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It kind of sickens me that Funimation is even in the same business as Rick "let's compare condemning social welfare programs to fighting apartheid" Santorum, let alone so close to each other. People of his dominionist ilk are destroying the country with their civil rights blocking and anti-science thought process, and if I thought I was contributing to him by buying Funimation releases, I'd not only stop buying their products, I'd sell the ones I already have.

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It kind of sickens me that Funimation is even in the same business as Rick "let's compare condemning social welfare programs to fighting apartheid" Santorum, let alone so close to each other. People of his dominionist ilk are destroying the country with their civil rights blocking and anti-science thought process, and if I thought I was contributing to him by buying Funimation releases, I'd not only stop buying their products, I'd sell the ones I already have.

Yeah, this really needs to be said. Rick Santorum is an openly bigoted sack of shit. And I honestly don't think it is an exaggeration to call him a borderline fascist given his explicitly stated rejection of the idea that the government shouldn't get involved in the bedroom and strong support for the enforcement of so called obscenity laws. I have no problem coexisting with Christians even if I think their belief is rather dubious myself. I actually think the majority of them are pretty okay people (or at least, no worse than the average person in general). And I can also respect people of different political views in regards to the vast majority of issues (ie. So long as the don't involve bigotry or denying people their basic freedoms). But Rick Santorum can go fornicate with a horse. The guy is about as big a shitbird as they come. And having a massive problem with supporting him should not for a second be equated with having a problem supporting people of a different religion/political stance than you in general.

Is there anywhere you can see the shorts legally online right now? I know they're getting a brief theater run, but I doubt they'll make it to where I live.

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I think I know what you're getting at, but aren't the vast majority of plots made up?

It kind of sickens me that Funimation is even in the same business as Rick "let's compare condemning social welfare programs to fighting apartheid" Santorum, let alone so close to each other. People of his dominionist ilk are destroying the country with their civil rights blocking and anti-science thought process, and if I thought I was contributing to him by buying Funimation releases, I'd not only stop buying their products, I'd sell the ones I already have.

Not an equivalent comparison, since B&B was competing in the "big boy" category, and not the Animated category (which didn't exist at the time).

As another user previously stated, I can imagine Miyazaki taking home a Lifetime Achievement Award. Him retiring after 35 years of filmmaking is huge news,

Can people not named Woody Allen get away with ditching award shows? I thought the committees take that stuff personally.

I don't put The Wind Rises' chances at zero,

While publishers are often frustrated by getting unexpectedly poor quality masters from Japanese licensors, I think situations like that can usually (but not always) be explained to something other than malice.

The first question reminds me of all the hooplah when FUNi used fansubs for their dub recording sessions. Sure, the fansubs were not released to the public in the official release; they remained in-house. But one can't help wonder if FUNi's dub script was just taken straight from the fansubs themselves, which would certainly be pretty dodgy.

The first question reminds me of all the hooplah when FUNi used fansubs for their dub recording sessions. Sure, the fansubs were not released to the public in the official release; they remained in-house. But one can't help wonder if FUNi's dub script was just taken straight from the fansubs themselves, which would certainly be pretty dodgy.