Comiket has reportedly banned sexy cosplay with a revision of the rules governing how much skin female cosplayers are allowed to bare, supposedly because of public indecency fears.
The revision to the rules is supposedly to “avoid the possibility of public indecency offences,” although the severity of the new rules would apparently preclude quite a lot of commonly worn female fashion, as well as something as indecent as appearing at a beach in swimwear.
Rag Tokyo Sports describes the new rules in its most recent edition:
[Under the new rules] any costume with visible underwear or genitals is banned, as well as anything which greatly emphasises the genital region. Not wearing underwear is also banned. Anyone wearing swimwear must also wear supporters or underwear.
The revisions are severe, but the biggest change is this:
“For the chest, the standard is for no more than a third of the skin to be uncovered, and for no underwear to be visible (for women only).”
One lady cosplayer has this to say: “There are lots of cosplayer girls who hone their bodies for this event and look forward to being fussed over by photographers. These girls are going to be gutted by the ban. Young, cute, busty or scantily clad cosplayers are all popular. It’s all a nice fantasy world.”
With the event already dominated by sales of pornographic and technically illegal manga, the ban seems to continue the perplexing Japanese love of sex-related rules which make absolutely no sense…
The online reaction:
“Ishihara has it in for us.”
“Why not just ban photographers entirely?”
“It’s tough running something like this. It’d be the cosplayers who commit the crime, but the cops are going to hold the management responsible for providing the space.”
“There used to be the odd girl with costumes where you could see their nipples.”
“‘For the chest, the standard is for no more than a third of the skin to be uncovered, and for no underwear to be visible’ – so nipple exposure only is OK?”
“Don’t be an idiot, or at least be cleverer about it. They aren’t writing what is already banned by law.”
“The ones who just enjoyed the ero weren’t really enjoying the cosplay in any case.”
“Just leave them alone! The most perverted person here is the one who thought up such a tawdry set of regulations.”
“A smokescreen to deceive the morons in the mass media. If you compare this to what is on the discs they are selling…”
“80% of the busty cosplayers are ugly in any case.”
“Can’t they ban the ugly ones as well?”
“In that level of heat, forcing them to sweat away in tights is pretty nasty.”
“Chouzuki Maryou is done for…”
“Ever since Ishihara got in we have been under constant oppression…”
“So you have to wear tights or supporters under your underwear? So everyone should basically come as kigurumi?”
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So it's okay to wear bikinis but not okay to wear clothes that reveal less... okay.
So if I went in a halter and shorts they're not going to let me in? I guess if a girls going to cosplay she better go as Horo in her nun outfit but considering how hot it is in Tokyo in August they better have a lot of ambulances on standby. What crap!
just be a doll there
PROFOUND SADNESS.
Nope, bikini does not seem okay unlees it follow the above rules of having no major focus on the gental areas, less than one third of the chest covered and underwear under it and so on.
This is sexist, chauvinistic, stone-age fascism plain and simple. To tell women that they must "cover up" because clearly women can't control their own indecency smacks of the most fanatic of Muslim nations. I notice no similar rules for men, although even then it would be nothing less than totalitarianism reminiscent of the worst religious regimes.
An absolute disgrace to Japan and the free-thinking world.
I hope you all realize where all this is coming from, what's behind Ishihara and will corrupt, poison and destroy japanese culture, like it has done with other local cultures around the world.
Christianism.
I KNOW RIGHT! WOMEN SHOULD WALK AROUND IN UNDERWEAR IF THEY WANTED TO! THAT WOULD BE AWESOME AND LIBERAL!
It's not sexist. The majority of people, male and female, don't getting sexually aroused from a bunch of random naked dudes walking around. Women's bodies are sexually arousing in general, so there is a huge difference. People who try to act like it's equal in any way are idiots.
No, people like you are idiots. You will get aroused if the woman is attractive to your eyes no matter what she is wearing. Trying to control what a person may or may not wear with the excuse that you cannot handle your own desires is just that, a POOR excuse.
Comiket-Organisator should take this chance and move to another prefecture and have a otaku exodus
pretty soon Zero will rise to rule over and turn those land into United States of Japan
It's like a giant party of heaven's sake, its not public indecency anymore because the site for that time period is rented, you'd have to go deep inside to see the cosplays, what's outside would only be a long line going inside Henceforth not public. It is pretty much like renting central park and running naked in the middle with your friends! The "public" would have to have satellite imagery and/or military grade binoculars
FAIL ban is FAIL
It's ok, Hayate... Not all of us Anonymous failed to grasp that reference you did there...
@Anon 1:36, It's sad that you do not know the anime series.
