Ishihara: “Otaku Have Corrupt DNA”
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Dec 17, 2010 22:49 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Crime, Law, Otaku, Politics, Tokyo, Tokyo Anime Fair
Tokyo’s governor Shintaro Ishihara has accused manga fans of being “abnormal” and having “corrupt DNA,” whilst condemning sexually explicit manga as “causing harm without a single benefit.”
His comments were made at a recent press conference, in which he sought to justify his support of the ban by rambling about genetic defectives:
“There are indeed plenty of perverts in the world. The DNA of these pitiful people is corrupt. They are indeed abnormal.”
The perverts in question are apparently anyone who opposes his ban.
This of course comes not long after he called homosexuals “genetically defective” and “pitiful.”
Another remark saw him criticise loli manga:
“Stories with young children being raped serve no purpose. They cause nothing but harm with no benefit.”
However, in the same press conference he went on to praise Vladimir Nabokov’s classic lolicon novel “Lolita” – “It was shocking at the time, but at that level the description is quite beautiful.”
When it was pointed out to him that when he was criticised during the 1972 publication of his own novel “Shinjitsu no Seikyouiku” (“True Sex Education”) he defended himself by saying “Literature of any kind does not lead children to commit crime or cause juvenile delinquency,” he merely responded that “I was wrong.”
In other recent remarks he again restated his indifference to the industry boycott of the Tokyo Anime Fair, saying “Who cares if they don’t come – they’ll come next year!” and even expressing his belief that the attendance of the anime industry is not necessary to an anime fair at all – “It doesn’t matter if they never attend it!”
All this from the man who has been writing rape novels for the past 50 years.
A synopsis of Ishihara’s 1956 novel “Kanzen na Yuugi” (“The Perfect Game”), loosely adapted into a movie:
A group of youths kidnap a mentally retarded girl whom they brutally rape and keep as a sex slave. After failing to sell her to a brothel, they dispose of her by throwing her off a cliff.
“Taiyou no Kisetsu” (“Season of the Sun”), a 1955 novel which sold a million copies and was also made into a movie:
A tearaway boxer in highschool begins a sexual relationship with a schoolgirl (by sticking his penis through a paper screen door), whom he soon grows tired of. He sells the girl to his brother for 5,000 yen.
The story ends with the girl becoming pregnant with her former boyfriend’s child and dying after a botched abortion, with the protagonist showing remorse for the first time in the story whilst attending her funeral.
“Shokei no Heiya” (“Execution Room”), a 1956 novel with a movie version, was the most controversial of his novels due to all the copy-cat crimes it inspired:
A group of young men pick up two women, who they go drinking with. They slip sedatives into their drinks and subsequently rape them. The girl’s friends catch up with them and stab one of them to death in a fight.
Interestingly, in 1957 a group of 7 16-year-old youths were arrested for gang-raping a 16-year-old girl whom they had drugged. Police later discovered the crime was modelled on the events described in “Execution Room.”
The book was also connected with a case where a middle-school boy crept into his neighbour’s house and placed sedative in their sugar, putting a housewife into a coma.
Another case saw a group of high-schoolers put a sedative into a girl’s coffee and drag her off to a nearby ryokan, where they attempted to rape her. Yet another case involved a group of unemployed youths kidnapping a woman for use as a sex slave.
Incidentally, all Ishihara’s novels are on sale in Tokyo bookshops and can be bought by children with no restriction.
However, even showing these 4-koma manga versions of Ishihara’s novels to a minor in Tokyo is now a criminal offence:
Blade & Soul Launch Unexpectedly Voluptuous
Nisemonogatari Pachinko Machine Unveiled
Lax Lady Venera Figure
Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut Ceaselessly Naughty
“Abusive” Breast-Groping Fundraiser Molested by Petition
Hanayo Koizumi’s Birthday Highly Revered
Toyota Prius CM Goes Full KanColle Mode
Usamimi Anette-san Micro-Bikini Figure
A Full Course Dream 3some “An Otaku Wet-Dream”
Dimension W “Both Cute & Grotesque!”
