| The Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) released a statements about Tokyo's Anime and Manga Regulation Ordinance, which passed the metropolitan assembly on December 15th. AJA stated that the ordinance violates the freedom of expression and they endorses the manga publishers' opposition to the regulation. As the management administrator of Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF), AJA wants a smooth holding of TAF 2011 but the quality of the festival will significantly decline due to the boycott by the ten manga publishers. AJA said "We are not authorized to make a decision on the cancellation of TAF, but it'll be practically impossible to hold TAF unless the situation gets improved." TAF 2011 is scheduled to be held this March. Consequence of the boycott anime withdrawn from TAF are masked AJA is a group of sixty anime producers such as Studio Ghibli, SUNRISE, Aniplex, Bandai Visual, GAINAX, Satelight, Toei Animation, BONES, MAD HOUSE Studios, Production I.G., Studio DEEN, Geneon, Studio Pierrot, J.C.Staff, GONZO. Sources: GIGAZINE, AJA |
dtshykDec 21, 2010 6:09 AM
| when they mean the ordinance violate the Freedom of Expression did they literally mean this law will make the story makers less creative? i thought this law is just about regulating the sales of adult anime, manga, and games to minors? and good thing my favorite company GAINAX is not part of this mess so wise of them maybe they got the the law the same way i understand it EDIT: lol i was wrong GAINAX is part of this mess |
ios said: when they mean the ordinance violate the Freedom of Expression did they literally mean this law will make the story makers less creative? i thought this law is just about regulating the sales of adult anime, manga, and games to minors? Once a manga is designated as adult material, the sales channel will be restricted. So publishers have to change the description of the manga to avoid decrease in sales. Self-regulation of manga has been done by Publishing Ethics Council since 1960's but Tokyo government claims that's insufficient and imposed censorship by their hands. |
ios said: when they mean the ordinance violate the Freedom of Expression did they literally mean this law will make the story makers less creative? i thought this law is just about regulating the sales of adult anime, manga, and games to minors? Ff most ecchi animes/mangas/games go to the adult corner, they'll sell copies of them. So it'll have a bad effect on their sales, and thus to the industry itself. But like i said, now we just have to wait and see what'll happen in July. |
| Someone need to headshot that stupid governor and peace will return once again :) |
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| at first , I thought this whole thing was a joke but now .. damn! Without doubt, This issue will affect the anime industry critically ( eventually ) ECCHI FOR LIFE!!!!! xD |
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dtshyk said: ios said: Self-regulation of manga has been done by Publishing Ethics Council since 1960's but Tokyo government claims that's insufficient and imposed censorship by their hands. ok this is new info to me thanks but i think the law is good as it prevents children to buy products that are targeted to mature audiences ye this will affect their sales as they loose children who buy this mature products but its for the children's own good but ye lets see what happens now |
| Well I'm not a fan of these productions, but I think this idea is kinda stupid. Basicly they hurt themselves with it too and by gods grace that's nothing you should do... I don't want it to end like this, but well they'll see what they get putting up a fight against the fans. |
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| row, row, FIGHT THE POWAH!!!! |
| Just saw the image... Wow, Conan, Kimitodo, Mecha Mote, Doraemon, (and more that shouldn't consider the genre to restrict) are gone... I was shocked to see Patessiere gone (though I don't watch it). Shouldn't Hakuouki and Basara be censored? (wartime = violence for my opinion) |
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tsubasalover said: Just saw the image... Wow, Conan, Kimitodo, Mecha Mote, Doraemon, (and more that shouldn't consider the genre to restrict) are gone... I was shocked to see Patessiere gone (though I don't watch it). Shouldn't Hakuouki and Basara be censored? (wartime = violence for my opinion) those arent stuff that are going to be restricted. They are shows produced by studios that are against the ban. The studios took everything owned by them out of TAF no matter what it was. |
skullking123 said: those arent stuff that are going to be restricted. They are shows produced by studios that are against the ban. The studios took everything owned by them out of TAF no matter what it was. Oh, I see. Naruhodo |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
