Fuji TV Sex Abuse Scandal

[TechExpert2021]

Bad news, Kanzenshuuers. Just hours ago today, Fuji TV came under scrutiny for selling out their female staff like sex workers to powerful individuals at private parties. One of those involved, Nakai Masahiro (an ex-SMAP member), reportedly assaulted a woman.

In light of the scandal, many Japanese companies pulled all their advertising from the network and all sponsorships from all series airing on Fuji TV.

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This is just horrible. Will this make Dragon Ball (along with One Piece and other anime currently airing on Fuji TV) move to another Japanese terrestrial broadcast TV network (NHK General, MBS, TV Tokyo, etc.) or exclusively streaming platforms?

[BootyCheeksJohnson]

That's awful in every way imaginable what they did to those women. Here's to hoping that the people who hurt them get the book thrown at them.
As for the less important issue I could see broadcast rights to Dragon Ball and One Piece shifting to another network to try and salvage some quick cash before the ship sinks.
As someone who doesn't live in Japan I don't know what the current media landscape is like over there, and if they've mostly abandoned network TV for streaming like we have in the west. If they have then I could see the loss of a network TV station not being a big deal to Dragon Ball, and especially not to One Piece.

[JulieYBM]

This is really awful news. I hope that the women harmed get justice for what was done to them.

[Yuji]

It seems that some covered-up scandal about mistreatment of women is outed every few weeks in the Japanese anime and TV industry. I wonder how hush-hush Japan is about this sort of stuff.

[Jord]

It seems that some covered-up scandal about mistreatment of women is outed every few weeks in the Japanese anime and TV industry. I wonder how hush-hush Japan is about this sort of stuff.

I think that whistleblowing is not appreciated in Japanese culture, even when it's the right thing to do. Company loyalty and all.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

This is awful news.

As if we didn't have enough with Kenji Yamamoto, Vic Mignogna, Daman Mills, the other inhouse cast's outtakes, etc.

Why does there always have to be some scandal that affects Dragon Ball?

[Zinnia]

Kenji Yamamoto

I don't want to play "rank-the-crimes" game, but you really should have included Furuya there instead. At least Yamamoto did not hurt anyone, his scandal was merely on the copyright level and his contributions to the DB franchise made most people happy even if his job turned out to be mostly remixes of known (or unknown) music.

As for this scandal, it didn't affect DB at all as of yet, and it is not merely "our" problem, but the entire country's.
Hoping they all act accordingly.

[MasenkoHA]

This is awful news.

As if we didn't have enough with Kenji Yamamoto, Vic Mignogna, Daman Mills, the other inhouse cast's outtakes, etc.

Why does there always have to be some scandal that affects Dragon Ball?

Seconding Zinnia's point that Yamamoto's scandal is hardly comparable to what's going on with Fuji Tv as a company or Furuya or even Mignogna (and I thought Mills scandal turned out to be false? Or did I misremember the outcome of that?)

But adding to that the "outtakes" was not even close to being a scandal either. Just some weirdo Mignogna stans who are deluded enough to think voice actors making some off color jokes (jokes that were very much the norm for circa 2001-2002 when the audio was likely recorded) on their downtime in character is comparable to an actor sexually harrassing female con goers and coworkers.

[BootyCheeksJohnson]

This is awful news.

As if we didn't have enough with Kenji Yamamoto, Vic Mignogna, Daman Mills, the other inhouse cast's outtakes, etc.

Why does there always have to be some scandal that affects Dragon Ball?

Seconding Zinnia's point that Yamamoto's scandal is hardly comparable to what's going on with Fuji Tv as a company or Furuya or even Mignogna (and I thought Mills scandal turned out to be false? Or did I misremember the outcome of that?)

But adding to that the "outtakes" was not even close to being a scandal either. Just some weirdo Mignogna stans who are deluded enough to think voice actors making some off color jokes (jokes that were very much the norm for circa 2001-2002 when the audio was likely recorded) on their downtime in character is comparable to an actor sexually harrassing female con goers and coworkers.

It gets even worse when you find out that Vic Mignogna asked his then girlfriend (whom he was two-timing with another woman btw) to harass and cyber stalk the woman who created the kick vic hashtag. And, she wasn't even the initial whistleblower. She just coined the hashtag to keep an organized timeline of all the stories being told.
On another note whistleblowers are looked down upon in Japanese culture from what I can tell. It has something to do with upsetting the group dynamic since Japan is big on promoting uniformity amongst its people. There's a story about a female cop who got chastised by her department for arresting a man who groped her on a train because she "brought unwanted attention" to herself. It's sadly been changing at a glacial pace.

[JulieYBM]

This is awful news.

