Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– Why Ogy left the OCA Podcast (According to Ogy)
   ∟AC’s Pregnancy Announcement

– Demon Slayer’s Zenitsu VA Hiro Shimono Returns to Work After Having COVID-19

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Girl and Past | Anime Short Film
– Pre-order ROBOT MONSTER on 3-D Blu-ray and DVD!

Convention news:

– Anime Expo Confirms Return to Live Conventions for 2022

Live-Action Anime news:

– Hollywood Live-Action Your Name Adaptation Loses Director
– The Last of Us HBO Show May Have Greater Budget Than Game of Thrones
– U.S.-produced Netflix Pokémon live-action series reportedly on the way
   ∟Variety: Netflix Catches New Live-Action Pokémon Series

Streaming news:

– Evangelion 3.0+1.01 Launches on Amazon Prime Video in Japan Same Day as Around the World
– Platinum End Anime is Coming to Crunchyroll!
– HiDive Acquires LaidBackers Anime Film
– Ishida and Asakura (dub & sub) is streaming on Amazon Prime Video
– Crunchyroll and Adult Swim Reveal New BLADE RUNNER: BLACK LOTUS Trailer and Key Visual
   ∟Blade Runner: Black Lotus 3D CG Anime Trailer Criticized
– Funimation Announces Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Entertainment District Arc Simulcast
– Baki Fights on in Baki: Son of Ogre Anime Creditless Opening
– HIDIVE to Stream “See-Through” Version of Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory
– Comikey Media Licenses Eight Shogakukan Manga Series

Theater Release news:

– Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Anime Film Finishes Its Run in Japan With a Whopping 10.22 Billion Yen
   ∟Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Moves up to 35th Highest Grossing Film in Japan of All-Time
– Japan Box Office: BELLE Makes Its Impressive No.1 Debut with 890 Million Yen
   ∟Japan Box Office: BELLE Repeats at No.1 with Strong 523 Million Yen
– Gintama THE VERY FINAL Hits North American Theaters This November
– Knights of Sidonia Anime Film Heads to North American Theaters
– Science SARU’s Film Inu-Oh Announces Lead Cast, Drops Trailer
– The Prince of Tennis New 3DCG Film’s Full Trailer Shows New Level of Tennis Battle
– Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero character concepts revealed at SDCC 2021
   ∟Promo Video

Series news:

Anime:
– Space Aged Vampire TV Anime ‘Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu’ Begins October 2021
– Step-Sibling Light Novel ‘Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Moto Kano Datta’ Receives Anime Project
– 1st Uncle From Another World TV Anime Key Visual Reveals the Power of Coma-Gaming
– Sentai Shares Vinland Saga English Dub Preview, Reveals Full Cast
– Vinland Saga TV Anime Director Confirms S2 Will Have ‘Almost the Same’ Staff
– “Swastika” Censored in Tokyo Revengers Anime for the West
Manga:
– Tokyo Revengers Manga Drives Past 32 Million Copies Printed
– NEW GAME! Manga Goes Game Over Next Month with Final Chapter
– Golden Kamuy Manga Searches for Gold in Final Story Arc
– Future of the Berserk Series Currently Undecided
– KAGUYA-SAMA Creator Redraws Film Poster in Manga Style for Tie-In Book
– Junji Ito Wins Big at Eisner Awards 2021 for Two Separate Manga Series
– Demon Slayer Manga Wins Grand Prize in The 50th Japan Cartoonists Association Awards
– Black Lagoon Manga Creator Comments on Serialization: ‘My Depression Hasn’t Gone Away’
   ∟ブラック・ラグーン (12) Comic – August 19, 2021
   ∟List of Black Lagoon chapters
– Kadokawa President Reveals Manga Rarely Reviewed by Apple and Google Due to Sexual Content
   ∟Kadokawa Apologize for President’s Pro-Censorship Manga Comments; Returns Portion of Salary
   ∟KADOKAWA President “Regrets” Remark Concerning Manga Censorship
Games:
– Fatal Frame: Maiden of the Black Water Has Atelier Ryza Pre-Order Bonus
   ∟Certain Wii U Costumes Not Returning in Fatal Frame: Maiden of the Black Water
– One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows to End Multiplayer Service in February 2022
– The IdolMaster: Shiny Colors Changes Swimsuit Designs After Plagiarism Accusations
– Uma Musume Kowtows to China by Removing Taiwan, Japan Flags From Horse Girl
– Activision Blizzard Sued Over Alleged Sexual Harassment to Females & Inequality
   ∟World of Warcraft Will Censor Content Due to Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
– Muv-Luv: Project Mikhail Altering Character Designs: “This Game Is For the Whole World”
– Genshin Impact to Add Playable Aloy from Horizon Zero Dawn
– Latest Digimon Survive Delay Pushes the Game into 2022
– Nintendo Directly Responds To ‘Switch Pro’ Rumors And Switch OLED Profit Margin Estimates

Release news:

– Kyoto Animation’s MUNTO TV Anime and Film Gets 1st Blu-Ray Box
– Dark Horse Debuts Cat + Gamer Manga in English in 2022
– 1937 Novel That Inspired Miyazaki’s Next Movie is Coming Out in English
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Resident Evil Protagonist Perfume Reeks of Nervous Sweat & Horror
– Get Your Own Butterfly Mansion Pajamas and Nap Like a Demon Slayer
– Eva Units 1 and 2 Get Crabby With These New Crayfish Figures
– Get this molting crab plushie from Felissimo for the sea creature fan in your life
– Good Smile Previews Utterly Breathtaking US$500 Cardcaptor Sakura Figure from CLAMP
– Crunchyroll Teams Up with Otaku Lamps for Official Anime LED Lamps!
– Gundam Manhole Project launches, brings awesome anime art to series creator’s hometown
– Who’s ready to make poop cakes with this Japanese cooking gadget?
– Rimuru Takes Over NYC with Massive Hand-Painted Slime Mural

Misc news:

– Excessive dog pee to blame for traffic light collapse, Japanese police think

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
   ∟

– Woman Arrested for Sending Arson Threat to WIT Studio

– Macross Mechanical Designer Kazutaka Miyatake Recovering After House Fire
   ∟Macross Mechanical Designer Discharged From Hospital After House Fire
– Asian-American Voice Actors Question Why White A-List Stars Are Still Voicing Anime

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Metal Skin Panic: MADOX-01 Unobtanium Edition
– REVENGE OF THE SHOGUN WOMEN on 3-D Blu-ray!
– The Girl from the Other Side – feature-length animation
– Penguindrum Crowdfunding Campaign Ends With 1,051% of Funds Raised
– Japan’s First Ninja Online Academy
– Mitaka City to Begin Donation Drive to Support the Ghibli Museum
   ∟Airships and Magic Lanterns Light up Ghibli Expo’s Final Run

Live-Action Anime news:

– Live-Action Powerpuff Girls Script Allegedly Leaked, Full of Sex, Memes and “Humor”

Streaming news:

– Inuyasha creator Rumiko Takahashi joins Twitter, wants fans to ask her questions
   ∟Legendary Manga Creator Rumiko Takahashi Opens Staff-Led Twitter Account
– Slam Dunk Scholarship Special Movie Aired at B.LEAGUE FINALS Game on Sunday
– Netflix Hiring Executive for Push Into Game Market

Theater Release news:

– Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Anime Film Takes Home Prestigious Fujimoto Award
– Mugen Train Drops Out of Japanese Box Office Top 10 for 1st Time Since October
– Deku, Bakugo, Todoroki Surpass The Best in New World Heroes Mission Anime Film Visual
– Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway Anime Film Delayed Again, This Time to June 11
– Children of the Sea Heads to Theaters in North America This Month
   ∟Plus others

Series news:

Anime:
– Lupin the Third PART 6 TV Anime Takes on The UK This October
– Mobile Suit Gundam SEED New Project to be Launched in Monthly Gundam Ace Issue
   ∟Gundam SEED Anime Film Sequel Kicks Off Production
– 2 New God Candidates and Their Partners Get Cast for Platinum End TV Anime
– Yugo Kobayashi’s Soccer Manga Aoashi Scores TV Anime in 2022
– Children’s Entertainment is Hell in Uramichi Oniisan TV Anime Trailer
– TV Anime Drugstore in Another World Teaser PV Announces July 7 Premiere Date
– Battle Gods Rumble in Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi TV Anime Trailer
– Record of Ragnarok Anime Premiere Date Announced With New Key Visual And Trailer
   ∟Shuumatsu no Valkyrie PV Pits Humanity’s Best Against Gods
– KADOKAWA Establishes 3DCG Animation and VFX Production Company Studio KADAN
Manga:
– Demon Slayer Dominates Oricon’s Mid-Year Manga and Light Novel Rankings
– Jujutsu Kaisen Manga Sells 50 Million Copies
Games:
– Roger Craig Smith to Continue Voicing Sonic in Upcoming Games
   ∟Next Sonic Game Announced, Sonic Colors Returns in Remastered Form
– Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Stuns With Visuals
– Smash Bros. Director Masahiro Sakurai Contemplating Early Retirement
   ∟Smash Bros. director Sakurai says he’s not retiring from video games…”probably”
– New Kansen × Shoujo Character Will Be Redesigned for “Similarity to Tales of Berseria”

Release news:

– Gundam SEED Ultra Edition Blu-ray replacement discs
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Talking Attack on Titan anime character robot vacuum promises to clean your “shitty” room
– Premium Bandai Launches Lottery For Gorgeous GGG Quattro Bajeena Figure
– Please take Olympic condoms back to your home and use them there, organizers say
– New hell found in Nagasaki, campaign to name it underway
– How a samurai’s quest for revenge created one of Tokyo’s best cafes, and it’s still open

Misc news:

– The time farting lead to murder and the fall of one of Japan’s great samurai clans
– Naomi Osaka refuses to talk to reporters at next tennis tournament, doesn’t care about fines
   ∟Noami Osaka withdraws from French Open, discusses experiences with depression
– Japanese woman asks for advice on how to deal with smell of son’s corpse, gets arrested
   ∟Old Woman Arrested After Reporting Foul Stench Emanating From Son’s Corpse
– “Protect the Nation from NHK Party” becomes “Protect the Nation from Old Parties Party”
– Students rapidly losing interest in sumo teams because too “painful,” “scary,” and “naked”
– Saitama welfare official threatened into giving out executive-level-salary worth of benefits
– Crackdown on illegal maid cafes making maids a rarer sight on streets of Akihabara
– Cops in Japan use police box as shag shack, one goes on to have 2nd affair with other officer
   ∟Female Police Officer Resigns After Sex With Other Officers Exposed
– 7-Eleven to build 7-Eleven in parking lot of another 7-Eleven
   ∟7-Eleven in parking lot of other 7-Eleven opens for business in Japan

– Parents Enraged Over School’s “Masturbation Videos for First Graders”

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– Urusei Yatsura Opening Theme Lyricist Akira Itou Passes Away
– Berserk Creator Kentaro Miura Dies at 54
   ∟Manga Artists, Industry and Fans Pay Tribute to Kentaro Miura
   ∟Final Fantasy XIV Players Line up in Tribute to Deceased Mangaka Kentaro Miura
   ∟The Netflix Berserk Movie Poster is Fake
– eBay Is Banning Hentai and Other Adult Content

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Mecha Anime KUROMUKURO Celebrates 5th Anniversary with Crowdfunding Campaign
– I Hate Santa
– Hentai Hunter: The Ballad of Regan Ramone

Live-Action Anime news:

– Baki Boys’ Love Book Gets Live-Action TV Treatment on WOWOW

Streaming news:

– hololive Alternative Unleashes Gorgeous Full Project Teaser Promo
– Netflix’s Godzilla Singular Point Anime Streams Worldwide On June 24th
– Filipino Comic Trese’s Netflix Anime Adaptation Fights Otherworldly Creatures
– Netflix’s Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness Ramps up the Suspense
– Netflix Hiring Executive for Push Into Game Market

Theater Release news:

– Mugen Train Breaks US$40 Million in North America, Increases Takings in Japan
   ∟Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Becomes #2 Anime Film of All Time in U.S. Box Office

Series news:

Anime:
– The World’s Finest Assassin TV Anime Changes Course, Now Premieres in October 2021
– Banished from the Heroes’ Party Anime Delayed to October, More Cast Revealed
– Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation’s 2nd Cour Postponed from July to October 2021
– London is Ominous in The Detective is Already Dead TV Anime Key Visual
– Steampunk Meets Vampires in The Case Study of Vanitas Teaser Trailer
– Science Fiction TV Anime SAKUGAN Reveals Character PV
Games:
– Resident Evil Village’s Early Versions “Had Too Many Overly Aggressive Enemies”
– Ikumi Nakamura Comically Addresses Kotaku Article
– Seemingly Fake Kaguya-sama Visual Novel in Development
– Final Fantasy XIV Allegedly Surpasses WoW in Active Player Count
– Guilty Gear’s Ramlethal Voice Actress Relinquishes Role to Black Voice Actress
– Cygames Announces Game Project GAMM with Kenichiro Takaki as Director and Producer

Release news:

