Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

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

– Grok Loves Us!

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

– Pickups

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

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

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

Convention news:

– Store where you pay to shoplift returns to Tokyo

Live-Action Anime news:

– The House in Fata Morgana Live-Action Adaptation Planned

Streaming news:

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

Theater Release news:

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

Series news:

Anime:
– Disney Twisted-Wonderland Anime Teases Heartslabyul Arc in New Visual
– Turkey! Anime Begins Bowling in July 2025
– Dead Account Manga Gets TV Anime
– BLACK TORCH Anime Adaptation Announced
– Suikoden RPG Series Gets TV Anime, Stage Play Adaptations
– Crayon Shin-chan Spin-Off Style of Hiroshi Nohara’s LUNCH Gets Anime Adaptation
– Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider Anime Adaptation Announced
– Girls und Panzer: Motto Love Love Sakusen Desu! Spin-Off Manga Gets Anime Adaptation
– KONOSUBA’s Misadventures Will Continue in New Anime Sequel
– Aharen-san wa Hakarenai Season 2 Anime Premieres on April 7
– Gushing Over Magical Girls season 2 in production
– Call of the Night Season 2’s New Teaser Announces New Cast Member, July Debut
– Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Anime Reveals New Visual, January 2026 Release
– One Punch Man Season 3’s New Video Reveals October TV Premiere
– All You Need Is Kill Science-Fiction Novel Gets Anime by STUDIO4°C
Manga:
–
Games:
– In Honor Of ‘Chrono Trigger’s 30th Anniversary, Square Enix Announces Plans For “Various Projects That Will Extend Beyond The World Of The Game”
– Throwback retro action game Terminator 2D: No Fate announced
– Dragon Age: The Veilguard Bombs on PlayStation Plus, BioWare Can’t Even Give This Game Away
– Baldur’s Gate 3 mod for Stardew Valley is now available
– Silent Hill f gets first details, reveal trailer, more
   ∟Silent Hill f content warning teases disturbing story with gender discrimination, graphic violence, more
– ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Creative Director Says Ubisoft Devs Are “Trying To Listen To Japanese Fans”, Assures They’re Open To “Good And Warranted Criticism”
   ∟Assassin’s Creed Shadows Faces Backlash in Japan Over Shrine Depiction, Politicians and Temple Priests Blast Ubisoft for Cultural Disrespect
      ∟Angry Shareholder Calls For Protest Against Ubisoft, Accuses ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Studio Of Being “Horribly Mismanaged” And “Hiding Information” From Investors
         ∟Ubisoft is Ready to Sue Players For Harassing Assassin’s Creed Shadows Developers
– Alyssa Mercante Sues Smash JT: YouTuber Alleges Doxing and Family Endangerment
   ∟Her followers gleefully shared the doxxed address
      ∟The lawsuit cites the Wikipedia entry for GamerGate
   ∟Alyssa Mercante Caught in Conflicts of Truth as Gaming Community Rallies Around YouTuber Smash JT
      ∟Smash JT Defense Fund
      ∟Former Kotaku Editor Alyssa Mercante’s Social Media Content Vanishing Ahead of Smash JT Lawsuit
   ∟Her paranoia knows no bounds
         ∟Gaming Documentary Featuring Alyssa Mercante Fails to Reach $400 on GoFundMe as Gamers Rally Around SmashJT Legal Defense Fund
   ∟Smash JT Attorney Ron Coleman Files Motion to Dismiss Alyssa Mercante Defamation Lawsuit Citing Failure to State a Claim
      ∟Alyssa Mercante Legal Team Scrambles to Defend Smash JT Lawsuit as Ron Coleman’s Motion to Dismiss Stands Strong
– Sound Cadence comes out against AI
   ∟Emeri Chase refuses to work without AI protections
      ∟She claims projects started before the strike can still be worked
         ∟Actors make life difficult for companies seeking AI to make life easier
            ∟They called her bluff
               ∟She definitely isn’t bitter about it

Release news:

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

Random Merch news:

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

Misc news:

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

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

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

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

– Penacony was Too Big for its Own Good| Honkai Star Rail

– Pickups

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

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

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

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

Convention news:

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

Live-Action Anime news:

–

Streaming news:

– Crunchyroll shows the broadcast cut of shows for the Japanese version

Theater Release news:

