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Anime censorship, a good thing o simply a business?

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celluz

celluz

Italian Otaku

Why this kind of topic? Simple....after watching many and many anime i was wondering is there is someting bad in the anime producers mind.

Here in Italy we watching anime since '70 and only in recent years we have seen a censorship campaign near the absurd, with elimination of Japanese writing and changing names...but this is made by the italian broadcaster...but when this happen in japan?

Why i say that? Simple...i watching "Girls Bravo", a perfect example of business censorship.....

Think a little and you will find that recently many anime missing some scenes (like nudity o better violence like Gantz) scenes that you will see only if you buy a DVD, scenes that maybe not need a censorship but for selling all is allowed. And "Girls Bravo"? Think an anime of 23 minutes...where 16 are censored...and when i say censored..i intend VERY censored.... big white fog in bathroom scenes, zoom camera (very ugly) in pervert scenes, big black fog (!) in nudity scenes not in a bathroom...and naturaly a massive lack of explicit sexual scenes.....that you can see in the official site......

Why the hell someone broadcast an anime with a sexual target with many things that normal people will never see? Only for force the users to buy a DVD (expensive naturally)? This is the most big example but i noticied that the new trendy is similar.... censorship is a better business that the explicit sex.....hope that not so many anime will have this kind of behaviour....

griffin

griffin

Super Natty

I think you are right ... Lots of big buisiness here.

Also though I can't help but notice that there is zero tolerence by many people of art work that doesn't fit into a strict moral or religious code. I'm an adult and I don't believe what most religions preach as I think they are too involved in big buisiness and politics. I'm amazed at censorship in general. It's ok to show footage of someone having their brains blown out but a breast is disgusting. And super heros are drawn with no genitals so they look hideous or deformed at best. I'm a guy and I have to live with those unspeakable things. I don't want to own a monster. I can't fathom any of it but I wish people would keep their personal morals to themselves. In general I find most "moral" attitudes to be close to a sickness and everything that's natural is turned into monsters and demons.

Has it occurred to you that in Japan sexual battery against women are rampant? I suspect that may be part of reason censorship law in Japan is getting gradually tighter than in the past and not necessarily for business strategy of making more money. Read the article I came across concerning endemic chikan problem in Japan.

http://ballz.ababa.net/uninvited/groping.htm

And the censorship of not showing or hiding gentials of male and female was imposed by General Douglas MacArthur after he became military governor of Japan after World War II. Even after Japan regained its independence the Japanese never revoked that law. As far as I'm concerned the Japanese are the more liberal where sex and hentai are concerned compared to American.

i hate when things are censored... it's either show the entire thing or don't show it at all <_< and yes, japan are more liberal about hentai and those stuff... but that's not it... blood/"swears"/guns/etc etc are also censored in america for some odd reason >_<;; it bugs me so much... stupid america

celluz

celluz

Italian Otaku

Then i think that anime like Elfen Lied wiil have some problems in USA :D

I think it's just a nice strategy to sell more dvds when the series goes on sale.
Not hard thinking about it

celluz

celluz

Italian Otaku

A strategy that sadly will give us low level anime in future....why make a good anime for tv...sell it directly in dvd.....

Zdenek

Zdenek

Bye bye~

The christian church should be abolished 4 good - the sooner, the better!

OMG...liek I've bean banned cuz I'm n idiot. DUH ARMY GAME R0X0RZ!!1!!!!

celluz

celluz

Italian Otaku

sadly i dont think that is a religion problem.....

Beh, they only censor it on tv because of the young children.
Anime in Japan is still mostly aimed towards older groups.
But children have access to the tvs and may watch them.
So the censoring occurs.

celluz

celluz

Italian Otaku

I understand that...but anime like Girls Bravo are not suited for tv then why show them? only for sellind dvd....

tv wise--they have that stupid v-chip crap that's been introduced
that should stop the little buggers from watchin late night skinimax or whatever
so get rid of the censors already
......and george bush

After seein all the funny stuff 4Kids does with animes, censorship doesn't surprise me anymore.

And to think that Ranma 1/2 was broadcasted with no-censor once in Mexico, LOL!

BZZZZZZZZZZT.

