Vic Mignogna fired from Funimation & RoosterTeeth over accusations of sexual harassment

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Oh right, I forgot. My bad.


And the fact they're bitching about Vic not being accepting of their fetish art is just poor logic and they should have been called out long before the rest of the accusations came to be.

The timing is pretty suspect too. They shove their Dragonball Movie out the door, and within a week all his coworkers are trying to get him lynched. I am automatically highly suspicious of any twitter hashtag movement. That place is a cesspool of lies, and has been used routinely to ruin innocent people. They are also claiming 15 years of misconduct and the worst thing they can come up with is he was overly handsy at cons.
 
Didn't see anyone talk about this yet, but a few days ago PensaCcon claimed a Vic supporter sent them a bomb threat and sent proof to EVS. I don't know why they sent it to him of all people, because he's not into anime, knows almost nothing about the VA's, he's not going to the con and merely made a video about their spergout on twitter.

https://twitter.com/EthanVanSciver/status/1097021821235400704
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Update on the bomb situation and very bad for PensaCon if they lied about a bomb threat
https://twitter.com/EthanVanSciver/status/1097021821235400704
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Didn't see anyone talk about this yet, but a few days ago PensaCcon claimed a Vic supporter sent them a bomb threat and sent proof to EVS. I don't know why they sent it to him of all people, because he's not into anime, knows almost nothing about the VA's, he's not going to the con and merely made a video about their spergout on twitter.

https://twitter.com/EthanVanSciver/status/1097021821235400704
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Update on the bomb situation and very bad for PensaCon if they lied about a bomb threat
https://twitter.com/EthanVanSciver/status/1097021821235400704
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Now that is just hilarious. Pensacon claims they received a bomb threat, and van skivers fans run to the FBI and let them know about the bomb threat. Plot twist. Pensacon was just blowing smoke, and now they have to talk to the FBI. I need more popcorn.
 
Now that is just hilarious. Pensacon claims they received a bomb threat, and van skivers fans run to the FBI and let them know about the bomb threat. Plot twist. Pensacon was just blowing smoke, and now they have to talk to the FBI. I need more popcorn.

I guess the popcorn might be not enough. We might need hamburgers or pizza as well. ;-)

And now one guy on Twitter called Sean Schemmel a pussy because Sean threatened Twitter with FBI. https://twitter.com/RaxTheHero/status/1097623569213775872
 
I guess the popcorn might be not enough. We might need hamburgers or pizza as well. ;)

And now one guy on Twitter called Sean Schemmel a pussy because Sean threatened Twitter with FBI. https://twitter.com/RaxTheHero/status/1097623569213775872

And now we just need people to go to Pensacon wearing shirts saying "I stand with Vic". The con is taking place in a public facility owned by the government. If the police throw con attendees out for wearing those shirts the city and local PD would be in violation of the 1st amendment, by denying someone access to a public facilities for saying something that is perfectly legal. That made their earlier threats so retarded. They cannot back them up, and if they did they are in deep fucking shit, and would also drag the taxpayers of Pensacola down with them. They would get thrown under the bus by the city so fast.
 
Look, I'll be frank here.

Hate the "Gate" trend as much as you want (lord knows I find it detestable and agree with @Archeopthryx that #Animetoo is far funnier), but you'd find the same assholes attacking any dissent, no matter what it chose to label itself or how they chose to organize. Even if those critical of a position chose not to complain under a single unified banner, which has fucking happened before (see also: Ghostbusters 2016, TLJ, etc), they'll get grouped in and dismissed whole hog. This is the current tactic for the Twitter-addicted shithole brigade: Label any criticism as illegitimate and harassment, regardless of source, context, or underlying cause. Never address the actual concerns because that would require acknowledging that those bitching have a point.

