I hope they keep the current art style. Love the return to a more classic style, though I wish they went a bit further with it personally.

According to the Japan Actors Union, the new guidelines protect the dignity, reputation and legacy of deceased actors from commercial exploitation. Therefore, companies will be banned from using deceased actors’ voices for AI, with the exception of projects that the deceased had agreed to participate in during their lifetime. Even with this exception, companies will have to obtain prior written consent from the deceased’s bereaved family members, as well as the agency or organization with which the deceased was affiliated, and pay them royalties.

This bit is interesting to me. I was curious what they might say about AI cloning if the estate/family agree to it posthumously. It seems like that doesn’t even matter, and the only time it is allowed is if the person agreed to the specific project and for their voice to be used for AI on that project only, while they were alive.

I mean, if I was a voice actor that did well enough that people wanted to use AI for my voice and I was dead, I would definitely hope my family could still get paid royalties from it. I wouldn’t care, I would be worm food after all, but if it could benefit my family there isn’t a doubt that I would agree to it if I could. But this law basically is saying none of that matters, and it’s really only a clause to grandfather-in specific projects only and not for any further ones, basically leaving the estate/family with zero royalties after projects end.

Looks very Black Lagoon.

When it says a movie was “moved,” does that mean it was added as its own category separate from the franchise it belongs to?

For example, the two Robotech movies. They belong to the Robotech IP, but they aren’t part of the show directly. Previously, Crunchyroll had them as a season labelled “Movies” under the show with each episode being each movie. That created a bit of confusion at first, but it did make finding movies connected to a series a bit easier by just finding the series and checking the seasons.

What does this mean for that now? Is it easier or harder to navigate to the listed movies?

“Yeah, I’m not a fan of peak.”

Ok, well those are my two suggestions.

• Neon Genesis Evangelion, obviously. “Evangelion Finally” is the latest release on LP. ~$42 USD right now on Amazon.
• Halo 3 triple vinyl set, available for ~$62 on Amazon right now.

I’m not giving Sony any more money. Crunchyroll already sold and leaked my data illegally like 4 times. No more.

Dang, he played Minos in Heaven’s Lost Property, too.

Rip to a legend.

Those aren’t goblins. Those are smurfs.

I have a feeling this one might not be as good as the older series. Seems to be a trend with recent remakes or mew asditions to classic series.

Except GitS, which I think is a unique exception.

As is customary of older anime, be aware most if not all of these contain any of the following: graphic violence, graphic nudity, high amounts of foul language. In other words, its probably not for your grandma or your living room TV.

Bubblegum Crisis (DO NOT start with Tokyo 2040, start with the original OVA first, it has better aesthetics and art) is always a recommendation from me. Along with the related series Bubblegum Crash, AD Police Files, Parasite Dolls, and A.D. Police: To Protect and Serve.

Armitage III has a cyberpunk aesthetic but on Mars, the story isn’t perfect but it’s interesting enough. The original, not the movie with Kiefer Sutherland which is just the OVAs cut down into a movie.

Dominion Tank Police was a fun series.

Goku Midnight Eye is all attitude and little substance. I really liked it, but don’t watch it expecting an intricate plot. Its just entertainment, not more. But its cool entertainment.

Cyber City Oedo 808 is another one that isnt that deep but oozes pure classic cyberpunkium.

Since GKIDS is an American company formed in 2008, you have to consider what the average American in 2008 thought about anime. And for the 99% of them, “animes are cartoons, and cartoons are for children.” The company was also formed by someone that ran the International Children’s Film Festival. So that explains that.

Ironically, in Japan, there isn’t much of a distinction between anime and cartoons. They’re both called anime, which is just short for animation or animated work. So for the Japanese, Tetsujin 28, Berserk, Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, and Shrek are all “anime.”

GKIDS is currently owned by Japanese film giant Toho.

Let’s be real, are any of them honest? You know the answer.

Anime used to be multiple pictures of a piece of plastic with paint on it

So the inspiration is they made it yellow and made the dial hands look a little like gauges?

Maybe when the person was young they did something and they are older and have proven to not be a repeat offender? Rare case, I know, but still possible.

To me it just sounds like a legal out to say any or all of them are deemed ethically unacceptable so they can fire them without legal issues. Japan has whack employment laws, and businesses will almost always try to make you quit before they fire you. I can see this wording being related to something like that.

Very Kenichi Sonoda looking to me.

Seeing behind the curtain doesn’t bother me. Actually, I almost prefer when it happens because I can usually guess how something will go before I waste more time on it if I won’t like it.

Hope it keeps the original art style.

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