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NEWS: Japanese Artist Arrested for Releasing 3D Printer Data of Her Genitalia


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Cutiebunny



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:07 pm Reply with quote
How is this any different from the onnaholes that are apparently recreations of those from famous porn stars? If you're going to punish one woman for making a recreation of her vagina and offering it as a reward for those that support her product, then every porn star should be prosecuted as well for apparently selling recreations of their body part.
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clipeuh



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:25 pm Reply with quote
Tiggyz wrote:
Wait. There was a talking vagina manga?
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You can read it here.

As everyone else has pointed out, this law regarding genitalia is ridiculous and outdaded and shouldn't exist in a country that draws much much more objectionnable material on daily basis.

Does anyone know if sex toys shaped like the actual things are banned in Japan?
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Juno016



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:25 pm Reply with quote
Tiggyz wrote:
mrsatan wrote:
I'm starting to see why the talking vagina manga got nixed.

This woman may seem like a weirdo to foreigners, but she's actually quite brave for standing up against a really moronic law that should be abolished.


Wait. There was a talking vagina manga?


One of the Attack on Titan assistants went on to try and create her own manga series, and just as it was about to be published, it was taken out of the magazine and discontinued before even the first chapter because someone thought the talking vagina thing was too obscene.
The first chapter was then put up online with a note that said, "No more chapters are going to be uploaded online. If you are interested in publishing the work, contact me [...etc.]"

The first chapter wasn't about sex, but about a girl who hadn't had her period yet. Feeling behind in her class, she punches her stomach area and her vagina spits out blood and then starts speaking to her. It's... a bizarre first chapter for sure.
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Osaka2002



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:52 pm Reply with quote
Tiggyz wrote:
Does anyone know if sex toys shaped like the actual things are banned in Japan?


No, which makes her arrest even more ridiculous and arbitrary. When it comes to their obscenity laws, Japan (specifically, certain politicians in Japan) really needs to join the 21st century and accept that there is nothing wrong with adults being able to see uncensored genitalia (nothing is going to happen to "the children"). Rolling Eyes
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firedragon54738



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:01 pm Reply with quote
Well that one way to use a 3D printer
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:02 pm Reply with quote
They'll probably never reverse the law because no politician in Japan wants to be seen as that degenerate who wants to make things more perverse. It would probably cause him to get voted out from all of the PTA uproar.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 6:22 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
They'll probably never reverse the law because no politician in Japan wants to be seen as that degenerate who wants to make things more perverse. It would probably cause him to get voted out from all of the PTA uproar.


That and Japan is really slow on changes.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 6:46 pm Reply with quote
"Japanese artist arrested for sharing 3-D printable data of her vagina"

  • Igarashi originally gained attention for her art incorporating vagina motifs (which she calls “dekoman”; a portmanteau of the words “decoration” and manko ["vagina"]). As she explains in the below video, Japanese people rarely use the actual word for “vagina” in conversation–instead, they usually refer to it as asoko, which means something like “down there.”


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lCcm0--hzg






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ikillchicken



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 6:59 pm Reply with quote
This week in "Things we already knew": Japan is afraid of vaginas.
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configspace



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:25 pm Reply with quote
Cutiebunny wrote:
How is this any different from the onnaholes that are apparently recreations of those from famous porn stars? If you're going to punish one woman for making a recreation of her vagina and offering it as a reward for those that support her product, then every porn star should be prosecuted as well for apparently selling recreations of their body part.


mdo7 wrote:
According to the same Japanese law, shouldn't the people behind these fertility festivals in Japan be arrested because they're putting phallic object in public view. I mean look at these, shouldn't this law applied to these festival too. I've seen pictures of women's part being shown at the festival. Seriously, how does this law work?? Confused


It only applies to images and digital media, not physical objects, hence all the sex toys, fertility festival ornaments, and cast-off ero-figures can still depict genitalia.

Note that she was arrested for distributing the digital files, not the 3D printed vaginas.

