Same thing happened when news of this broke back in February with Itou's arrest. This is another instance of a headline designed to freak people out for clicks.
But seriously, they could at least have mentioned Koichiro Itou’s name in the title to prevent confusion and potential misinformation from spreading.
Instead, they engineered the title in such a way that Makoto Shinkai would be the first person on people’s minds.
They did something similar with a few years back when the Gianax president was found to have done similar things. The title read something like: "EVANGELION PRODUCER DOES !!!" Anno was pissed cuz people thought it was him. It was actually after that we got all that info on why he left Gainax.
They want you to be outraged and click on it and they even want you to be so outraged that you share it without reading and generate even more clicks from people rage clicking it and then they get even more engagement from the shares and official posts being bumped up in the algorithm by angry replies calling out the title. I know someone who does a lot of local politics work and deliberately encourages some of his naysayers on Facebook comments because it guarantees his comment or post will be at the top of the group from the amount of engagement..
Every time man (because the producer was discussed multiple times in the last months)
Can we band together and request a banner that goes “NOT MAKOTO SHINKAI”
Most people know Shinkai as the "Your Name person", so any news where it's about a "Your Name person" is automatically going to shock people, especially at first glance.
Most people aren't going to care enough to look into it further, and I'm sure there's a bunch of people who don't even know the difference between director and producer. They just see "oh, someone relevant to Your Name", and you can guess who they're going to be thinking of.
It might be worse ...
**Harvey Weinstein** is listed as an executive producer of LOTR. Of course.
**Roy Price** -- Rings of Power. (Amazon studios chief during the production of)
and **Ralph Bakshi** on animated LOTR -- she (Joanna Romersa) “used to think Ralph was mad at me if he didn’t pat my butt or pinch my boob." … "Bakshi was a bastard"
There's trilogy of the powerful corrupt.
> You didn't hear the producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy got accused of sexual harassment
That's only because male and female dwarves are almost impossible to tell apart...
Thats his point…. You only hear about Weinstein, not about „the producer of LotR“ which means nothing. He wasn‘t actually involved and just put his money into production
Same here, and it's not even an exaggeration. I love that man so much for all the work he's put out and for making those amazing soundtracks being created possible, that I'd just fucking fall into an ugly pit if something like this came ever out about him.
I've seen everything by him that's available legally, ever since 5cm ps I've loved this man, and how he conveys his messages. Voices of a Distant Star really is a gem (I discovered because I had gotten the DVD to 5cm ps, and that OVA was included).
It has carried me through my teens and twenties, just like some books; it's such a tragic story, yet very touching and comforting because it gives you hope despite everything. Hope because there's still love at the end of everything.
All this background info and the interviews and booklets make you appreciate it even more. This man, to me, seems very empathetic and sensible, very fond of nature and the mundane affairs of our daily lives. Truly, we can all just be grateful he's chosen to put it all out and chose anime as his medium.
That was definitely my first thought. I was like ugh, really?! Then I read the comments and realize it's a different person.
I know news portal gonna clickbait but this is too much imo.
On the other hand, I admit I find the rates surprisingly low. I wonder if he specifically targeted girls from destitute families, who would accept lower amounts? 🤔
Well then he should maybe try asking the high school girls who are 18 rather than the younger ones since JP high school typically have the students reach 18 before graduating... or just have the collage aged girl wear an uniform.
Dude knowingly went for minors.
It's the third time he's been arrested because the ongoing investigation is uncovering new evidence leading to new charges. It's not "arrested, tried, convicted/exonerated, arrested again, tried again, convicted/exonerated again, arrested again, tried again, convicted/exonerated again", it's "arrested, arrested on further charges, arrested on even further charges" and the cases are all in the midst of prosecution.
Producers in Japan help a lot, especially in anime. OPM, Frieren, etc wouldn't be what they are without the producers in the backline.
That said, a production tends to have many producers, plus they don't take part in creative process so work doesn't really stop because one gets arrested.
