×
  • remind me tomorrow
  • remind me next week
  • never remind me
Subscribe to the ANN Newsletter • Wake up every Sunday to a curated list of ANN's most interesting posts of the week. read more

Forum - View topic
NEWS: China Blacklists Attack on Titan, Death Note, 36 More Anime/Manga


Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7  Next

Note: this is the discussion thread for this article

Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Random 21



Joined: 03 Jul 2014
Posts: 198
Location: Nottingham, United Kingdom
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 6:55 am Reply with quote
I actually laughed really hard when I saw School Days
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
thekingsdinner



Joined: 25 Sep 2010
Posts: 1069
Location: Geertruidenberg, Netherlands
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:08 am Reply with quote
I cracked up when I saw Inferno Cop in the list xD
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website My Anime My Manga
Errinundra
Moderator


Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Posts: 6523
Location: Melbourne, Oz
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:18 am Reply with quote
Someone in the Chinese Ministry of Culture has managed to watch some great anime on government time and, presumably, on a public servant wage. Not a bad lurk if you ask me. If we could find out who they are we could get them to create an ANN account and encourage them to complete the "My Anime" section so we could see which ones they actually completed. Better yet, perhaps we could encourage them to write reviews from a Marxist perspective - an old socialist like me would appreciate it.

Last edited by Errinundra on Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:23 am; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website My Anime My Manga
Gasero



Joined: 24 Jul 2009
Posts: 939
Location: USA
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:20 am Reply with quote
Remember folks, the Chinese government is just trying to protect you.

Listen and obey.

(Some items on the list are quite comical)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message AIM Address
Minimimiau



Joined: 06 Oct 2013
Posts: 194
Location: somewhere on this planet.
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:26 am Reply with quote
Maybe I can understadn some animes like corpesparty because it has a lot fo violence and gore, but SAO? Maybe in goverment the anime has haters.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Animechic420



Joined: 25 Sep 2012
Posts: 1727
Location: A Cave Filled With Riches
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:30 am Reply with quote
Random 21 wrote:
I actually laughed really hard when I saw School Days

I laughed when I saw your comment! But, yeah, I can totally see why these titles made the list.

Violent for kids, fun for us adults.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Animechic420



Joined: 25 Sep 2012
Posts: 1727
Location: A Cave Filled With Riches
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:34 am Reply with quote
Minimimiau wrote:
Maybe I can understadn some animes like corpesparty because it has a lot fo violence and gore, but SAO? Maybe in goverment the anime has haters.

I know, right? Sometimes it feels as though we're not getting enough gory anime nowadays.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Deoxy360



Joined: 22 Nov 2013
Posts: 69
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:36 am Reply with quote
Minimimiau wrote:
Maybe I can understadn some animes like corpesparty because it has a lot fo violence and gore, but SAO? Maybe in goverment the anime has haters.


That's too extreme of thinking it. It's hard to explain how they ban titles like that, but some things viewed as offensive or offensive to their government there will get banned. I've never seen SAO fully, so maybe someone overlooked the themes and tone of the show.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
DontmesswithKarma



Joined: 07 May 2015
Posts: 491
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:45 am Reply with quote
"opinions from experts"
Sooooo China is pretty much saying (for example) "gosh Psycho-Pass was really good! Let's blacklist it!"
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Harleyquin



Joined: 29 May 2014
Posts: 2834
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:46 am Reply with quote
Any of you lived in China recently? Not gone there just for a holiday?

If you have, some of the titles on the banned list would not be a surprise. I don't agree with some of the selections, but I'm not the one in charge of keeping a huge bulk of the world's population under control with considerable pressure from the top to make it happen.

I'm not sure about now, but this website isn't on the list of restrictions imposed on domestic internet users. At any rate, those who can afford it can easily bypass the filters and/or get their hands on the titles they follow without too much difficulty.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
brucepuppy





PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:49 am Reply with quote
Gasero wrote:
Remember folks, the Chinese government is just trying to protect you.

Listen and obey.

(Some items on the list are quite comical)


My body is ready! Soon we'll see a dream country free from those indecent and violent things. Brace yourselves!
Back to top
mgosdin



Joined: 17 Jul 2011
Posts: 1302
Location: Kissimmee, Florida, USA
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:57 am Reply with quote
Harleyquin wrote:
At any rate, those who can afford it can easily bypass the filters and/or get their hands on the titles they follow without too much difficulty.


This. It's like a parent that sees their child reading a book they don't like. Ban it, Take it away, doesn't make much difference. If the child wants it they will find a way to get it, indeed banning it usually guarantees that it will be acquired and read if for no other reason than spite.

The Chinese leadership has a hopeless & thankless task of holding together a huge diverse country that if left alone would fragment in a dozen different directions with predictable results.

Mark Gosdin
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Sunset In the Hood



Joined: 26 May 2015
Posts: 36
Location: Manehattan Ghettos
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:59 am Reply with quote
Good that these gory and dark Anime are banned. The children will finally be safe.

Now, let's broadcast Hellsing and Higurashi immediately


Last edited by Sunset In the Hood on Tue Jun 09, 2015 8:00 am; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Mr. Oshawott



Joined: 12 Mar 2012
Posts: 6773
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:59 am Reply with quote
Well...I look forward to seeing the Chinese government's vision of a gory-free, sex-free paradise to become a reality once they're done blacklisting all the anime shows and manga that they think are "too obscene for the market." Wink
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
invalidname
Contributor



Joined: 11 Aug 2004
Posts: 2442
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 8:02 am Reply with quote
Hey, China, you missed Cross Ange.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
This topic is locked: you cannot edit posts or make replies.    Anime News Network Forum Index -> Site-related -> Talkback All times are GMT - 5 Hours
Goto page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7  Next
Page 1 of 7

 


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group