)
      ∟Kazuki Takahashi (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
      ∟Masakazu Katsura (Zetman)
      ∟Nakaba Suzuki (Ultra Red)
      ∟Haruichi Furudate (Haikyu!!)
      ∟Koshi Rikudo (Excel Saga)
      ∟Nobuhiro Watsuki (Rurouni Kenshin)
      ∟Hideaki Sorachi (Gintama)
      ∟Mikio Itou (Normandy Secret Club)
      ∟Hiroyuki Asada (Letter Bee)
      ∟Kenjirou Takeshita (Happy World!)
   ∟Akira Toriyama is responsible for Tite Kubo developing Bleach
   ∟The worst take about Toriyama’s impact
      ∟He changed his account and someone took his @
      ∟Toriyama influenced Togashi
         ∟And Final Fantasy
            ∟Also, Kirby lives in Goku’s house
               ∟The Snifits look like Toriyama’s portrait
                  ∟Doc Robot K-176 looks inspired by Toriyama
                     ∟Prototype Gobline Enemy from Sonic
                        ∟Dr. Slump influenced Sonic’s logo
                           ∟Not just Sonic, but Mario too
   ∟Toriyama’s influence will continue to echo through time
      ∟Details on Dragon Quest involvement
         ∟The invention of the slime
            ∟DBZ is the shared cultural experience of people in South America
               ∟They have parades in Colombia for Dragon Ball
                  ∟Dragon Ball is everywhere in South America
                     ∟Real Madrid fans support Toriyama
                        ∟They did a massive Spirit Bomb in his honor
               ∟Toriyama had his own influences and who he influenced will influence others
   ∟Splatoon has influence of Toriyama
      ∟The French version of Pokémon has DBZ on Red’s TV
         ∟Mainline Pokémon also appears to make references
   ∟Multiple cartoons have referenced DBZ
   ∟People have come together in the Dragon Ball Xenoverse community to honor Toriyama
      ∟Same with the Final Fantasy XIV community
         ∟Everyone has been impacted in some way
            ∟Even Dr. Slump fans showed up
   ∟Sweet Baby Inc couldn’t help themselves
      ∟Toriyama’s worst characters are better than Sweet Baby Inc’s best
      ∟Mr. Popo is the greatest black anime character
   ∟Here’s hoping he doesn’t fall off Snake Way
   ∟Axe pays tribute
   ∟Toriyama died during the year of the dragon
   ∟Masako Nozawa destroys heaven in honor of Toriyama
   ∟Toriyama’s comments on winning a Lifetime Achievement Award
– Dragon Ball DAIMA is no longer releasing as a web anime

– Japanese manga artists die 20 years younger than the average person

– Rooster Teeth Shut Down By Warner Bros. Discovery, The Roost Podcast Network To Continue
   ∟The last shot of RWBY is DC
   ∟What we’re all thinking

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– Tenga

– Pickups

– Kimi no Na wa Producer Arrested for Lewd Acts With Minor
– Japanese government to make first change to romanization spelling rules since the 1950s

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG

Convention news:

–

Live-Action Anime news:

– New Fallout TV Series Gets a Release Date & Reveal Trailer
– Parasyte: The Grey Live-Action Series Reveals New Teaser
– Osamu Tezuka’s Midnight Manga Gets Live-Action Short Shot Entirely on iPhone

Streaming news:

– Crunchyroll Adds Dragon Ball Super Anime’s English Dub
– HIDIVE Launches Updated Website/Apps With Offline Viewing, New User Interface
– Digimon to Launch Web Manga Platform With Manga in Japanese, English

Theater Release news:

– The Boy and the Heron Film Wins Oscar for Best Animated Feature
   ∟Beardless Hayao Miyazaki has on-brand answer to what he likes about The Boy and the Heron
   ∟Chad Miyazaki effortlessly comes out of retirement for Oscars
– Godzilla Minus One Film Wins Oscar for Best Visual Effects
   ∟“Godzilla Minus One” VFX crew reacts to the film getting nominated for the Oscar for Best VFX
   ∟GODZILLA MINUS ONE Accepts the Oscar for Visual Effects
   ∟Never give up on your dreams
– Nintendo, Illumination Confirm New Super Mario Animated Film on April 3, 2026
– Venom R-rated Animated Movie In The Works From Seth Rogen
– Warner Bros. Discovery Chief DEI Officer Endorses Discriminating Against Employees Who Disagree With DEI Ideology: “They’ll Leave Themselves, Which Is Great”

Series news:

