Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
– Answer #OCAPodcast questions
– OCA Podcast Patreon
– Anime Collector Patreon
– StealthWeeb.com
– KyoAni Arson News
∟Final Kyoto Animation Worldwide Donations Total Over US$30 Million
∟Mother of KyoAni artist who died in arson wants on-site memorial, residents opposed
– Global Anime Companies Set up GoFundMe for Australian Bushfires
– Japanese Suicides Reach Record Low
∟Fewer people committed suicide in Japan last year than in any other year on record
– Dragon Ball’s Iconic English Narrator Brice Armstrong Passes Away
– Mayor wants to legally control when kids can and can’t use smartphones in their own home
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
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Convention news:
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Live-Action Anime news:
– Princess Jellyfish Creator’s Food Detective Manga Gets Live-Action Adaptation
– King & Prince Member Ren Nagase Set to Star in Yowamushi Pedal Live-Action Film
– Tonkatsu DJ Agetaro Live-Action Film Finally Gets Release Date
Streaming news:
– Winter 2020 TV Anime Rikekoi Viewed More Than 10 Million Times in 5 Days in China
– NHK Prepares to Stream to Smart Devices Starting in Spring
– Netflix to stream Studio Ghibli films worldwide (except U.S., Canada, Japan)
– Dragon Quest: Your Story CG Movie Hits Netflix on February 13
Theater Release news:
– Weathering with You Anime Film Surpasses Your Name in North American Box Office
– Fathom Events Confirms Ride Your Wave Anime Film Will Screen in U.S. on February 19
Series news:
Anime:
– The Dead Rise for Dorohedoro x ZOMBIE LAND SAGA Collaboration
– New Lyrical Nanoha Project Announced
– Kadokawa Confirms New Made in Abyss Sequel
– Fruits Basket Season 2 TV Anime Confirmed for Spring 2020
– New Digimon Adventure TV Anime Announced for April 2020
– Sword Art Online Director Teases Upcoming Mystery Anime
– TV Anime GeGeGe no Kitaro 6th Season to End Its 2-Year Run in March
– Age Gap Romcom Manga Koi to Yobuniha Kimochi Warui Gets TV Anime
– New Love Live! Project Coming
Manga:
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Games:
– Koei Tecmo Games Sues Chinese Mobile Game Company for Copyright Infringement
Release news:
– Mill Creek Powers Up with Ultraman Ace and Ultraman X Blurays in 2020
– Hayao Miyazaki directed Lupin III part. 2 Ep 155 will be available in dub
– Right Stuf
Random Merch news:
– Kick the Vending Machine Like To Aru Kagaku no Railgun’s Misaka
– New virgin-killing sweater discovered, modeled in Japan
– Tenga releases masturbatory-aid shaped chocolates for Valentine’s Day in Japan
– McDonald’s Japan’s cute Sanrio toy has a dis-ass-terous misprint
– Light Up Your Life With a Rimuru Lamp and Other Adventuring Goods
– Evangelion Teddy Bears Make Angel Fighting a Little Cozier
– Evangelion Conquers the Cover of smart Men’s Fashion Magazine
– New hanging file case cover display merch for sale and trade at conventions
– Toyota Invests ¥43 Billion Into Flying Vehicles
– Mojo Vision Working on AR Contact Lenses
– The weird and wonderful things you’ll find at Japanese love hotels
– Moving life-size Gundam statue’s debut date, new home in Japan announced
– Japanese newspaper issues correction over hilarious Harry and Meghan photo
– Rare Fish Festival in Tokyo serves up dishes so good that oil may leak from your anus!
Misc news:
– “Mayonnaise Man” believed to have returned to his uniform-ruining ways in Hokkaido
– Singer, Voice Actress Aoi Yūki Slaps Her Fans as Raffle Prize
∟Hundreds of otaku line up to get spanked by anime voice actress at Tokyo event
– Deaf Man Sues Pornhub For Discrimination Over Lack of Subtitles
∟Deaf man from Brooklyn sues Pornhub over lack of closed captioning
– Tokyo man arrested for abandoning father’s remains in a subway station men’s room
– Male University Student Arrested For Reaching Into Schoolgirl’s Skirt
– Keio University Staff Recorded 1,000 Videos of Women in the Restrooms
– 10-Year-Old Boy Impregnates Teenage Girl
– 71-Year-Old Arrested For Throwing Filled Condoms Into a Yard
– Pedophile Who Identifies as 8-Year-Old Claims Child Porn a “Constitutional Right”