Ai, creator of the manga Million poprevealed through her official weblog that she had not acquired royalties from the anime adaptation of her work for over six years.
In keeping with her assertion, Ai had not acquired any income from gross sales of the anime or associated merchandise between 2018 and July 2024, regardless of a contractual settlement with writer Comedian Sensible.
The Million pop anime, broadcast from July to September 2015 and produced by Asahi Manufacturing, continued to generate income via Blu-ray, CD gross sales and streaming platforms throughout this era.
This enterprise apply, the place the manga writer acquired no royalties, didn’t sit nicely with Ai. Particularly because the writer noticed that many manga readers loved the anime and made purchases.
“Regardless of the assist and pleasure of the anime by our readers, this can be a enterprise apply that doesn’t profit the manga artist. I felt obliged to stay silent till the problem was resolved, and I apologize to the readers who supported me as a manga artist throughout this prolonged time frame.
Since royalties had not been paid, the writer had even thought of pulling the anime and its songs from streaming platforms in the course of the dispute.
Nevertheless, earlier this 12 months, Ai contacted the Ganma! editors and Comedian Sensible to analyze the matter.
In August 2024, the corporate acknowledged that they’d failed to take care of royalty funds laid down within the contract. The editors issued a proper apology to Ai and offered an in depth report of the scenario.
On the finish of August, they calculated the quantity due and transferred the total quantity to her.
“Each I, the unique manga artist, and the Million Doll manufacturing crew have accepted the editor’s apology and are happy with their response,” the official weblog put up famous, emphasizing that the decision was reached amicably between each events.
Regardless of the writer’s preliminary frustrations, Ai expressed aid that the matter was now settled and reaffirmed her choice to maintain the anime accessible on streaming platforms.
“Finally, due to the honest response of the editors, I wish to proceed to supply many individuals the chance to observe the anime on numerous platforms at any time when they need.”
The writer too famous that she didn’t intend on-line backlash or controversy in opposition to the editors of Ganma! to impress.
In closing, Ai invited each new viewers and outdated supporters to revisit the movie Million pop animation. “Regardless that nearly 9 years have handed because the sequence first aired, I hope individuals will proceed to observe and revel in Million Doll,” she wrote.
Million pop started serialization on Comedian Sensible’s Ganma! platform in December 2013 and was later collected into two tankōbon volumes.
The plot of the manga is described by MAL as follows:
Million pop facilities on Suuko, an idol-loving hikikomori (contained) who has one energy: to popularize any idol via the facility of running a blog. She units her sights on Fukuoka’s idol Itorio and tries to get her to promote extra, however she is hindered by the charismatic idol Ryuu-san and the underground idol Mariko.
Supply: Ai’s official weblog through ANN
Picture credit: © Ai/COMICSMART INC./milliondoll Committee.
