Proponents of Tokyo’s failed ban on loli manga are to resubmit their proposal as a law with even broader scope than before, targeting depictions of any “illegal” sexual activity in a legal assault which could have a devastating impact on Japan’s creative industries.
The previous ban, which failed to pass, took the form of a Tokyo metropolitan ordinance restricting sales of anime, manga and games which contain erotic depictions “reminiscent of a person under the age of 18” or which “might be feared to obstruct the healthy development of youths.”
The revised law now demands a restriction on sales of anime, manga or games which “improperly glorify or emphasise” illegal sexual acts, such as rape, groping, BDSM, voyeurism, exhibitionism, etc., by extension including underage sexual activity as well.
Dropping the mention of “fictional youths” is apparently a tactical move intended make the law appear to be taking into account objections to the previous law and “limiting its scope,” but the new wording is even more ambiguous and sweeping than before.
In particular, the revision of the wording to cover “illegal” acts only conveniently allows the law to target a much wider array of material than previously, ranging from sexual harassment to the underage sexual activity the law’s proponents were so excited over previously.
As usual, the law targets only anime, manga and games, completely ignoring films and novels (it should be noted Tokyo’s governor Ishihara, a key proponent of the ban, has written a number of novels featuring scenes of graphic rape).
The law would thus classify a manga depiction of the Japanese literary classic “The Tale of Genji” (which features a young girl being kidnapped and reared as a sex slave, ultimately being raped) as obscene literature, whilst leaving an identical version of the same story conveyed in its original novel format or as a film alone completely.
Just as previously, a law affecting Tokyo would have similar effects to a nationwide law as the majority of Japan’s anime, manga and game industry is concentrated in Tokyo and would have to comply with it.
Proponents of the law have apparently resolved to keep resubmitting the same legislation over and over (this is now their third attempt) until it somehow slips through, necessitating ongoing vigilance from those who support freedom of expression.
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For moralfags:
2D ecchi = bad
Age 20+ 3DPD nudity = good
Hypocrisy at best
No, this is how it works with moralfags:
Human body in its natural form = bad
Human body ripped to pieces = good, wholesome entertainment for all the family!
I bet these people were hardcore otaku whose favourite anime betrayed them by making the female characters not virgins and with boyfriends so now they want revenge over their past lost RABUs.
Damn them for trying to ban our fap material.
I demand more fapping material.... instead of ban
they better compensate us to amend for such deviance. moar fapping material would do....lol
Yes we must protest by fapping *excuse me while i protest*
+1 internet for you lol
so next time u wanna fap to 2Ds the story will be.
Male: You want sex?
Female: Yes
Male: You got ID to say you are 18?
Female: *Show him ID*
*BAM BAM BAM SPALSH*
She might have the ID and its all good, but once u start banging her, the police kicks ur ass, because she looks too young.
only in australia
Like the english released eroge with "all the characters are over 18" disclaimer at the start.
Indeed, while all happily attend elementary school.
Maybe they got left back?
Oh shi.. That sounds like a typical boring American pr0n.
True, only without Annie Sprinkle or Ron Jeremy to liven it up.
The idea is simply laughable >_< just give it up moral fags.
its ok, their persistence is amusing. :)
Obviously, such law will NEVER be voted, or else it would result in Japan's total economy fall...
Forget total economy fail, it will be a total market fail
Yeah, and why can't they abolish that censorship crap and usher in a golden era of re-releases?
Yeah, and down with the mosaic censorship!
WHAT? THIS IS AN OUTRAGE.
Ugh. This shit again eh...?
And here were go.....again
Its not that bad really. I can just imagine the thousands if not millions of lolicons who will protest and riot if it manages to pass.
It's not just targeting lolicon now, but all kinds of hentai stuff. All aboard the failboat!
I don't see this shit being passed, now that they're attacking all hentai (and not just the loli stuff).
What would Japanese salarymen fap to on the trains while going to and from work then? Pictures of their wives!? XD
@Benatron
What? This will make producers more cautious with the content of anime/manga, so if anything it'll decrease the quality.
