At least he doesn't appear to be cucking out.

>>2899 Yeah, there was also some funny news about Akira Toriyama and black characters with him not giving a fuck, but I'd have to look around for it

>>2863 Nobody likes shitskins. There is no reason to have niggers in any media, unless they are cannon fodder to be killed by White and Japanese people.

>>2912 >Akira Toriyama

a nobody complaining about a series that he didn't even read or watch. a classic,besides dwarves got shown on the movie and are more dark skinned so no biggie.

>>3068 Are there some sort of anthologies by Toriyama? Guy from the archival thread here.

<Manga Publisher Wants Cloudflare to Expose Operators of Popular ‘Piracy’ Sites >Manga publisher Shueisha has obtained a subpoena at a California federal court that requires Cloudflare to expose the operators of several piracy-related sites. The targets include 13dl.to, manga-zip.is, wupfile.com and hexupload.net. Each of these sites has millions of monthly users and are predominantly popular in Japan >Japan’s largest publisher Shueisha finds itself at the frontline of this battle. The company has taken a variety of legal actions, also in a U.S. court, where it hoped to find evidence against the operators of Manganato.com; thus far without result >Cloudflare typically complies with these types of requests but whether that will help Shueisha address its piracy problem depends on how useful the information is. After all, many pirate site operators do all they can to conceal their personal information >These efforts can provide results, however. Three years ago, popular pirate site Mangastream disappeared after being targeted by a DMCA subpoena obtained by Shueisha >At the time of writing all of the targeted sites remain online. That said, some progress has been made, as the infringing Grand Jump copies are no longer available on wupfile.com, hexupload.net, and manga-zip.is https://archive.is/juz2q <Japan’s Pirate Manga Site ‘Leak’ Isn’t a Failure, It’s Potential Education https://archive.is/lFfgL

>>3254 Fucking Shueisha, I didn't hear much about them but I guess manga and anime are finally going to start being taken more seriously with regards to anti-piracy stances and attacks, how horrifying.

>>3255 And that's a good thing. Normalfags will be driven away and only the strongest will survive.

>>3254 >Manga Publisher Wants Cloudflare to Expose Operators of Popular ‘Piracy’ Sites First it was Daily Stormer, then it was 8chan, then it was Kiwifarms, now it's Manga.

<Adult Swim Reveals Trailers for Uzumaki, Ninja Kamui, FLCL: Grunge Anime >Adult Swim revealed trailers for the Uzumaki, Ninja Kamui, and FLCL: Grunge anime on Saturday. FLCL: Grunge will debut on September 9, and Ninja Kamui will premiere later this year. The video for Uzumaki does not reveal a debut window, but Jason DeMarco confirmed on Twitter the anime is coming later this year https://archive.is/XdB7c Also Netflix put out a trailer for One Piece that I missed.

>>3254 Always pirate. Never buy.

>>3433 That cgi flcl is awful looking. I really feel bad for kids these days, the shit they pump out for them is so bad.

>>3480 It looks like something you'd see on cartoon network, one of those failed/ugly 3D cartoons

A bit surprised I haven't seen anyone talking about this.

>>3575 >Netflix >western IP what a waste of animation talent, but then again this is apparently by Science Saru so its not like they have anything better to do, its probably better than their other dogshit I guess people who liked Scott Pilgrim will probably be happy.

>>3480 Yeah. Reminds me how that Trigun remake looked like fractured ass. >>3575 I haven't cared about Scott Pilgrim in a very long time.

Go woke go broke. Yo ho ho.

>>3723 What happened this time?

>>2863 Yeah.. If he is half Brazilian, that would mean he was around darker tones at a younger age. I'm glad our mangaka is not afraid to put quality over the goals of backseat writers

Western Switch release of Kanon is confirmed to receive additional censorship that was not present in it's Japanese Switch release: https://archive.md/ICRgm#81

>>4547 Is it by the localizers, Nintendo of America, or both?

>>4549 As far as we know, it appears to be on Nintendo: >>>/bv/9

>>4564 The Dangers in My Heart Season 2 won Anime Corner's AOTY award, narrowly beating Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by just 0.18%.

>There has been an increase in young Japanese men seeking relationships with significantly older women, with men in their early 20s are showing more interest in women who are 10 to 15 years older. >According to a marriage consultant, the reason for the rise in popularity is that older women are seen as tolerant and patient with younger men, seeing them like "younger brothers". They also believe they can "educate" them into good partners. In contrast, younger women marrying for the first time tend to have higher expectations and unrealistic ideals, making relationships harder to maintain. https://xcancel.com/Arin_Yumi/status/1898657076139991061

>>4601 >seeing them like younger brothers >they believe they can "educate" them into good partners Young whores with absurd standards are obviously bad (and its unfortunate to hear this trend hitting Japan as well), but this "solution" doesn't sound much better.

