Topics of discussion
Opening discussions:
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– Support us
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– Tenga
– Kamakura Vending Machines Smashed, Locals Mourn Declining Morality
∟Half of Kawaguchi Citizens Say City Is Unsafe—Foreign Population Hits Record High
∟Prime Minister Ishiba: “Japan Needs to Accept Foreigners!”
∟Japanese Students Allegedly Being Made to Read Immigrant Books
∟Diversity is our STRENGTH!!
∟2 Chan Founder Hiroyuki Nishimura Calls Out Immigration Issue
∟NHK Party Leader: “Black People and So-Called Muslims Are Scary!”
∟The Japan First Party is rallying to deport Muslims
∟Company Manager responsible for dispatching 18K illegal immigrants
∟Politician Kawai Yusuke Attacked by Kurds
∟Meanwhile, women in France have taken to adopting pigs as pets
∟Women in Italy as well
∟Demonstrations agains the Kurds were banned
∟Idol Tomoka Igari Defends Deportation of Kurdish Man: “It’s Not Racism, It’s the Law”
∟Indian Man Arrested on Suspicion of Rape in Japan
– Pickups
– X CEO Linda Yaccarino resigns after AI-chatbot Grok goes berserk as “MechaHitler”
– xAI is hiring a full-time Waifu Engineer for Grok
∟How is this supposed to help our population decline?
∟She gets undressed if you stimulate her circuits enough
∟Here’s how you get her to undress
∟Is it Ani or Grok giving you sexy times?
∟AI used in real anime production
∟Somebody made a full Anime OP for Ani
Kickstarter/Crowd Funding news:
– Dirty Pair Anime Celebrates 40th Anniversary with Memorial Exhibition This Fall
Convention news:
– Next Discotek Day will be at Otakon on August 9th
Live-Action Anime news:
– Nintendo Reveals Zelda and Link Casting for Live-Action ‘The Legend of Zelda’ Film & It’s Not Hunter Schafer
∟The Legend of Zelda live-action film announces cast for Link and Zelda
∟HBO’s Harry Potter Series: First Official Photos Revealed as Filming Begins, Plus Latest Casting News
∟Gender Activists Lash Out Over Hunter Schafer Not Being Cast as Zelda in Live-Action ‘Legend of Zelda’ Film
– Mortal Kombat Movie 2 Trailer Highly Criticized
∟‘Mortal Kombat II’ Producer Says First Film Benched Johnny Cage For Fear Audiences Wouldn’t “Buy An Arrogant Actor As The Lead”, Previously Blamed Absence On Concerns Regarding ‘White Savior’ Trope
Streaming news:
– Too sexy to show, or sexier not showing anything? Anime to air in audio-only on Tokyo TV channel
∟Sawaranaide Kotesashi-kun Anime Looking Positively Ecchi in Teaser Trailer
– Curated Detective Conan Anime Episodes Coming to Crunchyroll with Subs, New English Dub
Theater Release news:
– Golden Kamuy Sapporo Beer Factory Arc Hits Theaters in Japan in October 2025
– Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Walpurgisnacht Rising- to Release in February 2026
Series news:
Anime:
– Evangelion Creator Hideaki Anno Joins Production I.G Board
– Rumiko Takahashi’s MAO Getting Anime Adaptation
∟Rumiko Takahashi’s MAO Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation in Spring 2026
– Smoking Behind the Supermarket with You Anime Adaptation Announced for 2026
– Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider Anime Premieres in October 2025
– Plus-sized Misadventures in Love! Anime Reveals Premiere Date, Main Cast in 1st Trailer
– Gachiakuta Anime to Air for Two Consecutive Cours
– TOUGEN ANKI Anime Shares Devilish Creditless Opening Video
– BADGIRL Anime Makes a Scene in Creditless Ending Video
– Ruri no Houseki Definitely Making Things Hard
– My Dress-Up Darling Anime Continues the Cosplay Fun in Main Season 2 Trailer
∟Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi o Suru Shakes Some Bunny Butt
∟Swipe that ass
– Garena Free Fire Anime Unveils Teaser Visual, Trailer
– The Frontier Lord Begins with Zero Subjects Anime Reveals Two Lead Cast Members in Announcement Trailer
– My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s Anime Releases New Trailer Featuring VESPERBELL Opening Song
∟My Status as an Asssassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s Anime Reveals New Key Art
– New Saga English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date
– Haibara’s Teenage New Game+ Anime Adaptation Announced
– ‘Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 4’ To Feature Scenes And Characters Not Seen In Original Manga, More Involvement From Tite Kubo Than “All Of Parts 1-3 Combined”
Manga:
– Kodansha to Release U.S. Special Edition of Young Magazine
– China BL Authors Crackdown: “They’re So Obsessed With BL, They No Longer Want to Get Married or Have Kids!”