Monster Monpiece Naked Trailer Shamelessly Shameless
Digimon Adventure Tri PV Full of Promise
Tekken Moves Performed in Real Life
Energetic Lucky Chloe Figure
Otoko No Ko Harem – Will You Admit To Wanting This?
Dagashi Kashi Irresistibly Sweet
Oshiete Gyaruko-chan Pantsu-A-Plenty
Nitroplus Blasterz English Trailer Quite Rousing
Valkyria Chronicles Remaster Trailer Retells The Tale
Sickeningly Sweet Enju Aihara Miko Figure
Skimpy Sonico Cosplay Barely Contained
Kumiko & Reina Cosplay Hardly Blows At All
Skimpy Elf Bikini Cosplay by Saku Supremely Sexy
Gothic Lolita Hatsune Miku Cosplay Busts Out
Delectable Dizzy Cosplay by Lechat
Dark Elf Cosplay by Non Very Dark Indeed
Titillating Tamako Cosplay Perfectly Pink
Goddess of 2ch: “Full of Lust & Urges (& Also Videos)!”
Raunchy Reisen Inaba Cosplay by Tsuyato
Haruhi Bunny Girl Cosplay Rocks Out
There is nothing in the genetic code that creates otaku nor do Otaku have radically different DNA from other humans. I imagine the governor here has never taken a biology or anthropology course in his life.
It's just the same old stuff we've heard for centuries, only this time with a new twist.
In "The DNA of these pitiful people is corrupt.", replace "DNA" with "Soul", and suddenly it sounds very familiar.
Now this is what I call serious mental dysfunction... I have never seen such a retard in whole my life, and believe me, I saw a lot of things. This is incomprehensible for anyone with common sense. But no wonder that people support him. There are incredibly many seniors in Japan, mostly of his age. I am pretty sure that they are the same kind of perverted generation Ishihara belongs to. They are probably jealous of all this anime and manga culture, because they had nothing more than crappy Ishihara books...
This man's hypocrisy makes me want to vomit.
Seriously, books, movies, anime, manga, games, 2D or 3D, it's all the same. What makes him think that literature is any different from our manga? And what makes him think he's always right? What does he know about DNA anyway?
I know lot of stupid people but Ishihara is probably one of the worst cases of human stupidity, arrogancy and hypocrisy I've ever seen in my whole life.
What makes us "abnormal" in his eyes I have to wonder. I mean yes, I love anime and manga, I love dirty or violent anime and manga, too but that doesn't make me a bad person. I've never hurt anyone, I live normal life, I study and plan to work when I'm finished, I hope that I'll marry someday and I'm polite enough not to call other people with different interests "pitiful," "corrupt" or "abnormal" just to make my opinions sound right.
I have to admit that there are really some sick and disgusting things out there among anime and manga (not as many as in 3D though, seems to me). But at the same time, there are lots and lots of great titles, even ero or violent ones, that are really worth watching and are great pieces of art.
No one has the right to tell people what they should like and what they shouldn't. Someone likes bunnies and butterflies and someone likes gore or scat porn. As long as no one is hurt, everything is OK.
Moreover, authors are not responsible for sick morons who try to imitate what they see in TV, read in books etc. Parents should be responsible for their kids, adult people should be responsible for themselves.
But I don't expect self-righteous people like Ishihara to understand...
What really makes me vomit is not this pathetic old man's ranting... stupid people are stupid, period. You have to bear with them, poor souls.
The worst part are people who like what he says and vote for him. Such things make me really lose faith in mankind.
@Shaolan-kun
You're right.
I don't get why people vote for him in the first place. He's just spouting nonsense all the time. Especially his claims about "corrupted" DNA are so stupid it hurts. He wants to restrict freedom of expression etc.
I wouldn't want a person like that to take care of my city.
However, I have to say that this happens in my country, too. People are voting for the same stupid politicians and parties every time. Then they complain about the political situation. Geez, people. *facepalm*
The reason he's still in office is probably because the other guys that run against him are probably even more batshit than he is.
It's like how it's done in America.
Choose the lesser evil and live a little longer.
@rena
Don't tell me... here in Italy people keep voting for the same people (they're everything, but not stupid - I'm sure you know who I'm talking about), but then they DON'T even complain about...
Bah.