– Yen Press Announces New Manga and Light Novels for November 2021
– Seven Seas to Publish Hitomi-chan is Shy With Strangers
– Six More Manga Titles Join the Seven Seas License Slate for 2021
– Seven Seas Sees Seven More Manga Releases on the Horizon
– My Next Life as a Villainess Spin-Off and More on the Way from Seven Seas
– Romcoms and Adult Manga Ahoy in Latest Set of Seven Seas Licenses
– Seven Seas Announces More Manga and Light Novel Titles for 2021
– Six More Manga Titles Join the Seven Seas License Slate for 2021
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Does the virgin-killing sweater really kill virgins?
– SAO, Great Pretender Anime Background Studio Bamboo Releases 1st Art Book
– Can’t have a pet in your home? This purring cat cushion is the purr-fect substitute
– Giant Pokémon huggy pillow is a dakimakura version of a sweet that’s too cute to eat
– Virtual Star Hatsune Miku Joins My Little Pony Bishoujo Figure Series
– Ghibli makes us hungry for new plate collection featuring iconic characters in mid-meal
– Original McDonald’s character Speedee makes a comeback in Japan
– Gigantic Attack on Titan anime titan appears at shopping mall in Japan
– How a samurai’s quest for revenge created one of Tokyo’s best cafes, and it’s still open

Misc news:

– The time farting lead to murder and the fall of one of Japan’s great samurai clans
– Shinkansen driver disciplined for taking poop break while train was going 150 KPH
– China Woman Dies After Plummeting Down Giant Sinkhole
– Woman Shoots Husband With Crossbow, Stabs Him in the Neck
– Suitcase with corpse inside washes up on shore of Japan’s largest lake
– Students rapidly losing interest in sumo teams because too “painful,” “scary,” and “naked”
– Yearbook Photos of Girls Were Altered to Hide Their Chests
– Strange job ad asks to “deliver a pork-egg onigiri” from Okinawa to Tokyo twice per day
– 7-Eleven to build 7-Eleven in parking lot of another 7-Eleven
   ∟7-Eleven in parking lot of other 7-Eleven opens for business in Japan

AC’s Funhouse

– 12-foot python found in Yokohama after evading authorities for 16 days
– “Protect the Nation from NHK Party” becomes “Protect the Nation from Old Parties Party”

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– Japanese town builds 42-foot, 25 million-yen squid statue as coronavirus response plan

– 1965 letter from Stanley Kubrick to Osamu Tezuka

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Pre-order REVENGE OF THE SHOGUN WOMEN on 3-D Blu-ray!
– The Girl from the Other Side – feature-length animation
– Metal Skin Panic: MADOX-01 Unobtanium Edition

Convention news:

– Gamescom 2021 Event Going Online Once Again

Live-Action Anime news:

– Anime’s greatest pervert inspires all-female stage play with Takarazuka City Hunter

Streaming news:

– Sailor Moon Eternal Films Will Enchantingly Bless Netflix
– A Silent Voice currently scheduled to expire June 4 on Netflix
– Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series Hits Netflix Later This Year
– The Law of Ueki Anime Joins Crunchyroll’s Catalog Today

Theater Release news:

– Eva: 3.0+1.0 Finally Surpasses Shin Godzilla, Becoming Anno’s Highest-grossing Film
– Mugen Train Becomes the 1st Japanese Film to Make 50 Billion Yen at WW Box Office
– Demon Slayer Is Now the #1 Film From 2020 Worldwide
– Toei Animation Europe Briefly Lists New Dragon Ball Super Movie
∟New Dragon Ball Movie Announced by Original Creator Akira Toriyama

Series news:

Anime:
– Komi-san Anime Seemingly Confirmed by Weekly Shonen Sunday
– Battle Game in 5 Seconds TV Anime Gets 1st Trailer, Key Visual
– Heroes Face Their Darkest Hour in Seven Knights Revolution: Hero Successor “Climax” PV
– New Spriggan Anime Reveals 2nd Teaser Visual Introducing More Characters
– Saudi-Japanese Anime Film The Journey Premieres June 25
– Seasons 2 & 3 of Mushoku Tensei Rumored to Be in Production
– Overlord Reincarnates Into 4th TV Anime Season and Film
– ‘Stealth Suits’ Unveiled for Upcoming My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission Film
– In Yoshi Yoshi Magic, You’re a Child and Your Nannies Are All Hot Dudes
Manga:
– Golden Kamuy Manga Enters Climax
– Tokyo Revengers Manga Is Selling a Whopping 6.7 Times More Since the TV Anime Started
– Japanese fan artist kid redraws entire collected volume of Attack on Titan manga
– Spider-Man Artist Harassed Over Critiquing Twitter User’s “Fixing” of Their Cover
Games:
– Sony Files Patent That Allows Casuals to Consult Experts for Help in Real-Time
– Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Trailer Brimming With Nonstop Action
– Sega’s Yakuza Franchise Will Continue as an RPG
– Fortnite Rumors Suggest Upcoming Naruto & Metroid Skins
– Resident Evil Village Already Has Several Strange Mods
– Another Lewd Uma Musume Bug Flipping Skirts
– Animal Crossing Inducted into World Video Game Hall of Fame

Release news:

– Legend of the Galactic Heroes Premium Box Set Blu-ray is now sold out
– Holy Knight is getting a blu-ray
– Right Stuf
– The Fantastic True Story of How Project A-ko Was Lost and Found

Random Merch news:

– The World Ends With You Anime Drops 54-Track OST in June
– Studio Ghibli store now sells gorgeous cameo brooches of heroines like Kiki and Sophie
– Post Office to release commemorative Pokémon stamps based on original trading cards
– Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’s Ohmu Inspires Earrings, Rings
– Gucci and Crunchyroll Team Up for Special Bananya Collection
∟Gucci Collection
– EVANGELION:WORLD Attraction at Fuji Q Highland Shuts Down After 11 Years
– Is ramune another COVID-19 casualty? Iconic Japanese soda faces plummeting sales
– How a samurai’s quest for revenge created one of Tokyo’s best cafes, and it’s still open

Misc news:

– The time farting lead to murder and the fall of one of Japan’s great samurai clans
– Osaka man finds stranger eating in his kitchen at night, stranger dies shortly after

AC’s Funhouse

– Strange job ad asks to “deliver a pork-egg onigiri” from Okinawa to Tokyo twice per day
– 7-Eleven to build 7-Eleven in parking lot of another 7-Eleven
∟7-Eleven in parking lot of other 7-Eleven opens for business in Japan

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– Dragon Ball Z Composer Shunsuke Kikuchi Passes Away Aged 89

– Chinese Embassy tweets controversial comic about U.S. democracy
   ∟Lost Tweet

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Pre-order REVENGE OF THE SHOGUN WOMEN on 3-D Blu-ray!
– The Girl from the Other Side – feature-length animation
– Metal Skin Panic: MADOX-01 Unobtanium Edition
   ∟Metal Skin Panic: MADOX-01 Anime Hits Kickstarter Goal in 42 Minutes

Live-Action Anime news:

– Evangelion creator wants to make a live-action Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
   ∟Ghibli Producer Toshio Suzuki Nixes Live-Action Nausicaä Rumors
      ∟Eva director calls Miyazaki “geezer” in anime commentary, says he broke his Walkman

Streaming news:

– Learn the Ways of a Samurai With Netflix’s Yasuke Anime Opening
   ∟Flying Lotus distancing from show
– Netflix’s Virtual YouTuber Formally Introduces Herself
– Pekora Look-Alike to Be Removed From How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Ω Episode 2
– Manga Artist Naoki Urasawa Launches His Official YouTube Channel
– Crunchyroll Adds Nyanpire – The Vampire Cat to Anime Catalog
– Space Battle Rages in Knights of Sidonia Theatrical Anime Film Opening

Theater Release news:

– Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Exceeds 8 Billion Yen at Japanese Box Office in Under 2 Months
– Mugen Train Topples Spirited Away to Become Highest-Grossing Anime Film Worldwide
– Mugen Train about to do something no Japanese movie has done in U.S. in over 20 years
– Experimental Anime Film CHERRY AND VIRGIN Announced for 2022

Series news:

Anime:
– Hello Kitty and her Sanrio pals are collaborating with a notoriously bloody horror anime
– Original TV Anime Healer Girl Soothes with the Power of Song
– JRA Announces New Anime Neko Jockey, About a Cat Who Is a Jockey
– TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy- Anime Reveals Promo, Adds to Cast
– YUKI YUNA IS A HERO Season 3 TV Anime Confirmed for October 2021 Premiere
– Key Cast Members Hit the Office for My Senpai is Annoying TV Anime
– New TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You OVA Visual Revealed
– Grimoire of Zero Author’s The Dawn of the Witch Fantasy Novel Gets TV Anime
– Director Shingo Natsume Helms Original TV Anime ‘Sonny Boy’ at Madhouse
– A Certain Magical Index’s Girls Transform Into 2B For Nier Collaboration
– Russia Bans Five Isekai Anime, Deems They Promote “Reincarnation Beliefs”
– KADOKAWA Aims for 40 New Anime Productions a Year Going Forward
Manga:
– Welcome to the NHK Novel Gets 1st New Story in Nearly 20 Years
– J-Novel Club Announces Majority Stake Acquisition By Kadokawa And Partnership
Games:
– New Skin for Overwatch’s Mei Labeled “Cultural Appropriation”
– Resident Evil’s vampire lady is now adorable puppet, promises new game isn’t scary at all
– Fate/Stay Night Cooking Spin-off Game Gets Western Release Date
– Sentient Figurines Battle Behind the Back of Their Owner in Figure Story
– Sega to Start Selling NFT Tokens Based on Their Intellectual Property

Release news:

– Arrow Films Smashes the Small Screen with Daimajin Trilogy Blu-ray Set
– Aniplex Reveals Madoka Magica: the Movie Trilogy Blu-ray Plans
– Right Stuf
– Original Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z Theme Songs Get Vinyl Release

Random Merch news:

– Gorgeous gold Gundams are good-God expensive
– New system in Japan lets you pay for shopping with anime character keychains
– Power up like Godzilla with new limited-edition Godzilla Energy Drink
– Earwig and the Witch Cookbook Teaches You to Make Beautiful Ghibli Food
– Celebrate 50 Years of Lupin the 3rd Anime with Stylish Embroidered Shirts
– KFC’s Colonel Sanders is becoming a samurai in Japan this week
– China’s life-size Gundam anime robot statue is complete

Misc news:

– Old Man Arrested for Invading Women’s Bath Dressed Like a Female to Do Laundry
– Couple rob real estate agent during open house, escape with US$1.84
– Another Australian Man Arrested for Owning Inanimate Child Sex Dolls

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– Coronavirus News
   ∟How remote working is leading to more men in Japan embracing makeup
   ∟Tokyo, Osaka Go Dark as 3rd State of Emergency Declared to Combat COVID-19 in Japan
   ∟All Major Cinemas, Event Halls to Close in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto for State of Emergency
   ∟Crayon Shin-Chan’s 29th Anime Film Postponed as 3rd State of Emergency Looms
   ∟Athletes Taking a Knee & Raising a Fist Will Be Punished at Tokyo 2021 Olympics

– Life saved in Tottori, Japan by same skin transplant treatment used for KyoAni arsonist
– Big West To Handle Global Distribution Of Post-1987 Macross Anime
– BECK, Naruto Shippuden Anime Director Osamu Kobayashi Passes Away Aged 57

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– The Girl from the Other Side – feature-length animation
– Pre-order REVENGE OF THE SHOGUN WOMEN on 3-D Blu-ray!
– MADOX-01 launches April 30th
– 🕹️ Piepacker, online multiplayer for retro games

Live-Action Anime news:

– Kaguya-sama Live-Action Film “Final” Hits Japanese Theaters August 20, 2021
– Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning New Trailer Delves into Kenshin’s Past
– Netflix’s Live Action Death Note 2 Will “Stick to the Source Material”

Streaming news:

– Children’s Hero Anpanman Soars to Tubi Streaming Service
– Knights of Sidonia Unveils Compilation Video, Mobile Game, and VR Plans
– Video of YouTube CEO Being Given “Free Expression” Award Sews Wide Hatred
– Slayers Heroine Lina Inverse Set to Become Virtual YouTuber
– Netflix to Debut Their Own Anime Ambassador Virtual YouTuber

Theater Release news:

– Here’s Your Chance to Sing in Mamoru Hosoda’s Upcoming Film BELLE
– Demon Slayer makes $9,500,000 in the US in one day
– Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Sells Over 5 Million Tickets in Japan in a 1 Month and a Half
– Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Walpurgis no Kaiten Movie Announced
– Butt Detective Cracks the Case in Third Anime Theatrical Film
– BL Manga Dakaichi’s Spain Arc to Get Film Adaptation This Autumn
– Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet Earns 144% of Previous Film on Its First Day
   ∟Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet Makes Record-breaking 2.2 Billion Yen in First 3 Days
– Farewell, My Dear Cramer Film’s Theatergoers Receive Manga “Volume 0” as Bonus

Series news:

