Manga and novel industry tightening censorship?
Bokurano author Kitou Mohiro has announced on his site that the Bokurano special chapter that would have been on the next issue of IKKI has been canceled and will not be published at all. It sounds like he had already completed work on it too.
He says there is the possibility that he might still be able to get it out in some form in the future, but nothing is decided yet.
Square Enix’s GanGan Online has announced that the release of upcoming light novel “Kurai heya” by Karabe Yousuke has been canceled due to various unspecified reasons. It’s a complete new story so there is no information on the contents, but the title sounds like it might have been a horror story.
The author Karabe Yousuke says on his blog that he was told that the reason for the cancellation was because the story that he wrote was against the ethics regulations of the company. He made a proposal on how he could change the story, but it was apparently not a problem with how the ideas were expressed, and it was impossible for him to change the story in any way that could change their decision.
He had already submitted the manuscripts in April this year and was given the okay by the editor in charge but was suddenly informed of the decision to cancel the publication of the novel early this month.
Karabe Yousuke had previously written novels such as PSYCHE and has long been suspected to be eroge writer Setoguchi Renya who wrote the scenario for games such as Kira☆Kira and CARNIVAL before retiring from the eroge industry.
July 16th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Someone must protect us from words and drawings!
Seriously, WTF?
July 16th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN
Seriously now, free from the capitalists, they don’t represent your rights and liberties. Sadly the real internet community still has to prove of finding ways of supporting artists for their work, then we won’t need the hurr self durr regulatory bodies anymore.
Say no to hive-mind of any form. Say yesterday to global monopolists.
July 16th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
Ah yes japan people are so afraid of horror that they sometimes don’t allow to publish it.
July 16th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
@Anonymous: Don’t forget that the self regulatory bodies have been useful as a shield to hide behind, somewhere to shift the burden of responsibility. Independent authors lose this protection.
I wonder what was wrong with the material in these novels. I assume the sources are silent on the specific details?
July 16th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
now i sit and wait for shounengahousha to make their move. if they start a censorship campaign, all hope is lost as far as i am concerned. i would be concerned if i were you.
July 16th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
If they dare touch COMIC LO, I will go online and whine about feminists!
July 16th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
It’s not new, there are a lot of case where the publisher doesn’t approve a ready script even from a notorious guy, just think of any writer or wanabee writer in the book industry, your work will always be “polished” on a 1 for 4 submittal.
July 16th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
>there are a lot of case where the publisher doesn’t approve a ready script even from a notorious guy
These were already approved and advertised for publication but later canceled
July 17th, 2009 at 1:59 am
Kitou can publish this special chapter online for free.
Same for the light novel, the author can sell it as doujinshi directly bypassing square-enix.
July 17th, 2009 at 7:25 am
>for free
UNLIMITED BANDWIDTH
July 17th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Has anyone watched “Toshokan Sensou”?
July 17th, 2009 at 8:47 am
Damn the Japanese are so lucky; they could subsist on sunlight, air, water, and bullshit.
July 17th, 2009 at 10:49 am
They should at least specify why they rejected his story…
I do admit I am very disturbed by the amount of eye-candy found in supposedly manga titles for boys/girls. A sexy body here and now it’s fine, but they’re really pushing it lately.
July 17th, 2009 at 11:51 am
Is it possible these were cancelled due to the financial difficulties of the publishers? Telling the author they were cancelled due to their content sounds better than “the market sucks so we are not going to print them.”
I wish the artists luck, hopefully their contracts will allow them to print these elsewhere.
July 17th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
>If they dare touch COMIC LO, I will go online and whine about feminists!
… gee, that’ll accomplish so much.
It’s amazing how some people think there’s a well-organised conspiracy out there that can magically control companies and governments… When do I get my world-altering conspiracy powers, eh?
But it’s so much easier to WHINE than to look at complex causes or actually do anything productive!
July 18th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
The government is so good. They’re actually making it easier for parents by censoring everything. Now, parents won’t have to do anything to raise their kids! They can now concentrate on working their 14-hour workdays for the betterment of society! All is good!
July 20th, 2009 at 5:31 am
>July 18th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
THIS
>PornLovingFeminist
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