The only harm otaku have ever done is bolster the economy and give japan something to sell globally and give them some form of identity, which is clearly bad.
oh i see... so thats why we're so awesome! it's literally in our blood :D
so it i natural for us
well better not go against our nature or we might feel coenered and do something less appropiate :D
I'm sorry, but this guy is a joke of a human being... and I don't say that often.
...the funnier thing? That there are people who can actually support and follow him.
>the saddest thing? That there are people who can actually support and follow him.
*fixed*
he is the I in Irony
The only thing abnormal is that guy in the picture above.
How can manga cause harm if the problem is in the DNA? ~~
WE ARE MUTATED
yes "WE" are
and proud and honorable. isihara go get cut! slits wrist//
A pot calling a kettle black, a corrupt-minded person calling otakus' DNA "Corrupt". same concept, really.
The DNA cannot be changed just by reading manga or watching anime. And I doubt it could change at all.
His DNA is likely corrupted, that's for sure.
Not too sure about his DNA being corrupt, but his OS certainly is. ^_-
Did Ishihara even graduate from elementary school? ==" DNA corrupt from manga? Then Ishihara's simply the prime example of man mutated by his own stupidity.
if it does i'd be a mutant lashing at every loli i see on the street... but since im typing away happily here means my DNA is free from the "manga-radiation" then? Teach me how this logic works Ishihara-sensei
All manga is composed of paper comprised of 50% pulp product and 50% retrovirus whose effects are transmitted immediately upon contact with the skin.
In the case of digital distribution an airborne variant is pumped directly into the viewer's ventilation system at the time of viewing, which has admittedly caused adverse reaction in cats and dogs but hey, to make an omelet you gotta break some eggs.
Ishihara is a total disgrace to anime/manga industry and the entire Japan itself. I hope someone do something about this chaos that is made by this hypocrite.
calling ishihara a disgrace to anime is like calling stalin a disgrace to human rights
im am very sure if there were some believable studies regarding this subject he would have rubbed them in our faces long ago, so i would like to ask ishihara just how he knows my DNA is defective
last time i looked digging through other peoples medical records was illegal in every civilised country
Politician are the one who have corrupt DNA,not the otaku.
He is a disgrace to the human kind
i bet his dad and grandpa really went to town on him
Incidentally, all Ishihara’s novels are on sale in Tokyo bookshops and can be bought by children with no restriction
Someone needs to be raped for raping the manga industry to sell more books.
Think he wants more press so people buy his stuff.
Holy shit seriously hes just mad because people dont buy is fucking book. I fucking hate power abuse...
Once upon a time a young boy wanted to become a manga artist
Until he realized he was a crappy drawer and no animator would work with him
Then bitter he decided to be a novelist and wrote many eroge books
However not satisfied with this he came to resent manga and turned into a bastard and that a*hole evolved into Ishihara
^^
the guy's like 80 years old, he is gonna die soon anyways... is understandable why he is like that, most old people are very close minded cus they come from a different generation and they are way too old to understand and way too late to change the way they think.
that's why we need MOAR younger generation...
just dump the old,usseless,and shitty ones.
this is why we need to kill off all old people once they reach an age or deny em rights to be elected and so on because this is a disgrace to their own lineage its quite pathetic actually.
and another point isnt this a hypocrite speaking saying what he thinks is bad yet praising at least one lolicon novel? i feel someone needs to physically go in and give him a good slap and run off giggling and make him feel pity for em never realizing said person may seem retarded in his mind but is actually quite knowledgeable and just ninjad him right then and there. would be funny as hell!
anyone wishing to comment me can add me to msn Mr_mystic2000[at]hotmail.com
Well... He's the worst failure of God. (Quoted from the almighty Isurugi Mio-sama)
why has this guy not been locked up? or at least booted out of a position of power, he's worse than the UK's idiot polititions
If you record Ishihara's voice backwards, you hear the devil's voice BUT if you play it forwards, you hear Ishihara's voice!
He doesn't disgrace the anime/manga industry, he's not even part of it. Ofc, jealous haters are gonna hate, and I bet his AV don't generate nearly as much income as do the anime/manga industry.