Anime:
– The World Ends With You TV Anime Shows Off Its New Creditless OP
– I’m Tsushima the Cat Anime Set for July, First Promo Debuts
– Restaurant To Another World Anime Season 2 Announced
– Skeleton Knight in Another World Light Novel Series Gets TV Anime
– Rumor: Web Domain Registered for Komi Can’t Communicate Anime Series
– Rin Asano’s Sweet Manga ‘Deaimon’ Anime Announced
– Moriarty the Patriot Enlists the Help of Bonde, James Bonde in New Character Art
– Key Crossover Anime Kaginado Will Feature Clannad, Air, Kanon & Others
– Hero Academia Subs Change Vantablack’s Name, Possibly to Avoid Legal Issues
– Editorial: Are Nagatoro’s Subs Sus?
   ∟“Localizer” Goes on Tirade Defending Use of “Sus” and “Cringe” in Anime Subs
Manga:
– Sci-Fi Revival NIGHT HEAD 2041 Plans Manga, Book, and Stage Adaptations
– JUJUTSU KAISEN Boasts Another 5 Million Copies Printed and Sold in Less Than a Month
– Final Attack on Titan Manga Volume Comes With Original Drafts in Japan
Games:
– Konami Files Two New Trademarks for Castlevania & Metal Gear Rising
– PlayStation Backtracks On PS3/Vita PlayStation Store Shutdowns

Release news:

– 1987 OVA “To-y” Gets Blu-ray in June, 34 Years after Its Original Release
– Sentai Filmworks Adds My Little Monster Anime
– VIZ and Marvel Team Up to Release Deadpool: Samurai Manga and More in English
– Yen Press Announces New Licenses Releasing This Year
– Yen Press to Release KonoSuba Tabletop RPG Rule Book in English
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Pokémon manhole covers spreading with eight new Pokéfuta in Miyazaki
– Ultra-realistic cat backpack causes a fur-enzy online
– What it’s like to buy a canned railway stone in Japan
– Resident Evil Village Lady Dimitrescu Towel as Long as Expected
– Tokyo woman in trouble with the law after selling high-priced Evangelion bootleg posters

Misc news:

– Man who stole and replaced women’s shoes is free, victims too “disgusted” to press charges
– Panties stolen from man in Nagoya by male/female team of thieves
– Kyoto police investigating cream puff attack on Bentley
– Pooping in supermarket checkout lands Kitakyushu man 300,000 yen fine
– Kansai man arrested for defrauding his 35 girlfriends
   ∟ALI Drummer Kahadio Arrested Again on Charges of Defrauding Woman in Her 70s
– Schools in Japan’s Saga Prefecture will no longer regulate/check students’ underwear color
– Line up in the hall, open your shirts, show your bras – Real instructions from one school
– Couple rob real estate agent during open house, escape with US$1.84
– Another Australian Man Arrested for Owning Inanimate Child Sex Dolls

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
   ∟Funimation Reaches Settlement Over Allegedly Violating Americans with Disabilities Act

– Coronavirus News
   ∟Monogatari Character Designer Watanabe Akio Contracts the Coronavirus

– Arsonist at idol concert says he was imitating the Kyoto Animation arson attack

– Haruka Takachiho Planned Crusher Joe 2 Film with Katsuhiro Otomo, but Never Happened
– The World Ends With You Opening Theme Song Changed Due to Arrest of ALI’s Drummer
– Company Breaks Down the Production Costs of March 2011 10-Year Commemoration OVA

– Big West, Studio Nue, Harmony Gold Agree to Global Distribution of Macross, Robotech
   ∟Harmony Gold and Big West Reach Landmark Agreement For Global Distribution

– Eleven Arts’ social media person forgot to switch accounts before canceling some thot

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Penguidrum Crowdfunding Campaign Meets Goal in 3 Minutes
   ∟Mawaru Penguindrum Crowd Funding Campaign Meets Goal in 150 Seconds
– Third Editions: An Essay on JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
– The Girl from the Other Side – feature-length animation
– Pre-order REVENGE OF THE SHOGUN WOMEN on 3-D Blu-ray!

Convention news:

– Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship 2021 Canceled Due to COVID-19

Live-Action Anime news:

– Netflix to Stream Live-Action Gundam Film; Jordan Vogt-Roberts to Direct
   ∟Nick Offerman as Ramba Ral
   ∟Henry Cavill as Bright Noa
– Eri Sakai’s Kentaro Hiyama’s First Pregnancy Manga Gets Live-action Drama on Netflix
   ∟Male Pregnancy Manga Hiyama Kentaro no Ninshin Gets Netflix Live Action Series

Streaming news:

– Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S Anime Shorts Go Live on Crunchyroll
– My Hero Academia Season 5 Heads to Toonami on May 8

Theater Release news:

– Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Breaks 7 Billion Yen at Japanese Box Office, 1st Eva Film to Do So
– Kakushigoto Anime Film Heads to Theaters on July 9 with New Footage
– Ticket Sales Go Live for Demon Slayer Movie in North America

Series news:

Anime:
– Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU Trailer Teases More of Anime’s Continuation
– Cestvs: The Roman Fighter Battles Against All Odds for Survival
– TIGER & BUNNY 10th Anniversary Site Posts New Anime Visuals for Season 2
– George Asakura’s Men’s Ballet Manga Dance Dance Danseur Gets TV Anime Adaptation
– Kazuyoshi Takeda’s WWII Manga Peleliu: Guernica of Paradise Gets Anime Adaptation
– Love After World Domination Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation
– TV Anime Announced for A Couple of Cuckoos Rom-Com Manga
– Spy-action Manga TESLA NOTE Gets TV Anime Adaptation in 2021
– WIT STUDIO-animated Comedy Fantasy TV Anime Ousama Ranking Releases Teaser PV
– 1st Japan Sinks 2020 Episode Gets Nominated for Annecy International Animation Award
Manga:
– Slime, Fire Force, Honey Lemon Soda Get Nominated for Annual Kodansha Manga Awards
– Takao Saito’s Golgo 13 Manga Earns Guinness Record
– Re:ZERO Creator’s Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song- Gets Web Manga Adaptation
Games:
– Diablo II Remaster Censors Amazon’s Butt & Sorceress Underboob

Release news:

– Violet Evergarden: The Movie Gets 4K HDR Blu-Ray Release in Japan on August 4
– Girl’s High, Doomed Megalopolis, Grenadier, Ramen Fighter Miki, More Anime on BD
– GKIDS’ Earwig and the Witch Release Is Same as Version in Japanese Theaters
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Tiny Nezuko from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Gets Big Figure from FuRyu
– Toys R Us Plans Another Return in United States
– 7-Eleven to build 7-Eleven in parking lot of another 7-Eleven

Misc news:

– Entire crew of Going Merry arrested by police in Japan (no, not on April 1)
– Japanese police searching for man who stole 1.1 million yen in tiny fish
– Suicidal Man Attacks Police Officer in Hopes of Being Shot

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
∟Ron Toye has returned to the Tuttle Group

– Coronavirus News
∟Anno and Higuchi’s Shin Ultraman Film Postponed Due to COVID-19
∟Why is the wig industry flourishing in the pandemic when other businesses struggle?

– Tokyo Olympic torch flame goes out twice on first ay of relay, filling commenters with dread

– Japan complains over U.S. military’s use of term ‘East Sea’

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Third Editions: An Essay on JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

Convention news:

–

Live-Action Anime news:

– Honey Lemon Soda Live-action Film Releases Full Trailer Filled with Bittersweet Youth
– Tokyo Revengers Live-Action Film Gets New Release Date of July 9, 2021
– Akira Saso’s Contemporary Music-themed Manga Musicophilia Gets A Live-action Film
– Ghost of Tsushima live-action Hollywood movie on the way, Japanese Twitter reacts

Streaming news:

– So I’m a Spider, So What? Goes on One-Week Break, Episode 13 Airs April 9
– Mars Red Premieres March 29 on Funimation One Week Earlier Than Japan
– Netflix to Produce Live-Action Film and Anime Sequel to Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKR
– New TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You OVA Trailer Reveals August 18 Release
– Official Hololive YouTube Channel Breaks 1 Million Subs
– Evangelion Netflix dub
– Sony’s Procurement of Crunchyroll Could Be Impeded by Anti-Trust Probe

Theater Release news:

– Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Film Has Earned 4.9 Billion Yen in 14 Days
– Detective Conan: The Scarlet Bullet to have 498 theaters, largest number in the franchise
– Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop Anime Film to Finally Release on July 22
– My Hero Academia: World Heroes Mission Anime Film Goes Plus Ultra in 1st Poster
– JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 Movie Officially Announced
– DEEMO THE MOVIE Reveals Full Name in New Trailer for CG Anime Film
– In This Corner of the World Director Confirms New Film Set in Kyoto 1,000 Years Ago

Series news:

Anime:
– Redo of Healer More Popular with Women According to Creator
– Assault Lily FRUITS Short Form Anime Announced for July of 2021
– Girls’ Frontline TV Anime Soars in Teaser Trailer and Visual
– AKEBI’s Sailor Uniform Manga by Hiro Gets TV Anime Adaptation
– Original Anime Do It Yourself!! Announced
– Original TV Anime Back Arrow TV Anime Gets New Visual and Trailer For 2nd Half
– I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level! Gets New Key Visual
– She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man TV Anime Comes to This World in 2021
– Striker Struggles in Cestvs -The Roman Fighter- TV Anime CM
– TV Anime Blue Period Releases A Teaser Visual with Blue Background
– NisiOisin’s Pretty Boy Detective Club Anime Reveals New Promo, Visual
– The Quintessential Quintuplets Anime Will Continue!
– Girls are Hockey Idols in PRIDE OF ORANGE TV Anime Visual
– Record of Ragnarok Anime Releases Brand New Trailer
– TV Anime The Vampire Dies in No Time Teaser PV Announces October 2021 Premiere
– Original TV Anime Visual Prison Combines Vampires With Visual Kei
– The Case Study of Vanitas Sinks Its Fangs Into a TV Anime
– The Duke of Death and His Maid 1st PV Confirms Its July 2021 Premiere
– Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day TV Anime Gets Aged up Key Visual
– Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It Season 2 TV Anime to Air in 2022
– 1 Million+ People Can’t Get Enough of the Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro Anime Trailer
– A Crocodile Who Lived for 100 Days Teaser Trailer Introduces Theme Song
– SSSS.DYNAZENON Reveals New Promo and Visual at Anime Japan
– Attack on Titan Anime Adds ‘Episode 76’ This Coming Winter
– Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai Visual Hypes Continuing Anime
– Harem TV Anime Megami-ryou no Ryoubo-kun Gets 1st NSFW Trailer
– Three-Way Relationship Series Girlfriend, Girlfriend Reveals 1st Trailer and July Broadcast
– WIT Studio Starts Stop-Motion Studio With Pui Pui Molcar Director
– Lain Writer Says Next Project With Anime Team Is 80% Funded and in Production
– MUTEKING THE Dancing HERO TV Anime Goes Full Disco in Fall 2021
– Gurren Lagann copyright update
Manga:
– Tokimeki Tonight Manga Gets New Series Featuring The Protagonist Ranze in Her 40s
– Game Over as NEW GAME! Manga’s 13th Volume Will Be Its Last
– Deadpool: Samurai Manga “Marvel’s Most-Read Series in Recent History”
Games:
– Pokémon GO Developer Niantic Has a Pikmin AR Game in the Works

Release news:

– Sentai Announces CARDFIGHT!! VANGUARD overDress Anime Acquisition
– Denpa Books Announces They Were Eleven Manga License With New Complete Edition
– Disney Manga: Stitch and The Samurai Releases March 26th in English
– Right Stuf
– Monogatari Final Season

Random Merch News:

– Japan now has official, working Pokémon mailbox you can mail letters from, mail van too
– Want to design your own anime figure and have it shipped to you?