As if we didn't have enough with Kenji Yamamoto, Vic Mignogna, Daman Mills, the other inhouse cast's outtakes, etc.

Why does there always have to be some scandal that affects Dragon Ball?

Seconding Zinnia's point that Yamamoto's scandal is hardly comparable to what's going on with Fuji Tv as a company or Furuya or even Mignogna (and I thought Mills scandal turned out to be false? Or did I misremember the outcome of that?)

But adding to that the "outtakes" was not even close to being a scandal either. Just some weirdo Mignogna stans who are deluded enough to think voice actors making some off color jokes (jokes that were very much the norm for circa 2001-2002 when the audio was likely recorded) on their downtime in character is comparable to an actor sexually harrassing female con goers and coworkers.

The Mills situation was apparently fabricated and rescinded.

I listened to those outtakes and good god, those were bad. Like, not, on the level of Vic Mignogna being a serial sexual harrasser and the leader of a cult, but just really embarrassing and offensive.

But yeah, this Fuji TV situation is much closer to being Furuya-esque than stupid outtakes from a bunch of actors goofing off 23-24 years ago.

[MasenkoHA]

This is awful news.

As if we didn't have enough with Kenji Yamamoto, Vic Mignogna, Daman Mills, the other inhouse cast's outtakes, etc.

Why does there always have to be some scandal that affects Dragon Ball?

Seconding Zinnia's point that Yamamoto's scandal is hardly comparable to what's going on with Fuji Tv as a company or Furuya or even Mignogna (and I thought Mills scandal turned out to be false? Or did I misremember the outcome of that?)

But adding to that the "outtakes" was not even close to being a scandal either. Just some weirdo Mignogna stans who are deluded enough to think voice actors making some off color jokes (jokes that were very much the norm for circa 2001-2002 when the audio was likely recorded) on their downtime in character is comparable to an actor sexually harrassing female con goers and coworkers.

The Mills situation was fabricated and rescinded.

I listened to those outtakes and good god, those were bad. Like, not, on the level of Vic Mignogna being a serial sexual harrasser and the leader of a cult, but just really embarrassing and offensive.

But yeah, this Fuji TV situation is much closer to being Furuya-esque than stupid outtakes from a bunch of actors goofing off 23-24 years ago.

Don't get me wrong they're definitely an embarrassing time capsule of early 2000s "shock humor" that was all about being offensive for the sake of it but definitely not comparable to rape, domestic abuse (Furuya) or sexual harrassment (Mignogna) . In 2002 they wouldnt even register as that bad

[JulieYBM]

Seconding Zinnia's point that Yamamoto's scandal is hardly comparable to what's going on with Fuji Tv as a company or Furuya or even Mignogna (and I thought Mills scandal turned out to be false? Or did I misremember the outcome of that?)

But adding to that the "outtakes" was not even close to being a scandal either. Just some weirdo Mignogna stans who are deluded enough to think voice actors making some off color jokes (jokes that were very much the norm for circa 2001-2002 when the audio was likely recorded) on their downtime in character is comparable to an actor sexually harrassing female con goers and coworkers.

The Mills situation was fabricated and rescinded.

I listened to those outtakes and good god, those were bad. Like, not, on the level of Vic Mignogna being a serial sexual harrasser and the leader of a cult, but just really embarrassing and offensive.

But yeah, this Fuji TV situation is much closer to being Furuya-esque than stupid outtakes from a bunch of actors goofing off 23-24 years ago.

Don't get me wrong they're definitely an embarrassing time capsule of early 2000s "shock humor" that was all about being offensive for the sake of it but definitely not comparable to rape, domestic abuse (Furuya) or sexual harrassment (Mignogna) . In 2002 they wouldnt even register as that bad

Yeah, no, that's basically just what I was getting at. I was definitely there in the early 2000s hearing shit like this all the time, it's just surreal looking back on a time capsule like this and hearing these jokes being made.

[GhostEmperorX]

Why does there always have to be some scandal that affects Dragon Ball?

It's an interesting discussion for another day, but DB is probably the least of their problems now.
As for the larger situation, more than a few heads will have to roll before there's any resolution.

[JulieYBM]

I was hoping to avoid having to do this, but I do think that we need to take a step back and realize that Dragon Ball is just a work a fiction and it's really not the important issue at hand here.

People before hobbies, people.

[jjgp1112]

This is awful news.

As if we didn't have enough with Kenji Yamamoto, Vic Mignogna, Daman Mills, the other inhouse cast's outtakes, etc.

Why does there always have to be some scandal that affects Dragon Ball?

This really has nothing to do with Dragon Ball

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

This is awful news.

As if we didn't have enough with Kenji Yamamoto, Vic Mignogna, Daman Mills, the other inhouse cast's outtakes, etc.

