Russian youth orientated animation channel 2X2’s broadcasts of school anime Great Teacher Onizuka (GTO) is being accused of propagandising in favour of child pornography and prostitution by a state censorship body.
The body complains that the anime includes close-ups on female crotches, sexual perversion, child pornography, violence and cruelty. Viewership looks set to soar with this endorsement.
A member of the censorship committee, Rossvyazkomnadzor (the Federal Service for Supervision in Communications and Mass Communications), Vladimir Annushkin, has this to say:
“It isn’t explicitly laid out, but this work is paedophilia propaganda. There’s plenty of humour, so viewers may come to think that prostitution and theft are acceptable.”
However, the censors seem unlikely to have their way, as previously they complained about violence in South Park, broadcast on the same station, which resulted in the station being ordered to re-examine its content, but in no further action. The station’s broadcast license is yet valid for some 5 years, it is said.
A 2X2 spokesperson claims that they have heard the body’s opinions, but have not received any formal censure.
Sony Entertainment, owner of maker Studio Pierrot and parent Aniplex, in turn says that the anime has been broadcast internationally before, with no problems emerging whatsoever. It was attempting to tackle social problems at the time it was made, and has no immoral intent, they say.
Via Variety Japan.
Perhaps a lack of connections on the part of the broadcaster? Or perhaps their connections explain why the body is ignored?
I leave you with the wry remark of a 2channer:
“Russia, with all its restrictions and censorship, has a vastly higher rate of sex crime, doesn’t it? What’s this all about, I wonder.”
I think that Vladimir Putin promotes homosexuality with his shirt off all the time and all, grappling with men! He’s fabulous isn’t he?
I live in Russia and unfortunately that’s true. levels of sexual crimes was very low but now it’s becoming higher because mass-media propagandizing it (in negative way), and more people starting to think about it. I mean this is the case when problem becomes bigger because they trying to fight it.
I’m not very observant, I must have overlooked the child pornography aspects of GTO.
I mean, even if you use the whole “lolicon is CP” argument, I don’t think there’s even any adult hentai here. It’s implied that he sees the FLOWER of a high school girl but it never even showed it, that’s like the closest it got.
Gah this anime has been broadcast for like years… all i can say is wtf why now of all times does someone actually complain about this old anime, i bet they they just want to jump on the bandwagon of whiners and bitching so they can topple one anime after another until they have nothing interstingly fun to do. Ok so lets picture this: if all the eroge,ecchi,hentai animes are all gone then thats takes a lot of anime away which means only higher up bitches are gonna have access to such stuff which annoys me to a tenth degree how many countries governments topple peoples favorites only for the topplers to take the stash themselves.
That’s a bloody LOL!!