Misc news:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
∟Ron likes the idea of putting Monica Rial on OnlyFans

– Coronavirus News
∟Greater Tokyo Area to Come Out of State of Emergency on March 21
∟Travelers will have to install location confirmation app, Skype on smartphones
∟Injecting men with female hormones could reduce the severity of their COVID-19

– Judge rules government rejecting same-sex marriage applications is unconstitutional

– Big Steins;Gate News Revealed as Revue Starlight Re Live Collaboration
– Anime Doesn’t Make the Cut for 2021 Academy Awards Nominations
– Japanese Government Official Clarifies Stance on Cosplay

– Acclaimed Animator Yasuo Otsuka Passes Away at 89
∟Yasuo Otsuka, Legendary Animator and Mentor, Passes Away at 89
– Animator, Character Designer Minako Shiba Passes Away
– Voice Actor Masahiro Anzai Passes Away

– Olympics ceremony chief quits after suggesting Naomi Watanabe dress as an “Olympig”
∟Naomi Watanabe responds to “Olympig” remark from Tokyo Olympics ceremony chief
∟Big Angel: “Fat” J-Pop idol group who fell from heaven after eating too much

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– The Girl from the Other Side Manga Gets Feature-Length Original Anime DVD Project
– Metal Skin Panic: MADOX-01 Unobtanium Edition

Convention news:

–

Live-Action Anime news:

– Gunpla Battle-themed Web Drama Gundam Build Real Starts Streaming on March 29
– Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sequel Film Begins Production
– Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Netflix Series Wraps Season 1 Filming

Streaming news:

– Baki Author Seeks World’s Strongest Martial Arts in TV Documentary
– Select Makoto Shinkai, Ultraman Titles Leave Crunchyroll on March 31
– Postponed Attack on Titan Final Season Episode to Screen Alongside Next Ep on March 21
∟SassMasterRhys
– Toonami Premieres The Promised Neverland Anime Season 2 on April 10
– Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Season 2 is Coming to Crunchyroll!
– Netflix Leasing Toho Studio Space in Tokyo as Japanese Content Expands
– Netflix Cave to Outrage & Censor Kimetsu no Yaiba Rising Sun Earrings
– Japanese Hashtag About VTuber Feet Trends in the United States
– Lex on a green screen

Theater Release news:

– Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Comes to US Theaters April 23
– Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Takes Home the Japan Prize for Animation of the Year
– Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Film Earns Strong 3.3 Billion Yen in First Seven Days
∟Japan Box Office: Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Takes No.1 with 117 Million Yen
– Everyone Is All Smiles in Updated Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Anime Film Poster
∟Old Poster
∟New Poster
– Evangelion creators issue warning for pirated copies, preview final film’s third act

Series news:

Anime:
– Kotodama Shoujo Mixed-media Project Ends Its Activities as of March 31
– Idol Life is Mysterious in The Detective is Already Dead TV Anime Visual
– Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon TV Anime Gets 2nd Season
– Reality Unravels in D_CIDE TRAUMEREI Mixed Media Project
– Shadows House Exuding a Creepy Aura & Mysterious Atmosphere
– Requiem of the Rose King TV Anime Confirms Its Fall 2021 Premiere
– Final ARIA OVA Episode Set to Premiere in Japan This Winter
– Higurashi: When They Cry – SOTSU Continues The Mystery of Hinamizawa In July 2021
– Humans Take on the Gods in New Record of Ragnarok TV Anime Visual
– Keisuke Makino’s Tsuki to Laika to Nosferatu Fantasy Light Novel Gets TV Anime in 2021
– Interspecies Reviewers Director Helms Horror Comedy TV Anime Mieruko-chan in 2021
– Sunrise Establishes Sunrise Beyond Studio at Xebec’s Current Address
∟Sunrise Beyond’s New Robot Anime Kyoukai Senki Releases 1st PV for Fall 2021 Premiere
∟Enzo Ferrari
∟Quattroporte V
∟New Mecha Anime Kyoukai Senki Announced by Sunrise’s New Studio
Manga:
– Baki-Dou Manga Humiliates Trump
– To Love-Ru’s Deviluke Girls Appear in Deadpool Manga
– Seven Seas to Undo Content Removal in I’m in Love with the Villainess
Games:
– Nomura on FFVII The First Soldier: “Our Challenge Is to Appeal to Other Fanbases”
– Devil May Cry 5 Mod Replaces Nero With Pyra & Mythra
– Genshin Impact’s Rosaria Confirmed to Now Have Smaller Breasts

Release news:

– Chargeman Ken Wreaks Havoc with Japanese Bluray Release
– DENPA to Publish Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack – Beltorchika’s Children
∟Mobile Suit Gundam Char’s Counterattack Manga Getting English Release
– Funimation Akira 4k disc replacement
– Discotek horribly misaligned spine art
– Maison Ikkoku is blocked from licensing
– Right Stuf Adult Blur
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Titan-Sized Attack on Titan Manga Sold Out in 2 Minutes
– Gamestop exclusive Pokémon cards
– Life-size AND posable Rei Ayanami Evangelion figure could be yours for a small fortune
– New oyster-themed lingerie is delightfully weird, possibly sexy, based on tasty oysters
– Japanese company makes emergency natural disaster survival bag for dogs
– Want to design your own anime figure and have it shipped to you?
– Official Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba gaming chair come with a katana strapped to it
– Amazon is Still Removing Anime Figures and Insisting They “Promote Child Exploitation”
– Toys R Us Plans Another Return in United States

Misc news:

– Okazaki City gives all elementary and junior high students portable Vocaloid software
– Some elementary schools don’t let kids wear underwear during P.E., and parents are mad
– School lunch noodles fried so hard that children and teachers chip teeth, go to hospital
– Chiba election heats with surprise marriage proposal and an ambitious Disney-loving clown
– Man Arrested for Masturbating in Public With Pickle Wedged in Anus
– Robber who broke into hair salon is beaten by its black-belt owner and kept as a sex slave
– Alternate Social Media Site Minds CEO Labels Loli Illegal, Bans Users
∟Guess I’m banned

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– Coronavirus News
∟Tokyo Olympics Will Happen Without Overseas Spectators

– Star Blazers Voice Actress Amy Howard Wilson Passes Away
– SciADV Twitter Teases Future Steins;Gate Announcement

– 13-year-old girl lied about French teacher who was later beheaded, her lawyer says

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– WIT Studio’s The Girl from the Other Side Kickstarter Collects 2x Goal Amount in One Day
∟『The Girl from the Other Side』feature-length animation

Convention news:

– Comiket 99 Delayed Again Due to State of Emergency

Live-Action Anime news:

– Live-Action Hellsing Film in Development by Amazon Studios
– Kenshin and Enishi’s Fateful Battle Begins in Rurouni Kenshin: The Final Main Trailer
– Upcoming Halo TV Show “Won’t Please Everyone”
– Resident Evil Movie Reboot Teases Characters, September 3 Premiere

Streaming news:

– Netflix Reveals Additional Details For Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness 3DCG Anime Series
∟Capcom Shares More New Information on Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness
∟New Claire
∟Old Claire
– Yasuke Premieres on Netflix April 29
∟Netflix To Premiere Yasuke Anime On April 29th Worlwide
– futekiya Boys-Love Manga Service Adds 18 screamo Titles
– Hideaki Anno Documentary Follows Four Years of Work on Evangelion 3.0+1.0

Theater Release news:

– Official Evangelion Account Advises Fans Against Drinking Before New Film
∟Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Breaks IMAX Records in Japan on Opening Day

Series news:

Anime:
– Gladiator Fights to Survive in Cestvs -The Roman Fighter- TV Anime Trailer
– MEGALOBOX 2: NOMAD Gets Trailer and New Key Visual Ahead Of April 4th Premiere
– Shadows House Steps into the Light with New Visual, Cast, and Theme
– The Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody Gets Anime
– Trailer for Osamake: Romcom Where The Childhood Friend Won’t Lose Previews Op
– KONOSUBA Author’s New Anime Combatants Will Be Dispatched! Meets More Members
– Tantei wa Mou Shindeiru a Riveting Mystery Full of Action
– Sabikui Bisco Light Novel Series Reveals Anime Adaptation Plans
– Shigeru Mizuki’s Akuma-kun Manga Gets Spooky New TV Anime
– Konami’s Power Pro Baseball Game Takes a Swing at Web Anime
– The World Ends With You Anime Reveals ED by ASCA with Animation by Ilya Kuvshinov
– Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi BPO Complaints: “Encourages Sex Crimes & Violence”
Manga:
– Ancient Magus’ Bride Manga Creator to Launch New Series ‘Ghost and Witch’ in September
Games:
– Full Version of Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth Launches This Month
– Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin Trailer Protects Rathalos
– Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Pyra Mod Restores Her Bare Thighs
∟Underage Twitter Users Offended Over Smash Ultimate Pyra Jiggle Mod
– Console Modder Earns Guinness World Record for Smallest Working Nintendo 64 Console
– 50-Year-Old Father Arrested for Assaulting Son Who Wouldn’t Stop Playing Games

Release news:

– Discotek Licenses Dear Brother, Sgt. Frog, Kashimashi, Nyanbo! +More
∟Project A-ko remaster (WIP)
– Funimation Acquires Full Dive RPG TV Anime
– The Ancient Magus’ Bride Manga Gets New Anime With New Studio
– Kirby Manga Mania is Releasing in English June 2021
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Full Scale Char Aznable Stahlhelm (Re-run) Mobile Suit Gundam Replica
– Official Evangelion rations now on sale at movie theaters across Japan
– New capsule toys from Japan let you carry plush fried food wherever you go
– Celebrate your love for Japanese bento with new soy sauce fish bottle pens
– Evangelion’s Rei Ayanami Life-Size Figure Retails for About 2 Million Yen
∟You can now buy a life-size Rei figure for $17,500, plus an even more expensive Eva
– Levi Statue Unveiled in Attack on Titan Creator’s Home Town
– Massive manga mural takes over Tokyo station to celebrate Jujutsu Kaisen
– Multiple Other Worlds Gets Exhibited at the Upcoming IRL Isekai Museum
– Kimono genius turns obi sash into the head of Evangelion Unit-01

Misc news:

– China Zoo Replaces Deceased Wolf With Dog
– Adorable baby ape born at Japanese zoo…to mom who lives alone
– All participants of “orgy party” in Japan arrested
∟Japanese Police Bust Orgy

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– PlayStation Store Halts Purchases, Rentals of Movie, TV Content on August 31

– Aim for the Ace! Voice Actor Masako Sugaya Passes Away at 83
∟Voice Actress Masako Sugaya Passes Away at 83

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Metal Skin Panic: MADOX-01 Unobtanium Edition
– The Girl from the Other Side Manga Gets Feature-Length Original Anime DVD Project

Convention news:

– Anime Expo 2021 Physical Event Canceled, Anime Expo Lite Returns
– Super Nintendo World Orlando Opening Delayed To 2025
– New opening date announce for Super Nintendo World, and it’s just around the corner

Live-Action Anime news:

– Naomi Watanabe is moving to the U.S., switching base of operations to outside Japan
– U.S.-made live-action Hello Kitty movie on the way, directors announced
– ‘John Wick’ writer and Amazon Studios teaming up on adaptation of ‘Hellsing’
– David Lynch Tried to Adapt One of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Manga for Hollywood

Streaming news:

– Rising of the Shield Hero’s 2nd Season Premieres in October With Crunchyroll Streaming
– Funimation Streams Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 1 Anime’s English Dub

Theater Release news:

– Mugen Train Tops Weekends in Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Surpasses US$400 Million
– Funimation Screens Violet Evergarden: The Movie on March 30 in U.S., Canada

Series news:

Anime:
– Gokushufudou Trailer Called Out For Lack of Animation
– The Prince of Tennis New 3DCG Film Tells Ryoma’s Time-Slip Story
– Corporate Work is Childish in General Manager of Baby TV Anime
– Peach Boy Riverside Far From Peachy
– Press Start for New ‘Full Dive RPG’ TV Anime Visual
– Tiger & Bunny Writer Masafumi Nishida Helms Water Polo-themed Anime RE-MAIN
– Gridman Universe’s SSSS.DYNAZENON Locks in Premiere Date
– The Devil is a Part-Timer! Anime Gets 2nd Season With Returning Cast
Manga:
– Teekyu Returns to Comic Earth Star for One-Shot Anniversary Manga
– JUJUTSU KAISEN Manga Has Exceeded an Impressive 36 Million Copy Print Run
– Kaiju No. 8 Has 1.2 Million Copies Printed and Sold, Fastest in Shonen Jump+ History
Games:
– Getting divorced in the new Story of Seasons video game means you have to kill your kids
– Man arrested for sending 37 death threats to Square Enix because he couldn’t win at a game

Release news:

– March Comes in Like a Lion manga licensed
– Seven Seas Licenses Shotaro Ishinomori’s KAMEN RIDER In New Hardcover Omnibus
– Akira 4k replacement discs delayed to May? Also UK discs had problems
– All The Anime Your Name 4k
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Attack on Titan to Release Titan-Sized Edition of 1st Manga Volume
– Demon Slayer Canned Coffee Keeps Japanese Drink Company Afloat During 2020
– Warm-up and exercise with Machamp in new Pokémon-themed calisthenics video

Misc news:

– It’s too hard to sell Japan on romance dramas nowadays, says broadcasting president
– Deer killed by man with axe in Nara
– Power Company admits it knew earthquake sensors are broken at Fukushima power plant
– Teacher Arrested for Attaching Camera to Shoe to Film up Woman’s Skirt

AC’s Funhouse

– Who actually writes Japan’s Little Sister and schoolgirl love letter capsule toys?
– 10 yakuza members arrested for stealing sea cucumbers from ocean
– Yakuza leadership airs complaints about COVID-19’s effect on money gains and operations
– Hyogo residents learn the downside to living in an apartment that used to be a yakuza office
– Leader of political party that refuses to pay NHK ordered to pay NHK
– Only person to win court case against Japan’s public broadcaster, told to pay up
– Osaka man arrested after sharing futon with dead girlfriend’s body for five nights
– Policewoman’s posterior produces poetic justice as she arrests man she says groped her

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
∟Vic will be at New Jersey Collectorfest
∟Monica is going to Gulf Coast Collectors Con in spite of COVID fears
∟Even though she already had it
∟Twice

– Coronavirus News
∟Births in Japan hit record low in 2020, deaths down for first time in over a decade

– Sentai’s release of Baki does, in fact, have a new dub

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

–

Convention news:

–

Live-Action Anime news:

– Two Women’s Dangerous Escape Journey Begins in Gunjo Live-action Film Teaser Trailer
– Japan Box Office: Liar × Liar Live-action Film Takes 2nd Place in Its Debut Weekend
– Masaki Suda Stars in “Character,” Written by 20th Century Boys Manga’s Co-creator
– Spirited Away to be adapted to live-action stage play by English director John Caird

