“To put it simply, I think [Shiraishi] did this as though he was playing a video game.
“To all people involved with, and who love, anime I am truly sorry!
“As soon as I said [my comment on Shin Hodo 2001], I thought, ‘Oh, that’s an extremely inappropriate statement.
I deeply regret my careless words, and all I can say is that I made a huge mistake.”
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