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When an anime intends to show full female nudity, but don't animate nipples, does it rub you off?

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Oct 29, 2013 9:33 PM
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Not counting Hentai, or anything intent on erotica as a selling point, but are you ever bothered by how a lot of anime studios, want to create an anime with scenes that almost completely show a fully nude female body, and despite this, they animate no nipples? Seriously, there are so many anime where they show a fully naked character, with no hair hanging over their breasts, and you have either just no nipples, which makes it look creepy, or this strange gray shade that is drawn just over their chest. Two, probably relevant examples would be Elfen Lied and Spice and Wolf.

They have no problems drawing full female nudity in Elfen Lied, because they intended to show a woman's body often. Spice and Wolf on the other hand. You literally see Holo naked more than clothed in promotional or artistic material, and it's not uncommon you see her nude in the anime as well. However, in the promotional goods, Holo's chest is always obscured by something, yet in the anime, she is seen standing fully nude, and it's just that awkward shade hanging over her chest, at all times. It just looks silly and unnatural when they intended to show her naked.

That is not the onto example however, I know so many other anime that do this, and it just always looks awkward (if I recall, in Inuyasha they did this all the time, in stark contrast to the manga). Does it somewhat get on your nerves or detract from the overall immersion for you? I know people who I've talked to about this recurring thing, and they try to defend it as just artistic preference.
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Oct 29, 2013 9:34 PM
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No nipples is a freaking crime!

And didn't Elfen Lied do that? Cant remember.
Oct 29, 2013 9:35 PM
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No, my hands rub me off.
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Oct 29, 2013 9:35 PM
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I always thought Holo didn't actually have nipples. Because pagan gods or whatever.

I guess it looks awkward sometimes, but I'm not overly bothered by it.
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Oct 29, 2013 9:35 PM
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Well, my hand is actually what does the rubbing.

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Oct 29, 2013 9:37 PM
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Well its better to see boobs without nipples than boobs with nipples but with censor.Its fucking frustrating.
Oct 29, 2013 9:38 PM
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Blu Rays mah friend. Blu Rays.

That or Photoshop them on.

On a serious note, I guess it does turn me off, or maybe I should say it doesn't turn me on as much, as if it had nipples.
Oct 29, 2013 9:38 PM
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It's stupid. They can focus on different camera angles if they don't want to show nipples.

If they do want to show nipples, they should fucking quit pussyfooting around and fucking show nipples.
Oct 29, 2013 9:39 PM
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wait for the Blurays or DVD discs or rips since they include nipples just to sell those discs
Oct 29, 2013 9:44 PM

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No not really.

I don't generally watch anime for the nipples anyways.
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Oct 29, 2013 9:45 PM

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Slayermaster said:
I always thought Holo didn't actually have nipples. Because pagan gods or whatever.

I always thought her hair was covering her boobs... xD

PrimeX said:
Well its better to see boobs without nipples than boobs with nipples but with censor.Its fucking frustrating.

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If they do want to show nipples, they should fucking quit pussyfooting around and fucking show nipples.

Ikr stop half-assing.
Oct 29, 2013 9:53 PM

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Watch the latest episode of Noucome...they showed the top 4 most ridiculous way of censoring. Just saying.
Oct 29, 2013 9:55 PM

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Oct 29, 2013 9:55 PM

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If Holo had nipples, it would be distracting as hell and it would be pretty weird since those nude scenes aren't supposed to be sexual. Though, Holo didn't have any, and that Barbie doll anatomy was weird regardless. Either ways, I think with Holo's case it would had been better to have her hair taped to her chest or some some other convenient censor.

I can't think of any other show that does this, unless we're counting guy nipples.
Oct 29, 2013 10:01 PM

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Well I have completely stopped watching ecchi (except kill la kill that's to funny) so I don't see that stuff much if at all. The whole full nude female but nips and pride are covered by some object in background or soap really did piss me off though a few years back with shows like fight ippatsu Juden chan, Sekirei, and Ikkitousen.

As for Holo I don't remember seeing her without clothes at all except for the beginning. Then again that is a forgettable anime imo.
Oct 29, 2013 10:02 PM

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this thread is a set up right?
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Oct 29, 2013 10:07 PM

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Finally somebody had the balls to say it. This shit pisses me off especially in ECCHI anime. Omamori Himari anyone?

Oct 29, 2013 10:10 PM

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Not really much of a problem for me unless it's an ecchi series. And, even in the case of the latter, I would just wait for the bd in order to avoid the problem all entirely.
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Oct 29, 2013 10:14 PM

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zdude18 said:
Finally somebody had the balls to say it. This shit pisses me off especially in ECCHI anime. Omamori Himari anyone?


Never seen it, but man you pissed yourself off with that one. That stuff looks like a tease.
Oct 29, 2013 10:23 PM

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I rub my hands off to the thought of the day you stop posting crap like this
Oct 29, 2013 10:43 PM

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Red_Keys said:
It's stupid. They can focus on different camera angles if they don't want to show nipples.

If they do want to show nipples, they should fucking quit pussyfooting around and fucking show nipples.
Oct 29, 2013 10:47 PM

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It is fucking stupid. I mean, what's the damn point of showing tits if you're not going to show them off properly? Makes the character look deformed.
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Oct 29, 2013 10:49 PM

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That's why you guys should wait until the BDs are released.
Oct 29, 2013 10:51 PM

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Concerning Spice and Wolf, I think that was the intention, you know with her being some god that assumes a human form. At least I hope that was the intention.

