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NEWS: Indonesian Child Dies After Reportedly Imitating Anime

HAHAHA!!! take that narutard!

it has been strongly suspected that the boy was imitating his idolised Uzumaki Naruto’s actions on the grounds of having bruises on his neck after being strangled by his own belt.

The government needs to back out, when the government has too much power, then kids get taken away for mundane reasons like "suicidal poetry" from their mother. It really happens.

It's situations like these that call for greater censorship on what is at least broadcast on television. Although many of you say that you never would imitate the violence on TV as a child, there are still tons that actually do. It's not necessarily anime that's the cause of this, but many TV shows in general (such as a case where two teenagers killed a little girl while imitating wrestling).

Flame-X wrote:

HAHAHA!!! take that narutard!

You have no right to even call yourself human after saying this. The comment lacked so much tact and empathy that I was shocked.

It's situations like these that call for greater censorship on what is at least broadcast on television. Although many of you say that you never would imitate the violence on TV as a child, there are still tons that actually do.

Is there an episode where Naruto strangles himself with a belt (or anything else)?

Mr. Toto wrote:

It's situations like these that call for greater censorship on what is at least broadcast on television. Although many of you say that you never would imitate the violence on TV as a child, there are still tons that actually do. It's not necessarily anime that's the cause of this, but many TV shows in general (such as a case where two teenagers killed a little girl while imitating wrestling).

Well, it is actually part of natural development for children to imitate others, especially those they admire. Having said that, there are kids who where getting seriously injured playing backyard wrestling. They were jumping off roofs and landing on other kids. And you know what, this started in real life, not on a tv show or movie. So what do we do now? Do we cover our children's eyes as they walk down the street?

It's obvious what's necessary here, and its not censorship. Education, knowledge and common sense are the keys to good decision making.

I mean, seriously, has censorship really been directly linked to a decreases in childhood injury? I hate to say it, but risk-taking behavior is a problem as children develop, and there's no way around it except to educate children on what not to do. We can only hope they take it to heart.

This has been said about a billion times before, but where are the parents in all of this?

If the parents recognized that their child was immature enough that he couldn't tell the difference between fantasy and reality, then they should sat down with the child and explain it to him, or just make him watch some other anime or children's show that is less violent.

When I was a kid, I grew up surrounded by firearms. Guns. Big, shiny, deadly weapons. With ammunition that I could easily get, load the weapons, and accidentally kill myself. Oddly, I'm still here. Want to know why?

Samurai-with-glasses wrote:

...it is a show for kids.

It is a show for kids, it is not a show for small children. The manga runs in Shounen Jump, not Coro Coro magazine.

Actually, what I really want to know is why you apparently think a handful of anecdotal examples are in any way statistically significant. This story is typical of political overreaction, I agree, but your portrayal of lethal weapons as being nothing more than benign objects around educated children is just as ludicrous as what this politician is trying to sell us.