Diamond Dust,
He should be dressed in a Nazi SS uniform. ^^
that guy just doesn't want to stop, even after he reached his goal
Tokyo’s governor Shintaro Ishihara has accused manga fans of being “abnormal” and having “corrupt DNA,” => With that said he is basically asking former Prime Ministers Aso and Hatoyama to kick his wrinkled ass all over the floor. ;)
He continue to say this, because he's to old and can't make IT stand anymore. So he's just jealous ^o^
he should be reminded that the so called "corrupt" DNA is from their generation as well
Fuck, did Kira run out of paper???
He's late and we have to suffer for it!
I can't do much with MS paint.
So why was this guy elected again?
Because Hikikomoris, Neets, Otakus and probably 2ch's VIPers can not be bothered to leave their home to vote...
...let's see if they feel like not voting next time.
DNA? Anyone reminded of dictators, ethnic cleansing and all its horrors?
Someone should put sedatives in HIS sugar so he goes into a coma. THEN Tokyo can go back to normal.
Oh Ishihara. You amuse me. I really can't agree to his actions, but he do entertain me with his poor defences.
Also I laughed at the last koma last panel.
I'm sure there will be a chosen one who stops that dark lord known as Ishihara.
Could anyone remove that ungrateful piece of $hit off the parliament, please?
I wonder if we'll eventually see otaku concentration camps?
If this neonazistic asshole gets his way any more, who knows? o_0
Feeling really sorry for our Tokyo counterparts right now. :(
Can we hire a senile World War 2 veteran to drop a single disarmed bomb directly on his head?
ah, praise the day when an otaku gets his hands on a sniper rifle....
even a GOOD DNA could not change everthing.
Stupid ishihara.
So everyone Ishihara doesn't like has defective DNA? The fact that this guy became governor is very worrying, he's such an idiot and an ass it's unbelievable.
Is that not like some little kid going "no you're stupid! If you don't agree with me then you're dumb!"
Miroku74,
So if those camps were to arise, will the free world rise up again to stop crooked-minded maniacs such as this poor excuse of a governor?
Maybe he's mad at all the gays because his secret gay lover broke up with him and dated an otaku instead? :D
Seriously though,somebody should put a sock down his throat...
Eat shit, iShitHara! You're the one who has a corrupt DNA! Go to hell, you old fakeass human piece of shit!
Forgot one thing: all those who support this bullshit ban can ride on iShitHara's old, hairy dick!
Umm Ive been wondering but Gay people and otakus don't usually pass on their dna, for obvious reasons. So how could they have some sort of unique defective dna? Be warned: only idiots and terrorists use science to explain why they don't like you
Corrupted?Makes me sound like a mutant...
but seriously,whatever DNA we have,it's always better than this guy's
WOW that would be a SUPER GAME!
Instant sucess!
But guys, I think the way we could really fight this sob seriously is by contacting the publishers and letting them know we Anime fans all over the world support them all the way.
Don't otaku spend a lot of money on this beloved hobby of our. How many Anime fans are we all over the world? Millions perhaps? if so couldn't we get the publishers to hire the best legal team in Japan.
Even if the funds are not there at the moment they could be if we all chip in. Couldn't we at lest help financially. I don't mean offering a fortune, but if we are millions of fans, couldn't at least a dollar donated by each and everyone of us do wonders.
And don't give me the argument I don't like the crap being shown lately, because this smear campaign against otaku has nothing to do with making Anime content better. This bastard only wants to impose his will onto others. If only I could communicate in Japanese I would get in contact with our fellow otaku in Japan and make them realize that we all could achieve a lot if we all join forces.
I refuse to let our hooby die just because of some senile old xenophobe.
Aren't Otaku fed up with being bullied by all this people with nothing better to do but discriminate others just because.
I've heard the same arguments about gays from uneducated hillbillies. Except hillbillies have guns.
you mean hitler?