Now its a war on Japanese sexuality.
Next thing you know they're just going to ban porn all together :slaps head:..... seriously wtf.
These idiots again...
Whether this ban goes through or not, their souls will still be unclean since they only try to make themselves feel good...
In the end, we are all food for the worms (or fire if you get cremated or the sea for ocean burials), they are just covering up their own filth...
Like a bunch of obsessive-compulsive fools who are insecure about themselves, they try to pass this ban to get that 'pure' feeling of being the good guys...
This ban will NEVER pass as long as anime fans and people who support freedom of expression (of everything) exist to combat this ignorant evil...
Freedom of Expression and Anime (and hentai) will forever be eternal...
The ugly shells of these moralfags and ignorant hypocritical bigots however, are not~
In a few decades these people will just be a bad dream...
@Benatron You may have a point but without hentai being around, you're not gonna see "some quality anime/manga" to read. Just saying.
It's just unfathomable how mindbogglingly stupid these people are. I mean... I just can't even begin to understand how thoughtless this actually is. Maybe... MAYBE I can understand if you're a traumatized parent whose daughter or something had to deal with being molested or raped or some variation thereof, and therefore your awareness of society as a whole has been diminished to selfishness so you never have to go through that again. It's understandable... but completely and utterly mindboggling at the sheer tidal waves of ego that must be involved in thinking you understand anything about anything if you think this is a good idea in any way shape or form.
I rescind my earlier argument in a previous article about the death penalty. Kill THESE stupid people for the sake of us all... at least murderers and rapists only ruin one person's life directly. These people are attempting to annihilate whole trains of thought!
In Hatsune Miku's world, hentai ban is nothing but a distant memory. The same thing goes with our world. Moralists should think about things carefully first before doing such stupid acts!
They're just getting this out of their system right now. Don't be so short-sighted. This all started during the Rapelay and previous loli ban anyway. Only a moron wouldn't recognize that stifling sexual expression and creativity with merely cause it to express itself stronger in other ways. Make it go underground and that's a major step toward a fascist society. If sexual expression is allowed to thrive, there will be spikes in its 'popularity' (the 60s/70s) and then people will calm down and it will be a mainstay and then society will move on and grow from its experiences with its sexual freedom.
i think this party are just persistent trolls.
This is prespotorous!
They must have been drinking something bad.
"Hey, listen to this. *Hic* Since our LOLI-ban didn't work. *Hic* Let's ban all porn together! This will SURELY increase the birth rate, REALLY! *Falls asleep*"
@Miroku74 increase of molesters on trains?
So basically if it's an anime of a rape then it would be banned. And if it's a film of a rape, then it would be ok? FAIL.
I srsly doubt this is really gonna be passed. They're just desperate now, since the loli ban fell flat on its face....Not really concerned...
Just what problem is this ban supposed to solve? This will just create more complexities since terms such as underage, non-consensual sex, and harassment are abstract generalizations. It will become a loophole which right or wrong is a matter of who wins the shouting match.
@DiamondDust
I foresee an increase in Women Only carriages on trains then.
This has got to fail even more than the previous attempt. Writing about hentai is ok but drawing it is illegal - won't ever pass.
Doing. It. Wrong.
Not only it's one sided, but hentai is hentai. It's porn, not some minor fan service flicks you see in tv. Meaning only people who wants to see it will go seek it. It's not like you'll see them in national tv or something.. In other words it's not openly broadcasted. If porn is allowed then why not this?
Maybe it's because of this prejudiced view towards otakus(after all, are often unwanted in a society such as theirs). It'd be interesting to see if the ban actually includes real people porn. See how many will outrage that.
The Otaku must not be lazy in the defense of freedom.
The oppressors will never cease to attack.
I am so happy they are doing this. They are essentially revealing their true colors as the oppressors and haters that they are.
Clearly this is some '84 big brother shit.
I am wondering, do they plan for this to include assault and murder?
If so, say goodbye not only to anime with murder in it (going to randomly say Asura Cryin here) but also anything with even 'cute' violence.
