The Tokyo Metropolitan Police has charged 47-year-old manga creator Nobuhiro Watsuki (real name Nobuhiro Nishiwaki) with simple possession of child pornography on Tuesday. According to the authorities, Watsuki possessed numerous DVDs with nude footage of young girls in their early teens, and stored them at an office in Tokyo at least as recently as October. In his deposition, Watsuki allegedly said that he "liked girls in late elementary school to around the second year of middle school." Authorities searched Watsuki's home as part of a different investigation, which linked him to the purchase of DVDs with child pornography. The charge against Watsuki alleges that he possessed the pornographic videos from July 2015. Possession of child pornography entails imprisonment for up to one year and a fine of up to 1 million yen (about US$8,800), if found guilty. Watsuki is best known as the creator of the Rurouni Kenshin manga. The manga ran from 1994 to 1999 in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, and Shueisha published over 60 million copies of the manga's compiled book volumes. The manga inspired an anime series that ran from 1996 to 1998, as well as films and original video anime projects. The manga also inspired a live-action film trilogy from 2012 to 2014, with a new film reportedly in the works. A new arc of the manga by Watsuki and his novelist wife Kaoru Kurosaki debuted in September, and Viz is simultaneously publishing it in English. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-21/rurouni-kenshin-creator-nobuhiro-watsuki-charged-with-child-pornography-possession/.124308 My favorite mangaka Oda-sensei was an assistant to this guy early on his career, really liked RK a lot as a kid. This is bad :( |
| Oops. At least he can write "The Struggles of a Pedophile Mangaka" LN in jail. |
| Ohh god, another human who took a wrong path |
| he better work behind bars then, being in jail is no excuse creator-san |
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| The timing is so damn right when it just re-aired currently |
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| Been a lot of this recently, or so I feel. I wonder who'll be next. |
| Terrible news, he should have looked up Misao doujins instead. Although Misao might be too old for him since she's 16. |
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| This would teach some persons here on MAL.. |
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| @SuperRed WTF? REALLY? Rurounin Kenshin is my childhood anime . It the reason I love the samurai genre like Gintama and Samurai Champloo and Kenshin is my hero proving you dont need some power level friendship plot armor to be a badass character. This news really break my heart and destroy my childhood . |
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Wasshio said: Let hope this doesn't affect the fanbase campaign to have the final arc animated . As a Kenshin fan I hope the final arc get animated without any problem from thisNever really got into Kenshin and that's really because of not having a lot of time for it, focusing on seasonal stuff, but on topic: Honestly its not shocking or surprising for me, but at the same time I can somewhat understand the feeling of people seeing the news as this show was praised by a lot of people and was rather popular as well (doesn't mean anything good but you might get the jist of it) and based on the reactions... yeah I think while I have seen worse this is something that irks a lot of people. Does that stop anyone from checking the series out? I believe not. Just because someone did this type of thing doesn't mean that the series should be axed because of it. Unless there's some straight up connection to it, I don't see it as something that should be axed as shit. That's all I'll say honestly. |
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Wasshio said: The new Rurouni Kenshin manga arc hasn't been axed but in light of the charges Shueisha has put it on hiatus.Just because someone did this type of thing doesn't mean that the series should be axed because of it. Unless there's some straight up connection to it, I don't see it as something that should be axed as shit. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-21/rurouni-kenshin-hokkaido-arc-manga-goes-on-hiatus-due-to-creator-child-porn-charge/.124313 |
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DrGeroCreation said: Let hope it end its hiatus quickly and not get axed . RK fans really want the Jinchu arc be animated very badly.Wasshio said: The new Rurouni Kenshin manga arc hasn't been axed but in light of the charges Shueisha has put it on hiatus.Just because someone did this type of thing doesn't mean that the series should be axed because of it. Unless there's some straight up connection to it, I don't see it as something that should be axed as shit. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-21/rurouni-kenshin-hokkaido-arc-manga-goes-on-hiatus-due-to-creator-child-porn-charge/.124313 |
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| well that sucks.. Is it just me, or does 1year in prison +8k usd seem like kind of a mild punishment? |
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| well, can't blame the police since he possessed such a real thing... he should read doujin instead like geiger counter, OH WAIT... |
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_Ask_ said: well that sucks.. Is it just me, or does 1year in prison +8k usd seem like kind of a mild punishment? It seems exceedingly harsh to me for something entirely passive which has no direct effect and no significant indirect effect on any other human being. If he hadn't paid money for any, then it would be a matter entirely internal to himself and hence entirely outside of the matters which the state can legitimately regulate. |
| Woah Jesus Christ. I didn’t see this coming. Awful news. Was literally about to pick up RK again but not feeling it all of a sudden. |
Long_Ng said: Not really. this is a sad day for the community, i really like RK read it way back in the day hopefully no one go down the wrong path again Despite it being pretty fucked up, he's still talented and decorated. Most fans won't care, nor should they, unless there are related undertones in his series. |
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logopolis said: _Ask_ said: well that sucks.. Is it just me, or does 1year in prison +8k usd seem like kind of a mild punishment? It seems exceedingly harsh to me for something entirely passive which has no direct effect and no significant indirect effect on any other human being. If he hadn't paid money for any, then it would be a matter entirely internal to himself and hence entirely outside of the matters which the state can legitimately regulate. Well,you have to consider, how the DVDs were created. Real life children were abused during this process, weather they got paid as compensation or were just forced to do it, it affects their personality. And by owning such DVDs you "support" this kind of pron industry faction. You directly give them a reason to continue with their missdeeds. |
| This is disgusting to hear imo. I'd assume he probably doesn't have a good love life with his wife, idk. Regardless it sucks for those who looked up to this guy. |