@thereallamberto i see your using the apple product iShitHara name. iShitHara *facepalm*
Here enjoy my other attempts
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/9038/ishitharadumbass.jpg
This one for Anon 05:31
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/134/ishitharatarget.jpg
Sorry sir, PM IShitHara, I don't have the hypocrite DNA like you have. lol
Words can't express here a pic instead
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/900/ishithara.jpg
oh it's okay,I guess I'll have to wait.
wait... i have defective DNA? oh god damn it! this week cant get any worse...
but how did he...
wait a minute...
i demand this hashish person be arrested!
i mean ishihara
whatever
and have him tested for drugs
his name sounds like he has some so it must be true
someone please fight against this guy...
"Oh, yo, whatsup. My name's Light Yagami, and yes, I'm Kira. You finally got me, but I cannot be stopped" *BANGBANGBANG* He dies.
:|
he died
someone get a death note D8
"Otaku Have Corrupt DNA"
Ishihara browses Sankaku?
img1.sankakustatic.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/76633__468x_saizensen-kun-advancing.jpg
"you mean hitler?"
Was Hitler the only dictator ever or something? We also had Benito Mussolini, Stalin, Francisco Franco, Augusto Pinochet, Mao Zedong, Porfirio Diaz, Fidel Castro and a bunch of others I'm probably forgetting all in the 20th century alone.
Why that old fart is really an asshole for us... >.<
@Diamond Dust :3,more please!
So Japan keeps following the fascist ways? They still don't love freedom... it's time to throw a couple more of nukes once again.
He is not a hypocrite. He is an ignorant fool and a poor leader, but he isn't a hypocrite.
To qualify as such would mean he has to condemn something, while doing the exact same thing and acting as if what he does is fundamentally different.
It's a form of self delusion, but it's different from the plain ignorance he displays.
He's actually reminding me somewhat of Hitler's(and many other's) "perfect people"-idea. Soon he'll be advocating mandatory "care" for all otakus.
Yes, and the Jews have corrupted dna and are filthy too, if you believe Hitler and his nazis..
If Ishihara could build Concentration Camps for Homos and Otakus, he probably would.
Ah sorry i said it wrong.. i meant re-education centers...
May I say "Racist"?
Talking about DNA make me think that he is racist against otaku.
^ This implies that novels and manga should be considered to be in different categories, which they simply aren't. Fiction is fiction. In this particular case they're even both books. So yeah, he is a hypocrite.
EXACTLY. He is a hypocrite. He is a book author and guess what his books are about. RAPE and violence. He has absolutely NO right to condemn at other media with rape content. In my opinion, the only reason he is banning manga and anime is to eliminate the competition.
Yes he is.
By saying that "Otaku are genetically defective", he is also saying that the manga and anime aren't the cause of the problem. So forbidding manga and anime won't change anything, "Otaku will remain genetically defective".
Worst, by depriving them of non-life occupation, they will start to have a life, sex, get married and have kids. That way the perverted gene of the Otaku will go to the next generation, perpetuating the Otaku lineage.
He's actions are going against his believes. ^^
Of course, what I wrote here is not to be taken seriously...
He hates Mentally retarded,homosexuals,and nerds all together.
@Myballs
So what your saying is that he really hates himself? Makes sense.
he DOES realize that he's going to end up banning his own books, right?
@Anonymous 00:21 Yes, you can.
/anon-edit:
@04:02: sorry, should have triple-checked who you replied to first. Of course you're right that he doesn't ban his books, and that it's also extremely unlikely to happen in the future. I was kinda hoping my comment wouldn't show up since it was missing at first, but since it did, please accept my apologies.
Anyone else laugh their balls off at the last frame after reading the synopsis?
"...at her funeral he shows the first remorse for what happened to her."
*Chuck Norris roundhouse kick at her memorial picture*
*Me on the floor laughing*
@Anon 03:20: No, he isn't. This ban doesn't touch novels at all.
Obviously.
>stop liking what i hate!
cryingbaby.jpg
You know, this is starting to sound a lot less like its about anime and manga and more like a reawakening of eugenic policy... I know the US and UK tossed around the idea of eugenics around the 1950s and was eventually thrown out because its crack-pot psudo-science with severe cultural side effects.
otaku have corrupt DNA: says the old man whose own works depict rape
corrupt DNA sure Ishihara next your gonna tell us that Vocaloid cause cancer yeah whatever old man I think someone didn't take their medicine today
look Ishihara your passed your prime just give it up already your bill passed already so what more could you want? (a leek in the ass?)
who wants to bet that when he was a youth he used to be bullied by otaku? (i'll LOL if this is true)
so he's basically saying that the americans by striking hiroshima and nagasaki, basically gave birth to otaku.
what's he smoking? I want some of that shit!