Anime:
– Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc TV Anime Reveals May Premiere in New Trailer
– SAND LAND TV Anime Version Starts March 20 With Seven Episode Premiere
   ∟‘Sand Land: The Series’ To Feature New ‘The Angel Hero’s Arc’ Sequel Story Written By Akira Toriyama
– Whisper Me a Love Song Anime Sets the Stage for April 13 Premiere with New Visual
– Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss But I’m Not the Demon Lord Series Reaches One Million Copies
– Vampire Dormitory Anime Reveals Premiere Date, Main Visual
– Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin anime announced
– THE NEW GATE Anime Reveals Premiere Date, New Visual and Cast
– Mission: Yozakura Family TV Anime Reveals 2nd Key Visual, Ending Theme Details
– Original Anime Astro Note Reveals Premiere Date, Main Visual and Trailer
Manga:
– Pumpkin Scissors Manga Resumes After 4 Years
Games:
– Yuzu settlement was likely to avoid discovery
   ∟GBC, GBA emulator dev pulling their apps from distribution
– Overwatch 2 x Cowboy Bebop Collaboration Revealed in Special Trailer
– Several Wayforward Game Prototypes And Source Code Surface Online Following Data Leak
– Order Us! players turn out to support game banned from Steam
– Sweet Baby Inc. detected: What actually happened and why should you care?
   ∟They came after Kabrutus’ list
      ∟Based Valve saves the day
         ∟Sweet Baby Inc. Detected reached a quarter million
   ∟Sweet Baby Inc. Doesn’t Do What Some Gamers Think It Does
   ∟The Game Director for Alan Wake 2 claims Sweet Baby Inc. isn’t the reason Saga Anderson is black
      ∟Why Remedy Entertainment went all in on Saga Anderson in Alan Wake 2
   ∟Mainstream Press, Video Game Devs Come Out In Full Force To Run Defense For Sweet Baby Inc.
   ∟Sweet Baby Inc. Is Not An All-Powerful DEI Supervillain – They’re A Symptom Of A Larger Problem
   ∟So apparently one of the funding companies behind Sweet Baby Inc was founded by Eileen Holowka
   ∟Sweet Baby Inc/Weird Ghosts/Baby Ghosts Financials
– Stellar Blade demo accidentally released on PlayStation Store, quickly removed
– PlayStation gamers reportedly losing access to purchased games via serious bug

Release news:

– Viz Media to Release Kagurabachi Manga in Print in Fall
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– BOCCHI THE ROCK! Anime Inspires Giant Dice Cushion for All Your Conversational Needs
– Fullmetal Alchemist Fans Can Now Drink Sake from Alphonse Elric’s Helmet
– The SpongeBob Xbox Series X only costs $699, a small price to pay for art
– Final Fantasy Terra, Cloud, And Lightning Sprite Lights Announced
– Legendary shojo manga classics get reprints as miniature capsule toys with full-volume contents
– Toyota Creates Real-life Pokemon Violet Miraidon Motorcycle
– ‘Vegan’ Bakery Exposed For Buying And Re-Selling Dunkin’ Donuts To Customers
– Big Motor Insurance Fraud Scandal Ends With Company Bought Out
– Nagoya elementary students caught defrauding classmate for nearly 1 million yen
– Japan’s new ATMs automatically play anti-fraud videos to people talking on mobile phones

Misc news:

– Saitama Assembly Member Who Shut Down Sexy Pool Shoots Resigns After Scandal
– Upskirt photos lead Japanese high school to redesign cheerleader uniforms
– Man with penis on his arm shoots his shot with Kate Beckinsale after she sends him message

AC’s Funhouse

– The Nazis adored it; the Japanese commercialised it – now we’re all trapped in the cult of cute
– Luxury hotel chain offering karaoke in a large tub floating on the ocean
– Would you pay 450 dollar for a unique picnic dangling 295 feet over a thundering waterfall?
– Subway’s flying restaurant will serve sandwiches 1,000 feet in the air: How to book your free ride
– Taupo McDonald’s Airplane
– Paqui’s One Chip Challenge Pulled From Stores After Teen’s Death
– Dick Amnesia Is a Real Thing
– Does Guile’s Street Fighter video game crouching block work in real life?
– Mr. Sato appears in a French photo album without his consent, goes mad with desire for vengeance
– Netflix being sued for $2 billion by Egyptians for ‘distorting the image’ of Cleopatra in new doc
– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG
– Tokyo capsule toy machine gives you real samurai-era antique coins, but are they worth anything?
– Hot spring offers people of all ages chance to participate in Japanese school-style sports day
– “Get them drunk then chop off their heads.” Samurai’s assassination plot against U.S. envoys found
– “Android” arrested for rice ball theft in Japan, Android Woman denies involvement
– Why do people spend so long in jail without going to trial in Japan?

– Matt Walsh Brings Video Game Infiltration Mainstream
   ∟Mark Kern provides a simple critique to Matt Walsh
      ∟Mark Kern exposes Daily Wire DMs
         ∟Lauren Chen was blocked
      ∟Matt Walsh decries being called out
         ∟Lunar Archivist fixes Matt Walsh’s deflection
– Little Kuriboh accused of pedophilia by proxy
   ∟I was approached to talk about this during the Daman Mills coverage
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend’s Friend
   ∟Kirbopher’s Apology Post

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– Unlovely Complex: Social Justice, Misogyny, and the Lovely Complex Dub
   ∟‘Persona’ Series English Localizer Decries Recently Fired ‘Lovely Complex’ Dub Writer Not For Bad Work, But For Proving “Culture Warrior Weirdos” Right

– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Support us Further
– Tenga

– Anime Producer Kouichirou Itou Faces New Accusations of Obscene Acts With a Minor for Money
– ‘No Warning’: The Death Penalty In Japan

– Pickups

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG
– I decided to make a petition for an uncut dub of Sonic X so that Discotek know that there is a demand for it. Please sign it.
   ∟Release an uncut dub of Sonic X
   ∟Sevakis probably still hates Ogy more
      ∟For this monstrosity
         ∟That was only explained
            ∟By lack of sleep

Convention news:

– 300-year-old Japanese festival that curses all who see it permitted to be filmed for first time

Live-Action Anime news:

– Golden Kamuy Manga Also Gets Live-Action Series With Film’s Cast

Streaming news:

