ABJ, which stands for “Authorized Books of Japan”, released a music video on March 8, 2023 in efforts to stop the piracy of manga in Japan. The association works to eradicate pirated manga and increase the number of people who read manga legally.
As part of their “Thank you, for your love of manga” (ありがとう、君の漫画愛。) campaign, Vaundy is the singer of the music video, which features a collaboration between several different manga including JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. The YouTube Channel named “STOP! Kaizokuban” (STOP! Piracy) uploaded the video.
From now until March 31, 2023, if you tweet the hashtag #今日も海賊版を読みませんでした (I Didn’t Read Any Bootlegs Today) along with mentioning @stopkaizokuban, a random manga panel featuring a character thanking you will be sent in reply.
“Thank You” by Vaundy
The cover of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure volume 31 (Diamond is Unbreakable Volume 3) featuring Josuke Higashikata can be seen at 0:14.
Spines of several JoJo volumes lined up on the bookshelf can be seen at 0:42.
Additionally, at 0:50, there is a panel of Koichi Hirose fighting Tamami Kobayashi, where he yells out “Believe in me!” (Shinjite!) to his mother.
Composer/Singer: Vaundy
Video Director: Yuichi Kodama
Actress: Iriya Take
Comment from Hirohiko Araki
It is deeply important for society to distinguish between pirated and legitimate versions. Thank you for your continued support.
海賊版と正規版を区別することは社会にとって深く大切なことです。これからもよろしくお願いいたします。
Hirohiko Araki
Source: Official Campaign Site
About Vaundy
Vaundy is a Japanese musician who began his career in 2019 by independently uploading songs online. His first biggest hit was the song “Tokyo Flash”. Since then, he sang the second opening theme of Ranking of Kings, “Hadaka no Yuusha” in February 2022. In October 2022, he sang Chainsaw Man‘s first ending theme, “CHAINSAW BLOOD”.
List of Collaborated Manga
Kodansha
- “Smile Down the Runway” by Kotoba Inoya (Kodansha)
- “Attack on Titan” by Hajime Isayama (Kodansha)
- “Looking At Your Profile” by Rumi Ichinohe (Kodansha)
- “Gal & Dino” by Moriko Mori and Cota Tomimura (Kodansha)
- “Hanebado!” by Kosuke Hamada (Kodansha)
- “BECK” by Harold Sakuishi (Kodansha)
- “Tomorrow’s Joe” by Asao Takamori and Tetsuya Chiba (Kodansha)
- “Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon” by Naoko Takeuchi (Kodansha)
- “Chihayafuru” by Yuki Suetsugu (Kodansha)
- “Moteki” by Mitsurou Kubo (Kodansha)
- “Blue Lock” by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura (Kodansha)
- “Card Captor Sakura” by CLAMP (Kodansha)
- “Vagabond” by Takehiko Inoue (Kodansha)
- “Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji” by Nobuyuki Fukumoto (Kodansha)
- “Space Brothers” by Chuya Koyama (Kodansha)
Shogakukan
- “Good at Teasing, Miss Takagi” by Soichiro Yamamoto (Shogakukan)
- “Ranma 1/2” by Rumiko Takahashi (Shogakukan)
- “Mogura no Uta” by Noboru Takahashi (Shogakukan)
- “Asahinagu” by Ai Kozaki (Shogakukan)
- “BANANA FISH” by Akio Yoshida (Shogakukan)
- “Golgo 13” by Takao Saito (Shogakukan)
- “BLUE GIANT SUPREME” by Shinichi Ishizuka (Shogakukan)
- “Touch” by Mitsuru Adachi (Shogakukan)
- “We Were There” by Yuki Obata (Shogakukan)
- “Maison Ikkoku” by Rumiko Takahashi (Shogakukan)
- “DAYS” by Tsuyoshi Yasuda (Kodansha)
- “The Quintessential Quintuplets” by Negi Haruba (Kodansha)
- “Tokyo Revengers” by Ken Wakui (Kodansha)
Shueisha
- “Strawberry 100%” by Mizuki Kawashita (Shueisha)
- “Tokimeki Tonight” by Koi Ikeno (Shueisha)
- “Kimi ni Todoke” by Karuho Shiina (Shueisha)
- “Boys Over Flowers” by Yoko Kamio (Shueisha)
- “2.5 Dimensional Seduction” by Yu Hashimoto (Shueisha)
- “My Hero Academia” by Kohei Horikoshi (Shueisha)
- “Chainsaw Man” by Tatsuki Fujimoto (Shueisha)
- “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” by Hirohiko Araki (Shueisha)
- “Dandadan” by Yukinobu Tatsu (Shueisha)
- “NANA” by Ai Yazawa (Shueisha)
- “Nisekoi” by Naoshi Komi (Shueisha)
- “GANTZ” by Hiroya Oku (Shueisha)
- “Haikyu!!” by Haruichi Furudate (Shueisha)
- “Takopi’s Original Sin” by Taizan 5 (Shueisha)
- “Jujutsu Kaisen” by Akutami Gege (Shueisha)
- “ONE PIECE” by Eiichiro Oda (Shueisha)
- “Bakuman.” by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata (Shueisha)
- “BLEACH” by Tite Kubo (Shueisha)
- “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” by Koyoharu Gotouge (Shueisha)
- “NARUTO” by Masashi Kishimoto (Shueisha)
- “Left-handed Ellen” by Kappi and nifuni (Shueisha)
- “Kingdom” by Yasuhisa Hara (Shueisha)
Miscellaneous Publishers
- “Kuzu no Honkai” by Mengo Yokoyari (Square Enix)
- “If My Favorite Pop Idol Made It to the Budokan, I Would Die” by Auri Hirao (Tokuma Shoten)
- “My Happy Marriage”: Original by Akumi Agitogi (Fujimi Shobo / published by KADOKAWA), Manga by Rito Takasaka, Character Drafts by Tsukiho Tsukioka (Square Enix)
- “Bloom Into You” by Nio Nakatani (KADOKAWA)
- “Glass Mask” by Suzue Miuchi (Hakusensha)
- “Phoenix” by Osamu Tezuka (Tezuka Pro)
- “Yotsubato!” by Kiyohiko Azuma (KADOKAWA)
- “Berserk” by Kentaro Miura (Hakusensha)
- “Ranking of Kings” by Sosuke Toka (KADOKAWA)
- “Neon Genesis Evangelion” by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (KADOKAWA)
- “Yowamushi Pedal” by Wataru Watanabe (Akita Shoten)
The association previously uploaded another video 3 years ago featuring other manga such as Detective Conan and Dragon Ball.