Games:
– Usada Pekora Makes an Appearance in Death Stranding 2
– New Guilty Gear Game Allegedly Canceled Behind the Scenes
– Bungie Has Delayed ‘Marathon’ Indefinitely
∟Sony Set For Another ‘Concord’ Debacle As ‘Marathon’ Will Reportedly Be A Pay-to-Play Game
– Microsoft Lays Off “Hundreds” Of Gaming Division Employees, Cancels Multiple Projects Including ‘Perfect Dark’ And ‘Everwild’
∟Xbox Executive Producer Matt Turnbull Suggests Laid Off Employees Use AI To “Help Reduce The Emotional And Cognitive Load That Comes With Job Loss”
– Donkey Kong Bananza Hits Switch 2, Nails Trend of AAA Consoles Falling Apart
– Blue Archive’s Steam Launch Broke Valve’s Rules
– Steam Eroge Apocalypse: Payment Processor Rules Now Dictate Steam’s Adult Game Bans
∟Steam’s got a new rule that puts the kibosh on ‘certain kinds of adult only content’ that make Visa and Mastercard sad
∟Fansly Bans Public NSFW: Creators Must Remove Outdoor & Furry Content by June 28
∟Know who your real masters are
∟Fumio Kishida Pledges to Tackle Credit Card Censorship – Which He Could Have Done as PM
– Japanese Far-Right Party aims to take control and censor Anime Industry
∟Sexy Goddess of Victory: NIKKE Ads Censored in Tokyo
Release news:
– Right Stuf
∟What is Wise Wolf Holo’s Watch Channel?
∟Walmart Exclusive My Hero Academia
∟Walmart Exclusive One Piece 1-2
∟Walmart Exclusive One Piece 34-35
∟Walmart Exclusive Robotech Steelbook
∟Media OCD Exclusive Slipcover Looking for the Full Moon Vol. 2
– Sentai is half-stack packing their blu-rays
Random Merch news:
– StealthWeeb.com
– OCAPodcast.com/store
– Spalding Turns One Piece’s Devil Fruits Into Basketballs
– McDonald’s Japan announces Pokémon Trading Card Happy Meals with guaranteed Pikachus
– Azur Lane Bremerton ‘Pillowed Counseling’ Figure Ready to Serve Commander
– Azur Lane Taihou ‘Enraptured Companion’ Race Queen Skin Getting a 1/7 Scale Figure
– The Large-Breasted Kaede Poses for Sexy Swimsuit Figure
– Marin Kitagawa Sexily Cosplays Kuroe Shizuku in New Figure
– Japanese can maker says it’s OK to microwave cans with their new invention
– China Quality Food Coloring Hospitalizes Over 200 Kindergarten Kids
– Chinese Hotpot Chain’s Floor “Food Preparation” Pure China Quality
– China Quality “Toy” Being Recalled For Being Able to Fire Real Bullets
∟Toy guns won from crane games all over Japan could be used as real guns, warn police
Misc news:
– Man Arrested for Letting Teen Girl Into Kabukicho Host Cafe
– Japanese host and host clubs no longer allowed to take advantage of customer’s romantic feelings
– Woman Who Works in Swimsuit: “I Hate When Men Stare at Me!”
– School employee charged with sending nude photos to teen: sheriff
– Japanese police find 74 packets of cocaine inside foreign traveler complaining of stomach pains
– Lucifers Japanese street gang holds official disbanding ceremony inside police station