– Crunchyroll CEO Says A.I. Generated Subtitles Are “Definitely an Area We’re Focused On”

Theater Release news:

– ZEGAPAIN STA Anime to Get Theatrical Release in Summer 2024
– Detective Conan’s 27th Anime Film to Get Widest Theatrical Release in Japanese History

Series news:

Anime:
– Babanbabanban Vampire TV Anime and Live-Action Film Adaptations Revealed for 2025
– Gods’ Games We Play Anime to Stream on Crunchyroll
   ∟Gods’ Games We Play TV Anime Squares off Against Leshea in New Special Visual
– Dungeon People Anime Reveals Main Cast and Staff, Premiere Date
– Chillin’ in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers Anime Sets April 8 Premiere with New Trailer, Visual
– KONOSUBA Season 3 Anime Sets April 10 Premiere with New Trailer
   ∟KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 3 Busts Out With a New
– Re:Monster TV Anime Announces Premiere Date, Main Visual, Additional Voice Cast Members
– Viral Hit Anime Adaptation Tags in Nine Cast Members
– Original Anime Films Kurayukaba, Kuramerukagari Releases Full Trailers, Main Visuals
– Shinmai Ossan Boukensha, Saikyou Party ni Shinu hodo Kitaerareta Muteki ni Naru TV Anime Toughens Up with New Trailer
– How I Attended an All-Guy’s Mixer Anime Unveils Main Cast and Staff
– Mysterious Disappearances TV Anime Unveils New Trailer, Visual and More Cast
– My Wife Has No Emotion anime announced
   ∟My Wife Has No Emotion TV Anime Annnounced for July 2024
– If My Wife Became an Elementary School Student anime premieres this year
– Jiisan Baasan Wakagaeru Anime Feels Young Again in New Trailer
– One-Punch Man Season 3 Anime Teaser Trailer Confirms J.C. Staff Return
– Bandai Namco Filmworks Directly Invests in Eightbit, Makes the Anime Studio a Subsidiary
Manga:
– Major One Piece, JJK Leaker “Snitches” on Rival After Shutting Down
Games:
– Steam bans Order Us! for having an adult with a small chest
– NieR 3 reportedly teased by Taro Yoko at orchestral concert
– First Capcom Street Fighter VI Tournament Won by Virtual Youtuber Fan
– Vanillaware’s Unicorn Overlord Slammed for Bad Translations
– Steam curator warns players if Sweet Baby is involved in a game
   ∟Sweet Baby Inc detected
      ∟More Sweet Baby Inc. games
      ∟Sweet Baby employees incite harassment campaign against Steam curator
         ∟Sweet Baby Inc. Staff Throw Tantrum After Steam Curator List Created To Track, Warn Players Against Their Work
         ∟DEI weirdos are trying to cancel a Brazilian
            ∟Based Brazilian is not LatinX
         ∟Grummz points out SBI is angry people know what games they were involved with
            ∟They can’t know
            ∟People are grateful for the list
– Square Enix Retroactively Censoring Final Fantasy VII Remake’s Flashback Tifa
   ∟DignifAI strikes again
   ∟Just when they gave us hope
   ∟Final Fantasy VII Remake update covers up Tifa’s cleavage, breaks vital PC mod
   ∟‘Final Fantasy VII Remake’ Mod Restoring Tifa’s Uncensored Cowgirl Costume Removed By Nexus Mods
   ∟Vara covered the news
      ∟Lofti slides in to be a complete dick
         ∟Vara holds her ground
            ∟Lofti doubles down
               ∟Vara gracefully rubs salt in the wound
         ∟People show what they expect to happen in a day 1 patch
            ∟They aren’t the only ones
               ∟Incredibly, you could stick them in a hijab and they would still be more attractive than Western games
– Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Physical Discs Mislabeled in Japan & Asia
– Nintendo Suing Switch Emulator Yuzu for Piracy Reasons
   ∟Nintendo suing creators of Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu
      ∟Nintendo Switch emulator Yuzu will shut down in lawsuit settlement with Nintendo

Release news:

– Right Stuf
– Researchers have developed a Very Big Disc™ that can store up to 200 terabytes of data and may represent a return to optical media for long term storage

Random Merch news:

– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Recreate the Ghibli Museum at home in cute miniature form
– Such recognition! Official doge meme dog manhole cover installed in Japan
– McDonald’s begins WcDonald’s anime promotion
   ∟WcDonald’s Becomes Real with First Anime Short by Studio Pierrot
– Mom’s Drooly Onahole Based on Mom From Japanese McDonald’s Family Ad
– Booger in pizza and cream in mouth kick off another year of gross “part-time terrorism” in Japan
– Cops Called to ‘Willy Wonka Experience’ as Crying Children Realize AI Ads Were Lies
   ∟Police Called After AI-Generated “Willy Wonka Experience” Is a Sad Mess in Real Life

Misc news:

– Guy next to infamous Japanese fugitive on wanted poster arrested thanks to media coverage
– Scientists grow world’s first artificial TESTICLES in a lab in a potential breakthrough
– Man ‘has penis bitten off and eaten by pet dog’: Horror as man is found with genitals missing after neighbours investigate non-stop barking
– Man, 43, left in excruciating pain after shoving a toothbrush into his penis which then snapped during sex
– UK: 37-year-old paedophile named Rehan Baig jailed for raping chickens to death while his wife filmed it

