Persona 4 “A Symbol of Immorality”
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 17, 2012 16:25 JST
- Tags: Atlus, Censorship, Persona, Politics, Schoolgirls, Shin Megami Tensei, TV
Persona 4 has been branded a “symbol of immorality” by Japan’s top TV watchdog, after daring to show a scene in which minors are present at an establishment “resembling a nightclub or love hotel.”
The complaint was published by the BPO (although in the post-Ishihara world of anime, almost all the complaints they publish are now about TV drama and variety shows):
In one anime, despite the fact they are going on a field trip there is a scene where minors enter an establishment resembling a night club or love hotel.
Even for a late night broadcast, just what kind of expression is this?
Common sense suggests it would not even be possible for minors to enter such an establishment legally.
Is this a symbol of the moral deficiency of the producers and stations?
This was swiftly pinpointed as being a less than oblique reference to episode 15 of Persona 4:
“They mean episode 15 of Persona 4 then!?”
“I can’t believe we have people complaining even about P4A…”
“Didn’t they have this stuff in from episode 1?”
“I can see a strip service scene getting complaints, but not something like this?”
“Surely there are lot more dodgy anime for them to get worked up about and complain against?”
“Shin Megami Tensei had a nuclear missile striking Tokyo and even tsunami for good measure – no way could they ever make an anime out of that now!”
“Atlus always has Tokyo being destroyed and the world ending in its games. I wonder which is the harshest…”
“Persona 3 had love hotel encounters and some of the games had the protagonist turning into a demon and eating human flesh…”
“There was a woman being eaten alive in one:”
“Come on, there are all kinds of saucy ero-anime about and they pick on Persona? Somebody must have a grudge against it or something.”
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Based on my studies of ethical human behavior and analytic understanding of the humanistic psyche;
I came with the solid conclusion that this is UTTER BULLSHIT and NOT A SINGLE FUCK WAS GIVEN THAT DAY.
Phoenix: The defense agrees with the testimony, your honor.
I OBJECT!
nah just kidding, thought it would be good for the record~
"Common sense suggests"
you ignore everything in the anime and get stuck on that? You lack "common sense" sir/madam, not to mention your lack of understanding of teens of this age.
As the great Mugen once said:
"I don't give a damn about your common sense! Cuz I'm from Ryukyu pal!"
So, it seems for them the rest are possible/real in reality
:
Weird world inside TV
That weird Velvet Room
Those Personas
Kuma
Midnight TV channel thing
Sadly, this kind of 'common sense' is a very widespread idea in Japan. Westerners like to flaunt uniqueness to a fault. Most Eastern Asian nations flaunt 'commonality' like it's the only way to properly live a life.
I'm more surprised that anime has largely gone unchecked for so many years before the 2000's when they started censoring stuff on screen.
At first the title looked like `a symbol of immortality'.
There can be only one.
oh so it wasn't just me.
no. i did read that too.
We all can't read lol
Just as well.
>_> I have a mixed feeling for not being the only one.
I didn't notice until I read this. It fit the picture so well.
Count me in.
Narukami Yuu: unimpressed by harem
LIKE A BOSS
Even if we assume that an orgy hapened in that scene, it equals to FUCKING AWESOME not immoral...
Someone hasn't played the original game. Also, that scene!? They didn't bitch about Kanji and Rise's shadows? A flamboyant flamer and an underage stripper went under their radar?
They would have had to have seen more than just those two frames to see that...
Maybe start thinking about getting rid of your retarded censorship regime composed of morally challenged old farts ... Cries over 2ch won't change that by an inch.
ATLUS never give a fuck of OLD PPLS opinion! just die and rotten in hell!
I am said OLD PPLS and believe me, what you guys do now is no different then what we did back then. We were disrespectful towards authority, had to be badasses, drank, did drugs, had indiscriminate sex, etc...... . Don't put up with "the pot calling the kettle black".
There is a difference actually. You guys have better tech to mess with.
This is why i love Atlus so much. Whether it offends some senile old people or some religious zealots. Atlus doesn't give a single fuck.
love how in that scene, they state right away that the place no longer serves alcohol, and Naoto points out that their drinks are non alcoholic.
scene was awesome though, Yu is a pimp
I agree. Yu was a total Boss in that episode.
"they state right away that the place no longer serves alcohol, and Naoto points out that their drinks are non alcoholic."
Yes, but VIRTUOUS minors would not even DREAM of going NEAR alcohol.
Yu has obtained the facade to overcome life's hardships... He has gained the PIMPSONA MARA!
>>Is this a symbol of the moral deficiency of the producers and stations?
It seems that they are running out of things to complain about.
That group needs to shut up. If they are targeting series like Persona, I wonder if their influence as dropped even further. Actually that result would be musics to my ears.
How do they know what the inside of such an establishment looks like? Surely people of a proper moral upbringing would not have the experience required to know about such details. Their complaint is invalid. Also I have a windmill for a beard.
> In one anime, despite the fact
>they are going on a field trip
>there is a scene where minors
>enter an establishment
>resembling a night club
>or love hotel.
>
> Even for a late night broadcast,
>just what kind of expression
>is this?
News flash: TEENAGERS DO IT. Get over it.
Exactly. If they're so concerned, go after 3D teens that are doing it, and leave our 2D entertainment alone.
Maybe they think that scenes like this are going to sully Japan's "upright and moral" teenagers
I want to say to them : "Welcome in the anime world."
Seriously Japan? Immorality?
Shut the fuck up, bitches.
Which SMT did that image come from if it is from an SMT?
Hmm the image filename suggests it's from an MT game, not SMT. But I wanna know too, lol.
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=1221 [http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=1221]
Related to this I seem to remember a woman getting her pussy eaten by a zombie/demon.
As far as I know Japan doesn't seem to want to come to the conclusion that teens are promiscuous. I don't give a damn WHERE the teen is from. Just deal with it. :| They are going to have sex and do stuff regardless. Even in anime it seems.
and these very same assholes wonder why the population is declining rapidly. They should stop this shit or there'll be no young slaves to pay their pensions when they retire.
cute
Is that flesh eating from a real megaten game? Which one lol
If it's the same as the game, and it probably is, it's not meant to be taken seriously... The whole scene is a gag.
But P4 is so tame. Even P3 had more controversy about it.
*Sees time slot P4A shows*
Mein Gott, these people are mental m1dg3ts. Kids shouldn't watching it, let alone playing the video game anyway. That's why the series airs as late as it does; kiddies should be in bed by that time.
Shin Megami Tensei is certainly one of the greats.
Who cares, LOLI!
geez have the old farts got nothing else to pick on? is there no sex or loli on tv now so only thing left to pick on is persona 4?
dicks....
MORONS! OK, don't they know that MANY PEOPLE DO these kinds of shit... And other animes have more Fs, Shick and jazzy crimany immorality that would make any shick crazy dudes floor out than P4A on it's 15th episode?
Just to show you... Many stupid people around the world...
"Common sense suggests it would not even be possible for minors to enter such an establishment legally."
Not true. There are a lot of night clubs that allow minors.
I'm not just saying this for America, either.
Anywho, they get mad about this but not the worse-shit from manga or hentai? Wow.