| The kind of things that are changed for seemingly no reason at all Like in Strawberry Marshmallow. Nobue is 16 but was changed to 20 because of how much she smokes and drinks Mai's manga outfit was censored. This is a crappy change, i mean it's not that sexualized.  |
| My waifu is the most wonderful waifu. Mai Valentine. We're freaking out that we're running out of time, but to do what? Should i stop and think of that? Is there something i could do to slow it down? Live in a day for once, instead of watch it sprinting by |
Chameleon June's original armor in Saint Seiya was much more revealing resembling bikini armor but in the anime & later manga reprints she was censored   |
| I'm not sure if this counts , because both adapt the Light Novel, but in the manga 'Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive?' the accessories are completly diffrent in size compared to the anime. |
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| The increased mist in Mato Seihei no Slave was pointless censorship, that caused many complaints and downscoring, even though it personally didn't bother me, the show still was delightfully cultured beyond that. |
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| Well, I haven't seen the series which you mention, Strawberry Marshmallow, but I can surmise that it probably wasn't changed for "no reason", but more like to satisfy some TV broadcast standards over depiction of minors/those under the age of majority/suffrage as engaging in consuming alcohol and tobacco products. What exactly those standards are as far as specific policies, what they were then, now, how they have changed over time, whether it's specific to a certain time slot or guidelines of the channel it's aired on itself or both or any other factor, I have no clue, but it seems likely that is the reason. |
In the Yu-Gi-Oh manga, the card game is always referred to as "Magic and Wizards" in the Japanese version. This is actually why the Toei anime card designs have a "MW" on the back. Despite the manga using this name throughout Takahashi's original run (as well as Yu-Gi-Oh! R and the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga), all anime adaptations changed the name of the game to the more iconic "Duel Monsters" to avoid copyright issues which is a little strange since you would think that the manga would have changed it too if it was that much of an issue. Here is an example from Chapter 222 of Marik using the original name of the game in the manga. If you're an English speaker you actually may not have ever experienced the original "Magic and Wizards" name since the English prints of the manga switched to using the Duel Monsters name for brand consistency. Only the US Shonen Jump serialization and some early printings of the volume releases used the original name. Most prints you will find nowadays only use the Duel Monsters name from the anime. Shonen Jump Version: Reprint Version: I think I honestly prefer the changed name even if it may not have been necessary since "Duel Monsters" sounds more unique than "Magic and Wizards" and helps give the game more of its own identity more disconnected from its origins as an in-universe parallel to Magic the Gathering, especially as the rules get fleshed out more throughout the series. |
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TheBlockernator said: Like in Strawberry Marshmallow. Nobue is 16 but was changed to 20 because of how much she smokes and drinks SKET Dance manga has a delinquent teen who smokes in an early chapter. She doesn't smoke in the anime, and someone even asks why she's holding an UNLIT cigarette. |
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Bocchi the Rock (2022) - Manga is from 2017. |
| The changes to Orihime's character in Bleach to suit the director (Abe's) weird fixation with trying to pair Ichigo and Rukia, to the point that Kubo (author) was disappointed with the adaptation and the way that it didn't follow the manga correctly at times. |
 "Hard work is worthless for those that don’t believe in themselves" - Naruto Uzumaki I rate by enjoyment |
| Censorship of character design is always the dumbest thing. |
| "Well, she's flatter than a pancake" -Mimi Alpacas |
| LMFAO... Just to add something here... There has never been any law in Japan that forbids the depiction of minors doing non-minor things on television despite what any motherfucker might claim. lol Where one would be very hard pressed to come up with a nonexistent section of the Japanese penal code. lol Broadcasting standards and network guidelines are self-regulated rules that programs or specific TV stations just decide to use. As an example many would discourage showing minors smoking/drinking, but it’s not fucking illegal if they did. lol Even shit like "Maicching Machiko-sensei" aired during prime time hours back in the early 80s where i remember my father use to watch that shit on Osaka Channel 12. The entire premise is basically Machiko getting sexually humiliated and groped by her own students who completely act like early grade school delinquents. There is even scenes of the minor brats drinking or smoking even if they slightly toned down that shit for the Anime. lol This isn't even touching on live television... One could go through a slew of live action TV programs back in the 70s and 80s of "minors" doing "non-minor" things such as "Sukeban Deka" (1985). lol |
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LMFAO... Just to add something here...
