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jmaeshawn
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Great, another item delayed over a fictional earthquake. This is nonsense, it only gives the Japanese people a false sense of security.
Next thing you know, the Japanese government will take up a leaf from China and start blocking online images and articles about earthquakes and tsunamis or censoring natural disasters out of their news programs. |
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Animerican14
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If a mere licensed product aligned with the sheer pop cultural behemoth that is One Piece is held back, then you know Japan is taking their sensitivity business seriously.
Or maybe its because One Piece is so popular that something as minor as a character with tremor-causing powers can cause enough of a ruckus among over-concerned citizens or sensationalist news media... and thus this April release was nipped in the bud. |
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Ryasha
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You say this like America didn't do the same thing after 9/11. Anything remotely resembling a plane crash (especially in a city), skyscrapers blowing up, or the twin towers were removed or censored for months. Some things are still censored or looked at more closely because of such an event. It's a natural and common reaction to not put out things that can and possibly will remind people of the misfortune that befell them. I would be more surprised if they didn't delay anything and instead let everything go on as normal. |
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ELDRAGON
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It makes sense they're doing this. I'm just glad that the Marineford arc ended before the quake happened. Otherwise they would have delayed the entire anime. It was actually quite a coincidence that it ended just then.
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Drac
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They went as far as telling retailers to destroy the promo DVDs.
http://www.andriasang.com/e/posts/2011/03/26/270307/ |
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Top Gun
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Yeah, I've had that thought cross my mind a few times since the earthquake too. There was definitely something eerie about watching Whitebeard's powers in action a few months ago, and then seeing the devastating results of that kind of power actually play out in real life. |
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jmaeshawn
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Exactly my point. I disagreed with that censoring as well. I'm saying I don't want Japan to become another America, infected with America's stupidity. |
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Ryasha
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It's far from stupid. Just because you disagree with it doesn't mean it's not the right course of action. If you go through something traumatizing, you're supposed to limit yourself on the things that remind you of it. That's what America did and that's what Japan is doing. |
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zoid9000
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You know, I'm as much against censorship as the next guy and I think it can get a little ridiculous especially after major disasters. But I don't think they are entirely wrong in attempting to be sensitive, especially in this instance. I mean it's one thing to sit there and call it a fictional event that has no bearing on real life, but then you go and read a story like this and you begin to realize that there are parents and children who are going to be really sensitive to seeing earthquakes/tsunami in their anime or video games.
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Tylerr
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Well lets be honest here, anyone who's going to buy the game already knows about his powers, so they could just not buy it.. |
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Rinnon
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Just going out on a limb here, but I imagine you didn't have anyone you know die during 9/11. And I'm even more confident that no one you knew died during the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan either. For the record, I didn't know anyone who died in either event either. For that reason, I don't think we really know how people who DID have friends and family die in these events feel. Different people are going to feel different ways about it. Out of respect for those people I don't think it's unreasonable to avoid reminding them of the event, especially so soon after it happened. I mean, it was less than a month ago... that's pretty damn recent. |
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Wyvern
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You sound like an incredible crybaby right now. "Oh, so thousands of people lost their loved ones in the disaster? Big deal! I'm experiencing a REAL tragedy: having to wait slightly longer for a video game!" |
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