Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Support us Further
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
∟Vic Mignogna Timeline
∟AT&T Messages Backup & Sync Service Terms
– Japanese Households With Children Drop Below 10 Million for the First Time
∟Japanese government approves proposal to let women buy morning-after pills without prescription
– Chinese Diplomat to Japan & Korea: ‘You’ll Never Be Westerners!’
– Pickups
– Japanese city allows residents to cut mayor’s salary based on public opinion survey
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
Convention news:
– SAG-AFTRA announced a strike
∟Over 1,000 SAG-AFTRA Members Call On Union Leaders To Push Back Against Any Negotiation Terms Involving AI
∟SAG-AFTRA Strike Costing Studios “About $600,000 Per Week”
∟Former Paramount Pictures And 20th Century Fox CEO Barry Diller Warns Hollywood Is Doomed If Strikes Continue To Christmas
∟San Diego Comic-Con Panels, Celebs Backing Out… As Actors Strike Begins
∟The Venture Bros. Creators Pull Out of San Diego Comic-Con Amidst Actors’ Strike
∟Invincible Season 2 Comic-Con Panel Still Happening Despite Hollywood Strikes
∟San Diego Comic-Con’s Preview Night Felt Empty Without The Hollywood Hype
∟SAG-AFTRA Strike: ‘Lucifer’ Star D. B. Woodside Reveals Big Costs Actors Incur While Filming On Location
– Justice League Vs. Godzilla Vs. Kong Comic Book Series Announced at SDCC
– Harmony Gold is still blocking Macross shows from being translated outside Japan
∟Seemingly proud to announce it
Live-Action Anime news:
– ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Producer James Cameron Confirms Multiple Movies In The Works
– One Piece Live-Action Netflix Series Shows More Characters in New Trailer
Streaming news:
– Dubs for Digimon Adventure 2020, DBZ Kai, Dragon Quest and One Piece Are on Hulu
– Hulu to Launch Adult Animation and Anime Hub: Animayhem
Theater Release news:
– Spy x Family Teaming Up With Mission: Impossible for Short Promotion
– City Hunter: Angel Dust coming to theaters
– Indecent Image of ‘Partially Undressed Woman’ Shown at Super Mario Bros. Movie Screening
– Studio Ghibli Producer Thinks No Marketing Is the Way for New Film
∟Studio Ghibli says no to trailers and commercials for Hayao Miyazaki’s new anime movie
∟Hayao Miyazaki’s How Do You Live? Anime Film Only Gets One Poster, No Trailers Says Ghibli President Suzuki
∟Studio Ghibli is taking a bold step to prevent spoilers for its newest anime movie
∟Godfather of Anime Hayao Miyazaki Not Happy With Studio Ghibli Not Marketing His Final Movie: “Wonder if it’ll be okay without publicity”
∟Latest Studio Ghibli Movie Releases to Empty Seatings, Mixed Reviews
Series news:
Anime:
– Polygon Pictures to Produce Spider-Man: Freshman Year Animated Series
– Jujutsu Kaisen Animator Under Fire for Drawing ‘Racist’ Gesture
– Katsuhisa Minami’s The Fable Manga Gets TV Anime
– I May Be a Guild Receptionist Light Novels Gets Anime
– Eiichiro Oda One-Shot ‘Monsters’ Getting an Anime Adaptation
– Adult Swim Reveals Trailers for Uzumaki, Ninja Kamui, FLCL: Grunge Anime
– Shinichiro Watanabe, MAPPA’s Lazarus Anime Teased in Trailer
– One Piece Anime Gets Ending Theme Again After 17 Years
Games:
– Ryu ga Gotoku Series on PC Erases Major Names From Credits
∟Yakuza Games Scrub A Bunch Of People From The Credits, Including Series Creator Toshihiro Nagosh
– Son Spends $45K on Video Games, Parents Lose their Life Savings
∟The actual video of the son getting his ass beat
– The Pokémon Company Temporarily Shuts Down Official All-Ages Forums, Institutes New Approval Process After Fans Flood Them With Inappropriate Content
– Researchers find 87% of U.S. classic video games are out of print and ‘critically endangered’
Release news:
– UK Retailers Ditching Physical Games as 75% of Market Goes Digital
∟Guillermo del Toro says #BuyPhysicalBitch
– VIZ chose a weird episode order for Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan
∟Turns out it’s the Japanese LE release order
– Right Stuf
– Kadokawa Reveals 3rd ‘Overlord IV’ Japanese Anime DVD/BD Release Artwork
– Shout! Factory Changes Name to Shout! Studios
Random Merch news:
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Kidz Bop releases cover of Super Mario Bros. Movie’s “Peaches”
– Otaku tech company creates Digital Figure Box for anime figures with no physical form
– Japan’s new energy drink feels like getting slapped in the face by an anime girl
– Japanese swimsuit model/former adult actress releases AI-generated photo album of herself
∟Ojisan Can Now Become Bishoujo Thanks to AI Technology
Latest Studio Ghibli Movie Releases to Empty Seatings, Mixed Reviews
– Iceland Has Horses That Will Respond To Work Emails on a Giant Keyboard While You’re on Vacation
– Crazy busy overnight work experience event for Japanese kids gives them just four hours to sleep
Misc news:
– Thousands of ten-inch ‘penis fish’ wash up on a beach: Fishermen flock to shore to grab them all
– Saitama Sets New Rules for Pool Shoots With Lascivious Illustrations for ‘NG Poses’
– Music Event Staff Dies After Water Cannon Mishap
– Ringing Bicycle Bell Punishable by up to 20,000 Yen
– ‘Santoryu’ Man Arrested for Going Three Sword Style on the Streets
– Italians Outraged After Judge Clears Janitor for Groping Girl for ‘Under 10 Seconds’
– Restaurant Worker Arrested for Stealing Drunk Woman’s 100 Yen Pantsu
– Perverted Monk Arrested for Pulling Woman’s Pants Down & Hitting With Stick
– Former Chief Priest Arrested After Trying to Break Up Couple by Planting Marijuana
– Teen Caught Intruding Train Crew Disguised as Staff Sent to Family Court
– Man Exterminating Ants With Blowtorch Burns Down House