Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– Support us
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– Tenga
– Statement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 \ Anthropic
∟White Babies are Precious
∟Meanwhile, Alibaba is going around the back way to do what the US Government was trying to avoid
∟Idiots don’t have a solid grasp on the situation
– Pickups
– GTA 6 Physical Copy Won’t Include a Disc, Just a Code, and We’re Disappointed
∟GTA 6 isn’t the problem, but what comes after it might be
∟Sony had to repost their ad for GTA VI with a discless PS5
∟Amazon is offering a insurance plan for your game case
∟Retailers Are Refusing to Sell GTA 6 Due to the Lack of a Disc
∟Rockstar Games Responds to GTA 6 Physical Disc Backlash
∟GTA 6 Will Reportedly Have a Physical Disc Release in December 2026
∟‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Going Digital-Only Is a Car Crash for Physical Media
∟The Tweet that started the confusion
∟Rockstar is sending a message
∟The slippery slope is in free fall
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
Convention news:
– Anime Expo cancels hotels?
∟Detective Conan event at Anime Expo
– Japanese theme park adding Immersive Death Game with a “bomb collar” you have to wear
– Teen Falls Down Tiana’s Bayou Adventure 50-Foot Plunge After Exiting Ride Vehicle
– Nearly half of Pokémon hot spring’s statues have been damaged less than two months after opening
∟Japan’s Pokémon Foot Spring Statues Damaged Less Than Two Months After Opening
– One Piece Becomes First Anime to Receive Permanent Exhibit at Paris’ Grévin Museum
∟The Wax Figures
Streaming news:
– Fantia Now Allowing Partial Use of AI
∟Fantia Begins Restoring Content Removed by Controversial Censorship Rules
∟Fantia Explains Controversial Censorship Rules, Reverses Course on 2D Content
– CAKE Inks International ‘Voltron’ Distribution Partnership with WEP
– Yani Neko Anime to Air “Unedited” Version Alongside Broadcast Cut
– THE ONE PIECE Anime Reveals 1st Episode Visual
∟THE ONE PIECE Anime Teaser Trailer Reveals Mayumi Tanaka as Luffy
∟Wit Studio’s One Piece Remake Reveals New Concept Art
– Zoe Kravitz and Sadie Sink Star in Unhinged, Netflix’s Immersive Horror Game
– BSide: Olivia Lin is an AI companion from the creators of Genshin Impact
∟Pope Leo XIV Warns AI Chatbots & Virtual Influencers Could Replace Human Relationships
∟Musk’s xAI Used Employee Biometric Data to Train Sexy Chatbot
∟Chinese Social Media Melts Down Over “Dead” AI Girlfriends & Boyfriends After Update
Theater Release news:
– THE RIBBON HERO Anime Film Shares New Trailer Featuring Theme Song and Additional Cast
– Sekiro: No Defeat Anime Theatrical Trailer Released
– Shingo Natsume’s Original Anime Film Ghost Releases Teaser Video
– John Likens Delivers the TMNT Fight Scene Fans Have Waited Decades For with Raphael Test Footage
– cocoon – One Summer of Girlhood Anime Film Gets North American Theatrical Release
– The Samurai and the Prisoner releases US trailer
Series news:
Anime:
– Government to Launch Central Organization to Expand Anime, Manga, and Games Worldwide
∟Japan Government Faces Backlash After Using AI Art to Promote Fair Treatment of Anime Creators
– Fool Night Anime Adaptation Announced as Sunrise and SHAFT Collaboration
– The Fake Alchemist anime announced
– Joker: Laugh Riot Anime Series Announced
– ELECEED Anime Releases New Key Visual
– Skeleton Knight in Another World Season 2 Anime Releases New Trailer, Visual, Voice Cast
– The Fledgling Demon Lord’s Starter Shop Anime Teaser Trailer
– Magical Explorer Anime Reveals Nanami Cast, Teaser Visual
