Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Support us Further
– Kyoto Animation Begin Discussions With the Victims’ Family Members on How to Push Forward With Memorial
– Ufotable Founder and Studio Convicted of Tax Evasion, Founder Gets 20 Month Prison Term With 3 Year Suspended Sentence
– Toei on a DMCA rampage
∟Justin Sevakis’ take
∟The anime studio mafia got to Mark
– Cowboy Bebop Writer & Wolf’s Rain Creator Keiko Nobumoto Passes Away
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
– Keizo Murase’s kaiju movie “Brush of the God” Final Campaign
– Oban Star-Racers Anime to Launch Kickstarter BD Version in February
Convention news:
– Anime Expo Announces Registration Info and Health Protocols for 2022
Live-Action Anime news:
– Netflix Cancels Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Three Weeks After Release
∟IMDB
∟Netflix Cowboy Bebop Cast Address Cancellation & Attack “Toxic Fans”
∟Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop Script Coordinator Claims Audiences Are “Missing Out” On Cancelled Season 2, Previously Revealed Show Was Inspired By Radical Left-Wing YouTuber
– 10 Live-Action Movies Based On Anime That Are Actually Great
– Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Movie Kicks Off a Sky Chase in Latest Poster
∟Tyson Hesse’s poster
∟Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Film Drops an Electrifying Fast-Paced Trailer
∟Colleen O’Shaughnessey to Return as Voice of Tails in Sonic 2 Movie
– A Guide to 17 Anti-Vaccination Celebrities
∟Spike Spencer chastised for wrong-think
– Live-Action Mega Man Movie Coming to Netflix
– Live-Action Halo Trailer Promises Plenty of Spartan Action
– Live-action One Piece actors featured in most recent One Piece manga issue
Streaming news:
– Child of Kamiari Month Anime Film Hits Netflix on February 8, 2022
– Netflix Posts Teaser For WIT Studio Original Anime Film Bubble
– JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Becomes the Most-Watched Show on Netflix Japan as Stone Ocean Debuts
Theater Release news:
– The Deer King Anime Feature Film Rescheduled For February 2022 in Japan
– Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Anime Film Expands to 418 Theaters, Adds IMAX Screenings
∟JUJUTSU KAISEN 0’s Exclusive Theatrical Booklet to Get Mammoth 5 Million Copy Print Run
– The 25th Detective Conan Film “The Bride of Halloween” Releases Suspenseful Teaser Trailer
– 1st Sword Art Online Progressive Anime Film Makes Over US$1 Million in NA Opening Weekend
– GKIDS Films Announces BELLE English Dub Cast And Releases New Trailer
– Macross: Do You Remember Love? coming to US theaters?
Series news:
Anime:
– Gundam Hathaway Producer Comments on Its 2nd Part’s Production & Release Status
– Golf is Glorious in BIRDIE WING -Golf Girls’ Story- Anime’s Debut Promo
∟Cute Girls Play Golf in the Original BIRDIE WING –Golf Girls’ Story-
– The Devil is a Part-Timer! Season 2 TV Anime Serves Up Some Family Fun in July 2022
– The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting TV Anime Announces 2022 Premiere & Two Main VAs
– Akebi’s Sailor Uniform TV Anime Announces Its Premiere Date of January 8, 2022
– Hero Lives High on the Hog in “Heat the pig liver” TV Anime
– Free!–the Final Stroke– Anime Film Teases Its Last Swim in New Teaser Trailer and Visual for 2nd Part
– Golden Kamuy TV Anime Continues Its Journey Into Season 4 With Studio Change
– Dropkick on My Devil! Season 3 Warms Us Up With Summer 2022 Broadcast
– Japan media watchdog BPO rewatches and reevaluates Demon Slayer following new complaints
– Tokyo museum apologizes for calling Demon Slayer’s brothel district setting a “glamorous world”
Manga:
– Rent-a-Girlfriend Manga Reaches Over 10 Million Copies Printed and Sold
Games:
– Haruhi Suzumiya × PUBG Collaboration Event Begins in Japan
– Unofficial Mother 4 Fan Game Promising Plenty of Quirkiness
– Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Coming to PC Through Only Epic Games Store
– Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth Switch Version Delayed
∟PS5 versus Switch covers
– PSN Senior Vice President Fired After Allegedly Trying to Hook Up With Minor
∟Hypocrisy
– IGN Editor Initially Refused Covering PSN Allegations “Never Heard of Him”
– Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker’s “Quality” Grapes Roughly Ridiculed
– Player Banned From Forza Horizon 5 for 8,000 Years Due to Kim Jong-Un Decal
– Persona 4 Arena Ultimax suplexes onto Steam
– Persona 25th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set
– Nintendo Once Again Stress Their Devotion to “Diversity”
– Activision-Blizzard Allegedly Thieved Breast Milk From Nursing Female Employees
Release news:
– My Hero Academia World Heroes’ Mission Japanese Blu-ray to Come With No.XXX Hawks: SOOTHE OVA
– Ascendent Animation Licenses, Produces English Dub for Both Seasons of Fire in His Fingertips Anime Shorts
– Interspecies Reviewers delayed
– Media Blasters to release Ladies Vs Butlers specials
– Lupin rerelease details
– Sentai e-mail
– Right Stuf
– Why Netflix dubs rarely make it to disc
Random Merch news:
– Matoi Ryuuko bunnygirl figure
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– New DualSense wireless controller colors arrive next month, followed by new PS5 console covers
∟Japanese custom PC shop builds the ultimate Hatsune Miku PC
– Believe in the nap of the cards with the crazy Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Disk Nap Pillow
∟It’s Time to N-N-Nap With This New Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Disk Pillow
– Anime Figure Repainter Producing Absurdly Detailed Works of Art
Misc news:
– Sperm Serving as Environmentally Friendly China Quality Substitute for Plastic
∟Eco-friendly plastic is made of oil and salmon sperm
– National Assembly Fails to Pass Land Expropriation Bill Amendment
– Man Took Stealth Photography in Women’s Bath 11 Times by Dressing as Woman