Forum - View topic"Censored for your protection" (Tokyo Tribes relat
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Jkid
 Posts: 197 Location: Capitol Heights ,MD |
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I've finished the first volume of Tokyo Tribes. I saw the words "Parental Advisory: Explict Content", expecting it to be uncut. So why does Tokyopop has the words "Censored for your protection" on the first page of the manga? Except for the strong language and bloody violence, only the anal rape scene, human nudity, and the human breast has the "CENSORED" bars.
Obscenity laws perhaps? (That might be the reason why they had the words "Censored for your protection", protection from potential offence.) Last edited by Jkid on Wed Feb 16, 2005 7:37 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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dormcat
Encyclopedia Editor
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Then please use the spoiler[spoiler tag]. |
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Jkid
Posts: 197 Location: Capitol Heights ,MD |
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Sorry, I'm trying to edit the post, but the forum is going slow and trying to get rid of both of my topics. Blame lag.
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darkhunter
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I think the edits were intended and not actually edits.
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grunge
 Posts: 22 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
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Yes. It was more of a lame marketing strategy to get some hype surrounding the title as well as get it into a borader age rating (OT, Older Teen instead of M, Mature). The worry was that younger audiences would like the hip-hop appeal more and would be excluded witht he M rating. Personally they should have just left it as is. I hear the sales are lagging. |
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Jkid
Posts: 197 Location: Capitol Heights ,MD |
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The age ratings would apply only to parents. So even if a teenager 15 years of age would buy a M rated Tokyopop manga, the retailer can not enforce the label since it advises only parents.
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mistress_reebi
Posts: 735 Location: Canada |
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Thats stupid, I think parents were complaining about the young generation being destroyed. Here In Canada I don't think it would be a problem to show nudity or profanity as long as it says rated T. After the whole Jacket Jackson scare people are afraid of "offending" people hense why everything is being more cencored. The opposite is happening here in Canada, I noticed after the Janet Jackson scare TV's are showing more uncencored nudity and sex.
My 15 year old friend got Adult rated manga and the cashier at the anime store didn't ask for her age/ID. Also rated M games, cashiers don't really care about if a person under 17. They don't care here |
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