AC’s Funhouse

– The Nazis adored it; the Japanese commercialised it – now we’re all trapped in the cult of cute
– Luxury hotel chain offering karaoke in a large tub floating on the ocean
– Would you pay 450 dollar for a unique picnic dangling 295 feet over a thundering waterfall?
– Subway’s flying restaurant will serve sandwiches 1,000 feet in the air: How to book your free ride
– Taupo McDonald’s Airplane
– Paqui’s One Chip Challenge Pulled From Stores After Teen’s Death
– Dick Amnesia Is a Real Thing
– Does Guile’s Street Fighter video game crouching block work in real life?
– Mr. Sato appears in a French photo album without his consent, goes mad with desire for vengeance
– Netflix being sued for $2 billion by Egyptians for ‘distorting the image’ of Cleopatra in new doc
– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG
– Tokyo capsule toy machine gives you real samurai-era antique coins, but are they worth anything?
– Hot spring offers people of all ages chance to participate in Japanese school-style sports day
– “Get them drunk then chop off their heads.” Samurai’s assassination plot against U.S. envoys found
– “Android” arrested for rice ball theft in Japan, Android Woman denies involvement
– Why do people spend so long in jail without going to trial in Japan?

– Matt Walsh Brings Video Game Infiltration Mainstream
   ∟Mark Kern provides a simple critique to Matt Walsh
      ∟Mark Kern exposes Daily Wire DMs
         ∟Lauren Chen was blocked
      ∟Matt Walsh decries being called out
         ∟Lunar Archivist fixes Matt Walsh’s deflection
– Little Kuriboh accused of pedophilia by proxy
   ∟I was approached to talk about this during the Daman Mills coverage
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend’s Friend
   ∟Kirbopher’s Apology Post

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– People are now using AI to ‘fix’ women in another appalling way
   ∟Miley Cyrus
   ∟Tattoos? No problem
   ∟Hippie? No problem
   ∟Spiritualist? No problem
   ∟Milf? No problem
   ∟Slut? No problem
   ∟Victorian prostitute? No problem
   ∟Loss of culture? No problem
   ∟Loss of belt? No problem
   ∟Loss of shirt? No problem
   ∟Broken? No problem
   ∟Naked tea party? No problem
   ∟Suicidal? No problem
   ∟Right-Wingers Are Terrified of Our Gay Kristen Stewart Cover
      ∟The cover
         ∟No relevance in career? No problem
   ∟It even works on men
   ∟And boys
   ∟No one is off limits
   ∟Put your penis away
   ∟Compilation of restored dignity
   ∟Even cartoon characters
   ∟4Chan Chuds Used AI to Clothe Her. She Fought Back
      ∟The infamous Tweet

– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Greenline Patreon
– Support us Further
– Tenga

– Google AI chatbot Gemini is hilariously bad, creates wildly inaccurate images
   ∟Devon Stack attempted more predominantly white sports prompts
      ∟Water Polo is pretty white
      ∟Hockey is pretty much exclusively white
      ∟Blonde surfers?
      ∟It’s not enough to pander to diversity because Gemini will go further beyond
   ∟Okay, so if white sports don’t work, what about cowboys?
      ∟Not specifying the race allows Gemini to diversify
      ∟And you can’t do nationalities unless it’s a non-white one
      ∟Can’t even stick to cowBOYs
      ∟Haitian cowboys
      ∟German cowboys
      ∟Ask it for Europeans and it will outright refuse
      ∟When you do get it to give you a white guy it has to stereotype to do it
      ∟If they’re gonna give you a white person, they’re gonna be a woman
      ∟Apparently Jews are also off limits
      ∟As are heterosexual relationships
   ∟It’s a parody
   ∟Cowboys were a bust so what about vikings?
      ∟More diverse vikings
      ∟Google shames you for asking it to do what it seems to want to do
   ∟Okay, cowboys and vikings are a bust so what about Nazis?
      ∟Ironically accurate
         ∟Turns out diversity is the nazis’ strength
   ∟What about Australian women?
      ∟American women?
      ∟British women?
      ∟German women?
   ∟Make a ginger
   ∟How about an all white family?
   ∟It seriously cannot hide it’s hate of straight white men
   ∟Make an image of the Vlachs
   ∟Okay let’s see some Roman emperors
      ∟Greeks?
   ∟Okay, let’s ask for the King of England
      ∟What about the queen or a white king?
      ∟What about a historically accurate king?
      ∟Surely it can’t be tricked into being racist…
         ∟Mega ultra racist
   ∟The only role white people are allowed to play are the villains
      ∟And suburban fathers, apparently
   ∟There have been a few parodies
      ∟Here’s the White House
      ∟What it feels like asking it for a white person
         ∟Mark Zuckerberg
         ∟Elon Musk
         ∟Vladimir Putin
         ∟Hunter Biden
         ∟Joe Biden
            ∟You ain’t black
   ∟So who exactly is responsible?
      ∟Run and hide
   ∟Some feel optimistic about the situation
      ∟Some have been compared to Stalin
      ∟Too close to say for sure if Elon is worse than Hitler
      ∟Google places feelings over preventing the apocalypse
      ∟Elon rightly points out that the logic built into the AI is built into everything Google does
         ∟Google Vows To Use AI Models and Work With EU Anti-“Disinformation” Groups and Global “Fact-Checking” Groups To Censor “Misinformation,” “Hate”
   ∟‘Woke’ Google Gemini refuses to say pedophilia is wrong after ‘diverse’ historical images debacle: ‘Individuals cannot control who they are attracted to’

– Pickups

– Police Arrest your name. Producer Kouichirou Itou on Suspicion of Soliciting Minor for Nude Photos

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Dirty Pair T-Shirts and Shot Glasses are Here!