SAGO

SAGO

King of Kings

Censorship is to preserve business. The last thing that a company wants are parents and blah blah activists condemning them at their door.

D10

D10

Tsuki Possesed

Let's just put it this way, how come anime that would be censored to the rest of the world be shown without any censorship in Japan? I think the main reason is the attitude of the people towards it. Japan is very open about sexuality and all that. Most other countries are not, but most assuredly will always bring us to a moral standpoint....

celluz

celluz

Italian Otaku

The problem here is the use of censuring only for sell better....who ever watch an Alien movie without aliens? If you make a certain kind of anime why use a bad made censorship? Then dont show to tv and sell directly the dvd...if i was payng for show like this i will ask a refund :D Girls Bravo lead over the rest....in episode 5 too.....

Censorship must end, I agree. But at what cost?

Ironically enough... It's good to be evil.

bigeejit

bigeejit

Sup?

It's a shame that Cardcaptors was censored heavily by the American dubbers. They cut Episodes in half because of love scenes and when Tomoyo (girl) confesses her love to Sakura (girl). Why is America against homosexuality so much that they had to censor a KIDs anime, and sacrifice the true storylines! They continued this forthe 54 eps series and the 2 movies! The ending wasn't shown in the series which was the laststraw! :angry: That's I only ever watch subs, and stick to the truest and purest form of anime. No censorships whatoever. :)

Lacuslover81

Lacuslover81

One big and true lover of Lacus

Yeah I feel it should end cpnsideirng what 4kids does it ruins the animes at points.

A true lover of Lacus Member of Kira-and-Lacus-in-Love

celluz

celluz

Italian Otaku

:D italy is the same anyway....censorship for stupid things...and the final user dont understand the story :P

i think if they do not want to show part of it dont show it at all...

Well think of it like this, in america cartoons are for children japan not quite so. When an american mother walks into their kids room and seen a cute little anime person on the screen she thinks o how nice it prity and they like it. But when she leaves it turns into a sex scene with tentacles a dog and the mail man. In japan thats ok because adults watch it and know what ones to not let their children watch. Americans do not.

People bruaght up card captor sakura, while it has child show presentation it is really meant for an adult audiance. Sadly the producers of the show dont really think about it, they throw it to the networks and their editors because now matter which way it is cut they will get royalties, they dont really care after it leaves their hands.

I dont really understand why they do censor out guns but i can see nudity or sex or even bad language because children will get a hold of it now matter how late it is on (perosnal experiance).

American parents and other countries parents didnt grow up wit hthe cartoons of now they are used to the moral disney (which it isnt any more since it supports 75% of cartoon porn online) they think cartoons are happy and light but they arent. I was in a place called R Galaxys a few weeks ago ( it is a anime imporium store) and i saw a kid of maybe 6 or 8 walk up to his mother with a copy of Burn Up Scramble and say he wanted to rent it. Now definatly is not a childs show and i told her and she made him put it back. That is why they censor things out because parents are ignorant of what it is their kids get into. Really i would rather have to buy or rent anime then let a little kid see some of the things that are in anime becuase they dont get the silliness or the messages, all they see is the cool things on the screen and they want to do it to. I dont think censorship will stop and really i dont think <in some cases> that it ever should.

< thank you admistrator for banning zdenek that remark was icredibly derogatory and ignorant>

NeoStryder

NeoStryder

Neo Stryder

Quote by kyosukeAfter seein all the funny stuff 4Kids does with animes, censorship doesn't surprise me anymore.

And to think that Ranma 1/2 was broadcasted with no-censor once in Mexico, LOL!

You must be kidding, it was censored all the time, if not, see that episode 4 was never showed here because Kuno was imagining a pervert scene with Ranma and Ranma girl.

Nobody in this world in invincible, unless God's hand be with he/she

celluz

celluz

Italian Otaku

Lol...i remember when here have censored Sailormoon Star and the girls in black :D

Anyway same problem here...still thinking that anime and cartoons are for childrens....childrens that anyway know about sex more than us :P and then still networks buying anime for adult and after censor them....we are fearing the italian version of Naruto...with Italian names....and no blood......

And yes...parents need to follow their childrens and dont using the PS2 like a babysitter :P

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