Topics of discussion
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– ‘Learning about sex is not dirty’: Japan using sex education to keep kindergarten kids safe
∟Sonic Says: That’s no Good! [Remastered 4K]
– Pickups
– Japanese Legal Experts Say AI-Generated Images Could Qualify as Copyrighted Works
∟Brandon Sanderson’s take on AI artists
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
– Hi-chan no Monogatari: A Manga About Life Before Birth
Convention news:
– Mega huge Mega Charizard Pokémon kites fly in the skies of Japan
– Chinese Tourists Caught Sleeping Inside Coin Lockers in Shinjuku
Live-Action Anime news:
– Zelda Movie Leaked Set Video Hints at Major Character Reveal
∟Legend of Zelda Live-Action Movie Teased, Clearly Inspired by Breath of the Wild
∟The detail in the wardrobe is a nice touch
∟Dodged a bullet for sure
– Return to Silent Hill Shows Off More Familiar Characters
∟Return to Silent Hill Film Trailer Goes All in on Adapting Silent Hill 2
– Sydney Sweeney ‘Mobile Suit Gundam’ Film Gets Plot Update – And Reactions Will Separate Real Anime Fans From Dishonest Grifters
Streaming news:
– OceanVeil Reveals Nukitashi The Animation’s English Dub Cast, Staff
Theater Release news:
– Japan Box Office: Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc Returns to No.1 in 9th Weekend
– Japan Box Office: JUJUTSU KAISEN: Execution Compilation Film Debuts at No. 1
∟Jujutsu Kaisen Film Warns Viewers: Up to 10 Years in Prison or ¥10 Million Fine
– Memories Anthology Anime Film Gets 30th Anniversary Visual, More Screenings
∟Hopefully coming to 4K over here too
– The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Sprouts Sunshine in 1st Trailer
∟Brie Larson is playing Rosalina
∟Brie Larson Cast as Rosalina in Super Mario Galaxy Movie — Nintendo Takes a Big Risk After The Marvels Collapse
Series news:
Anime:
– The Drops of God TV Anime Announced for 2026
– ROLL OVER AND DIE Anime Reveals January 2026 Broadcast in New Trailer
– The Cat and the Dragon Anime Premieres in July 2026
– Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling Anime Debuts in January 2026
– Kusunoki’s Garden of Gods Anime Shares Trailer and Key Visual Confirming April 2026 Premiere
– An Adventurer’s Daily Grind at Age 29 Anime Adds Two New Cast Members
– Magic Repo Man: Dumped by My Party, I’ll Cash In With a Cute Support Fairy to Become the Strongest! Anime Announced for 2026
– My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha Anime is Out for Revenge with New Trailer, Five Cast Additions
– Noble Reincarnation ~Born Blessed, So I’ll Obtain Ultimate Power~ Anime Showcases Its Six Leads in New Character Art
∟Noble Reincarnation ~Born Blessed, So I’ll Obtain Ultimate Power~ Anime Reveals Main Visual, 4 More Cast Members
– Hideo Kojima’s Death Stranding Game Reveals Anime Series
∟Death Stranding Anime Film Reveals Teaser Trailer and Main Staff
– NEEDY GIRL OVERDOSE Anime Announced for April 2026
– Now That We Draw TV Anime Announced
– Marika’s Love Meter Malfunction TV Anime Announced for 2026
– One Punch Man season 3 isn’t doing so good
∟Episode 6 in particular is drawing a lot of ire
∟It is the lowest rated anime episode of the year
∟And this is a year that broke records with Demon Slayer and Chainsaw Man
∟Even Velma is beating it
∟Apparently there is a color worse than red
∟This is a Game of Thrones-level drop-off
∟Even Dragon Ball Evolution is beating it
∟And it just keeps on dropping
∟Meanwhile, My Hero Academia sits on the opposite end of the spectrum
∟Its current rating
∟The amount of animation is so low that you can basically watch the episode via screenshots
∟Meanwhile, Uma Musume has 24fps animation
∟People are taking issue with the color palette
∟Say no to standard coloring
∟What’s weird is that it is apparently happening after the fact
∟It doesn’t appear to be in any of the TVs
∟King apparently can’t wear a plaid shirt either
∟The underwhelmed rainbow glow
∟The lack of effort borders on censorship at times
∟The color palette may even be an excuse not to draw backgrounds
∟The quality is so low we can actually predict the shots
∟This could even be considered neutering
∟The soul is just not there
∟Though they are using an edited image in the comparison
∟This is the real image
∟Some people were motivated enough to do it themselves
∟Sadly, it’s not even the most egregious part of the scene
∟People want them to just start over with a new studio
∟Or at least cancel it
∟I’m not really seeing the problem
∟The lack of animation is especially painful for manga readers
∟Captain Mizuki’s censorship is also painful for manga readers
∟Apparently the censorship is worth the animators’ time
∟Sometimes they forget though
∟They can’t seem to get anything right
∟Even cutting off their artwork
∟A closeup
∟When compared to Murata’s artwork, everything is a letdown
∟People are pointing out that even Season 1 is a letdown
∟Some are claiming that Season 3 is using Season 1 materials to promote it
∟Good luck to whoever gets Season 4
∟The fan animations are blowing the official art out of the water
∟The fan edits look incredible
∟But don’t forget the color palette
∟Absolute Cinema
∟The actual animators are not happy either
∟His full statement
– Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 Anime Previews milet Ending Song in New Trailer
∟Frieren looking up is an art form
∟Its meme status was boosted by the theft title
∟People are recreating it in Blender
∟People are recreating it in espresso
∟People are recreating it in pixel art
∟Sometimes really well
∟Sometimes too well
∟A compilation of the artwork
∟Another compilation of the artwork
∟The stragglers we otherwise would not cover
∟Finally, a worthy companion to Sasuke
∟Perfection
∟Animators attempt to draw the Frieren angle
∟Art teachers are now using it in their lessons
∟Advice for how to do it
∟The right way and the wrong way
∟Someone animated it from the wrong way to the right way
∟Frieren at the beach
∟Another sketch
∟More detailed Frieren meme
∟Higher fidelity Frieren meme
∟Some people are just showing off
∟Some less talented individuals are trying their best
∟Some are nightmare fuel
∟People try to fix it by drawing a different angle
∟They’re not even trying
∟Artists actually think AI artists are being left out of the meme
∟Even the RuneScape community got in on it
∟Even the Clippers community are in on it
∟Even KFC is in on it
∟It’s gotten to the point that it is a bit much
∟The voice of Frieren used it as her profile picture
∟The memes are crossing
∟Is being “white” what makes Frieren cute?
