Takashi Yamaguchi, the editor-in-chief of Kodansha’s Month-to-month Shonen Sirius, issued public apology to Cells at Work! creator Akane Shimizu on July 3, acknowledging shortcomings in its editorial administration following the manga creator’s latest posts on X detailing points she skilled throughout the sequence’ serialization.
In his assertion on Kodansha’s official web site, Yamaguchi famous that Shimizu had certainly raised issues relating to the medical supervision system throughout the manga’s serialization, her working surroundings, the conduct of her editor on the time, and the crediting of by-product works launched after the sequence ended.
Yamaguchi admitted that regardless of receiving a number of requests from Shimizu to enhance her working circumstances throughout serialization, it did not correctly set up a medical supervision system and supply an applicable manufacturing surroundings, together with arranging assistants.
He additionally acknowledged that Shimizu was not correctly consulted prematurely relating to credit score listings for some spin-off works and publications associated to anime diversifications.
Kodansha apologized for the burden and emotional misery attributable to these shortcomings, including that though the editor concerned is now not assigned to Shimizu, the matter displays failures within the editorial division’s administration and supervisory system relatively than the actions of a single particular person.
“As Ms. Shimizu additionally acknowledged in her posts, discussions are at present ongoing between her and the related departments inside Kodansha in an effort to sincerely resolve points stemming from previous occasions.We have now additionally confirmed that Ms. Shimizu’s present help system and the surroundings for her new initiatives are being managed in a optimistic method that prioritizes and respects her needs,” they added.
He added that Kodansha is working to make sure all manga creators can give attention to their work by strengthening creator help methods and sustaining psychological security, and stated the Sirius Editorial Division will proceed enhancing its help construction.
The assertion was concluded with an apology to Shimizu, readers and everybody affected by the matter.
Following Kodansha’s assertion, Shimizu confirmed on X that she had acquired a letter of apology from the editorial division.
“I want to inform everybody that I’ve acquired a letter of apology from the editorial division. I sincerely thank everybody concerned for responding to my latest posts with sincerity. I additionally deeply apologize to everybody who was involved after studying my posts. As this matter is at present beneath dialogue with Kodansha, I’ll proceed to reply calmly as these discussions proceed.“
Supply: Kodansha’s Official Web site
