Tokyo’s ban on anime, manga and games featuring “virtual crimes” or which are “likely to interfere with the healthy development of youth” has passed after the DPJ agreed to support it. The DPJ’s only addition to the critical portion of the law was a short rider which requests “prudent application of the law in light of any artistic, social, scientific or satirical merits the work might express” – it does not however add any legal obligation to consider these, or establish any clear or indepdently enforced criteria for judging whether a work can be declared “harmful” or not. Even more bizarrely, the final draft actually removed a passage that imposed “a duty not to possess [photographic] child pronography” on Tokyo residents, whilst leaving the section banning erotic manga and anime (and explicitly excluding photographic materials) all but unchanged – that the bill is intended exclusively as an “anti-otaku” law seems to be beyond doubt. It is very difficult to objectively assess the scope of the law – along with vague and subjective terms like “interfere with the healthy development of youth,” the law also includes “etc.” on the end of most of its examples, leaving it quite unclear, for example, whether the “improper glorification of illegal sexual activity, etc.” applies to only virtual sex crimes, or all crimes in general – presumably the interpretation adopted will be whichever is convenient to censors. Similarly, the ban’s mention of “rape and other sexual acts which violate societal norms” seems inevitably to point to a ban on depictions of homosexuality, considering who was behind the law. The generally expected form the law will take is that of a “amakudari” (a pervasive system of sinecures for retired bureaucrats) body which will inspect all anime, manga and games, with only those titles receiving approval as “healthy” able to be sold regularly in Tokyo shops – the rest will be relegated to the “adult corner.” The most immediate and direct effect of the law will almost certainly be to see ecchi manga such as To Love-Ru, bishoujo titles such as Champion Red and most BL manga, as well as any seinen manga with especially mature themes, banned from general sales – presumably most will then be cancelled due to a lack of suitable magazine or tankobon distribution channels, with a few perhaps being resurrected as 18+ ero-manga. As has already been seen, publishers will also likely be purging future anime, manga and games of any content liable to fall foul of the law, and removing older titles from distribution. The law probably also spells the end of most late night anime in Tokyo (and by extension, everywhere else), which it would appear to ban under its distribution clause; given the vague wording of the current season alone it seems Ore no Imouto, Panty & Stocking, Yosuga, Sora no Otoshimono, Milky Holmes and others would all fall foul of its various stipulations. There is also some doubt as to whether Comiket will be able to be held under the new regulations – if not, its cancellation or removal to another prefecture seems likely, although a lack of sufficiently large spaces may severely complicate this. The law is expected to be signed into law on the 15th after an additional vote and then come into effect in July of 2011, so with magazine, tankobon, anime and game release schedules being what they are, it seems likely its effects will be felt much sooner; in a genuinely democratic state there might be scope to overturn it before then, but from what has been seen so far it seems unlikely publishers have the guts or savvy to do anything about it.
Kinjo Note: The one great thing about Anime was that there were no limits, but as time passes and the Japanese export so much anime.... This was bound to happen. I mean even on Dragon Ball they drew in (badly too) pants over naked goku and vegeta.. Such a joke.. CURSE YOU CENSORSHIP!
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Post by: Adelaide on December 19, 2010, 09:10:00 AM
So no moar animu pron?
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Post by: kinjo on December 19, 2010, 09:26:59 AM
That would be great if they banned hentai but that won't happen...
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Post by: Adelaide on December 19, 2010, 09:34:34 AM
Huh.. weirds.. I do hate all that gross loli pron :/ child pronography is gross, even if it is just animated children
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Post by: kinjo on December 19, 2010, 11:01:36 AM
I think cartoon pron is for loosers!!
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Post by: Adelaide on December 19, 2010, 11:35:15 AM
I think any pron is for losers ;P
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Post by: kinjo on December 19, 2010, 02:43:43 PM
Don't tell Fw that!!!!!
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Post by: Adelaide on December 19, 2010, 09:06:45 PM
What about the other 99.9% of males that watch pron? :P
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Post by: kinjo on December 20, 2010, 06:43:41 AM
What about them? There is no stopping pron ever since the internet. Before that it was just mags and vhs.
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on December 20, 2010, 11:22:25 AM
Its because anime/manga panders to pedophiles these days.
