On March 22, users on Twitter began posting about the bizarre airing of Tamayomi 4, which seemed to boast an abundance of incomplete animation. @_Hero_Hei_#Tamayomi #TamayomiThebaseballGirls Okay, this is weird. Apparently, the broadcast version playing on Japanese TVs looks noticeably better than the version Funimation is streaming. Is this a different cut of the episode? […]
On March 12, we reported on a situation where an artist had alleged that they were in contact with Patreon staff and that they were told Patreon would be banning anime style content creators. “Basically all Japanese styles can be said to be out.” Patreon Allegedly Begins Banning Anime Related Content Along with our coverage, […]
About a week ago we reported on a situation where a Government Official ( Gerard Boyce ) in Australia was under fire for having “20 or so anime-style figurines” in his office that were labeled “scantily clad”, although some of his co-workers that were so offended by this seemed to barely remember any of the […]
Over the years, Patreon has seen an increasingly tight set of rules. At times, out-right banning users of the platform for arguably dubious reasons. Now, it seems Patreon may find anime to be problematic, which is a recurring theme in 2020 for some reason. @bbq_bq created this tweet in response to what allegedly occurred to […]
The anime community has leveled an abundance of criticism at companies involved with the anime industry, here in the west, for a number of years now. The criticism only increasing more recently as companies like Funimation have been exposed by various news outlets, personalities, forums, and people all over the internet – for what many […]
If you try to watch the 2019 Dragonball Super Broly Movie on Funimation, you may be met with the above image of it not being available. Many users are reporting errors similar to the above issue when trying to view the movie on Funimation’s platform. Even premium ( paying ) members are reporting issues. If […]
Funimation recently announced that “select Monogatari titles” will be coming to Funimation… A following tweet clarified exactly what the plan would be regarding what episodes; People weren’t very happy with the “limited selection”; People also took the chance to mock Funimation for their “company standards”, especially on their YouTube community tab; Oh, remember the […]
Here’s the backstory first. A week or so ago we covered a situation where SEGA thanked players for reporting a “bug” in the game; “Project Diva Mega Mix” on Nintendo Switch; Now, the news; In the thread by @BepDelta about the Miku situation above, another user @princetrunks informed people that he also dealt with people […]
The other day, news was discussed regarding a senator attempting to “ban” anime, or at least add additional regulations and a thorough “re-review of all anime and manga”. If you missed that news, this video discusses it briefly, as well as the recent update regarding the proposals apparent failure; Well, apparently woke Twitter decided to […]
Funimation and KissAnime, not a collaboration you would expect, right? Especially given Funimation’s stance on pirating anime, even naming “kiss” itself which is likely an implication of Kissanime; Well, on February 29, 2020, Funimation tweeted this; People were quick to notice a tiny Kissanime watermark… Expert memer and anime YouTuber, NuxTaku, also joined in on […]