Saitou Shinji was fired after being revealed as a scumbag rapist. And this after being involved in a major scandal last year for cheating on his wife, a scandal that he just barely recovered from.

Yeah... all the Umamusume posts featuring him with Jungle Pocket or Shima are now Harsher in Hindsight. Same goes for his appearance in the Umamusume: Beginning of a New Era animated film.

(Okay, alleged rapist. He pretty much admitted to the allegations though. But think his defense is now running with the idea that it was consented or something. At least that's what his wife insinuates. Ironically his wife that he cheated on is now running damage control for him on social media. Either way, still a scumbag.)

NNescio said:

Yeah... all the Umamusume posts featuring him with Jungle Pocket or Shima are now Harsher in Hindsight. Same goes for his appearance in the Umamusume: Beginning of a New Era animated film.

I'm honestly low key concerned that Beginning of a New Era would be given the Phantom Blood treatment and become lost media thanks to the scandal... Especially the theatrical cut which I'm sure would get edited out.
Complete with an entry in LMW a few years from now, as well as detailed video essays about how BoNE became lost media by the likes of blameitonjorge, ShaiiValley, Sakura Stardust, or THEつぶろ in Japan to boot.

Jnglmpera said:

I'm honestly low key concerned that Beginning of a New Era would be given the Phantom Blood treatment and become lost media thanks to the scandal... Especially the theatrical cut which I'm sure would get edited out.
Complete with an entry in LMW a few years from now, as well as detailed video essays about how BoNE became lost media by the likes of blameitonjorge, ShaiiValley, Sakura Stardust, or THEつぶろ in Japan to boot.

Can you explain thr Phantom Blood treatment plz? First time hearing that.

XoftheTITANS said:

Can you explain thr Phantom Blood treatment plz? First time hearing that.

I edited the wiki page earlier to touch on its availability, but to further elaborate: there's a 2007 movie adaptation of Phantom Blood which was far less well received than the David Production version from a few years later. As if that wasn't bad enough, the OVA version of the Stardust Crusaders landed in a controversy of its own involving the Quran that led to the OVA being pulled from circulation, dragging that movie down in to Lost Media status as it never was given a home media release.

Jnglmpera said:

I edited the wiki page earlier to touch on its availability, but to further elaborate: there's a 2007 movie adaptation of Phantom Blood which was far less well received than the David Production version from a few years later. As if that wasn't bad enough, the OVA version of the Stardust Crusaders landed in a controversy of its own involving the Quran that led to the OVA being pulled from circulation, dragging that movie down in to Lost Media status as it never was given a home media release.

I knew about the OVA but there was a movie?!?! Now i got to find it.

XoftheTITANS said:

I knew about the OVA but there was a movie?!?! Now i got to find it.

Good luck since the Phantom Blood movie is one of the the most coveted lost media out there that Shueisha likely locked up in their vaults till the end of time. Only bits of it surfaced but not the full movie.