Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Support us Further
– Tenga
– Trump’s FCC Chairman Brendan Carr comes after section 230 over disinformation
– Economists claim game console prices will double from Trump tariffs
– A tangent last podcast got us featured in Owen Benjamin Highlights
– Pickups
– Sony in talks to buy manga and game publisher Kadokawa
∟Reuters: Sony Is in Talks to Acquire Kadokawa
∟This is after buying Funimation, Crunchyroll, and Right Stuf
∟Remember, they just flopped Concord
∟Kadokawa Releases Statement Regarding Reports of Sony in Talks to Acquire Company
∟Also remember Aniplex decided they know what’s best
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
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Convention news:
– Samurai ritual suicide contest cancelled by organizer in west Japan
Live-Action Anime news:
– The Demon Girl Next Door Stage Play Reveals Cast Visuals
– After 12 Years Ubisoft Has Cancelled Its ‘Splinter Cell’ Movie
– ‘One Piece’ Netflix Writer Claims Season 2 Character is Based on Donald Trump
Streaming news:
– In This Corner (and Other Corners) of the World Anime Movie Now Available on Crunchyroll
– Tsukasa Hojo’s Cat’s Eye Manga Gets New Anime on Disney+ in 2025
– Netflix Subpoenas Discord in Investigation of Post-Production Partner Leaks
Theater Release news:
– Solo Leveling -ReAwakening- Anime Movie Tickets Now on Sale
Series news:
Anime:
– Uglymug, Epicfighter Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation
– Magic Maker: Isekai Mahou no Tsukurikata Anime Reveals Three New Character Visuals
∟Magic Maker: Isekai Mahou no Tsukurikata Anime Unveils Rose Character Visual
– DEMON LORD 2099 Anime Gears Up For New Story Arc in New Trailer
– Dekin no Mogura Anime Announced for July 2025
– You and I Are Polar Opposites Manga Gets TV Anime in January 2026
– The Too-Perfect Saint: Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold To Another Kingdom Anime Reveals Main Cast
– From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Anime Unveils 1st Trailer, Key Visual
– There’s No Freaking Way I’ll be Your Lover! Unless… Anime Announced for Summer 2025
– BULLET/BULLET Anime from JUJUTSU KAISEN Director Reveals New Trailer, Visual
– The Darwin Incident TV Anime Reveals New Teaser Art, Main Staff
– Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus Anime Reveals New Teaser Trailer
– Future Haigakura Anime Episodes Delayed to Undetermined Date
∟Reviews are not looking good
– Anne of Green Gables Novel Gets New TV Anime Adaptation in April 2025
Manga:
– My Hero Academia Manga’s Final Volume Adds 38 Pages of New Content Following Original Ending
∟Final My Hero Academia Manga Volume Release Date Set for Japan with New Content
– Japan’s biggest manga magazine is raising its minimum payment rate for creators
– ‘JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure’ Creator Hirohiko Araki Express Concern Regarding AI’s Effect On Manga: “We’re Going To See An Increasingly Shady World Filled With Scammers Exploiting It”
– North Carolina School District Removes Unico: Awakening Manga
Games:
– Baldur’s Gate 3 is doing even better in 2024 than it did in 2023, with daily users up 20%, and Larian thinks it knows why: “Mods are very good”
∟If you continue reading the Tweet thread you learn that someone at the Vatican bought the game
∟But maybe it was actually just wishlisted?
∟Further research was necessary
∟It was in fact a wishlist
– Shift Up Confirms ‘Stellar Blade’ PC Release – Could It Steal Steam’s Concurrent Single Player Record From ‘Black Myth: Wukong’?
∟Honestly, it looks like they stand a pretty good chance
∟The greatest graphics this gen
∟Remember, Vanity Fair labeled Aloy as Woman of the Year
– In Another Black Eye For Sony, ‘LEGO Horizon Adventures’ Debuts To Even Less Steam Players Than ‘Concord’
– ‘Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’ $100 Deluxe Edition Now on Sale for Just $5, Sweet Baby Bomb Hits a New Low
∟Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is 95% off less than a year from release
– President Of ‘Trails’ And ‘Ys’ Series Developer Nihon Falcom Says He Sees “Potential For AI Translation In Terms Of Shortening The Time It Takes To Deliver Content To Overseas Customers And Improving Accuracy”
– Pokémon Breeding Forum Accidentally Turns Into Eugenics Forum Again
Release news:
– Tenku Senki Shurato Anime Gets 35th Anniversary Blu-ray Box Set in February 2025
– Right Stuf
– The encode for Macross Plus is looking fantastic
Random Merch news:
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Japan’s Nikka Whiskey recommends serving with a frozen sweet-bean bar inside
– Snuggle up to a Japanese Shiba Inu that looks real but is actually a cute hot water bottle cover
– Yakuza vending machines coming to real-world Tokyo neighborhood that inspired Like a Dragon games
– Aquarium’s star whale shark shocks visitors — because it turned out to be a robot
Misc news:
– Florida woman who hid stolen Rolexes in vagina beats charge. What happens to the watches?
– Transgender policewoman, 27, ‘assaults two colleagues with a penis pump and seriously inures their genitals after offering them a threesome then drugging them’ following night at notorious sex club
– BBC Presenter Raped 42 Dogs to Death
∟British croc expert jailed for sexual abuse of dogs
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