Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– Support us
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Tenga
– Can the Japanese government make AI-generated Ghibli images illegal?
– Japan’s First Arrests Over AI-Generated Obscene Image Sales
∟First-ever arrest made related to AI-generated porn in Japan
– Pickups
– Gawr Gura Announces Graduation Due To “Disagreements With Management”, Becomes Sixth VTuber To Exit Hololive In Last Eight Months
∟Anti-Gura individuals either want you to believe she loves black people
∟Or believe that she hates black people
∟They claim to be looking for a girlfriend
∟And claim to look like this
∟But they are a troll that took the photo from this account
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
– Support Mike McFarland’s Road to Recovery
– TerrorBytes: The Evolution of Horror Gaming
– Seed of Nostalgia – Classic Pixel JRPG
Convention news:
– Naked Canadian wacko arrested at Disneyland after scaring visitors on drugged-up bender: cops
Live-Action Anime news:
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Streaming news:
– Attack on Titan: THE LAST ATTACK Omnibus Movie Now Available on Crunchyroll
– Lycoris Recoil -Friends are thieves of time.- Short Anime Streams on Crunchyroll Starting April 16
– Crunchyroll inexplicably delays Please Put Them On, Takamine-san! episode 3 by one week
– Anime fans celebrate as Crunchyroll reverses “awful” AI plan
– Prime Video begins an AI dubbing pilot program on licensed movies and series
Theater Release news:
– Fushigi no Kuni de Alice to -Dive in Wonderland- Anime Movie Shares “Manners” Video for Theatergoers
Series news:
Anime:
– Widespread anime support and expansion initiatives planned by Japanese government
– The Brilliant Healer’s New Life in the Shadows English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date
– WITCH WATCH Anime Makes Magic in Creditless Ending Movie
– A Ninja and an Assassin Under One Roof Anime Shares Creditless Opening and Ending Movies
– Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family! Anime Reveals Teaser Trailer, Visual, Main Voice Cast Members
– Mistress Kanan is Devilishly Easy Anime Announced for 2026 Release
– KOWLOON GENERIC ROMANCE Anime Turns Back Time in Creditless Opening and Ending Movies
– Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon Anime Premieres in Fall 2025
– Tekkonkinkreet’s Michael Arias Directs Animated Adaptation of Taiyo Matsumoto’s Sunny Manga
∟Tekkonkinkreet Director Michael Arias to Helm Adaptation of Taiyo Matsumoto’s Sunny Manga
– The Beginning After the End Anime Reveals April 2 Premiere in New Trailer
∟How The Beginning After the End Is Making Anime History
∟Even hentai has better animation
∟A-CAT outsourced every episode so far
∟Following Its Disastrous Anime Debut, The Beginning After the End’s Creator Is Breaking Their Silence
∟‘I Felt It Necessary for Me to Speak Up’: The Beginning After the End Creator Updates Fans on Controversial Anime Series
– “We Plan to Continue”: Long After Its Final Season, Attack on Titan’s Producer Says the Anime Isn’t Done Yet
Manga:
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Games:
– How Sony ‘Schmoozed’ SquareSoft to Get Final Fantasy on PlayStation
– Steam-Heart’s & Advanced Variable Geo Saturn Tribute Xbox Version Canceled Due to Censorship
– ‘Trails In The Sky’ Remake Confirms New English Localization, Promises “An Authentic Experience That Honors The Original Japanese Text”
– Japanese court gives seller of modified Nintendo Switch systems suspended two-year prison sentence
– Nintendo gets popular Vtuber’s stream delisted because she maybe played a hacked Pokémon cartridge
Release news:
– Right Stuf
– Romeo’s Blue Skies has been delayed
– Call of the Night (Season 1) Premium Box Set
∟Walmart has glow-in-the-dark slipcovers
– The long, ugly history between Disney and Studio Ghibli
Random Merch news:
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Final Fantasy roomwear sets transform you into Moogle or Chocobo
– Pokémon fans startled to see Eevee looking super muscular in new merch photo
– Studio Ghibli Rollbahn notebooks are both dynamic and subtle salutes to anime classics
– Catbus and Totoro towlkets are part towel, part blanket, all adorable
– Catbus clock from Studio Ghibli keeps an eye on the time…and on you
– Life-size Nier: Automata sword going on sale, includes 2B’s voice if you swing it the right way
– $3,600 Stellar Blade Statue is Already Sold Out
– OPM Studio Ghibli Figures
∟Howl’s Moving Castle Statue
∟Ghost Princess Statue
∟The Cliff by the Sea Statue
∟Kiki’s Delivery Service Statue
– Japanese gamer furniture company creates cabinets just for collectible trading card gamers
Misc news:
– School suddenly changes field trip from 2025 Expo to Universal Studios Japan over safety concerns
– Trial of man accused of kicking rabbits to death on Japan’s rabbit island comes to an end
– Bus driver who pocketed 1,000 yen in fares denied 12 million yen in retirement money