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– Tenga

– Studio Ghibli closes its official Twitter account at short notice

– Japan Successfully Fires World’s First Ship-Mounted Railgun at Sea
– Japanese Economy to Drop to 4th, Behind Germany for First Time in 55 years
– Japan Enlisting Prison Inmates to Peel Shellfish
   ∟U.S. military in Japan bulk buys Japanese scallops as China’s Japanese seafood ban continues
– Gackt: ‘Why Are 40% of People in Their 20s Virgins? Have More Sex!’
– Oculus Quest3 Mixed Reality Lets Players Bring Cute Anime Girls Home
– Saitama Public Schools Getting Taken Over by Gaijin Kids

– Anime Fans Say a Rurouni Kenshin Dub “Shouldn’t Even Be Happening” After VA Donations

– Advertiser Friendly Content Guidelines Updates on Adult Content

– Pickups

– Japanese Netizens Waking Up to Perils of Foreign Credit Card Reliance

– Report: Disney Asked Microsoft To Prevent AI Users From Infringing Its Trademarks
   ∟Pixar Evangelion
   ∟Pixar American Psycho
– Artists Lose First Round of Copyright Infringement Case Against AI Art Generators

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Masaaki Ninomiya’s Gannibal Horror Manga Series in English!

Live-Action Anime news:

– Sega Talks About Possibly Making Persona & Yakuza Movies
– Ikki Kajiwara’s Tiger Mask Wrestling Manga Gets Italian Live-Action Film Adaptation

Streaming news:

– HIDIVE Announces Select Shutdown Outside of North America
– Pokemon Gets Wooly With Netflix Show Pokemon Concierge
– Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac – Battle for Sanctuary Part 2 Premieres in 2024
– Entrepreneur: ‘Japan Is Losing Tax Money Because of Mosaics in AV, Get Rid of Them!’
– Former AV Star Sora Aoi on ‘Feeling Sorry for Kids of AV Actress Mothers’
   ∟Sora Aoi to Livestream Birth of Her Kids

Theater Release news:

– Studio Ponoc’s The Imaginary Anime Film Adds Akira Terao, Hana Sugisaki
∟The Imaginary Anime Film Welcomes Five New Cast Members to Its Magical World
– Gurren Lagann Anime Films to Get First U.S. Theatrical Screenings in January 2024

Series news:

Anime:
– Studio MAPPA in Trouble as Jujutsu Kaisen Production Breaks Down
∟JJK S2 Animators Reach Breaking Point At MAPPA, Anime’s Future Uncertain
– Mission: Yozakura Family Anime Posts New Individual Character Visuals
– ‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess Anime Adds Two Dastardly Demons to the Cast
– Goro Taniguchi’s BLOODY ESCAPE Anime Film Reveals New Trailer, Visual
– The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies TV Anime Officially Announced
– Plus-sized Misadventures in Love! Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation
– Senpai is an Otokonoko TV Anime Reveals New Teaser Trailer, Visual
– Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! Anime Premieres January 10
– Kadokawa Is Creating Its Own Anime Studio
– Toei Animation Announces Global Expansion Plans
– Saudi Arabian Broadcaster MBC Group Officially Joins Fuji TV And TV Asahi Production Committees, Announces Arabic Simulcasts For ‘Protocol: Rain’ And Yoko Taro’s ‘Kamierabi God.app’
Manga:
– Akamatsu Ken Warns About International Pressure Censoring Manga
– AI-generated episode of legendary Black Jack manga series unveiled
– Golgo 13 Spinoff Manga Gunsmith Dave Returns With New Arc in February
– Hunter x Hunter Creator to Reveal a ‘Dropped Ending’ in Case He Passes
Games:
– Japanese Government Considering Taxing IT Giants on Game Apps by 2025
– Shiravune Continues Inserting Politics in Criminal Border Translation
– Chinese Streamer Dies After 5 All-Nighters of Genshin Impact
– Microsoft Fully Onboard With Generative AI in Games
– Naruto x Boruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections dub seems off
   ∟Someone tagged in Naruto’s voice actor
      ∟Maile Flanagan claims she definitely didn’t record it that way
         ∟Did they redo the voices with AI?