Convention news:

– Japanese Women to Partake in ‘Naked Festival’ for the First Time Ever

Live-Action Anime news:

– ‘Naruto’ Film in the Works at Lionsgate With Destin Daniel Cretton Directing

Streaming news:

– Sony Pictures Entertainment Third-Quarter Profits Jump 57% To $281M

Theater Release news:

– GKIDS Brings The End of Evangelion Film to U.S. Theaters in March
– Rascal Does Not Dream of a Sister Venturing Out & Knapsack Kid Films Confirmed in U.S. Theaters in March

Series news:

Anime:
– Let This Grieving Soul Retire TV Anime Announced for 2024
– NEET Kunoichi to Nazeka Dousei Hajimemashita Anime Celebrates Ninja Day With Moonlit Visual
– Tonari no Yokai-san Anime Reveals Main Trailer, Visual and Premiere Date
– Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction Anime Film Drops 10 Character Posters
– BOCCHI THE ROCK! Anime Film Visual Decks Kessoku Band Girls Out in Their Own Shirts
– NieR:Automata Ver1.1a Anime Teases 2024 Return with New Visual
– No Longer Allowed in Another World TV Anime Reveals Quartet of Character Visuals
Games:
– Palworld impersonators and NFT scams
   ∟Rev’s Tweet
– Warner Bros. Discovery Admits ‘Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’ Has “Fallen Short Of Our Expectations”, Foresees “Tough” Year For Games Division As They Try To Recover From Title’s Failure
   ∟You are not the cultural minority
– Tifa’s Breasts Looking Larger in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Beach Scene
– Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 Likely Won’t Be Released Until 2028
– Persona 3 Reload “Busty Yukari” mod removed from Gamebanana
   ∟The horny hydra has awoken
– Capcom VA Reuben Langdon Confirms Newsweek Hit Piece Led To His ‘Street Fighter’ Recasting, Says He’s Still Attached To ‘Devil May Cry’ Because Series Director “Saw What A Bunch Of BS It Was”

Release news:

– European retailers are apparently no longer carrying physical Xbox games
   ∟There are 18 XBox games for sale on a major Swedish game retailer site
   ∟Xbox physical games are not being abandoned, says Phil Spencer
– Disney & Sony Ink Deal for Sony to Take Over Disney’s Physical Media Production, Disney Movie Club to Shut Down as a Result
– Kodansha to Publish 1st Official English Release of Ashita no Joe Manga
– Grimm’s Fairy Tale Classics are out of print
– MediaOCD will sell AnimEigo series on their own store front
   ∟MediaOCD will sell AnimEigo series with exclusive packaging
– Justin Sevakis now owns Robert J. Woodhead
   ∟Trafficking is expensive
– Right Stuf
– Inquiries about the Kenichi OVA
– Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals finally gets HD release
   ∟Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals (Dub.VHS 1 of 2)
   ∟Final Fantasy: Legend of the Crystals (Dub.VHS 2 of 2)
– Anime Was Built on Physical Media and Crunchyroll’s Funimation Debacle Makes It Clear It’s Time To Go Back

Random Merch news:

– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Surf the Web at Top Speed with Initial D Wireless Mouse
– Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury’s Chuchu Chooses Violence as Posable Figure-rise Standard Figure
   ∟Gundam Suisei no Majo Chuchu Plamo the Epitome of Delinquency
– McDonald’s Turns Its Fictional Anime Counterpart WcDonald’s Into Reality
   ∟Caught in the wild
– Japan’s life-size moving Gundam is closing soon, and the last tickets are about to go on sale
– The Petitcalator is Japan’s weirdest world record-holder in its most-forgotten big city

Misc news:

– Korean Female DJ Groped by Fans at Osaka Music Festival
   ∟DJ Soda Playboy Gravure Debut Met With Criticism & Mixed Reactions
– Study Featuring AI-Generated Giant Rat Penis Retracted, Journal Apologizes
– Penn State prof arrested for having sex with his dog BEGGED officers to kill him
   ∟Embattled Penn State professor engaged in lewd acts with tree branch and Tootsie Pop in public park: Police

AC’s Funhouse

– The Nazis adored it; the Japanese commercialised it – now we’re all trapped in the cult of cute
– Luxury hotel chain offering karaoke in a large tub floating on the ocean
– Would you pay 450 dollar for a unique picnic dangling 295 feet over a thundering waterfall?
– Subway’s flying restaurant will serve sandwiches 1,000 feet in the air: How to book your free ride
– Taupo McDonald’s Airplane
– Paqui’s One Chip Challenge Pulled From Stores After Teen’s Death
– Dick Amnesia Is a Real Thing
– Does Guile’s Street Fighter video game crouching block work in real life?
– Mr. Sato appears in a French photo album without his consent, goes mad with desire for vengeance
– Netflix being sued for $2 billion by Egyptians for ‘distorting the image’ of Cleopatra in new doc
– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG
– Tokyo capsule toy machine gives you real samurai-era antique coins, but are they worth anything?
– Hot spring offers people of all ages chance to participate in Japanese school-style sports day
– “Get them drunk then chop off their heads.” Samurai’s assassination plot against U.S. envoys found
– “Android” arrested for rice ball theft in Japan, Android Woman denies involvement
– Why do people spend so long in jail without going to trial in Japan?