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

Series news:

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

Release news:

– Shin’ichi Sakamoto’s Innocent Rouge Manga Omnibus Launches This October
– Godzilla Minus One Novel, More Manga on the Way from Seven Seas
– Right Stuf
– Media Blasters may be preparing to include the Green Green OVA on the blu-ray

Random Merch news:

– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Anime Inspires Winter Coat Based on Iconic Design
– Berserk Figure Featuring Guts in Berserker Armor is Surprisingly Cute
– A real-world Pokémon that people can actually ride is on the way from Honda
– The new world’s smallest park is in Japan, and it’s so tiny you might not even notice it

Misc news:

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

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

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

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

– Pickups

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

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

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

Convention news:

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

Live-Action Anime news:

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

Streaming news:

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

Theater Release news:

–

Series news:

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

Release news:

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

Random Merch news:

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

Misc news:

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

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

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

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

– Pickups

– Kyoto Animation Arsonist’s Lawyers Ask to Nullifiy Appeal Withdrawal

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

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

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

Convention news:

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

Live-Action Anime news:

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

Streaming news:

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

Series news:

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

Release news:

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

Random Merch news:

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

Misc news:

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

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

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

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

– Pickups

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

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

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

Convention news:

–

Live-Action Anime news:

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

Streaming news:

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

Theater Release news:

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

Series news:

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

Release news:

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

Random Merch news:

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

Misc news:

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

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

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

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

– Pickups

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

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

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

Convention news:

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

Streaming news:

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

Theater Release news:

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

Series news:

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

Release news:

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

Random Merch news:

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

Misc news:

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

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

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

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

– Pickups

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

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

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

Live-Action Anime news:

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

Streaming news:

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

Theater Release news:

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

Series news:

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

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

Release news:

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

Random Merch news:

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

Misc news:

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

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

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

– Hollywood is Burning Down, Massive Fires Threaten to Consume Famed Landmarks as Los Angeles Blaze Rages
   ∟Apparently devil worshippers don’t enjoy the fires of Hell
      ∟What it legitimately looks like for people living here
   ∟Harrowing photos show scale of devastation in Los Angeles
      ∟Something seems awfully familiar about these fires…
         ∟Those blue trash cans sure are hard to miss
            ∟Blue was the only thing to survive in Maui
               ∟Only Blue Can Prevent Laser Fires
                  ∟These fires have certainly been extremely suspicious
                     ∟The timing of these fires is also extremely suspicious
                        ∟Joe Rogan predicted this less than a year ago
   ∟Firefighting is mostly white and male. A California program aims to change that
      ∟God damn us white men for our heroism and selflessness!
         ∟113 LAFD firefighters removed from duty without pay for failing to meet city’s vaccination mandate
            ∟Amid Palisades fire, Los Angeles’ first LGBTQ+ fire chief is proving lesbians get it done
               ∟If you’re too heavy for a woman to carry, that’s your fault
                  ∟Should have thought of that before you got crushed
                     ∟USA Today fact checked their own image
                        ∟Girl Fireman Rushes Into Burning Building To Tell Victim He’s Too Heavy But The Real Firemen Will Be Here In 15 Minutes
                           ∟In Push For Diversity, Military Canine Units To Give Equal Opportunities To Chihuahuas
   ∟Remember though, this is all because of Climate Change
      ∟Surprisingly the arsonists aren’t all white liberals
         ∟Police arrested one of the arsonists
            ∟Torches, Climate Change’s favorite tool
               ∟They still want to blame Climate Change
                  ∟All these circumstances combined equals Climate Change
   ∟Universal Studios Hollywood Reopens Today Despite LA Fires, Rollercoasters Will Run While the Surrounding Area Burns
   ∟How the government is responding to this crisis
   ∟The looting has begun
      ∟2 men arrested outside of Kamala Harris’ house
         ∟Gavin Newsom pretends to be against looting
   ∟Karen Bass left L.A. for Africa as wind, fire warnings increased. She returned to a burning city
      ∟Let’s appreciate this AI re-enactment of what’s going on
         ∟Elizabeth Warren tried to grift off the tragedy
            ∟The Mayor can’t stop smiling about the fires
   ∟8 Ukrainian Generals lost their mansions in LA
– Teen’s breasts grew to triple G-cup size following COVID vaccination: ‘Concerns not adequately addressed’

