82 Ken Akamatsu has announced he will be meeting with several heads of Manga publishers to discuss safeguarding Japanese freedom of expression against political pressure to implement censorship practices (twitter.com) posted 291 days ago by yoisi 291 days ago by yoisi +82 / -0 24 comments share 24 comments share save hide report block hide replies
I still don't like the man's work, but his principled stance on this has been consistent enough to respect and I absolutely wish him all the work.
Came here to say this.
There's some kind of profound irony to the guy who wrote just about the tropiest harem bait around being the one to show up and make something so important like this happen.
Better than the reverse: Making a great series, and the creator is an actual pedophile.
Rurouni Kenshin, anyone?
Edit: Five downvotes. Why did this trigger people? It's a factual statement--the man was convicted in court.
Ah Fuck, news to me...but you have my thanks for bringing it to my attention.