A seiyuu from blockbuster anime One Piece has been arrested on charges of distributing obscene material after police took offence to pictures of the seiyuu’s nether regions posted to the seiyuu’s blog in order to highlight an interesting tattoo.
The character he voiced, the unfortunately named “Iwankoff” (イワンコフ), appeared to have been somewhat in character given his interests:
The seiyuu in question, 56-year-old Norio Imamura, had apparently posted the pictures to a personal blog because “I had been getting these tattoos gradually for 10 years, and since they were almost complete I wanted to show them off.”
The pictures had been on his site for some two months; police have arrested him on charges of exhibiting obscene images, which under Japanese law includes simple nudity.
There is suspicion that his management of a tattoo-themed gay bar in Shinjuku might have been the real reason behind his persecution at the hands of police; also, the tattoo and line of work he is in unsubtly suggest he may be involved with the yakuza.
Irrespective of his circumstances, that Japanese police apparently have nothing better to do than hunt people down for posting naked pictures of themselves online seems as good an argument as any for a reduction in Japan’s bloated public sector, and more importantly its oppressive censorship laws.
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Pshhh One Piece~~ Even their seiyuus are fucked up.
Well, I can see why he was picked for Iwankoff...
Questionable choice and JAPAN? PSHAWWWW~~~~
Two words: HOLY SHIT!
Two words and 1 peeep.. : What the
No doub he is a tattoed liberache gay yakuza ¬_¬U
what a disgrace to the name NORIO, seeing as the other one is the most epic seiyuu ever.
This guy is amazing. The first picture made me think he was a chick though, it looked vaginesque.
Iwankoff = I wank off, a suitable name for the character this perverted seiyuu voices.
HOLY SHIT how the FUCK did i miss THAT...
seriously how did i miss that characters name was iwankoff
Well actually its just a weird translation of ivankof
alidan's sarcasm deftly escapes anon 01:30's grasp -_-;
He better hope he stays healthy,'cause he gonna go through hell if he getting a MRI scan >_>
Leukemia is almost assured for this guy.
I thought hepatitis is the disease of the tattoed freacks
The MRI pain for people with tattoo was a fake from House MD, its a myth and my friends, the MythBusters also tested the hypothesis, its a fake.
just for curiosity i asked my radiology teacher (i'm a med student, fifth year) and he confirmed me, its just a fake...
yeah but it's not like putting a sh**load of ink under your skin is making you healtier... or appealing.
as a female, I wouldnt mind beautifull japanese tatoos on a middle age man instead of flaffy skin.Oh, I remember he's gay
I understand its appeal at least.
So you are also a fagg0t?
both of you are faggots now shut up
I'm glad I wasn't the only one thinking this...
same here ><
Well... I... guess there's nothign wrong with tattoos?
*Opens images*
Oh shi- I'm starting to see red!
Limit that to a seiyuu, silly child. Don't try too hard now.
Though I agree with Yoshi, he certainly fits the bill for the character he portrays.
u mad
who the heck...?
never heard of him before and i was really hoping a female seiyuu was behind that link
I kind of missed that "he" till a bit late =.=
HEE HAW! O~KA~MA~WAY
I thought One Piece as in 'One Piece Sukumizu' >.>...
Eyes were shed...
@XxXFl0oD3RXxX
Pshhh, It's OBVIOUS that you haven't read One Piece.
You are the fucked up, not the entire manga, stupid asshole.
~sigh~~~
Let me tell you this: ALL anime, all manga, are awesome. All of it's addicting. First impressions doesn't matter when referring to anime and manga.
Now I haven't read One Piece, and all i know about it is that it's about pirates and a rubbery guy. I don't like the art, so I'm not interested in watching or reading it.
IF I started reading it though, I just might get hooked.
My first statement was just an opinion of the majority. Don't complain, it's our fault.
Happy?
Most of them aren't even bad.
Cant event realy see Cawk.
Dammit, Artefact!! XD You made my nightmare!!
I read this seiyuu is a good friend of the mangaka, and he modelled Ivankov after him.
Almost finished? Why would he show them off if they're just almost finished?
oi,oi now whos gonna do iva-chan's voice?
They'll record from behind bars
I don't care if you manage the gayest most pansy gay bar ever, and I don't care if you post disturbing nude pictures with some featuring shibari. Because with a near full body badass irezumi like that you will always have +100 man points and my manly gar respect.
Whooahh He even have tattoo on his anus. That's got to hurt. >.<
that's hardcore
or he's yakuza
GAY
you aren't man enough for that kind of tattoos.
Yeah, you need to be a REAL man to take it in the ass and get back the next day to get more. Yup, you are not man enough for chewing balls or sodomy; that's only for hardcore gay machos!
Was I the only one disappointed when I looked past the headline to discovered it wasn't a female seiyuu?
Nop ,i am to :(
I'm disappointed as well.
This is going to really hurt the series now though.
No, right at this point everyone knows that One Piece is gay and its fans are fags ^_^
says some insecure narutard
Don't fight guys: both narutards and one-piece-fags are retarded and gay, ok?
i was too.
no i was disappointed to , some how it didn't even hit my mind it could be male.