Bayonetta 3 Executive Producer Hideki Kamiya Restricted On Twitter Amid Voice Actor Controversy

Following controversial back and forth between PlatinumGames’ Hideki Kamiya and Bayonetta’s Hellena Taylor, the former’s Twitter becomes restricted. Intentionally or otherwise, social media brand Twitter has become directly involved with the controversy surrounding Bayonetta 3’s executive producer Hideki Kamiya and the lead character’s previous voice actor Hellena Taylor, and it’s not just because the controversy is taking place there. It seems Twitter has restricted Hideki Kamiya’s account following his response to Taylor’s call for a Bayonetta 3 boycott. There’s a lot to unpack here, but how it began is with Taylor making a video revealing that PlatinumGames made her audition to reprise her role as Bayonetta (which is not common) and offered her $4,000 dollars to do the voice acting for the whole game afterward. There’s also been some suggestion online that there is a cultural element here and these actions—forcing her to audition again and offering her a flat, buyout rate—is how a lot of eastern companies operate. Instead of outright firing someone, they leave enough not-so-subtle hints, forcing the issue. Kamiya responded, and it devolved from there. According to Kamiya, Taylor was misrepresenting the situation and called what she said “untruth.” He then not-so-vaguely threatened everyone online by…
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