Streaming news:

– Tubi and Toei Team Up For Expanded Anime Streaming
– Godzilla Singular Point Releases Key Visual for March 25 Premiere on Netflix Japan
– Netflix Orders Terminator Anime Series by Production I.G

Theater Release news:

– BanG Dream! Locks in June Release Date for Second Roselia Movie
– Final Evangelion Film Rescheduled to March 8 After 2 COVID-19 Delays
– Gintama: THE FINAL Becomes the Highest-Grossing Anime Film in the Franchise
– Demon Slayer Film Passes Spirited Away as #1 All-Time Japanese Film Worldwide
∟Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie Now Top Japanese Film Worldwide
– Demon Slayer Listed With Oscar-Qualifying Run in Theater Near Miami Starting Friday
∟Mugen Train Gets Oscar Qualifying Run in Miami from February 26 for 1 Week

Series news:

Anime:
– Feminist Poll Asking About Kimetsu no Yaiba’s New Arc Has Most Fans Approving
– Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon S PV Rap Phenomenally Moe
∟Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon’s Oppai “Loli” Iruru Abhorred by Twitter
∟Social Media Degenerates Celebrate KyoAni Fire, Death of Maid Dragon Anime Director
– The Irregular at Magic High School to Adapt Reminiscence Arc Into Anime
– Rent-a-Girlfriend Season 2 TV Anime to Broadcast in 2022
– Pugilist Prepares to Punch in Cestvs -The Roman Fighter- Visual
– Nickelodeon, Hasbro’s Entertainment One Produce New Animated Transformers Series
– Official Hatsune Miku Anime Finally on the Way, Non-Japanese Will Have Involvement
∟Graphic India
∟Carlin West Agency
– New Iran Fatwa Demands Anime Girls Must Wear Hijab
Manga:
– 2020 Manga Sales at Japanese Bookstores Up 31.5% from 2019
Games:
– Illinois Lawmaker Blames Grand Theft Auto V for Carjacking Surge, Desires Ban
– Sony Allegedly Demanded Removal of Violence From Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
– Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Boasts of “Strong Ties” With Japan Licensees
∟Sony Japan Studio “Winding Down” Game Development, “Majority” of Devs Let Go
– FFXVI will draw on “anguish you can only understand once you become an adult”
– New Final Fantasy VII Remake version coming, brings ninja girl Yuffie to Midgar
∟Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Coming to PS5 With Bonus Yuffie Content
– Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis Retells the Whole FFVII Story on Mobile
– Square Enix Cashes in on Battle Royales With FFVII: The First Soldier Mobile Game
– Western Neptunia ReVerse Box Art Censored, Uncensored on Reverse Side
– Does Tokyo need a legal limit on kids’ video game playing time? Governor gives opinion

Release news:

– Seven Seas Licenses Creepy Cat Graphic Novel Series Based On Hit Webcomic
– Seven Seas Chills in Another World with Two More Isekai Licenses
– Seven Seas Licenses JK Haru is a Sex Worker in Another World Manga
– Seven Seas Explores Love and Gender in Boy Meets Maria Manga
– J-Novel Club Licenses Official Ascendance of a Bookworm Fanbook
– Irresponsible Captain Tylor pre-orders extended
∟Original announcement
∟Irresponsible Captain Tylor Collector’s Ultra Edition + Artbook Blu-ray
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Breast material shortage causing delay for explosively popular busty anime girl mousepad
– Zara creates loungewear that looks like a Japanese school P.E. uniform
– Japanese company’s drink-at-home “Secret Base” tent is our new must-have interior item
– Float Like a Butterfly With Shinobu Kocho’s Demon Slayer Toy Sword
– Mos Burger adds sliced bread to their menus in Japan
– Great British Bake Off Finalist Makes Lovely Laputa Cake
– Hololive’s Aqua, Sephiroth Statues Greets Prospective Students at Kyoto University
– Town in Japan has boob mascot, makes City Boob Declaration for a touching reason

Misc news:

– It’s too hard to sell Japan on romance dramas nowadays, says broadcasting president
– Leader of political party that refuses to pay NHK ordered to pay NHK
– Tokyo woman, only one to win court case against Japan’s public broadcaster, told to pay up
– Power Company admits it knew earthquake sensors are broken at Fukushima power plant
– Fairly OddParents Creator Butch Hartman Accused of Tracing Anime Art
– Frogs trick Fukuoka police into false puppy rescue
– Osaka man arrested after sharing futon with dead girlfriend’s body for five nights
– Policewoman’s posterior produces poetic justice as she arrests man she says groped her
– Teacher Gets Off Photographing Nude Male Student
– Smugglers Arrested Over $2.82 Million in Cocaine-Soaked Corn Flakes

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– Shuuichirou Moriyama Passes Away at 86

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Digitization of Shogun Warriors Rarity Machine Blaster crowdfunding progress

Convention news:

–

Live-Action Anime news:

– New Godzilla has super-thick thighs thanks to Studio Ghibli anime veteran
∟A Brief History Of Godzilla’s Thick Thighs
– Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Movie Unsurprisingly Announced

Streaming news:

– Food Wars! The Fourth Plate English Dub Hits Crunchyroll Today
– Crunchyroll Adds Psycho Armor Govarian and Wonderful Adventures of Nils Holgersson
– HiDive Announces Scum’s Wish Acquisition And English Dub
– Redo of Healer Gets a Redo (Version) on HIDIVE!
– ‘I Became a Dark-Skinned Gal so I Tried to Bang My Best Friend’ Hentai Manga Gets Anime
∟Crunchyroll Kowtow to Outrage After “Dark-Skinned” Anime Name Translation
– Three Members of Netflix Series Arrested for Sexual Misconduct With Kids

Theater Release news:

– Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru Anime Film Trilogy Revealed for 2022
– Mugen Train Overtakes Your Name as 2nd Highest-Grossing Anime Film Worldwide

Series news:

Anime:
– Koi to Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui Announces April 5 Premiere on Japanese TV
– Futsal-themed Multimedia Project “Futsal Boys!!!!!” to Get TV Anime This Year
– Peach Boy Riverside TV Anime Gets Cheeky in New Key Visual
– San-X Gets Funky with Chickip Dancers TV Anime
– World’s Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat Gets Anime
– Rival Soccer Team Takes the Field in Farewell, My Dear Cramer TV Anime
– Dreams Come True in BLUE REFLECTION TV Anime Adaptation
– The Saint’s Magic Power Is Omnipotent TV Anime Magics Up April 2021 Premiere
– Kingdom Season 3 Continues the Battle on April 4, New Visual Debuts
– Classes Clash in My Hero Academia Season 5 Key Visual
– Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba TV Anime Season 2 Premieres in 2021
Manga:
– Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga’s Total Print Run Reaches 150 Million Copies
– Long-running manga character is heavily implied to have COVID-19 in latest issue
Games:
– Idolmaster: Starlit Season Dress Seemingly No Longer Partially See-Through

Release news:

– Seven Seas’ Latest Mature-Rated Manga License is the Absolute Pits
– Seven Seas Licenses Happy Kanako’s Killer Life Manga
– Seven Seas Licenses The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again Today Manga
– Persona 5 the Animation UK Blu-ray Releases Announced for April and May 2021
– Funimation temp blackout
– Sadako-san and Sadako-chan Manga
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Masterpiece Series Blue-Eyes White Dragon Will Cost You a Cool Grand
– Mobile Suit Gundam Garments Let You Unlock Your Inner Mecha
– New gachapon figures from Japan imagine a romance beyond bathroom boundaries
– Pokémon Centre in Japan apologises for mistake, makes plushie even more valuable
– It’s not anime, it’s real! Life-size Gundam statue photos look like anime source material

Misc news:

– Tokyo government to give smartphones to senior citizens, pay for their calling & data plans
– 21-year-old Nara woman arrested for sending hundreds of nude selfies to woman in her 70s
– Oita woman loses lawsuit and pays damages without ever knowing she’d been sued

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– Funimation Sued in Class-Action Lawsuit for Allegations of Violating Americans with Disabilities Act

– The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election

Collectorz is ceasing development on the Mac edition
This has been a very difficult and painful decision, but ...As of yesterday, February 1 2021, all development on the "Collector" software for macOS has been discontinued. Also, the subscriptions for the Mac editions are not available in our shop anymore, not for new users, not for renewals.
We are recommending all users of our Mac software to switch to our Connect web-based software ASAP, using our Trade-In offer: we will transfer your remaining Collector subscription days to the Connect edition, plus we will add 4 extra months for free.

– Coronavirus News
∟Osaka accidentally mails out funeral service ads to people infected with coronavirus
∟Beijing Children Walking Improperly After Coronavirus Anal Examinations

– Head of Olympics doesn’t want women in leadership roles because they talk too much

– South Korea ‘downgrades’ Japan’s status in defense white paper

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

–

Convention news:

– Anime Boston 2021 Canceled Due to Ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic

Live-Action Anime news:

– Watch Shin Sakura Taisen the Stage Digest Movie with English Subtitles

Streaming news:

– Netflix’s Sonic the Hedgehog Animated Series Revealed as Sonic Prime
– Crunchyroll Adds For Whom the Alchemist Exists The Movie to Catalog
– Crunchyroll Adds VLAD LOVE Anime to Streaming Lineup
– Sydsnap’s Video Linking to JAST USA’s Legitimate Contest Struck by YouTube

Theater Release news:

– Japan Box Office: Demon Slayer Mugen Train Falls to 2nd Place for The 2nd Time
– WATATEN!: an Angel Flew Down to Me Heads to Theaters in New Anime
– New socially distant stage lets you watch dance in an unusual way: through a peephole!

Series news:

Anime:
– End of an era – Japanese anime artists’ favorite colored pencils are being discontinued
∟Pencils Used for Anime Creation Discontinued in Japan Due to Poor Sales
– Amanda Gish cast as Clarissa Snowflake in the New Sakura Wars
– Laid-Back Camp Staff Apologizes After Google Watermark Spotted in Background
– Ryoma! Rebirth The Prince of Tennis: The Movie Fully 3D CG
– Seven Knights Revolution Summons Up a TV Anime Adaptation
– Mysteries Deepen in Summer Time Rendering Anime Adaptation
– Shikkakumon no Saikyokenja Light Novel Series Reincarnates as a TV Anime
– Co-Workers Are Cranky in My Senpai is Annoying TV Anime Key Visual
– Ice Cream Animals Chill Out in iii icecrin TV Anime
– Super Milk-chan Forever Announced
– Class 1-B’s Hero Suits Are Revealed in New My Hero Academia Anime Character Visual
– Captain Tsubasa anime character cleared of gender-based violence charges by Chilean court
– Dragon Quest Dai no Daibouken Remake Anime Removes Groping & Pantsu
Manga:
– JUJUTSU KAISEN Manga to Take a Week off Due to Manga Creator’s Sudden Illness
– Demon Slayer Creator Is Inspired to Make Next Manga a Sci-Fi Romantic Comedy Series
Games:
– Dragon Quest Rivals Censors the Female Warrior’s Cleavage & Thighs
– Animal Crossing: New Horizons Becomes the No. 1 Best-Selling Game in Japan Ever
– Capcom Asserts Lady Dimitrescu of Resident Evil Village Stands Tall at 9’6″
– Interview With Silent Hill Composer Announcing Summer Project Removed
– Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story Will Be Uncensored on PS Consoles
– Final Fantasy VII Remake Part Two “Will Subvert Expectations”
– Mass Effect Legendary Edition Will Censor “Sexualized” Cutscenes
– Man arrested in Japan for selling modified Pokémon to Sword and Shield players

Release news:

– Seven Seas Licenses Mature Manga Sundome!! Milky Way
– Seven Seas Licenses Slow Life in Another World (I Wish!) Manga
– Seven Seas Licenses Monster Guild: The Dark Lord’s (No-Good) Comeback! Manga
– Seven Seas Licenses Disciple of the Lich Light Novels
– Sentai Filmworks Licenses Karakuri Circus Anime for Home Video
– Right Stuf
– My brother ordered opm vol 8 and it has random pages of haikyuu
– VHS with another lost Curse of the Blood Rubies dub
– Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi BD Becomes Bestseller on Amazon Germany

Random Merch news:

– Mario, Zelda, Splatoon, and More Head to Burger King as Kids Meal Toys
– Pet the God Doggo in Hololive VTuber Korone’s 1st Figure from Spiritale
– Take Home Gintama’s Own Adorable Elizabeth 1/3rd-Sized Cushion
– First Official Sonic the Hedgehog LEGO Set is in the Works Thanks to Fan Design
– Ghibli Park unveils new real-life Howl’s Moving Castle!
– Japanese monks want to create new temple…in space!

