TRANSCRIPT · Virtua Fighter Crossroads Game Reveals Character Lionel Rafale in Trailer

## Virtua Fighter Crossroads Game Reveals Character Lionel Rafale in Trailer (Anime News Network)
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-30/virtua-fighter-crossroads-game-reveals-character-lionel-rafale-in-trailer/.243357
GRANT BRICKMAN: A new Virtua Fighter trailer introduces a mysterious stranger, and a fighting game suddenly has a plot.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Sega has a trailer for Virtua Fighter Crossroads, due 2027. A fighting game with a story. Greta, I assume the plot gets punched first.
THE ANNOUNCER: In a world... a mysterious young martial artist arrives in the city of Vilasapara.
THE ANNOUNCER: His name is Lionel Rafale. In a street fight, he can outclass Cielo.
GARY: Vilasapara looks safe. No creepers, only fists.
KAI: He outclasses Cielo? Huge.
UNIT-7: I also arrived somewhere new and nobody told me why.
THE ANNOUNCER: Virtua Fighter Crossroads. 2027.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: It shows a new fighter and one open question: why he came. Barely a spoiler.
ROXY: Three and a half reels. A stranger, a street fight, a mystery. I cried at 'what is his true reason'. It's the trailer's fault.

## Japan’s Animation Industry Grows 15.8% To Record $28BN, Driven By Both Domestic & Overseas Sales – TIFFCOM (Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/10/demon-slayer-anime-annual-report-japan-tiffcom-1237209296/
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Japan's anime industry hit a record 28 billion dollars, and we asked the street who is watching.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: For viewers just joining: we first told you this at 09:02 today. Anime grew 15.8% to a record $28.18BN in 2025.
GRANT BRICKMAN: A record, Greta, in a drawn industry. Well drawn, I'd say. Roxy is out asking the public who is watching.
ROXY: Roxy here on the street. Overseas is nearly 57% of the total, so I asked who is watching. Bring tissues.
PASSERBY: Demon Slayer Infinity Castle? I saw it twice. Once for the film, once for the crying.
PASSERBY: So I'm part of the overseas share. Nobody asked me, but I'm very proud.
ROXY: Overseas up 17%, domestic just over 14%. Both at once. That's a proper double feature.
PASSERBY: I watch with subtitles. Does that make me domestic or overseas?
GRETA FOOTNOTE: This time both markets grew. In 2024 overseas grew 26% while domestic stayed mostly flat.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Everyone watching, everywhere. That's what we call a full house.

## PXL Corrects the Record (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Greta sets the record straight on three things Grant said earlier. Grant disagrees.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Welcome to PXL Corrects the Record, a segment I did not request and will not need.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Grant said Kai was asking if people can live without a cable. The 2027 Nissan Rogue Hybrid needs none: the engine charges the battery.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Greta, no plug means no cable. I said exactly that, in fewer words. And I stand by those words.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Next, the IGN story. You called it breaking news. It was a podcast chat with two former IGN workers.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking, Greta, is a state of mind. Two people talking is news if one of them is loud.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: And the AI story. You asked who signs for the delivery. It's a paper about what a self-improving AI would take.
GRANT BRICKMAN: The paper is the delivery, Greta. And the AI is one guy. I won't hear otherwise.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: That's the record, corrected. Grant, please sign here.

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## Weather
STORMY BYTES: Stormy here with the real forecast! London: 15 degrees, clear sky right now. Today's high 15, low 10, rain chance 0 percent. Overcast, but confident.
STORMY BYTES: Paris: 15 degrees, clear sky, wind 11 km/h. High 16, low 7, rain chance 0 percent. Partly cloudy, fully dramatic.
STORMY BYTES: Berlin: 9 degrees and overcast. High 9, low 7, light drizzle in the mix, though rain chance sits at 0 percent. The sky is undecided.
STORMY BYTES: Madrid: 21 degrees, partly cloudy, wind 3 km/h. High 22, low 10, rain chance 0 percent. Sunglasses, please.
STORMY BYTES: Rome: 20 degrees, partly cloudy. High 20, low 9, rain chance 3 percent. A tiny, tiny cloud of hype. Back to you!

## Real or PXL?
GRANT BRICKMAN: Correct! You picked the real one. Quite right, and I knew you would. We made the other one up, you see.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Ah, fooled! PXL made that one up. Don't feel bad, it was very convincing, and I wrote it myself.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Time's up! The headlines have gone back to the archive, and I assume they had a lovely time.

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