Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– Support us
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Tenga
– Stop making American Anime | Lazarus
– Airport in Japan still reporting loss of tourists after manga’s disaster prediction
– Japan revises 30-year probability rate of Nankai Trough megaquake
– JAL flights delayed 18 hours after another pilot drinking incident
– Pickups
– Japan chain stops rice ball sales after staff fake expiry dates
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
– The Art of Star Wars: A New Hope – The Manga by Hisao Tamaki
– Berserk: The Board Game
∟Preview of the pieces
Convention news:
– Controversial ‘Suk-yeol Yoon Train’ Cartoon to Return at Bucheon International Comics Festival After 3 Years
– Akihabara maids gather to splash water at Tokyo shrine in annual uchimizu event
∟What is a yukata? Explanation of their features, how to wear them, and how they differ from a kimono
– Haneda Airport security inspector arrested for stealing cash from luggage
Live-Action Anime news:
– Sophie Turner Cast as Lara Croft in Amazon’s Long-Delayed Phoebe Waller-Bridge Tomb Raider Series
∟And people are pissed it wasn’t Hunter Schafer
Streaming news:
– Your Name digital is up for pre-order
– Japanese Program Features the Struggles of an M-Cup Bust Woman
∟Japanese television is peak
∟But it wasn’t a real girl
Theater Release news:
– Kill Bill Film’s Extended Director’s Cut Gets 1st Wide Release in December
– Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle Passes $600 Million Worldwide
– Japan Box Office: Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Stays at No.1 in 2nd Weekend
∟It’s coming to theaters in 3D for some reason
∟Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Releases New Visual Featuring Its Leading Lady
– Death Stranding Anime Film Reveals Teaser Trailer and Main Staff
– Trump Announces 100% Movie Tariff on Foreign Made Films in Move That Will Devastate Disney
∟Disney’s Marvel Movies are Losing $619 Million Each in Takings at Box Office, Forbes Report Finds
Series news:
Anime:
– The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 5 Anime Announced
– I Became a Legend after My 10 Year-Long Last Stand Anime Adaptation Announced for 2026
– Kindergarten Wars TV Anime Adaptation Announced
– Apprentice Nail Artist in a Foreign Land Anime Adaptation Announced
– MARRIAGETOXIN Anime Adaptation Announced for 2026
– Hanaori-san wa Tensei Shite mo Kenka ga Shitai Anime Adaptation Announced for 2026
– Dusk Beyond the End of the World Anime Announces 4 More Cast Members
– Tune In to the Midnight Heart Anime Casts Kana Hanazawa as Lemon Ando
– One-Punch Man Season 3 Anime Gathers Forces in New Trailer
– ‘Dandadan’ Anime Censors Vamola’s Sci-Fi Inspired Bodysuit
∟Dandadan Anime Censors Alien Girl’s Sexy Sci-Fi Bodysuit
Games:
– Dragon Quest VII Reimagined Predictably Censored
– iOS Rejects Twinkle Star Knights Even After Redrawing All the Sexy Art
– The First Descendant Developers Say Sex Appeal Is an “Art Form”
– Blizzard Bets on Sex Appeal With Overwatch 2 × Persona 5 Collab
– Stellar Blade Outfit Censored After All
– Shuten Order Patch Fixes Pronoun Inconsistency Amid Calls of “Transphobia”
– Electronic Arts going private again in $55 billion deal led by Saudi investors
∟Jared Kushner’s Firm Is Said to Be Part of $50 Billion Buyout of Electronic Arts
∟EA Games Sold for $55 Billion to Consortium Led by Saudi Arabia PIF
∟EA Will Assume $20 Billion Debt in Sale — This Could Doom for BioWare and Mass Effect 5
∟EA Employees Reportedly Panicking Over Saudi-Backed Takeover — “It’s Going to Get Worse”
– Legendary ‘Final Fantasy’ Composer Nobuo Uematsu Disappointed With Less “Weirdness” In Modern Video Game Music
∟Final Fantasy Composer Nobuo Uematsu Says Directors Are Silencing Game Music
– Silent Hill f Producer Admits He Knew Fans Would Be Split
∟Silent Hill f is being released during Higan
∟People are calling it the new black sheep
∟The lewd scarecrows
∟Are problematic for some reason
– OD gets new “KNOCK” teaser trailer
∟How Incompetent Graphics Create Fake Realism & Why Your Brain Hates it.
– Ananta’s Open-World Gameplay Draws Further Comparisons to GTA
– Over Half of Japanese Game Studios Now Allegedly Using AI
Release news:
– Netflix Scott Pilgrim gets a blu-ray
– Right Stuf
∟MediaOCD knew Sasuke before he was cool
∟Pre-order with exclusive slipcover
– Perfect Blue 4K UHD
– Ultraman Yuletide Collection
Random Merch news:
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Studio Ghibli releases new My Neighbor Totoro Plate for 2026
– Not just a Big Totoro, but a Super Extra-large Big Totoro plushie could be in your home right now
– Two beautiful Totoro Catbus interior piece figures scamper back to the Studio Ghibli store
– Cowboy Bebop’s Faye Valentine the Most Dangerous Bunny Girl Figure
– Big-Boob Ninja Figure of Kusagin Satoko Beyond Comical
– Mandarake Criticized for Using AI Art in Recruitment Poster
– New mineral discovered in Japan named after the goddess of the sun
Misc news:
– Astrologer arrested for running fake investment scheme worth approx. 2 billion yen
– Policewoman forgets gun in restroom, continuing an odd trend in Japan
– Shizuoka man arrested for stealing 50 fire hose nozzles
– “She Looked Cocky, So I Beat Her Up”: High School Girl Arrested for Brutal Assault