– Pickups

– Florida deputy resigns after crashing patrol vehicle while looking at porn, sheriff’s office says

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

–

Convention news:

–

Live-Action Anime news:

– Helldivers movie adaptation announced
– Horizon Zero Dawn movie adaptation announced
– Sonic Snubbed By Academy Awards – Movies Deemed “Ineligible” for Best Picture Oscar
   ∟People point out the new requirements
      ∟They are convinced it is because of DEI
         ∟But we all know that Award Shows have a history of snubbing Sonic
   ∟A behind the scenes look at Ugly Sonic

Streaming news:

– Sailor Moon Anime Returns to Toonami Block on January 25
– VLC Media Player will soon allow for real-time AI translated subtitles
   ∟A tale of two localizers
      ∟VLC knows what you use it for and they approve

Theater Release news:

–

Series news:

Anime:
– The Water Magician Isekai Novels Get TV Anime in July
– Tougen Anki Anime Debuts in July 2025
– I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! Anime Introduces Leads in Four New Character Trailers
– Reincarnated as a Neglected Noble Anime Reveals 1st Trailer, Release Date and More
– I Have a Crush at Work Anime Releases Opening, Ending Song Videos
– Orb: On the Movements of the Earth Anime Looks Skyward in New Key Visual
– The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 2 Anime Picks Out Kurumi Haraga Heroine Visual
   ∟The production appears to be going swimmingly
– Sakamoto Days Anime Reveals English Dub Cast and Trailer
   ∟Netflix’s Sakamoto Days Recruits WWE, Avatar, & Blue Beetle Stars for English Cast
– One-Punch Man Season 3 Anime Unveils Superalloy Blackluster, Flashy Flash Hero Visuals
   ∟Zeno Robinson celebrates the censorship of Superalloy Darkshine
      ∟Friendly reminder that the character isn’t black
         ∟He is obsessed with body building
            ∟His Blackluster name is Viz’s Localization
– Sony And Crunchyroll Announce ‘Ghost of Tsushima: Legends’ Anime, Series To Feature Script Composition From ‘Fate/Zero’ Creator Gen Urobuchi
   ∟Sony presents a Sony adaptation of a Sony game in collaboration with Sony
      ∟Let’s play a drinking game
         ∟Maybe not, I want to live
Manga:
– Kiki’s Deliver Service heroine gets new design from Spy x Family artist for 40th anniversary
– CLAMP’s xxxHOLiC Rei Manga Resumes on April 21
– Chinese censors arrest fanfiction and Boys’ Love authors
Games:
– Hatsune Miku is your new desktop stripper
– Resident Evil Zero Remake & New Movie Reportedly in Development for 2025-26
– Assassin’s Creed Shadows delayed again to March 2025
   ∟Their official statement
      ∟Even Domino’s Pizza is making fun of the 2nd delay
         ∟Poor things think we’re laughing with them, not at them
   ∟The Development of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, How Ubisoft Managed to Make The Worst Decision Possible at Every Turn
      ∟Assassin’s Creed Shadows New Release Date is Anniversary of The Worst Modern Domestic Terrorist Attack in Japanese History, Another Wildly Tone Deaf Ubisoft Move Toward Japanese Culture
         ∟The game is DOA
   ∟Ubisoft Seemingly Prepping for Bankruptcy Ahead of Assassin’s Creed Shadows Release as Past Failures Spell Almost Certain Doom
– US Department Of Defense Officially Designates ‘League Of Legends’, ‘Path Of Exile 2’ Parent Company Tencent As One Of Many “Chinese Military Companies” Operating Within The Country

Release news:

– WIND BREAKER Manga Speeds Up to Monthly English Print Volume Releases
– Right Stuf
– Media Blasters is releasing Chu-Bra on blu-ray
– They are canceling the blu-rays for Whispering You a Love Song

Notice and Apology for the Cancellation of TV Anime "Whispering You a Love Song" Blu-ray Release

Dear Customers,

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude for your continued support.

The release of the TV anime "Whispering You a Love Song" Blu-ray, which was scheduled to be launched starting in January 2025, has unfortunately been canceled due to circumstances on our end.