| With One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's, Detective Conan, Fairy Tail, Pokemon, Major, Kimi ni Todoke and other big Anime not there, it is going to be quite a boycott. Maybe it'll show people's distaste at this bill. I can see why this bill has come up, and I agree with some parts of it. But stifling the artists/producers is definitely something that shouldn't happen. |
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| Ah yeah, even more nonsense. I wonder how many people yapping about freedom of expression actually know what it means. |
Ii tenki desu ne... |
| I wanna see that mayor's result at the next election. |
| ken akamatsu isn't using a publisher for out-of-print manga anymore, and makes money off of ad revenue to the website he uses to distribute manga, he might be banned from doing so, the isp might tell him off and remove his account, but it may be possible that he wont get noticed... then at least we can get Some Ecchi stuffs from japan. j-comi.jp I heard about the existence of his site through Mal News. |
tsubasalover said: Just saw the image... Wow, Conan, Kimitodo, Mecha Mote, Doraemon, (and more that shouldn't consider the genre to restrict) are gone... I was shocked to see Patessiere gone (though I don't watch it). Shouldn't Hakuouki and Basara be censored? (wartime = violence for my opinion) historical violence is OK! saw Ben 10 on that list too hehe. |
| well FIGHT THE POWER GUYS |
kisami said: tsubasalover said: Just saw the image... Wow, Conan, Kimitodo, Mecha Mote, Doraemon, (and more that shouldn't consider the genre to restrict) are gone... I was shocked to see Patessiere gone (though I don't watch it). Shouldn't Hakuouki and Basara be censored? (wartime = violence for my opinion) historical violence is OK! saw Ben 10 on that list too hehe. What I wanted to say was "even though history is important, it still has violence...." well, it was just my opinion. |
I ♥ Two Syaorans from Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE and TRC!!! |
| now lets see what they government will do they have roughly about 3months+ they better make a quick decision, if not, we shall see we shall see |
| OMG what's that awful awful creature with a flag And about this mess the publishers will pipe down probably and the bill will be in place and all will be unhappy but silent about it. That's what usually happens |
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ios said: The problem is you apparently did NOT understand the bill. And are being misled by the vague and incorrect statements from ishihara.when they mean the ordinance violate the Freedom of Expression did they literally mean this law will make the story makers less creative? i thought this law is just about regulating the sales of adult anime, manga, and games to minors? and good thing my favorite company GAINAX is not part of this mess so wise of them maybe they got the the law the same way i understand it This is good news, people are letting their voice be heard. Let's see how everything plays out. |
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| This bill is so stupid in many levels, they should take it down forever and fire Ishihara. |
| Kimi ni Todoke, Gundam Unicorn, Major, InuYasha, Kobato, Bleach, Naruto, One Piece, Fairy Tail, Dragon Ball, Detective Conan, Yumeiro Pâtissière. Well now those are some mainstream titles for you. The TAF 2011 is all but dead. Edit: Let's see what happens in July. Until then will just enjoy the shows out there atm. |
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kaminakun said: Someone need to headshot that stupid governor and peace will return once again :) This |
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| lets show some resistance,, hopefully they will, at least, rethink about this unordinary idea |
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| LOL OWNED!!! |
| "...our faces marked by toil, by deceptions, by success, by love; our weary eyes looking still, looking always, looking anxiously for something out of life, that while it is expected is already gone – has passed unseen, in a sigh, in a flash – together with the youth, with the strength, with the romance of illusions.” - Joseph Conrad ('Youth') |
| A lot of mainstream animes are not going to be in TAF. It's parctically dead. In fact from the few anime left I only know about 4 or 5, but from the ones withdrawn I know at least 90% of them. In other words koreye said: LOL OWNED!!! |
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| Finally, some concrete news on what's going down. I have been wondering for days. |
| Is anyone else surprised at the at the level of reaction to this from the creators and fans? I mean, you know, Japan? Social harmony, nail that sticks up gets hammered down, go along to get along, and all that? Although there are rumors floating around the web that the metropolitan assembly didn't seek the input of the creators and kind of put this bill together unilaterally, so if there's some truth to that maybe that explains it. I mean, good for them, I really feel like anime's legacy is too important to stay quiet about and let politicians corrupt, but it still surprises me. |
