More than 23,000 people have signed a petition in Japan urging Donald Trump and the White House to stop using manga and anime imagery in political social media posts, after the US president shared a video depicting himself as Naruto Uzumaki, the hero of one of Japan’s best-known franchises.Although fans first launched the campaign in March, it gained fresh momentum this week after Trump posted a Naruto-themed video on Truth Social, leading organisers to reopen the petition and step up efforts to bring their concerns to rights holders and Japanese officials.
The petition, titled Protect Japanese Manga, had 23,524 signatures at the time of writing.
