Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– StealthWeeb.com
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
∟Jamie Marchi dodging getting served
∟Jamie Marchi making a great impression on the judge
∟Ron Toye texts with KamehaCon definitely tortious interference
∟The Tumblr is magically gone
∟The one where stories don’t have to be true
∟The one the owner described as “a venting space”
∟Vic removed from Team Sonic Racing?
∟ConMunity responds to questions about vandalism
∟Funimation Sued By KOJICAST For Patent Infringement Involving FunimationNow

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

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Convention news:

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Live-Action Anime news:

– Sauna-Enthusiasm Manga Sadou Steams Up a Live-Action TV Drama
– New Live-Action Mortal Kombat Movie Announced
∟Aquaman Director Gets Over Here for Mortal Kombat Reboot
– Detective Pikachu Writers Discuss How They’d Do a Smash Movie
∟Detective Pikachu Film Writers Talk Hypothetical Zelda, Smash Bros. Movies

Streaming news:

–Toonami Block Shifts to Half Hour Earlier on May 25
– Hospitable Kyoto driver screens Studio Ghibli anime on back of his car for others to watch

Theater Release news:

–2nd Made in Abyss Compilation Film Opens in U.S. on May 27
–Eleven Arts to Screen Satoshi Kon’s Millennium Actress in U.S. in August with New Dub
–Eleven Arts Reveals Home Video Release for Penguin Highway Anime Film on August 6
– Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Arrow of the Orion
– Galactic Heroes Season 2 Launches Release Dates and Key Visuals
–Detective Pikachu Has Best Video Game Movie Debut Ever in U.S., Earns US$54 Million
∟Japan Box Office: Detective Pikachu Leads Weekend, Detective Conan Nears 8 Billion Yen
– Spirited Away Finally Being Unleashed in China

Series news:

Anime:
– Bebop and Carole & Tuesday Director Helms Trippy New Flying Lotus MV
– Galactic Heroes Season 2 Launches Release Dates and Key Visuals
– Renowned Director Mamoru Oshii Has New Anime Series in the Works
Manga:
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Games:
– Metal Gear Solid Being Remade in Dreams for the PS4
– Katsuhiro Harada Becomes General Manager at Bandai Namco
–Sega Reveals 10 More Games for ‘Sega Genesis Mini’ Console
– Neo Geo Mini Samurai Shodown Edition Announced
– New Marvelous Game “Difficult to Make Due to Its Sexiness”
– Omega Labyrinth Life Boob-Laden on Switch, Censored for PS4
– Explore Kyoto tourist site Fushimi Inari Taisha shrine with Unreal Engine 4
– Final Fantasy VII Remake May Not Release Before March 2020
– Aeris’s New FFVII Remake Face Criticized by Japanese Fans
–Put These 8 Moments in the FFVII Remake, You Cowards
∟And 1 more

Release news:

– New Illustration for Classic OVA Leda’s Remaster Blu-ray by Original Character Designer
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Moyoco Anno Among Illustrators Creating Pocky Boxes for Spring
– Rilakkuma washing bags may be the cutest laundry invention ever!
– World’s first matcha latte art competition to be held in Japan this year
– Carry your change in a rice cooker coin case from Japan!
– Japanese capsule toy vending machines now selling working capsule toy vending machines
– Ikea makes tiny blue tote bags for storage, but in Japan they’re used for anime figurines
– Devilman Whisky Is Back, Now in Three Varieties
– Monsters Collide at Universal Studios Godzilla vs. Evangelion Attraction
– Golgo 13 Horses Around for Japan Racing Association Collaboration
– Meat Festival at Yunessun hot spring resort features creamy soy milk bath!
– Real-life Evangelion apartment in Japan is ultra-cheap, ultra-anime
– Evangelion bar in Tokyo: You mustn’t run away from the awesome anime food
– Japan to release Gundam and Char’s Zaku into space to orbit Earth, ahead of Olympics

Misc news:

–Man Jailed for Robbing Homes While Cosplaying Evangelion’s Rei
–ufotable President Hikaru Kondo Steps Down as Machi Asobi Committee Head
– 13 Japanese teen boys caught peeping into girls’ hot spring bath during class trip
– 10-year old Japanese YouTuber advocates children not going to school if they don’t want to
– Otaku’s beloved anime-style doll kidnapped, maybe murdered by bird of prey
– It’s not cool to play with cosplayers’ nipples without permission, cosplayer reminds fans
– Tree swallows sign in Japan, proves nature is hungry by continuing to eat it for 12 years
– Why some otaku look at women’s breasts, according to Japanese Twitter
– China Man Detained over Illegal Dog Names
– China Social Credit System Already Has 13 Million Blacklisted