Association for Freedom of Entertainment Expression
エンターテイメント表現の自由の会 | |
| Formation | August 8, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Anti-censorship |
| Location | |
President | Takatoshi Sakai |
Director | Akihiko Kondo |
Key people | Taro Yamada |
| Website | afee |
Association for Freedom of Entertainment Expression (AFEE, Japanese: エンターテイメント表現の自由の会, romanized: Entāteimento hyōgen no jiyū no kai) is a non-partisan political organization founded in Japan in 2013 that works to defend freedom of expression in entertainment media such as anime, manga, and video games.[1]
Advocacy
AFEE argues that child pornography laws should focus on protecting real child victims, and not ban manga and anime, which do not have real victims of abuse.[2]
AFEE is opposed to censorship, and in 2025 issued a statement opposing financial censorship on Steam and itch.io caused by Collective Shout.[1] Representative Takatoshi Sakai said that in recent years, characters have increasingly been criticized as sexual objects, and that something that has already been made public should not be retracted due to criticism from outside.[3]
Leadership
Taro Yamada, a member of the House of Councillors, serves as the organization's honorary advisor, and the organization's representative, Takatoshi Sakai, was Yamada's secretary. The director Akihiko Kondo, founder of the Fictosexual Association.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Steam and itch.io "mustn't succumb to unjust pressure with no legal basis," Japan free speech organization urges amidst mass censorship of games". Active Gaming Media. August 1, 2025. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
- ^ "山田太郎議員コミケ前演説でチラシを配布 『エンターテイメント表現の自由の会』（AFEE）がマスコットキャラクターを公募". Tokyo sangyo shimbun. December 30, 2013. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
- ^ "Gov't Video of VTuber Girl Pulled Out After Feminists' Protest ー It Won't Be the Last". Japan Forward. November 5, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2026.
- ^ "About AFEE(Association for Freedom of Entertainment Expression)". Retrieved January 4, 2026.