Weekly Spherical-Up, 11-17 March 2026: Capcom vs SAG-AFTRA, Netflix One Piece, and Pokopia Accessibility

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The Villain Edit: Dissecting how Oshi no Ko evokes real-life tragedy in its depictions of harassment and actuality TV tradition

Oshi no Ko shines a light-weight on a problem that individuals who don’t watch a lot (if any) actuality TV have in all probability ever thought-about. However what does the best way it goes about this imply for its general message?

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Sufferer Speaks Out Over Manga Writer Shogakukan Sexual Assault Controversy (Unseen Japan, Marin Akasaka)

An summary of the state of affairs so far, with the assertion included on the finish.

IT journalist Shinohara Shuji received to the center of what made this case totally different. Non-disclosure agreements in settlements occur on a regular basis. However this sufferer particularly requested for one factor: if there’s going to be a settlement, no less than let individuals know why the manga received suspended within the first place. The editor refused that fundamental transparency whereas concurrently attempting to assist draft a gag order.

“The largest downside is that in 2020, the creator was arrested and obtained a nice, but in 2022 MangaONE began a brand new serialization underneath a special title,” Shinohara defined. “They began the serialization although no settlement had been reached, which makes it appear to be Shogakukan prioritized persevering with the serialization over the sufferer.”

What this case reveals concerning the trade

Below mounting strain, Shogakukan introduced on March 2nd that it might arrange a third-party committee to research MangaONE’s hiring processes. The corporate’s assertion hit all the proper notes: “We completely don’t condone sexual violence, sexual exploitation, or any human rights violations.”

However have a look at the precise timeline. The creator dedicated his crimes in 2020. Shogakukan came upon and canceled his manga. An editor helped negotiate a settlement in 2021 that might have saved the sufferer quiet. The corporate employed the identical creator underneath a brand new title in 2022.

Mega Man Voice Actor Gained’t Return for Twin Override as Capcom Reportedly Gained’t Rent Him With ‘The Protections of a Union Contract’ (IGN, Vikki Blake)

SAG-AFTRA has filed a “DO NOT WORK” order for the undertaking, as Capcom wouldn’t conform to a unionized undertaking.

In an announcement posted to BlueSky, Diskin mentioned: “With a damaged Blue Bomber coronary heart, I’m not the voice of Mega Man. I used to be requested to return for Mega Man: Twin Override, however solely on the situation I work with out the protections of a union contract.

“I used to be informed there are ‘full A.I. protections in place that assure in writing that [my] voice won’t ever be used for A.I. growth’ however was additionally informed ‘with certainty, from [Capcom], that the undertaking is not going to go union.’ Whereas I definitely recognize the acknowledgement of the priority round AI, working with no contract I can realistically implement isn’t one thing I can danger.

“The one technique to implement non-union contracts like this entails personally taking big corporations like Capcom to court docket and suing if I assumed they’d used AI. I don’t have the psychological, emotional, or financial energy to outlive a protracted authorized battle,” he added. “In my coronary heart, I wish to consider Capcom would by no means use AI… However in my HEAD, I’m conscious that principally each main company is trying to incorporate generative AI to economize.

“The online game trade is dealing with document layoffs and big quantities of uncertainty. I want a union contract to really feel protected.”

Blood Ties: The Energy of Sorority in “Mayonaka Punch” (Anime Herald, Beatrix Kondo)

A celebratory retrospective of the vampire YouTuber anime.

The deal Masaki proposes is visceral and transactional: assist her attain a million subscribers and Dwell can drink her blood. Dwell is thirsting laborious for the opposite lady’s blood (and presumably different bodily fluids) however genuinely needs to know extra about this new particular person in her life, language that carries romantic overtones even because it stays predatory. For Masaki, the provide is each a lifeline and a big gamble, buying and selling her literal life drive for an opportunity to rebuild what toxicity and violence had destroyed.

Because the channel begins to take form, their connection grows by means of shared work and instinctive response as errors and artistic chaos push them into fixed movement. When Yuki arrives to demand they delete their channel for revealing vampire powers, tensions explode. Masaki objects since they put laborious work into it, enraging Yuki who rushes to assault her. Dwell blocks the assault, and Masaki fires garlic sauce into Yuki’s mouth, all of the sudden shifting her hostile persona right into a constructive one and leaving her imagining herself in a flower backyard.

Each act of cooperation strengthens what they’ve constructed collectively, not simply as enterprise companions however as two individuals studying to defend one another from forces that might tear them aside, turning survival into collaboration and hazard into one other second of alignment between them.

Most single individuals underneath 30 in Japan don’t want youngsters: survey (Kyodo Information)

The proportion enhance has grown 12 months over 12 months all through the 2020s.

The ballot carried out by Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. in December discovered that 62.6 % of 400 women and men between 18 and 29 are reluctant to have youngsters, citing issues over funds and profession growth.

These respondents additionally mentioned social media or on-line posts about being pregnant and childrearing additionally make them anxious about having youngsters.

Some 64.7 % of ladies are unwilling to have youngsters, topping the speed for males, which stood at 60.7 % within the newest survey, for the primary time since 2020 when the survey began accumulating solutions by gender.

These hoping for a childfree life-style have been on the rise since 2020 when the ratio was 44.0 %. The determine exceeded 50 % for the primary time in 2023 to 55.2 %.

A Rohto spokesperson mentioned the outcomes confirmed the necessity for society and the office to supply assist for younger individuals even earlier than they’ve youngsters, serving to them achieve acceptable data about childbirth.

To lift the beginning price, the federal government plans to develop childcare allowances and advantages for these on parental depart, amongst different measures.

Charithra Chandran interview on One Piece casting backlash, racism, Indian roots, Miss Wednesday (India At present)

Brief video interview with Chandran concerning the harassment she’s confronted over her casting as Vivi.

After dealing with backlash for her casting in One Piece Season 2 on Netflix, British-Indian actor Charithra Chandran says she refuses to let on-line noise outline her journey. She speaks about illustration, resilience and taking part in Miss Wednesday, in her chat with India At present’s Bhavna.

VIDEO: Response to Chandran’s casting discussing the missed alternative to forged a SWANA actor for an Egyptian-coded character.

VIDEO: Accessibility overview for Pokopia.

VIDEO: Interview with educational and trade veteran Helen McCarthy.

VIDEO: Retaining You Animated episode about Black magical woman tales.

POST: Announcement a couple of new LGBTQ+ youth charity in Japan (have to be logged-in to view).

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