Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– Support us
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Tenga
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
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– Russia Bans MyAnimeList Over “Extremist” LGBTQ+ Content
– Pixiv adds new censorship restrictions to comply with international laws
– DLsite Launches Trial Version of New Censorship-Free SNS “Pommu”
∟Stop the Colonization of Fandom
– Twitter Hits New Low: “Bikinis Are Porn!”
– Pickups
– Comic Shop Owner Facing Felony Obscenity Charges For Allegedly Giving ‘Grendel’ Issue To Halloween Trick-Or-Treater
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
– Hi-chan no Monogatari: A Manga About Life Before Birth
– ‘Subjugation’ Teaser – ‘The Crow’ Meets ‘Wicked City’ in Practical Effects Monster Movie
Live-Action Anime news:
– Rumor: Super Sentai series to end after 50 years
∟Sankei Shimbun reports that it is ending with Gozyuger
∟Super Sentai Series to end after this season
∟Super Sentai Series to End After Nearly 50 Years on Air
∟Kyodo: Super Sentai Series to End With Currently Airing No.1 Sentai Gozyuger Show
∟After 50 Years, ‘Power Rangers’ Source Series ‘Super Sentai’ Coming To An End (Or Is It?)
∟‘Super Sentai’ Not Dead, Instead Rebranding As ‘Universe Heroes’ – And It’s Likely Due To Original ‘Power Rangers’ Contract
∟What we could have lost forever
∟However, there is one ranger who is gone forever
∟All because she drank before 20
∟Word on the street is that she has been edited out of the upcoming episodes
∟And they removed her shots from the opening
∟Seriously, she’s gone
∟Some believe she was discriminated against for being half Filipina
∟People are pleading with fans to stand with her
∟Apparently this isn’t exactly new to the show
∟And the Yellow Ranger is especially prone to controversy
∟Only Kamen Rider has the balls to say what needs to be said
– Toho’s First Teaser Reveals The Title Of The Sequel To ‘Godzilla Minus One’
∟New Japanese-made Godzilla movie announced, looks to be first direct sequel since 1999
– Live-Action ONE PIECE Season 3 Finds Its Portgas D. Ace with Xolo Maridueña
∟People are loving the casting
∟He’ll make a great Ace
∟Luffy visited his set a year ago
∟The resemblance is perfect
∟Bon Clay has also been cast
∟Gay AF
– Kodansha Launches Hollywood-Based Studio to Create Live-Action Adaptations
∟Chloé Zhao IMDB
∟Nicolas Gonda IMDB
Streaming news:
– Netflix Anime Cosmic Princess Kaguya Rife With Famous Vocaloid Composers
– Netflix Revives a Gaming Legend: Crash Bandicoot Leaps Into Own Animated Series
∟Nickelodeon had Dora teach grownups about the word “Sigma”
∟Dora can teach us what the word ‘sigma’ means. This should not be real.
Theater Release news:
– Nintendo Confirms Ongoing Plans for Multiple Movies Beyond Super Mario Galaxy and Zelda — Is the NCU Happening?
– Japan Box Office: Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Stays No.1 for Seven Consecutive Weekends
∟Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Officially Enters Japan’s Top 100 Box Office
– OVERLORD 10th Anniversary Celebration Theatrical Event Tickets Now on Sale
– Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair has 7 minutes of additional anime footage
Series news:
Anime:
– Kaiju Decode: The Ring of Aidara Anime Film Reveals New Visual, Special Look Video
– The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest Anime Unveils New Trailer
– Always a Catch! Anime Adaptation Announced for Spring 2026
– High School! Kimengumi Remake Anime Casts Five Delinquents of “Bangumi”
– There’s No Freaking Way I’ll Be Your Lover! Unless… Anime Sequel Gets Cozy in Latest Trailer
– Dark Gathering Season 2 Anime Announced
– Kujima Utaeba Ie Hororo Comedy Anime Reveals April 2026 Broadcast in 1st Trailer
– Ojisan wa Kawaii Mono ga Osuki. Anime Adaptation Announced for 2026
– Yowayowa Sensei Anime Unveils Teaser Visual, Main Voice Cast, April 2026 Premiere
– Love! Live! Side Project Series Caught Using AI Art
– Toei plans to become an international powerhouse
– Japanese Anime Studio Bankruptcies Soar for Third Straight Year Amid “Profitless Boom”
– New Japanese Policy Proposal Seeks To Defend “Creative Freedom” For Anime, Manga, And Video Games
∟“No Interference in Creative Works” Policy Part of Japan’s 2033 Anime/Game Export Drive
∟The UN came after them for loli at Comiket
∟Epstein hated pedophiles
∟This should extend to the English localizations
∟Even Japanese YouTubers are talking about English Localizations
∟They rioted over the Japanese subs for Lord of the Rings
– South Korean Ruling Party’s Bill Would Punish Anti-China Speech with Prison Time—Controversy Erupts
Manga:
– Arabic Scans of Black Clover Manga Cover Censored With AI
∟Fictional women have more rights than real women
– Naruto, Sailor Moon US publisher’s Google Drive breached, attackers claim
Games:
– Nintendo’s US Patent on ‘Summoning Characters’ Faces Re-Examination by Patent Office Director
– Rockstar delays GTA VI again
∟People are betting Jesus will return before GTA releases
∟That’s not the only thing they are betting on
∟The launch is more important than their current worth
∟Anonymous Rockstar Employee Alleges Mass Firings Amid Unionisation Efforts
– Ubisoft Says Answer To ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Backlash Was Convincing Fans It Was “More Of A Video Game Than A Message”
∟Assassin’s Creed Shadows The Lowest Selling of the Last Five Mainline Titles
– Square Enix Lays Off Over 180 Western Staff In “Overseas Structural Reform” After “Extraordinary Loss” — Western Chief Publishing Officer To Resign
∟Square Enix Guts Its Western Divisions as Restructuring Continues
– NetEase Pulls the Plug on Fifth Western Studio
– Baldur’s Gate 3 Actors Brought Back to Record “They/Them” Pronouns
– Red Pine Lake Rejected From Steam Over Artwork of Swimsuit
∟The only option was to maliciously comply
∟Eventually they relented
∟Steam is okay with actual adult games though
∟Like Sex with Hitler 2
∟I Can’t Believe Mein Führer Could be this Cute!
Release news:
– Right Stuf
∟Big Boobs Buster
– BuyAnime merged with Adult Source Media
Random Merch news:
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Step into Japanese culture with Converse’s new Japan-exclusive shoes featuring gods, sushi style
– Sushi cars are the newest crazy cool dream from Japan’s Tomica line
– Fire Emblem: Three Houses Hero Byleth Gets Dancer Outfit Figure
– Colossal Code Geass C.C. Bunny Girl Figure Utter Perfection
– Cuddle Next to the Lovable Ryza With Her New Figurine
– Goddess of Victory: NIKKE’s Rosanna Practically Naked in New Figure
– Japanese online flea market app bans the sale of ultrasound photos
Misc news:
– Hokkaido Shinkansen apologizes for driver “spacing out” while operating bullet train
– JR Hokkaido train driver in trouble for reading book about trains on stopped train
– Chinese man, 64, finds toothbrush he swallowed at age 12 stuck in intestine, needs surgery
– Man Arrested for Sexually Assaulting Girl He Met Through Online Game
– Woman on Trial for Killing Newborn & Burying It in Her Family Garden
– 72-year-old man allegedly shot up Walmart manager’s car, home for firing girlfriend