Ken Akamatsu, mangaka of Love Hina and a prominent voice in defending freedom of expression in manga, is allegedly intending to take part in Japan’s Upper House Election (House of Councillors), which he is doing in a move to protect the aforementioned freedom of expression from the clutches of Western companies hellbent on being politically correct.
The mangaka is likely best known for Love Hina, Negima, and UQ Holder, but Ken Akamatsu has also been highly vocal when it comes to preserving a mangaka’s right to freedom of expression, as more and more Western companies have been forcibly inserting political correctness, propaganda, and wokeness into creations, such as comics and English-dubbed anime.
Akamatsu has concerns that Western companies might soon begin dictating what is allowed in Japanese content, and is seemingly eager to prevent this happening.
The election’s chairman, Toshiaki Endou, got in contact with Akamatsu at the Liberal Democratic Party (which is right wing in Japan) headquarters on December 9th and confirmed that Akamatsu intends to run, and Akamatsu is aiming to increase the vote count by providing aid to candidates that younger individuals are familiar with.
Akamatsu also addressed the news on his Twitter account, confirming his decision to run for the House of Councillors next summer to protect freedom of expression, and also stated that the party is still in the selection process. Akamatsu stressed he will convey his intentions once an official announcement is made.
Best of luck to him. A caring man, not for himself, but for the future of its nation and the freedom of expression he once knew.
how much bullshit
you jealous you will never be as outstanding and respected as him?
Good luck to him. He’s been speaking out against censorship for years and frankly we need more people like him in positions of power.
will fight the censorship, sure sure, the point that the censorship comes from the Japanese themselves.
The West is not as influential as you like to believe
as said by somebody that live in denial or under a rock, more than one mangaka has come out and said the restrictions on manga are only increasing.
Only a retard or somebody that likes to impose censorship (but I repeat myself) would say s♥♥t like this.
It doesn’t say what kind of specific restrictions save for certain poses in more ecchi works.
thank god for him and everyone that will fight for it
needs to be protected by these sensitive fucks
all publicity, nothing will happen because the Japanese are great fagot
Hey does the 50 cent army account for inflation? Or does it stay at 50 cents?
He’s going the distance to protect freedom of expression. I certainly hope he becomes the very best, like no one ever was.
To save us is his cause.
good story, but freedom in japan does not exist in their vocabulary, they are also against strikes
Said the chinaman where the word “freedom” is literally expunged from the dictionary.
It’s probably for the best since their country is about to collapse thanks to Winnie the Pooh and their millenia old long stockholm syndrome to people that rob and enslave them
A man of the people of culture.
a man who hates to draw nipples, from a country with pixelated penises I didn’t expect so badly