I don't generally watch ecchi, but I would get annoyed.
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Oct 29, 2013 10:52 PM

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Unit-01 said:
That's why you guys should wait until the BDs are released.
in BDs they have nipples?
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PrimeX said:
Unit-01 said:
That's why you guys should wait until the BDs are released.
in BDs they have nipples?


If the reason they don't show nipples is censorship, the BD release should rectify that. Otherwise no nips. Ever.
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PrimeX said:
Unit-01 said:
That's why you guys should wait until the BDs are released.
in BDs they have nipples?

You know, a little incentive to get otaku's to buy the BDs?
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Trope ≠ Cliché (Face it, nothing is completely original. Can't make something from nothing so to say.).
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Oct 29, 2013 10:58 PM

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Japan has different laws to America. Everything that's pornographic is censored and that includes nipples. By showing nipples it would be considered porn and that availability of the anime will be drastically lowered and therefore resulting in a significant decrease of money.

TLDR the age restriction system in Japan is simple. It is either for everyone or 18+.
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HalfMetalJacket said:
PrimeX said:
Unit-01 said:
That's why you guys should wait until the BDs are released.
in BDs they have nipples?

You know, a little incentive to get otaku's to buy the BDs?
I'm talking about those anime that show boobs as just a lump of fat with no nipples at all. not those who just censor it.
Oct 29, 2013 11:00 PM

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GReeeeN_ORangE said:
Japan has different laws to America. Everything that's pornographic is censored and that includes nipples. By showing nipples it would be considered porn and that availability of the anime will be drastically lowered and therefore resulting in a significant decrease of money.

TLDR the age restriction system in Japan is simple. It is either for everyone or 18+.



Do these fuckers at least uncesor it on DVD/Blu ray? I once made the dumbass mistake of being Japanese pron (it was cheap, like $2) and the genitals were censored.... I mean WTF?

The whole point of me buying it was to see two lesbian bitches going at it, only to be disappointed. Waste of money.
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Oct 29, 2013 11:02 PM

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Uncensored japanese porn is a rare commodity
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GReeeeN_ORangE said:
Japan has different laws to America. Everything that's pornographic is censored and that includes nipples. By showing nipples it would be considered porn and that availability of the anime will be drastically lowered and therefore resulting in a significant decrease of money.

TLDR the age restriction system in Japan is simple. It is either for everyone or 18+.


I have never, not once, watched actual porn (hentai) with nipples that are censored. You are right that most shows will censor topless nudity, but that's no different than regular TV in America. An example being the uncensored nudity in some of the Breaking Bad episodes on DVD.
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I don't care, I watch it for the plot, not for the "plot".
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Insan3Heisenberg said:
GReeeeN_ORangE said:
Japan has different laws to America. Everything that's pornographic is censored and that includes nipples. By showing nipples it would be considered porn and that availability of the anime will be drastically lowered and therefore resulting in a significant decrease of money.

TLDR the age restriction system in Japan is simple. It is either for everyone or 18+.


I have never, not once, watched actual porn (hentai) with nipples that are censored. You are right that most shows will censor topless nudity, but that's no different than regular TV in America. An example being the uncensored nudity in some of the Breaking Bad episodes on DVD.


Yea that's different. Nipples aren't censored on hentai because that's automatically 18+. Even in hentai the genitals are usually censored however occasionally it's not (Don't know the actual details just know the surface of the topic, sorry).
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Paul said:
Blu Rays mah friend. Blu Rays.


Basically this.

Not a problem until I come back to the series, when I either find that it's okay (To Love-Ru Darkness, since the source material has nipples uncensored) or just out of place (Haganai, even the source material has nipples censored and yet the anime has the nude scenes with Kobato and Sena uncensored when on Blu-Ray).
Oct 29, 2013 11:21 PM

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Eh, I've jerked off to worse. In all seriousness the way they edited the vaginas out in Rosario Vampire was pretty annoying. I can understand not showing them by having them covered or something like that, but when it's just not there it looks very odd.
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Oct 29, 2013 11:33 PM

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Barbie doll anatomy is just dumb imo. If you are going to show nudity, but not in a sexual way, learn to use creative censorship or creative camera angles.
Oct 29, 2013 11:34 PM

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Btw does anyone know why during the transformation scene of mahou shoujo anime they show them fully naked? I mean the purpose in ecchi anime is fairly obvious but is there a reason they need to do this in mahou shoujo anime?
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I know anime has this ridiculous notion of not being detailed enough with their character designs, but come on... No nipples comes off more as being lazy than anything else.
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Aincrad2013 said:
Btw does anyone know why during the transformation scene of mahou shoujo anime they show them fully naked? I mean the purpose in ecchi anime is fairly obvious but is there a reason they need to do this in mahou shoujo anime?


The transformations come with an outfit
Oct 30, 2013 2:30 AM

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It's because japanese women hava no nipples.
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Oct 30, 2013 2:34 AM
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I don't particularly have a problem with it itself but... the idea of showing all of it but censoring the nipples alone just feels fucking contradictionary and stupid so yeah either do it right or don't do it at all.
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What's imagination?
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Oct 30, 2013 2:45 AM

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I WOULD make a pun about "rubbing off" here, but looks like I'm too late. Or rather it looks like other guys came sooner...
Oct 30, 2013 3:27 AM

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I never noticed. Then again I am mostly watching Blue Ray Rips so the nippels are usually there.
Oct 30, 2013 3:40 AM
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they are lazy
Oct 30, 2013 4:56 AM

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It's disgusting. That makes them look like nippleless aliens.
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Litrydow said:
It's disgusting. That makes them look like nippleless aliens.

Whats wrong with some good ol alien porn?
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