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areaseven
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After watching episode 1 of Konjiki no Gash Bell!!, I'm gonna have to give the show a Teenagers rating due to frontal nudity.
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areaseven
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Talk about inconsistencies. Manga Entertainment's Guyver boxed set has the generic 13-Up sticker on the front and a "Suggested for 17 and older" label on the back.
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areaseven
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If you see Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu at your local video store, you'll notice that it's been given a TV-PG rating. This rating is incorrect, especially on the episodes featuring Teletha and the final episode. Fumoffu should have a TV-14 rating instead.
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DCR
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About Grave of fireflies, Studio Ghibli is doing anime for childs. Miyazaki seems hating anime that are not for childs, so I don't see his studio making a film for adults.
I have doubts about Mononoke (too complex for kids, but Miyazaki clearly said he wanted them to see it, that's why there was not sex considerations between San and Ashitaka-he said, since I doubt he is abble do talk about sex in his works) but I think Grave of Fireflies is one of the child must see anime. It's hard, but you can't learn kids about war if you don't show them something. |
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red stranger
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Why don't you do Age Ratings like you do the "Quality" ratings? You, know, put a drop down menu with a bunch of age ratings (3+, 13+ 15+, etc...) and allow people who've seen the film to choose. The results can be posted in a graph similar to the one for quality rating, so people can see "Oh, most people though Grave Of The Fireflies was for 13 +, but some thing it should be rated higher.". |
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Glory Questor
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Er... but many parents won't think that way. I wouldn't have a 5-year-old watch this movie -- heck, the emotional intensity of this video is a little much even for older viewers. It's better to show them Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind if you want to give them a lesson about war and differences between people and nations. |
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Jkid
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I think age ratings should be applied to works as a whole, not due to one scene.
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areaseven
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Time for a judgment call:
Karas has been listed by Manga Entertainment as Unrated. The box cover, however, does not have any parental warnings printed on it. For anyone who has seen this anime, what is the appropriate age rating? |
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dormcat
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I've watched its promotional trailer. Lots of actions, monster-killings, and probably spoiler[conspiracies], but I didn't see that disemboweled human corpse mentioned by a police officer in that trailer. No nudity at all. I'd say "teen" should work fine, unless there are some gruesome blood and gore or more explicit nudity. |
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areaseven
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I guess I'll rent it this week and post the appropriate age rating by Friday. |
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Riyousha
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[You've already made a separate thread for it. This is just spamming. -Nagi]
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areaseven
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As Homer Simpson always says... "Doh!" |
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barfing_bunnies
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I think Neon Genesis Evangelion needs to be moved up to a mature rating instead of teen. Some examples that were given to be categorised as mature are sex, drugs, extreme violence. I know that it has bloody violence, nudity, language, but there have been more NGE episodes rated as TV-MA than Samurai Champloo and that's been rated as a mature series, and I don't recall that on the AS run having alot of edits besides the censoring of words (NGE also had censored words and little editting). Some examples of content to be taken into consideration for NGE: Sex: There are several references to Misato and Kaji's sexual relationship throughout the series--In episode 20, spoiler[Kaji and Misato are having sex (not shown) , but from the dialogue, you can tell that Kaji is "inside of Misato" by her saying "Don't think doing that will calm me down" or something in the context of that ]. spoiler[ Asuka also makes remarks to Shinji being a pervert like, "Don't sit on my lap, pervert!" (ep 8), and him kissing her while she was asleep in episode 8/9 (I forgot which one  ; but that's more sensual than sexual). Some other sexaul themes are in episode 10 when Shinji's looking at Asuka's chest while she explains a math problem to him (still sensual, InuYasha's rated teen and Miroku does gestures such as that); in the last episode, when Shinji is in the "supposed reality" he refers to "Are all girls like this when they have periods?" and from the dialogue when Asuka wakes him up, she seems to be on top of him or what was noted as "riding" him; I also think that the whole theme of birth/creation (in relation to Adam to clarify this) would be marked as "sexual" if you had to put it under mature content such as Rei being the soul of Lilith and Kaworu being the soul of Adam (they'e both actually asexual); Rei is also spoiler[partially fused with Shinji because of Arismael (since the series uses biblical influences, it's been noted from it the quote wants to become one with", a biblical reference for having sex; see Genesis 2:24)] ]
Drugs: We cannot forget about Misato's binge drinking expressed throughout the series, Kaji and Misato also spoiler[smoke] as well. Violence: spoiler[Eva-01 literally eats Zeruel in episode 19; in episode 18, when the dummy plug is turned on, Eva-01 basically rips Bardiel (disquised as unit 03) apart, leaving blood all over the city and Shinji destroys Toji's entry plug]; the psychological trauma also added to the violence and could be categorised as violence. |
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cardcaptormanda
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Couldn’t all of the things you mentioned be found in a PG-13 movie, though? Like…a movie suitable for teens? I’d say the consumption of alcohol or some only mildly perverted stuff going on hardly warrants a mature rating. If that were the case, the encyclopedia would have to list every harem, shoujo/shounen-ai, or otherwise fanservice-filled series as mature. I think ANN needs to re-think their age rating definitions, maybe taking a cue from movie ratings or something similar. Anime that don’t really deserve a high age rating get one quite often, and anime that really should have one often don’t. |
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doc-watson42
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See Dan's post on the last page (here). |
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