>GOP Texas bill could jail you for owning or watching Goblin Slayer and more https://archive.is/dRmkf <The new bill would purportedly make it a crime to own a multitude of popular Japanese manga – including Goblin Slayer, Fruits Basket, and many others. The office of Lt. Governor Dan Patrick posted in support of the bill right after it passed the Senate, and will soon head to the governor’s office to be signed. <The bill in question is Senate Bill 20. Sponsored by GOP senator Pete Flores, the bill, in its own words, “creates a new state offense for the possession or promotion of obscene material that appears to depict a child younger than 18 years old, regardless of whether the depiction is of an actual child, cartoon or animation, or an image created using an artificial intelligence application or other computer software.” <Furthermore, subparagraph c of the bill states: “An offense under this section is a state jail felony,” directing first-time offenders convicted under this law to a minimum of five years in prison, simply for owning or viewing such material. <As many responses have pointed out, many popular manga would be banned in Texas if this law is signed into law, which certainly seems like it will at this point. Goblin Slayer is the example many are pointing to, due to the infamous assault scenes of characters by goblins in the early issues. <But even tamer manga’s like Fruits Basket could be criminalized under this law, depending on how broad a judge or state prosecutor wishes to interpret “sexual acts” in a court of law. Only children’s manga’s such as Pokémon and Sailor Moon seem to be safe under a literal reading of the law. Reminder that The Miller Tests, the "official rule" that determines what is considered "obscene" in the U.S., is in the same position as Roe v. Wade. As it is not a law in any capacity whatsoever. It's just a legistlative act that was developed out of thin air. And ever created by the very same SCOTUS justice who established RvW in the first fucking place.

>Japanese archive of out-of-print manga crowdfunded back into existence following Visa and Mastercard suspensions https://archive.fo/2JKAd <Manga Library Z (previously J-Comi) is an online manga archive originally launched in 2010 by Love Hina manga artists and politician Ken Akamatsu. The platform was created to help preserve old and out-of-print manga titles in digital format. All manga on the archive was hosted for free with permission from the original artists and publishers, with an ad revenue- and premium subscription-based system in place to compensate artists financially. <However, in November last year, Manga Library Z announced that it would be shutting down after 14 years of service. Due to the platform hosting adult manga (among other genres), their payment processors abruptly terminated payment contracts, and credit card payments were suspended on the site. This apparently happened despite Manga Library Z complying with “an international credit card brand’s request that we suspend the distribution of works containing specific words.” <As a result, the archive was left without a stable source of revenue to return to its contributing manga artists and thus decided to shut down, with a promise of returning once an alternative was found. <Fortunately, thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign hosted on Motion Gallery, Manga Library Z will be reopening. The campaign started in early February and has since amassed over 8.8 million yen (around $60k USD), surpassing its original target of 3 million yen by a large margin. The site is expected to be up and running in late April.

>Live streamers in Japan have now started a trend of climbing cherry blossom trees https://archive.ph/Eemqk

>Feminist Groups Call For Total Ban on Ecchi – ‘It’s Not Art, It’s Just Softcore’ https://archive.is/zG4u4 <A wave of activism has erupted after several international feminist organizations jointly launched a campaign to ban ecchi anime from mainstream streaming platforms. The movement, named “No More Fanservice,” directly targets series known for sexualized content, arguing they normalize the objectification of women under the guise of animation. Their demands have sparked uproar throughout the anime community. <The campaign’s lead organizers cite anime like Prison School, High School DxD, and To Love Ru as egregious offenders. In a formal letter sent to Netflix and Crunchyroll, the groups argue that ecchi content “fails to offer artistic or narrative merit” and instead “thrives on the exploitation of female bodies for male pleasure.” <Activists claim these shows are accessible to underage viewers and bypass age restrictions due to the anime medium being perceived as harmless or comedic. “You wouldn’t allow this in live-action teen shows—why is it okay in anime?” said one campaign spokesperson in an interview with BBC News. <... <While no major platform has issued an official statement, industry insiders told The Japan Times that discussions are underway behind the scenes. Licensing companies worry about bad press but are equally concerned about alienating loyal audiences. <Some creators have pushed back, defending their work as a form of stylized, exaggerated fiction. “There’s a difference between titillation and harm,” wrote one ecchi manga artist in a now-viral X post. “You don’t have to like it, but it’s part of our artistic spectrum.”

>>4675 That's likely a fake article, all the links don't lead to anything.

>>3575 I kinda liked Scott Pilgrim when I saw the movie and when I played the game, mostly because of the sprite animation, and the kunio kun like game design. But then I read the comic, Oh boy, what a shitshow, all the suspension of disbelief shattered when I read how shitty Scott is. After that I watched a couple of episodes of the series because I was at a reunion and someone started talking about it. So Basically the author "redisign his story for the modern audioences" and took the MC out of a story with his name in the title and made it go around ramona this time. Thanks but no thanks. the animation quality was good, but I think that IP gave it all it has to offer many years ago.

>>4813 This is a thread from before I joined, so I want to make sure, but shouldn't this thread be used for anime/manga news? Not just any geopolitical news that involves Japan?

Kingdom Anime Gets 6th Series in October https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-04-17/kingdom-anime-gets-6th-series-in-october/.223650

>>9121 Yeah, it doesn't really need to be posted here. I don't care much about a one-off post, but if it starts showing up more it can feel free to be deleted.

>>14835 I hope this didn't delay a potential Black Clover sequel lol. Now waiting for the Golden Kamuy date.

>>3433 Was that one piece trailer just season 1 footage?

>>2863 I saw this and remember seeing i think last week NGNL author talking about how he think of himself as a foreigner since he was born in Brazil and stayed there a few years as a kid, i found it funny considering how i've seem people claiming they are from some country after staying a few years

>>2863 Twitter was a mistake

>>23462 >NGNL author talking about how he think of himself as a foreigner since he was born in Brazil and stayed there a few years as a kid That's just how exclusionary Japanese culture is. Just spending more than a few years abroad gives you that "gaijin" stink.

>>2863 Jibril best girl She did nothing wrong by the way

<Star Fruit Books Licenses Chikae Ide's The Final Strike Manga https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2025-04-21/star-fruit-books-licenses-chikae-ide-the-final-strike-manga/.223737 >Ide's The Final Strike manga ran in Shueisha's Ribon magazine in 1970, and has one volume that released in 1971.

