"BanG Dream!" voice actress Shindo Amane's agency will pursue charges against slander and harassment

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Hibiki, the agency to which voice actress Shindo Amane, known for her role as Mashiro Kurata in the “BanG Dream!” series, belongs to, updated their official website on February 13th.

In a document titled “Report on the progress of our response to the slander and harassment of our voice actress Shindo Amane”, it was stated that “the company has filed criminal charges to those accused and that criminal charges have been referred to prosecutors”.

Regarding the same incident, on August 18, 2023, the office official The slander and harassment against Amane on SNS has not stopped. Multiple accounts that use slander such as “pig,” “ugly,” and “fat,” defamatory content such as “being a pillow business,” and obsessive content such as “sending images of burned photos or cut up photos”. Many posts have been seen, and the agency said, “We will take strict action”.

In this document, it was reported that they have continued to consider and implement legal actions such as filing lawsuits for damages and filing criminal charges against multiple SNS accounts, after consulting with their attorney. The statement also reads, “In order to protect our voice actors, and to ensure that everyone can enjoy our content with peace of mind, we will continue to take strict action when we identify malicious posts”.