– The Strongest Man, Born From Misfortune Anime Reveals 2027 Premiere in New Visual
– Original Near-Future Sci-Fi TV Anime RE:BEL ROBOTICA Announced
– New Ghost in the Shell Anime Reveals English Dub Cast
∟Suzie Yeung (Motoko Kusanagi)
∟SungWon Cho (Daisuke Aramaki)
∟The epitome of range
∟Bill Butts (Batou)
∟Nick Apostolides (Togusa)
∟John Bentley (Ishikawa)
∟Tony Weaver Jr. (Saito)
∟Tony Weaver Jr.’s Instagram
∟The epitome of cringe
∟Xanthe Huynh (Operator)
∟Lizzie Freeman (Fuchikoma)
∟Aaron LaPlante (Minister of Internal Affairs)
∟Jason Marnocha (Volgarena Rep)
∟Keith Silverstein (Ito)
∟Cassie Ewulu (Executive of the Union/School-Master)
∟‘The Bride!’ Star Jessie Buckley Says Netflix Fought Against Her Casting Because She “Didn’t Have An Instagram”
– Jyu-Oh Mujin Dandivine Anime Releases Teaser Trailer
– Gacha Girls Corps Anime Reveals January 2027 Broadcast, Main Cast and Staff
– With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess Anime Season 2 Unveils Key Visual, October 1 Premiere Date
– The Insipid Prince’s Furtive Grab for The Throne Anime Reveals Two New Cast Members
– I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend Into a Girl Anime Adaptation Announced
∟I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend Into a Girl anime announced
∟Apparently Packer Girl thinks they haven’t learned
– Rent-a-Girlfriend Anime Confirms Season 6 in Production
∟Kanojo Okarishimasu Creator Finally Admits Kazuya Is Essentially His “Double”
∟Self inserts in the West versus Japan
– The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, REALLY Love You Season 3 Anime Releases Main Trailer
– The Salty Koharu Has a Soft Spot for Me Anime Shares Character Trailer, Key Visual and Cast Additions
– Are You a Landmine, Chihara-san? Anime Reveals January 2027 Broadcast, More Cast
– Gokigenyo, Ikkyoku Ikaga? TV Anime Announced
– In a World Full of Zombies I’m the Only One Who Doesn’t Get Attacked Anime Teaser Trailer Reveals January 2027 Broadcast, Main Cast
– Nabe ni Tama o Ukenagara (“Getting Shots on a Frying Pan”) Anime Teaser Visual
– Pokémon Unveils First Official Art for Sirfetch’d & Pichu Stop-Motion Project
– Critic Warns Anime Becoming So Commoditized That the Medium May No Longer Matter
∟Goro Taniguchi Warns Japan’s “Sanitized” Society Changing Anime & Driving Creators Away
– Kadokawa CEO Survives Ouster Attempt as Activist Investor Oasis Increases Stake to 15.25%
Manga:
– Crunchyroll Announces Witch Chat: The Official Witch Hat Atelier Companion Podcast
∟Witch Hat Atelier Anime and More Nominated for 2026 Astra TV Awards
∟The author did an interview with UNESCO
∟Witch Hat Atelier Creator Links Global Success to Overseas Audience Focus
∟Here’s why it’s being astroturfed so hard
∟But apparently the 🍉 means Palestine
∟But we gotta go with the funniest name
∟Witch Hat Atelier is a United Nations psyop
∟Kodansha sure didn’t like that
∟The UNESCO interview framed manga as traditionally male-dominated
∟You could honestly argue that wokeness was birthed in the UN
∟Kodansha is fully in bed with the UN agenda
∟The UN routinely calls for censorship in Japan
∟Hiromu Arakawa Was So Terrified of a Sexist Shonen Stereotype Destroying Fullmetal Alchemist That She Changed Her Name to Fool Fans
∟That take was so bad that even Feminist accounts are telling them to sit down
∟Full Metal Alchemist is the highest rated anime of all time and was adapted TWICE
∟Leftists bend logic to convince themselves they’ve won
∟Mentioning women and mentioning a genre for women are not the same things
∟Hiromu Arakawa did change her name to sound more masculine
∟How are you this retarded?