| this is totally fucked up stipid ass governments fuck things up once again its bad enough most want to censor our internets -edit-edit-- LOL--edit |
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| Good lord, this has turned into a giant game of chicken! lets hope Ishihara either gives up early, or plumets off the cliff. i also wonder why ben 10 is there, anyone know? |
| ben 10 is there cause is popular in japan i dunno why tho |
| I signed my screen and now its all smeary "When you meet your God tell him to leave me alone." check out my bloghttp://corpse69.wordpress.com/ fix MAL already |
| I wonder why people are making such a fuss about this. It has been like this in Hollywood and people just live with it. How many kids/teens have seen R rated movies? I don't mean porn but R rated nevertheless. While it may give a bit of problems, the people who created manga/anime will learn to live with it and who knows, maybe it will improve some works.Now they won't rely on nudity and things like that for comedy. And how will it limit creativity? If you have less things to write about or whatever, then you have to do your best to make something worth reading/watching. If i got something wrong let me know on a comment so we don't go offtopic :P |
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| What exactly does the governor want to do? I haven't been keeping up with the whole fiasco all I know is something bad is going to be coming for anime/manga fans :( |
ShadowGilgamesh said: Good lord, this has turned into a giant game of chicken! lets hope Ishihara either gives up early, or plumets off the cliff. i also wonder why ben 10 is there, anyone know? In Japan, "Anime" means anything animated, not just what's written and published in Japan...so, I'd imagine if an American cartoon became popular in Japan its Japanese version might get a spot at TAF. |
| *sighs*, (grabs protest sign), "FIGHT TEH POWER EVERYBODY!" |
| some anime today are disgustingly weird and that's more than enough, so I'm not surprised by this at all. |
| whoa there are some big names going into this and lol that poster got emptied |
     "If only if only, the woodpecker cried, the bark on the tree was as soft as the sky" || ♪My mind, heart is broken♫ |
| wow all those major popular anime not at the TAF really will effect them greatly, i mean wow i don't even know any of the anime that are left except Astro Boy,Afro Samurai (i think?), Pac-Man (wow really?) and Ben 10( why is that there anyway?). Anime like Beyblade,Yu-Gi-Oh,Naruto,Bleach, One Piece,Kimi Ni Todoke,Pokemon, Pastiserie,Keroro Gunsou, Rainbow,Fairy Tail, Transformers,Major,Tamagachi (lol), Inuyasha,Detective Conan,Dragon Ball,that guy from those mystery games (i forgot his name) So yeah those are all the anime titles i know the rest that were left out i don't know their names but other than those three i mentioned above i doubt that many people will know as much anime as they could have if the popular anime were there. In other words...the Tokyo's Anime and Manga Regulation Ordinance should just be changed so that they don't lose great anime that are really popular, and the fans are probably pretty pissed off right now. so yeah the AJA (i know most of those producers) have a good point, the attendance at the TAF is going to be not that great at all. |
rpn101Dec 21, 2010 9:48 PM
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psy-p said: klowdz said: I wonder why people are making such a fuss about this. It has been like this in Hollywood and people just live with it. How many kids/teens have seen R rated movies? I don't mean porn but R rated nevertheless. While it may give a bit of problems, the people who created manga/anime will learn to live with it and who knows, maybe it will improve some works.Now they won't rely on nudity and things like that for comedy. And how will it limit creativity? If you have less things to write about or whatever, then you have to do your best to make something worth reading/watching. If i got something wrong let me know on a comment so we don't go offtopic :P this bill don't restricts creativty, it restricts the public that will buy the mangas and animes if fewer people buy, fewer money comes if a story will not bring money then it's canceled or don't is published simple like that and the mangakas have the right to write about what they want and use what they want in their stories. but in truth humans have a wierd logic. a 16 years old guy can wattch scenes with blood, shoots, death and violence even this things being horrible things in reality, but he can't see scenes with nudity and sex even when he already did it himself or will do soon and many times in his life. it's very very weird. (in some places you can drive and vote with 