∟This cosplay is where the black Frieren is coming from
∟People are drawing fan art of the black Frieren
∟This one guy really wants to demoralize black cosplayers
∟A more reasonable take
∟Some people are taking a much more brutal approach
∟Just when you think it can’t get worse
∟People are drawing black Frieren as a trap to advertise their crap
∟Too bad the actual “manga” looks like street trash
∟Which wouldn’t be a big deal except that these are the cultural appropriation police
∟Why the whore appropriation, though?
– Why European-Inspired Anime Needs More Black Protagonists
∟Mohammad Zul is down bad for white aristocrat women
∟The Kingdom of Hayti
∟South Africa’s First Black Bank
∟The African Space Race
Manga:
– Hinako Note Author Admits She Wanted to Draw H-Manga After Series End
– Rent-A-Girlfriend protagonist becomes irresistible to women
∟Now that he’s a shameless self-insert, of course
– Japan Court Orders Cloudflare to Pay ¥500 Million for Aiding Manga Piracy Sites
Games:
– Where Winds Meet English Release Ditches Sex for Body Types
∟Mark Kern blames the gatekeeping localizers
– Writer of Dispatch Admits Sex Scenes Were Cut & Suggests They May Return
– Brave x Junction Currently Banned From Release on Western Nintendo EShop
– Silent Hill f update 1.10 out now, adds Casual difficulty and more
– Metroid Prime 4: Beyond Heavily Criticized Over “Cringeworthy Humor”
∟He appears to be based on their senior recruitment officer
– Hitman World of Assassination elusive target “Eminem vs. Slim Shady” announced
– Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack Switch Release Canceled in the West
∟Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack western release canceled over platform restrictions
∟Corpse Party Tetralogy Pack Canceled After Failing Platform Guidelines
Release news:
– Right Stuf
∟Live-action The Girl Who Leapt Through Time DVD
∟Live-action The Girl Who Leapt Through Time blu-ray
∟Live-action The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 4K
Random Merch news:
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– ONE PIECE x Absolutely Ridiculous Collab Debuts GEAR5 Themed Baseball Gloves
– Snuggle up to a fried oyster with ingenious cushion and cover set from Japan
– Black Pochita
∟Blackface* Pochita
– New Dragon Ball die-cast car toys bring Frieza’s pod to the Dream Tomica line
– Chainsaw Man’s Himeno Makes for Quite the Sultry Bunny Girl
– Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete Araga Kiwi Bunny Girl Figure Superbly Cute
– NIKKE’s Sultry Maiden Gets a Bikini Figure from Union Creative
– Coolbear Studio Reveals New Saucy Stellar Blade Eve Figure
– Onii-chan wa Oshimai! Mahiro Figure the Epitome of Sweet
– Azur Lane’s Atago Ferociously Feral in Wolf Girl Figure
– ‘Gundam’ Sales Boom Thanks To ‘GquuuuuX’, Overtakes ‘Dragon Ball’ And ‘One Piece’ As Bandai Namco’s Best-Selling IP
– Japan’s famous Suica Penguin JR train pass card mascot is “graduating”/being laid off
Misc news:
– China Quality Ointment Gives Woman’s Skin Snake-Like Patterns
– China Quality Bridge Collapses Months After Opening
– Another Japanese Idol Dismissed After Photo Suggests She Had Hidden Boyfriend
– Japanese pop idol A-chan reveals she’s always wanted to marry a fan, and she’s done it
– Japanese Woman Marries AI Chatbot in Mixed-Reality Ceremony
– Indonesian Arrested After Breaking Into Woman’s Room & Admitting “Interest in Her Body”