Ken Akamatsu (Negima, Love Hina) becomes the first Mangaka to win a seat in the Japanese Parliament

[stan BISH]

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-10/manga-creator-ken-akamatsu-wins-seat-in-japan-house-of-councillors/.187556

Various Japanese media services projected on Sunday evening that the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has won enough votes in the 26th House of Councillors election to secure a seat for manga creator Ken Akamatsu. In a Twitter post announcing the win, Ken Akamatsu noted that he will be the first manga creator in Japan's legislature.

 

Akamatsu announced his intention to run for the House of Councillors in December. He stated that his major goal is to protect the freedom of expression. He ended his  UQ Holder! Magister Negi Magi! 2 manga in February during his campaign.

 

Akamatsu delved into politics in 2011 when he warned that proposed changes to Japan's Copyright Law would "destroy" derivative dōjin (self-published) works. Kensaku Fukui, a lawyer and a Nihon University professor, wrote an essay about the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) talks that prompted Akamatsu's remarks. Akamatsu continued to speak about his concerns on the TPP talks in the following years.

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i'm legitimatelly surprised he is the first Mangaka to become a politician, you would think that is something common in Japan

[abra]

The first mangaka to make parliament is the man known for popularizing harem manga 

 

[stan BISH]

6 hours ago, abra said:

The first mangaka to make parliament is the man known for popularizing harem manga 

 

he became interesting due to politicians indirectly wanting to ban pretty much all his work

Akamatsu delved into politics in 2011 when he warned that proposed changes to Japan's Copyright Law would "destroy" derivative dōjin (self-published) works. Kensaku Fukui, a lawyer and a Nihon University professor, wrote an essay about the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) talks that prompted Akamatsu's remarks. Akamatsu continued to speak about his concerns on the TPP talks in the following years.

In 2013, Akamatsu joined other creators in opposing the LDP and its partners' proposed amendment to child pornography laws. According to the bill's opponents, the initial drafts did not differentiate between pornography featuring real children and images of children. Akamatsu visited the Diet and the LDP headquarters to express his concern, and the final bill passed in 2014 without a ban on explicit anime and manga.

In 2019, Akamatsu and the rest of the Japan Cartoonists Association formally expressed their concerns on a government subcommittee's plan to expand the scope of copyright law. Downloading anime images, illustrations, and photographs that are illegally posted to personal blogs and Twitter accounts would have also been illegal, as would copying and pasting song lyrics. The propposed change would not be limited to directly downloading images themselves — taking screenshots of illegally uploaded media would also be against the proposed new laws.

i never read any of his works but i know he is pretty popular, most of the times i heard him mention was in Koji Kumeta's manga (Zetsubou Sensei, Kakushigoto, JOSHIRAKU) i wonder what's going to be the later reaction since iirc he hates a huge hate boner against Akamatsu, he also hates politicians so that isn't going to help

https://anime.astronerdboy.com/2013/11/akamatsu-senseis-uq-holder-gets-jabbed.html

Edited July 12, 2022 by stan BISH

[Music Junkie]

13 hours ago, stan BISH said:

In 2019, Akamatsu and the rest of the Japan Cartoonists Association formally expressed their concerns on a government subcommittee's plan to expand the scope of copyright law. Downloading anime images, illustrations, and photographs that are illegally posted to personal blogs and Twitter accounts would have also been illegal, as would copying and pasting song lyrics. The propposed change would not be limited to directly downloading images themselves — taking screenshots of illegally uploaded media would also be against the proposed new laws.

Really hoping cartoonists were not the only ones to unite against this law proposal. It would have been extremely hard to promote any kind of cultural product online...

It's gonna be weird to re-read Negima for me and recall the author has a seat in the Japanese parliament LOL