YouTube Takedown and Next Steps (Patreon)

Hello all. It's with such a heavy heart I have to make this post. YouTube removed my main channel yesterday amidst the Mattel takedown of Thomas content on the site. The reason given is because The Unlucky Tug used the same email as other channels I made years ago that had episode uploads on them. The channels were "Thomas et Ses Emis Classique" which had a bunch of French dubs up, and "トーマス クラシック エピソー (Thomas Classic Episodes), which had a bunch of Japanese dubs up. Mattel struck both channels, and in response YouTube swooped everything associated with that email.

Never thought this would happen. It's honestly very scary and I'm not exactly sure what happens now. It's frustrating because of how little communication Google/YouTube gave to me about it - no warnings or notices. I'm holding out hope I can get this sorted out with YouTube and reinstate the main channel at the very least. Needless to say, all new content is on hold until I figure this out.

I have sent an appeal email and am waiting for a response. In the meantime, I'm going to sit on Google's live chat and try to get somewhere.

I want to thank you all for your support during this crappy time, you guys are the best. Let's stay positive and keep our fingers crossed! If you really want to help, the best you can do it make a stink about it on social media - let's get YouTube's attention!