Western Payment Processors Strike Again: Japanese Retailer Surugaya Temporarily Suspends Online Sales of Eroge and Adult Doujinshi
In yet another blow to Japanese artistic expression, Surugaya, a prominent Japanese retailer...
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Masahiro Sakurai’s Wake-Up Call: Japanese Game Developers Need to Ditch Globalized Bullshit and Get Back to What Makes Them Great
Legendary game developer Masahiro Sakurai, the creative force behind Super Smash Bros. and Kirby,...
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Visa Persists in Lying About Their Cultural Overreach in Japan, Claims No Restrictions on “Legal Transactions” in Nikkei Shimbun Interview
In an interview with Nikkei Shimbun, Visa Japan has once again come under scrutiny for its...
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Visa and Mastercard’s Selective Morality: Cracking Down on Japan While Profiting From Actual Child Exploitation on OnlyFans
Visa and Mastercard, two of the world’s largest payment processors, have repeatedly...
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Disney Alters Macross Dynamite 7 by Censoring Lesbian Sexual Assault Scene on Disney+ and Hulu, Editing a Classic Anime Decades After Its Release
Last week, several Macross series debuted on Hulu and Disney+, but fans quickly noticed that...
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Niconico’s Mature Illustration Service, Niconico Shunga, to Shut Down Citing “Current Social Environment”
Niconico has suffered yet another major setback. The Japanese video hosting platform first halted...
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Japan’s Cultural Identity Faces Colonization: Latest Anime Industry Report Reveals Global Revenue Surpassing Domestic Sales
The 2024 Anime Industry Report, published in December by the Association of Japanese Animations...
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The Death Knell for Authentic Japanese Creativity: Sony Group Corporation and Kadokawa Corporation Forms Strategic Capital and Business Alliance
Sony Group Corporation and Kadokawa Corporation have announced a strategic capital and business...
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Sony Considering Desecrating Japan’s Media Industry With Potential Kadokawa Acquisition
Sony, infamous for stifling Japanese developers with draconian censorship policies and recently...
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Melonbooks, One of Japan’s Largest Retail Chains Becomes the Latest Victim of VISA and Mastercard’s Doujinshi Colonization
In a chilling escalation of corporate censorship, Melonbooks, a beloved hub for fans of anime,...
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The United Nations, an Organization That Abuses Children Once Again Targets Japanese Anime, Manga, and Games for Allegedly Promoting ‘Violence Against Women’
A new report from the United Nations has claimed that manga, anime, and video games produced in...
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English Anime Dub Voice Actor Accuses Crunchyroll of Mail Theft
True anime fans can’t stand Crunchyroll, now Sony’s pet project for “localizing” anime...
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