Questions related to the censorship of anime and manga.
Questions tagged [censorship]
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Why are anime girls drawn without pubic hair?
Why are there no hair drawn down there or anywhere apart from FEMALE character's heads in anime?
I heard it was illegal from my friend. Were they making it up?
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Why does censorship level differ between manga and anime?
I have noticed that anime adapted from a manga heavily tone down the level of violence and "fanservice" (sometimes skipping them entirely). Why is the censorship level different between manga and anime? I assume they are bound by the same censorship…
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What are the anime censorship laws in Japan?
I know that there are censorship laws in Japan (which is why you end up with things like tentacles instead of genitalia). What are the laws, and are they the same as the laws for live-action television programming?
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Was Kazuki Takahashi involved in the modifications made in Yu-Gi-Oh! for reasons of censorship?
Checking some Youtube videos about censorship in Yu-Gi-Oh! (especcially this video), it seems that the motives for censorship are based mainly on:
Sexual content/innuendoes
Violence
Religion references
And others (offensive language, stereotypes,…
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Is manga censorship in Western countries always done with author consent?
Censorship is usually seen as an act against the author's will. Talking with an editor in my country (Italy) working for a publishing house in the erotic manga market, he tells me that censorship for erotic manga is done in two verses: removing…
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Is intentionally producing a lower quality TV release unique to anime?
A lot of shows nowadays are significantly censored or badly drawn for TV release. When the home media versions come out, they are uncensored and in some cases redrawn in certain areas.
Kagerou Project TV - BluRay Comparison
Part of this is of…
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Are there censored or discarded Pokemon creatures and what are the motives behind it?
After seeing some Youtube videos about censorship in Pokemon, it seems to me that the motives for it are based mainly on1:
Sexual content/innuendoes
Violence (gore, mutilations, etc.)
Religion references
And others (offensive language, stereotypes,…
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When and why has the censorship of obscenity for hentai changed?
In earlier hentai, like many before 2010, genitals are directly shown. But after a certain point, all hentai have their genitals pixelated, first female ones, then the male. When exactly did those changes happen? What caused the changes in…
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When was the first usage of 'white light' censorship in anime?
As I have been watching anime, I have found that a lot of the more modern shows which contain content not suitable for TV viewing use bright light to censor bodily parts, overly violent/bloody imagery, etc.
When I watch older shows, like…
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Why do they censor vomiting in anime?
In vomiting scenes, the liquid is censored by rainbow, mosaics or bright light. Why do they censor puke? Blood shedding, killing, fighting, taking alcohol, bad language, nudity (without showing genitals), vandalism, etc are almost never censored.…
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Why has this character's death been removed from the Italian theatrical version of Eva 3.0+1.0?
I've recently seen the Italian theatrical version of Eva 3.0+1.0 and I was very surprised to discover
Rei's death scene
had been completely removed from the movie.
I frankly can't understand why they did something like that: it made the movie…
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Why do some people think that handholding should be censored in anime?
On Crunchyroll, there is an anime called TONIKAWA. In the comment section of episode 5, someone commented that there was too much handholding that was uncensored, over 900 people have liked the comment, and there was a lot of replies supporting the…
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Why was the kiss not shown?
In episode 7 of Yuri!!! On Ice, Victor and Yuuri share what is almost definitely a kiss on the ice. However, this kiss is blocked from view by a conveniently placed arm, as seen below:
Some people have said that the kiss wasn't directly shown…
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What is the reason behind this strange censorship of a specific scene in Tokyo Ghoul?
During the scene where Kurona and Nashiro are fighting Juzo in Season 2 Episode 4, I noticed some censorship. Juzo ends up stabbing Kurona a lot with his knives, but it's blurred out like this:
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I thought this was really strange seeing as the…
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What are the anime censorship laws in the United States?
I have a similar question to ask. What are the anime censorship laws in the United States? There appears to be major culture difference between United States and Japan and I am not sure if that implies a difference between their respective anime…
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