We always knew that the people who create such perfectly sane anime / manga / games as Higurashi (or FLCL, or... Eiken) have to be perfectly sane individuals themselves. And this here news perfectly supports that belief.

As it turns out, Ishii Meguru, a developer on the Higurashi visual novel game based on one of our all-time favorite animes, has been arrested for having committed "indecent acts" with a 15-year-old loli (artworks taken from his website, by the way). And not just once or twice, but for a total of four times, during November and December 2007. gg!

According to Canned Dogs' report of the original article, Ishii Meguru also "got a female fan who posted on his blog last September to give him money if she really liked him, and called her to a hotel and collected 150,000 yen (US$1500) from her". So like... any loli fans out there who want to express their feelings through a generous donation? And in return, we wouldn't mind expressing ours through various "indecent acts".

P.S. In other Higurashi gaming news scooped from Canned Puppies, it was revealed that Higurashi Daybreak is being developed / ported on the PSP, probably based on the doujin game of the same name. Famitsu has some pics from the PSP version.