Bumping this thread since it would be better for anons to post minor news here instead of making a thread about it that would just get several posts before dying.

So Japan just abolished following international copyright laws!!! https://archive.ph/dXWNc https://archive.ph/iSwMj https://archive.ph/kdURm <Here's a translation of the main PDF: >What is the new "Unmanaged Works Arbitrage System" that will be created in 2026? Today, an increasing number of works are being published in the world without being managed by anyone. >Some people who find value in such works and wish to use them, but do not know where to pay for them because there are no written rules for use or contact information. >In cases where such a prospective user has taken the necessary steps to confirm the copyright holder's intention to use or not to use the work, but such intention cannot be confirmed, etc., the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs will make a judgment (=adjudication, or ruling) and compensate the prospective user. The system allows for legal use by depositing a compensation fee. >This system encourages the use of copyrighted works, etc., of which the copyright holder was not even aware that there was a need for their use, and encourages the copyright holder to obtain compensation for their use.

>>62580 This reads like it only applies to fan fiction but will probably be used for giant companies to take foreign media with the excuse they couldn't contact the creator.

>>2863 "It has no black people for the same reason it has no Jewish people." should be the default response to this. A fantasy world is by definition not our world.

>>62580 So this means anyone can use anything so long as its inactive or the original holders are hard to contact?

>>3433 The need to stop touching FLCL they will never surpass the soul contained in S1 furi kuri and the Toonami version somehow redeems a shitty S2 & S3 via existence. It's the wrong way to honor something.

>>65522 >It's the wrong way to honor something. I'm pretty sure they knew that. But, then again. It was never about honoring the show to begin with.

>>62953 I know, right. But that won't stop DEIfags from wanting to shove brown skin people in everything. >world is Low Fastasy >like Harry Potter, which takes place in real world locations like Britain but with magical elements <WHERE ARE THE AFRICANS?!? THIS IS RACIST!!! >world is High Fantasy >like Lord of the Rings, which takes place in a completely fictional world that isn't our Earth. Africans and Africa don't exist <WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE OF COLOR™?!? THIS IS RACIST!!! It's like you can't win with these retards.

>>65796 >World is space-faring and has species with all sorts of skin colors, features, and cultures with well-grounded, multi-faceted, and lore-accurate depictions of how they would socially interact with each other <SO DIVERSE! MUCH CULTURE! WOW! >The same as above but the aliens are humans <WHY ARE THERE SO MANY RACIST, SEXIST, AND HARMFUL STEREOTYPES?!? DEIfags are hypocrites by nature. >It's wrong to be racist, unless they're white >It's wrong to be sexist, unless they're male >It's wrong to be prejudiced, unless they're straight >It's wrong to be wealthy, unless they're Jewish

Figured this is worth posting here because it is a MAJOR issue that people are not aware of, meaning you can bet your ass that people will be using this as an attempt to push their ideologies: >System of Emperor as Symbol of the State: Place Highest Priority on Maintaining Imperial Lineage / Don’t Rule out Women, Female-line Emperors https://archive.ph/nsoYq The rest of the article is really not worth reading, in case you're wondering. Much of it just comes across as bitching about "Muh soggy kneews" more than anything else. <It is the wish of many people that the Imperial family, which has preserved and passed on Japanese traditions and culture and has always reached out to the people, should continue to exist. <However, the decrease in the number of Imperial family members is serious. If this situation continues, there are fears of the Imperial family system itself coming to a standstill. <... <The Emperor not only performs his duties, including traditional rituals and acts in matters of state, but also plays a major role in international goodwill. <The Emperor has frequently visited the battlefields of the Pacific War to mourn the war dead. He has also continued activities such as visiting the affected areas and listening to the voices of the victims whenever a major disaster occurs in Japan. <Many of the people must have derived courage and peace of mind from how the Emperor has prayed for peace and order in society. <In light of the situation in which the current Imperial family is deeply loved and respected, the proposals call for a review of the Imperial family system based on the premise of maintaining the system that positions the Emperor as the symbol of the state. <The Imperial family system is currently at a crossroads. The number of Imperial family members, which stood at 26 three decades ago, is now down to 16. <Moreover, five unmarried female members of the Imperial family, including Princess Aiko, 23, the daughter of the Emperor and Empress, and Princess Kako, 30, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, will be required to leave the Imperial family in accordance with the current Imperial House Law if they marry a man outside the Imperial family. <The official duties of the Imperial family range from entertaining overseas guests and invitees at Imperial banquets and garden parties, to attending sports and cultural events. If the decrease in the number of Imperial family members is left unattended, it will become difficult to continue these activities. <... <Under the current Imperial House Law, the Imperial succession is limited to male offspring in the family’s paternal line. Currently, only three members are eligible to succeed to the throne: Crown Prince Akishino, 59; Prince Hisahito, 18, the eldest son of Crown Prince Akishino; and Prince Hitachi, 89, the younger brother of the Emperor Emeritus. <On the premise of the current system, if Prince Hisahito has no male child after marriage, there would be no one to succeed to the Imperial throne. <... <If the Imperial family continues to stick to male offspring in the family’s paternal line, the continued existence of the system that recognizes the Emperor as the symbol of the state will be in jeopardy. The possibility of a female emperor, or an emperor in the family’s maternal line, should not be ruled out. <There have been eight female emperors in history. In addition, the current Constitution only stipulates hereditary Imperial succession. The government also has the interpretation that it is “constitutionally possible” for there to be a female emperor, or an emperor in the family’s maternal line. <In the discussions between the ruling and opposition parties under the chairmanship of the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the House of Councillors, there is general agreement among the parties on the creation of female Imperial branches. However, they differ over whether the husbands and children of female members should be members of the Imperial family. <The Liberal Democratic Party, which attaches importance to succession to the throne by male offspring in the family’s paternal line, is cautious about including spouses and others as Imperial family members. This is because there is a possibility that the children of female members will become maternal-line emperors in the future. In contrast, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan argues that it would be natural to treat those spouses and children in the same way as female members are treated now. <If those spouses and others were to be treated as ordinary citizens rather than Imperial family members, they would be able to freely express their opinions and engage in political and religious activities. As a result, concerns may arise that the Imperial family would be used for political purposes or that the dignity of the Imperial family would be damaged. <... <The LDP has also proposed returning paternal-line male offspring of the 11 branches that left Imperial status after the end of World War II to the Imperial family as the adopted children of current Imperial family members, as a means of ensuring the number of successors to the throne. <However, these people in the former branches have long lived as ordinary citizens since the end of the war. Will it be possible to obtain public understanding for suddenly making them eligible to succeed to the throne? The Constitution stipulates that the position of the Emperor is based on “the will of the people.” <Within the LDP, some have suggested that paternal-line male offspring of the former branches who would return to the Imperial family could be marriage partners for the female members of the Imperial family. <However, if the will of the female members of the Imperial family is not respected and their potential marriage partners are institutionally limited, human rights issues will arise.

