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Fukuoka District Court Judgment cat warehouse (Real name Erika Ikeda), artist of one of the manga adaptations Pharmacist’s Diary On Wednesday, he was sentenced to 10 months in prison and fined 11 million yen (approximately $70,600) for tax evasion. However, due to three years of probation, if cat warehouse If they behave well for three years, they won’t go to jail. Prosecutors sought a 10-month prison sentence and a fine of 14 million yen (approximately $89,800).
Fukuoka Local Taxation Bureau sued cat warehouse On February 29, he was suspected of failing to declare income of approximately 260 million yen (approximately US$1.6 million) from 2019 to 2021 and evading taxes of approximately 47 million yen (approximately US$298,887). Revenues from comic book sales were used to purchase real estate.
cat warehouse He pleaded guilty to tax evasion charges at the first hearing in the case on May 31. cat warehouse They had “no intention of evading tax” and “planned to pay a lump sum later.”
cat warehouse responded to these accusations in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on April 1, claiming they ignored their tax returns out of ignorance. They added that they had paid the tax in full in 2022 due to non-declaration of income after receiving instructions from the tax office. They also request assistance from tax accountants in filing correct returns. cat warehouse Clarify that this case is a personal issue and has nothing to do with the original author Pharmacist’s Diary‘ Light novel series or anyone else involved in creating manga.
cat warehouse Comics on Square Enixof Big Gan Gan every month May 2017 Magazine. Square Enix The 13th volume of the comic book was published on March 25. Square Enix The manga is published in English for this series.
Hinata Natsu In October 2011, the original story began to be serialized on the “Shōsetsuka ni Narō” (Becoming a Novelist) website. Friends of Zhou Bu Began publishing illustrated print novels Shino Fujiko August 2014. Japanese novel club Publish novel series digitally.
The light novel series inspired an anime premiering in October 2023 and airing two episodes course (seasons of the year). Crispy roll The anime was aired in Japan and the English dub was also aired. The anime will launch its second season in 2025.
Source: “Yomiuri Shimbun” from Yaraon!
