Japanese Prime Minister Concerned About Tokyo International Anime Fair

dtshyk said:
Ibaraki Masahiko, the chief manager of the third editorial department, said "Don't hesitate in creation. Jump magazine will publish anything fun."

AO968 said:
He should've thought about that before the government passed that stupid new law. Heck, why they still accepted it, despite the massive protest is beyond me, but I guess international pressure and/or feigned morality matters more to them than a whole slew of mangaka and other artists whose livelihoods are now being endangered.

Zhao_Yun said:


Anyone else who was reminded of Bakuman when reading this? :D

entropy13 said:
This would certainly be heating up, considering that that same governor already accused the Prime Minister of "not being Japanese enough" and urged people to physically attack the PM if he did not stand at a recent military parade.

dtshyk said:
"It's important to promote Japanese anime to the world as well as to maintain the education of children. I want the people involved to work together to avoid cancellation of TAF."
Ibaraki Masahiko, the chief manager of the third editorial department, said "Don't hesitate in creation. Jump magazine will publish anything fun."

chalao said:
i wonder what would happen to the japanese economy if all the otaku boycotted anime and manga all together???? bet u they gonna have to rethink the rules if every1 did that

HRisa said:
Taro Aso was so much better as the prime minister....he could have stopped all of this :D

Hoppy said:


If everyone boycotted anime, manga, and even video games (since they are affected as well), then the economy will simply crash. They are in an extended recession as of today and this bill will cause a depression.

Anime/Manga Bill = Depression

I don't think the politicians realize that this bill is essentially digging their own grave and burying it as well.

HaremAllMighty said:
Where's Light when you need him?

Hoppy said:


If everyone boycotted anime, manga, and even video games (since they are affected as well), then the economy will simply crash. They are in an extended recession as of today and this bill will cause a depression.

Anime/Manga Bill = Depression

I don't think the politicians realize that this bill is essentially digging their own grave and burying it as well.

chalao said:
i wonder what would happen to the japanese economy if all the otaku boycotted anime and manga all together???? bet u they gonna have to rethink the rules if every1 did that

dtshyk said:
Ibaraki Masahiko, the chief manager of the third editorial department, said "Don't hesitate in creation. Jump magazine will publish anything fun."

xrecks said:
Boycotting the anime industry is the wrong response and punishes the wrong people in this case.

You should *support* the anime industry more than ever - buy the titles that you like whatever they may be, let them know you still want them made...give them reason to keep fighting.

The anime industry is on the *good* side - not the bad - there is no reason to punish them, they need all the help they can get, right now especially.

Hoppy said:


That governor is worse than most of the US Right Wing and the Tea Party combined. What a disrespectful man, I don't care what nation you belong to there is always some respect that everyone should display to the ruler of your nation wither it's the prime minister, president, monarch, etc. You do not do or even think about conducting such shameful actions like trying to harm a prime minister of your country especially if you are a governor or any other politician.

HRisa said:
Taro Aso was so much better as the prime minister....he could have stopped all of this :D

Kazeshini said:
wow, how intense, base this in a manga

Hoppy said:


With an anime adaptation as well, make it a shounen and add some secret police for filler enemies.

Hoppy said:


With an anime adaptation as well, make it a shounen and add some secret police for filler enemies.

Madcat_Zam said:


Nah, it should be yaoi just to piss off the authors of the bill more.

I wonder if this law could pass in the United States. I know in the U.S. they were trying to pass a bill that would ban "crush videos" but the Supreme Court sided against it.

From what I've seen about this "Youth Healthy Development Ordinance", there's quite a number of people who oppose it.

guyklc said:
So Ishihara Shintaro, in addition to making daily racist lies against the Chinese and Koreans living in Japan, is now supporting this crap? Unbelievable, more reasons for me to hate this racist bigot. I can't believe the people of Tokyo keep reelecting this garbage.