Unfortunately, it is not uncommon to hear news of seiyuus or important people in the anime industry who are involved in scandals for having committed inappropriate acts with women or minors. Such is the case of Toru Furuya, seiyuu in One Piece who gives voice to Sabo, Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon, Yamcha from Dragon Ball, Shuren from Bleach, among others. The 70 year old actor recently said he had an affair with a young woman of about 30 years old and the most shocking thing about this is not only the affair he had with the girl, but other heinous acts he committed against her.
Toru Furuya, the voice of Sabo in One Piece, committed terrible acts against a young girl 40 years younger than him
Through his Twitter/X account, Toru Furuya‘s team released a statement informing about this situation derived from an interview that was conducted in a magazine called Bunshun Weekly, in which he really explained everything that happened and apologized. But this did not free him from the wrath of the entire community, not only of One Piece, but of the entire internet, and is that the acts performed were too serious for a simple apology can fix, being that in the same statement detailed different acts performed with a young girl.
The statement issued gave details of the relationship that Sabo’s seiyuu in One Piece had with this girl, as well as some other actions such as taking advantage of her, getting her pregnant and forcing her to terminate her pregnancy. Faced with such news, fans of this voice actor expressed their opinion on social networks with comments like “A person who is prepared would not have an affair. If you are going to do it, get divorced first. “More than that, the words “be prepared to be punished” give me the impression that they are shifting the responsibility to society. It’s as if someone wants to punish Furuya.”
Many of the people who commented on this situation, said that as long as it has been resolved between the parties involved in this matter, but being Toru Furuya a famous actor who has worked in anime such as One Piece, it was logical that the news has spread to such a magnitude. Overall, the sentiment shown by the community that follows this seiyuu’s work, at least on this social network, was not really one of annoyance, some people reflected a bit on this man’s actions, but not many people were shown to be angry or asking for him to be removed from the projects he is working on.
On many occasions, when people in the anime industry get involved in controversies of this kind, it does have some pretty serious consequences for these people’s careers. So we will have to wait for updates on the case of Sabo’s seiyuu in One Piece, which although at first it may seem that it will not have negative effects for his image and his work, it is unlikely that this will not affect the actor in any way.
