Takeshi Natsuno at Enjin01 Open College in Nagaoka, in 2011. Photo by Joi Ito The president and CEO of manga publishing giant Kadokawa, Takeshi Natsuno has received heavy criticism in the past week for comments perceived as pro-censorship. On July 21st at an Abema Prime …Read more »
Netflix India has pulled the anime Record of Ragnarok. Netflix has not stated why, but there has been controversy with the way the Hindu god Shiva is portrayed, so this is likely the reason. Record of Ragnarok has characters based on ones found in multiple …Read more »
Shinji Takamatsu, the director of Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!, posted a series of tweets about how China’s strict censorship rules affect the production of anime. According to him, there are instances where Japan needs more than Japanese viewers to make a profit off …Read more »
Japanese media critic Kimi Rito, who wrote The History of Hentai Manga, poked some fun at some 90s censorship of the Pokémon manga in America. Pokémon: The Electric Tale of Pikachu was first published by VIZ in 1998, and they flipped it to read left …Read more »
Since The Way of the Househusband anime adaptation centers on a domesticated yakuza, it’s only natural that there are a ton of tattoos present on the body of lead protagonist Tatsu. Viewers in China won’t be seeing that aspect of the character, however, because his …Read more »
Seven Seas is revising and republishing Classroom of the Elite vol. 7, Mushoku Tensei vol. 1, Mushoku Tensei vol. 2 and I’m in Love with the Villainess vol. 1 after receiving criticism for changing or cutting scenes. For example, in Mushoku Tensei vol. 1, there’s …Read more »
Last month a St. Petersburg court banned Death Note, Tokyo Ghoul, and Inuyashiki in regards to websites where they were streaming. The anime were deemed bad for young people and the court officially said after watching some of this anime, “Every episode contains cruelty, murder, …Read more »
There’s a lot of intense content in Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan manga, but for one particular magazine in Malaysia, all those naked, no-genitals-having Titans stomping around was just too much. In what appears to be a mode of censorship exclusive to the magazine Kreko—which …Read more »
The anime Death Note, Tokyo Ghoul and Inuyashiki have received legal bans in Russia after the decision of a St. Petersburg court yesterday. The bans relate to websites where these anime can be watched. The prosecutors argued for this ban on the grounds of protecting …Read more »
Lawmakers in Ohio recently called for Kent State University to no longer use the scholarly book Anime from Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation in their curriculum. Written by Tufts University’s Dr. Susan Napier, the book in question was groundbreaking for bringing …Read more »
The Demon Slayer movie is having hiccups toward its theatrical release in China, and it’s related to the fallout from Monster Hunter. To recap, a pun ad-libbed in Monster Hunter by Chinese-American actor Jin Au-Yeung (which was intended as a showing of Chinese pride) was …Read more »
Lawmakers in Ohio are trying to get an anime book pulled from Kent State University and threatening the college’s funds over it. The book in question is Anime from Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation by Dr. Susan Napier of Tufts University. …Read more »
After Robert’s Anime Corner Store noted that the Azur Lane Blu-ray will be rated TV-14 and not TV-MA, there were concerns among some fans that Funimation was censoring Azur Lane to get the lower rating. An article at Anime News Network says that ANN investigated the validity …Read more »
Sometimes censorship seems kind of random and nonsensical. That was the case with Capcom’s awesome hack-and-slasher Devil May Cry 5, which includes a scene in which Trish’s butt is briefly visible. That slice of a scene was covered up with lens flare, but only in the …Read more »
It’s no secret that content restrictions for games have gotten stricter in recent years, especially when it comes to anything remotely sexual on consoles. Senran Kagura series producer Kenichiro Takaki—appropriately known as the “huge boobs producer”—previously said these restrictions have made his job more difficult, …Read more »
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