The Japanese arm of moral crusader group UNICEF is pushing for a ban on all depictions of minors in “sexual” poses, with swimwear in anime mentioned specifically, a move which would have devastating effects on the world of anime, manga and games.
Gearing up for their participation in a major international conference discussing curbing the sexual exploitation of children, opening in Brazil in November, the group painted a hysterical picture of a massive increase in recent years of the availability of pornography featuring under-age participants over the Internet.
They accused the US, Russia and Japan of being foremost in harbouring such sites.
Complaints about the supposed laxness of Japanese laws against possession of such material were also made, but in their most strident assertion, they insisted upon the urgent necessity of new laws to curb swimwear wearing children in “sexual” poses appearing in anime and similar.
Some say such a move would likely inevitably be extended into mainstream anime from the initial soft target of more erotic representations.
Top UNICEF Japan honcho Agnes Chan, a Chinese pop star with controversial affiliations with a religious organisation many consider a cult, closed the assembly saying: “The problem of the sexual exploitation of children is becoming more and more acute and extensive. We have to bring together the people and the government, and take the necessary action for the protection of the children.”
Via Yomiuri.
Recall that only recently the Japanese government temporarily sidestepped the controversial issue of banning two-dimensional portrayals of under-age sexual activity, so the group will likely be seeking to influence this issue.
Without much in the way of a slave trade to attack in Japan, and with rates of child abuse far lower than elsewhere in the developed world, it seems the group is nevertheless intent on using up its contributions to ensure further restrictions on freedom of expression in Japan.
Many are asking if they don’t have anything better to do?
lolz… they just don’t know the real meaning of art in l♥♥i manga/anime hahaha@_@
Insert Hank Hill exclamation here
“BWUAAAAAHHHHH”
WTF?Soon they ban sex.And then the human race ends.This sucks totally!!!
WTF?!
No way, there’s just no way.
sooner or later the entire female staff of unicef (100%) is going to get raped simply due to the laws that they made. and they will look up to the otakus and shout ‘help us’ and they will whisper: ‘no’
Look on another side of this problem – Anime is not anatomically proper so we can’t even tell are the anime people humans. Eyes that won’t fit in skull, lack of nose sometimes, strange hair… So swimwear on them should be legal as well as l♥♥i.