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Opening discussions:
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– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Support us Further
– Tenga
– Dozens Of Financial Advisors Warn Corporate America That DEI Initiatives Are A “Liability”
∟Despite DEI Pushback, New Report Shows Companies Stay Committed To DEI
∟Study: Some DEI Training Causes Psychological Harm
– Butterball addresses turkey sex abuse controversy as customers boycott brand on busiest week of the year
– Pickups
– Johnny Somali accused of violating anti-terrorism laws after South Korean bomb scare
∟Johnny Somali may face jail time for bragging about deepfake AI Korean girlfriend
∟Johnny Somali threatens more Comfort Women Statue antics if TikTok bans him
∟Korean Special Forces YouTuber faces jail time for attacking Johnny Somali
∟Johnny Somali had asked North Korea to nuke South Korea
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
– Armed Fantasia & Penny Blood
∟Director of Penny Blood, Shadow Hearts’s spiritual successor, files lawsuit over unpaid funding from Kickstarter campaign
Convention news:
– Minecraft Theme Park Lands Announced From Legoland Developers
– Japanese idol group asks fans to be respectful towards pre-teen singer for heartwarming reason
Live-Action Anime news:
– Golden Kamuy Live-Action Film Sequel Announced
Streaming news:
– Bogus Skill <<Fruitmaster>> ~About that time I became able to eat unlimited numbers of Skill Fruits (that kill you)~ Anime to Stream on Crunchyroll
– China censors queer romance in Arcane: League of Legends
∟Fans of localization betrayed by localization
– Netflix’s ‘Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft’ Star Hayley Atwell Says Animated Series Will Feature A “More Complicated” Version Of Title Heroine
∟Netflix’s ‘Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft’ Makes Change To Franchise Mainstay Zip, Depicts Him As Stereotypically Gay Man
∟It’s worse than you could have ever imagined
∟‘Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft’ Fails To Chart On Netflix’s Top 10 List
∟Despite Negative Reviews And Seemingly Poor Viewership, ‘Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft’ Gets Second Season
– Sophie Turner to Play Lara Croft in ‘Tomb Raider’ Amazon Series From Phoebe Waller-Bridge
∟Fans Disappointed By Prospect Of Sophie Turner’s Being Cast As Lara Croft In Amazon’s ‘Tomb Raider’ Series, Suggest Alternative Franchise Role: “I Just Can’t See It”
Theater Release news:
– Kaiju No. 8 Anime Uncovers ‘Hoshina’s Day Off’ Special Episode Visual
– The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Anime Film Unveils Special Poster
Series news:
Anime:
– Shabake Historical Fantasy Novels Get TV Anime in 2025
– Ninja to Koroshiya no Futarigurashi Anime Reveals Release Date in New Trailer
– Babanbabanban Vampire TV Anime Premieres on January 11
– The Invisible Man and His Soon-to-Be Wife Anime Announced for 2025 Release
– Clevatess Anime Reveals 2025 Release, Key Visual
– Even Given the Worthless “Appraiser” Class, I’m Actually the Strongest Anime Recruits Rock Band ASTERISM for Opening Theme
– Magic Maker: Isekai Mahou no Tsukurikata Anime Premieres on January 8, 2025
– Pass the Monster Meat, Milady! Anime Confirms April 2025 Release, Main Cast
– Me and the Alien MuuMuu Manga Gets Anime Adaptation in 2025
– New Lupin the 3rd Anime Film Announced for 2025 Release
Manga:
– Tennessee School Districts Remove Multiple Manga Series from Libraries
Games:
– Steam is ‘an unsafe place for teens and young adults’: US senator warns Gabe Newell of ‘more intense scrutiny’ from the government if Valve doesn’t take action against extremist content
∟After ADL Accuses Steam Of Being “Rife With Extremism And Antisemitism”, US Senator Demands Valve Take Action “Or Face More Intense Scrutiny From The Federal Government”
∟The government prioritizes banning fun over saving lives
– Obsidian Whistlebower Tells All on ‘Avowed’ Art Director Matt Hansen Amid Racist Hiring Allegations
– BioWare Allegedly Discriminating Against Men And Only Hiring People Who Will “Parrot And Embrace The Ideology That The Higher Ups Demand”
∟Multiple Inside Sources Support Claims Of Abysmal ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Sales
∟‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Rumored To Have Sold Less Than ‘Star Wars Outlaws’
∟14% Of ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Physical Retail Orders Reportedly Cancelled Ahead Of Game’s Release, Total Pre-Orders Less Than 200,000
∟Unhappy ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Players Reportedly Demand Refunds In Droves
∟This was the review score 30 minutes after the game came out
∟What could be causing them to want a refund?
∟Surely, nobody could resist romancing Taash
∟Tumblr mental illness is now mainstream gaming romances
∟Just a reminder that it is possible to make appealing characters
∟‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Peak Concurrent Player Counts Top Out At 89,418 In Its First Weekend, Show Game Is Not A Breakout Success
∟Dragon Age The Veilguard Is Practically Worthless After Only A Week – Trade In Value PLUMMETS
∟The game is completely overstocked
∟BioWare Claims ‘Dragon Age: The Veilguard’ Sales Have Reached 1 Million Copies as Company Hunts Down Whistleblowers
∟Mark Kern breaks down just how bad things are
∟The Veilguard Makes Me Feel Seen As a Trans Player, But Blockbuster Games Can Do Better
∟They’ve stopped pandering to trans players because the game isn’t selling
∟They couldn’t even maintain their virtue signaling throughout the game
∟Isabella was a slaving war criminal, not a monster
∟Dragon Age: The Veilguard Facebook Group Bans Laugh Reacts
– There was one big snub in the Game Awards nominations
∟They’re mad because a bunch of non-woke games are competing for Game of the Year
∟There’s a coordinated meltdown over Black Myth: Wukong
∟The Game Awards Should Happen After The Year Is Over, Like Every Other Award Show
∟The Game Awards Rejects “Woke” Titles With Official Nominations, Is Geoff Keighley Feeling Heat From Stuttering Craig’s The Real Game Awards?
∟It’s hard to believe Suicide Squad, Concord, Dustborn, and Flintlock all came out this year
∟It goes beyond gaming, this is the year the tide turned
∟The jury section of The Game Awards was hidden after being exposed
∟Geoff Keighley Begs Gamers to Help in Plot to Trademark ‘The Game Awards’
– Snowman Story getting Switch port in December
Release news:
– Right Stuf
– Sevakis requested help finding the Korean dub of Bubblegum Crisis
∟They found it!
∟They aren’t including the one for Crash…
– Good Smile customers report stolen payment information
Random Merch news:
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Lupin Hotsauce
– Anya × Naruto
– Dragon Ball Motorbike
– Possessing Harry Potter’s Sword of Godric Gryffindor is now illegal in Japan
– Big dam Godzilla appears in Japan as power-washer art on side of 195-foot dam
– Chinese Company Busted Showing Off Humanoid Robots That Actually Have Humans Inside
Misc news:
– Nara man arrested for burying mother in his cemetery plot by himself
– Spanish man found dead inside dinosaur sculpture
– Florida woman accused of hitting boyfriend multiple times with Christmas tree during argument
– Fish jumps down man’s throat
– Drunk man who stuck two live fish into his anus is rushed to hospital after they swam up his intestines
– Doctors invent tool to remove 23-inch sex toy from man’s colon
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