One of the producers of the film Your Name, Koichiro Ito, a 52-year-old man who has a distinguished career in anime feature films, has been officially arrested. Being arrested on suspicion of crimes related to interaction with minors and theft of improper images came as a shock to fans earlier in the day.
Your Name producer arrested for improper interactions with minors
A fact that has shocked the social networks, published by Japanese media, also supported by reports from the Wakayama prefectural police. One of the producers of the movie Your Name, Koichiro Ito (52), recognized for his films such as the above mentioned and other successes, now at the center of the hurricane by being arrested for the crime of possessing images of minors with an improper tone. It is for this reason that the police have opted to take charge of his arrest and investigation.
Fans have deliberated that, this, having previous interactions with this kind of improper practices, having a file in 2021 of his legal history, something that besides surprising, fans ask: Why is this happening, referring to Koichiro and his history. “If this man has had a record, how could he continue in the professional world?”.
The fact was brought to light by a high school girl, who confessed to having had contact with the producer through text messages, so the police have taken it upon themselves to investigate whether there are more victims. Now, changing the subject slightly, speaking of crimes in Japan, we have recently seen many somewhat grim news in the country, such as the man who threatened to end the life of the seiyuu of Mikasa, whose arrest we have also documented in this note on our page.
As we had mentioned, detailing more the background of the producer of Your Name, this in 2021 had made requests to a high school girl, to take selfies, knowing that she was a minor received images of this girl. He is charged with the crime of trafficking of minors and possessing inappropriate content of these, so now the verdict is expected for this man and his misdeeds. If you want more information on this case, you can see the details of the Japanese media in this link.
Concluding what happened, the producer Koichiro Ito, first admitted the crimes, offering some brief words, but giving a perfect understanding of what happened: “I had similar interactions with other people, so I do not remember if it was this child or not”. Something that has left many shocked, with many anime fans being the ones who have shown the most indignation towards one of the minds behind the great feature film Your Name.
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