Japanese police arrested 40-year-old manga creator Kenya Suzuki on suspicion of importing child pornography in violation of the country’s laws governing the importation of banned goods.
Suzuki’s most famous manga Please tell me! Galko-chan debuted in 2014 and followed the adventures of a gyaru Pupil. With director Keiichiro Kawaguchi at the helm, Studio Feel converted the manga into a 12-episode Anime in 2016 (pictured above) that Crunchyroll releasedD. in North America. An original video anime was also created for the manga.
Asahi news and Nikkan Sports report that in September and In October 2020, Suzuki is said to have imported a total of six illegal photo books from Germany by international registered mail. In July this year, the authorities ransacked Suzuki’s residence in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on another matter and discovered the aforementioned six books and another forty books of child pornography.
According to Asahi, the books were apparently not for resale in Japan, but in Suzuki’s personal collection.
“I couldn’t get my hands on nude photo books of foreign children and I definitely wanted to have them,” Suzuki is quoted as saying in an affidavit. “I couldn’t control myself.” He is currently being investigated on suspicion of violating Japanese law punishing activities related to child prostitution and child pornography, as well as child protection. (You can read an English translation of the law exactly here.)
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In 2017, Rurouni Kenshin Creator Nobuhiro Watsuki was loaded with possession of child pornography. “I liked girls from senior high school through to about sophomore year junior high school,” Watsuki was quoted as saying to authorities. The manga was interrupted, however Resumption of serialization in June of the following year.
the Please tell me! Galko-chan Manga is serialized by Comic Walker in Japan.
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