The remake of Hell Teacher premiers next month: https://anidb.net/anime/18767 Unless I'm mistaken, the show will be publically available through this YouTube channel: https://redirect.invidious.io/playlist?list=PLhGamQZtJ7K9NljzDXOMx02GwfyiCTy_b

>Suruga-ya Confirms VISA & Mastercard Blacklisted from Adult Purchases in Japan https://archive.ph/lg8Ik <In a move that many are calling a long-overdue stand against American payment processors meddling in Japanese content, Suruga-ya has officially resumed credit card payments for adult products—excluding both VISA and Mastercard. <As of June 5, Suruga-ya announced that customers can now purchase adult-oriented merchandise again using JCB, AMEX, or Diners Club. Notably absent? VISA and Mastercard, which are explicitly listed as unavailable for adult content purchases on the store’s official payment policy page. The ban appears to be permanent, or at least indefinite.

>Fuji TV President Plans Anime-Led Business Shift as Traditional Broadcasting Crumbles https://archive.ph/yZyDV <Ahead of Fuji TV’s June 25 shareholder meeting, President Kenji Shimizu is making media rounds to promote a sweeping shift in the company’s business model—cutting back on traditional TV and going all-in on anime and IP exploitation. Not everyone at the company is thrilled. <Fuji Television’s President Kenji Shimizu (64) has been vocal about his vision to pivot the broadcaster away from its failing traditional TV revenue model and toward a more anime- and IP-driven future. With annual broadcast ad revenue reportedly dropping by about ¥10 billion each year, the move comes as a calculated response to the industry’s long-declining trajectory. <According to internal sources, Shimizu’s core strategy is to reduce reliance on the aging model of airing variety shows and collecting ad money, and instead focus on producing anime content and selling it to domestic and international platforms. To back this shift, the previously bundled “Anime Business Bureau” is being reorganized as its own standalone department: the IP & Anime Business Bureau, with a clear mandate to develop and monetize intellectual property. >Japanese Students Allegedly Being Made to Read Immigrant Books https://archive.ph/I826w <It has been learned that Japanese students are possibly being forced to read books about being more open to “immigrants” in Japan, as part of a push to force cohabitation in a country that rightfully belongs to the Japanese. <A twitter user drew attention to a social media post from a Japanese student, who is being made to read a book (written in Japanese) that seems to push for cohabitation with black people and other migrants

>>70861 >Unironically trying to force acceptance of immigration through forcing teens to read. Jews can't be that stupid can they? That feels like reverse psychology from nationalistic teachers to make the new generation rightfully reject filthy goyjin.

>Western audiences growing tired of “formulaic” Disney titles is what paved the way for Japanese anime, Toei Animation veterans say https://archive.ph/UGvOl <Speaking to President Online, Tatsuya Nagamine, a veteran anime director at Toei Animation (who directed Dragon Ball Super: Broly and much of the One Piece anime) says that the reason why Japanese anime has become so big on a worldwide level is because it offers “eccentric” works. “Right now, only Japanese animation offers bizarre stories where you truly can’t predict what will happen next.” <Nagamine compares the position of Japan in animation to that of France in haute couture. “Japanese anime creators are like French designers. You could say the whole world is anxiously waiting to see what kind of strange creations they’ll put out next.” On a more practical note, he also mentions the importance of Japanese anime predominantly being produced for television. As airing shows rotate every three months, there is a constant turnover of new titles that satisfy a wide range of tastes. <As an antithesis to Japanese animated works, Nagamine cites the works of Disney and similar Western studios, which he considers to be formulaic. “I think overseas fans of animation are already tired of predictable Disney-style works.” Ironically, Toei has at occasions been referred to as “The Disney of Asia” for how it pioneered animation production in the region. <Toei Animation’s producer and adviser Shinji Shimizu doubles down on this perspective, commenting, “Japanese anime comes from comics. There is great care put into the characters. Disney, on the other hand, has predetermined storylines, and there is always a happy ending. In Japanese anime, you may see a protagonist die halfway through, or a villain turn out to be a hero – it’s made to be satisfying even for adults.” Although anime is a large-scale commercial export, its roots lie in the niche realm of manga, which has been relatively free of restrictions. Shimizu suggests that this is what compelled “US audiences, who grew tired of Disney” to turn to anime. <But despite how global it has become, Toei’s veterans consider that the appeal of anime lies precisely in its Japaneseness. Shimizu comments, “What the world is paying attention to in anime is Japanese culture, but not things like kabuki or sumo. It’s everyday life.” Citing examples such as Western viewers’ fascinations with the school and campus life of students in Japan, he concludes that Japanese anime has found success by visually presenting aspects of Japanese life that don’t exist overseas. <On the other hand, an aspect of anime that has changed with the medium’s expansion into the global market is undoubtedly the production scale and costs. Although competition between domestic studios is also a factor, Nagamine says that audience expectations are why anime has become so much more detailed with time. “If the quality isn’t high, you can’t win, and when you consider [the demands of] the overseas market, you have to keep raising the quality.” Kadokawa, another big player in Japan’s anime industry, has similarly shared plans to shift to higher budget production, which it considers a necessary condition for achieving global commercial success.

