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INTEREST: Creators Criticize Japanese Political Party's Plans for Manga, Anime, Games

We don’t need articles about politics we need anime news.

Under these policy measures, the party aims to, "instead of judging the value of manga, anime, and games based on economic rationality, delegate authority to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to ensure their healthy development as culture.

Some anime news happen to be also news about politics. The creators of The World is Mine and Library Wars seem to think so.

That might be true, but you have to wonder if these comments from mangaka are being pushed by the corporations behind them.

The anime and manga industries are already subject to corporate censorship. The concern from these companies likely stems from fear that government intervention could reveal unethical practices. In contrast, the South Korean government actively supports and invests in its animation industry.

Given that these mangaka are employed or partnered with corporate publishers, it’s naive to assume their statements are entirely independent. Oh no, my opinion is invalid because the account is 6 days old? Guess I should’ve waited a year to speak.

supporting entry into overseas markets

We don’t need articles about politics we need anime news.

No one is going to directly say "we'll force creators and companies to change what they make so everything's in line with what we want", so it's important to notice tells in what they do say, and there are blatant tells in those bullet points. Especially if you also take into account Sanseito's other positions, it's clear that they're not interested in bettering creative industries, but controlling them to limit what they can do.