Monday, March 15, 2010

Creators Decry Tokyo's Proposed 'Virtual' Child Porn Ban (Update 2)

Creators Decry Tokyo's Proposed 'Virtual' Child Porn Ban (Update 2)

posted on 2010-03-15 04:15 EDT
Ashita no Joe's Chiba, Lady Ann's Satonaka, Doraemon's Fujiko, others sign statement

Tetsuya Chiba (Ashita no Joe) and Machiko Satonaka (Lady Ann) were among the manga creators who held a press conference on Monday to voice their opposition against proposed legislation in Metropolitan Tokyo to restrict sexually provocative, "visual depictions" of characters who sound or appear to be 18 years old or younger. The group presented the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly with a written statement in opposition to the measure. Among the creators who listed their names in the statement were Fujiko Fujio A, Takao Saito, Moto Hagio, and Ryohei Saigan.

Nico Nico Douga presented a live video feed of the press conference, and the TBS television network posted a video excerpt from the press conference.

Source: 47 News, Sankei Shimbun

Update: The freelance writer Tetsuya Shibui posted photographs from the press conference, including two photographs of the list of names attached to the statement opposing the proposed legislation:

Update 2: Other people who have voiced their opposition to the proposed legislation include voice actress Haruna Ikezawa, lawyer Takashi Yamaguchi, manga/anime creator Yoshitoshi ABe, manga/anime creator Yun Kouga, manga creator Yasuhiro Nightow, manga creator Nanae Sasaya, manga creator Keiko Takemiya, and manga creator Kohei Nishino as well as the other Manga Department professors at Kyoto Seika University.

Update 3: The Ustream website is streaming the press conference, and The Journal website posted the list of creators opposed to the proposed legislation. Thanks, Yasuhiro Nightow
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