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Post by: willow on December 20, 2010, 07:30:12 PM
but tis only a cartoon.... D=
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Post by: kinjo on December 21, 2010, 08:11:43 AM
hence the word OTAKU
which meant Pervert or Pedo, before the fanboys took it over
kinda how Gay used to mean happy
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on January 31, 2011, 04:00:34 AM
Its gonna be funny when guy on guy anime/manga is outlawed and all these american girls are gonna be pissed :B
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Post by: kinjo on February 02, 2011, 04:05:00 PM
big time!
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Post by: ChickanBone on February 16, 2011, 11:16:33 PM
Tokyo’s ban on anime, manga and games featuring “virtual crimes” or which are “likely to interfere with the healthy development of youth” has passed after the DPJ agreed to support it. The DPJ’s only addition to the critical portion of the law was a short rider which requests “prudent application of the law in light of any artistic, social, scientific or satirical merits the work might express” – it does not however add any legal obligation to consider these, or establish any clear or indepdently enforced criteria for judging whether a work can be declared “harmful” or not. Even more bizarrely, the final draft actually removed a passage that imposed “a duty not to possess [photographic] child pronography” on Tokyo residents, whilst leaving the section banning erotic manga and anime (and explicitly excluding photographic materials) all but unchanged – that the bill is intended exclusively as an “anti-otaku” law seems to be beyond doubt. It is very difficult to objectively assess the scope of the law – along with vague and subjective terms like “interfere with the healthy development of youth,” the law also includes “etc.” on the end of most of its examples, leaving it quite unclear, for example, whether the “improper glorification of illegal sexual activity, etc.” applies to only virtual sex crimes, or all crimes in general – presumably the interpretation adopted will be whichever is convenient to censors. Similarly, the ban’s mention of “rape and other sexual acts which violate societal norms” seems inevitably to point to a ban on depictions of homosexuality, considering who was behind the law. The generally expected form the law will take is that of a “amakudari” (a pervasive system of sinecures for retired bureaucrats) body which will inspect all anime, manga and games, with only those titles receiving approval as “healthy” able to be sold regularly in Tokyo shops – the rest will be relegated to the “adult corner.” The most immediate and direct effect of the law will almost certainly be to see ecchi manga such as To Love-Ru, bishoujo titles such as Champion Red and most BL manga, as well as any seinen manga with especially mature themes, banned from general sales – presumably most will then be cancelled due to a lack of suitable magazine or tankobon distribution channels, with a few perhaps being resurrected as 18+ ero-manga. As has already been seen, publishers will also likely be purging future anime, manga and games of any content liable to fall foul of the law, and removing older titles from distribution. The law probably also spells the end of most late night anime in Tokyo (and by extension, everywhere else), which it would appear to ban under its distribution clause; given the vague wording of the current season alone it seems Ore no Imouto, Panty & Stocking, Yosuga, Sora no Otoshimono, Milky Holmes and others would all fall foul of its various stipulations. There is also some doubt as to whether Comiket will be able to be held under the new regulations – if not, its cancellation or removal to another prefecture seems likely, although a lack of sufficiently large spaces may severely complicate this. The law is expected to be signed into law on the 15th after an additional vote and then come into effect in July of 2011, so with magazine, tankobon, anime and game release schedules being what they are, it seems likely its effects will be felt much sooner; in a genuinely democratic state there might be scope to overturn it before then, but from what has been seen so far it seems unlikely publishers have the guts or savvy to do anything about it.
Kinjo Note: The one great thing about Anime was that there were no limits, but as time passes and the Japanese export so much anime.... This was bound to happen. I mean even on Dragon Ball they drew in (badly too) pants over naked goku and vegeta.. Such a joke.. CURSE YOU CENSORSHIP!
HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAhahahaaaaaaaa...
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Post by: Famardy on March 27, 2011, 01:51:14 PM
Well I understand why they had to ban child pron hentai it's because well it's just gross. Seriously, child pron hentai I mean c'mon!
