MB and "distasteful?"

Visual Novel Community Archive, 2000-2009
#1
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Originally posted by Kumiko Kamiyama:
Of course, Kumiko is being sarcastic, here.

Really? Hadn't noticed. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/tongue.gif[/img]

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The point is this: don't think that you'll suddenly see companies offering you accurate, authentic domestic releases that are true to the original creative vision. One can compare this to the fact of the middlemen censoring the consumer choice to buy Adults Only games by refusing to allow such products to be offered to publishers, distributors and retailers as well as the press at E3. Adhering to the law is irrelevant if a company or industry chooses to censor itself and thus the public perception of the creative works that it represents.

Hmm, I really didn't expect many companies to change their production format because of the CPPA change. Most established companies are afraid of "rocking the boat" and will continue with their "procedures" because they feel they work, even though they were put in place under certain restrictions. (There's a wonderful story to illustrate this on my manager's door but I already tend to bore people to death so I'll spare you this time. [img]http://princess.cybrmall.net/ubb/wink.gif[/img] ) If anything, I thought it would help to promote newer or lesser establish companies to take more "risks" in some of their productions. Don't get me wrong, I do think that the CPPA was setup incorrectly but I also wasn't one of those who immediately thought that the mainstream would change instantly from it being struck.

#2

speaking of editing abuse scenes, did the official release of the Utena movie do anything to change

(mild spoiler)


the hints of underage sex/abuse regarding Touga’s character’s background? (I saw the movie subbed at a club and I really don’t remember if it was the Official Release or not.)

I wouldn’t expect them to have changed anything, since that whole sequence was so fucked up and surreal to begin with…

#3

Has Media Blasters looked at their catalog?

+The Magic Users Club has teenagers having sexual thoughts (ie Takeo's dirty mind).

+Magic Knight Rayearth has nude underage girls (implied but still naked).

+I assume Madonna and Demon Fighter Kocho has sex jokes involving minors.

Also, if they are going to do "tasteful" anime, why did they bother to bring Kite to our shores. For that matter, why have an adult label at all?

#4
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Originally posted by Mecha00:
Also, if they are going to do "tasteful" anime, why did they bother to bring Kite to our shores. For that matter, why have an adult label at all?

I think it just goes back to Kumiko-san's comment on how it's some middle man censoring out things. In this case, they're determining what's tasteful and what's not. And I'm guessing that they consider some adult stuff as "tasteful". Kinda like how my mom thinks that the pre-marital pregnancy in "Nine Months" is bad but the one in "Fools Rush In" isn't. Why is that so? Beats me.

#5
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Originally posted by ekylo:
I think it just goes back to Kumiko-san's comment on how it's some middle man censoring out things. In this case, they're determining what's tasteful and what's not. And I'm guessing that they consider some adult stuff as "tasteful". Kinda like how my mom thinks that the pre-marital pregnancy in "Nine Months" is bad but the one in "Fools Rush In" isn't. Why is that so? Beats me.

That reminds me of Cartoon Network's handling of anime. In some of the Looney Tunes, they can show drinking and smoking but they took the time out of removing it from anime like Big O. But things changed since the anime companies can censor the material themselves (ie Goku's butt can be seen).

#6
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Originally posted by Mecha00:
That reminds me of Cartoon Network's handling of anime. In some of the Looney Tunes, they can show drinking and smoking but they took the time out of removing it from anime like Big O. But things changed since the anime companies can censor the material themselves (ie Goku's butt can be seen).

*Resurrects old topic from...BEYOND THE PALE! (or at least the first page ;)*

Actually, it's perfectly understandable why this is. "A corporation" doesn't decide something; a person does. (Or a commitee, perhaps.) People not being all alike, some people are going to make differing decisions and/or judgement calls.

I'll bet that the people in charge of, say, the anime section of Cartoon Network are different than the people who decide that Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry are good things to put in the lineup.

#7

Hello hello everyone, good to be back, though I’ve been reading the message boards every day. Some days (or months) you just don’t have anything useful to say.

Anyway, first I must defend Looney Tunes. Slapstick though it may be, they remain today due to the clever and creative elements of humor that they employed. While they may seem cliche now, they weren’t at the time. And, like people still read Shakespeare today, people still watch Looney Tunes. I’m not denying the things we look back at and claim are negative about it, and if some people aren’t keen on that, it’s their call and that’s okay.

Anyway, Cartoon Network appears to be getting the ball rolling on more uncut anime. Adult Swim is definitely a step in the right direction. I never watched Big O, but the business with the smoking does seem rather… bizarre. Still, that was about two years ago, if I recall correctly, and things appear to be changing. Who knows where it’s heading?

#8