>>72077 Rich coming from Toei, but he's still right. The only western shows I cared after I started watching anime in the late 90s were the DCAU ones. The moral guardians from the 80s crippled cartoons for good.

>>72077 And western capital is already ruining anime with the likes of crunchyroll/adult swim originals and even netflix

>>72115 And expect even more trash incoming.

>>72124 >labor shortage >for fucking manga X to fucking doubt

>>72160 They probably mean that most would-be-mangakas straight up don't bother trying to make it to their magazines anymore and choose to stay on social media and subscription platforms instead.

>>72168 It's almost like a death march wringing dry every single retard that applies for the job is a bad idea or something.

>60% of the companies actually producing anime saw declining profit or losses in 2024, despite industry revenue being at an all-time high https://archive.ph/DVeHo <According to an industry survey of Japanese anime production companies by Teikoku Databank, the domestic anime production market was estimated at roughly $2.45 billion in 2024, marking a 4% increase from 2023 and a new record high. At the same time, 60% of companies serving as prime contractors or gross contractors in anime production saw profitability decrease compared to the previous year, with many slipping into the red (as reported by Otaku Soken). <... <As the main reason why so many anime production companies are seeing business performance worsen, Teikoku Databank cites the industry’s increasingly severe shortage in manpower. With the demand for anime increasing worldwide and projects multiplying, there are not enough animators to sustain the output. As a result, many studios are forced to extend production periods beyond initial forecasts, which leads to costs increasing and profit margins diminishing. <Teikoku Databank anticipates that Japan’s anime production market is likely to continue breaking growth records, but that production studios may continue to face a “profitless boom” situation due to rising production costs and staff shortages. >Japan’s Niconico sees paid subscriptions decline following credit card restrictions and adult content crackdown https://archive.ph/EhEK1 <Kadokawa’s financial results for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2026 reveal that overall revenue from its major video-streaming platform Niconico has been on a decline (source: Otaku Soken). The company attributes this primarily to a recent decrease in premium paid subscriptions, caused by credit card payments being suspended on the platform for months. <Although the most recent quarter saw subscriptions rebound slightly, with premium members growing by 5,000 to 994,000, this is still a far cry from past figures. Excluding the impact of the June 2024 Kadokawa cyberattack, which resulted in extraordinary losses for Niconico in the previous fiscal year, the company admits that membership numbers have remained below the one million mark for the second consecutive quarter, leading to an overall decline in revenue. <While the number has been slowly dwindling these past few years (2016-2017 saw premium members peaking at 2.5 million), Kadokawa attributes the more recent decline to the temporary suspension of international credit cards on Niconico. From May 2024 to February 2025, no credit cards except for JBC were available as payment options on the site, which Kadokawa thinks has driven some members away. <Niconico has since revised its Terms of Use and Action Guidelines, as well as effectively banned all adult content and reinstated the Visa-brand credit card payment option. Despite this move, the 9-month lull during which potential premium subscribers could not pay using their Visa credit cards might have done irreparable damage to the streaming service. <Niconico’s current plans are to continue to implement mechanisms that will sustainably produce exclusive creators on the platform and to create opportunities for these creators to be active globally. It also wants to maximize licensing revenue, specifically from original music made by Niconico creators.

>>72124 >>72247 >help further an unsustainable globalized infinite growth environment while your country is still in the depths of a seemingly infinite recession >aid the destruction of Akiba >do not innovate in games, translation, WN centralization, archival, anime production, manga production, education, voice acting, or anything else >let almost everything die and go to China or Korea, enabling them to capture the gacha market, which you also don't innovate in, the global pop music market, which you didn't support, and the fashion market, which you didn't even try to fight for, despite hordes of people online clamoring for the "Cool Japan" period, the one from before the Cool Japan initiative >maintain the same lazy standards and practices of quantity of work hours as quality of work >almost exclusively platform wannabe Xitter mangaka instead of reaching out to high schoolers, college students, normal people, or art universities >fail to adopt the Western model of animation production, leaving years-long gaps between installments >get Arab and Chinese money to keep you afloat, despite the former keeping you loyal to an energy cartel and the latter wanting to nuke you into the ocean >don't fight for consumer protection, or even your own protection, against global financial powers >act shocked that there's a labor shortage which is now costing you money >throw up your hands under a neocon government and say that there's nothing you can do other than hire overseas and bring in immigrants Elevens may as well kill themselves. It's the American comic market, and the European comic market before that, all over again.

Japanese lawyer states that japanese anime should conforms to the international standards during the Dandandan case. >>72313 We can see now how titanic effort Abe was doing in keeping Japan afloat.

