Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

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

– PlayStation Store Halts Purchases, Rentals of Movie, TV Content on August 31

– Aim for the Ace! Voice Actor Masako Sugaya Passes Away at 83
∟Voice Actress Masako Sugaya Passes Away at 83

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Metal Skin Panic: MADOX-01 Unobtanium Edition
– The Girl from the Other Side Manga Gets Feature-Length Original Anime DVD Project

Convention news:

– Anime Expo 2021 Physical Event Canceled, Anime Expo Lite Returns
– Super Nintendo World Orlando Opening Delayed To 2025
– New opening date announce for Super Nintendo World, and it’s just around the corner

Live-Action Anime news:

– Naomi Watanabe is moving to the U.S., switching base of operations to outside Japan
– U.S.-made live-action Hello Kitty movie on the way, directors announced
– ‘John Wick’ writer and Amazon Studios teaming up on adaptation of ‘Hellsing’
– David Lynch Tried to Adapt One of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Manga for Hollywood

Streaming news:

– Rising of the Shield Hero’s 2nd Season Premieres in October With Crunchyroll Streaming
– Funimation Streams Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 1 Anime’s English Dub

Theater Release news:

– Mugen Train Tops Weekends in Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Surpasses US$400 Million
– Funimation Screens Violet Evergarden: The Movie on March 30 in U.S., Canada

Series news:

Anime:
– Gokushufudou Trailer Called Out For Lack of Animation
– The Prince of Tennis New 3DCG Film Tells Ryoma’s Time-Slip Story
– Corporate Work is Childish in General Manager of Baby TV Anime
– Peach Boy Riverside Far From Peachy
– Press Start for New ‘Full Dive RPG’ TV Anime Visual
– Tiger & Bunny Writer Masafumi Nishida Helms Water Polo-themed Anime RE-MAIN
– Gridman Universe’s SSSS.DYNAZENON Locks in Premiere Date
– The Devil is a Part-Timer! Anime Gets 2nd Season With Returning Cast
Manga:
– Teekyu Returns to Comic Earth Star for One-Shot Anniversary Manga
– JUJUTSU KAISEN Manga Has Exceeded an Impressive 36 Million Copy Print Run
– Kaiju No. 8 Has 1.2 Million Copies Printed and Sold, Fastest in Shonen Jump+ History
Games:
– Getting divorced in the new Story of Seasons video game means you have to kill your kids
– Man arrested for sending 37 death threats to Square Enix because he couldn’t win at a game

Release news:

– March Comes in Like a Lion manga licensed
– Seven Seas Licenses Shotaro Ishinomori’s KAMEN RIDER In New Hardcover Omnibus
– Akira 4k replacement discs delayed to May? Also UK discs had problems
– All The Anime Your Name 4k
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Attack on Titan to Release Titan-Sized Edition of 1st Manga Volume
– Demon Slayer Canned Coffee Keeps Japanese Drink Company Afloat During 2020
– Warm-up and exercise with Machamp in new Pokémon-themed calisthenics video

Misc news:

– It’s too hard to sell Japan on romance dramas nowadays, says broadcasting president
– Deer killed by man with axe in Nara
– Power Company admits it knew earthquake sensors are broken at Fukushima power plant
– Teacher Arrested for Attaching Camera to Shoe to Film up Woman’s Skirt

AC’s Funhouse

– Who actually writes Japan’s Little Sister and schoolgirl love letter capsule toys?
– 10 yakuza members arrested for stealing sea cucumbers from ocean
– Yakuza leadership airs complaints about COVID-19’s effect on money gains and operations
– Hyogo residents learn the downside to living in an apartment that used to be a yakuza office
– Leader of political party that refuses to pay NHK ordered to pay NHK
– Only person to win court case against Japan’s public broadcaster, told to pay up
– Osaka man arrested after sharing futon with dead girlfriend’s body for five nights
– Policewoman’s posterior produces poetic justice as she arrests man she says groped her