Forum - View topicINTEREST: Crunchyroll Store: Hikari & Angewomon GEM Figure Cancelled in West; Not 'Child-Friendl
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Mewzard
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Except in most of those instances (and the one we're discussing), it was the companies who owned the rights to release such products choosing either not to release or self-censor. Let's not start the ridiculous leap to calling out people (in a dismissive way) like you're talking about the boogieman or something. |
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AnimeAddict2014
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_auTqzMbfwg
they are just stating the obvious... since comparing to the one in the anime.. 
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Stuart Smith
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Original rights holder in this case can mean a few things. It's entirely possible that an American company like Saban asked the original creators not to release it here to protect the family friendly image of the brand in America. While it is true there was little censorship done to Angewomon back in the day outside of her slap fight with LadyDevimon being cut, that was almost two decades ago. Censorship has changed to the point any Digimon character with cleavage is being censored on the Digimon Xros Wars dub. Standards are more strict these days. -Stuart Smith |
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Guntank81
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Oh no a the female body will offend the children
I am not surprised this got cancelled considering how things have been getting censored and how touchy people have been when it comes to "sexualized" characters in the west. People can still get the figure from amiami though |
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walw6pK4Alo
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Guessing a lot of One Piece figures will get cancelled someday as well.
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zrnzle500
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Figure is the general term used by collectors and manufacturers. Subtitles and non collector anime fans often use figurine, which is almost as grating as someone calling anime cartoons. Statue is rarely used to refer to scale figures such as these. It would be wrong to call them action figures if they aren't jointed, though I sometimes use the term when speaking to non anime fans. As to it's risquéness or fan servicey ness, it probably qualifies as such, but if you've seen as many...adult figures as I have, it seems rather tame by comparison. I don't buy adult figures myself though, as it would be difficult to explain to visitors. |
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AnimeAddict2014
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if it's just angewomon then i think they will not have any problem with it.. but when you have a young child figure along with it
that's the only difference with this and the other figures |
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DangerMouse
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This.
Didn't event think of it at first, but this too. Cancelling it is so stupid. |
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zrnzle500
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There goes all the bathing suit Nami, Robin, Hancock and female Trafalgar Law (that last one is real, not sure if it's up for sale yet). In all seriousness I seriously doubt it will happen. Digimon is more child oriented though with significant adult fans by now. One Piece has always sexed up the female characters especially in the proportions so I doubt anyone would confuse figures of them as "child friendly" |
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ohstalon06
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Well we almost got to page 4 before the types that want to immediately blame them damn feminists for everything came rolling in... 
In all seriousness though, this is silly beyond reason. If this is indeed Bandai/Toei's doing then its just crap because they know they are doing statues like this are CLEARLY meant for 20-something adults who grew up with the original Adventure series, so the whole excuse of 'making sure its a kids franchise' is utter crap off the bat. Not to mention all you've done is just bring negative attention to you by doing this because, much like the quote I just brought up, you're gonna have the unreasonable side of the internet immediately blame them when they more than likely had no idea something like this happened. I see no way enterprising fans that WANT this figure will be stopped by a silly decision like this. Much like the decision by KT to not bring over a poorly selling fanservice 'volleyball' game, there are ways around it as some have shared on this thread. And before anyone paints me with an Shonen Jump Weekly brush, have it be known that I disagree quite strongly with certain points of the aforementioned, but I also believe the vitriol they have received is part of the reason this climate exists now, in short we have no one to blame but ourselves for the current state of things. |
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firedragon54738
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Well I dont know what parent would buy that for there kid in the first place its not like its an action figure its a collectible
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Crisha
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I deleted some posts in case people are wondering why some original posts that were quoted are suddenly gone. I've left them in the posts that quoted them for now. But let's not turn this thread into an off-topic pro- or anti- social justice debate. If it continues, then more posts are likely to be deleted.
Thank you. |
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Xavon
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Huh. And I didn't order this 'because I didn't like the little Hikari. Thought she interfered with Angewoman's awesomeness and sexiness...
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Apollo-kun
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I'm usually the first to laugh at self-righteous otaku who want to say any opportunity to not buy a T&A-oriented product is SINSURSHIP, but... yeah, this is a bit ridiculous. No child was going to buy it in the first place, and how many people even knew this figure existed in the first place? A tad puritanical, not gonna lie.
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Kadmos1
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If they are wanting to make it more kid-friendly, then they should've just skipped making this toy entirely. The company that made this toy knows that Angewomon is already showing cleavage in the anime, so I find this is a little hypocritical.
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