We've seen this shit, over and over again, over the last five years. Even if someone openly and completely apolitically dismantles the situation and calls it out for what it is (as happened with James Rolfe, RedLetterMedia, et al), they'll be labeled part of the problem, dismissed as a harasser, and attacked. It doesn't matter whether or not they organize, and if so, what label they give themselves. The shitheads are going to label them all harassers, blame all problems on them, and whine about how they're evil incarnate, because the shitheads that keep doing this crap have nothing else.
what happened with James Rolfe and RLM?
 
what happened with James Rolfe and RLM?
Rolfe stated that he didn't want to review the new Ghostbusters movie, and it was for completely apolitical reasons, such as feeling the series died with Ramis. A bunch of people flipped their shit and claimed Rolfe was a misogynist (despite Rolfe only bringing up the fact the Ghostbusters were women very briefly and he indicated that he had no real opinion about that).

I'm assuming the same thing with RLM since they did a Plinkett review dismantling why it wasn't funny.

You know what, when the SWAT shit broke out, I was about to laugh at the Vic supporters for being hilariously petty, but this is even more pathetic and funnier.
 
Because that would involve someone possibly cutting their hand or arm on broken glass. Having kicked open a front door once myself (long story; short version, I locked myself out), I can attest that it's really not that difficult to do if you kick in the right place (near the lock/handle). Why would a cop risk lacerations when they can more safely kick (or, more likely, ram) the door open?

Especially given those Facebook shots, I'm not necessarily buying the "counter-swatting" of this person, but "why didn't they break the glass?" is a dumb comment. All these people thinking action movies are applicable to real life…
 
You mentioned four, but only brought up the 3 Jamie worked on. What was the other one and how bad did Funi fuck it up?

Less of major strikes, more a barrage of minor ones and Marchi sperging on the Twitterbox. Nothing worth enough for people to spergstorm over, just stuff that made people roll their eyes, like Marchi sperging about feminism while voicing Rias Gremory.

what happened with James Rolfe and RLM?

In May of 2016, James decided to respond to fan requests about the upcoming movie, since he's a gigantic Ghostbusters fan. People wanted his take on it, and so he gave it: James was going to neither see nor review Ghostbusters 2016. His reasons are listed in the video, but can be surmised thus: It looks like shit, cynically exploits the legacy of the previous films for name recognition while disrespecting that very legacy, is completely disconnected from the previous films, and is under the control of a director whose accomplishments are effectively nil. In his eyes, the death of Harold Ramis signaled the end of the possibility of good Ghostbusters movies from then on out.

He knew he was going to hate it, so he opted out. Pretty simple shit.


The result of James putting out a reasoned, well-researched opinion? Fucking Autism:

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Article after article, sperg-rant after sperg-rant.

James meanwhile gave zero fucks and put out like 3 more AVGN episodes that quarter.

RLM likewise has taken it on the chin for disrespecting the sacred cows, especially the newer Star Wars films:


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RLM has zero fucks to give.
 
Less of major strikes, more a barrage of minor ones and Marchi sperging on the Twitterbox. Nothing worth enough for people to spergstorm over, just stuff that made people roll their eyes, like Marchi sperging about feminism while voicing Rias Gremory.



In May of 2016, James decided to respond to fan requests about the upcoming movie, since he's a gigantic Ghostbusters fan. People wanted his take on it, and so he gave it: James was going to neither see nor review Ghostbusters 2016. His reasons are listed in the video, but can be surmised thus: It looks like shit, cynically exploits the legacy of the previous films for name recognition while disrespecting that very legacy, is completely disconnected from the previous films, and is under the control of a director whose accomplishments are effectively nil. In his eyes, the death of Harold Ramis signaled the end of the possibility of good Ghostbusters movies from then on out.

He knew he was going to hate it, so he opted out. Pretty simple shit.


The result of James putting out a reasoned, well-researched opinion? Fucking Autism:

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Article after article, sperg-rant after sperg-rant.

James meanwhile gave zero fucks and put out like 3 more AVGN episodes that quarter.

RLM likewise has taken it on the chin for disrespecting the sacred cows, especially the newer Star Wars films:



RLM has zero fucks to give.

Shit like this is why I’m glad that movie bombed.
 
