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Mainichi: Gintama Episode Re-airing Pulled Due to Defamation
posted on by Egan Loo
The Mainichi Shimbun paper reported on Thursday that a TV Tokyo was ed by a representative due to alleged defamation. Before the Mainichi article, there were conflicting reports about whether a complaint was made.
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According to Mainichi, the episode had a defamatory depiction of a character associated with a specific individual or individuals, and TV Tokyo was ed after the initial broadcast by a representative of the affected party. After confirming the content in the episode, TV Tokyo decided to cancel its re-airing on AT-X. Mainichi quoted TV Tokyo, "We have no problem with parodying a specific person, but we decided to cancel [the re-airing] since it defamed a person's character."
Gintama' supervisor said, "It is not true that we objected." He added that the decision on whether to release the episode on DVD has yet to be made.
