Manga Author Aims To Run For Japan’s House Of Councillors’ Elections Next Summer

Love Hina and UQ HOLDER! manga creator, Ken Akamatsu, introduced on Twitter on Thursday, Dec 16, 2021, that he intends to run for the Home of Councillors, the higher home of Japan’s Home of Representatives, as a part of the Liberal Democratic Celebration subsequent summer season, with a view to shield “freedom of expression”.

Akamatsu’s tweet interprets to:

As reported in some media shops, I did have an interview at LDP headquarters.
I’m dedicated to operating for the Home of Councillors subsequent summer season with a view to shield freedom of expression.
The celebration is presently within the midst of the choice course of. As soon as an official announcement is made, I’ll convey my intentions to you all as soon as once more.
Ken Akamatsu

Election chairman, Toshiaki Endo, confirmed Akamatsu’s intention to run on Dec 9,2021. The announcement for Akamatsu’s official approval is predicted for subsequent week, Kyodo Information reported.

In an interview with Abema Occasions in June 2020, Akamatsu commented on the issues he has about freedom of expression,  “I’m very curious concerning the present motion abroad to erase or take away previous works. Osamu Tezuka’s manga had fairly just a few discriminatory expressions, but it surely’s customary in Japan to go away an explanatory observe about that whereas preserving the work because it was previously. As works that characteristic discriminatory expressions endure increasingly regulation, it could develop into unimaginable to see these outdated works. Nonetheless, with regards to the works that can be created within the current and future, I see completely no downside in creators corresponding to myself individually making use of our personal discretion and consideration whereas having our freedom of expression protected. I hope that either side can preserve stability.”

The manga creator had beforehand suggested the federal government on a mess of points, together with being invited to talk about the way forward for manga to the federal government.

Akamatsu can be the president of the Japan Cartoonists Affiliation, and he was instrumental in establishing the “Doujin” emblem on the entrance of manga volumes with UQ HOLDER! to point that these sequence are acceptable as a supply for fan-made works.

Akamatsu created J-Comi digital manga library service in 2008 and launched a beta check of the positioning in 2010. The positioning gained notoriety in 2011 when it posted Seiji Matsuyama‘s Oku-sama wa Shōgakusei (My Spouse Is an Elementary Pupil) manga, which Naoki Inose, Tokyo Vice Governor on the time, cited for instance of which manga must be restricted underneath Tokyo’s then-recently revised Youth Wholesome Improvement Ordinance.

Akamatsu and Yahoo! Japan subsidiary GyaO! collectively based a subsidiary firm known as J Comedian Terrace in 2015.

Akamatsu launched the UQ Holder! Magister Negi Magi! 2 manga with the title of UQ Holder! in Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Journal in Japan in August 2013. The manga transferred to Bessatsu Shōnen Journal in October 2016, with the brand new title UQ Holder! Magister Negi Magi! 2, totally revealing the manga as a sequel to Akamatsu’s earlier Negima! manga.

Supply: ANN, Crunchyroll