Misc news:

– Politician piggybacks on Demon Slayer’s popularity by exploiting copyright loophole
– Male deer breaks into Japanese high school’s women’s bathroom
– Man leaves horrible job, gets even more shockingly horrible letter from the company
– Arrested Security Guard Hoarded Over 500 Schoolgirl Gym Uniforms
– Bento Box Body Fluid Bukkake Man Busted
– Woman Foils Robber’s Villainy With Sexual Favor

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
   ∟Ron Toye IV posts about his mom on r/insaneparents

– GameStop: how Redditors played hedge funds for billions
   ∟US hedge funds lose $70 billion
   ∟Man Claims to be Robinhood Employee & Says White House Pressured Halt of Trading
   ∟GameStop Stock Price

– How many times a day do Japanese men adjust their junk? New survey investigates
– Love Hina Creator Weighs in on Cosplay Regulation Debate
– Anime Studio Signal.MD Forced to Pay Animation Director After Non-Payment
– Resident Evil Village Actor Jeanette Maus Passes Away at 39

Live-Action Anime news:

– First Shin Ultraman Feature Film Teaser Posted Online

Streaming news:

– Cells at Work! to Be 1st New TV Anime Broadcast on Chinese TV in 14 Years
– Mobile Suit Gundam Anime That Started It All Launches on Crunchyroll
– All words in Evangelion theme replaced by cat meow in official remake by original singer
– Ghibli’s Earwig and the Witch Dated for Home Video, Digital Platforms
– Demon Slayer TV Anime Helped Bring Kansai TV Back From the Red

Theater Release news:

– Japan Box Office: Demon Slayer Mugen Train Takes the No.1 Spot for 14th Time in Total
– Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Makes Over 36.5 Billion Yen in 100 Days at JP Box Office
– Japan Box Office Posts Lowest Revenue in Years Despite Demon Slayer’s Record Breaking

Series news:

Anime:
– GOBLIN SLAYER TV Anime Season 2 Announced With New Visual
– Parallel World Fantasy Series Shinka no Mi Goes Ape as a TV Anime
– NisiOisin’s Pretty Boy Detective Club Debuts Its Gorgeous PV and Cast
– Shikkakumon no Saikyokenja Light Novel Series Reincarnates as a TV Anime
– Tensei Kenja no Isekai Life Light Novel Series Tames Monsters as a TV Anime
– The Genius Prince’s Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt Light Novel to Get Anime
– TMS Entertainment Announces MEGALOBOX 2: Nomad Anime For April 2021
– Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV Announced for 2022
– I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level New Trailer and Visuals
– The Executioner and Her Way of Life TV Anime Adaptation Revealed
– Kohai Rom-Com My Friend’s Little Sister Has It In for Me! Light Novel Gets TV Anime
– Death Note Creator’s Platinum End TV Anime Casts Main Characters
– Corporate Life is Chaos in Cute Executive Officer Opening Theme MV
– Yuji Kaku’s Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation
Manga:
– Yakunara Mug Cup Mo Gets Comicalization Based on The Anime Story
– Oreimo and Eromanga Sensei Come Together in Special Collaboration Book
– Akane Shimizu’s Medical Manga Series Cells at Work! Ends Today
– JUJUTSU KAISEN Manga Achieves 25 Million Copies Printed and Sold
– World Trigger Manga to Take Month Off Due to Author’s Sudden Illness
– Voice Actors Play an Odd Couple in “I hate the mortal sinny dragon, my sweetie.” Manga PV
– My Hero Academia Dominates the U.S. Graphic Novel Charts for 2020
– Japan’s Book Sales in 2020 Up 5% from 2019 Thanks to Demon Slayer
– Manga piracy surging by users in Japan as people are stuck at home during the pandemic
Games:
– Rebooted Tomb Raider Trilogy Receiving Netflix Anime
– Sonic the Hedgehog Voice Actor Roger Craig Smith Ends 10-Year Run

Release news:

– Memoirs of Legendary Voice Actress Megumi Hayashibara Receive US/Japanese Simulpub
– Death Note manga’s first new collected volume in 14 years announced
– Kaguya-sama: Love is War OVA Bundled With Volume 22 of Manga in May 2021
– NANA Anime to Finally Return in HD Release from Sentai Filmworks
   ∟Sentai Filmworks may have rescued Nana
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Japanese Twitter barks with laughter over dogfood ad’s bizarre choice of photo
– Domino’s pizza now comes with tapioca and dango ball stuffed crust!
– Say “Bye Bye Bacteria” with Cells at Work! Collaborative Sake
– Chill Out Three Times Faster in Your Own Char Aznable Loungewear
– Forget Godzilla vs. Kong, Mechagodzilla Pikachu is All We Need
– Let Doraemon comfort you as you drink with handcrafted Doraemon-quote glasses
– Japan’s Tenga wants to create a masturbatory aid for people to use in outer space

Misc news:

– PETA Further Pushes People to Stop Using Animal Names as Insults
– Woman disciplined after putting up partition between herself and older male coworker
– The end of the pay phone? Japanese government considering getting rid of phone boxes
– Seitai Massage Therapist Arrested After Groping Customer’s Breasts
– Policeman Suspended for Squirting Female Bystanders With Bodily Fluids
– Woman Bought Refrigerator to Preserve Dead Mother’s Corpse for a Decade
– Male Teacher Trespasses Into Women’s Bath Wearing Wig & Women’s Clothing
– Two men charged for having sex at a public bathhouse in Tokyo
– Japanese subway ad about depressed teens should probably be in a different place
– World’s most passive-aggressive restroom found in Tokyo

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– YouTube video about home-grown, home-cooked, Chinese food causes major controversy

– Japan’s legal age of adulthood dropping by 2 years, do teens understand what that means?

– Japanese Government Are Looking Into New Copyright Regulations for Cosplay

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Anniversary Crowdfunding Underway for Shogun Warriors Rarity Machine Blaster

Convention news:

– Sakura-Con 2021 Canceled Amidst Continuing COVID-19 Concerns

Live-Action Anime news:

– Mechagodzilla Spotted in the ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Trailer?

Streaming news:

– Hololive Creating a Virtual Reality Online Service to Bring VTuber Fans Together
– Distributor Unable to Simulcast Redo of Healer Anime in Germany
   ∟Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi Most Viewed Anime on AT-X
– Crunchyroll Adds Classic Digimon Adventure Anime in Europe and MENA
– Crunchyroll Adds ONIHEI TV Anime And OVA To Catalog
– Raw Egg Wreaks Lazy Havoc in Gudetama Web Anime Series
– Demon Slayer: Mugen Train, Lupin III: The First Plus More Eligible For Academy Awards

Theater Release news:

– Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Anime Film Returns to No. 1 Against Gintama: THE FINAL
– Japan Box Office: Natsume Yujin-cho New Anime Film Ranks 7th in Its Opening Weekend
– Code Geass: Lelouch of the Re;surrection Gets MX4D＆4DX Screenings from January 29
– Third GIRLS und PANZER das Finale Anime Film Arrives on March 26
– Girls Prepare to Graduate in Key Visual for Kiniro Mosaic Thank you!! Anime Film
– Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway Film Gets New Trailer, Soma Saito Joins Cast
– Detective Conan Compilation Focusing on Akai Family Gets Theatrical Run Next Month

Series news:

Anime:
– Vote on your favorite Detective Conan opening or ending as franchise hits 1,000 episodes
– Girls’ Frontline Mobile Game to Fire Away in New TV Anime This Year
– Fighting Game-themed Manga Young Ladies Don’t Play Fighting Games Gets Anime
– Tantei wa Mou, Shindeiru. Gets Mysterious and Romantic as a TV Anime
– Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts Gets TV Anime Adaptation
– Award-Winning Manga Blue Period Gets TV Anime in 2021
– TV Anime Banished from the Heroes’ Party Reveals Teaser Visual, Main VAs & Staff
– Nana Mizuki Reprises Her Role as Tamao Tamamura in Shaman King Reboot TV Anime
– How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord Season 2 TV Anime Debuts Lewd Co-Sleeping Visual
– Magical Boys Are Fabulous in Fairy Ranmaru TV Anime Trailer
– The Seven Deadly Sins Gets Original Sequel Film Written by Suzuki in Summer 2021
Manga:
– My Hero Academia, Demon Slayer, and Junji Ito Make New York Times Top 10 for January
– After 24 Years, Yukiru Sugisaki’s D.N.Angel Manga Series Ends
– Assassination Classroom Manga Creator Yusei Matsui Debuts New Series Next Week
– Watch as Shueisha Counts All the ‘Oi’s’ From the Gintama Manga
– Redo of Healer Author: English Light Novel Was ‘Refused’ By An Overseas Publisher
Games:
– Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception and Mask of Truth No Longer on PlayStation Store
– Capcom Development Division 1 Rumored to Be Taking Over Resident Evil 4 Remake
– Character Designer Behind Star Fox, Tingle, and More Leaves Nintendo After 32 Years
– Princess Connect! Re: Dive Translation Swaps “Onii-chan” for “Mr. Nice Guy”

Release news:

– Yen Press Announces New Slate of Light Novel and Manga Licenses
– Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou BD/DVD Art Unspeakably Moe
– Sentai Filmworks may have rescued Nana
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Sealed First Edition Pokémon Booster Box Sells for Record-Breaking $408,000
– Capcom vs. Osamu Tezuka Characters Art Book Launches This April
– Giant PROMISED NEVERLAND Plush Lets You Give Emma the Hug She Deserves
– With Evangelion movie delayed, it’s time to make your own papercraft Eva fight scene
– Really into Evangelion? Then you’ll want an entry plug huggy pillow and necklace
– Digivice Rings Are Destined to Delight Digimon Adventure: Fans

Misc news:

– Not-guilty verdict for man in women’s restroom, had to go so bad it clouded his judgement
– Loaded gun found in convenience store restroom in Japan, cop’s on-duty poop to blame
– Trio of thieves break into Japanese glasses store, foiled by old-timey cash register
– 120-year-old condom found in Japan
– Uncontrollably Amorous Thief Pilfers 150 Pairs of Pantsu
– Doctors Relieve China Man of Anally-Inserted 24cm Sake Bottle

Watch Club:

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
∟

– Coronavirus News
∟Over 4,800 Boxes of Ice Cream in China Found to Be “Coronavirus” Flavor
∟Persona 5 Strikers Western Dub Was Delayed Due to COVID-19
∟Space Battleship Yamato Compilation Delayed due to State of Emergency Declaration
∟Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Movie’s Midnight Screenings Cancelled Due to Coronavirus
∟Evangelion can (not) get released – Final Rebuild film gets delayed again
∟Tokyo’s latest plan to boost birth rate: Pay people 100,000 yen per baby they give birth to
∟Fukuoka town erects 7-meter gorilla scarecrow as symbol of strength against COVID-19

– KyoAni Studio 1 Arson Sources
∟CrunchyRoll
∟Japanese Junior High Student Wins Silver at IEYI for Inventing Detachable Metal Bars

– Elon Musk Tweets Idolmaster Meme, Bandai Namco Stonks Rise

– Shueisha Copyright Takedown Hoax Allegedly Caused by Obsessed Stalker
∟Shueisha Denies Involvement in Recent Twitter Copyright Takedowns

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Ghost of Tsushima Fans Push Restoration of Ancient Shrine Gate Far Beyond Goal

Convention news:

–

Live-Action Anime news:

–

Streaming news:

– Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan JoJo’s Spin Off Anime Pens in February 18 Start
– HIDIVE to Allegedly Stream Redo of Healer ‘Complete Recovery’ Uncensored Version
– Cells at Work! Code Black Episodes Three and Four to Air Together as One Hour Special
– Promare and Other Anime Movies Added to HBO Max
– The Second Season of Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid Will Premiere This July
– FEATURE: Explore 2020’s Most Popular Anime on Crunchyroll Around the World!
– NHK announces “substantial” fee reduction, Japanese Internet reacts with jeering

Theater Release news:

– Evangelion: 3.333 Film Begins IMAX Screenings One Day Later Than Scheduled
– Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Anime Film Steamrolls Past 35 Billion Yen at Japan Box Office
∟Gintama: THE FINAL Takes 1st Place in Box Office, Topples Demon Slayer: Mugen Train
∟Hentai Kamen Creator “Piggybacks” Off Demon Slayer’s Success with an Illustration
– Toho Revises Earnings Forecast Upward Significantly Due to Demon Slayer’s Huge Success
– Violet Evergarden: The Movie Brings Home Over 2.1 Billion Yen at Japanese Box Office
– Earwig and The Witch Premieres in the West February 3
– Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Film to Debut Dub Alongside Subbed Version in U.S. Theaters
– Knights of Sidonia: Ai Tsumugu Hoshi Trailer Depicts Fierce Battle for Survival of Humans

Series news:

Anime:
– Bleach Creator Tite Kubo to Open ‘Klub Outside’ Fan Club With Exclusive Illustrations
∟Production Sketches of Bleach Previewed Ahead of Tite Kubo’s Klub Outside Opening
– Tanjiro VA Leads Original TV Anime Odd Taxi from Pokémon Studio OLM
– Assault Lily Project to Get Shaft-produced Mini Anime in Summer 2021
– More Girls Join the Soccer Club in Farewell, My Dear Cramer TV Anime
– Girl-Meets-Motorcycle TV Anime Super Cub Set to Premiere in April 2021
– Old and New Voices Bring Tao and Li to Life in the Shaman King Reboot TV Anime
– Madness and Mayhem Run Wild in High-Rise Invasion Anime Trailer
– Shinsengumi Kitchen Diary Promises Tasty Time Travel Adventures
– Yashahime Anime Accused of Promoting Child Grooming
Manga:
– Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga Outsells Entire US Comics Market Significantly
– DAYS Soccer Manga Series Scores Its Final Chapter Next Week
– Japanese Fans Rank the Manga Series They Want to See End Before They Do
Games:
– THE PROMISED NEVERLAND Has a Game App in the Works
– New Pokémon Snap Whips Out the Camera on April 30, 2021
– CD Projekt RED Faces Huge Financial Fine If They Fail to Fix Cyberpunk 2077
– New Dungeons & Dragons Book Will Be “Wheelchair Accessible”
∟EVERYONE CAN BE A HERO!

