Current Events > Popular manga/anime writer arrested for owning child pornograpy

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The author of the smash hit comic series "Rurouni Kenshin" was referred to prosecutors Tuesday for alleged possession of pornographic images of underage girls, investigative sources said.

Nobuhiro Nishiwaki, who goes by the pen name Nobuhiro Watsuki, is widely known for his internationally acclaimed historic fantasy where a once lone, ruthless swordsman turns good and fights for friends and citizens set in the Meiji period about 150 years ago.

The 47-year-old cartoonist has admitted to the charge, and was quoted as telling investigators, "I was interested in little girls' nudity," according to the sources.

He is accused of possessing DVDs containing videos of naked girls less than 18 years of age in his office in Tokyo last month in violation of the law banning child prostitution and pornography.

Police raided his office in the month and seized evidence after investigations into another child pornography case brought his link to light, according to the sources.

"Rurouni Kenshin" was originally serialized in a weekly comic magazine between 1994 and 1999. TV animations and live-action cinema versions also won popularity in Asia and beyond.

Its sequel began in a monthly magazine in September. The publisher Shueisha said it "takes the matter gravely and the cartoonist has deep regrets," adding the popular series will be suspended from next month's edition.

Full Article: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/Cartoonist-charged-over-possession-of-child-pornography



Reminds me of all those Japanese video games where they just claim blatantly underage girls are like 20 or 500 years old. Then put them in Bikinis.

Like remember Paz from Peace Walker? She looks like she's 13 or something and you can make her strip by zooming the camera on her in cutscenes and then there's a mission where you fuck her in a box and the fans just kinda go "Oh it's all right because she's actually like 35 or whatever in disguise as a little girl because shes a secret agent!"

Always creeped me out that.
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