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M.X.
Alright, this thread is a little discussion about censorship in different entertainment mediums and why certain ones seem to be sensored more than others, and how this may apply to anime and manga, (the reason for the placement of this thread in the general anime/manga section)
Backround first: Over the years, different entertainment mediums have been subject to various levels of censorship, some unrerasonable. It's hards to pinpoint where it started, but one of the earliest examples was of course: writing. Shakespeare, for example, faced scrutiny due to the "inappropriate" subject matter of some of his place, aminly Taming of the Shrew. Naturally back then, sex in any form in any public show/mass produced writing was, to say the least, "looked down upon". (another example of narrow-minded fearing change...a recurring theme in my posts.)
Another example is comics when they came out, supposedly "rotting brains" of children evrywhere. Rock music faced rediculous levels of censorchip due to it's rumored "satanic" content.
The point is, nowadays, things have changed around a little. No one really cares about books anymore, you can write whatever you want nowadays, or maybe just nobody reads anymore, but whataver. Music has also loosened up a bit. Even movies are getting more into topics that wouold be considered controversial even at soon as 15 years ago. However, the cartoons on tv, if you've noticed or wached parental education programs to laugh at their rediculousness, are becoming increasingly "dangerous to our youth", teaching us that violence is the way to solve problems, etc..., and most of the series mentioned in this talk are anime.. (or, just cartoons from japan, for all you damn literalists).
But why? Is it just the fact that Japanese people are a lot more loose about what is and is not suitable for you8ng peoples' viewing? And if so, then why aren't other forms opf entertaimment attached to as much stigma as cartoons and still some comic books...? No on cares, once again, what book a child reads for the ,most part. (trust me, I know from experience.), and sure, movies have the ratings system, but I've gotten into "R" movies many times, and I'm not only 16... no Id, no nothing. The only other entertainment form that is subject to this is video games, but onyl stuff like GTA...
Why do you think different forms of entertainment are so differently looked at/
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