Release news:

– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Demon Slayer Helps Japan Post Sell Record Number of New Year’s Cards
– Demon Slayer Stars Protect Your Drinks as New Cup Clinger Figures
– Fire Up Your Demon Slayer Technique with Rengoku’s Replica Nichirin Sword
– It’s a trap (Japanese capsule toy)!
– Fall Asleep With These New Chika and Miko KAGUYA-SAMA Dakimakura
– Check out the Flashy Toy Re-Release of Kaneda’s Bike from Akira
– Lego’s Botanical Collection opens up a world of permanent petal play for stressed adults
– Spanish leather designer Loewe releases limited edition My Neighbor Totoro collection
– Save those coins – Extra-expensive capsule machine toys are on their way in Japan
– Foo Fighters unveil an exclusive new Japanese sake
– Try The Taste of “Harem Water” from The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter
– English mistake on new Japanese beer leads to suspension of sales before its release
∟Sapporo decides to sell new Japanese beer with English mistake on label
– 7-Eleven Japan to double the shelf life of their onigiri rice balls
∟7-Eleven under fire in Japan for mysterious holes in their onigiri rice balls
∟7-Eleven Japan’s “Paper Tiger” sandwich sparks controversy over deceptive packaging
∟7-Eleven Japan’s banana milk sparks controversy over deceptive packaging
∟Deceptive strawberry milk package angers 7-Eleven customers following banana scandal
– “The hell with sound judgement” says Red Bull ad, but Japanese people don’t seem to agree
– Genital manju sweets, with a dash of “pubic hair”, raise eyebrows in Japan
– We attach chemical butt-warmers to our crotches but really should know better

Misc news:

– What will 2021 mean for Valentine’s Day in Japan? Survey asks teens their chocolate plans
– China Develops Helmets for Soldiers With Self-Destruct Button: Report
∟China Menaced by Exploding Watermelons
∟China Menaced by Exploding Down Jackets
∟China Menaced by Exploding Monitor
∟China Menaced by Exploding Toilet
∟China Menaced by Exploding Coins
∟China Menaced by Exploding China
– Thief Stole Toilet Bowls from New Building Residences
∟Serial toilet thief captured by police in Japan
– Man confuses plastic food samples for real thing then gets arrested for trying to steal cash
– Canadian Woman Fined for Walking Husband on Leash to Dodge Curfew
– Two High School Girls Arrested for Forced Middle School Girl Naked Submission
– Hacker Hijacks Electronic Chastity Cage: “Your C*** Is Mine Now”

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– KyoAni Studio 1 Arson Sources
∟Kyoto Animation arsonist says which scene he feels copied his work and incited attack

– Shueisha Copyright Strikes Include Fanart and Employees
∟DMCA Notices Issued to Twitter Users Over Dragon Ball & Other Series’ Content
– Evangelion Creators Enter Damage Control Mode Following Blow Back to Guidelines

– Anime and Video Game Voice Actor Brad Venable Passes Away at 43

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– GENKI: ShadowCast for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5

Convention news:

– Wonder Festival 2021 Winter Canceled After New State of Emergency Declaration

Live-Action Anime news:

– Kaguya-sama Live-Action Film Sequel Coming on August 20, 2021!
– Universal Acquires ‘Vexille’ with Evan Spiliotopoulos Adapting

Streaming news:

– RetroCrush to Add Entire City Hunter Anime Franchise and More
– GKIDS Announces English Dub for Night Is Short, Walk On Girl, HBO Max Premiere
– Armor Shop for Ladies & Gentlemen Season 1 is Now Live on Crunchyroll
∟Armor Shop for Ladies & Gentlemen II Premieres on Crunchyroll Today!
– 16 years’ worth of One Piece now free-to-read online to celebrate series 1,000th chapter

Theater Release news:

– Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Becomes the Most Attended Film of All Time in Japan
– Evangelion: 3.333 You Can (Not) Redo’s IMAX Screenings Temporarily Suspended
– Mother and Daughter Novel Gyoko no Nikuko-chan to Get Anime Film in ‘Early Summer’
– Ghibli’s Earwig and the Witch Lines Up Theatrical and Streaming Dates
– Legendary basketball anime Slam Dunk is getting a brand-new movie
– Saitama city decides to build first new cinema complex in almost 30 years

Series news:

Anime:
– Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai! Creator Despised Further Due to Controversial Retweet
– Makoto Shinkai Discusses How He Got Pretty Cure in Weathering with You
– Another Rom-Com Manga Soredemo Ayumu wa Yosetekuru Gets TV Anime Adaptation
– Magi Author’s Battle Fantasy Manga Orient to Get TV Anime Adaptation
– Dinosaur Biyori TV Anime Promises Everyday Jurassic Fun
Manga:
– ORICON: Demon Slayer 1st Manga Series to Have Three 5 Million Selling Volumes in Japan
– My Hero Academia Manga Reaches A Milestone of 30 Million Copies
– Publisher Sekai Project Drops English Release of GATE Manga
– Yotsuba&! Manga’s Next 15th Volume Set to be Released on February 27, 2021
– Ending date for Attack on Titan announced, and it’s startlingly soon
∟Attack on Titan Manga to Finish in April 2021 with 4 More Chapters
– Manga Translator Arrested for Alleged Child Pornography Possession, Distribution
Games:
– Sony Discontinues PlayStation 4 Pro in Japan, Only PS4 Slim in-Production
– PlayStation “in Decline in Japan”, Censorship Claimed as One Possible Factor
– Nintendo Acquires Canadian Studio Behind Luigi’s Mansion 3 and More
– Top Hat Studios Provides Evidence of Death Theats & Harassment
– Capcom Video Policy Forbids Content That is “Sexist, Prejudicial to Sexual Orientation”
– GTA V Voice Mods That Add Characters Like DBZ’s Cell Gain New Popularity

Release news:

– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Japanese Police Put Pokémon Card Fraudster on Ice
– Koei Tecmo Files Charges Against Creator and Seller of Bootleg Dead or Alive DVD
∟Koei Tecmo Taking Action Against Seller of DVD With Nude Mod Footage of DOAXVV
– Relive an iconic scene from Weathering with You with Japan’s rentable Hina umbrellas
– Wear Your Favorite Evangelion Scene on This Rain-Proof Gear
– You can turn half your arm into Eva Unit-01 with the crazy Evangelion drink holder
– AliExpress sets new standard for “creepy cute” with Pikacentipede plushie
– Pokémon “you’ll absolutely want to get licked by” plushie is here to make nap time freaky
– 7-Eleven Japan to double the shelf life of their onigiri rice balls
– What’s inside the lucky bag from Akihabara’s largest adult toy shop?

Misc news:

– Kyoto’s Kamogawa River turned blood-red, and no one knows why
∟The third impact has arrived
– Sex Offender Spent Hours Ogling Child Porn at AT&T Store
– Bricklayer Cheated on Wife by Using a Secret Tunnel He Built

– A Bitter Vaccine History Means Hurdles for Japan’s Covid Fight
∟Major Japan CEOs getting under-the-table immunizations with unapproved vaccine

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– Coronavirus News
∟Japan Creating Tracking System for Overseas Travels for Coronavirus Prevention

– LOGAN PAUL SUED OVER HANGING MAN VIDEO … You Torpedoed Our Deal!!!

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

–

Convention news:

– Lack of otaku blood from cancelled Comiket contributing to donation shortage in Japan

Live-Action Anime news:

–

Streaming news:

– Countdown to Midnight With a Gundam New Years Special Featuring Life-Sized Gundam
– KONOSUBA: Legend of Crimson Film’s English Dub Hits Crunchyroll on January 1!
– Re:ZERO Director’s Cut and OVA English Dubs Go Live on Crunchyroll!
– Mamoru Oshii’s New Anime VLADLOVE to Start Streaming in Japan on February 14, 2021
– Weathering With You Has A Special ED Movie for Its First Terrestrial Broadcast

Theater Release news:

– Mugen Train Dethrones Spirited Away to Become the No. 1 Film in Japan of All Time
∟Demon Slayer breaks Spirited Away’s record, becomes no. 1 movie of all time in Japan
∟Kimetsu no Yaiba Takes Down Spirited Away & Becomes Highest-Selling Movie
– Japan Box Office: Demon Slayer Has Extended Its No.1 Run to 11 Weeks
– Chibiusa Falls in Love in Newest Trailer for Sailor Moon Eternal Anime Films

Series news:

Anime:
– Watching Studio Ghibli’s first-ever all-CG anime was weird in weird ways
– Gloomy the Naughty Grizzly Premieres April 2021
– Cheat Pharmacist’s Slow Life Announces Summer 2021 Premiere, Main VAs & Key Visual
– Kageki Shojo!! Anime Shares New Character Art, Praise from High-Profile Fans
– 1-Hour Doraemon New Year Special Goes to the Altar and Outer Space
– ZOMBIE LAND SAGA Season 2 TV Anime Gets Revenge in April 2021
– World Witches Hasshinshimasu! Promising Partial Nudity
– Non Non Biyori Anime Launches Countdown Project for Its 3rd Season “Non Stop”
– Kyukyoku Shinka Full Dive Comically Inconvenient VR RPG Anime
– Fate/Grand Carnival Sambas into a 2-Part OVA for 2021
Manga:
– Black Lagoon is having an important announcement in the April 2021 issue of Sunday GX
– Creator of Japan’s first pole dancing manga talks with our pole-dancing reporter
Games:
– Tsukihime Visual Novel Remake Comes to PS4 and Switch Summer 2021 in Japan
– Jealous Feminists Attack the Sexy Girls of Sense – A Cyberpunk Ghost Story

Release news:

– Sentai Filmworks Sets Sights on Vengeance with Redo of Healer License
– Right Stuf
∟Best of 2020 Limited Edition

Random Merch news:

– Atlanta Graduate Student Turns Pokémon Card Investment Into Medical School Future
– Tanjiro from Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Gets Roly-Poly as an Oversized Plush Toy
– Line of figures depicting animals using toilets begins pre-orders three months in advance
– Date of Japanese holiday Setsubun changes to 2 February for first time in 124 years
– Adult entertainment guidance center appears in Akihabara, some worry hood is changing

Misc news:

– Voice Actor Says That No Matter How Popular the Work is ‘the Salary Stays the Same’
– Enako, Japan’s Top Cosplayer, Reveals How Much She Made By Cosplaying in 2020
∟Japan’s number-one cosplayer Enako sparks heated debate after revealing insane income
– Kameoka City Will Not Use Term “Sexual Minority” as it “Sounds Discriminatory”
– New Evangelion Guidelines Prohibit Fan-Created Hentai and More
∟20-year fan artist retires from Rei art after studio’s “No EVA fan porn please” request
– ‘Adolf Hitler’ wins Namibia’s local election; says no plans to conquer the world

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
∟When you Google search someone tweets pop up

– Coronavirus News
∟Japan finds 1st case of new variant of coronavirus
∟Japan to close all borders starting from 28th Dec until the end of January
∟Japan Airlines staff reassigned to work as shrine maidens during COVID travel downturn
∟Dumb Japanese school dress codes — Coronavirus winter edition

– Official costs of Tokyo Olympics up by 22% to $15.4 billion

– Manga author who groped girl’s breasts on Tokyo street won’t have to spend any time in jail
∟Minor-Assaulting Act-Age Mangaka Gets a Three-Year Suspended Sentence

– Studio Ghibli quietly joins Twitter as anime production company creates official account
– Evangelion Twitter Account Warns of Eva 3.0+1.0 Spoilers Being Posted In Future Tweets

– LINE and Yahoo Japan to Be Combined

– Blood of Zeus word-for-word plagiarizes a scene from “The Prestige”

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

–

Convention news:

– Comiket 99 Shrinks Back Down to 3 Days for Golden Week Event

Live-Action Anime news:

– City Hunter Gets the Takarazuka Musical Treatment This Summer

Streaming news:

– Toonami To Premiere Attack on Titan Season 4 On January 9th
∟Attack on Titan Final Season Visual Updated to Spotlight a Series VIP
– Netflix Brings the Holiday Cheer, Announces Aggretsuko Season 4
– Read Attack on Titan and More with Crunchyroll’s HTML5 Manga Reader!
– Who’s That Voice Actor? New App Uses AI to Identify Anime Stars

Theater Release news:

– Japan Box Office: Demon Slayer’s Non-stop Domination Finally Reaches Its 10th Week
∟Mugen Train Only Needs 520 Million Yen to Become No. 1 and Overtake Spirited Away
– Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA Feature Film Gets Its Title: “Licht: A Nameless Girl”
– Pompo: The Cinéphile Film Again Postponed to June 4, 2021