For example, when Akane hit Ranma with the table in episode 1, that is assault.
Ban Rumiko Takahashi, amirite loli banners?
inb4 shitsto- oh nevermind too late, a total hentai ban in TOKYO of all places? Enjoy like 90% of hentai not being made unless they move =(
The day this shit gets passed is the day this world ends. In more ways than one.
BOND TRAVOLTA SPEAKS THE TRUTH.
Why focus on hentai when there is REAL GODDAMN PORN.
And the flames of war shall be lit.
I hope this goes through. Then we'll get some quality anime/manga.
It's selfish thinking. But anime is complete shit now.
Technically this will pull more than just lolicons, since this also targets series like Berserk, Fuushigi Yuugi, Peacemaker Kurogane, etc. Berserk and Fuushigi Yuugi had content about rape. Peacemaker Kurogane had topics about training a young girl to be a prostitute. Even minor scenes like Ayeka's BDSM jokes in Tenchi Muyo is considered illegal. The recent Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai series could be targeted as well, because she's an underaged character purchasing adult content, and they even mention scenes about rape or sex slaves in novels the characters have written.
Basically anything related to "illegal" sexual activity is targeted here, and it will ultimately affect everyone, both male and female anime, manga and game fans.
Lolicons protest ?? Yeah ... they'll only sit in their homes with their 2ch .
You really should learn to read.
Ugh wow I can't believe this passed. Did it at least end up only being sexual outlawed stuff, or all outlawed stuff?
The ordinance seems to be a restriction that would prevent sale to minors, not that would prevent sale, period. Am I missing something?
Yes, you are missing that the law is written EXTREMELY BROADLY, coming even from the people who watch the notoriously vague lawmaking bodies in the United States.
Compared to our vague laws here in the United States? This japanese law is a 10 in terms of vagueness.... most United States laws are only a 5-6.
I tell you all these leftist progressives even in Japan are ruining everything. First they nudge you, then they shove you, then they shoot you.
If a conservative doesn't like something they chose not to use/own it.
If a liberal doesn't like something they ban it.
"Come up with a way to effectively keep it out of kids' hands without keeping it away from adults or disrupting the whole akiba culture around eroge and doujinshi too much."
That's the slippery slope. They first see what they can get away with censoring then they progress little by little until its full censorship.
"While people advocating media censorship are sometimes of the touchy-feely "think of the children" variety, they're usually just concerned about the ability to effectively empower parents to keep it away from their kids and really aren't out to keep it away from adults."
They fly the slogan "think of the children" as a mask because they themselves do no like it. It makes themselves sounds better if they are fighting for a "just" cause, but it is censorship. This material is not marketed to kids in the first place and they don't find out about it until they are usually teens anyway. Any well adjusted teen knows about sex.
@ Anon 09:35 (for some reason, I can't reply to the comment directly).
Both the left and right are as bad as each other when it comes to banning things. The left will ban it because it's "offensive" or "demeaning" to some group that the particular leftist claims to speak on behalf of (even if he does not belong to that group himself).
The right will ban things because they are "immoral", go against "traditional" values and will lead to the breakdown of society.
When it comes to sex and porn, we get an unholy alliance of feminists from the left and Bible-bashers from the right joining forces to stop people from having fun. Now we know how the people in the Baltic states felt to be invaded first by Hitler and then by Stalin.
On opposite day maybe. "conservatives" seem to be the ones more willing to use the force of law to prevent what they consider indecency, and more often than not it involve issues like stifling reproductive rights and preventing marital equality; this is totally ignoring right wing support for things like the gender pay gap.
While people advocating media censorship are sometimes of the touchy-feely "think of the children" variety, they're usually just concerned about the ability to effectively empower parents to keep it away from their kids and really aren't out to keep it away from adults (unless it supposedly turns people into murders and rapists, but idiots who believe that crap come from both ends of the political spectrum and the ones on the left are probably going to be the first to see reason.) If it really is progressives behind the ban initiative, then all you need to do is hammer out a compromise. Come up with a way to effectively keep it out of kids' hands without keeping it away from adults or disrupting the whole akiba culture around eroge and doujinshi too much.
