On the event of the thirtieth anniversary of Rurouni Kenshin on October 4, 2024, 38 outstanding manga creators, together with Eiichiro Oda (One piece), Yoshihiro Togashi (Hunter x Hunter), Gege Akutami (Jujutsu Kaisen), and Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto), will contribute colour illustrations to mark the event.
The listing of manga creators contributing to Rurouni KenshinThe thirtieth anniversary celebration is as follows:
- Eiichiro Oda (one piece)
- Hirohiko Araki (JoJo’s Weird Journey)
- Gege Akutami (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Takehiko Inoue (Slam Dunk)
- Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto)
- Yoshihiro Togashi (Hunter x Hunter)
- Kohei Horikoshi (My Hero Academia)
- Yusuke Murata (One Punch Man – as illustrator)
- Yoichi Takahashi (Captain Tsubasa)
- Yuki Tabata (black clover)
- Hideaki Sorachi (Gintama)
- Takeshi Obata (obituary)
- Naoya Matsumoto (Kaiju No. 8)
- Takeshi Konomi (the prince of tennis)
- Sui Ishida (Tokyo Ghoul)
- Daisuke Ashihara (world set off)
- Yūsei Matsui (Homicide Classroom)
- Tenya Yabuno (Inazuma Eleven)
- Hiroyuki Takei (shaman king)
- Kaiu Shirai & Posuka Demizu (The Promised Neverland)
- Tsukasa Hojo (metropolis fighter)
- Kazue Kato (Blue Exorcist)
- Kentaro Yabuki (To Love Ru)
- Yasuhiro Nightow (Trigun)
- Tadatoshi Fujimaki (Kuroko basketball)
- Katsura Hoshino (D.Grey man)
- Shinya Suzuki (Mr. Fullswing)
- Haruto Umezawa (Hareluya II boy)
- Takeshi Okano (Jigoku Sensei Nube)
- Yoko Kamio (Boys About Flowers)
- Jigoku no Misawa (Tenshi no drop)
- Sho Makura (Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne – as author)
- Katsunori Matsui (Neko Majin)
- Daisuke Moriyama (Chrono Campaign)
- Takayuki Yamaguchi (Shigurui)
- Mikio Ito (Normandy Secret Membership)
Nevertheless, the occasion has sparked widespread controversy as Nobuhiro Watsuki, the collection’ creator, was convicted of possessing youngster pornography in 2017.
The criticism was not solely aimed on the collaborating manga makers, but in addition at Shueisha.
Followers have known as out Shueisha for persevering with to advertise Watsuki’s work regardless of his felony previous. The truth that the writer hosted the celebratory occasion additional fueled the outrage, with many seeing it as an implicit present of help for Watsuki’s continued presence within the trade.
Social media has been awash with disappointment as many outstanding manga creators are actually underneath scrutiny for his or her involvement.
Followers are particularly involved as a result of a few of the most influential figures within the manga trade are keen to miss Watsuki’s historical past.
Regardless of arguments that some creators felt pressured to take part, many followers identified that a number of notable names, comparable to Tite Kubo (Bleach) and Tatsuki Fujimoto (Chainsaw man), weren’t a part of the listing.
Ruroni Kenshin manga was serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Leap journal from April 1994 to September 1999. The entire collection initially consisted of 28 tankobon volumes, and was later republished in 22 kanzenban volumes.
In 2017, Watsuki started publishing a direct sequel, Rurouni Kenshin: The Hokkaido Arcon the Jumpplein.
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