^ Not only is it sad, but pathetic.. go watch some Code Geass.
ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!! ALL HAIL LELOUCH!!!!
Why on earth would he call it united states of japan? Would he really follow the horrible example of the americans?
I facepalmed, so hard.
united? japan? HOW!?!
GO 11ese.
United States of Japan? Bitch please. LOL.
HURR DURR why would you even use a reference like 'united' for an island country like Japan? It isn't big and fat, greedy or corrupted like Great White United States of America. Stupid fucktardian.
Unfortunately many of the other prefecture have enacted or are in the process of enacting similar laws as Tokyo
That means the only legal way to stop this crap is by voting these morons out of office.
Most of us here are not Japanese citizens so we can't do much except lend moral support. Those who are citizens however need to take this head on and VOTE!!
Be vocal and be the nail that stands up! If all the Japanese manga and anime fans of voting age make themselves heard you all can't be hammered down!
頑張って！！！ （ganbatte!!!)
Whatever happened to all those Tokyo radicals who rioted and took the cops head on at the universities in the 1960s?
Oh wait, I think they're running the government.
See what getting old does to you!
Take it to the streets!!
If all the girls dress in their sexiest cosplay outfits and demonstrate outside they can't lock them all up can they?
Then again this is Japan, they'll just get the stink-eye from the authorities and they'll go home shamed.
Lead for I shall follow.
someone go to 2ch and get the NEETs to get off their asses and protest.
or at least buy a megaphone and yell out the window
"Most of us here are not Japanese citizens so we can't do much except lend moral support."
...and have other Japanese point to you and say "OMG dirty old foreign men lusting after our daughters!!!!!!!"...
It's kind of like when they got rid of booth babes at E3 couple years ago but now it's on the fans and atendees
leave the current location for Kigurumi cosplayer..
Although its pretty unlikely that they are gonna abandon their most sacred holyground
W T F
What next?
You can't talk about manga or anime while visiting the Comiket?
This is madness!
This is Japan!!!
Or maybe next they ban selling games, manga and anime at the comiket! And then they ban people under the age of 60.
So there won't be any more Guren Lagaan cosplay then :(
good reason to go "raw ! raw! fight the power", ain't it ?
Errr... Was it all this;
Maybe you won't see no more Ikkitousen, Strike Witches, Queen's blade, Soniko, Boa Hancock, Panty & Stocking, Rosario+Vampire, Sora No Otoshimono, Dead Or Alive...
Are these enough ? In case, I can go on ! I got a LOOOOONG possible blacklisted series... ^^
How about banning sales of 18+ doujinshi at Comiket? Let's make it family friendly...
The end of the world is nigh, my friends.
I think it'd be solved as simple as some other place hosting the very same event but with cosplayers allowed to cosplay using bodypaint alone.
Here here!
I mean c'mon! Seriously? The girls are probably over 16, and actually choose to be like these! This is just ridiculous!
What next?
Japan becoming the Oriental Saudi Arabia, that's what!
Maybe someone should organize a protest by telling all female attendees to wear burqa. Bring some concealed weapons too while they're at it.
There are already female muslims wearing burkas existing in japan.
They're so full of shit.
"Anyone wearing swimwear must also wear supporters or underwear."
Wut?
"Not wearing underwear is also banned."
I'd apply to be Pantsu Inspector if there's a vacancy...
So, are they going to check everyone for this? I mean, how could they know otherwise? It will certainly require a strip-search for all attendees...
"Anyone wearing swimwear must also wear supporters or underwear."
I am a bit confuse about the underwear part. Are female swimsuit cosplayers going to wear underwear underneath or over the swimsuit?
Confused?, don't be. They actually wear undergarment/support pad alot, to avoid revealing those sensitive spots and also boost their size.
At least we have some LOGICAL and SMART people in SANKAKU!
Srsly what should seifuku/swimming/cosplay be banned?
So swimming suits are fine when going to beach or pool but a "no" for cosplay??? Unless you wear, underwear? WTF!?! It's a place that sells porn for gods sake!
Wait a minute, ISN'T swimwear a underwear + "legit" outside wear?
Japanese here; gotta say and apologize....sigh...
Apparently, THERE SHITHEADS in JAPAN....
Don't be sorry,
If anything I pity you for those ball-less bastards who can't even justify cosplays.
MK 7 DUDE needs to be banned,... Can we get a mod in here - please?
No, No... I bet Ishihara would just shrug it off.
ISHIHARA: You know what? Swimming wear is sigh of LOLISM! BANNED
Well, FUCK you
Gotta say, I guess....
"For women only."