Release news:

– ODD TAXI Manga Licensed by Denpa
– Yen Press Reveals Extensive NYCC Acquisition Slate
   ∟Yen Press Licenses Sword Art Online Re:Aincrad and More
– Alien Books Announces First Slate Of Manga Titles
– J-Novel Club Expands to Europe With JNC Nina
   ∟J-Novel Club Announces Anime NYC 2023 Manga and Light Novel Slate
– Aniplex lies about dub on Bunny Girl Senpai blu-ray
   ∟Apparently Right Stuf already apologized for the miscommunication
– Right Stuf

Random Merch news:

– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Pull Tissue From the Head Orifice of Dragon Ball’s Saibamen
– Japan Looks to Ban Synthetic Cannabinoid ‘HHCH’ After Many Fall Ill From Gummies
– Japanese tea commercial actress created by AI, has some wondering if it’s the scandal-free future
– Toei Develops Virtual Girl Lisa Using AI Tech
   ∟A husband and wife exceeded Toei in 2015
– Groom calls off wedding after finding explicit AI chats on bride-to-be’s phone
   ∟People Can’t Access Their AI Girlfriend Because the Service Went Down After CEO Jailed for Setting His Apartment on Fire
– Halloween costume idea: Dressing up as the Tokyo neighborhood that banned Halloween parties

Misc news:

– “Men-only train car” to run in Tokyo as part of “Weak Men’s” association awareness campaign
– Train Molester Arrested After Injuring Himself in Failed Escape Attempt
– Kabukicho’s Female Prostitutes Seeing More Competition From Male ‘Tachinbo’
– 97-Year-Old Man Crashes Car: ‘I Wasn’t Driving a Car!’
– Man in Japan arrested after sneaking into woman’s apartment and washing her lingerie
   ∟Man Arrested for Breaking & Entering to Wash Woman’s Underwear
– City Worker Arrested for Stopping Car to Assault Woman to Look at Pantsu
– Kyoto Man Arrested for Sending Horny Messages to Middle School Girl
– Man Intrudes Into Women’s Baths Claiming He ‘Has Heart of a Woman’
– Company Exec Arrested for Illegally Dumping 50kg of Urine Bottles
– EasyJet pilot tells passengers flight from Tenerife to London is cancelled as passenger ‘defecated on floor’
– Groom’s angry ex throws poop on him and new bride at wedding: ‘Stooping low’
– A man gave himself poop transplants using his mom’s feces to treat his debilitating Crohn’s. Then he started experiencing her menopause symptoms.
– Taco Bell employee sues over wild staff Christmas party that ended in three-way sex romps and revelers vomiting in guacamole bowl after frisky supervisor covered windows and cameras with wrapping paper
– Girl describes what it was like to have sex with her dad

AC’s Funhouse

– Godshard Chronicles: A Retro-Meets-Modern Action RPG
– Crazy gadget company Thanko’s new “earphones” don’t play music, do heat your ears from the inside
– 100-year-old brush shop in Tokyo sells a Japanese body brush that’s painfully good
– Attack on Titan Anime’s Titans Become Beetles in New Plastic Model Kits
– Attack on Titan Anime Re-Releases its Bestselling Ukiyo-e Print
– Hot spring offers people of all ages chance to participate in Japanese school-style sports day
– “Get them drunk then chop off their heads.” Samurai’s assassination plot against U.S. envoys found
– “Android” arrested for rice ball theft in Japan, Android Woman denies involvement
– Why do people spend so long in jail without going to trial in Japan?
– Teacher Calls in Bomb Threat “Work Was Too Tiring!”
– Little Kuriboh accused of pedophilia by proxy
   ∟I was approached to talk about this during the Daman Mills coverage
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend
      ∟Ex-Girlfriend’s Friend
   ∟Kirbopher’s Apology Post
– Shibuya locks down Hachiko statue for Halloween 2023 while Burger King Center Gai shuts its doors

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