Shogakukan Apologizes to Its Own Serialized Manga Artists Over “Joujin Kamen” Controversy, Admits Betrayal of Trust

Explanation and Apology Regarding the Suspension of Distribution for ‘Joujin Kamen’

We would love to take this chance to clarify the state of affairs concerning ‘Joujin Kamen’. Due to points with the choice to make use of the unique creator and the verification system, we now have suspended distribution and halted cargo of the tankōbon volumes.

The unique creator, Hajime Ichiro, is similar individual as Yamamoto Shoichi, the creator of Daten Sakusen.

In 2020, following Mr Yamamoto’s arrest, abstract indictment and subsequent effective, we discontinued the serialization of ‘Daten Sakusen’.

However, in 2022, the Manga One editorial division initiated a brand new serialization titled ‘Ordinary Man Mask’ below the unique creator identify Hajime Ichiro. It is my skilled opinion that this creator shouldn’t have been engaged as the unique creator. We would love to take this chance to categorical our honest apologies to all those that have been adversely affected. As an editorial division, we take this duty extraordinarily critically.

We would love to categorical our honest apologies for the numerous concern and inconvenience this matter has induced our readers, the illustrator of “Joujin Kamen,” Eri Tsuruyoshi, the contributing writers, and all different concerned events.

Manga One Editorial Department

In relation to the continued settlement negotiations within the civil lawsuit between Mr. Yamamoto and the complainant, the editorial division needs to make clear that it has no intention of turning into concerned as a corporation. However, on the request of each events, an editor did be part of a gaggle chat on a messaging app. Prior to this participation, the situations had already been mentioned between the events concerned. The editor advisable that the events retain authorized counsel and put together a notarized doc. The editorial division demonstrated an insufficient understanding of the gravity of this matter and its grasp of the knowledge, constituting inappropriate dealing with. We would love to categorical our honest apologies for this regrettable incident and we’re dedicated to working with you to be sure that this difficulty doesn’t occur once more.

Source: ORICON NEWS