Battle of Anime Island

The Battle of Anime Island is an ongoing conflict being held since June 6th, 2019 and it involves the Anime Cartel pitting themselves with A.S.S. and it's allied forces. The battle was first seen in SMG4: World War Mario. The battle was initiated in the wake of the Inkling kidnappings in SMG4: The Inkling Disappearances.

Background
The two forces were created in the wake of the anime ban initiated by Princess Peach. A.S.S. was created to stop the production and distribution of then-illegal anime, and the Anime Cartel was created in response to that. During that time, the A.S.S. had labeled Mario and his friends as fugitives due to their activity with anime.

After for some time, and with the help of manga artist Axol, they managed to convince Princess Peach to lift the anime ban, Now with that off the hook, Meggy can now proceed with Splatfest training.

However, it has been revealed the Meggy, Axol and dozens of other Inklings were kidnapped by the Anime Cartel, in order for Francis to extract their ink using The Ink Zuccer 2000 and use it to fill up the Ink Weaver and create his anime island. This prompts Mario, the A.S.S. and his friends to head over to Anime Island to rescue their friends. While on their way, Godzilla appeared and kidnapped Desti, and took her to the island. Godzilla would appear again in the next episode, but was defeated by Joe Boopkins.