Affected Products:
• TV Anime "Whispering You a Love Song" Blu-ray Volume 1 (GNXA-2511)
• TV Anime "Whispering You a Love Song" Blu-ray Volume 2 (GNXA-2512)
• TV Anime "Whispering You a Love Song" Blu-ray Volume 3 (GNXA-2513)
• TV Anime "Whispering You a Love Song" Blu-ray Volume 4 (GNXA-2514)

For Customers Who Have Already Made Reservations:
• Customers who reserved via Universal Anime Store:
Since payment is processed upon shipment, there is no need for cancellation or refund procedures. You will receive an email confirming the cancellation.

• Customers who reserved via Animate (In-store):
Please visit the store where the reservation was made and follow the staff's instructions for a refund of your deposit.
For online reservations through Animate's website, no cancellation or refund procedures are needed as payment is processed upon shipment. You will receive an email regarding the cancellation.

• Customers who reserved via Amazon.co.jp:
Payment is processed upon shipment, so there is no need for cancellation or refund procedures. You will receive an email regarding the cancellation.

• Customers who reserved via Rakuten Books:
Payment is processed upon shipment, so there is no need for cancellation or refund procedures. You will receive an email regarding the cancellation.

• Customers who reserved via Sofmap:
In-store reservation customers: Please visit the store where you made your reservation and present your reservation slip to receive a refund of your deposit.
Online reservations: Refund methods will vary depending on your payment method. Refund instructions will be sent via email regarding the cancellation.

• Customers who reserved via Gamers:
Payment is processed upon shipment, so there is no need for cancellation or refund procedures. You will receive an email regarding the cancellation.

• Customers who reserved via other stores or corporations:
Please contact the store or corporation where you made your reservation and follow their instructions.

We sincerely apologize to everyone who was looking forward to this release. Thank you for your understanding.

January 7, 2025
NBC Universal Entertainment Japan LLC

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– Harry Potter and Detective Conan announce “collaboration of glasses-wearing boys”
– Burger King is collabing with Naruto in France
   ∟Take a closer look
   ∟But can it top the McDonald’s collab?
– Man brings his ‘Big Banana’ to Central Florida. Here’s how to catch a ride

Misc news:

– Man caught drunk driving twice in 24 hours: forgot how much the original fine was and drove back to the police station to inquire

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

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

– US woman, 20, accidentally stabs Eritrean, 64, to death during struggle after he groped her at German train station – and now faces 10 years in prison
– Man Sells “Energy Drink” Made From Urine On Amazon, Company Calls It “Crude Stunt”

– Pickups

– A beauty contest was judged by AI and the robots didn’t like dark skin
   ∟Grok protects the Jews from stubbing their toes

Live-Action Anime news:

– Jim Carrey is “open” to return for Sonic 4 movie, says he’s not retiring

Streaming news:

– Marvel Quietly Teased a Controversial Spider-Man Villain’s MCU Debut
   ∟They made Norman Osborn black
      ∟Willem Dafoe could pull it off
      ∟They made Harry a woman?
         ∟A trans woman at least
      ∟Many such cases

– Netflix Earned More Money From Anime Streaming Than Crunchyroll & Hulu According To New Report
   ∟The data seems to suggest something else
– World’s Biggest Anime Piracy Site Risks Imploding as It Surpasses Disney+ in Monthly Visits
   ∟The power AI is achieving has a lot of potential

Series news:

Anime:
– Solo Camping for Two Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation in July 2025
– My Friend’s Little Sister Has It In for Me! TV Anime Debuts in October 2025
– I’ve Been Killing Slimes For 300 Years And Maxed Out My Level Season 2 Anime Begins Broadcasting on April 6
– Noble Reincarnation ~Born Blessed, So I’ll Obtain Ultimate Power~ Anime Announced
– The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows Anime Reveals New Teaser Trailer
– The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World Anime Delivers Creditless Opening Sequence
– Fermat no Ryori Manga Announces Anime Adaptation
– Secrets of the Silent Witch Anime Reveals 2025 Premiere, Teaser Trailer and More Cast
– ZENSHU English Dub Reveals Same-Day Release, Cast & Crew
   ∟The animation is pretty unreal
– Yandere Dark Elf anime reveals April 2025 premiere with first trailer
Games:
– Azur Lane to remove outfits to comply with Google censorship
   ∟Azur Lane Removing Lewd Skins Due to Google Play Censorship
– Minecraft creator Notch says he “basically announced Minecraft 2”
   ∟There appears to be an AI driven campaign against Notch
      ∟First, they imply that Notch isn’t part of Minecraft for a nefarious reason
         ∟They post claims without receipts
            ∟Then they hit him with the Reddit Runover
               ∟They downplay his contribution to the game
                  ∟They hate Notch for being based
– Life Got You Down? Load Up The Sims 4 And Open A Semen Café
– Florida judge uses VR headset to simulate crime scene