16 years!!!!) [I don't want to discuss it (here)] Being creative means being able to make great stories WITH the restrictions. IMO, is not right for,specially, shounen animes/mangas to have fanservice. They are targeted at kids/teens which shouldn't be getting that kind of things so early and so often. Now...I'm sure lots of teens have had sex, watched porn and extreme violence movies but it doesn't that we should just let them read/watch whatever they want just because some of them are doing it anyway. The bill is trying to protect people from things they shouldn't be watching/reading. Yes it means companies will complain, it means sales for some mangas/animes will lower. But it also means that people (parents) are sure their kids aren't watching things they shouldn't, yet at least. |
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| Well pretty much all the major anime is out of TAF, unless they get them back somehow theres no point in holding TAF at all. I agree with some parts of the bill but geez its restrictions are way too much. So FUCK THE BILL, FUCK ISHIHARA AND FUCK THE GOVERNMENT! And why is Ben 10: Alien Force so popular >_>, IMHO it sucks ass. Ben 10 was great though ^^;; FIGHTO~! |
klowdz said: psy-p said: klowdz said: I wonder why people are making such a fuss about this. It has been like this in Hollywood and people just live with it. How many kids/teens have seen R rated movies? I don't mean porn but R rated nevertheless. While it may give a bit of problems, the people who created manga/anime will learn to live with it and who knows, maybe it will improve some works.Now they won't rely on nudity and things like that for comedy. And how will it limit creativity? If you have less things to write about or whatever, then you have to do your best to make something worth reading/watching. If i got something wrong let me know on a comment so we don't go offtopic :P this bill don't restricts creativty, it restricts the public that will buy the mangas and animes if fewer people buy, fewer money comes if a story will not bring money then it's canceled or don't is published simple like that and the mangakas have the right to write about what they want and use what they want in their stories. but in truth humans have a wierd logic. a 16 years old guy can wattch scenes with blood, shoots, death and violence even this things being horrible things in reality, but he can't see scenes with nudity and sex even when he already did it himself or will do soon and many times in his life. it's very very weird. (in some places you can drive and vote with 16 years!!!!) [I don't want to discuss it (here)] Being creative means being able to make great stories WITH the restrictions. IMO, is not right for,specially, shounen animes/mangas to have fanservice. They are targeted at kids/teens which shouldn't be getting that kind of things so early and so often. Now...I'm sure lots of teens have had sex, watched porn and extreme violence movies but it doesn't that we should just let them read/watch whatever they want just because some of them are doing it anyway. The bill is trying to protect people from things they shouldn't be watching/reading. Yes it means companies will complain, it means sales for some mangas/animes will lower. But it also means that people (parents) are sure their kids aren't watching things they shouldn't, yet at least. Uh...not really. Unless the parents do away with their internet connection and keep their kids out of school, there's really no way they can "be sure" their kids aren't watching porn of some kind. I mean, porn is always one search away on the internet and in schools porn can be borrowed from friends. Heck, even with these restrictions, there's probably still a way to get it easily, if the kid had a mind to. Every good intention Ishihara mouths is an ineffective way to positively effect Japan's youth, though it's a very effective way to make himself look good to Japan's anti-otaku demographic (a rather large group, considering the stigma otaku have in Japanese media.) P.S. Being creative doesn't mean you can write good stories despite restrictions, that's just the sign of a good writer. The restrictions only choke the story - they'd be far better if the writer's ideas were allowed to be fully expanded upon. |
dtshyk said: AJA is a group of sixty anime producers such as Studio Ghibli, SUNRISE, Aniplex, Bandai Visual, GAINAX, Satelight, Toei Animation, BONES, MAD HOUSE Studios, Production I.G., Studio DEEN, Geneon, Studio Pierrot, J.C.Staff, GONZO. wow xD @topic NO COMMENT <>>>>>>>>>>>>> |
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| i saw this last week on sankaku thought is was just some typikaly bs from sankaku but now omg wtf is going on. :/ |
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| Dont tell me this means that a lot of the anime series will be halted because of their boycott!!!! (gasps) |
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