A recent Twitter exchange between two prominent figures in the anime industry has sparked debate about the production of original anime series. Fullmetal Alchemist.
Manpuku Jinja, known for his work on anime series Touhou and screenwriter FMA Sho Aikawa exchanged a series of tweets, sparking controversy over the treatment of original manga author Hiromu Arakawa during anime production.
It all started when Manpuku Jinja shared a post on X, claiming that the script meetings for the anime adaptation of Fullmetal Alchemist was said to have involved the original author and during one of these meetings a screenwriter was said to have told the author that amateurs should keep quiet.
“I'I heard that for the anime adaptation of'Fullmetal Alchemist'(original version), the script meetings actually involved the original author. However, during one of these meetings, a scriptwriter told the author: “Amateurs should keep quiet.” That was horrifying. At that time, it was normal for anime adaptations to change the original story, and the quality of the anime'Fullmetal Alchemist' was quite good (although a later adaptation was made that remained faithful to the original manga). “
Responding to Jinja, Sho Aikawa denied the allegations about the incident. He said that he met with Arakawa for pre-production discussions but did not believe that the author participated in the script-writing meetings.
Aikawa also challenged Manpuku Jinja to provide details about the alleged incident, suggesting the statement could be defamatory.
“Even though I had discussions with the original author beforehand, I don't think they ever attended a script meeting. However, given that everyone involved in writing and producing included this information in their resumes, I can't imagine them making statements so uncertain as to be defamatory. for the whole world. So please tell me exactly when this happened.“
Manpuku Jinja replied that they heard this story from someone involved in the production. However, they agreed to delete their tweets because Aikawa denied the statements made.
After deleting the tweet, Sho Aikawa speculated that it might be an apology from Manpuku Jinja. Aikawa expressed a willingness to ignore future comments made in spaces where they are not seen but indicated that there will likely be an investigation into individuals spreading misinformation .
Source: X