– Matt Walsh Brings Video Game Infiltration Mainstream
   ∟Mark Kern provides a simple critique to Matt Walsh
      ∟Mark Kern exposes Daily Wire DMs
         ∟Lauren Chen was blocked
      ∟Matt Walsh decries being called out
         ∟Lunar Archivist fixes Matt Walsh’s deflection
– Little Kuriboh accused of pedophilia by proxy
   ∟I was approached to talk about this during the Daman Mills coverage
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend’s Friend
   ∟Kirbopher’s Apology Post

Watch Club:

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

– 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
      ∟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
         ∟The bus line wasn’t cut
            ∟Vtuber questions David Miranda’s thread
               ∟He failed to change what he set out to
            ∟Jello was exaggerating
               ∟Sevakis questions why someone would do this to a colleague
                  ∟This was Marissa Lenti’s passion project
               ∟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
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

AC’s Funhouse

– The Nazis adored it; the Japanese commercialised it – now we’re all trapped in the cult of cute
– Luxury hotel chain offering karaoke in a large tub floating on the ocean
– Would you pay 450 dollar for a unique picnic dangling 295 feet over a thundering waterfall?
– Subway’s flying restaurant will serve sandwiches 1,000 feet in the air: How to book your free ride
– Taupo McDonald’s Airplane
– Paqui’s One Chip Challenge Pulled From Stores After Teen’s Death
– Dick Amnesia Is a Real Thing
– Does Guile’s Street Fighter video game crouching block work in real life?
– Mr. Sato appears in a French photo album without his consent, goes mad with desire for vengeance
– Netflix being sued for $2 billion by Egyptians for ‘distorting the image’ of Cleopatra in new doc
– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG
– Tokyo capsule toy machine gives you real samurai-era antique coins, but are they worth anything?
– Hot spring offers people of all ages chance to participate in Japanese school-style sports day
– “Get them drunk then chop off their heads.” Samurai’s assassination plot against U.S. envoys found
– “Android” arrested for rice ball theft in Japan, Android Woman denies involvement
– Why do people spend so long in jail without going to trial in Japan?

– Matt Walsh Brings Video Game Infiltration Mainstream
   ∟Mark Kern provides a simple critique to Matt Walsh
      ∟Mark Kern exposes Daily Wire DMs
         ∟Lauren Chen was blocked
      ∟Matt Walsh decries being called out
         ∟Lunar Archivist fixes Matt Walsh’s deflection
– Little Kuriboh accused of pedophilia by proxy
   ∟I was approached to talk about this during the Daman Mills coverage
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend’s Friend
   ∟Kirbopher’s Apology Post

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Support us Further
– Tenga
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
   ∟Agreed Final Judgment

– Cease Fires are Anti-Semitic
   ∟Viral Photo Of Billboard With ‘Ceasefires Are Anti-Semitic’ Is Fake

– No Charges for Democrat Staffer Filmed Having Anal Sex in Hart Senate Office Building
   ∟God help you if you pray in the senate
      ∟Capitol Police will NOT charge Democrat’s aide who made viral gay sex tape in a Senate hearing room: Suspects ‘refused’ to speak with investigators despite there being ‘no evidence’ of a crime police reveal

– ‘I am absolutely Japanese’: Ukrainian-born model sparks debate by winning Miss Japan pageant
   ∟Gaijin Miss Japan From Ukraine Relinquishes Crown After Caught in Affair
      ∟Ukrainian-born Miss Japan returns crown after affair with married man

– Pickups

– Sexy Tanaka-san Live-Action Controversy Causes Mangaka Breakdown
   ∟Sexy Tanaka-san, Sand Chronicles Manga Creator Hinako Ashihara Dies in Apparent Suicide
      ∟Sexy Tanaka-san Mangaka Dead in Suspected Suicide After Live-Action Uproar
         ∟Toei, Toho, Kadokawa Heads Respond to Sexy Tanaka-san Mangaka Death

Live-Action Anime news:

– Spike Lee, Denzel Washington reunite for remake of Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low
– Knuckles Live-Action Spinoff Series Reveals Streaming Premiere Plans
   ∟Sonic the Hedgehog Spinoff ‘Knuckles’ Live-Action Series Revealed
      ∟Knuckles IMDB
– Jim Carrey Says He’s ‘Retiring’: ‘I’ve Done Enough’
   ∟Jim Carrey to return as Robotnik in Sonic the Hedgehog 3
– Japanese Live-Action City Hunter Film Launches on Netflix on April 25
– Netflix Teases Live-Action Korean Parasyte Show for 2nd Quarter of 2024
– Fullmetal Alchemist Stage Play 2nd Show Unveils Key Visual and More Cast Member Visuals
– Dragon Ball stage play

Streaming news:

