

Body-hugging clouds of steam and vapours which obscure with geometric precision are the latest extremes in TV censorship, taking the practice to surreal heights, but also noticeable is the fact that only the characters with small breasts, irrespective of age, are the recipients of this treatment.
The girls of Omamori Himari are sporting some fine coats of steam this season:



For some reason this more curvaceous scene was deemed acceptable for broadcast:


Ladies versus mysteriously shaped clouds of steam:







Once again it is only flatter characters who are the recipients of steam.
Hypothetical Blu-ray version:

Not a title censors are likely to forget soon.
DVD marketing sham or puritanical TV moralists? Could anime and manga be censored based on breast size and the assumption that small breasts are childlike and anyone seeing them must be a malevolent child-predator in waiting?
that's equality! *thumb*
The censorship which becomes a steaming pile of dung in itself, will be known as the Australia effect.
I see what you did there...
I wish people didn't hate DFC so much. D:
Also, is that censoring actually real? It's so bad that I just can't believe it.
You've GOT to be kidding me.
Small breasts have been banned in Australia, as it incited pedophilia.
censor BEEEEAAAAM!!
what a lazy way of censoring
Big breast are fake, so they don't need to censor it.
All female breasts, BIG and SMALL, are beautiful!
Are you happy EQUALITY NOW?
Man-hating gyno-fascist Jezebels!
censorship is all about a matter of opinion. for example if its breasts some groups may censor/ban a program for exposed cleavage other groups may be lenient and only try censor a nipple. same goes for guys a simple bulge in their pants maybe censored or cut out or a symbol/block or icon may be placed on top of the exposed genitalia to conceal it (i.e. Inukami! 'look its an elephant')
i personally admire comical methods of concealing an individuals 'shameful parts' such as clever uses of camera angles and scenery that ensure that there is ALWAYS something blocking areas that are deemed inappropriate
It's times like these I wish Silent Hill was located around the world...
*sighs*
I hope when I get reincarnated, DFC in anime will be as common as taking a piss...
Wut? You're setting the bar too low, man! Taking a piss isn't common in anime at all!
(Except Juuden-chan, I know..)
Man not even AV has this much censoring this is ridiculous
Of course it's censored, DFC is practically child porn, remember?
But the loli-type girl in the LxB show is 19 years old.
NINE-fucking-TEEN!
In Japan, that's one year to official adulthood!
According to Australia, if she's flat-chested, her age doesn't matter. A-cup or smaller = child.
In Australia, I'm probably about six years old (since I don't even have the privilege of having A-cups), despite the fact that my birth certificate and drivers license say otherwise. 8D
"We are 4Kids and soon the whole world will know and fear us...even more than they already do."
-LittleKuriboh
Words of prophecy
because they wanna make those loli-fags grow up and stop chasing little girls....which is the only thing they probably have a shot at
To answer the question posed by the topic . . . Yes.
Worst censoring job ever really who came up with this should go kill themselves.
Even the black bar would have been less retarded and they could have censored oppai and DCF equally.
Gotta say the censors just got too lazy and did it all in paint...
Wonder if crooked-teeth Agnes had something to do with this...
I see we are missing "Dance in the Vampire Mysterious Cloud of Steam". It's very strange because the first 3 episodes were broadcast uncensored by AT-X. Now, all of a sudden, steam. Is there something going on that we should know about?
Just watched the latest Dance In The Vampire Bund - the AT-X version...
The toplessness of Mina has vanished!
Black shadowing and freeze frames!!
Et tu, AT-X?
Wait a moment, I was wrong!
AT-X didn't screw us!
They're just the broadcaster!
SHAFT must've pull the BAIT & SWITCH!
Blame them!
What's the point of creating an Anime that contains such scenes, and then airing it at a time that requires it to be censored in such a way.. They would be better of Airing it at a later time for older viewers.
But this stinks of *Hey lets censor the shit out of it, then they will have to buy the DVD*
Fuck you I will not, Me = Wait's for DVD rip..
I WIN.
OWNED......
Yea, and this is why I won't bother with a CR subscription. Why should I pay for something that I can't feasibly watch without my eyes being burned? All I can hope is that there will be at least one uncensored version before the DVDs come out, otherwise I'll just stick to the manga and not waste my time.