∟They’re rewriting history to shill for Witch Hat Atelier
∟All because Woke = Good
∟That picture is of the voice of Ed, not Hiromu Arakawa
∟But Hiromu Arakawa is not hiding the fact that she is female
∟BTFO’d by female mangakas
– Mangaka Forced To Apologize, Promises To Avoid “Controversial Themes”
∟Crunchyroll botched the dub
∟The mangaka deleted her Twitter
∟Normies are celebrating
∟This is exactly why we need to gatekeep
∟Tourists claim to love anime and demand it change
– Mangaka Calls Out Overseas Fans Over “Shipping Demands”
– Hunter x Hunter Manga Returns with New Chapter in Next Shonen Jump Issue
Games:
– Pragmata’s Latest Update Includes An Adorable New Suit, Here Are The Full Patch Notes New do for Hugh
– The Steam Machine’s Price Tag Announced, Starting at $1,049
∟Steam Machine launches this month with $1049 starting price
– Microsoft Raises Xbox Console Prices Again
∟Ori creator declares Xbox Game Pass a mediocre slop factory that’s ‘a little like Communism’ | PC Gamer
∟Seems like they are betting on Kojima to make good on their plan
– Konami Sues to Find Source Who Leaked Metal Gear Solid 2
– Hideo Kojima Shares OD Details, and It Resembles P.T.
– Activists Allegedly Contacting Payment Processors in Hopes of Censoring Stellar Blade 2
∟SHIFT UP CEO Reposts Fan Comic Mocking Critics of Stellar Blade’s Evie
– Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Director Asked About “LGBTQ+ Representation”
– Indie Developer’s Game Rejected Over Shower Scene Where Screen is Completely Black
– Star Fox 64 Remake Voice Acting Despised Yet Again
∟These localizations used to be a parody
∟Seriously, it sounds just like it
– NIKKE Developers Open Pre-Registration for New Time-Travel RPG MIRESI
– Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters gets new overview trailer
Release news:
– Journal with Witch manga got licensed
– Titan Manga licensed You Are a Four Leaf Clover
– Summit of the Gods cancelled their reprint
– Page Number Misprint
– Media Blasters has more Anime Exclusives
∟Someone asked if the discs are reauthored
∟They are the same discs
∟I Don’t Like You At All, Big Brother!! – Amazon Exlcusive
∟Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix – Amazon Exlcusive
∟Strawberry Panic – Amazon Exlcusive
∟Shinobi Girl/ Karate Girl Two-Punch Edition! – Amazon Exlcusive
– ChaO Blu-ray
– Amazon appears to have switched the listing for Re:ZERO’s limited edition to the regular edition
∟Original listing for Re:ZERO Season 3 LE
∟New listing for Re:ZERO Season 3 LE
– Konosuba is on sale
∟So is Tomo-chan Is a Girl!
∟And BLEACH: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 3
– Right Stuf
∟Sentai Filmworks
– Gurren Lagann Movie got a 4K in the UK
– Crunchyroll released Sailor Moon Season Steelbooks in the UK
∟Disc quantities per set
Random Merch news:
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Sealed Super Mario Bros. Sells for $3 Million, Becoming Most Expensive Video Game Ever
– Danganronpa’s Chiaki Nanami Quite the Busty Bunny Figurine
– Dragon Quest’s next quest is a journey to Yoshinoya for awesome Slime toy meals
– Kits to make battle tops out of pure candy coming soon in Japan
– New adorable Osaka foodie destination, Chiikawa Bakery Osaka, opening soon with crazy ramen bread
∟Does Chiikawa’s cuteness have a breaking point? Testing anime character’s edible stickers
– 7-Eleven Japan debuts new black-and-white rice ball packaging…but is it because of a naphtha shortage?
– Japanese man’s gross conveyor belt sushi social media prank video gets him a 500,000-yen fine
– Japanese hotel chain’s new service: A bed and pajamas for otaku travelers’ plushies
∟Japan opens shrine for plush toys in Kyoto, offering memorial rites and a resting place for remains
Misc news:
– Married Japanese man must pay 4.6 million yen after faking being single and impregnating partner
– Doctors Remove Two 10cm Live Worms From Woman’s Arm After Year of Pain
– Man Sets Fire at Shibuya Scramble Crossing, Turns Himself In 30 Minutes Later
– Tokyo Elementary School Fire Injures 11 as Children Rescued From Fourth-Floor Ledge
– Man Sets Fire Just To Steal Fire Engine & Drive Home