Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
∟Voice Actor Vic Mignogna Maintains Innocence in Live Stream

– KyoAni Studio 1 Arson Sources
∟Sankaku Complex
∟Kyoto Animation Studio Demolition Smoothly Underway
∟CrunchyRoll
∟Kyoto Animation Studio 1 Starts Stage Two of Demolition

Stage 2 of KyoAni Studio 1 demolition has started with plans to complete the demolition in April 2020.

– Leiji Matsumoto’s Cat Has a Twitter Now
– Leiji Matsumoto’s Production Studio Leijisha Opens Its Official Website

– Vertical, Kodansha Advanced Media Consolidate Under Kodansha USA

– Chinese travelers: “Japan’s safer”; 70K Chinese people enter Japan amid Corona virus fears

– Ramen shop uses name of American rock band, gets invite to…Battle of the Bands?

– Porn Block Companies Sue British Government

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Megazone 23 Omega Edition – Stretch Goal Reached!

Convention news:

– Several Anime Conventions Announce New Ban on Attendees Wearing ‘Ahegao’ Clothing
– Anime Expo 2020 mobile app now available

Live-Action Anime news:

– The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese Live-Action Film Gets Release Date
– Kenji Tsuruta Provides Manga Illustrations for Hideaki Anno’s Character in Last Letter
– Web Drama Adaptation of Shonan Junai Gumi! / GTO: The Early Years Manga Planned
∟Great Teacher Onizuka: The Early Years Live Action Series Announced
– Time Lines Go Askew as Live-Action US Adaptation of Steins;Gate is Announced
∟Live Action Hollywood TV Series Announced For Steins;Gate

Streaming news:

– A Certain Scientific Railgun Anime Viewed 100 Million Times in China
– Lovely Complex Brings Coming-of-Age Romance to Crunchyroll Catalog
– Osamu Tezuka’s PHOENIX Anime Brings Its Timeless Tale to Crunchyroll
– Netflix Posts Video for Knights of the Zodiac: Saint Seiya CG Anime’s Part 2
– Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution CG Movie Hits Netflix on Pokémon Day
– Witcher Anime Film “Nightmare of the Wolf” Coming
– 3DCG Ghost in The Shell SAC_2045 Debuts Trailer, Announces Returning Cast, Gets Dated
∟Netflix’s Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Trailer Has Terrible Music and Unappealing 3D
– Mobile Suit Gundam G40 Project Updates the Classic Mecha Anime
– TV Tokyo Rolls Out Anime-Only Youtube Channel
– SHIROBAKO TV Anime Releases Episodes on YouTube in Lead Up to Film Release
– Neon Genesis Evangelion TV Anime to Debut on … Karaoke Machines?

Theater Release news:

– My Hero Academia 2nd Film Returns to Top 10 Thanks to 4DX/MX4D Screenings
– Screening Event in Kobe Promises Godzilla vs. Kodan and Rakugo
– Revue Starlight Anime’s Compilation Film “Rondo Rondo Rondo” Confirms May 29 Release
– Weathering With You Anime Film Gets 4DX Screenings in U.S.
– Weathering with You Breezes Past $6.5 Million, Makes 10x as Much as Your Name in UK
– GKIDS And Fathom Events Announce Ride Your Wave Anime Film Screening For February

Series news:

Anime:
– New Love Live! TV Anime Announced, Open Auditions to be Held
– New Higurashi Project Brings Back Keiichi and Rena’s Voice Actors
– Third Season Of Smash Hit Anime Log Horizon Announced
– Finally, IN-N-OUT Burger Gets the Anime Representation It’s Always Deserved
– Season 2 of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime to Air in Fall 2020
– The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Author’s Fugō Keiji Detective Novel Gets TV Anime
– Nanatsu no Taizai Plagued by Appalling Art & Animation
– AnimeJapan 2020 Stage Listings Tease Bleach 20th Anniversary and Tite Kubo Projects
– Anime VA fired for “inconsiderate comments,” possibly that women shouldn’t drink sake
Manga:
– New Death Note Manga Art Revealed for Cover of Jump SQ Magazine
– The Demon Girl Next Door Manga Resumes Serialization
– Kazuhisa Kondō Draws New Gundam Manga
– Tokimeki Tonight’s Koi Ikeno Launches New Manga
– Devilman Saga Manga Ends in 2 Chapters
– Masaru Miyazaki Launches New Shinizama Manga Mini-Series
– Demon Slayer Manga Exceeds 40 Million Copies Sold, Blows Past Sailor Moon, Berserk
Games:
– Steins;Gate 0 Visual Novel Gets Anime’d, Anonymous;Code Trailer Wants to Hack God
– Kenji Hiruta Wants to Make a Sequel to Skies of Arcadia, Sends Fan Requests to Sega
– Final Fantasy VII Remake May Have a “VR Mode”
– New Silent Hill Titles Rumored
– Dallas Court Overturns Patent Lawsuit Against Nintendo’s Wii, Wii U Controllers
∟Lawsuit Against Nintendo’s Lack of Eshop Refunds Dismissed
– Atari breaks the mold of the video game industry by introducing… hotels?

Release news:

– Netflix originals coming to Criterion collection
– Asteroid in Love VAs Visit JAXA’s Tsukuba Space Center for DVD/Blu-ray Bonus Footage
– A Certain Scientific Railgun Manga Illustrator Draws Anime DVD/Blu-ray Box Art
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– McDonald’s releases new rice burgers in Japan
– Dark Horse Reveals Beautiful Berserk Manga Bookends
– “Kimetsu no Yaiba” Nichirin Blade’s Three-type Tsuba Guards Offered from Movic
– Japanese Twitter all abuzz over this weird Frozen watch that transforms into a robot
– Ishuzoku Reviewers Collab Cafe Sporting Sizable Sausages
∟You can eat an anime character’s dong at real-life Interspecies Reviewers cafes in Japan
– Maker warns people not to drink Arabic Yamato glue to cure cancer
– “Let’s Speak North Korean!”

Misc news:

– Is the U.S. ambassador to Korea’s mustache really that big of a deal to South Koreans?
– Bill approving “Space Force” military branch moves forward in Japan’s parliament
– Maid cafe manager who dated one of his maids says he was kidnapped & beaten by yakuza
∟Akiba Cafe Manager Kidnapped & Tortured By Yakuza For Dating Maid
– Man Swallows Eels to Help Treat Constipation, They Tear Through His Intestines
– Japanese police officers increasingly forgetting their guns in public restrooms
– Japan’s first soapland bathhouse for foreigners offers wet and wild fun
– 21 Arrested in Prostitution Ring Worth ¥7.2 Billion
– Top Japanese university racks up fourth voyeur arrest in as many months
– Scientists Want To Start Jerking Off Dead Bodies To Collect Their Sperm