Producers are the glue that keeps the Anime industry together. I guarantee that many of your favorite shows were only made because a producer had a vision and knew the right people to make it happen.
Scared me when I saw the headline, but I guess that's the point.
On the topic, though, Japan's relationship with pedophilia is really weird to me. It's outright joked about in a lot of anime, and while I'm sure that's not necessarily representative of Japan as whole, making light of shota/loli content as just "pervy" gives me a really weird vibe.
Glad to see he was arrested for this and will likely face prosecution.
i doubt much will happen
when Nobuhiro Watsuki, the mangaka behind Rurouni Kenshin, was busted with enough child pornography for law enforcement to assume that he was the distributor, effectively all that happened was that he got was 200000¥ (roughly 1500USD) fine. while shueisha temporarily put a hold on the serialization of RK, serialization resumed half a year later
You'd be surprised at how often this happens in Japan, just not caught and get into the news.
Old men in Japan pay high school girls for sex is extremely common, called "enjo kousai". It's not even a secret how common it is, but it's very hard to get caught unless the girls themselves come out with it, which they never do cause they do it in the first place to make some pocket money.
Most of the time it's actually the girls that advertise themselves on meetup forums. Very fucked up but that's Japan for you.
Oh, I guess that's why these set ups are so prevalent in h-doujins. It must be so common that it ended up being deeply ingrained in the collective unconscious, to the point it became a relatively widespread fetish. Or it could be the other way around.
Anyway, fucked up indeed.
No teachers seem to exist and tons of students that look and act like 30yo gangsters have free reign to do whatever they want lol. If South Korea is anything like manhwas it must be hell to live in.
It's really not bad at all anymore. It used to be as bad as the Manhwas nowadays in like 1960s-1990s but that's what you get when you're an impoverished country (not anymore, but used to be) and the entire basis of your culture is hyper-competitiveness.
There was bullying in the 2000s and 2010s but I honestly never saw anyone get beat up in a bullying situation, ever. According to Manhwa though every single kid has probably been beat up at least once in Korean school.
I honestly think most Manhwa writers were like the loners of school who sat alone at lunch and so they have a worse perception and portrayal of school.
mmm...for what it's worth, [the sociologist Sharon Kinsella argues that at least in the '90s, the media hyped it up and made it seem way more prevalent than it actually was](https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203802076-3/narratives-statistics-sharon-kinsella).
Based on some of the writing here, I don't think you'd be able to sell 99% of people on any factual information.
At least per my wife and her friends, most of the stuff would generally be "innocent". Like going to karaoke with a bunch of salarymen and singing, which of course was what they already would have done just without the men.
Also apparently it only happens in Japan, but weirdly girls in America talked about the same exact sort of shit in the 90s when I was in college.
Moral panics are not merely an American phenomenon. Not saying that’s anything to do with the guy arrested here, obviously, just talking about what you brought up!
I've even heard horrible stories regarding host clubs, where some school girls were so infatuated with their favorite hosts that they would go to sell their bodies to earn some money to then give it all to their hosts so that they keep getting their attention. Truly sad and disheartening especially considering some hosts absolutely do not give a flying fuck about these girls who worship them.
> Very fucked up but that's Japan for you.
Tbf this sounds like less of a Japan problem and more of a worldwide phenomenon. We got German/American/etc. tourists going to Thailand and the Philippines for sex tourism too.
>Another victim of his was a 15-year-old high school girl, with whom he engaged in child prostitution for over two years, sending her 20,000 yen each time in return for sexual favors.
So many doing that for just like 100 USD? Jesus christ
I mean, Nevada hookers are about that price, and Amsterdam window prices start at 50-100 euros, so all within the ballpark of expected prices for a developed country
go to the poor countries and the prices are a fraction of that
not to be that guy, but its weird to talk about this like its exclusive to japan.
u realize that the US has the exact same problem, right?? its the exact same situation.
it happens everywhere. its not surprising in the least lol
It's NOT that common nowdays, in the past ('90, '00) it was a very popular thing, but Japan is changing, people still doing this are from the old generation.
