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GikuHonishimo
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A good story teller you would not make then. Sometimes you have to look at things from a fan's point of view, would they really want to see/hear/read about an Earthquake or Tsunami destroying stuff after such an event just happened in real life? Of course not, you ride a fine line alone just on scenes of destruction being shown after such an event, but a scene of the very same event that just happened? No one wants to see something like that when they're still trying to figure out if loved ones are alright among other issues. It's not so much caving into people's emotions as it is being realistic and understanding that the words "too soon" are not just some silly joke from an anime abridged series, they have a much more serious undertone and meaning in real life. |
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msgundam2
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give it sometime and every thing will go back to normal. it's like the "Nice Boat" thing with School Days. It just going to take longer for thing to return to normal.
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Myaow
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Um, I don't think that we foreign fans have any right to judge how another society chooses to cope with its grief. We didn't have to suffer through the disaster, and we don't get to decide how the victims have to react to it. It's really none of our business, and it'd be ugly of us to bash on the Japanese people for their decisions.
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mdo7
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Not only anime are somewhat delay. I just got this off of Kotaku that several games that were going to be release in Japan are either delayed or cancelled.
Disaster Report 4-Irem said the game is cancelled Yakuza of the end-delayed Motorstorm: Apocalypse-delayed |
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Gasero
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I know I did not experience the earthquake myself, but it seems like it would be more of a sign of strength to be able to acknowledge that the earthquake and tsunami happened and still be able to continue on with entertainment and life as it exists in reality. If anything, the disaster shows would be more apt due to the recent occurrence.
Of course, there is money and a lot of people's feelings involved so as a business these shows may be trying to be sentimental to those that may be affected emotionally. Not to mention trying to save power. I do wish the best to the Japanese, however, because of any country that is socially strong enough to withstand such an event, I think Japan would be able to handle it (of course it's good to still help). |
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Jozoiscute
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This reminds me of what happened to the original production team of "Lilo and Stitch" back in 2001.
THIS was the original ending to the film---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-s47rHdHYg ....which quickly had to be altered after 9/11. Last edited by Jozoiscute on Mon Mar 14, 2011 1:24 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Kit-Tsukasa
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This is still in 2-3 weeks. I'd be very surprised if they suddenly make a drastic change to the spring line-up since that would be at least 12-13 weeks of material they'd have to change. As for the Precure movie, I hope that when they release it on DVD and BD they at least leave the movie uncut. This Precure movie looks epic and I'd be very sad if it went to waste because of this disaster. The censorship is currently understandable but if they're going to turn it into something like the Tokyo Manga Ban or the School Days/Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai incident from 4-5 years ago, I'd be very disappointed in Japan from how they go about dealing with traumatic events. At that point one is just turning a blind eye to the events by trying to have people "forget about it." There are some things you just have to live and put up with. Note that the School Days thing never went back to normal since then (e.g. Highschool of the Dead, which was still severely censored in the BD/DVD release) |
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v1cious
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In non-anime news, "Hereafter" also just got yanked from Japanese theaters for obvious reasons.
I'm surprised Madoka Magica hasn't been delayed, given where this show seems to be going. |
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infjeff
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Unfortunate, but absolutely understandable. Entertainment should be sensitive to the emotions of the veiwers during times like this. Foreign fans don't have any right to be upset.
Yeah, it will be interesting to see what happens with Madoka. After the last episode, I can't imagine them finding a good way to edit out the upcoming destruction. Maybe an internet broadcast? |
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The Goron Marshall
 Posts: 111 Location: Canada |
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I think most of these are just temporary edits. As I've said, it could be worse. Episodes have been banned and never aired or release before because of such circumstances. |
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mangamuscle
Posts: 2658 Location: Mexico |
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Then they must start to proactively reschedule/redraw any anime with nuclear meltdowns/radiation poisoning.
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cohenmarioman
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But that was different. Do we prevent things showing events like Hurricane Katrina? Natural Disasters and Terrorist Acts are not the same. This is too much censorship. |
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egoist
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Yeah, but you wouldn't air Twister in New Orleans right after what occurred, would you? |
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GATSU
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Forget that. I'm wondering if they'll pull disaster-related anime already out on home video for a while like Akira or Ponyo.
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Spastic Minnow
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It's not about censorship, it's about not wanting to glorify a familiar situation. It's in bad taste to so so and the public would tend to shun anyone that might be seen as doing so.
There are sensible decisions like, if we were to use the 9/11 example, re-editing the premiere episode of 24 to downplay the plane bombing, which leaves it there but does not glorify it, and also almost nonsensical over-reactions like digitally removing the Twin Towers from then recently shot NY movies like Zoolander. Interestingly though, as many of you will remember, sales and rental of older disaster films in which buildings were destroyed, like Independence Day, jumped for a while after those attacks, as if people wanted to see an unreal depiction of the horrifying reality. But, no matter how good the movie actually ended up being, no one wanted to market a movie like Donnie Darko (with it's plot point about a plane crash) at that time and so it ended up with a smaller release than it might have gotten originally and a very delayed video and international release. It's simply not good business to seem callous. Nerves are raw here. So, expect small changes for awhile and a general avoidance to use earthquake and Tsunami storylines for awhile. But not a complete censorship of any disaster themed show. |
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