Written by whisperDispatch.com | 05 June 2007

(ANIMEOTA) - The controversial manga Nymphet had been scheduled to be released in the U.S. by Seaven Seas Entertainment until a big controversy over its content flared up all over the web.

ICv2 and a slew of other manga and anime related sites are reporting that the President of Seaven Seas, Jason DeAngelis, has yanked plans to release the series reportedly because of incredibly inappropriate content, specifically found in volumes 2 and 3.

There were apparently 2 open letters the President released on their website about the Nymphet issue. It is the second letter which finally states the reasons why Seaven Seas just couldn't release the title in good conscience.

DeAngelis states that after sitting down and reading the manga, what he "found in volumes two and three were very disturbing (Particularly, pages 129-131 in volume three, which are highly problematic)."

The President admits that he had to retract previous statements in the first letter he issued about the controversy after actually reading the dang manga instead of relying on a cursory glance through the material.

He flat out said "certain scenes in the subsequent volumes are indefensible and inappropriate, in my opinion".

One big question raging on various internet sites about this controversy was why they didn't catch this objectionable material during the time they were deciding to license the series for english distribution in the U.S.?

DeAngelis accepts blame for not evaluating the series closely enough during it's acquisition and evaluation process. "In this case, Nymphet fell through the cracks in our review process," the president stated.

More from his open letter:

If the controversy continues to escalate further, it could reflect very poorly on Seven Seas in the eyes of not only those who oppose Nymphet within the manga community, but in the eyes of practically anyone who does not understand manga.

Since we plan to release a variety of popular, mainstream titles that are geared not only towards young adults, teens, tweens, and children, the risk that this one title could sabotage the rest of our library did not seem like a sound business decision to me. Also, if our public image became severely compromised, it would surely jeopardize our ability to get further licenses from Japanese publishers.

But DeAngelis swears he's not gunshy about releasing controversial titles, though, professing that they won't kill a release as long said release doesn't cross the line that Nymphet apparently does.


LINKS:
Click here to read the full letter from Jason DeAngelis