There was a time when anime had (some) quality titles.
Now anime = hentai by definition.
it saddens me.
But you don't give a shit.
What the..!
Some of the worst censorship ive ever seen.
Maiby they should watch "He is my Master" to get some examples, how they could do it better...
But THIS... is nothing...
It's best that you watch on AT-X, because most likely they show it uncensored. AT-X rocks!
Yep... thats my bootlegged Himari is censored just like that and unfortunatly, thats all I can get of one mof my favorite anime series. Doesn't look like the US is going to license it.
However, only episode 1 of my bootleg of Ladies Vs butler is censored. Everything else is uncensored.
It really has to depend on a lot of things. The reason why the Ecchi genre is Ecchi, and not that "weirdo" (or Hentai) genre is because of the censorships. Even though I am non-religious, there are some moral censorships so that those that actually have some degree of morality can deem it acceptable in society. Also, the companies have some degree in selling the DVD's, so it's something that has to appeal to a larger group of people. The loli-chests are censored for this reason, or else, the anime would be sold at an underground market. And there are those that blame the governments. The government is to regulate how people run their lives... to a degree. That's another reason why the loli-chests are censored. You gotta hate the [majority of the] public, the government, and the companies all at the same time if you are that ero-ero. They can be more easily censored, and that's why they have been less active about the large oppais (Note: The low censorship can be seen most notably in Ken Akamatsu's manga work, Negima, Love Hina, and A.I. ga Tomaranai). That has sparked a change in the anime industry as well.
I hope you're kidding, cause that's the logic I'd expect from some moral fag. A woman's chest !/ a woman's worth or age. One woman's chest is not more morally acceptable than another's, that's just objectifying women by the size of their bust. Keep your stupid little morals in your own home and don't tell others what to watch or not watch, there're things called buttons that you can press to change the channel if it doesn't suit your tastes. If you don't like what's in the book, just don't buy it, but you would probably want to burn it because it doesn't fit well with your "morals." All this is censorship is a stupid marketing scheme that just pisses off the viewers and lowers their interest in the show. Unless there will be some uncensored (read less censored, if you look at the bloody photo at the top she's STILL WEARING HER CLOTHES) version I don't plan to keep watching this farce of a DVD advertisement cause at this rate that's all it is.
Well, this is a whole new level of stupid...
Jeezus, how hypocritical can you get?
Pretty sure the Ladies vs Butlers thing is fake. I've watched up to episode 5 and there has never been any steam or anything.
The subs are being pushed with AT-X raws...which are less censored...can't really say uncensored cause they might add even more, but that's unlikely. That said hopefully the ep 5 of Himari that subbers like to use won't be so horribly massacred....><
AT-X is a premium (and expensive) channel, it's more like you're paying for streaming DVDs.
kangaroos are KY
Damn you, Australia.. They lost in their whale crusade so they have to aim for Japan's pride of Loli and DFCism..
That´s Australia, Britain and half of Europe becoming possible licensees right there.
Disgraceful thats why i download what i want to watch then it's all uncencored.
I can't believe this...
Shizuku, nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
Steam? Looks more like someone threw a pot of White-Out all over the screen.
And with Ladies vs Butlers, it looks like someone was being a bit too creative with a pair of scissors.
And not even AT-X seems to be able to escape censoring, considering that strange cloud of mist in Vampire Bund ep 4 (unless that was SHAFT's doing and not that of the station).
Could be related to this? --> http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/01/28/australia-bans-small-breasts-as-child-pornography/
Nooooo... what about all those DFC lovers like me?
I'm not a loli lover, but I love flat chests...
Bweeeeeeeeee...
xD
its about time they started censoring all the paedophilia in anime and hentai. If you like looking at anime kids naked, it doesn't matter if they are real or not, it still makes you a disgusting paedophile