Why does there always have to be some scandal that affects Dragon Ball?

Seconding Zinnia's point that Yamamoto's scandal is hardly comparable to what's going on with Fuji Tv as a company or Furuya or even Mignogna (and I thought Mills scandal turned out to be false? Or did I misremember the outcome of that?)

But adding to that the "outtakes" was not even close to being a scandal either. Just some weirdo Mignogna stans who are deluded enough to think voice actors making some off color jokes (jokes that were very much the norm for circa 2001-2002 when the audio was likely recorded) on their downtime in character is comparable to an actor sexually harrassing female con goers and coworkers.

The Mills situation was apparently fabricated and rescinded.

Fair enough.

This really has nothing to do with Dragon Ball

Not yet, but it could lead to Dragon Ball having a new home on Japanese TV if TOEI don't want to continue with Fuji TV being their main broadcaster.

And I know people are going to say TV is dead, it will go exclusively to streaming, but we know TOEI loves TV deals so this could mean the end of their long partnership with Fuji TV for shows like Dragon Ball and One Piece.

[MasenkoHA]

Seconding Zinnia's point that Yamamoto's scandal is hardly comparable to what's going on with Fuji Tv as a company or Furuya or even Mignogna (and I thought Mills scandal turned out to be false? Or did I misremember the outcome of that?)

But adding to that the "outtakes" was not even close to being a scandal either. Just some weirdo Mignogna stans who are deluded enough to think voice actors making some off color jokes (jokes that were very much the norm for circa 2001-2002 when the audio was likely recorded) on their downtime in character is comparable to an actor sexually harrassing female con goers and coworkers.

The Mills situation was apparently fabricated and rescinded.

Fair enough.

This really has nothing to do with Dragon Ball

Not yet, but it could lead to Dragon Ball having a new home on Japanese TV if TOEI don't want to continue with Fuji TV being their main broadcaster.

And I know people are going to say TV is dead, it will go exclusively to streaming, but we know TOEI loves TV deals so this could mean the end of their long partnership with Fuji TV for shows like Dragon Ball and One Piece.

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Okay.... but why is your main takeaway from a reveal that female employees at FujiTv were being sex trafficked by their employers is "oh gosh darn now Dragon Ball might have to go to a different broadcaster"

It really has nothing to do with Dragon Ball because this isn't about Dragon Ball.

[Dragon Ball Ireland]

I know that treatment of women in the Japanese workplace is a far, far bigger issue, but this is a Dragon Ball forum, so if a thread is posted here naturally the conversation will be "How will this affect Dragon Ball, if at all?".

Dragon Ball is just a hobby and a fictional series at the end of the day, and I'd never say it is more important than worker's rights and dignity.

I know yourself and others have said this is not about Dragon Ball, which is a fair response to TechExpert2021's question, but if we all agree it will not affect the franchise in any way then I guess this thread has found its answer.

[BootyCheeksJohnson]

Seconding Zinnia's point that Yamamoto's scandal is hardly comparable to what's going on with Fuji Tv as a company or Furuya or even Mignogna (and I thought Mills scandal turned out to be false? Or did I misremember the outcome of that?)

But adding to that the "outtakes" was not even close to being a scandal either. Just some weirdo Mignogna stans who are deluded enough to think voice actors making some off color jokes (jokes that were very much the norm for circa 2001-2002 when the audio was likely recorded) on their downtime in character is comparable to an actor sexually harrassing female con goers and coworkers.

The Mills situation was apparently fabricated and rescinded.

Fair enough.

This really has nothing to do with Dragon Ball

Not yet, but it could lead to Dragon Ball having a new home on Japanese TV if TOEI don't want to continue with Fuji TV being their main broadcaster.

But, moving TV stations isn't that big of a deal. It especially isn't relevant to westerners since Daima isn't even airing on TV here.
The bigger and far more important news here is seeing what repercussions will come about for the TV executives using their network as a brothel.

[TheGreatness25]

Is it bad that nothing is really shocking or surprising anymore? Just beyond the scandals that somewhat involve Dragon Ball, just in general: the Me Too movement (with people like Spacey, Franco, etc.) to Diddy to R. Kelly to Vince McMahon. It's like you can't be a fan of anyone or say anything nice about a celebrity because next thing you know, some insane story will pop up. People with a lot of money and in powerful positions seem to get bored and start doing all sorts of weird things that they really don't need to be doing. Can't say anything nice. It's getting to the point where I wouldn't be shocked if Taylor Swift ended up being the leader of some drug-sex cult.

Of course this is all terrible and vile. I hope that everyone affected by these actions finds justice. But about all these people who have more money than they can find what to do with doing all this crazy crap--WTF?