Series news:

Anime:
– Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid S Delivers 4 Character Trailers as Early Christmas Gifts
– Step-Sisters Fall in Love with Fishing in Slow Loop TV Anime
– ‘The Honor Student at Magic High School’ ‘Mahouka’ Spin-Off Manga Gets Anime in 2021
– Animation Studio Tonko House Announces New Series and Fan Community
– Tokyo Babylon 2021 TV Anime Delayed Due to Character Design Plagiarism
– Majo no Tabitabi Creator on no Pantsu: “It Limits the Audience to a Male Demographic”
Manga:
– Akane Shimizu’s Cells at Work! Manga Ends in January
∟Akane Shimizu’s Cells at Work! Manga to End Serialization Next Month
– Nyanpasu Goes Quiet, Non Non Biyori Manga to End in Three Chapters
– We Never Learn: BOKUBEN Manga Ends Today Bringing All the Girls Together
– Quintessential Quintuplets Creator Negi Haruba Set to Launch New Series in February
– One Piece Creator on Demon Slayer’s Success: “I Wish All Manga Could Be Like This”
– Ohio Lawmakers Attempt to Ban Anime Book, Author Susan J. Napier Responds
∟Exclusive: Dr. Susan Napier Speaks Out on Attempt to Ban Her Anime Book
Games:
– Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has a stealth cameo in Cyberpunk 2077, gamers say
– Gal Gun Returns Cancelled on Xbox One, Censorship Issues Surmised as Reason
– Resident Evil Revelations 3 Rumored to be Switch Time Exclusive
– Man Arrested for Abducting Child to “Play Games” With at Home

Release news:

– The Adventures of the Little Prince Gets Remastered Bluray in Japan
– AKIRA 4K Limited Edition: HDR Disc Replacement How-To
∟Funimation downsampled the shitty AKIRA UHD 192kHz Hypersonic remix to 48kHz
– Right Stuf
– Lupin Mistakes

Random Merch news:

– A life-sized bust of Kenshiro from First of the North Star from Osaka is tax deductible!
– Sailor Moon lingerie sets, new Senshi panties coming to celebrate Sailor Moon Eternal
– Official Princess Mononoke knit sweaters hit the GBL this winter
– Support Shampoo’s Neko Hanten in Latest Line of Ranma 1/2 Goods
– Taste the Rasengan with Naruto Shippuden Whey Protein Powder
– Pokémon Tokyo Banana team-up enters round two with suggestions to freeze, singe Eevee
– Travelers can now fly in a Pokémon airplane in Japan
– Bluetooth tombstones are here to help you mourn loved ones without breaking the bank

Misc news:

– School renames boys, girls uniforms as “Type I” and “Type II” in gender identity reform
– Yahoo Japan Will Utilize AI to Delete “Hateful Comments”
– Poland Bill Can Induce $2.2 Million Fines Towards Social Media Platforms That Censor
– Gunma teacher arrested for spray-gluing coworker’s belongings to desk
– Man steals front end loader from neighboring town to plow snow in own neighborhood

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
∟Ron Toye admits his Tweets were defamatory?

– Coronavirus News
∟COVID appears to be suppressing the flu in Japan, number of cases down and decreasing
∟Did the Governor of Tokyo just cosplay as Buzz Lightyear to talk about coronavirus?

– Terrace House star Hana Kimura’s suicide proceeding as a criminal case

– Mt Fuji looks unusual, sparks fears of possible eruption

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– A Small Gift to our Supporters! Happy Holidays!

Convention news:

–

Live-Action Anime news:

– Resident Evil Film Reboot Tentatively Slated For September 2021 Release
– High School Students Join The Battle of Sengoku Period in Gunjou Senki Live-action Film

Streaming news:

– Funimation App for Nintendo Switch Releases December 15
– One Piece Gets A Dedicated Channel on Pluto TV
– Anime Viewership Doubled on Netflix in the U.S. This Year
– Crunchyroll to Stream Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!

Theater Release news:

– Studio Khara Confirms Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Anime Film is 100% Complete
∟Final Evangelion movie is finally finished, because Hideaki Anno says it is
– Japan Box Office: Demon Slayer Has Stayed at No.1 for Nine Consecutive Weeks
– Pulled Monster Hunter Film Delays Demon Slayer: Mugen Train’s Chinese Release
– Gintama Creator’s Demon Slayer Illustrations Previewed Ahead of Gintama Film Release
– Ryoma Goes Full 3D in The Prince of Tennis CG Movie Teaser and Visual

Series news:

Anime:
– Recovery of an MMO Junkie Manga Author Provides Original Story for Project Vertical Rise
– Death Note Team’s Latest Work Platinum End Gets TV Anime Adaptation in Fall 2021
– My Hero Academia Season 5 TV Anime to Go Plus Ultra on March 27
– GKIDS Announces English Voice Cast for Earwig And The Witch
– Gothic Mysteries Abound in Shadows House TV Anime Teaser Trailer
– Bleach Creator Tite Kubo to Open ‘Klub Outside’ Fan Club With Exclusive Illustrations
– Malicious Revenge Finally Begins in Redo of Healer TV Anime 2nd PV
∟Anime News Network Preemptively Censoring Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi Discussion
Manga:
– Work-Centric Spinoff Oh My Job-Hunting Goddess! Starts Its Internet Run
– Act-Age Manga Artist Illustrates New One-Shot in Weekly Shonen Jump Next Week
Games:
– Sony Yanks Cyberpunk 2077 From Store Amidst Talks of Legal Trouble
∟Sony & Xbox Refunding Digital Copies of Cyberpunk 2077, Removed From PS Store
– Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis Brags About Having no Gender Options
– Collection of SaGa Allegedly Censors Words “Colored”, “Terrorist” and More
– China’s Online Games Will Require Real Name Verification From June 2021 Onward

Release news:

– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Official Totoro reclining sofa makes naps on the Ghibli star’s tummy a real-life option
– Evangelion sleeping bag Entry Plug is the best place to spend the winter
– One Piece’s Iconic Characters Get Fresh New Looks in Bandai’s BUSTERCALL Collection
– Japanese masturbatory aid maker Tenga unloads its “biggest gift ever”

Misc news:

– Department store officially apologizes for English poster calling Kyoto the world’s enemy
– Former Gainax President Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Sexual Assault
∟Ex-Gainax President Is Sentenced to More Than 2 Years in Prison for Indecent Assault
– Part-Time Magician Fails Vanishing Act in Evading Crude Tousatsu Crime
– Woman Who Called Trans Woman a “He” Cleared of Charges, Court Labels Act Free Speech
– We piss our pants over and over to find the most comfortable baby diaper to pee in

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com

– Kyoto Animation Arson Suspect to be Indicted on Murder, Other Charges

– Coronavirus News
∟Pokemon Voice Actress Rika Matsumoto Accused of COVID-19 Relief Scam

– Sony Reportedly Issues Refunds as CDPR’s Stock Tanks
∟Sony Customer Support Refusing Cyberpunk 2077 Refunds

– AT&T to Sell Crunchyroll to Sony’s Funimation Global Group
∟Crunchyroll and Funimation Global Group

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

–

Convention news:

–

Live-Action Anime news:

– Monster Hunter gets pulled from Chinese theaters in less than a day over “knees” pun
∟Monster Hunter movie line to be removed globally following backlash in China

Streaming news:

– Disney+ will raise the price by one dollar to $7.99/month in March
– Netflix Seemingly Working on Sonic the Hedgehog Animated Series for 2022
– Twitch Removes “Blind Playthrough” Tag for Perceived Ableist Connotations
– Twitch Allowing Cyberpunk 2077 Streams Despite Sexual Content
– Twitter Degenerates “Literally Crying” Over New Loli Succubus VTuber

Theater Release news:

– Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Film Is 1st Since Spirited Away to Earn 30 Billion Yen
∟3 Ghibli Films’ Box Office Totals Rose Due to This Year’s Revival Screenings
– Eva welcomes back Utada Hikaru for final movie’s theme song, vinyl collected release

Series news:

Anime:
– Sound Cadence Studios has been working with Funimation
– Chainsaw Man Anime Adaptation Officially Coming
– SSSS.Dynazenon PV Gives Glimpses of Colorful Kaiju & Mecha
– Star Wars: Visions
– Petition started to stop Doraemon from constantly showing Shizuka in the bath
Manga:
– Kimetsu no Yaiba Manga Sales Surpass 100 Million
∟Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba breaks all-time single-week Oricon manga sales record
Games:
– GameStop to Close 700 Stores This Year
– Final Fantasy’s Sephiroth joins Smash Bros., intent on shanking Mario, taking off shirt
– Resident Evil Village Build Allegedly Leaked Online

Release news:

– Super Mario Manga Mania Released in English
– Discotek Day Tweet Thread
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Choco Eggs now come with Super Mario figures from two decades of Nintendo history
– Slip into a new, more comfortable normal with Aoki Holdings’ Pajama Suit
– Japanese plushies’ tentacles want to keep you warm this winter
– Giant Godzilla statue is part of Japanese park’s Christmas illumination celebration
– We visit the Giant Buddha statue that our reporter dubs “kawaii” and “like a mascot”

Misc news:

– Fukuoka woman drives through front of convenience store because she really needed to pee
∟To ask or not to ask: The etiquette and law of using convenience store restrooms in Japan
∟Car crashes into 7-Eleven, owner gets guard rails, car crashes into gap in the rails
– 40.5% of Japanese People Have Sex With Someone Other Than Their Lover
– Formerly Celebrated Teacher, Born Without Arms or Legs, Indicted on Child Sex Charges
∟Quadruple Amputee Charged for Child Sex Crimes
– Mother Who Had Sex With 14-Year-Old Deemed Innocent, Will Make OnlyFans
– Man told he owes “unpaid adult web site fees,” ends up giving scammers over 100 million ¥
– Idol otaku arrested for bomb threat after his idol T-shirt gets burned
– Elderly Wakayama woman arrested for hacking her local supermarket’s self-checkout
– Post office manager sacked for embezzling 130 million yen in stamps
– Supermarket slip lawsuit ruling influenced by size and color of pumpkin tempura
– We piss our pants over and over to find the most comfortable baby diaper to pee in

Topics of discussion

Opening discussions:

– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com
– Vic Mignogna Court Case
∟

– Coronavirus News
∟Face-mask-themed park “Tokyo Mask Land” opens in Japan

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Typhoon destroys real Ghost of Tsushima torii gate, crowdfunding campaign launched

Convention news:

–

Live-Action Anime news:

– Metal Gear Movie to Star Oscar Isaac as Solid Snake
– Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Movie to Begin Filming in March

Streaming news:

– Sentai Filmworks Acquires Distribution Rights to Happy-Go-Lucky Days

Theater Release news:

– “Racist Joke” Supposed Reason Behind Monster Hunter Movie’s Removal in China
– Third My Hero Academia Movie Premieres Summer 2021

Series news:

Anime:
– Gorgeous new artwork for 2021 Sailor Moon Eternal anime movie released
– New Code Geass Anime & Smartphone Game Coming
– Studio Ghibli puppets??!! Hayao Miyazaki’s son unveils Earwig and the Witch puppet show
Manga:
– ABA Requests Challenge Against Penguin Random House’s Purchase of Simon & Schuster
– New DC Comics Work Stars Fat & Gay Daughter of Starfire
Games:
– Time-Travelling MMORPG Chrono Odyssey Promises Intense Fantasy Action
– Eroge Developer Lose Will Cease Production of New Works
– Gravity Rush & Silent Hill Creator Keiichiro Toyama Forms Bokeh Game Studio
– Famous Valve Dev Bans Player from DOTA Unfairly
– Studio FOW Issues Full Retraction Over Arch Denouncement
– Nintendo Hacker Sentenced to 3 Years Prison, Had Child Abuse Images

Release news:

– New Haruhi Novel Gets Reprint Within Two Days of Its Release
– LUPIN III: GREATEST HEISTS
– Funimation Debuts One Piece TV Series on Blu-ray Disc With Season 11
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– Steve Conte is selling some of his gear
– New Japanese KitKat has been aged in whisky barrels from Islay, Scotland
– Straw Hat Brides – Official One Piece wedding dresses going on sale in Japan
– Disney lingerie sets from Japan let you step into the world of a magical princess
– New Princess Mononoke tote bags from L.L. Bean feature glow-in-the-dark forest spirits
– Now you can be one step closer to the very best with your very own life-size Poké Ball
– Nendoroid Crimvael
– Funko Announces Official Junji Ito Vinyl Figures
– Shin Mazinger Zero Vs Great General of Darkness Alloy Action Figure
– Life-Sized RX-78-2 Gundam Impresses With Slow Yet Steady Movement
– Start Your Child’s Slaying Training Early With These Demon Slayer Hashira Baby Rompers

Misc news:

– Moms vs. demon slayers — grade schoolers asked: “Who do you respect most and why?”
– Samurai’s severed head moved in Tokyo, earthquake occurs at his body in Ibaraki
– 43-Year-Old Thief Successfully Stole Over 100 Seifuku
– We piss our pants over and over to find the most comfortable baby diaper to pee in