>Credit Card Censorship of Anime, Manga, Games Prompts Japanese Politicians to Hold Meeting With Card Brands & Others https://archive.ph/EGZ33 <Taro Yamada, anime fan and a member of the House of Councillors for the Liberal Democratic Party, revealed that an internal meeting of the Visual Industry Strategy Promotion Research Group (映像産業戦略推進研究会) was held on August 25 to discuss issues surrounding censorship through financial deplatforming. The names of certain attendees were not confirmed, but the meeting included “international [card] brands, acquiring banks, payment processing companies, merchants, relevant government agencies, and others.“ <Yamada said on X, “We held an inner meeting of the Visual Industry Strategy Promotion Research Group to discuss the credit card issue. We gathered international [card] brands, acquiring banks, payment processing companies, merchants, relevant government agencies, and others to freely and openly discuss the causes of the situation that can be described as financial censorship, specific solutions, and other matters.“ <“Under the condition that specific attendees and details would be kept confidential to facilitate frank opinion exchange, we conducted straightforward discussions. The perceptions of the stakeholders from their respective positions became much clearer, marking significant progress. We will continue to address the resolution of credit card issues.“

>>72535 I can`t help but find such effort useless. This wont stop credit cards to continue their censorship based on ideologies.

‘Bocchi the Rock!’ Writer Eriko Yoshida Champions Stripping Sexual Content From Anime https://archive.ph/PYfsN >Scriptwriter Eriko Yoshida, known for Bocchi the Rock! and NHK’s Tora ni Tsubasa, has openly admitted to cutting fanservice scenes and strongly opposes sexualized portrayals of teenage girls, arguing that “just because it’s anime doesn’t mean anything goes.” Yoshida’s comments at ANIME FANTASISTA JAPAN 2025 reveal a zealous drive to sanitize anime of elements she deems inappropriate, further fueling Japan’s creeping culture of self-censorship. >Eriko Yoshida, one of Japan’s most in-demand writers across anime, drama, novels, and stage plays, says she never feels secure despite her success: “If my schedule opens up, I actually get anxious rather than relaxed.” >Her work often pushes to reshape long-standing tropes. In her award-winning Koisenu Futari, about aromantic and asexual characters, she openly challenged the traditional portrayal of romance: <“When romance is depicted in dramas, it’s often like, ‘You can’t grow without falling in love’ or ‘Love will change your entire life.’ I’ve long felt there’s a kind of violence in pushing the idea that romance is the most important thing in life. <By including someone who might be aromantic/asexual, I wanted to show a perspective where romance isn’t central—and explore what it means to like someone even if romance itself isn’t important.” >Even while saying she loves romance, she warns that people who think they “understand” can become dangerous: <“I’m married and have a child, and I love romcoms and romance talk. But precisely because I love romance, I think we should also think about those who don’t like it or aren’t interested. <Yukio says on TV, ‘I even know my daughter’s period cycle!’ because he wants to look like he understands, but by sharing her private matters publicly, he’s hugely violating her rights. People who think they understand are actually the scariest.” >Her original anime Maebashi Witches also steered away from emotional extremes, with Yoshida stressing she did not want to market unstable or edgy girls: <“We didn’t start with wanting to do social commentary. It just grew naturally as we sought realism. I didn’t want to sell it as ‘they’re mentally ill!’ I don’t want to use that as a hook, and if I were a famous enough creator to have people watch something just because my name is on it, I still wouldn’t use it as a cliffhanger element.” >This philosophy reveals Yoshida’s approach: stripping away tropes, even long-accepted ones, if she deems them harmful or “noisy.” Yoshida also made her stance on fanservice abundantly clear: <“Fans can see characters however they want, and it’s fine to draw or imagine anything privately. But I’m against the official side throwing things out like, ‘Here, go ahead and exploit them!’ Just because it’s anime doesn’t mean anything goes. Even if they’re drawings, they’re still supposed to be minors.” >Such remarks underline her belief that even fictional characters must be protected from sexualization, a notion increasingly common among self-censoring creators. >Yoshida personally removed fanservice from Bocchi the Rock! to keep the show “clean” enough for mass audiences: <“In the manga, Hitori gets naked in a cold bath, but we changed it to a swimsuit in the anime. Bocchi isn’t that kind of series, and aiming for mainstream success, that kind of depiction would just be noise. <Things like girls commenting on each other’s breast sizes might be common, but if a work isn’t about that, then it’s just noise. <If there’s distracting fanservice, people won’t watch it—even if everything else is great. I want to make something I could show my young son without hesitation.” >While Yoshida praises the original manga and staff, she admits that she views typical anime fanservice as a threat to reaching wider audiences—a mindset that has become the backbone of modern anime censorship, and well-known to be completely false. She even uses her son as part of her agenda, when an anime with semi-nude service is clearly not meant for children. >Yoshida even framed her strictness as necessary to “protect” anime: <“Even if 99% of people are fine, if 1% of extremists do something, anime culture could be destroyed. We need rules, moderation, and ethics. Extreme or R18 works are fine—but only if children can’t access them. Streaming makes it easy for kids to watch, so zoning and age barriers should be stricter.”

>>2863 >There were brown-skinned people in medeival and early modern Europe, Not enough to matter

>>72515 Bruhdder, abe was a kike AND gook puppet, had he not gotten gun-shanked japan would have been dead by 2023. >>72867 I question why the fuck did they think it was a good idea to somehow brag about this during the height of the upheaval to throw fuel on the fire. What is this degree of stupidity?

>>>72882 >abe was a kike AND gook puppet I'll never forget the dessert in a shoe the kikes served him, absolute humiliation ritual.

