Konjiki no Gash!! author sues Shogakukan
TBS news reports that Konjiki no Gash!! author Raiku Makoto has sued publisher Shogakukan for 3.3 million yen (US$33,000) in damages for losing the original copies of several pieces of colour art. The reason for having sued for the amount mentioned is because the pieces have artistic value.
Original colour art for Gash has sold for 354,000 yen (US$3540) and 164,000 yen (US$1640) when Raiku gave his art for a charity auction, so the amount is probably based on that.
Raiku had said 2 weeks earlier that he’ll never work with Shounen Sunday again after Gash ended and would reveal his reasons soon, I guess this was what he was talking about.
Update: Raiku has updated his blog with all the details of the lawsuit, which includes details of how badly the Shogakukan editors treat their manga authors.