– your name. Audiobook Due July 2024 from Yen Press
– Original Kimi ni Todoke Anime Gets English Dub
– Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Adds a Little English Dub Spice to Crunchyroll
– Kodansha USA Publishes Yoshinori Matsuoka’s Re:Anima as English-First Manga
– Nijisanji terminates contract with Selen Tatsuki
   ∟Nijisanji forgets to remove Selen mods, mods create stream promoting Dokibird
      ∟Anycolor stocks continue to fall after terminating Selen Tatsuki
         ∟Virtual YouTuber Termination Possibly Final Straw for Nijisanji EN
            ∟Nijisanji Parent Company Ichikara Desperate for Overseas Managers
– RIP Funimation: the anime streaming service will close in April, and there’s even more bad news for subscribers
   ∟Manyu Scroll is streaming on Crunchyroll
      ∟There are uncensored tits in the first 5 seconds
– Gojo’s Voice Actor Faces Backlash for Sexually Explicit Remarks

Theater Release news:

– SPY x FAMILY CODE: White Anime Film International Theatrical Release Dates Announced
– My Hero Academia The Movie: You’re Next Releases August 2 In Japan

Series news:

Anime:
– Konami Now in Anime Business With Konami Animation
   ∟Konami Establishes Own Anime Studio with Yu-Gi-Oh! 25th Anniversary Anime Short
– Quality Assurance in Another World TV Anime Delayed to July
– Kadokawa Releases Explicit Gushing Over Magical Girls ASMR Video
– Spice & Wolf Remake Looking Positively Enticing
– Shinkalion Change The World TV Anime New Trailer Reveals Premiere Date, Main Voice Cast Members
– The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse Anime Trailer Arrives with Additional Cast
– Hypergalactic Animated Film Has Sonic the Hedgehog Designer Naoto Oshima Teaming with Toei Animation
– Kuso Miso Technique Anime OVA Turns Up the Heat in New Trailer
– No Longer Allowed in Another World TV Anime Announces Premiere Date with New Trailer, Visual, Voice Cast Members
– Viral Hit Anime Adaptation Announced, Premieres on Crunchyroll in April 2024
– Nanare Hananare TV Anime Shows its Spirit With New Cheerleading Visual
   ∟Nanare Hananare TV Anime Reveals Main Cast in New Character Video
– Make A Girl Anime Feature Film Project Officially Launched
   ∟Make a Girl Anime Film Project Powers up with Lead Cast, Teaser Visuals and Special Trailer
– Suicide Squad ISEKAI Anime Reveals Handlers and Original Characters
– NEET Kunoichi to Nazeka Dousei Hajimemashita Manga Gets TV Anime
– Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Anime Launches Official Website for ‘0th Anniversary’ of Laughing Man Incident
– Dragon Ball Daima Anime Reveals New Goku Character Trailer
– Netflix’s English Localization Of ‘One Piece’ Anime Changes Term ‘New Kama’ Into ‘New Trans’
Manga:
– Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent Mobile RPG Gets Manga Adaptation
– One Piece Gets New Heroines Light Novel
– Foreigners arrested in Japan on charges of posting manga images before official on-sale date
   ∟A certain watermark makes an appearance
Games:
– Talent Agencies Urging Employees: ‘Don’t Touch the Pokemon Ripoff Palworld!’
   ∟Rumor: Japanese talent agencies warn against mentioning Palworld
   ∟Asmongold sums up what makes the game great
      ∟Having sex with pals
– Sony and Kojima Productions announce new action espionage game Physint
– Silent Hill: Ascension OST copyright claims itself
– Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Takes Away Tifa’s Pantsu
   ∟Square Enix’s Ethics Department Strikes Again As Tifa ‘Panty Scene’ Censored For ‘Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth’
      ∟Perhaps the glass is half full?
         ∟Or should I say the ass is half full?
– Bandai Namco Localization Teams Admit They Order Japanese Devs To Censor Their Female Character Designs: “We Tell Them That The Cleavage Is A Bit Too Exposed, Or The Skirt Is A Bit Too Short”
   ∟Localizers admit to proactively censoring games for western audiences
      ∟From Japan to the world: how to translate a game
         ∟Sega Tweeted out this article with an endorsement
            ∟Official Sega account criticized for questionable “localization” methods
            ∟Japan has been captured by ESG
      ∟Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth English localization rife with feminist agenda
         ∟You can’t make a feminist happy
      ∟They seemingly turned a straight man into a gay woman
         ∟Original for comparison
      ∟Sega’s response was to tell fans they are abusive
         ∟This is what happens when you hire toxic Western activists
            ∟Sega updates harassment policy after fans criticize Like a Dragon localization
      ∟Ryu ga Gotoku Studio Producer Denies Localizers Changing Original Work
         ∟Japanese culture turns men into losers?
            ∟They’re being manipulated or misled
         ∟Sega’s gonna keep trashing art as long as they get ESG money
– Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy Stops Localizing Japanese Culture
   ∟Apparently the localizers have altered scenes where a character is revealed to be female
      ∟More of the scenes
         ∟Continuing with more examples
            ∟Even more examples
               ∟They change everything and still give you a trigger warning
   ∟As usual, the localization is to blame for everything
      ∟More on the localization
         ∟They claim their goal is to make it like it was never translated
      ∟People notice a trend
         ∟There really is a look to localizers
            ∟There are no attractive localizers
– Persona 3 Reload Censors ‘Transphobic’ Beach Scene
– ‘Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’ Sees Lex Luthor Praise Wonder Woman And The Amazons For Having “Solved” The Problem Of “Toxic Masculinity”
   ∟Here’s the rest of Wonder Woman’s bio
      ∟Meanwhile this was Green Lantern’s
         ∟They intentionally humiliated him in death
            ∟They hate him for being a space cop
   ∟Alleged Insider Spoils Two Upcoming Kevin Conroy Batman Cameos In Attempt To Run Damage Control For Late Actor’s Disrespectful Treatment In ‘Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’
   ∟They are trigged people hate the game
   ∟The infiltrated the company and forced the talent out
      ∟It is truly the Ship of Theseus
         ∟These Two Games are 9 Years Apart
            ∟They despise the very things they work on
            ∟So what exactly changed?
               ∟Here they are telling white players they have no empathy
      ∟Suicide Squad virtue signals trans rights
   ∟Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League players sign in to find game already beaten
– Stellar Blade Gets a New Trailer and Release Date Set for April 26
   ∟There are a handful of interesting frames
      ∟Stellar Blade Has Some Absolutely Wild Outfits
         ∟Outfits like this one
            ∟There are at least 30 outfits
               ∟Such as these
   ∟People can’t handle her perfect athletic form
      ∟Just admit you like men
         ∟It is a stellar ass
            ∟But the face is a fetus
               ∟You aren’t allowed to like fictional beauty
                  ∟Especially when she’s adorable
               ∟Is it just projection?
                  ∟You’re only allowed to like ugly women
                     ∟But it is still possible to make beauty in your art
   ∟Stellar Blade dev, also known for butt-jiggling game Nikke, says he “put special attention” into the female lead’s back because that’s what players see most of the time
      ∟Technology has served the ass well
         ∟Don’t let Batman down
      ∟‘Stellar Blade’ Director Rejects Criticisms Of Lead Character’s Sex Appeal: “I Don’t Want To See Something Normal; I Want To See Something More Ideal”
   ∟Former Stellar Blade Dev Calls for Boycott, Dev Linked to Misandric Group
      ∟People are just supporting it even harder now
         ∟Upgrade to the deluxe edition!
            ∟Best selling game of all time?

