Kadokawa: “Ishihara’s Remarks are Discrimination!”
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Feb 13, 2011 11:54 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Interviews, Kadokawa, Law, Mangaka, Politics, Tokyo
Top manga publisher Kadokawa’s president has spoken out against Tokyo’s impending manga ban in no uncertain terms, accusing Ishihara of discrimination and comparing his his actions to those of Japan’s wartime secret police.
Kadokawa’s CEO Shinichiro Inoue had this to say in a recent magazine interview:
The remarks of governor Ishihara are discrimination against a particular business, and discrimination against the manga and anime media.
Fiction and reality have no connection in the first place… young people today understand this and can make that distinction, so there’s no need to be excessively concerned about fiction like this.
Ishihara himself is no stranger to discrimination, having become notorious for racist comments and lately having diversified into bashing homosexuals.
Kadokawa’s main public response so far has been to withdraw from TAF, although the actual political effectiveness of this has been limited as Ishihara simply doesn’t care about the manga industry and would clearly much rather everyone be reading his rape novels.
He went on to note that Ishihara’s efforts to control creative thought “are reminiscent of the totalitarian censorship” Japan endured during the war years.
He took particular umbrage at the remarks made by the Tokyo government to the effect that “masterpieces won’t be censored” and “we decide which are masterpieces” – “no mangaka wants to make works just to please the authorities,” he responds.
He closes thus:
Japan’s anime and manga is a world standard. It would be ironic indeed if it were the world which had to tell Japan’s statesmen the value of their own culture.
This rather supposes they have ears to listen in the first place – Ishihara for his part has based his career on making reactionary remarks to other old people.
He has also been annoying mangaka for some time – the images shown are from an actual manga by Fist of the North Star mangaka Tetsuo Hara featuring a governor “Iwahara,” published a decade ago and with the text updated to reflect current events.
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Those are some great comments by Shinichiro. Too bad Ishihara will probably ignore everything that was said and respond with more close-minded insults.
Just make more I-Shit-Hara look alike in Manga Bad Guys that has Gory death of him or a Rapist Dictator. Lets see if he make a ban drawing a look alike him... That could make him STUPID!!!
I am sure some manga will have Ishihara as the villain one day.
Ishihara is already the unspoken villain in every unborn ero manga right now.
I hope it contains guro. Some really nasty guro, a la Madoka.
Add some tentacles also.
then we need G.URObuchi to make a story with Ishihara in it, and torn his body into pieces..
might include "yaoi"
Bam we got a manga!
Boys get to it!
Remember that manga that had Junichiro Koizumi as its protagonist? They need to bring that manga back and have him smack down Ishihara, FOTNS or Jojo style.
Finally, an anime company standing up against the old fiend Ishihara. Go Kadokawa go!
Indeed.
One of the biggest outlets of free expression and art in the country should not be regulated subjectively by a generation with no understanding of the artform.
FIGHT ON KADOKAWA!
"Japan’s anime and manga is a world standard. It would be ironic indeed if it were the world which had to tell Japan’s statesmen the value of their own culture."
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That's already happening.
Pretty much what SanCon has been saying since the first "manga ban" article was posted here.
"Japan’s anime and manga is a world standard. It would be ironic indeed if it were the world which had to tell Japan’s statesmen the value of their own culture."
Shinichiro Inoue, 1 million points for that remark good sir.
Let's hope somebody can oppose that elitist prick.
"It would be ironic indeed if it were the world which had to tell Japan’s statesmen the value of their own culture."
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So.. they are reading our mails?
Not only that but the number of animefests and amateur mangakas is growing more and more all around the world, I don't know for sure in other countries but in mine there is a quite fair number of places that do anime festivals and online sites through which the national mangakas post their works to compete. I even dare to say some of them not only show great promise in the future but have attained pro level in their own style of manga, and that's a fact I believe to be true in many countries, well at other countries at least the art because I don't understand their native language so I can't say anything about their plot and plot developmente. lol
Totally Happening... From Agnes-chan to Ishihara. Who will be the next one?
At last someone is facing that old bastard
Finally they spoke their mind against that piece of shit of a troll.
Lots of old Japanese people who are like that Eatshithara though. :/
It's the 21st century, man. It's not the Tokugawa era anymore.
Some people aren't incouraged by change
sure may think it's dumb but true.
This is really all about biting back to a guy whos' trying to make a nation wide FCC Gambit across Japan.
Time to make that old piec of shit iShitHara pay for his troubles. Let's shove a big fat leek up his motherfucking ass!
OP pic is epic.
We'll need to grow Miku to Gojira like sizes if we want that to happen.
I would love to see someone do a fan manga of Jagi shoving his sawed-off shotgun in Ishihara's face...
Similar to this scene from Hokuto no Ken:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UNC6ZHnJFo&feature=related [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UNC6ZHnJFo&feature=related]
-Azure Xuchilbara
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Considering how the manga ban hurts more than just the loli fans I say good job on Kadokawa's part
STICK IT TO THE OLD BASTARD!
A hero has appeared?
Kadokawa has always ben up front with remarks against this asshole. What we need is the hitman...
Or a competent voting population.
We should hire Golgo 13
Or a population that cares.
Or just give some guns to some fanatical legions of otaku
Duke Togo???
If that's what you truly desire......
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A challenger has appeared.
Fixed. XD
HEADSHOT ON ISHIHARA=(EAT SHIT HERE) PWNED!
Fuck Yeah Kadokawa!!! I support you!!!
Kadokawa for President
aaaaand I finally forgave Kadokawa and KyoAni
Challenge accepted
Dat Bastard is going down, SOON...EVERYONE WILL BE AGAINST HIM!
I think its about time for Akumetsu to make an appearance.
Hahahahaha XD
Amen to that
that's waisist!
Anyone else think this is weaksauce? This guy is literally trying to ruin the industry that Kadokawa operates in, and all they can do is make these statements and photoshop an old manga.
"He went on to note that Ishihara’s efforts to control creative thought “are reminiscent of the totalitarian censorship” Japan endured during the war years."
Is this the Japanese version of Godwin's Law?
Hes teh hitler of japan someone needs to smoke em!
At least Hitler was tring to get rid of the jews, this one want to destroy anime industry
AKUMETSU!! AKUMETSU!! I say he deserves an Akumetsu..
Very good. Some concrete action by people in influential positions. I had almost given up hope.
AS always Sankaku was right from the beginning.
This site is like a Master Thief who only "steals " the truth from this evil evil world.
HAHAHAHAHAhaahaha.. wait you're not joking?