Hinako Ashihara, the manga artist and author of the popular manga "Sexy Tanaka-san" which was made into a TV drama, revealed in January that she had a difference of opinion with the production team over the script for the drama. In response to the death, Nippon Television announced that it would request the cooperation of outside experts and establish a special investigation team within the company to proceed with the investigation.

Hinako Ashihara, the author of the popular manga "Sexy Tanaka-san," which was made into a drama on Nippon Television last year, posted on her social media in January that she had a momentary difference of opinion with the production team over the script for the drama. After revealing this in a post, he was found dead in Tochigi Prefecture.



In response to this, Shogakukan, which published the work, announced on February 8th that it was conducting an investigation to prevent recurrence, but Nippon Television, the producer of the drama, also posted a comment on its website on the 15th. did.



In the message, he said, ``I would like to express my condolences to Hinako Ashihara, and my heartfelt condolences to her bereaved family.To all the readers and viewers who love the ``Sexy Tanaka-san'' manga and drama, We sincerely apologize for causing the drama's cast members and everyone involved a great deal of worry.''The company has also conducted its own internal investigation.



The company also announced that it would establish a special investigation team within the company, independent of the drama production department, with the cooperation of Shogakukan and outside experts.



"We will proceed with the investigation as soon as possible, conduct serious verification, and strive to build a system that allows all original authors, screenwriters, program producers, and others to proceed with production with even greater peace of mind."

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