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California’s new law forces digital stores to admit you’re just licensing content, not buying it
   ∟California seeks to make digital ownership clear with new law

Pickups
   ∟Rhys was wrong

AI Startup Runway Says It’s Giving Filmmakers up to $1 Million if They Use Artificial Intelligence to Make Their Movies
   ∟Lionsgate Films Partners With AI Firm Runway To Drive Content, “Help Us Utilize AI To Develop Cutting-Edge, Capital-Efficient Content Creation Opportunities”
      Lionsgate Signs Deal With AI Company Runway, Hopes That AI Can Eliminate Storyboard Artists and VFX Crews
James Cameron Joins Board of Stability AI In Coup for Tech Firm
Man Arrested for Creating Child Porn Using AI

Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:

– Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Evolution, Mutation, & Reboot
Forge of the Fae

Convention news:

Live-Action Anime news:

Makoto Shinkai’s 5 Centimeters per Second to Get Live-Action Film Adaptation in Fall 2025
A Girl & Her Guard Dog Live-Action Film Announces March 14, 2025 Release

Streaming news:

Animated Devil May Cry Series’ Teaser Reveals April 2025 Netflix Debut
   Rumors have begun circulating that Reuben Langdon has quit acting
      Here is where the rumors have come from
         Johnny Yong Bosch claims he would force Reuben to return for DMC6
      Reuben assures he won’t quit until he’s dead
         ∟Reuben Langdon hasn’t quit acting, took break to avoid COVID vaccine mandates
Toothpaste commercial pulled for sounding like the Japanese missile alert system
 China make-up brand faces backlash for ‘vulgar’ ad with penis-shaped lip gloss stick

Theater Release news:

– Box Office Analyst Predicts ‘Transformers One’ A “Likely Flop”
   ∟Studio TRIGGER Rolls Out Special Transformers One Film Poster
Nintama Rantaro Theatrical Anime Film Showcases New Character in Latest Visual
Senpai is an Otokonoko Anime Film Announced for February 2025

Series news:

Anime:
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Anime Gets 4th Season, 2nd Film
Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Anime Season 2 Confirmed
The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity Manga Gets TV Anime in 2025
Demon Lord, Retry! R TV Anime Debuts on October 5
Romelia Senki Anime Adaptation Revealed
May I Ask for One Final Thing? TV Anime Announced for 2025
– With Vengeance, Sincerely, Your Broken Saintess Manga Gets Light Anime Adaptation
Grisaia: Phantom Trigger TV Anime New Trailer Announces January 2025 Premiere
Murder Mystery of the Dead Anime Announced for November 2024 Release
Batman Ninja vs. Yakuza League Anime Film Shares New Character Clip and Cast List
Manga:
Ushio & Tora’s Kazuhiro Fujita Working on New Manga
Marvel and DC lose ‘Super Hero’ trademark
Games:
Nihon Falcom Leading AI Translation With Eiyuu Densetsu: Kai no Kiseki
Overwatch 2 x My Hero Academia Collaboration Announced
Sonic X Shadow Generations Game Adds Keanu Reeves in Movie Pack on December 12
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater reveals second official trailer
   Comparisons
Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Censors Genderbending Super Move
   ∟Capcom To Censor ‘Capcom Fighting Collection 2’, Will Alter “Some Stage Visuals” And “Certain Visuals During The Story” Of Featured Titles
Marvel vs. Capcom added panty shots for Roll allegedly at Keiji Inafune’s request
   Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection For Switch Confirmed As “Code In Box” Release (Europe)
New Fatal Fury Game Shocks Fans With Cristiano Ronaldo Teaser
   ∟Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Returns Favor With Ken and Chun-Li Crossover
      ∟Why don’t busty Fatal Fury ninja girl Mai’s clothes ever tear? We ask the developers
PICROSS Records of the Shield Hero announced
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot Claims Company’s Goal “Is Not To Push Any Specific Agenda” Despite Company’s Website Saying Otherwise
   ∟In More Bad News For Ubisoft, Company’s Sudden Decision To End Remote Work Options Draws Threats Of Employee Strike From French Labor Union
   ∟Financial Analyst Describes Ubisoft’s Sales Collapse And Delaying Of ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ As “Total Meltdown” As Stock Price Collapses
   Ubisoft Developers Reportedly Reveal Company Brushes Off Legitimate Criticism As “Toxic Gamer Talk” And DEI Policies Have Led To Brain Drain
Assassin’s Creed: Shadows Delayed Just as Ghost of Tsushima Sequel Announced
   ∟Ghost of Tsushima follow-up Ghost of Yotei announced
      ∟Sucker Punch Announces ‘Ghost Of Tsushima’ Sequel ‘Ghost Of Yotei’, Fans Divided Over Decision To Swap Jin Sakai For Female Protagonist
         ‘Ghost Of Tsushima’ Sequel Receives Mixed Reactions From Gamers As Game Features Female Protagonist
            How it feels sometimes
         ‘Ghost Of Yōtei’ Protagonist Is Voiced By Radical Activist Erika Ishii Who Thinks The Police Are White Supremacist And Supports Transgender Ideology
            ∟Former Sony exec on Ghost of Yotei drama: “don’t like it, don’t buy it”
Stellar Blade x NieR: Automata Collaboration Coming in 2024
   Fanart of 2B and Eve
      Yoko Taro will do anything for money
   ∟Stellar Blade Update Improves Skirt Physics
      ∟Stellar Blade Update Also Improves Breast Physics
   Eve snubbed as a heroine
      Monkey Man also snubbed
TANUKI: Pon’s Summer announced
P.T remake quietly lands on PlayStation 5, and you can play now

Release news:

Kodansha USA Licenses Parasyte Reversi Manga
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   Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space – Deluxe Limited Edition
   Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space – Standard Edition

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Japanese design company creates world’s most badass…sewing supply box?!?
Abuse Cafe Japan: We get abused by waitresses in maids’ uniforms at Tokyo’s viral pop-up diner
Thieves invade Osaka office and steal 10 million yen worth of trading cards
Material that cools down by glowing developed by researchers in Chiba and Osaka

Misc news:

Poo-nami in China: Sewage explodes sending feces up in the air, pedestrians, cars drenched
 Woman Gets ‘DIY Poop Transplant,’ Ingests Pills with Brother’s Fecal Matter to Combat IBS Symptoms
 Man Sentenced to 3 Months of Prison Time for Caching Wife Cheating
OnlyFans models are targeted by online LGBTQ mob after posing in underwear with ‘fake’ bulges
   Women make better fake women than men
      They were too attractive to pass
      “My gender is not your costume” says the man pretending to be the opposite gender
      The trans version of blackface
      Now we’ve seen it all

AC’s Funhouse

The Nazis adored it; the Japanese commercialised it – now we’re all trapped in the cult of cute
Luxury hotel chain offering karaoke in a large tub floating on the ocean
Would you pay 450 dollar for a unique picnic dangling 295 feet over a thundering waterfall?
Subway’s flying restaurant will serve sandwiches 1,000 feet in the air: How to book your free ride
Taupo McDonald’s Airplane
Does Guile’s Street Fighter video game crouching block work in real life?
Mr. Sato appears in a French photo album without his consent, goes mad with desire for vengeance
Netflix being sued for $2 billion by Egyptians for ‘distorting the image’ of Cleopatra in new doc
Tokyo capsule toy machine gives you real samurai-era antique coins, but are they worth anything?
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?

– 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

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