>>72882 >abe was a kike AND gook puppet, Not gonna go much into politics, but Japan only started really going downhill when he died. If that was true Japan would be like what is today by 2012.

>>72884 >>72893 Reminder he drafted.the jeet importation plan. Acting he was one of the good guys is laughable.

>Japanese space probe that “sent Miku Hatsune into space” ends operations 15 years later https://archive.ph/9TAhK <Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced on September 18 that it has terminated operations of space probe Akatsuki, ITmedia reports. The spacecraft, which studied the orbit of Venus for nearly a decade, is famous for “taking Miku Hatsune to space.” <Also known as the Venus Climate Orbiter, Akatsuki was launched on May 21, 2010. Leading up to the big day, JAXA conducted a PR campaign inviting people from around the world to send handwritten messages and drawings they want to send to Venus. Amidst this, VOCALOID fans organized an initiative to send Miku Hatsune to space, gathering over 13,000 messages and illustrations of her. The messages were printed onto small aluminum plates and attached to the probe, serving as balance weights. <Akatsuki had a turbulent journey – after it was launched, it suffered an engine failure and was unable to enter Venus’s orbit. It wandered in space for five years before JAXA decided to replace the main engine with the secondary attitude control engine, which only had one-fifth of the thrust. Thanks to this, the probe was able to enter Venus’s orbit and start observation of the planet’s atmosphere and meteorology. Throughout the years, it took numerous valuable images and helped uncover insights into Venus’s mysterious super-rotation. <However, since 2024, JAXA became unable to establish communications with Akatsuki. Recovery missions were attempted, but with the Venus mission having far exceeded its designed duration, it was decided to bring operations to an end. Over on X, JAXA commented: <“We have concluded operations of the Venus probe Akatsuki. Since last year we have been attempting to restore communications, but determined that recovery would be difficult, and so we have drawn this chapter to a close. We sincerely thank everyone who has supported Akatsuki over the 15 years since its launch.”

https://eu.tallahassee.com/story/news/2025/09/16/porn-gaming-sites-nutaku-lawsuits-florida-attorney-general/86176866007/ Do I even have to say how disastrous it is that a payment ptocessor got also sued?

>>73290 You know, what actual argument that aren't brainless crap could judges actually make up if some porn site uses credit cards as age verification (give us 1 buck via credit card, not debit card, so we know you're 18+)? In the States and IIRC most of the world you must be 18 years old to own one, so it should be a very failsafe solution. I honestly want some porn site to argue with this, just to see the absolutely BULLSHIT way the judges and prosecutors argue against it.

>>73290 >>73291 >You know, what actual argument that aren't brainless crap could judges actually make up if some porn site uses credit cards as age verification Because that's not what the law requires: <In 2024, the Florida Legislature passed HB 3, which restricted children from social media and required any commercial site with adult content to use an age verification system or face fines up to $50,000 per violation, plus attorney fees, court costs and the potential for civil liability. <The specified systems must require an upload to each site of some form of official ID that verifies age

>>73303 Quite evil, if normalfags weren't such sheep the question why that old credit card method isn't sufficient would have come up immediatelly. At this point it won't be stopped, the only good news is that a massive global crash is also likely incoming, since the global elite doesn't really understand how anything works besides enriching themselves and feeling/acting superior to us. So likely they'll also lose everything. Doesn't really help us, though, but when everything's on fire and civilization collapses the rich and useless are usually not amongst the survivors. This is unrelated to censorship, of course, but we can see it already happening, and if anything the elite accelerates the downfall (in some retarded cases, like Thiel and his Dark Enlightenment, on purpose, not that it will help useless wastes of flesh like him).

>>72884 >>72893 The "gook puppet" part is true though. He was a Moonie.

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Tops Superman as #1 Comic Book Film of the Year https://archive.ph/axbsp >Deadline and The Numbers services reported on Sunday that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle - Akaza Sairai, the first film in the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle trilogy, has earned an estimated total of US$633 million worldwide as of Sunday, October 5. That makes the film the highest grossing comic book film of the year, after surpassing Superman's US$615,784,465. (Infinity Castle had already overtaken Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts*.) That would also make the anime film the #6 highest-grossing film of 2025 so far after topping F1: The Movie. >(The Hollywood Reporter and Box Office Mojo list the film's worldwide box office total at "US$757.6 million" as of Sunday. However, the discrepancy between their total and Deadline and The Numbers' total is US$124.6 million, which is exactly the U.S. box office total that all four services list.) >Deadline added that the first Infinity Castle film earned US$324.6 million in Crunchyroll/Sony markets (which are outside Japan and some other Asia markets) by adding US$10.2 million this weekend (US$3.5 million in the U.S. and US$6.7 million outside the U.S.) To date, the film has earned a total of US$17.4 million in Mexico, US$14.4 million in Germany, US$14.2 million in France, US$9.3 million in India, and US$8.9 million in the United Kingdom.

>Japan’s Business Elite Demands State Bailout for Anime & Games https://archive.ph/7pyPC <The powerful Keidanren business federation has called on the Japanese government to immediately boost support for the video game, anime, and manga industries and launch a tougher crackdown on piracy. But when the state leans too deep into protecting IP, creative freedom, anti-piracy overreach, and bureaucratic control may follow—especially for indie creators. <The Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), a heavyweight corporate lobby, issued an “urgent message” on October 6 demanding the government provide large-scale, long-term strategic support to content industries like video games, anime, manga, film, and music. The group argued that Japan’s content exports have grown so fast they now rival semiconductor exports, and warns that unless the nation doubles down, it risks losing its edge in global pop culture. <In their call, Keidanren lays out a suite of demands: more aggressive piracy crackdowns (with special attention to manga), stronger funding for localization and global marketing, investment in new game development, and improved production environments for animation, including better pay and more staff. They frame the push not as cultural, but as economic: “content IPs should be central drivers of Japan’s economy.”