Hate the pedo, not the loli.
tooo true
fucking troll -_-
YOU ARE SPEAKING BLASPHEMY
Loli is what makes the world go round!
i see you dont get any pussy....any mature pussy anyway
clearly since your trolling sankaku complex neither do you.
URAGI! Traitor!
Yeah, women with small breasts are kids or at least look like kids, therefore they must all be banned!
BTW, you don't happen to be the Pedo Finder General [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvsoVdvtZC4&fmt=18]?
I blame the Britfags and the prudish fucks that they are.
I'm cutting down on Britcoms!
Must be broadcasted in Australia.
is this in japan? not... I think it's in Aussie since their ridiculous law on small breasted women. If I were a woman in that country, I will sue the government.
This is happenning on Japanese tvs..
Tokyo's Otaku population should storm the Aussie embassy and mess up the place!!
Or burn down the Sydney Opera House!!
And the idiocy just goes on...
There's gonna be a lot of TV license cancellations if this BS goes on.
Good for you, AT-X! Keep up the good work!
>Hypothetical Blu-ray version:
Also the actual AT-X version, which is uncensored up to and including the latest episode, loli and all.
Not AT-X, too!!
And THAT'S EXACTLY what I was talking about.
Nowadays lolis are dead. It's annoying, but cowardly japanese are afraid to broadcast loli goodness more and more.
Spring season will be a diseaster loliwise too.
And thats why I love Ladies vs Butlers :3
Australians....
What a fucking joke.
MAKE ME LAUGH!
Hrm...do these shows air in Australia? If so then that might be the cause of the censorship (given that they don't like small boobs and all).
*facepalm*
honestly that's.......really a stupid thing to say
of course they dont.....they havent even finished airing in japan
That joke is getting old. They wouldn't censor it for some shit county that eats kangaroos.
Yes. There's no suggestion whatsoever this had anything to do with that. Someone suggested they might have had a complaint...
Blame australian government.
Okay, now the censors have failed big time!
Since when did Japan hire an Australian censorship board??
they always fail
now they just went a whole new level of it
Dammit Australia! leave Japan out of this anti-flat thing of yours
NOW I hate Qantas, Crocodile Dundee, Foster's Beer, Neighbours, Bananas in Pyjamas and rugby!!
Has nothing to do with Australia. Australia did not ban small breasts you fool. Do some research next time before assuming everything you read on some website is true.
Australia didn't exactly ban them (yet), but it's a fact that they confiscate all material with a-cup and smaller in it as it enters the country...
It's a selling point to the DVDs.
The companies wanna milk you dry (in both senses of the word).
Omamori Himari is such a terrible show
Pretty much agree, I got tired of it after episode 3. Only really still watching Armed Librarians, Baka to Test and LvB now.
As for these censors, I'm not really bothered by the fact it's censored, but it's pretty dumb how lazily they've done it. Obstructing foreground objects > random white gradients all over the screen.
This is doubly annoying because I really like the manga.
But the anime adaptation is about as much of a fuckup as Vampire Bund is. >_>
Lol, because ep4 is what made me watch this show. If you can, just watch that chapter.
Exactly. Sad thing is, it's a marketing tactic that probably works.
Anyways, I think "drill" should have her hair censored. =P
Yeah, I'm certain this is just a terrestrial broadcast for Ladies vs. Butlers, because I'm pretty damn sure I've seen tits many times during it.
it's a good anime, sum1 will rip the DVD for us, if u can't wait then buy the DVD.
Then the censors win if we buy it.... Ill wait
WTF? Just half the anime is broadcasted, this is a new low.
We don't wanna watch half a show!
So now I need to pay for my lolis but big-breasted women are for free?
The censors think about the australian market. ^_^
Either that, or the Japanese broadcasters are doing the old 'Roll Over And Show Our Bellies So They'll Think We're Harmless' Censorship Shuffle because of the recent Australian Governmental (emphasis on mental) Meddling.
But there are as many (if not more) fans of average+ breasts out there as there are DFC lovers. If it was just DVD marketing, leaving larger breasts basically uncensored wouldn't make any sense. There must be more to it.
recently Australia banned small breasts, maybe its actual "supermorals" than marketing strategy...