The theatrical version of the animation “Theatrical Edition of Spell Fighting 0” was a hit at the global box office. The official Twitter of the animation released a special tweet to celebrate, but the article classified “Taiwan” as a country, which made many Chinese netizens dissatisfied. Although the Japanese official has The tweet was deleted, but most Chinese still refused to accept it and demanded that Japan must apologize for the incident. Even the old text of the voice actress Emi Ogata calling Taiwan a country was turned up by netizens.
March 22, 2022, approximately 7:00 pm Taiwan time:
The Japanese official tweeted to celebrate the local box office breakthrough of 13 billion yen. The first big screen debut in South Korea, Taiwan and other countries set the record of the box office champion (this week), which became an overseas topic. Last week, the box office exceeded 18 million within three days of its release in North America. Dollar. The tweet was protested by a large number of Chinese users.
March 22, 2022, approximately 9:00 pm Taiwan time
The original tweet was deleted, and the original “in Korea, Taiwan and other countries” was changed to “overseas regions”. In the reply area, many fans from Taiwan and other countries posted their ticket stubs and movie viewing bonuses.
By yesterday#Theatrical version magic round 0]Domestic box office revenue exceeds 13 billion yen!
Thank you for your support.It has been released one after another overseas, and ranked first in Korea, Taiwan, France, etc. In North America, it became a big hit with box office revenue of 18 million dollars in 3 days, and it is sweeping the world!
The photo shows NY Times Square! pic.twitter.com/UtiQlaiMvC
— “Jujutsu Kaisen” Anime Official (@animejujutsu) March 22, 2022
Taiwan???????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/GBzinhSJB8
— Night. (@super78788787) March 22, 2022
March 22, 2022, 10pm Taiwan time:
The Chinese agent issued an apology on Weibo, saying that it had urged the Japanese side to issue a statement on the matter.
Extended discussion:
- Chinese Twitter users continued to demand an apology for “calling Taiwan a country” on Japan’s official Twitter account.
I hope that the official will also give a response to Chinese fans on Twitter. What is needed is not a formal Weibo statement, but an official apology.
translator:
In addition to apologizing at Weibo, I would like to ask you to respond to Chinese fans of the magical round on Twitter. What we need is not a formal microblogging statement, but an official true apology.— Not Tinder (@Qizhikexi) March 24, 2022
- The protagonist of the theatrical version, Yuta Ogata, the voice actress Emi Ogata, was pointed out by Chinese netizens that she had called Taiwan a “pro-Japanese country” in her personal tweets, visited the Yasukuni Shrine (enshrined for Japanese soldiers, military relatives, and war criminals) who died in battle, and supported the evacuation. Statues of comfort women, etc.
The Yasukuni Shrine has always been a controversial site for countries once colonized by Japan or hit hard by Japanese attacks during the war. In February 2021, the well-known voice actress Kayano Ai was boycotted by Chinese netizens due to her visit to the Yasukuni Shrine recently.Kayano Ai issued an apology statement on Twitter and official website for this matter。
However, the accusation against Emi Ogata was publicized by netizens in January, and it was not until this “Curse” turmoil that it further spread.
At present, Japanese Twitter has not released relevant apologies except for the second version of the congratulatory text.
As an aside, Taiwan’s “Theatrical Edition of Spell Fighting 0” is currently in theaters. On March 26 and 27, each cinema will hold a limited number of support venues.
