Topics of discussion
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– Tenga
– Shohei Ohtani Found Innocent While Interpreter Pleads Guilty
– Japanese Population Drops by Another 595,000 People in Last Year
∟More Than Half Unmarried Men & Women 18 to 29 ‘Don’t Want Children’
∟68% of Japanese Feel That the Country Is in Decline
– Japanese Yen Hits 34-Year Low: ‘Cheaper Than the Philippines!’
∟The Bank of Japan ends negative interest rates
– BlackRock Is Big On Japan
– Japan is becoming more diverse. Will its government?
– Turkish groups are taking over Japan
∟Meanwhile, the national diet refuses to recognize them as a terrorist organization
∟Masamune Wada claims anti PPK tweets are propaganda
– Japan is also rejecting joining the WHO Pandemic Gloabl Health Accord
∟Japanese media won’t report on the 20,000+ people who marched against the pandemic pact
∟It is seemingly only the Sansei Party
– Japan high courts rule same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
∟Head of transgender organization arrested for sexually assaulting woman
∟Meanwhile, Russia adds the LGBTQ movement to it’s terror watchlist
∟Injustice: How the Sex Offender Registry Destroys LGBT Rights
∟Tweet of shame
– Ontario resident who wants both a vagina and penis wins public funding for unique surgery
∟Court approves gender change for nonsterilized trans man in Japan
∟Japan planning to remove gender from My Number Cards
– Pickups
– IGN Tweeted about Isekai using an image of Fieren
∟People called them out
∟Isekai, the Popular Manga and Anime Genre, Is Now in the Oxford English Dictionary
Convention news:
– Fans angry as Crunchyroll trades Miku Expo hologram for flatscreen TV
∟Coachella fans crowded together to watch a hologram sing. It never showed up.
∟A virtual pop star appeared at her live concerts in just 2D — and fans are throwing fits
∟Gorillaz Hologram MTV Awards – Created by Musion Eyeliner
Live-Action Anime news:
– Live-Action Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe Series Gets New Episode This May
– City Hunter Live-Action Film Releases Action-Packed Main Trailer
Streaming news:
– Roku Patent Explores Way to Show Console Players Ads When Games Are Paused
∟Is Virtual Product Placement TV’s Latest Disruptor?
– Marvel Animation’s Brad Winderbaum Rejects Claim ‘X-Men ’97’ Showrunner Beau DeMayo Was Fired
∟X-Men ’97 Morph Voice Actor Confirms He’s A Radical Queer Activist And Admits Show Is Trying To Normalize Disordered Sexuality
∟‘X-Men ’97’ Voice Actor Says Series Never Explicitly Refers To Morph As ‘Nonbinary’: “It’s Not That It Didn’t Exist; It Was Just In No Way A Mainstream Term”
∟Giant Freakin Robot begs people to get over themselves
∟Trans person identifies that if X-Men existed the left would hate them
∟Stop trying to colonize fandom and take it away from people you hate
∟Hollywood Director Argues ‘X-Men ’97’ Chose To Adapt ‘The Trial Of Magneto’ In Order To Take A Swing At “The MAGA Crowd”
∟They seriously lose their mind over fictional characters not being on their side
∟Also, they destroyed Rogue’s ass
∟And retconned her established powers for some recent bullshit
∟Rumor: Marvel Studios Wants To Follow ‘X-Men ’97’ With ‘Spider-Man: The Animated Series’ Revival
– Multiple Profiles Feature Coming to Crunchyroll Later This Month
– Twitch targets butt streamers with new policy banning “intimate body parts”
∟Of course they will at most get a 2 day suspension
∟This is okay on Twitch
∟Researchers uncover ‘pornification’ trend among female streamers on Twitch
– Johnny Somali Attacked & Arrested in Israel for Disrespecting Female Officer
∟Johnny Somali arrested and released after allegedly harassing woman in Israel
Theater Release news:
Series news:
Anime:
– Anime Brand Azuki and Dentsu Partner on 3-Part Anthology with Goro Taniguchi Producing
– Yuru Camp Season 3 Takes Away Aoi Inuyama Sex Appeal
– Jellyfish Can’t Swim in the Night Anime Reveals 6 Cast Additions
– Viral Hit Anime Streams Creditless Opening Video Ahead of April 10 Premiere
– Family BL Anime Tadaima, Okaeri Reveals Combined Key Visual
– Blue Archive The Animation Reveals New Trailer and Character Settings
∟Blue Archive The Animation Reveals Sensei’s Appearance
∟Sensei is LGBTphobic and Proud!
∟Is this account trustworthy?
∟Vladimir Putin is LGBTphobic and proud!
∟Sonichu is LGBTphobic and proud
∟Blue Archive Artist Apologizes After Being Accused of Using AI
– Rent-a-Girlfriend creator plays with AI art, fans conflicted
– Guinness World Records Names JUJUTSU KAISEN Most Popular Anime
Manga:
– Manga publisher TO Books will begin releasing AI translated manga
Games:
– BAFTA Poll Bizarrely Names ‘Tomb Raider’ Protagonist Lara Croft As The “Most Iconic Video Game Character Of All Time”
– ‘Tomb Raider: Shadows Of The Truth’ TTRPG Guidebook Confirms Crystal Dynamics Working To Apologize For Franchise’s “Colonialist” Origins
∟They are looking to escape the colonial past
∟But the thing is, the franchise is called “Tomb Raider”
∟Apparently all TTRPG’s are catering to disabled people
∟Melonie Mac decries the destruction of the franchise
– Rumor: Dead Space 2 remake canceled, EA denies it ever existed
– Compulsion Games Community Manager Katie Robinson Claims “I Hate Gamers” After Previously Claiming “White Male Gamers Were A Mistake”
∟More racist shit she said
∟More details about the train wreck SBI caused
∟Ginger Genocide Collage
– Putin orders Russian government to make their own video game console
Release news:
– Right Stuf
– $35,000 Anime Collection Demolished by Nine-Year-Old Child
Random Merch news:
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza evolves into a nagashi somen noodle delivery system
– Pokemon Yo-Yo Ice Cream Maker Announced for Japan
– Restore Your Mana with Delicious in Dungeon Anime-Inspired Craft Mandra Cola
– Golden Kamuy’s Koito Family Fly as Carp Streamers for Children’s Day in Japan
– Nagasaki Locals on Gandhi Statue Gifted From India: ‘But Why?’
– Man pleads guilty to theft of £4.8m gold toilet from Blenheim Palace
– Billionaire has own £160m race track built into side of mountain
Misc news:
– Male Worker Sent to HR for Sexual Harassment for Using ‘Heart Reacts’
– Old Man Uninjured After Being Stabbed Repeatedly in Back & Stomach
– Kochi Prefecture Panty Photographer: ‘I Wanted to Test Out My New Phone’
– Mugshot of woman who squeezed man’s balls ‘until they bled’ has horny blokes jealous