| It's an annoyance, but nothing more grave than that. It's distracting, however it's never something that's ruined an anime, much less the medium itself. It's pretty easy to shrug off, worst example from my list is the censorship from Jojo but I was still able to enjoy the series quite a lot. |
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| Censorship is ruining hentai for sure. |
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| R-15 is an anime that was ruined by censorship, like the entire screen was censored at times and even panty shots were censored. |
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| I dunno...not the ones I watch, anyway. |
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| I rarely encounter censorship in anime minus the annoying fog that hides the naughty bits. |
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| In principle, censorship is the restriction and regulation of all types of content partially or totally. So it is a way of restricting freedom of speech. Censorship and anime have had a tense relationship since before this century began. If before the popular opinion in favor of the censorship of the anime argued that it was "violent and sexual" on the part of conservative groups, now there is that same argument apparently on the part of a progressive group. In practice, media that sought to modify content for distribution in other countries received very negative criticism for "westernizing" or "americanizing" elements of it. The case of 4Kids and the change from cigarettes to lollipops, for example. Anime has elements that for other cultures are probably shocking, it is true. But censoring it technically loses the essence of what the author wanted to show the public. |
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| It depends on what you mean by censorship. If you mean the god rays or black bards or darkness covering nudity and gore, then yes, it does. If the original writer of a Visual novel remasters a Visual novel without the Eroge parts, then no. For example, utawarumono cut out all the sex it had in the first place. The novel was not a choice romance. It was a kinetic visual novel, i.e., no route choices. Second of all, the Eroge was only added to the game in the first place as a marketing tactic. an example of actual censorship is where localizations removed a part where a child is being spanked after hurting someone in the sequel to Utawarumono' Because "oh no much child abuse." However, god rays for nudity on airing shows are often done because blu ray sales. |
| "among monsters and humans, there are only two types. Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume “Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus  |
| Censorship does not ruin shows for me, but it definitely detracts from my enjoyment of them. For example, Tokyo Revengers is a fantastic show, but admittedly, the rampant censorship of the Manji symbol in the Crunchyroll version of the show does make some scenes difficult to watch. |
| I think censorship of ALL kinds is detractory, even for those things which I find troubling. But I'm definitely in favor of age restrictions and parental advisory. You don't want your 13 year old watching Pupa, it will scar them for life lmao Show them Resort Boin instead... |
ohohohohohoho said: The problem of artists and their freedoms in front of production and investors is a problem for another discussion, although it still draws attention.not that i even really have ever noticed this kind of censorship outside of like localizations of DBZ and yugioh and shit i saw as a kid, but i think "censorship" of the kind you're talking about is really overblown. covering up tits or blood is not the same thing as stifling political or social opinions, but people treat them like they're the same thing. also, most of the time artists do not draw shit like that as a part of their "vision" but because they're paid to draw it, because it makes money. draw some boobs to pander to one audience, censor it for another. i doubt it really makes a difference to anybody on the production side. for the most part a writer or artists' work is tampered with by dozens of people before any fan ever sees it. the general control producers and investors and such have over the shit you see should be of much greater concern but since half the time they're the ones pushing for the anime to be more sexy and fanservicey and have more robots and explosions i guess no one cares. In any case, removing or hiding elements such as violence and sexualization is still censorship and, don't get me wrong, sometimes these types of actions are taken for somewhat extreme reasons depending on the culture. I do not like gore, it is very clear to me that I am somewhat "sensitive" to blood, but I admit that a very violent fight scene without blood makes it lose the impact that the work wants to its audience. |
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| I'd prefer to see the original work as the author intended, but if there's some censorship, it doesn't ruin the experience for me. It depends on how much censorship there is. |
| Censorship ruins everything, not just anime. Because once it starts it never ends and there's always someone with a shit*y life offended by everything who wants more and more and more censorship. If you think GTA V is violent, don't buy it for your 9 yo and demand Rockstar removes everything that's no child appropiate. If you think blood in anime is bad for your children, just sit with them and control what they do with the time they have, don't ruin it for the rest of the world. |
| If it has censorship and there's a uncensored version that exists, I'll go to the uncensored version right away even if that means having to go to an illegal site for it. |
| I love to Google "anime" and go to the news section and every once in a while I see bullshit articles complaining about anime. This was top result. https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/new-anime-series-featuring-blackness-catholicism-ultimately-disappoints Surprised there isn't more tbh. |
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| Agreed with tokyo ghoul. I watched it on Hulu and god the censorship was awful. Not enough or nearly enough for 1/10 though lol. |
| I gave up on character of the week since it takes too much thinking. I'll just change my forum pfp to whoever I want every week lol. |
| Maybe, censorship in thriller genre anime, I know the censorship is for the TV version but as time goes by, that anime is no longer censored. |
| Sometimes? I guess it can lessen the impact of a scene depending on the series. |
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| I just wait till the Blu-Ray comes out lmao. |
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| It all depends on the amount of censorship and what. If there's blood and gore everywhere so they make all the screen black that's too much censorship as I can't even see whats going on, while censoring one wound or two is fine because its not as big. |
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| Censorship always ruins everything, it should be removed. |
| Yes and F the laws. It ruins the porno industry too F IT !!! |
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| It does get annoying, but it never has it ruined a show for me. |
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| Censorship ruins Hentai not ANime OR ecchi Stuff it helps your Erected cock To stay put Inside But OF full On guts Action goriest Shit YEAH I dO Agree |
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| Censorship ruining everything. It doesn't even matter what kind of censorship is that, is it some kind of conservative censorship or modern agenda. The author should have something to say and nobody should prevent it. |
| Anime yes, Hentai no, as long as only genitals are censored |
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| They censored the Rina stabbing Maebara in Higurashi Gou but not the Rika torturing scene. |
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| All forms of censorship are bad and leave a bad aftertaste |
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| No, it doesn't. There are some ridiculous and awful examples of censoring anime/manga, but that's about it. |
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| Let's not forget that a lot of the censorship is placed in the TV versions by the studios and producers, in order to incentivize viewers to buy the home-video releases if they want the "good stuff." And this is no new phenomenon, as it goes back at least as far as 1997 with Maze: The Megaburst Space having "cloudy water" in a hotspring scene for the TV version, but transparent water in the VHS/Laserdisc release. |
| i refuse to explain, but yes it r̶u̶i̶n̶s̶ restricts the anime in it's core impact and full potential. |
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| I always find funny the fact that hentai in the US has less censorship than in Japan. |
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| Mmmmmh. Like yeah. It doesn't ALWAYS ruin it. Like people get their panties in a knot just because One Piece is missing a little blood here and there. It depends on the scenes and the anime tone. However I wish things like Netflix would pick those types of series up so they have more freedom. |
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