Release news:

– Right Stuf

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– 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
– Man Gets Arrested For Deep-Fried Gun

Misc news:

– Man banned after allegedly urinating on passenger during SFO flight
– Toy story! Colombian man who is engaged to a RAG DOLL announces his fiancée is ‘pregnant’ with their third child
– Man Suspected Of Having Sex With A Van

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

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

– Tokyo Cancel Christmas protest march cancelled by Revolutionary Alliance of Unpopular Men
   ∟Top cosplayer Enako’s Christmas cosplay is here, but is “Santacos” really an accurate term?

– Voice Actors Yuusuke Kobayashi & Yumi Uchiyama Announce Marriage
   ∟Subaru chose Puck over Rem and Emilia
   ∟She also voices Rudeus, though
      ∟Distracted boyfriend meme

– Pickups
   ∟Life’s a Race
   ∟Melting Pot Mario

– The CHILD assassins as young as ELEVEN carrying out machine-gun murders on the streets of Sweden for up to £13,000 a hit… and CANNOT be prosecuted

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Thieving Thieves Christmas Cookie Enamel Pin Collection

Live-Action Anime news:

– The Exit 8 live-action film announced

Theater Release news:

– ‘Sonic The Hedgehog 3’ Has One Of The Best Audience Scores Of 2024 Movies
   ∟Sonic The Hedgehog 3 DESTROY’S Disney and Mufasa in Domestic Opening Weekend Smackdown
      ∟Disney Hit With X Community Note for Declaring Mufasa the #1 Movie in The World Amid Sonic 3 Domestic Dominance
         ∟Disney Bullies Theaters, Forcing Mufasa on More Theaters than Sonic 3 Even as the Hedgehog Earns Far More
            ∟What we could have had with the old Sonic design
   ∟Movies are dead
      ∟They think Sonic’s redesign means people want to fuck Sonic

Series news:

