Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Support us Further
– Tenga
– Japan’s Prime Minister stepped down
∟Shigeru Ishiba set to become Japan’s next prime minister
∟Japan is in good hands
– Japan government admits doctoring photo of new cabinet after online mockery
– Japan Reaches Record High Number of People Aged 100 & Over at 95,119
– Pickups
– X Terms of Service may remove artists’ ability to opt-out of AI training
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
– Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Evolution, Mutation & Reboot
– Forge of the Fae
– Maple Forest
– Goblin Cleanup
– The Electronic Gaming Monthly Compendium
Convention news:
– Crunchyroll News and Newtype Collab on Special NYCC Magazine
Live-Action Anime news:
– Rumor: Games Workshop And Amazon “Entirely Content” To Let Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40K Live-Action Project Die
∟Rumor: Henry Cavill’s Warhammer 40K Live-Action Project “Definitely Not Dead”
– Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi o Suru Live-Action Drama Slammed: ‘The AV Parody Was Better!’
– Massive Pokémon Data Leak Sheds Light On Apparent ‘Detective Pikachu’ Sequel, Film To Be Helmed By ‘Kong: Skull Island’ Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Streaming news:
– YouTuber Chibi Reviews Taking Legal Action After Western Anime Fans Dox Him, Upload Illegal Materials To His DeviantArt Account Over His Positive Opinion Of ‘Dandadan’
– ‘Grand Theft Auto 5’ Has Officially Overstayed Its Welcome, Turning From A Crime Sim Into An Art Stage As MUBI Gets ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ Distribution Rights
Theater Release news:
– Godzilla Minus One Is Returning to Theaters with All-New Footage
– Lupin The 3rd The Castle of Cagliostro Adds IMAX Screenings for 45th Anniversary
– TOHO to Acquire N. American Animation Distributor GKIDS as Its Subsidiary
∟Toho to Acquire Award-Winning North American Animation Distributor GKIDS
– TOHO Acquires 6% Stake in Makoto Shinkai’s Studio CoMix Wave Films
∟Animated Films Take Half Of Weekend Box Office Top 10 For First Time In Hollywood History, Led By ‘Transformers One’ And ‘My Hero Academia: You’re Next’
Series news:
Anime:
– My Hero Academia Anime Final Season Officially Announced for 2025
– Ishura Anime Season 2 Summons Four More Cast Members
– Original Anime Momentary Lily Releases Character Promotional Video, Illustration
– San-X’s Mascot Character Rilakkuma Gets New Anime Adaptation
– The Beginning After the End Anime Revealed, Crunchyroll to Stream in 2025
– Hazure Skill “Kinomi Master” TV Anime Hits Japanese Airwaves in January 2025
– The Unaware Atelier Master Light Novel Gets Anime in April 2025
– Magic Maker: Isekai Mahou no Tsukurikata Anime Broadcasts in January 2025
– Mono Anime Reveals An Kiriyama Character Art and Trailer
– The Holy Grail of Eris Anime Adaptation Announced
– BLADE & BASTARD Anime Announced
– I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! Anime Announced for April 2025
– Shinichiro Watanabe, MAPPA’s Lazarus Anime Reveals Visual, Main Cast
– Dragon Ball DAIMA Officially Recasts Every Character Besides Goku
∟Dragon Ball Daima Anime Confirms Stephanie Nadolny’s Return as Young Goku in English, Aaron Dismuke as New Character Glorio
Games:
– Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 reveals spring 2025 release and star-studded voice cast
– Silent Hill 2 Remake Dev Bloober Team Open to Making More Silent Hill Games
∟Someone modded the melee weapon into Mary
– It’s Not Too Late For A Silent Hill 2 Sequel
– Silent Hill 2 remake tops 1 million copies shipped and sold
– Resident Evil 4 Remake Moves 8 Million Units Globally
– Taimanin RPG Even Getting Men Pregnant in ‘Pregnancy Day’ Event
– Night Shift Nurses Coming to Steam Censored to Satisfy ‘Current Ethics Regulations’
– Original Sin Based on the Current Pokémon World
∟The Collapse of Culture and Relationships
∟The Relationship Between Humans and Pokémon
∟Humans Hunting Pokémon
∟All this lore was written by a woman
∟Someone has tried to debunk the leaks
∟But Suguru Nakatsui is a real person who has worked on Pokémon
∟So the only difference is that it was a man who wrote it
– The Pokemon Company Hires Seani Armitage As DEI And Social Responsibility Consultant, She Relishes In Promoting LGBTQ+ Agenda To “Young Kids”
Release news:
– Right Stuf
∟Alice In Wonderland: Season One
– Naruto is coming to blu-ray for the first time ever
∟As you’ll recall, it has already come out on blu-ray
∟People are confused
∟Except it’s not the first time
∟He said it was coming to blu-ray for the first time ever
∟Coming to blu-ray and releasing a box set are not the same thing
∟And it came out in Germany already
∟Finally, a clarification
∟He bent over backwards to claim he was still correct
∟The goal post keeps moving
∟But upscaled 1080p is not the same as native 1080p
∟Karma’s a bitch
∟FDDNM brings the receipts
∟Called out
∟He moved the goal posts so much that earlier kicks started landing in the goal
Random Merch news:
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Totoro, Calcifer, other Ghibli stars returning as humidifiers ahead of Japan’s dry winter days
– Every piece of Hayao Miyazaki’s Ghibli anime concept art to be published in new book series
– Nintendo Sound Clock: Alarmo is an Interactive Alarm Clock with Zelda Themes and More
∟If you snooze too much it will give you PTSD
∟Link sleeping through the alarm
Misc news:
– Osaka zookeeper caught stealing chimpanzees’ food
– Sexually frustrated dolphin blamed for 18 attacks on swimmers
– Mandatory Penis Inspection
– Safety at the Glory Hole
– Phallic faux pas: Thai man gets penis stuck in plastic bottle
– Autopsy of 78-year-old man reveals he had three penises