Canadian American creator Nux Taku has built a sizable following on YouTube through anime reactions, commentary and culture war debates. This week, however, his name trended for a different reason. Fellow YouTuber Nikandros released an hour long video titled “Exposing Nux Taku’s EPI Empire,” laying out a series of allegations that question how Nux has handled adult themed content around younger audiences.The video, uploaded on February 11, 2026, was soon spread on streaming circles. It depicts Nux as publicly condemning of blatant content being displayed to minors when seemingly hosting comparable content in his own uploads and community. The accusations have brought a lot of controversy both to the fans and critics.
What are the allegations against Nux Taku and why are they gaining traction now
Nikandros begins by highlighting Nux’s past commentary condemning sexualized content around children. In one clip, Nux criticizes what he calls cultural decline. As Nikandros frames it, “It’s not surprising that people who are based purely on hedonism that they think you could f**k everything that moves. They think that sex should be publicized and taught to little babies and children, teaching them to change their genders and sh*t like that.”
From there, Nikandros argues that older Nux uploads undercut that stance. He references anime reviews featuring suggestive imagery and thumbnails, saying, “While Naku was railing against Twitch for letting children see bikini ladies, he was uploading content like this with thumbnails like this to a 13-plus website, which is again still mind-blowing to me…”The most serious claims focus on Discord servers connected to Nux’s brand. Nikandros notes one server launched with a 16 plus age minimum and included NSFW channels. He argues the age limit itself raises concerns: “I am happy that he has a minimum age rule this time, but setting it to 16 is a massive self-report that he is aware that a large chunk of his audience is underage. It’s also highly questionable given his decision to launch the server with a set of NSFW channels, including an NSFW voice channel.”Nikandros further alleges that a 14 year old Patreon supporter gained access to an NSFW channel after requesting it, stating, “Soon enough, basically everyone on the server knew that [the user] was underage. Despite this, Nux Taku made the NSFW channel for them a month later, and within a year, they had posted 242 messages on the channel.”As of publication, Nux Taku has not publicly addressed the latest video in detail. The allegations remain claims made by another creator and have not been tested in court. Still, the controversy underscores how closely online communities now examine the gap between public messaging and private platforms.
