Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– Support us
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Tenga
– Japanese woman mistaken for bear
– Pickups
– Twitter Clone Pommu Partially Revived, Service Limited to Japanese DLSite Users
– DLSite Gets Its Own Official Credit Card as Visa & Mastercard Blocks Drag On
– PayPal Seeks Its Own Industrial Bank & Sparks Talk of a Major Power Grab
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
– Japanese Sci-Fi Horror Movie SUBJUGATION No CGI Monster Film
Convention news:
– Japan’s last two pandas leaving for China next month, Ueno Zoo announces final day for twins
∟Tokyo zoo imposes one-minute time limit for viewing pandas, line still four hours long
– Japanese Idol Sparks Viral Editing Frenzy After Showing Photo of Her Stomach
– Male Staffer for HKT48 Idol Group Treated After Being Stabbed
∟HKT48 Stabbing Incident: Fan Arrested After Calling Police on Himself
Live-Action Anime news:
– Paramount scraps Last Ronin TMNT movie, wants to ‘Sonic-fy’ the Ninja Turtles
– SpaceGodzilla Is Confirmed For ‘Godzilla x Kong: Supernova’
– Return to Silent Hill looks like it may be stealth adapting Silent Hill: The Arcade
∟New promotional material looks to be referencing Silent Hill: Book of Memories
– Street Fighter Movie Drops Kick-Ass First Footage of 50 Cent, Jason Momoa and Noah Centineo
∟1994 Cammy Comparison
∟1994 E.Honda Comparison
∟1994 Balrog Comparison
∟1994 M.Bison Comparison
Streaming news:
– Tokyo eSports Festival Bans Street Fighter 6 Female Swimsuits to Keep It “Kid-Friendly”
– Sponsored Blue Archive Streams Canceled as Some Streamers Called Fans “Child Abusers”
– Amazon Pulls AI Anime Dubs After Massive Backlash, Affected Works Included ‘Vinland Saga’, ‘Banana Fish’ And ‘No Game No Life: Zero’
– Cosmic Princess Kaguya! Anime Film Unveils New Trailer, Visual
Theater Release news:
– WB Board Unanimously Rejects Paramount Hostile $30 Share Takeover Bid, But The Fight Isn’t Over
∟Warner Bros Rejects Paramount Offer as POTUS Pulls Support: But Behind the Scenes, Far More Is Happening
Series news:
Anime:
– STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Anime Reveals March 19, 2026 Premiere in New Trailer
∟Netflix will be releasing it in chunks again
– That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 4 Anime Reveals Split Five-Cour Broadcast Starting in April 2026
– Witch Hat Atelier Anime Announces April 2026 Premiere with New Trailer, Voice Cast
– My Hero Academia Anime Reveals Extra Episode for 10th Anniversary Celebrations
– Mission: Yozakura Family Season 2 Anime Reveals April 2026 Broadcast, New Visual
– MARRIAGETOXIN TV Anime Unveils April 2026 Premiere, New Trailer, Visual and More
– LIAR GAME Anime Reveals April 2026 Broadcast, Main Cast in New Trailer
– Iron Wok Jan! Anime Adaptation Announced for 2026
– A Misanthrope Teaches a Class for Demi-Humans Anime Announces Premiere Date in New Main Trailer
– The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch Anime Reveals April 2026 Premiere in New Trailer
– Kirio Fan Club Anime Reveals April 2026 Broadcast, More Cast in New Trailer
– I Want to End This Love Game Anime Plays to Win Hearts in Teaser Trailer
– Neon Genesis Evangelion Announces New 13-Minute Short Anime
∟New Evangelion short anime, written by Hideaki Anno, to have world premiere early next year
– Evangelion original anime studio Gainax is now completely dissolved, Eva’s creator mourns ruined friendships
Manga:
– Kanojo Okarishimasu Fans Outraged Over Censorship on K-MANGA
– Holy Sh*t – Upcoming Eiichiro Oda Biography Comic Actually Depicts ‘One Piece’ Creator As ‘The Legend Of Zelda’ Producer Eiji Aonuma
– Chainsaw Man’s Reze design appears to be inspired by a BDSM porno
∟People are saying her bomb head was inspired by a latex hood
∟The video came out around the time Reze would have been created
∟The production company is well known enough that it is on Korean Wikipedia
∟Kink.com is the company with the San Francisco Armory as the splash screen
∟They claim the actress used the name Hazel Roze as far back as 2012
∟Others are swearing up and down that her name is Hazel Hypnotic
∟Her IAFD listing uses Hazel Hypnotic and does not list an alias
∟Korean guy swears other people are outraged too
∟Claims it isn’t a controversy because Chainsaw Man isn’t for kids
∟The actress wears chokers with rings like Reze
∟Even the eye color is spot on
∟The sleuth tries to justify how it is possible that a young male could even know about kink.com
∟Surely, he found the porn actress because he was looking for gay porn after a meme
∟Women aren’t porn-literate enough to understand the facts
∟They aren’t sure that she’s Russian
∟Koreans can’t hold a candle to the grandmasturbater
∟Is this even legal?
