Anime: authors who ruined their works for justified reasons

One of the most complex things today is the cancel culture. The capitalist era that we live in leads us directly to the consumption of works and their connection with the authors. In turn, this leads us to consider the authors of our favorite anime and their serious crimes, and after being aware of this, ask ourselves : what are we left with as consumers?

We recently learned that Koichiro Ito, one of the producers of Your Name: Kimi no Na wa, He was accused of possessing and consuming illegal child exploitation material, the producer pleaded guilty and after this charges, fines and so on were applied. Now, how much do you like the movie? It is a beauty! But, The money from their reproductions supports the person who uses it to consume material that focuses on innocent children. Where does your support go? Of course not, it is not limited to Makoto Shinkai, the director of the film, it expands to many more workers.

There are—existed and will continue to exist—terrible things that should not happen and although we have individual power, many people think that it does not make a difference. I believe that they are wrong, in substance, in you, they make it and keep your own construction defined. The most important and immediate change, and the fruits of which we are able to enjoy, is this, the one we generate day by day.

Cancellation and funa culture are complex, I will not deny it, however, it depends on the situation and the determination of each of us, in the end it comes down to a bit of what can you tolerate?

Tolerance is a very important value, but it is also easy to lose your way. Also, why do you tolerate this or that situation? It is also something to consider at all times.

I think that there are things that we cannot ignore and one of these is the consumption of illegal material that exploits minors. The rights of the most defenseless remain in our care, furthermore, let us highlight the context, Japan is one of the largest consumers of this type of content. What is encouraged by allowing it? Definitely maintain the market, since criminals do not suffer real retaliation.

On the other hand, How important is it that an author of shonen anime works —that is, focused on infants and adolescents— have that type of behavior and that type of audience? The thing is that the illegal child exploitation material referred to is far from being a “contemplative” issue; it is sinister to frame it that way. For this reason, I invite you to read about mangakas who are behind important anime titles so that in the end you can meditate on this topic.

Nobuhiro Watsuki from Rurouni Kenshin

Rurouni Kenshin is one of the most popular samurai anime, however, its author is also known for having been caught carrying TOO MANY tapes of illegal material. Obviously, not that there is an “acceptable number”, but the guy had so many that it was even considered that he could be a producer of the materials.

The creator of the anime Rurouni Kenshin He pleaded guilty to the charges and after that, after the commotion had passed, he continued working on the manga.

Some time later, the remake of his anime arrived and fans would be able to see it again, which meant that The moral and capitalist conflict that fans had to meditate on before making the decision to consume the anime or not was revived.

Although, as I read at some point, the exploitation of large industries and animal abuse, among other terrible things, “could” be seen along the same lines as the case of this anime, the truth is that it is not like that, It is different when a crime has a huge mask that is whispered and another very different when it is completely uncovered —Not that one is more serious or cancelable than the other, but the way in which we receive it and what we can do about it is nuanced.—; and despite this the support is maintained without any kind of nuance.

Of course, everyone does what they think is appropriate from their position—so it was that extremely popular anime authors like naruto and One Piece They demonstrated in support of Nobuhiro Watsuki—. However, it is terrible to see this type of thing present in the anime industry whose audience is generally gained from childhood. Maybe we should think more before consuming certain titles.

Kenya Suzuki from Cuéntame, Galko-chan

When I was 40 years old, Kenya Suzuki decided to order illegal child exploitation material from Germany, As commented: in the voice of the authorities, the manga author assured that “I wanted to acquire desperately nude photos of foreign children that cannot be purchased in Japan.”

What he did next was request illegal material directly to his house, and this consisted of six collections and 46 books of the same material. In other words, we are faced with child predators who consume disgusting amounts of illegal child exploitation material, because It is one thing to consume something – so to speak – and another to be a fanatic committed to it.. This is outrageous!

Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro from Toriko

Toriko It was destined to be one of the editorial flagships of Shonen Jump, as much as Naruto and Luffy, that’s how bright the future of the series was!

However, everything changed when days before consummating a collaborative illustration—precisely with those authors—the police arrested Mitsusoshi for having paid a 16-year-old girl in a settlement. Furthermore, the guy lied to her and told her that she belonged to a sophisticated technology company. She paid 80,000 yen—currently around 10,000 MXN, although the case occurred in 2001.

After that, the agreements ended, however, this author went far beyond the consumption of illegal material, which is no less reprehensible.

Notably, Toriko has just returned to the Shuēisha catalogue; Yes, that’s what I mean when I say that retaliation is exaggeratedly lax.how is it possible that it is back in the catalog of one of the most important manga distributors?

Ichiro Kurata from Amahada shojo

Ichiro Kurata is responsible for uploading more than 2,000 nude photographs of infants to the Deep Web, He was arrested on this charge. It should be noted that even his work is quite criticizable, it undoubtedly shows one of the most controversial and dangerous facets of the anime industry.

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Tatsuya Matsuki from Act-Age

The perpetrator sexually harassed a pair of high school students while riding his bicycle, fled and after that, the victims declared to the police.

The young author – 29 years old – was arrested a couple of months later, accepting the charges without any type of repentance, as mentioned. After that, the serialization of his work was canceled, as was its live-action adaptation.

Do you realize that everyone has been accused for the same reasons? Deplorable! More than reprehensible. And the majority accept it without question, of course, knowing the type of sanction they will have, because they limit themselves to paying a fine and not only return home but continue working as if nothing had happened, how hopeless!

And you, What do you think about separating the author from the work in such specific cases as those I mentioned above? If you still have doubts, I invite you to read a previous article that focuses on the recent delivery of Rurouni Kenshin. Check it here. I read your comments.

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