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Highschool of the Dead Massacred by Censors

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The highly popular combination of gore and schoolgirl panties offered by zombie massace anime Highschool of the Dead has proved more than many stations could bear – non-premium stations in particular are egregious offenders in this regard.

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Japan’s late night anime censorship capital Aichi once does its bit for outmoded notions of public decency – the comparison below shows the Aichi scenes on top (the black parts), as compared to the AT-X (premium) version:

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Naturally gore and pantsu are for the chop, but even blood on the walls has turned black, and some have even seen fit to obliterate a scene of someone falling to their death…

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Most bizarrely, some have noted the scene below (from another anime) is apparently changed in Aichi to feature riding through the clouds rather than on a road:

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The reasons for this can only be guessed at.

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