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Post by: Jewel the Catboy on November 15, 2011, 02:14:26 PM
not all anime an d manga is like that, there are normal ones, like {sailor moon, tokyo mew mew, monster rancher, rave master, and more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and there is no bann on any of it, if there were than the florida BayCounty public Library where I go for manga has plenty of both basic and adult manga!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
btw, manga means magazine/book/comic, anime is motion picture jap cartoons, it is where the USA got the word animated/animation from, the USA foundout about motion pics/videos, and TV from the japanese, also we wouldn't have DVDs if it weren't for japan having it first!!!!!!!!!! DOWN WITH USA and UP WITH JAPAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: Flashwerewolf on November 15, 2011, 06:22:25 PM
The ban was in Tokyo I believe, not in the US. :3
Anime pron and manga is hilarious, they say the darndest things.
"MY HIPS ARE MOVING ON THEIR OWN~!"
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Post by: Jewel the Catboy on November 16, 2011, 12:01:16 AM
I know plenty of people in japan, and know this girl who is part jap, who lives near me, that visited there for summer this and every year, and every time she goes she brings me back new anime and mangas from there, and everyone living therethat I know buys lots of them at stores and posts them to veoh.com and facebook!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: tkoold on December 14, 2011, 01:44:58 PM
Jewel when you Listed Anime Manga's you First Listed SAILOR MOON that deserves an awesome point!!
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Post by: Jewel the Catboy on December 30, 2011, 06:50:01 AM
but if you want I could replace them with bunneh ears!!!!
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Post by: tkoold on January 18, 2012, 01:48:21 AM
well Considering Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moons Real name) is japanese for Play Full Rabbit i think Anything but Bunny Ears for her daughter would be Sacrilege, but maybe thats just me..
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Post by: Jewel the Catboy on January 18, 2012, 02:11:55 PM
well Considering Usagi Tsukino (Sailor Moons Real name) is japanese for Play Full Rabbit i think Anything but Bunny Ears for her daughter would be Sacrilege, but maybe thats just me..
actually her real name/nonhuman name is sarina, which litteraly means {moon princess} or {moon goddess}!!!!!!! and mini moons name is Rini, as a "short" for Sarina!!!!
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Post by: tkoold on January 19, 2012, 02:23:39 PM
thats the USA Version... didnt you say usa ruined everything?
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Post by: Jewel the Catboy on January 21, 2012, 05:05:54 PM
actually in even in the jap eppisode where she endsup on the moon and meets her other MOM, her mom tells her+her friends everything including her princess name=sarina, as far as the meaning goes, that is of greek origen, infact the belief that there is a moon goddess is a greek belief!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the queen in wedding peach, and in pretty cure are both also greek goddesses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
though in real life every god/goddess except the christian god were actually aliens mistake for that stuff
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Post by: tkoold on January 26, 2012, 04:50:56 AM
i could of sworn Wikipedia sais i am correct but im not worried about it anymore.
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Post by: Jewel the Catboy on January 26, 2012, 12:52:49 PM
yeah all that matters is that there still hasn't been a ban passed!!!!!!!!
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Post by: tkoold on February 06, 2012, 11:15:42 PM
You wait american Socialicism has not stopped just YEt :O
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Post by: Jewel the Catboy on February 07, 2012, 01:39:13 PM
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Post by: tkoold on March 25, 2012, 02:04:29 AM
lol yeah kinjo is beside himself!!
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Post by: Jewel the Catboy on March 25, 2012, 02:19:12 AM
THIS JUST IN!!!!!!!!!! REAL PIKACHU FOUNDED!!!!!!!!!! (http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww57/Jewelthecatboy/___2b9e9e572af0a92b9167274780a40cc4___negolistcom1.jpg)
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Post by: tkoold on March 30, 2012, 02:45:51 AM
poor cat probably was painted...
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Post by: Jewel the Catboy on March 30, 2012, 03:21:35 AM
but the fur isn't stiff from a paint job!!!!! instead it's cute and fluffy!!!!!! and dyes would be harmful and the cat would be irritated from the liquid having been put on it+everything lines up too well, no drip spots or any portion of non yellow bigger than it's mach!!!!!!!! explain that!!!!!!!!
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Post by: tkoold on April 09, 2012, 01:55:09 AM
photo shop
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Post by: Jewel the Catboy on April 09, 2012, 02:09:34 AM