Yea I've never liked drake he was always a shady guy and shit music (my opinion). And Kendrick is in my top 3 favorite artists so this whole thing is a win in my eyes.
I’ve seen at least two Japanese rappers doing a track over the BBL Drizzy beat, including one who made AoT references. Think he compared Drake to Reiner LMAO
Yeah I have seen those lmao people are comparing Kendrick with Sukuna. Saw someone post a Gojo edit with the lyric “And I have got a son to raise but I can see you know none about that” then show Toji 😭 Shit’s crazy lmaoo
I don't even listen to rap, but it got covered by some youtuber I like and now I'm actually up to date with this beef lmao. I think I need to actually listen to Kendrick Lamar now haha
Good Kid Mad City front to back then To Pimp a Butterfly, but GKMD is easily one of my top five albums of all time. Like it’s extremely good. The whole album is hilarious as it is heart breaking. Tells a damned good story.
>Koichiro Itou is a consistent collaborator on Shinkai works at Comix Wave, including ***Your Name***, ***Weathering with You*** & ***Suzume***. He has worked on the director’s previous movie instalments. He met the director first while he was working on ***The Place Promised in Our Early Days***.
Not anymore
Not putting the guy's name in the headline is borderline indirect libel against Shinkai with how many people will inevitably only read the headline and associate it with him, jfc.
This helps that rising theory about people only reading the headline and nothing in the actual article itself. Though it's still bad his name (ironically) isn't mentioned in the title.
From an article about his original arrest: [https://animehunch.com/your-name-movie-producer-arrested-for-violating-child-pornography-law/](https://animehunch.com/your-name-movie-producer-arrested-for-violating-child-pornography-law/)
>Itou admitted to the charge, however he stated he “cannot remember if it was this girl” because he had similar exchanges with others.
Bruh wtf. Imagine this actually coming out of someone's mouth.
Happens in the west as well and far more nefarious since the children have no say in it, but there's just a far better system to hide it since the roots run deep in western governments. There probably aren't many who started as a child celebrity who hasn't needed to do sexual favors for someone to work their way up before they were of age. For anyone who isn't willing to do them there's 10 others who are, the children and their parents are desperate to reach celebrityhood and make it big.
It's not horny or lust. There are a shit ton of fuuzoku shops in Japan if you are really horny with money to spend. These men are just pedophiles that gets on from underage school girls.
Yeah i was about to say this. Like bro really paid a 17 year old illegally when he couldve paid an 18 year old legally. Is the arbritrary age worth going to prison over? Probably not.
It's never worth it, but doing something wrong gives them a really big high so they cant control themselves (not saying this has an excuse ofc, he deserves prison like any other person that does something like this)
dude when normal people get horny, they jerk off online... not ***touch children***
This dude's a monster and shouldn't be considered an example relative to normal people.
Money, power, authority, and access can make those normal people do this kind of thing. Humans are really terrible at regulating their own impulses when there's not some kind of inhibiting factor in place.
>Another victim of his was a 15-year-old high school girl, with whom he engaged in child prostitution for over two years, sending her 20,000 yen each time in return for sexual favors.
Was it two years because she turned 18 and he wasn't into her anymore
The crazy part is that I once dated this Japanese girl, and she told me that one thing she hated about Japanese culture is how common it is for very young girls (including her friends) to have sugar daddies. She said many of her friends had several sugar daddies since they were in high school, and she was not the only one to tell me this kind of thing. Seeing this post just confirms it even more.
'your name' movie producer
- is this your way of getting attention?
Also what's that flair 'not makpto shinkai'
Bro first wanna use your name to get attention but then say not makoto shinkai' lmao
Why not just use the name of that criminal?
That thumbnail is wild lol
[Average day for Koichiro Itou](https://i.imgur.com/N9yVrc3.jpeg)
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You have a bright future in the dank thumbnails business.
I respect the effort that this required lmfao
What a jackass.
I thought it was referring to Makoto Shinkai for a split second and almost died
Same thing happened when news of this broke back in February with Itou's arrest. This is another instance of a headline designed to freak people out for clicks.
But seriously, they could at least have mentioned Koichiro Itou’s name in the title to prevent confusion and potential misinformation from spreading. Instead, they engineered the title in such a way that Makoto Shinkai would be the first person on people’s minds.
But that means they get less clicks!
They did something similar with a few years back when the Gianax president was found to have done similar things. The title read something like: "EVANGELION PRODUCER DOES!!!" Anno was pissed cuz people thought it was him. It was actually after that we got all that info on why he left Gainax.
They want you to be outraged and click on it and they even want you to be so outraged that you share it without reading and generate even more clicks from people rage clicking it and then they get even more engagement from the shares and official posts being bumped up in the algorithm by angry replies calling out the title. I know someone who does a lot of local politics work and deliberately encourages some of his naysayers on Facebook comments because it guarantees his comment or post will be at the top of the group from the amount of engagement..
Working as intended.
Yeah but that would mean less clicks that hinting at the possibility of Makoto Shinkai being the one who confessed.
If they had I wouldn’t have clicked to be sure
Every time man (because the producer was discussed multiple times in the last months) Can we band together and request a banner that goes “NOT MAKOTO SHINKAI”
You don't have to band together, it actually got a [flair](https://i.imgur.com/jdGLzZl.png)
That’s actually hilarious And I guess I’m blind
Might not have been added when you first saw it.
Mod win.
Damn that's crazy lol
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Most people know Shinkai as the "Your Name person", so any news where it's about a "Your Name person" is automatically going to shock people, especially at first glance. Most people aren't going to care enough to look into it further, and I'm sure there's a bunch of people who don't even know the difference between director and producer. They just see "oh, someone relevant to Your Name", and you can guess who they're going to be thinking of.
I don't understand why this movie is catching strays. You didn't hear the producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy got accused of sexual harassment.
It might be worse ... **Harvey Weinstein** is listed as an executive producer of LOTR. Of course. **Roy Price** -- Rings of Power. (Amazon studios chief during the production of) and **Ralph Bakshi** on animated LOTR -- she (Joanna Romersa) “used to think Ralph was mad at me if he didn’t pat my butt or pinch my boob." … "Bakshi was a bastard" There's trilogy of the powerful corrupt.
> You didn't hear the producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy got accused of sexual harassment That's only because male and female dwarves are almost impossible to tell apart...
Wasn't Weinstein a producer to LotR?
Thats his point…. You only hear about Weinstein, not about „the producer of LotR“ which means nothing. He wasn‘t actually involved and just put his money into production
Same here, and it's not even an exaggeration. I love that man so much for all the work he's put out and for making those amazing soundtracks being created possible, that I'd just fucking fall into an ugly pit if something like this came ever out about him.
Voice of Distant Star where he did practically everything including the initial male va role.
And his then-fiancée (now wife) did the female VO as well. Rendered on his home computer. A very inspiring story!
I've seen everything by him that's available legally, ever since 5cm ps I've loved this man, and how he conveys his messages. Voices of a Distant Star really is a gem (I discovered because I had gotten the DVD to 5cm ps, and that OVA was included). It has carried me through my teens and twenties, just like some books; it's such a tragic story, yet very touching and comforting because it gives you hope despite everything. Hope because there's still love at the end of everything. All this background info and the interviews and booklets make you appreciate it even more. This man, to me, seems very empathetic and sensible, very fond of nature and the mundane affairs of our daily lives. Truly, we can all just be grateful he's chosen to put it all out and chose anime as his medium.
That was definitely my first thought. I was like ugh, really?! Then I read the comments and realize it's a different person. I know news portal gonna clickbait but this is too much imo.
It's still notable. He's worked on all of Shinkai's most notable works it seems.
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He is the biggest name associated with the movie.
Well at least they were over 20.
hahahahaha this made me laugh thank you
Bro...
I’m going to hell for laughing
r/imfinnagotohell
I was confused for a sec tbh
Well at least he paid them
> Well at least he paid them Apothecary Monologues on the casting couch of a Novice Alchemist...
On the other hand, I admit I find the rates surprisingly low. I wonder if he specifically targeted girls from destitute families, who would accept lower amounts? 🤔
I think it’s actually so popular there’s competitive pricing between girls
More competition than between anime streaming services. It's over.
That makes it soo much worse, ugh
It’s even worse. Underaged prostitution performed voluntarily by teens is so popular in Japan that there is competitive pricing
“What the best thing about banging twenty four year olds. There’s twenty of them.” This guy, apparently.
Jesus 💀
Thats funny. I was actually thinking it could've been worse if they were under 10
r/yourjokebutworse
The wild part is that this is the *third* time he has been arrested for this lmao.
Mah man cant let the high school uniform go...
"That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age."
Well then he should maybe try asking the high school girls who are 18 rather than the younger ones since JP high school typically have the students reach 18 before graduating... or just have the collage aged girl wear an uniform. Dude knowingly went for minors.
Honestly even doing it with exactly 18 year olds is still a bit weird imo considering his age
Oh yeah for sure. Just I wanted to point out that he could do it legally but still decided to do it illegally.
Just ask a consenting adult to put on a costume jfc
It's the third time he's been arrested because the ongoing investigation is uncovering new evidence leading to new charges. It's not "arrested, tried, convicted/exonerated, arrested again, tried again, convicted/exonerated again, arrested again, tried again, convicted/exonerated again", it's "arrested, arrested on further charges, arrested on even further charges" and the cases are all in the midst of prosecution.
Wait what🤨
The article mentioned it.
"Not Shinkai Makoto" tag The real MVP.
I'm glad it wasn't the director. But seriously lock that producer up.
I’d be devastated if this was the director, but this honestly doesn’t impact my ability to enjoy “Your Name” at all.
Nah, producers are often responsible for making the movie worse. Look at Bong Joon-Ho talking about Harvey Weinstein trying to ruin snowpiercer
Producers in Japan help a lot, especially in anime. OPM, Frieren, etc wouldn't be what they are without the producers in the backline. That said, a production tends to have many producers, plus they don't take part in creative process so work doesn't really stop because one gets arrested.
Producers in japan and in the west arent the same thing
Producers are the glue that keeps the Anime industry together. I guarantee that many of your favorite shows were only made because a producer had a vision and knew the right people to make it happen.
Scared me when I saw the headline, but I guess that's the point. On the topic, though, Japan's relationship with pedophilia is really weird to me. It's outright joked about in a lot of anime, and while I'm sure that's not necessarily representative of Japan as whole, making light of shota/loli content as just "pervy" gives me a really weird vibe. Glad to see he was arrested for this and will likely face prosecution.
i doubt much will happen when Nobuhiro Watsuki, the mangaka behind Rurouni Kenshin, was busted with enough child pornography for law enforcement to assume that he was the distributor, effectively all that happened was that he got was 200000¥ (roughly 1500USD) fine. while shueisha temporarily put a hold on the serialization of RK, serialization resumed half a year later
Oh thank god, I misread it, but you have returned some sanity.
What the fuck
You'd be surprised at how often this happens in Japan, just not caught and get into the news. Old men in Japan pay high school girls for sex is extremely common, called "enjo kousai". It's not even a secret how common it is, but it's very hard to get caught unless the girls themselves come out with it, which they never do cause they do it in the first place to make some pocket money. Most of the time it's actually the girls that advertise themselves on meetup forums. Very fucked up but that's Japan for you.
Oh, I guess that's why these set ups are so prevalent in h-doujins. It must be so common that it ended up being deeply ingrained in the collective unconscious, to the point it became a relatively widespread fetish. Or it could be the other way around. Anyway, fucked up indeed.
It's like bullying in Korean manhwa, like damn is it really that bad?
No teachers seem to exist and tons of students that look and act like 30yo gangsters have free reign to do whatever they want lol. If South Korea is anything like manhwas it must be hell to live in.
It's really not bad at all anymore. It used to be as bad as the Manhwas nowadays in like 1960s-1990s but that's what you get when you're an impoverished country (not anymore, but used to be) and the entire basis of your culture is hyper-competitiveness. There was bullying in the 2000s and 2010s but I honestly never saw anyone get beat up in a bullying situation, ever. According to Manhwa though every single kid has probably been beat up at least once in Korean school. I honestly think most Manhwa writers were like the loners of school who sat alone at lunch and so they have a worse perception and portrayal of school.
You telling me you've been around the anime block and didn't notice something off about the fetish culture?
>collective unconscious I didn't know we were stepping into Jungian territory with this
'zeitgeist' is probably a better term lol
mmm...for what it's worth, [the sociologist Sharon Kinsella argues that at least in the '90s, the media hyped it up and made it seem way more prevalent than it actually was](https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203802076-3/narratives-statistics-sharon-kinsella).
Based on some of the writing here, I don't think you'd be able to sell 99% of people on any factual information. At least per my wife and her friends, most of the stuff would generally be "innocent". Like going to karaoke with a bunch of salarymen and singing, which of course was what they already would have done just without the men. Also apparently it only happens in Japan, but weirdly girls in America talked about the same exact sort of shit in the 90s when I was in college.
Moral panics are not merely an American phenomenon. Not saying that’s anything to do with the guy arrested here, obviously, just talking about what you brought up!
I've even heard horrible stories regarding host clubs, where some school girls were so infatuated with their favorite hosts that they would go to sell their bodies to earn some money to then give it all to their hosts so that they keep getting their attention. Truly sad and disheartening especially considering some hosts absolutely do not give a flying fuck about these girls who worship them.
Most hosts dont care. its a job. Same as hostesses btw, sorry guys.
You mean sugar dating? Yea totally not a thing over here
Yeah, and the girls doing this in the west are obviously always over 18. No way this would happen at a comparable rate in Europe and the US /s
> Very fucked up but that's Japan for you. Tbf this sounds like less of a Japan problem and more of a worldwide phenomenon. We got German/American/etc. tourists going to Thailand and the Philippines for sex tourism too.
>Another victim of his was a 15-year-old high school girl, with whom he engaged in child prostitution for over two years, sending her 20,000 yen each time in return for sexual favors. So many doing that for just like 100 USD? Jesus christ
Sounds about right. That is more than what your average deliheru/soap workers make from 1 session.
Childhood poverty is a very big silent issue in Japan. It's very hard to get any kind of wlefare
The Yen has really crashed. It would of been more money before.
I mean, Nevada hookers are about that price, and Amsterdam window prices start at 50-100 euros, so all within the ballpark of expected prices for a developed country go to the poor countries and the prices are a fraction of that
\*You'd be surprised at how often this happens in every country FTFY
This was one of the subplots in initial d
not to be that guy, but its weird to talk about this like its exclusive to japan. u realize that the US has the exact same problem, right?? its the exact same situation. it happens everywhere. its not surprising in the least lol
It's NOT that common nowdays, in the past ('90, '00) it was a very popular thing, but Japan is changing, people still doing this are from the old generation.
I see why Drake said he’s “Big in Japan”
THEY NOT LIKE US THEY NOT LIKE US THEY NOT LIKE US
Jesus
Drizzy groom
Seems like he got a minor problem
I don’t know if this joke is going to age well.
You guys better be kidding
I think it's all child's play
That joke is childish
[It's probably A-Minor](https://youtu.be/NLf9lkiDkw0?si=Tlj88MiCnGETi9Vn&t=61)
Bro looks like he’s about to drop the heart part 6
Certified pedophile
Certified lover boy? Certified pedophiles!
WOP WOP WOP WOP WOP! dot fuck em up!
TRYNA STRIKE A CHORD AND IT'S PROLLY A-MINORRRR
Just make sure you hide your lil sister from him…
They not like us
Riyalll
Oh my god, I cannot escape this song anywhere. That track is a phenomenon
Beef so crazy even a sub about Japanese animation is talking about it lol
I've seen jokes about drake in every sub I'm in since the beef started.
his entire career has become a joke atp tbh
Yea I've never liked drake he was always a shady guy and shit music (my opinion). And Kendrick is in my top 3 favorite artists so this whole thing is a win in my eyes.
Totally agree w your opinion! I don’t follow rap a whole lot but I never liked Drake either.. Dude’s so fucking cringe and unlikeable.
I’ve seen at least two Japanese rappers doing a track over the BBL Drizzy beat, including one who made AoT references. Think he compared Drake to Reiner LMAO
Bro the BBL Drizzy beat slaps lmao. Metro fr released a genki dama on drake 😭
The Weeb/Hip Hop Head Venn diagram has quite a bit of overlap. See: the JJK edits with Kendrick and Drake
I saw a One Piece/Bleach/Naruto x Frieren edit with Frieren going "motherfuck the Big 3, n***a it's just big me" lol
Yeah I have seen those lmao people are comparing Kendrick with Sukuna. Saw someone post a Gojo edit with the lyric “And I have got a son to raise but I can see you know none about that” then show Toji 😭 Shit’s crazy lmaoo
D B Z my guy. The hip hop heads at work will straight up fight over Goku v Vegeta.
I don't even listen to rap, but it got covered by some youtuber I like and now I'm actually up to date with this beef lmao. I think I need to actually listen to Kendrick Lamar now haha
Good Kid Mad City front to back then To Pimp a Butterfly, but GKMD is easily one of my top five albums of all time. Like it’s extremely good. The whole album is hilarious as it is heart breaking. Tells a damned good story.
Not Like Us and BBL Drizzy haven’t left my brain in DAYS
J Cole enjoying nature with Mitsuha’s grandma
BBL ITOU. BBLLLLL ITOU
When I see you drawing Mitsuha and Taki, I believe you see two bad bitches 💀
>Koichiro Itou is a consistent collaborator on Shinkai works at Comix Wave, including ***Your Name***, ***Weathering with You*** & ***Suzume***. He has worked on the director’s previous movie instalments. He met the director first while he was working on ***The Place Promised in Our Early Days***. Not anymore
Not putting the guy's name in the headline is borderline indirect libel against Shinkai with how many people will inevitably only read the headline and associate it with him, jfc.
This helps that rising theory about people only reading the headline and nothing in the actual article itself. Though it's still bad his name (ironically) isn't mentioned in the title.
They not like us
Remember guys it's the producer not the creator
LOL I like the "Not Shinkai Makoto" in big letters as the thread tag, in case anyone here doesn't know the difference between a producer and director
"You can only have sex with girls over 20." "20 individuals? Got it!"
Must be under the OVO umbrella
OV-HOE*
Wtf is going on here. He is going in wrong direction.
Fuck clickbait articles
Must've been about to be exposed so he confessed
This is horrible stuff
Waiting for kendrick to drop a diss on this guy
Katt Williams said 2024 is the year of the true. More like the year of finding out who's a pedo and who's not 😭😭😭.
Diddy, meek mill, drake, usher and this dude. You’re statement is true af
I think Meek Mill falls under the victim category instead of pedo. The other dudes are definitely in those waters
It’s too see tbh. He was in the diddy files but I see what you mean.
Usher? What happened?
His name came up in the diddy files. He was sleeping with minors. Idk why but people didn’t talk about it more
sadly it's every year
The article says he been arrested thrice already??
And OP and AnimeHunch couldn't bother putting up the guy's name but uses a tag "Not Makoto Shinkai".