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| Lol for some reason I thought for the last 15 years that the mangaka of Kenshin was a women. That's more shocking to me right now than the charges. PirateMadryk said: logopolis said: It seems exceedingly harsh to me for something entirely passive which has no direct effect and no significant indirect effect on any other human being. If he hadn't paid money for any, then it would be a matter entirely internal to himself and hence entirely outside of the matters which the state can legitimately regulate. Well,you have to consider, how the DVDs were created. Real life children were abused during this process, weather they got paid as compensation or were just forced to do it, it affects their personality. And by owning such DVDs you "support" this kind of pron industry faction. You directly give them a reason to continue with their missdeeds. Only if they profit from you as logopolis said. If there was no money involved and he just, idk, stole or pirated that material he's not supporting it in any way. |
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PirateMadryk said: Well,you have to consider, how the DVDs were created. Real life children were abused during this process, weather they got paid as compensation or were just forced to do it, it affects their personality. And by owning such DVDs you "support" this kind of pron industry faction. You directly give them a reason to continue with their missdeeds. You don't really support it just by owning anything. Paying for stuff supports it, sure, as would thanking people for it or whatever. But it's the people who are actually abusing the children who are the serious criminals. Being a passive consumer should be slap on the wrist territory, the impact any one consumer will have is negligible. Imagine if people were arrested for buying clothes made in sweatshops. |
Kenshin, how could you? Is it that easy to get possession of child pornography? Because how do so many people just happen to have it? |
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| This certainly surprised this fine morning: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-11-21/rurouni-kenshin-creator-nobuhiro-watsuki-charged-with-child-pornography-possession/.124308 |
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| Oh come on, it's just a dvd. It's not like he's raping or something. |
| Damn, I'm not sure what to think. But if that's the law, so be it. logopolis said: Personally I think sweatshops are immoral, but perfectly normal. It's up to individuals countries to have laws to protect its citizens. Labour laws in those countries are just lax, companies are just taking advantage of that and poor individual's willingness/consent to work at that price.Imagine if people were arrested for buying clothes made in sweatshops. However when it comes to child porn, the idea here is the these children are fundamentally incapable of consent due to their age. That's the difference. |
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| Yeah he's dead... There's no way you can recover from that... I mean a DUI okay... But child porn... Yep he better not drop the soap in prison if you get what I mean |
| He might be ratting out other mangaka to get a lighter sentence, fck we are gonna have a Mangaka Apocalypse. |
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| I'm just surprised it's not a manga-ka that draws lolis In his deposition, Watsuki allegedly said that he "liked girls in late elementary school to around the second year of middle school." *curb your enthusiasm theme plays* |
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Hey_Taka-tin_Hey said: kikiabdull said: Oh come on, it's just a dvd. It's not like he's raping or something. Something tells me the judge ain't gonna fall for that one, but I'm sure he's going to try anyway. Well, maybe 1 million yen is not difficult for mangaka. But then why didn't he use the internet? Is he a collector? |
Fang said: Woah Jesus Christ. I didn’t see this coming. Awful news. Was literally about to pick up RK again but not feeling it all of a sudden. why not? he possibly wrote it way before he became interested in little girls. And even if not, does it really matter what kind of person author is if the work he created is great? |
| Next thing they'll find chopped human remains in Ishida Sui's apartment. |
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| Trust and Betrayal is still the greatest ova of all time. But rip. |
| Fucking disgusting, can't believe people are defending this |
PoeticJustice said: Trust and Betrayal is still the greatest ova of all time. But rip. Maybe now is finally the time for me to watch it |
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BurningSpirit said: Personally I think sweatshops are immoral, but perfectly normal. It's up to individuals countries to have laws to protect its citizens. Labour laws in those countries are just lax, companies are just taking advantage of that and poor individual's willingness/consent to work at that price. I don't think you appreciate how fucked up international capitalism gets for the people at the bottom of the pile. There's not much in the way of genuine choice there. Terrible argument, if you own something like that you feed into that market and encourage more of it. It's possible to own something like that without another living soul knowing. Aardwolf94 said: Fucking disgusting, can't believe people are defending this Attacking grossly disproportionate punishments for something doesn't constitute defending it. |
| This is a shame really. And a very irresponsible way to ruin his career and future. Well, that being said, apparently real child porn does not "resolve" anything in the end, doesn't it. |
| dang, the end of 2017 is wild ................ |
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zellami said: Well, that being said, apparently real child porn does not "resolve" anything in the end, doesn't it. what does that even mean? What was it supposed to 'resolve'? I'm genuinely confused as to what you were trying to say. |
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Pullman said: zellami said: Well, that being said, apparently real child porn does not "resolve" anything in the end, doesn't it. what does that even mean? What was it supposed to 'resolve'? I'm genuinely confused as to what you were trying to say. Being attracted to elementary school girls isn't something that comes out of the blue (like 2 years ago) and residing to child porn wasn't the way to face his (Nobuhiro's) problems. For one, it takes away everything good he's known for. |
| He should have only read loli doujins. |
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logopolis said: _Ask_ said: well that sucks.. Is it just me, or does 1year in prison +8k usd seem like kind of a mild punishment? It seems exceedingly harsh to me for something entirely passive which has no direct effect and no significant indirect effect on any other human being. If he hadn't paid money for any, then it would be a matter entirely internal to himself and hence entirely outside of the matters which the state can legitimately regulate. It does have an effect, people possessing child pornography may not be the abusers but they create a supply and demand chain which encourages more child abuse and child pornography. I do think that a year in prison and a significant fine is a suitable punishment though, being in prison as a known pedophile must be a living hell. |
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