Anime:
– One Piece Anime Announces Subaru Kimura as New Franky Voice Actor
   ∟He passed on his underwear to the new voice actor
– Rascal the Raccoon Anime Gets New Spin-Off Series in 2025
– Your Forma TV Anime Premieres in April 2025
– Possibly the Greatest Alchemist of All Time English Dub Reveals Same-Day Release, Cast & Crew
– Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance TV Anime Announced
– Kowloon Generic Romance Anime Broadcasts in April 2025
– Mirage QUEEN vacances élégantes Anime Reveals New Trailer and Visual, May 2025 Release
– Tohai – Ura Rate Mahjong Tohai Roku Anime Premieres Fourth Trailer with New Ending Theme
– Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! Anime Reveals New Special Trailer
– Let This Grieving Soul Retire Anime Sequel Announced, Will Stream on Crunchyroll
– SANDA Anime Reveals Fall 2025 Release, Main Cast and Staff in First Teaser Trailer
Manga:
– Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Goes Back to School in New Spinoff Manga
– New Anne of Green Gables Anime Gets Manga Adaptation
– The No. 1 New Manga of 2024 Has Been Decided, and It’s Pure Controversy
   ∟People are clutching pearls that Japan would have issues with immigrants
      ∟Armchair historians confidently try to convince us of their expertise
   ∟IBM fired Americans to hire Indians
      ∟The legacy of the H-1B visa program
   ∟Manga Plus Edits ‘Drama Queen’ Dialogue Post-Release Following Backlash Over Protagonist’s Disdain For Using Gender-Neutral Term ‘Partners’ To Refer To Significant Others
      ∟Industry Insider Provides Insight Into ‘Drama Queen’ Post-Release Dialogue Edit, Suggests “The Change Request Could Be from Manga Plus Or It Could Be From The Client Publishing On The Service”
Games:
– Zenless Zone Zero update 1.4 launches in December
   ∟But they also removed the reason to play the game
      ∟Zenless Zone Zero immediately undoes change that stopped you from seeing girls butts
         ∟‘Gooner 9/11’ averted as Zenless Zone Zero’s butt-obfuscation technology is rolled back in the face of horny outrage
– Video Game Industry Laid Off Approx 25000 Employees Between 2023-2024
   ∟Nintendo Is The Only Major Gaming Company Without Layoffs In 2024
– ‘Hyperdimension Neptunia’ Remake Trilogy And Latest ‘Death End Re;Quest’ Entry Denied Switch Release Because “The Contents Did Not Comply With Nintendo Guidelines”
   ∟Nintendo cuts Swimsuit DLC for Neptunia Riders VS Dogoos, PlayStation unaffected
– Ubisoft Financial Turmoil Points Toward Imminent Bankruptcy in 2025
   ∟‘XDefiant’ Executive Producer Claims Ubisoft Has “NO Plans To Shut Down After Season 4,” But Admits “Numbers Are Down”
      ∟Ubisoft Officially Shutting Down ‘XDefiant’ After Barely Six Months, Promises Refunds For Ultimate Founder’s Pack And Purchases Made In The Last Month
         ∟Just 2 months prior they assured gamers that everything was fine
   ∟Ubisoft Value Tanks: Market Cap Dropped 85% From 2021 to 2025
   ∟Ubisoft launches a Blood Dragon spin-off featuring Rayman, but it’s an NFT game
– ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Devs Reflect On Game’s Release, Say They’re “Quite Proud Of The Critical Reception” But Admit Sales Are Struggling
   ∟They made the character creator free
   ∟Toxic Echoes and Unmet Expectations: BioWare Whistleblowers Detail Veilguard’s Collapse
   ∟It’s unable to stand up to a 7-year-old game
      ∟The subreddit is filled with crying Wojaks
         ∟It’s easy to make good content when you don’t fill it with Marxism
   ∟Meanwhile, even recent indie games with 2 developers are beating Dragon Age
      ∟How embarrassing
         ∟Only AAA is failing
   ∟‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Sales Far Lower Than Reported: Insider Sets Record Straight
      ∟‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Director Points to Hate Campaign Over Game Flaws to Explain Abysmal Failure
         ∟We all know the real reason it failed
         ∟Time magazine has named Dragon Age: The Veilguard as the Game of the Year for its «perfection»
            ∟Corinne Busche Is the Ruler of RPGs, Conqueror of Haters
   ∟‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Will Not Have Any DLC Or Expansions As BioWare Shifts Focus To ‘Mass Effect’ 5
      ∟‘Mass Effect 5’ Game Director Appears To Already Be Doing Damage Control After ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Backlash, Says Game Will Keep Photorealistic Art Style
         ∟Following Poor Reception Of ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’, BioWare EP Attempts To Assure Fans That Next ‘Mass Effect’ Will “Maintain The Mature Tone Of The Original Trilogy”
– Sony Just Patented a PlayStation Controller With a Dedicated Rewind Button
   ∟The actual patent

Release news:

– Ashita no Joe’s manga has finally been released
– Right Stuf
– 1970s Mecha Anime Uchu Majin Daikengo to Get Blu-ray Release in Japan
– This guy’s Metal Gear Solid collection is incredible

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– Disney Kabuki merch collaboration appears in Japan, but Mickey doesn’t play female roles
– Studio Ghibli kashira piggy bank head from Spirited Away will help you save money, the anime way
– McDonald’s Japan announces another Evangelion collab with new burgers
   ∟McDonald’s Japan announces Evangelion burger line, releases crazy anime video for them
– Man who stole two packs of ground beef tracked by police for about 1,000 kilometers across Japan

Misc news:

– Onion-wielding man disrupts Christmas church services, pours whiskey into holy water: deputies
– Visakhapatnam: Man Accidentally Swallows Dentures in Sleep As Foreign Object Gets Stuck in His Right Lung, Doctors Successfully Remove Dental Set
– Whose bright idea was that? Doctors left stunned as man in Colombia comes into hospital with a light bulb stuck up his anus
– Woman discovers needle left in vagina during childbirth after 18 years of pain
– Zoo keeper saves monkey’s life by licking its bottom

Watch Club: