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Our managing editorial department recognizes the severity of what transpired, has confirmed the details of the incident that led to the arrest, and discussed the situation with Act-Age artist Shiro Usazaki.

On August 8, Tatsuya Matsuki, the original creator of Act-Age, was arrested. Notice of cancellation of serialization for Act-Age On August 10, two days after Matsumoto’s arrest, Weekly Shonen Jump issued the following statement on both the magazine’s website and official Twitter account. But while Matsumoto’s legal punishment is yet to be determined, Shueisha, which publishes Act-Age in its Weekly Shonen Jump manga anthology, has shown that it isn’t going to give Matsumoto a slap on the wrist and welcome him back. So when manga author Tatsuya Matsumoto, also known by his pen name Tatsuya Matsuki, was arrested last weekend on charges of groping two junior high school girls on the streets of Tokyo on a night in June, skeptics wondered if he too would get off easy after admitting to the accusations, since, like Rurouni Kenshin, Act-Age is published by the company Shueisha. Instead, he was fined a mere 200,000 yen (approximately US$1,900 by the exchange rate at the time), and while serialization of the Rurouni Kenshin manga was temporarily suspended, it was restarted just seven months after Watsuki’s arrest. For example, when Nobuhiro Watsuki, creator of manga/anime franchise Rurouni Kenshin, was found to be in possession of pornographic images of girls no older than 15, he completely avoided serving any jail time. It’s be a gross overstatement to say “Japan is okay with pedophilia,” but the Japanese legal system does seem to punish offenders far less severely than many Western nations would. With hilariously outrageous first-taste reactions and gorgeously animated food (and best girls Erina and Megumi), Shokugeki no Souma followed its own recipe to the top of the shounen leaderboards.Act Age comes to an abrupt end with final chapter to be published three days after author’s arrest. Instead of a more laidback, slice-of-life approach, Food Wars delivered on hype and sheer ridiculousness.

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Like earlier titles such as Cooking Master Boy and the sprawling 69-episode Yakitate!! Japan, it knew how to make food preparation intense. Yet Food Wars was also a non-battle battle series, as much as that doesn’t seem to make sense. See? As one of the most popular shounen titles of the last decade, Food Wars didn’t need monsters and ninjas to be exciting. Shokugeki no Souma (Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma) It’s the gateway genre for many anime fans. This genre is filled with distinct worlds and memorable characters. Many titles under this genre have received fanfare from old and young alike, regardless of gender.īut while the genre itself has no required story elements, shounen has since become synonymous with epic stories of super-powered action and adventure.īut are all the best shounen titles about that? No, and that’s a good thing. Granted, anyone can enjoy these kinds of shows. If there’s one genre anime is associated with the most in and beyond Japan, it’s shounen - stories made for teen males.

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