Less of major strikes, more a barrage of minor ones and Marchi sperging on the Twitterbox. Nothing worth enough for people to spergstorm over, just stuff that made people roll their eyes, like Marchi sperging about feminism while voicing Rias Gremory.



In May of 2016, James decided to respond to fan requests about the upcoming movie, since he's a gigantic Ghostbusters fan. People wanted his take on it, and so he gave it: James was going to neither see nor review Ghostbusters 2016. His reasons are listed in the video, but can be surmised thus: It looks like shit, cynically exploits the legacy of the previous films for name recognition while disrespecting that very legacy, is completely disconnected from the previous films, and is under the control of a director whose accomplishments are effectively nil. In his eyes, the death of Harold Ramis signaled the end of the possibility of good Ghostbusters movies from then on out.

He knew he was going to hate it, so he opted out. Pretty simple shit.


The result of James putting out a reasoned, well-researched opinion? Fucking Autism:

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Article after article, sperg-rant after sperg-rant.

James meanwhile gave zero fucks and put out like 3 more AVGN episodes that quarter.

RLM likewise has taken it on the chin for disrespecting the sacred cows, especially the newer Star Wars films:



RLM has zero fucks to give.
I remember that. James got into the New York Times TWICE over that video. Couldn't believe since it was one of the most mild takes on the movie in the world.

Also EVS just did a stream talking about PensaCon bombing some more with Nick and some CG'ers
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Pensacon is retaliating and wants to sue EVS for Defamation:
https://twitter.com/EthanVanSciver/status/1097658219491659778

Well this has just made the weeb war go thermo nuclear. These idiots cannot be so unaware about the culture war that they could not have realized they had strayed into no man's land. There are people (like me for instance) who do not give a solitary shit about english anime dubs and have not heard about some rando d list voice actor named vic filet mignon or however you spell it, until this drama blew up this week.

But what I and many other people do care about is this ravenous crusade to purge conservatives, Christian's, and the eponymous "white male" from the cultural space. People do care about these things.

The little social justice echo chamber these idiots have been living in is about to be surrounded by pitch forks and torches.
 
In Shin Chan they talked shit about republicans a lot and there is a couple references to religious people and republicans in ghost stories. So them doing this isn't new it's just I think the pendulum has shifted so much people are tired of politics seeping into their hobby.

Actually, I'm inclined to give ADV a pass on Ghost Stories. I don't think it's quite what @Jaimas and I were talking about.

1. It's simply not a good anime.

2. Most importantly: From what I understand, that show bombed really hard in Japan, and the rights holders explicitly told ADV that they had carte-blanche to make as many alterations as possible because they were simply trying to salvage something from the mess. Enough to at least break even.

3. There's an unaltered sub track for the purists. But, again, the show sucks. So don't bother.

4. Political jokes aside, it's actually kinda funny in parts. It has humor on par with what most 4channers of the day would appreciate.

It's not something I wanna see happen too often, but they had permission. Steven Foster ran with said permission for all its worth. It doesn't feel right to crawl up his ass too much over it. My issue is that they're now sneaking this shit in as a gotcha, in popular shows, when they haven't been given such extraordinary license. Just because you're given an inch doesn't mean you should take a mile.



Pensacon is retaliating and wants to sue EVS for Defamation:

LOL.
 
2. Most importantly: From what I understand, that show bombed really hard in Japan, and the rights holders explicitly told ADV that they had carte-blanche to make as many alterations as possible because they were simply trying to salvage something from the mess. Enough to at least break even.

Funny story about that. That's an old wives tale people like Greg Ayers and Monica Rial told people back in the mid 2000s when we weren't as connected with Japan as we are now and couldn't fact check these things. Ghost Stories was actually huge hit in Japan. It got a 10-12% rating consistently when it aired in Japan, putting it in the Top 10 anime of the time, and it has routinely had numerous rerun spots in Japan . The most recent reruns were from.. 2016 I believe

Basically these actors have been in the bullshitting game for decades.
 
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