There has never been any law in Japan that forbids the depiction of minors doing non-minor things on television despite what any motherfucker might claim. lol
Where one would be very hard pressed to come up with a nonexistent section of the Japanese penal code. lol
Broadcasting standards and network guidelines are self-regulated rules that programs or specific TV stations just decide to use. As an example many would discourage showing minors smoking/drinking, but it’s not fucking illegal if they did. lol
Even shit like "Maicching Machiko-sensei" aired during prime time hours back in the early 80s where i remember my father use to watch that shit on Osaka Channel 12. The entire premise is basically Machiko getting sexually humiliated and groped by her own students who completely act like early grade school delinquents. There is even scenes of the minor brats drinking or smoking even if they slightly toned down that shit for the Anime. lol
This isn't even touching on live television... One could go through a slew of live action TV programs back in the 70s and 80s of "minors" doing "non-minor" things such as "Sukeban Deka" (1985). lol
There has never been any law in Japan that forbids the depiction of minors doing non-minor things on television despite what any motherfucker might claim. lol
Where one would be very hard pressed to come up with a nonexistent section of the Japanese penal code. lol
Broadcasting standards and network guidelines are self-regulated rules that programs or specific TV stations just decide to use. As an example many would discourage showing minors smoking/drinking, but it’s not fucking illegal if they did. lol
Even shit like "Maicching Machiko-sensei" aired during prime time hours back in the early 80s where i remember my father use to watch that shit on Osaka Channel 12. The entire premise is basically Machiko getting sexually humiliated and groped by her own students who completely act like early grade school delinquents. There is even scenes of the minor brats drinking or smoking even if they slightly toned down that shit for the Anime. lol
This isn't even touching on live television... One could go through a slew of live action TV programs back in the 70s and 80s of "minors" doing "non-minor" things such as "Sukeban Deka" (1985). lol
ColourWheel said: Even shit like "Maicching Machiko-sensei" aired during prime time hours back in the early 80s where i remember my father use to watch that shit on Osaka Channel 12. The entire premise is basically Machiko getting sexually humiliated and groped by her own students who completely act like early grade school delinquents. There is even scenes of the minors brats drinking or smoking even if they slightly toned down that shit for the Anime. lol This isn't even touching on live television... One could go through a slew of live action TV programs back in the 70s and 80s of "minors" doing "non-minor" things. lol Even if he was wrong to call it unlawful, broadcasting standards have changed since you were a kid. This is what underage smoking looked like in 2014.  |
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| @Lucifrost Then I guess Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and BS11 must have just let it slide for "Tsuredure Children" in 2017 to air the student council president catching a another student smoking. lol But I highly doubt that is a complete outlier... Further more is that character from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure even underage? and are you sure that isn't something censored to be shown somewhere else?    "ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka" from 2017 too. |
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Then I guess Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and BS11 must have just let it slide for "Tsuredure Children" in 2017 to air the student council president catching a another student smoking. lol
But I highly doubt that is a complete outlier...
Further more is that character from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure even underage? and are you sure that isn't something censored to be shown somewhere else?
"ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka" from 2017 too.
Then I guess Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and BS11 must have just let it slide for "Tsuredure Children" in 2017 to air the student council president catching a another student smoking. lol
But I highly doubt that is a complete outlier...
Further more is that character from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure even underage? and are you sure that isn't something censored to be shown somewhere else?
"ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka" from 2017 too.
ColourWheel said: Then I guess Tokyo MX, Sun TV, and BS11 must have just let it slide for "Tsuredure Children" in 2017 to air the student council president catching a another student smoking. lol I'll take your word for it. The 21st century anime I've seen don't have underage smoking. ColourWheel said: Further more is that character from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure even underage? Yes, they mention he's in school. He even wears a uniform like the one in Babel II, an older anime Araki grew up with. ColourWheel said: "ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka" from 2017 too. How do you know he's underage? |
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Lucifrost said: Yes, they mention he's in school. He even wears a uniform like the one in Babel II, an older anime Araki grew up with. In Japan, there are people in their 20s who still attend high school. While lifelong learning is valued, older students in high school are uncommon, though age is generally not a strict barrier to education. There are also specific programs for adults who didn’t finish high school at the usual age. These are somewhat equivalent to Westerners repeating grades or dropping out and later obtaining a GED. Lucifrost said: ColourWheel said: "ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka" from 2017 too. How do you know he's underage? I don't know if they are underage, the pictures I posted were simply to illustrate scenes of a character smoking in multiple scenes in modern Anime to show that it's not uncommon while questioning the age of the character in your example (Where I went even further to ask if you were sure it was even censored specifically for Japanese broadcasting). |
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