Directors Tsutomu Mizushima (Girls und Panzer) and Seiji Mizushima (Fullmetal Alchemist, Mobile Suit Gundam 00) expressed their support for democracy in Hong Kong through their personal Twitter accounts.
On Saturday, Tsutomu Mizushima posted, “I feel like I've been getting more Hong Kong supporters recently. I support democracy in Hong Kong, I am praying for you. ”
On Sunday, Seiji Mizushima posted: “Hong Kong is a beautiful place. I love. I support democracy and the approval of the five demands in Hong Kong, so that my friends from there and from China can live peacefully. ”最近、香港のfollowerさんが増えた気がします。— 水島努 (@tsuki_akari) May 16, 2020
私は、香港の民主化を支持します。応援します。
香港、素敵な所ですよね。大好きです。香港の友人達も、中国の友人達もこれ以上胸を痛める事が無いよう、香港の五代要求が通る事を、民主化を応援しています。— 水島 精二 (@oichanmusi) May 16, 2020
Tsutomu Mizushima's post follows recent statements about the difficulty of talking about politics being a member of the anime industry. After receiving criticism for publishing his opinion on the revision of the prosecution law, he mentioned: “In the anime industry, although people do not dare to say it, there is an invisible pressure that wants to force us not to comment on politics. To hell with it. ”
On Saturday, the director published: “At last I realized why, when I published my opposition to the revision of the prosecution law, many people asked me about China, which had nothing to do with it. A lot of money from China goes into the anime industry, so even if we can protest about our country's affairs, people are in doubt whether we can talk about policies from our main sponsor: China. Well, it cannot be denied that we have a lot of money from China. ” Soon after, he jokingly posted, "I would like to do a Winnie the Pooh anime with Chinese funding."
何で改正案のことつぶやいているのに、関係のない中国のことを聞く人が多いのか、やっと理解しました。— 水島努 (@tsuki_akari) May 15, 2020
アニメ業界には中国マネーが入り込んでいるから、国内の事には抗議できてもスポンサーである中国の悪口は言えないのではないか、と言うことなんですね。
ま、確かに中国資本は多いです。
The thing is, the name "Winnie the Pooh" is blocked in the Chinese media because internet users often use names of the characters in the series to ridicule Chinese politicians.
私も、中国マネーで、— 水島努 (@tsuki_akari) May 15, 2020
くまのプーさんをつくりたい。
Finally, Hong Kong has been in a turbulent state since June last year, as hundreds of thousands of supporters of democracy mobilized against the extradition bill proposed by the Hong Kong government. The protesters established five demands: the withdrawal of the bill; a retraction of considering the proposals as "disturbance of public order"; the immediate release of the arrested protesters; an independent commission to investigate cases of police brutality and universal suffrage for the elections of the next Legislative Council and the Chief Executive. To date, only the first of these demands has been satisfied, as Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam formally announced the withdrawal of the bill on September 4.
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