Here's the supposed rationale behind that distinction:
http://www.howagirlfigures.com/2011/07/08/chat-takanori-aki-good-smile-company/
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I asked with the laws in japan regarding censorship work regarding ecchi/naughty figures. He told me how the law is still lax enough regarding figures, since it’s not “pornographic” to them but instead “works of art.” I couldn’t agree more, I get asked so often what do I feel about naughty figures, while they are sometimes quite graphic, to me they are more artistic than pornographic!


Anyways, I see this kind of increasingly common action as part of the plan to clean up Japan for the coming Olympics, as discussed in an earlier thread:
animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2866086

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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:18 pm Reply with quote
configspace wrote:

It only applies to images and digital media, not physical objects, hence all the sex toys, fertility festival ornaments, and cast-off ero-figures can still depict genitalia.

Note that she was arrested for distributing the digital files, not the 3D printed vaginas.


So ya can't distribute digital media but can distribute physical media?
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shiranehito



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:14 pm Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
configspace wrote:

It only applies to images and digital media, not physical objects, hence all the sex toys, fertility festival ornaments, and cast-off ero-figures can still depict genitalia.

Note that she was arrested for distributing the digital files, not the 3D printed vaginas.

So ya can't distribute digital media but can distribute physical media?

So basically she can just sell her 3D-Printed vagina instead of distributing the digital files to avoid lawsuit? Japan sure has the law upside down.
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:40 pm Reply with quote
The shit's so backwards that Hitomi Tanaka won't even let her genitals be filmed when she does western porn outside of Japan for Scoreland. It's not like you haven't be screwed by multiple guys running the train, but god forbid anyone actually see your vagina unmosaiced. It's like they're so afraid of the law even when they're out of its jurisdiction. It may not even be her choice, it's probably something her Japanese talent agents decide and it eerily reminds me of the whole hentai licensing issue.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:29 pm Reply with quote
shiranehito wrote:
So basically she can just sell her 3D-Printed vagina instead of distributing the digital files to avoid lawsuit? Japan sure has the law upside down.

Note: all links NSFW!

Pretty much, but small correction: that would avoid being arrested, not a lawsuit. I think that was what she was already doing from the article and her home page. Amazon carries these vaginas (as onaholes): http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00GY3QPH4/

amiami also carries the ero-figures (which was why that question was brought up in the GoodSmile CEO interview I mentioned), like this
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/review?scode=FIGURE-000783&page=
- see bottom pics, which still have to be censored since they're hosted in Japan, but you get the idea. So yes, Bible Black the anime is censored, but the figure is uncensored.

See also http://nightyoga.blogspot.com/2012/06/very-special-festival-in-japan-penis.html
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One of the best-known penis festivals is at Komaki City's Tagata shrine, about 45 minutes outside Nagoya, every March 15. In a neighboring village, a vagina festival is held the Sunday before that. This year, that was the 14th — meaning rare, back-to-back genital worship days.

At the Hime-no-miya grand vagina festival, parents dress up their kids, pray for healthy babies, and celebrate with sake, beer and snacks galore.

In the morning, children carry a small vagina to the Ogata shrine. Later, some 40 grown men strain under the weight of a massive vagina while carrying it to the shrine in the main parade. They're followed by two smaller vagina litters.


There are more penis pics on the net for the fertility festivals, but this pic is of the Ogata vagina from: http://www.japaoemfoco.com/hime-no-miya-e-hounen-matsuri-festivais-da-fertilidade/


walw6pK4Alo wrote:
The shit's so backwards that Hitomi Tanaka won't even let her genitals be filmed when she does western porn outside of Japan for Scoreland. It's not like you haven't be screwed by multiple guys running the train, but god forbid anyone actually see your vagina unmosaiced. It's like they're so afraid of the law even when they're out of its jurisdiction. It may not even be her choice, it's probably something her Japanese talent agents decide and it eerily reminds me of the whole hentai licensing issue.

Yeah it's likely she or her agency feels compelled not to allow pics out. I imagine there's a huge liability issue if some of that makes its way back to Japan uncensored and they can point to a local person or agency. Unless you're up for a revolution, getting arrested and charged is no joke, and it's probably getting worse in the current environment.
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Akeema



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:35 pm Reply with quote
Wow, Georgia O'Keefe better watch out...
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