In a hearing before the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday, act-age manga writer Matsuki Tatsuya admitted to the charge of committing an indecent act with a female middle school student. The prosecution is seeking a prison sentence of one year and six months, but the defense is asking for a […]
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The Tokyo Public Prosecutor’s Office filed a formal indictment on Wednesday, Sept 16, against act-age manga writer Tatsuya Matsuki over a second indecent act. The indictment is specifically for the second of two indecent acts that Matsuki allegedly committed on June 18. The prosecutor’s office did not indict Matsuki on Wednesday for the […]
On Monday, Aug 24, Usazaki Shiro, the artist for the act-age manga, issues a statement on her Twitter account regarding the arrest of the manga’s writer Tatsuya Matsuki, and the manga’s subsequent cancellation. Usazaki first expressed their sympathies for the victims, who Usazaki said “bravely spoke up about the incident despite their […]
On Wednesday, Aug 19, Indonesian publisher M&C! announced that it has cancelled its publication and release of Tatsuya Matsuki and Shiro Usazaki‘s act-age manga, adding that the cancellation was the best step it could take as its moral responsibility, given the sensitivity of the issue. The editors of Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine had announced last Monday that […]
On Aug 10, the official Twitter account for Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine announced on Twitter that it will the serialization of story writer Tatsuya Matsuki and artist Shiro Usazaki‘s ‘act-age’ manga with immediate effect. The chapter that will appear in the magazine’s combined 36th and 37th issue, which will ship on Aug […]