∟He’s gonna get to the bottom of this!
∟The video is boring just like Chainsaw Man
∟The actress hid her nationality just like Reze
∟She obeys orders just like Reze
∟The mask is from another video
∟His dick is in a coma
Games:
– Kadokawa Announces Major Push to Adapt Its Anime & Manga Into Games
– Brave × Junction Decides to Censor Outfits for Western Release
∟Comparison between the uncut and censored versions
– Azur Lane Celebrates End of Year With Special Livestream
– Snowbreak: Containment Zone’s New PV Definitely Pretty Thrilling
– Lara’s Design in Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis Attracts the Usual Complaints
∟Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis will adjust difficulty for modern gamers
– Lords of the Fallen 2 Devs Say They Want “More Attractive Women” in the Sequel
∟Lords Of The Fallen 2 Is Already Cementing Itself As A Game For All The Wrong People
– Larian CEO responds to gen AI backlash over botched Bloomberg article
– ‘Resident Evil Requiem’ Director Says Gameplay Differences Between Grace And Leon Are “Like Jumping Into A Cold Bath After Sitting In A Hot Sauna”
∟It was the right move to start the marketing with Grace because now no one cares
∟Leon appears to be infected in this game
∟He’s also apparently looking right at himself on the computer
∟Ada is ageless but still ugly
∟Capcom is ignoring their other IPs
– Berserk Finally Gets New Animation… in a Pachinko Machine
– Baldur’s Gate 3 Actress Wants Nintendo To Canonise Popular Fan Theory That Samus Is “A Badass Trans Bounty Hunter”
∟Metroid Prime 4 Still Immensely Despised
– Code Violet Developers Say PC Version Scrapped to Avoid “Vulgar Mods”
– Aion 2 Players’ Sexualized Celebrity Characters Could Allegedly Be Treated as Crime
– Riley Best Buy commercial
∟Riley GameStop commercial
∟Riley Best Buy versus GamesStop
∟Best Buy cuck
∟Riley engaged
∟Not to Severus Chad
– AI Actress Tilly Norwood Isn’t Real — But Hollywood Might Sign Her Anyway
∟SAG-AFTRA, Hollywood Stars, And Movie Fans Decry AI Actress ‘Tilly Norwood’
∟Mark Hamill Condemns AI Actors — After Letting Disney Digitally Rebuild Him
∟James Cameron Slams AI-Generated Actors as “Horrifying” While Serving on Board of AI Company
∟Real Girl looks exactly like Tilly Norwood
∟Sometimes, real people also look like each other
∟People see themselves everywhere
∟Chinese Shoppers Using AI-Edited Photos to Fake Damage and Claim Refunds
– Japan Police Reveal Alarming Rise in Sexual Deepfake Victims Under 18
∟Japan Plans to Push Generative-AI Adoption to 80% of the Population
∟AI refuses to help man being bullied
Release news:
– Nemu the Corpse Bearer Manga and More Coming from Seven Seas
– Seven Seas Licenses Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid: Ilulu Doesn’t Understand Love Manga and More
– Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider Manga to Make English Debut from Titan
– Volume 30 of Jujutsu Kaisen will have 5 variants
– Right Stuf
– Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken premium boxset is basically a pizza box
– Slip cover fatigue is growing as well
– Toho Acquires UK’s Anime Limited, Establishes European HQ in London
– Japan is getting a 4K Wings of Rean
Random Merch news:
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Dragon Ball Pop-Up Store to Tour United States
– Street Fighter Hadouken Churros to be launched and eaten in Tokyo, Okami pudding on offer too
– Nintendo’s Kirby now delivering orders at Kura Sushi restaurants, but not in Japan
– Dragon Quest Slime toys appear at McDonald’s Japan in crossover with Grimace and pals
– New line of Evangelion fishing lures and other gear released by Japanese maker Dress
– Hatsune Miku Statue PC Built by Taiwanese Fan Peak Guro
– Atelier Ryza Figure Merrily Prances on the Beach
– Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc Film Gets Premium Reze Figure
– One Piece “Fan” Attracts Attention for Complaining About “Disgusting” Female Designs
– Pokémon Card Heist Crew Escapes With Six Figures of Loot
Misc news:
– Fortune-Teller Accused of Urging Followers to Die Claims Insanity at First Hearing
– China Woman Vomits Blood After Using Online Weight-Loss Injection
– China Husband Files for Divorce After Wife Blows $163,000 Mostly on a Live-Streamer
– Korean Sues Wife After She Refused to Donate Part of Her Liver to Save His Life
– Japanese woman sues man for 1.5 million yen for violating her “right to chastity”
∟Turns out this also happened in North Carolina
∟TikTok influencer ordered to pay US$1.75 million for destroying manager’s marriage
∟TikTok Star Brenay Kennard You Had An Affair With My Husband — Pay Up!
∟Holy cow what a horrible trade