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Anime 'Yanineko' Pulled From Streaming in Hong Kong and Taiwan Over Cigarette Brands
The TV anime 'Yanineko' was pulled from streaming in Hong Kong — where the health authority flagged its clearly drawn real cigarette brands as tobacco advertising under the smoking ordinance — and then in Taiwan. Japanese netizens mostly took the regulation in stride, while poking fun at how a show that mocks smoking got treated as an ad.