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Magical Girl Site Manga Creator Kentarō Satō Wants Royalties from Elon Musk
posted on by Kim Morrissy
Twitter's controversial new CEO, Elon Musk, is an avid Twitter , although not every appreciates his presence on the platform. Between the flashier headlines around his business and personal life, Musk has faced mild criticism in the past for posting uncredited fanart, among other violations of Twitter etiquette.
Kentarō Satō has also chimed in by pointing out that a meme Musk posted in March uses artwork from his manga. "Twitter's new CEO Elon Musk has been posting my drawings without permission, so I'd like a usage fee of one billion. In dollars," he tweeted on Monday.
Twitter社新CEOイーロン・マスクがTwitterで僕の絵を無断転載してるのでとりあえず使用料10億よろしくお願いします。ドルで。 https://t.co/QXU7uLkLJB
— 佐藤健太郎@不死と罰2巻発売中 (@sato_ken_taro) November 7, 2022
In a follow-up tweet, he posted the manga s where the Crying Aya Asagiri meme originates from and s the first volume of the manga.
Although Satō's comment can be interpreted in a joking light, other Twitter s have argued in reply that reproducing an artist's illustration in the form of an internet meme without their permission is a copyright violation. While this particular offense would not be limited to Musk's posts, Satō's fans are egging him on in the beef. After all, Musk did purchase Twitter for US$44 billion—surely he could spare another billion for an artist who brings value to the platform.
Satō (releasing the manga in English, and it shipped the 16th volume on November 23.
The manga inspired a television Amazon Prime Video outside of Japan.
Satō's new Fushi to Batsu (Bessatsu Shōnen Champion magazine's December issue on November 12.