Release news:

– The Brave Police J-Decker Anime Celebrates 30th Anniversary with Japanese Blu-ray Release
– Right Stuf
– Case Closed series will not be released by Discotek
– The Ring collection
– Last Samurai steelbook

Random Merch news:

– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Atlus is selling a $4400 life-size 1:1 statue of Aigis from Persona 3
– Dragon Ball Z Reese’s Puffs Cereal is Now Part of a Balanced Super Saiyan Breakfast
   ∟Instagram Promo
– Japan’s Homo Sausage now comes with cheese
– Koreans Told by Government to Stop Eating Deep-Fried Toothpicks
– Feminists Outraged by Mie Kotsu Bus Company Character: ‘It’s Porn!’
   ∟Their redesign
– Japanese Reformed Church Using Anime Girl Bible ASMR to Spread the Word
– Age-Old Question Answered: ‘Why Do Pantsu Have Ribbons?’
– Penis-Pump Company Chided by FDA

Misc news:

– Adult Actresses Protesting & Demanding Revision of New AV Law
– Woman Destroys Boyfriend’s Smartphone After Catching Him Masturbating
– Japan Soccer Player Junya Ito Leaves National Team After Sexual Assault Allegation
– Former EXO Member Kris Wu to Be Deported and Castrated for Sexual Assault
– Australian man escapes jail for exposing his penis at Hungry Jack’s after ‘super Viagra’ orgy
– Indonesian Celebrity Says She Accompanies Her Sons Watching Porn To Teach Them Sex Education
– Mom banned from dropping kids off at Christian school due to OnlyFans ad on her car
– Teen Son Admits to Filming His Mother, Adult Star Andressa Urach’s OnlyFans Content for Her and Says He’s ‘Not Ashamed’
– Loud Fish Sex Wakes Residents, Rattles Homes: Weird News & Oddities

AC’s Funhouse

– The Nazis adored it; the Japanese commercialised it – now we’re all trapped in the cult of cute
– Luxury hotel chain offering karaoke in a large tub floating on the ocean
– Would you pay 450 dollar for a unique picnic dangling 295 feet over a thundering waterfall?
– Subway’s flying restaurant will serve sandwiches 1,000 feet in the air: How to book your free ride
– Taupo McDonald’s Airplane
– Paqui’s One Chip Challenge Pulled From Stores After Teen’s Death
– Dick Amnesia Is a Real Thing
– Does Guile’s Street Fighter video game crouching block work in real life?
– Mr. Sato appears in a French photo album without his consent, goes mad with desire for vengeance
– Netflix being sued for $2 billion by Egyptians for ‘distorting the image’ of Cleopatra in new doc
– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG
– Tokyo capsule toy machine gives you real samurai-era antique coins, but are they worth anything?
– Hot spring offers people of all ages chance to participate in Japanese school-style sports day
– “Get them drunk then chop off their heads.” Samurai’s assassination plot against U.S. envoys found
– “Android” arrested for rice ball theft in Japan, Android Woman denies involvement
– Why do people spend so long in jail without going to trial in Japan?

– Matt Walsh Brings Video Game Infiltration Mainstream
   ∟Mark Kern provides a simple critique to Matt Walsh
      ∟Mark Kern exposes Daily Wire DMs
         ∟Lauren Chen was blocked
      ∟Matt Walsh decries being called out
         ∟Lunar Archivist fixes Matt Walsh’s deflection
– Little Kuriboh accused of pedophilia by proxy
   ∟I was approached to talk about this during the Daman Mills coverage
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend’s Friend
   ∟Kirbopher’s Apology Post

Watch Club: