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China Blacklists 38 Animes including Attack on Titan and Death Note

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BocoDragon

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Govt making anime cool again in China. How awesome would a teenager think it was to get copies of these?
 
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Silver Arrows

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Fox318 said:
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How could they ban Another?
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Please tell me this was the first gif you could find.
 
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GKSilKamina

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You know, I'd love to have a government job where I get to sit around and watch anime and banish the ones I think are particularly bad.

So Kanokon is banned but not Seikon no Qwaser? I guess SnQ does have some educational merit, teaching the kiddies about the periodic table...
 
Northeastmonk

Northeastmonk

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To think there are Americans who would want the same thing in all different types of media. China being the parent here is laughable. Censoring media should be a crime. Put an age limit on it and get off the soap box.
 
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cajunator

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GKSilKamina said:
You know, I'd love to have a government job where I get to sit around and watch anime and banish the ones I think are particularly bad.

So Kanokon is banned but not Seikon no Qwaser? I guess SnQ does have some educational merit, teaching the kiddies about the periodic table...
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Queen's Blade lol
 
Rajack

Rajack

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How are animes like Black Lagoon, Queen's Blade, and Seikon no Qwaser not on that list? I'd have to assume they would be because of how violent and lewd they are.
 
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Chariot

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I can see the reason for most of them, but Tokyo Raven is puzzeling. It's not very brutal, it's not very sexualized for an anime and it's topic aren't dangerous.
 
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mieumieu

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tmarques said:
I just want to share this picture from a recent trip to China

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I remember going to terra cotta museum in Xi'an China last year and saw a sign in front of a restaurant

"Japanese not allowed. The restaurant owner is a narrow minded nationalist."

Yes the owner even admitted as such. But you'll still see a lot of people buying Japanese products or watch anime. First reason is that There are just so many people here and opinions differ greatly. Second reason is about compartmentalizations and how you conveniently ignore one thing in front of another.
 
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Korigama

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Jonnax said:
Sword Art Online deserves to be on that list. Friend of mine told me it was a great anime and having not watched one in a few years I gave it a look.

Fantastic concept ruined by being author self insert masturbatory farce exemplifying everything crap about the medium.
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Log Horizon is everything that SAO should have been (seriously, SAO was so terrible that I was prepared to distance myself from new MMO-themed anime altogether).

Ergo Proxy, Deadman Wonderland, and Devil May Cry banned in China...a pity that they'll be denied to Chinese viewers (even though DW peaked at episode 6 and DMC was less stylish-action and more "downtime with Dante"), but at the same time, it almost seems like a badge of honor for them to have riled up an authoritarian regime so much that they chose to ban them. Granted, they're doing people a favor by denying them Death Note and Attack on Titan.
Sifl said:
Don't remember her name, but I think she had a
split personality?
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Shiro (albino girl) had a separate, destructive personality (Wretched Egg) that she knew nothing about in spite of it knowing about her, but that's probably not whom you're referring to. I'm guessing you mean Minatsuki, the dark-haired girl who flipped from sweet and innocent to foul-mouthed, depraved psycho killer, which wasn't a case of a split personality as opposed to her putting on an act to get people to let down their guard.
 
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Deleteeeeee

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Prevent china's youth from accessing the popular entries in one of their favorite mediums to prevent them from establishing some familiarity with their neighbors. or something...
 
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mieumieu

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Deleteeeeee said:
can anyone vouch if that is an accurate translation?
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I can vouch for that :p The meaning is correct, but it is missing the historical context of the original quote and the tone is not as harsh as the original. I would probably translate it to "Japanese and dogs are not allowed in".

It was allegedly originally a notice board in Shanghai British concessions where it wrote "Chinese and dogs are not allowed in", comparing Chinese people to dogs. This quote has thus become a symbol of Chinese nationalism for shameful occupation history.
 
Mistake

Mistake

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As much as the government is having their issues, I only see Japanese things growing here in China. More of my students are getting into manga (even if chinese made), and I sometimes hear Japanese music at different restaurants. A lot of people know Otsuka Ai and a few others for example. So whether the gov likes it or not, globalization is going to happen, and happen fast. Also as other people said, there's a regular disregard for the rules here as long as they get theirs.
 
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mieumieu

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Kreios said:
As much as the government is having their issues, I only see Japanese things growing here in China. More of my students are getting into manga (even if chinese made), and I sometimes hear Japanese music at different restaurants. A lot of people know Otsuka Ai and a few others for example. So whether the gov likes it or not, globalization is going to happen, and happen fast. Also as other people said, there's a regular disregard for the rules here as long as they get theirs.
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I know a lot of people (some are close to me) hating on Japanese while buying Japanese products or watch anime. This is not hard to understand though. People just want to do anything that make themselves happy, even when they may be in conflict with each other.

The hate is certainly aggravated by the govt, but they are still based on personal history. My grandpa's parents were killed by Japanese troops and he became an orphan. Real resentment are still there.

It does not affect my day job working with a lot of Japanese people who are mostly very nice, but I can see why some are bothered by it.
 
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neogaffer1

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At the time, the ministry began blacklisting titles that "include scenes of violence, pornography, terrorism and crimes against public morality."
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So, does House of Cards get blacklisted as well, or does it get a pass because the Chinese public would throw a fit if it was blacklisted?
 
Mistake

Mistake

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mieumieu said:
I know a lot of people (some are close to me) hating on Japanese while buying Japanese products or watch anime. This is not hard to understand though. People just want to do anything that make themselves happy, even when they may be in conflict with each other.

The hate is certainly aggravated by the govt, but they are still based on personal history. My grandpa's parents were killed by Japanese troops and he became an orphan. Real resentment are still there.

It does not affect my day job working with a lot of Japanese people who are mostly very nice, but I can see why some are bothered by it.
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I can only comment on what I see since my Chinese is still pretty bad, but yeah, I know how it can be sometimes, particularly with older generations. I could discuss my experiences, but I won't derail things.

Anyway, there are far worse anime they could have banned, and Berserk not being there is pretty funny
 
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M3d10n

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Aside from violence/gore, a bunch of those happen to feature uprisings, coups and other forms of clashes against governing powers.

The Attack on Titan ban is preemptive in that regard.
 
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