Eroge adaptation あかね色に染まる坂 / Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka may have lost its adult content, but it was supposed to retain much ecchiness; unfortunately, censors seem to have taken issue even with these remnants, and now we hear from fans that broadcasters have gone further than ever in the latest episodes, which are now full of regional physics.
Not just nipples, but even simple pantsu suffer the same treatment:
This is from Aichi TV – a station which was previously noted for being on par with Tokyo MX in showing entirely uncensored anime. How the mighty have fallen?
Some hopeful wag did quip that the Aichi version was in fact still the most ecchi, as she was not wearing any in that version so they had no choice but to censor it, but I think this may be wishful thinking.
Fans are adamant that they have taken things a bit too far this time, though we have to wonder how many of them will subsequently support the practice by buying the DVD…
Nothing of value was lost.
While this Rie tsundere template seems better than other Rie’s tsundere, they made my Tanaka Rie sounds weird =___=”
Don’t think that anime is worty to check for me,or even wait for dvd.
Hey, at least it’s better than what they’re doing to Rosario+Vampire. Certainly, censor steam is a lot less distracting to me than irritatingly placed bats.
It doesn’t really detract from the show that much*, and if you really like the series anyway, you can always get the DVD later. If you end up not, then clearly it wasn’t that big of an issue.
*Unless you’re some kind of pervert that only watches for the ecchi, God forbid ;P
Kinda sad, yes. Nothing much we can do, us foreign viewers, except to hope that they let up with the fanservice, and/or watch the DVD when it comes out.
That being said, the Minato x Junichi angle sure looks suspicious… and that’s just coming from someone who hasn’t played the game. ^_^;
Yet again censorship continues to be a pain in the ass. Seriously what is point anymore. Exactly what ass holes over in Japan are deciding on these type of things?
Needless to say I hope people do not buy the dvds, I myself will not give them the satisfaction. Why should we pay for what should be included in the televised version? Japanese anime seems to be loosing a lot of what made it good, a lack of censoring (fanservice, language, violence, etc…).
The might have fallen and it may begin to fall too far to ever be rebuilt. They’ve already angered a majority of the fans and it will only be a matter of time before they start seeing exactly how great the consequences of this are.
Censors are vile and should be destroyed completely. Exactly who do the creators expect to watch these shows? Clearly not little kids and the majority of the anime fans are teens or higher. These blatant attempts to boost their sales of the dvd will hopefully anger enough people so that they see a definite drop in their sales. I use to buy anime dvds because I actually liked what I saw on the broadcasts, if I don’t care for the broadcasts then I won’t buy the DVDs.