Thing that's corrupt is the society that those young live in, people's actions reflect the world around them. Those shitty governors had fail to create a good living environment and yet they blame the DNA of young.
Can't wait new election and take another one !
I think the people of Japan need to remember their scripts they made in the Anime "Code Geass" A leader needs to step up to the tyranny of their own government. Some of this applys to their current legislation and may not apply to this.
Old Man should act their age!!!!
....by staying in some shitass resthome
How can he call someone DNA-defective just judging by his/her preference ?
I hope he and his team would be later be judged by the same fate
This person has seem to forgotten that there were perverts and monsters long before anime or manga became prominent. Adolf Hitler, Genghis Khan, and in our own time, there were monsters like Ted Bundy, Jim Jones, Andrei Chikatilo, Gary Ridgeway, and a whole slew of others. As I recall, none of these fellows were "Otaku" in any sense of the word, but there was plenty wrong with them. It's just one more fellow blaming the popular media for societal problems. Just because his police face is ineffective, and crimes such as rape and other things are handled sloppily just means he can't take responsibility for his own incompetent ineffective administration. Maybe someone just needs to remind him that not too long ago, there were plenty of complaints of thugs on trains raping and groping. Most of these were BUSINESS MEN and thugs. Hmm, weren't the otaku usually worried about getting to the stores in time to get their goods instead of committing a crime on a random stranger? Hmmm, someone's seriously trying to distract from that fact apparently.
And this hypocritical idiot thinks that otaku are the problem? At least "Otaku" aren't known for being super-brutal, and maniacal. The incidents where they say "otaku" have committed crimes, well, those are people who had a lot of mental issues to begin with. The incident in Akihabara was committed by a very unstable person. Let's not forget Debuman, (who went to a maid cafe because he wanted to score with a waitress) who was a BUSINESS Man, much like the idiot above. The list goes on. If he really needs to point a finger, he should look in a mirror. Then look for some of the jerks on this end that sneak roofies into people's drinks to get them to bed. Hmmm, I'm guessing he might find that some of THOSE people are not "Otaku" in the sense that he means it.
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/12/17/lizzy-seebergs-family-feels-violated-notre-dame-football-star/?ncid=webmail
Nothing a rock in-a-sock flung at his stupid old head can't fix . Shouldn't this guy be out on a ice floe somewhere? Jest saying...
You guys are totally crazy. At first I thought that Ishihara guy spilled total nonsense, but after seeing you care so much for some stupid superficial ban, cuz you cant go fuck real woman, makes me fucking sick. Sure, fuck Ishihara. But you guys should be fucked too. Pathetic losers. Now I want a total ban on sex in anime just to see you losers suffer.
angsty you haven't gotten any recently and blaming otaku too now?
too bad everyone caring so much "for some stupid superficial ban" actually has a legitimate cultural artistic point against censorship at the end of the day.
whereas you are just trolling for attention trying to act like you've got some greater higher maturity vision, when really you're just being a childish bitch for attention.
Yes, I think that a human being capable of getting things he want, while others cannot, is indeed better.
Good point, being a smug asshole sure does make you a better human being. So what took a shit in your DNA to cause all that Asperger's?
Tch. Mind as you will guys. If I'm a kid in my head, at least I'm a happy one.
I would ONLY agree on the whole getting a girl of your own but you forget how many articles about the female population in Japan being more superficial than a black chick just getting child support. Haha! I hate my race... ((-_-)) Point is though the otaku COULD have stepped outside to show that they have more for them than anime ( Mine being my job and a HAPPY RELATIONSHIP) and vigins they'll never meet (lookig at you 2ch). And people like Ishihara and those that fail to undersand how selective that law is should take a note from the HARDCORE hikikumori otaku and never set foot outside thier homes... But lets give everyone a hand! Otakus for having a reason to fight and ishihara gaining the hatred of us fans around the world...