It'll fail, just like the loli ban did.
Glad seeing people are actually sensible enough regarding rights as to not pass these ones. It's just wrong when other people can enjoy said stuffs in forms they themselves enjoy and we can't.
Ban JAV first before hentai so i will be content :P
It's completely stupid IMO. Imagine what 2chan will do with them when they don't have these things to keep them occupied?
They will learn new definitions of the word rape, that's for sure.
imagine street orgies of women and children raping after OTAKU NEETS and FRENZIED OTAKU don't get their shots.
A scary thought indeed.
They might also start hacking more stuff, make new "pathways" for (at that point) illegal manga (uncensored and all), and God knows what else.
"As usual, the law targets only anime, manga and games, completely ignoring films and novels (it should be noted Tokyo’s governor Ishihara, a key proponent of the ban, has written a number of novels featuring scenes of graphic rape)"
FAIL!
fucking Governor Ishihara is only doing it to "remove the competition" in his area
WHAT?!!! NO MORE LOLICON?!!!! THIS... THIS IS MADNESS!!!
which religious group it is now?
First we get hypocritical stupid as shit California trying to ban violent games.
And now we have hypocritical stupid as shit whatever-Japanese-party trying to selectively ban anything remotely sexual.
Gooooo fuckers... We seriously need to screw them over with a big black dildo, break it off and beat them with the rest of it. (And to any paranoid news reporter or politicians or activists reading. I'm quoting George Carlin, get a life.)
When ban is enforced lets all go over there to increase the sex crime rate just to mess up the numbers and figures lol.
HA HA HA, BAN THIS FILTH. ABOUT FUCKING TIME TOO.
@anon 02:20 Why don't you make an account and fight us like a man, you dumbass coward. Better yet, LEAVE this site or else, we'll stick a leek up yo' ass!
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Great, here we go again with this s***. Go after the real ones first you stupid, fake moralists!
Anonymous is a coward.. not only that if he hates the filth as he puts it why the HELL is he visiting.. what a damn HYPOCRITE! HYPOCRITES the worst of all types!
Anon 2:56 doesn't speak for the collective of Anon. Don't be fooled by his nameless banter.
This bitch be trollin...
He hatin...
Just Trollin, tryin to catch me gettin angry,
tryin to catch me gettin angry,
tryin to catch me gettin angry,
tryin to catch me gettin angry,
tryin to catch me gettin angry,
I'm laughing so loud,
He wanking,
He moping that he didn't catch us gettin angry
Anon, be trollin
trolls are gonna troll, just chill out guys....This is really weak trolling tho, I've seen better trolling than this...I am disappoint...
dam those moral fags...christians are starting to move for domination through banning our stuffs?
maybe nxt time they'll hunt us like in witch hunt and burn us alive huh
And I guess you're one of those moralfags who put up this stupid hentai ban. Why don't make an account instead, anon 02:56?
This whole 'hentai ban' thing will fail bigtime.
I can't hear cuz I'm laughing so loud, can you repeat, Kthxbai.
for a second there i thought i saw Mcdonalds in your avatar Sir OhYeah.
Just Sayin
what happy with this notice anon dont realice, is that when accessing this page they leave their ip, so annon can actually be tracked, he isent as anonymous as he thinks
@anon lol u just watch some milf fatties....u hypocrite...i bet u watch some milf fatties or your fav 2 girls 1 cup clip...
It would be funny if the ban passed. Alot of people here would be in an uproar. ;P
While i agree with you in general, "Why don't you make an account and fight us like a man" is incredibly dumb suggestion, namefag.
we have a word we call you anon...
Pussy
starsplash i like the word pussy give them another name like dickless or something. :)
No, no...Trolling anon is clearly a Eunuch...
Buttcrust.
Bro, you best be trollin'
if your not you are so fucking stupid it's not even funny. All jokes aside "if I don't like it IT SHOULD BE BANNED!" mentality will destroy our civilization. And lol at the dude who writes rape novels trying to ban rape manga HOW STUPID ARE YOU?