>>4608 I literally cannot turn on the TV at any time of day on most channels that aren't showing anime or cartoons or within 5 minutes there will be a sex/rape scene it is a constant stream of people getting their brains blown out and moaning on most TV channels that aren't for children and it NEVER has anything to do with the plot, it's just softcore porn for Shōwa ojisans all day, 24/7 violence, sex, rape, or you turn on the news and see gore because you gotta feel sad for the jews for the 10000th time today I go outside and there's TVs out in the storefronts or inside bars blasting whatever whore "musician" released her latest machine generated single, shaking her ass, wearing shit that lets everyone see her beef curtains if a kid googles a character from a videogame there's a good chance he's gonna get porn, or stuff that leads to porn, within the first 5 results because WESTERN social media aids and abets the most fucked up leftist faggots imaginable, who spend 18 hours a day drawing porn of Link getting fucked by Ganon but what, Goblin Slayer is obscene? It's not that satanist bitch Sabrina Carpenter grinding her rancid snatch on a car as she sings about how she fucked 1000 guys, that's A-OK for a 10 year old girl to look at and sing along to, but Fruits Basket is where we draw the line? Fuck off. Hey it wouldn't have anything to do with this, would it? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/06/28/japan/blackstone-buys-mecha-comics-manga This wouldn't just be the supreme court of the united states and Blackstone conspiring to put pressure on the Japanese entertainment industry so they all go the way of Capcom and SquareEnix, right?

>>74069 >supreme court of the united states What do they have to do with anything?

>Manga Legend Ken Akamatsu Steps Down as Parliamentary Vice-Minister https://archive.ph/MxUNA <Former manga creator-turned-Liberal Democratic Party politician Ken Akamatsu has officially handed off his duties as Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, marking a notable change in his political responsibilities and raising questions about his future direction. <Ken Akamatsu, best known for his manga works such as Love Hina and Negima! Magister Negi Magi, was appointed as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as part of the Second Ishiba Cabinet on November 13, 2024. <According to his official Twitter post, he participated in a formal hand-over ceremony on the morning of October 23 2025, signed transfer documents and then departed the role: <Today, starting at 9:30 in the morning at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, we held the handover ceremony between the outgoing and incoming Parliamentary Vice-Ministers. I signed with a brush pen and completed the handover to Vice-Ministers Shimizu and Fukuda. Afterwards, I gave my final address in the auditorium. Then, I was sent off with applause from everyone in the ministry, and left the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, where I had spent about a year. With this, my duties as Parliamentary Vice-Minister have come to an end. I will summarize the activities I carried out during my term as Vice-Minister in a separate post. <The departure marks a pivot away from a ministerial oversight role that aligned with cultural and media matters, sectors Akamatsu has long had personal and professional ties with. <Notably, Akamatsu’s appointment originally had symbolic resonance: a manga artist entering a formal culture-education governance role. His departure may somewhat blur that symbolic thread. Whether this means less direct advocacy for otaku-industry concerns or simply a recalibration of where he will focus his efforts remains to be seen. <For fans of Akamatsu, his exit from that role may inspire speculation about his next move: Will he return his focus more toward creative industries, manga advocacy, or the political arena in a different capacity? Given his background as an advocate for creative freedom and opposition to expanded censorship laws, the repositioning could signal a strategic shift. >Japanese Animator Warns That Cheap Outsourcing & AI Are “Killing the Industry” https://archive.ph/8InhT <On October 15, 2025, Japanese animator Joni (@jonchop1) went viral after posting a thread detailing how rampant outsourcing and AI “correction” work have wiped out the once-vital class of animation directors in Japan. <In his main tweet, Joni described how he was approached by a client to fix AI-generated animation: <“I got a request from an individual client to do ‘animation adjustments on anime made with AI.’ They showed me some disgusting animation and wanted me to fix flickering, sliding, and collapsing parts. Payment was per frame. The industry’s rotting. I told them not to contact me again. It really feels like a bad flow is coming to the forefront.” <He elaborated that this trend began with outsourcing simple animation tasks overseas, but now it has spread throughout the production pipeline: <“It started with cheap overseas animation, and now many companies outsource everything overseas. To put it bluntly, they’d ask people abroad to draw quickly and cheaply, then have Japanese animation directors fix it. Since the budget per episode doesn’t change, it’s cheaper overall. But the result is that many good, fast directors quit after being asked to work cheaply.” <Joni condemned the logic behind using AI or cheap human labor to mass-produce commercial anime: <“I want nothing to do with the idea that ‘if professionals fix AI-made anime, you can make commercial anime at low cost.’ I don’t deny the use of AI and human labor together, but it’s wrong to outsource to humans at low prices. I want to eradicate the practice of finishing ‘supervision’ or ‘corrections’ cheaply. The anime industry has already destroyed its directors with this habit.” <He concluded with a sharp critique of those who exploit animators under the guise of technology: <“I don’t know if directors understand the cost structure, but sending low-quality work to professionals for low pay as a ‘job’ is insane. It’s the kind of request you’d expect from an idiot or a clueless foreigner.” <Joni’s frustration echoes what many in the anime world have been warning for years: that the pursuit of efficiency, outsourcing, and now AI automation has gutted the artistry that made Japanese animation world-famous.