the publishing company (the kadokawas, shueisha etc.) gets most of the money if the anime manages to rake in heaps. the animation studio usually i believe gets a fixed amount and usually not very high. obviously the trade off is if the anime wasnt very popular the animation studio doesnt have to handle the loss beyond…

Yeah... so the cops kill a pregnant woman who was asking them for help and then communicate information about the incident in the most tone-deaf and disrespectful way imaginable...

Exactly, that’s why I pay for figures and Crunchyroll...

“You wanted food, I gave you food! Now eat it!”

The production studios...although to be clear, afaik, anime is not a huge money maker, per se. Licensing probably accounts for a good chunk of money, but being a cog in the machine that makes the anime is not great. Look at the history of animation in America and you’ll see that it started that way (though nothing…

The fact that he feels inclined to publicly gloat about getting away with it really underscores the sociopathic impulses underlying what he did.

A brush against the shoulder can be considered sexual assault...

My favorite animals are both on the IUCN Least Concern list: C. canadensis and S. carolinensis.

The disabled rights community is always active, always among the first to take action and (here, quite literally) take a hit for those who are powerless. I would say that Republicans should be ashamed of themselves, but clearly they are unfamiliar with the concept.

Conservatives are super concerned about free speech when it involves being able to hold pro-trump rallies in liberal cities. Not so much when it concerns actually petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.

I’m really fascinated by the people who don’t want brown or black doctors treating their child. My daughter got RSV at 6 weeks old and we had to rush her to the pediatric ER in the middle of the night. By that point, I was so relieved that someone could help her breathe that I don’t even remember anything about the…

Obscene seems like a decent game title to me. Not great for SEO, but otherwise not bad.

In this particular jurisdiction, the jury had to come to a unanimous decision (ie: all the jurors had to agree). Federal courts and most state courts require unanimity in criminal cases (only a few states allow for majority-based verdicts). About 1/3 of states allow for majority based rather than unanimous decisions…

As far as I can tell there has never been an official answer, so I am extremely thrilled to be able to provide one, 19 years later.

My favorite seltzer brand is Polar, especially their Mandarin and Lime flavors. Sometimes I buy the Orange Vanilla too, but I don’t really like the aftertaste.

Dude, if your best argument is “#notallmen” you’re probably not making it to the right person. The victims of Gamergate suffered heaping mountains of bullshit that drove them out of their homes, out of the industry, and in some cases out of court (Zoe Quinn dropped her harassment lawsuit against Eron Gjoni because it…

“Except isn’t that the exact thing that the side anti-GGers did?”