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NEWS: Kanokon No Longer Streamed for Free in Japan




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Pepperidge



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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:18 pm Reply with quote
This series is only available through subscription services in Japan correct? If so, I guess it's understandable that they'd put tollbooths in place for online streams. Of course, doing this with any anime available on free-to-air or basic cable services would be a huge step backwards.
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championferret



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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 7:58 pm Reply with quote
I just heard then that they've pulled it off streaming because episode 7's content is 'too racey'?
Damn my curiosity, I dont even like this series....
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Gingy



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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 8:52 pm Reply with quote
Too racey eh?? Now THIS is marketing strategy! They shoulda said that itwas too hot for streaming...so they must make it suitable for TV or DVD only.
Way to make people want to watch it more then ever.
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Teriyaki Terrier



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PostPosted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:36 am Reply with quote
There is a comment I really want to make but, it would be considered a bit too spicy for a public fourm such as this.

But based off that image on the article, I am sure most people can guess.

Let me take a blind guess; Kanokon had too racy, underaged females and too much fanservice to pass on Japanese television?
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PostPosted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:47 am Reply with quote
Teriyaki Terrier wrote:
Kanokon had too racy, underaged females and too much fanservice to pass on Japanese television?


She's not that underage. Just a second year high schooler. And can you see her massive rack? She's quite developed for her age actually. So I don't think that is the problem here. Just too much borderline hentai.
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TornadoTatsumaki



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PostPosted: Fri May 23, 2008 12:47 am Reply with quote
Gingy wrote:
Too racey eh?? Now THIS is marketing strategy! They shoulda said that itwas too hot for streaming...so they must make it suitable for TV or DVD only.
Way to make people want to watch it more then ever.
Yup. This is indeed marketing at it's best.

BTW, Damn! That sucks! Oh well, I hope there will continue still be some fansubs availible online.
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Dorcas_Aurelia



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PostPosted: Fri May 23, 2008 1:57 pm Reply with quote
If by too racy you mean Chizuru is all but technically topless spoiler[(wearing only two small, pink, heart-shaped stickers, and a thong)] in several scenes where you get a very clear view of breasts, then yes.

Incredibly, almost every episode so far has managed to be racier the previous one, which is quite something, considering that the first episode pretty much started on the other side of the line of decency.
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Wicky



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PostPosted: Sat May 24, 2008 4:56 am Reply with quote
The problem was, that it was too racy 'for kids to watch'.

Kanokon is not aired on any public TV channels, AT-X anime channel provides it only as R-15, while the one-week free streaming at Bandai Channel (and other licensed video-streaming sites) was available to anyone wishing to see it.

The problem came to the fore when J-CAST NEWS (a news site in Japan) posted an article on May 17, writing that according to the rankings page at GYAO, Kanokon was the most viewed movie among elementary school aged boys and girls.
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