Toyko Bans Anime and Manga

Well so much for the Tokyo Game Show... Hong Kong anybody haha. But wow, I do know a while back the state of California was trying to do the samething. What this means seeing as Tokyo suceeded with it and how it will affect things, some places in the U.S. could be facing the samething.

 

I'm on the verge of tears right now!! HOW CAN THEY DO THIS TO US???!!!!! this is totally censorship at its worst right now!!! first onemanga.com gets shut down now my favorite mangas and anime are no longer being produced at all?? I might as well become deaf and blind now, there's no reason for me to see or hear if there's nothing for me to read or watch!!!

 

wow that sucks really bad.i always watch anime so i would probably be bored out of my mind watching TV if i went to Tokyo.To Love-Ru is one of my favorite animes so i'd hate to see it dissapear =( but something tell me the government will lose money since people wont be able to buy their favorite anime/manga.that's on them for being stupid

 

As big a fan of Naruto that I am, I'm not worried about those. But as for To Love Ru, that'll suck if it stops. It just started up again not too long ago. And after all the crap that occured to make it stop originally, the creator just cannot get a break.

 

Socially, this may be good. Anime and Manga is like a legal addictive drug =P
Fortunately, there are already many great anime/manga that surpasses everything that is new today. Unfortunately however, some may be cancelled. Though Fortunate once again, titles may just be distributed with a higher age rating.
It's just like the petition that was running in all game stores here. We were trying to introduce the R18+ rating to games. Highest we have is MA15+ (even though it might originally be R18+, our government just slaps the MA15+ sticker on top of it) but that doesn't stop kids purchasing games like the Call of Duty Series. So hopefully whatever happens, it should still be easy to get what we want... if it's available =[

 

lol, finally someone did something about this. all manga and anime suck anyway nowadays.

 

You just gotta find right ones. Even today they make good ones. They're just hard to find.

 

I admit I spend more time watching older animes than newer ones, but I'm mostly concerned that the ones I've been following for a while will suddenly end and I won't get to see how they end

 

This law doesn't seem that terrible.
Now don't get me wrong I love anime and mangas, but this is only censoring them.
Now yes specific anime meant for sexual themes, shouldn't be eradicated,just moved to more suited channels. (Child type SHOULD be eradicated though, no acceptions)

From personal experience, I know how awkward a show can be when they just randomly show nudity.
Evangelion being a big one.
In a later episode you have nude women from varieng ages, some too young, jumping at you.
I would be fine with the older woman doing it, if that was what the show was about, but I don't want under aged girls jumping at me repeatedly.
It's just weird and wrong.
And you may be wondering, how else is it awkward, well I was watching it at school and didn't know it was coming.
The teacher just barely missed it, so I was ok.
But it was a bit of a problem non the less.

 

But there were reasons behind the nudity for Evangelion (random as they may be). It portrays the pureness of the being (with the whole god making/religious theme) and the pervertedness of Shinji. I could explain it much more deeply but it's a lot more easier if I were to say it person =\

moving on-

The problem with moving them is eliminating audiences, thus no money and no money means no productions. Then again as I said earlier, it's easy to get what we want as long as it's available =]

How childish? I kind of enjoyed Ichigo Mashimaro >.<

 

I was meaning in responce to the part that was taken away about child....you know.
I like kid shows like pokemon and such if you thought that is what I meant.

That is true though, moving it would hurt it.

Though I would say the nudity was chalked up to pervertedness more than anything else in evangelion.

 

Now I'm not reading really far into it nor am I really going to because I watch anime on youtube than TV, anyways. This law only affects one city in one country not the whole world. Only Tokyo is having the change not the U.S. So yeah.

 

She has a good point there.
Not all anime comes from Tokyo.
So it won't affect people all that terribly.

 

THA REAL ANIME comes from tokyo.

 

WHOA didn't even think about that! I mean since Tokyo is the biggest city in Japan, I just assumed that's where most anime and manga come from, but I guess that's not the case, then maybe I will get to see the endings to my fave animes and mangas!!

 

I'd like to dissagree.
Anime is japanese.
Come from anywhere in japan, and it can be called anime.
But I have actually seen some great anime outside anime made in Tokyo.

 

Whew, thanks for the assurance there. Almost wet my pants (from tears!!!) when I saw the topic title.
But I'm still worried. The Domino Effect might start from there and Japan will not be Japan anymore.

 

I'm confused by the wording, "portrays virtual crimes [...] or is likely to interfere with the healthy development of youth."

Because I'm not sure how much anime does either of this, lately I began to watch bleach from the very first episode and I'm up to roughly 110, and I've never seen either of those things?

Am I missing something, or are you guys all over-reacting?