Association for Freedom of Entertainment Expression
Association for Freedom of Entertainment Expression is a non-partisan political organization founded in Japan in 2013 that works to defend freedom of expression in entertainment media such as anime, manga, and video games.
Advocacy
AFEE argues that child pornography laws should focus on protecting real child victims, and not ban manga and anime, which do not have real victims of abuse.AFEE is opposed to censorship, and in 2025 issued a statement opposing financial censorship on Steam and itch.io caused by Collective Shout. Representative Takatoshi Sakai said that in recent years, characters have increasingly been criticized as sexual objects, and that something that has already been made public should not be retracted due to criticism from outside.