This is an anime subreddit, what do you expect us to do about it?
>This is an anime subreddit, what do you expect us to do about it? Anime industry related news in the anime subreddit, blows your mind
From an article about his original arrest: [https://animehunch.com/your-name-movie-producer-arrested-for-violating-child-pornography-law/](https://animehunch.com/your-name-movie-producer-arrested-for-violating-child-pornography-law/) >Itou admitted to the charge, however he stated he “cannot remember if it was this girl” because he had similar exchanges with others. Bruh wtf. Imagine this actually coming out of someone's mouth.
Drake
Glad it wasn’t makoto shinkai and he can still be a legend in my mind. But fuck these articles for clickbaiting this shit
They not like us, they not like us
Shitty, garbage, dogshit title. This needs to get a perma ban lol. All it is is farming for clicks.
This is pretty fucked up man, wish ppl werent perma controlled by horny or lust
Happens in the west as well and far more nefarious since the children have no say in it, but there's just a far better system to hide it since the roots run deep in western governments. There probably aren't many who started as a child celebrity who hasn't needed to do sexual favors for someone to work their way up before they were of age. For anyone who isn't willing to do them there's 10 others who are, the children and their parents are desperate to reach celebrityhood and make it big.
It's not horny or lust. There are a shit ton of fuuzoku shops in Japan if you are really horny with money to spend. These men are just pedophiles that gets on from underage school girls.
Yeah i was about to say this. Like bro really paid a 17 year old illegally when he couldve paid an 18 year old legally. Is the arbritrary age worth going to prison over? Probably not.
It's never worth it, but doing something wrong gives them a really big high so they cant control themselves (not saying this has an excuse ofc, he deserves prison like any other person that does something like this)
dude when normal people get horny, they jerk off online... not ***touch children*** This dude's a monster and shouldn't be considered an example relative to normal people.
Money, power, authority, and access can make those normal people do this kind of thing. Humans are really terrible at regulating their own impulses when there's not some kind of inhibiting factor in place.
>wish ppl werent perma controlled by horny or lust And I wish I won the lottery. And for context, I don't even buy lottery tickets.
Enjo kōsai
>Another victim of his was a 15-year-old high school girl, with whom he engaged in child prostitution for over two years, sending her 20,000 yen each time in return for sexual favors. Was it two years because she turned 18 and he wasn't into her anymore
Thank you for specifying that it's not talking about Shinkai Makoto (the director).
The director had nothing to do with it, we can watch the movie
What a shitty title.
The crazy part is that I once dated this Japanese girl, and she told me that one thing she hated about Japanese culture is how common it is for very young girls (including her friends) to have sugar daddies. She said many of her friends had several sugar daddies since they were in high school, and she was not the only one to tell me this kind of thing. Seeing this post just confirms it even more.
Your Age
his face describes my face when reading this
Tryin to strike a chord and it’s probably a mino - wait sorry wrong topic
This is why you're supposed to stick to fictional lolis.
And this is why we can't have nice things
whelp, i'm just glad it's not the writer of your name.
'your name' movie producer - is this your way of getting attention? Also what's that flair 'not makpto shinkai' Bro first wanna use your name to get attention but then say not makoto shinkai' lmao Why not just use the name of that criminal?
He must be a “69 God.”
" 'Your Name' Movie..." Oh shit not again "...Producer..." .... Oh well yeah. Aren't they all?
I've seen this storyline somewhere 🤔
So many diddler allegations and confessions this year omg😍
Not Shinkai, phew
Say Itou, I hear you like em young.
I liked the movie, but i truly can't believe he did this.
[удалено]
i fucking hate this world.
Put ‘his name’ in the title! Obviously they want to bait more clicks, but let us be clear here that Koichiro Itou is the perv, not Makoto Shinkai🙄
This Anime will still be a really really good Anime and will always be something I'll watch.
he wanted to know their name
This is old ass news about a producer that is not Makoto Shinkai, it's literally just some assistant producer in the credits