Anime Shrine: A waste of public money!?
Remember that “Anime Shrine” the japanese government wants to build? It seems some people in the Manga industry does not agree about this.
Manga artist Kei Ishizaka has criticized an 11.7-billion-yen government project to build an art facility that displays works including anime and manga, claiming the facility is a waste of taxpayers’ money.
“No manga lovers will appreciate original drawings displayed in frames at the cost of taxpayers,” said Ishizaka at a Tuesday meeting held by the Democratic Party of Japan, which has also criticized the project. The cost of the project will be included in the fiscal 2009 supplementary budget.
“I don’t want my works displayed there because I feel ashamed,” added the female manga artist.
Ishizaka’s “I’m home” won the Grand Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 1999 organized by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.
“I will return the award and ask the facility not to display my works,” she said.
Source: Mainichi
Do you think this Anime Shrine is a waste of money or it should be the next “Smithsonian” of Anime and Manga?
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I agree with Kei..i like anime and manga but its a freaking waste to use money that could be better off going into things that they really need instead of blowing it on comic books
Whilst it is definitely important for government to encourage the appreciation of the arts, I fail to see how anime -primarily a commercial endervour- can be considered art, and therefore I think Ishizaka is right in opposing this use of taxpayer money.
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