Discuss on suckish laws.

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The general affairs committee of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly has approved the government's revised bill to amend the Youth Healthy Development Ordinance on Monday afternoon. Bill 156 will then go before the full assembly for a vote on Wednesday.

[b]The current ordinance already prevents the sale and renting of "harmful publications" — materials that are "sexually stimulating, encourages cruelty, and/or may compel suicide or criminal behavior" to people under the age of 18. Bill 156 would require the industry to also regulate "manga, anime, and other images (except for real-life photography)" that "unjustifiably glorify or exaggerate" certain sexual or pseudo sexual acts. Another section of the revised bill would allow the government to directly regulate the above images if the depicted acts are also "considered to be excessively disrupting of social order" such as rape. [/b]

Source: Yomiuri Shimbun

Update: The bill has a non-binding supplemental resolution urging newly designated harmful publications to be “carefully regulated, with the work's merits based on artistic, social, educational, and satirical criticism criteria to be taken into account in the evaluation process.” The government's Tokyo Youth Healthy Development Evaluation Panel is also urged to respect “the intent of the revision and take necessary steps, such as increasing the time involved in the evaluation process.”

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan wrote in his blog on Monday:

There is another topic I would like to talk about concerning [the strength of] the Japanese brand. [b]Currently, there are concerns over the possibility that the Tokyo International Animation Fair could be cancelled due to controversies related to the healthy development of youth issues. Healthy development of youth is an important issue. [/b]At the same time, it is important that Japanese animation is broadcast to a global audience. I urge all parties involved to try to work toward preventing a situation where an international animation fair cannot be held within Tokyo.
[color="#FF0000"][b]Shueisha senior managing director and editor Kazuhiko Torishima said at the New Manga Creators Awards ceremony on Monday: “I want new manga authors to produce manga that would blow away [Tokyo Governor] Shintaro Ishihara.” Masahiko Ibaraki, the editor-in-chief of Shueisha's third editorial department, added to the new manga creators, "Don't let the chilling effect [of increased regulation] stop you from doing material you want to do. Jump will feature anything [we feel] that is exciting [to read].“ [/b][/color]
Thanks to Dan Kanemitsu for the translations.

Update 2: The Mobile Content Forum, an industry group that includes the social networking company DeNA and Nico Nico Douga's Dwango, announced its opposition to the bill on Monday. A group of female creators, including boys-love genre authors, also announced their opposition to the bill on Sunday.

I love you, Shonen Jump!!

So disc on suckish laws that make no sense.

[GenzoTheHarpist]

I don't see why a law saying you can't sell hentai to minors is "suckish and makes no sense".

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[quote name='GenzoTheHarpist' timestamp='1292286020' post='4850365']
I don't see why a law saying you can't sell hentai to minors is "suckish and makes no sense".
[/quote]
Because no one cares.

[Nu.]

[quote name='GenzoTheHarpist' timestamp='1292286020' post='4850365']
I don't see why a law saying you can't sell hentai to minors is "suckish and makes no sense".
[/quote]

If that's a tl;dr of the above paragraph, I'm f***ing moving to Tokyo. <3

[Zeppeli Gyro Supreme]

So they're basically creating the regulation laws that comic books fell under in the US a long time ago? I remember that you weren't even allowed to show someone sweating profusely at that time (though I don't think this would go to that extreme). It's my personal feeling that any behaviors that people would be influenced to do from reading manga or watching anime are already there if they seriously consider it.

[Icy]

[quote name='=Evangelion=' timestamp='1292286149' post='4850371']
Because no one cares.
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They will care soon enough if it's heavily regulated. If not, then it's their as a whisper.

This law is not suckish, and I'm surprised it wasn't instated sooner (but then again I don't know the Japanese political system). Either way, I just have this to say; [i]"About damn time."[/i]

[Catterjune]

[quote name='GenzoTheHarpist' timestamp='1292286020' post='4850365']
I don't see why a law saying you can't sell hentai to minors is "suckish and makes no sense".
[/quote]
This is my thoughts on the subject, pretty much.

[CrabHelmet]

[quote name='slayer_supreme' timestamp='1292289737' post='4850574']
So they're basically creating the regulation laws that comic books fell under in the US a long time ago? I remember that you weren't even allowed to show someone sweating profusely at that time (though I don't think this would go to that extreme). It's my personal feeling that any behaviors that people would be influenced to do from reading manga or watching anime are already there if they seriously consider it.
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The U.S. comics regulations were way more extreme. It's speculated that superheroes dominated comics in the Silver Age primarily because the insane censorship codes banned just about everything else, like police procedurals.

[Ieyasu Tokugawa]

Your title is misleading, made me think they were completely banning anything remotely sexual or violent. All they're doing is putting an age limit, and people will still be able to bypass that with the use of friends and family members.

[Sаmurai]

Internet porn feels lonely and abused, internet porn says: "You can read violent / hentai based manga's for free on me!"

Bye.

[Mehmani]

[quote name='=Evangelion=' timestamp='1292286149' post='4850371']
Because no one cares.
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I wonder if Japanese parents that don't want their children reading cartoony BDSM would agree?

[Nu.]

[quote name='Sаmurai' timestamp='1292347565' post='4852004']
Internet porn feels lonely and abused, internet porn says: "You can read violent / hentai based manga's for free on me!"

Bye.
[/quote]

Hello. <3

[Tentacruel]

[quote name='=Evangelion=' timestamp='1292284795' post='4850299']
materials that are "sexually stimulating, encourages cruelty, and/or may compel suicide or criminal behavior" to people under the age of 18.
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Goodbye Love Hina, To-Love-Ru and a bunch of other mangas that I've never cared to read.

You will not be missed. (Maybe a little bit.)

[Sliver King]

My lawn can't have any grass longer than one inch.

[.Starrk]

I hope I don't get arrested for having Elfen Lied and Hellsing on my bookshelf......being that I live in Tokyo. =_= Oh well, it had to be done.

[Ieyasu Tokugawa]

[quote name='ADHD-Guitar' timestamp='1292369029' post='4852970']
Goodbye Love Hina, To-Love-Ru and a bunch of other mangas that I've never cared to read.

You will not be missed. (Maybe a little bit.)
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They aren't going away, you just have to be 18 or older to buy them.

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[quote name='Metagross386' timestamp='1292347016' post='4851987']All they're doing is putting an age limit, and people will still be able to bypass that with the use of friends and family members.
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No, they say that almost all manga and anime and stuff are going to be cut out due to violence. At least, as long as their base remains in Tokyo.

[Darth Duelist]

In China, you are only allowed one child. I don't know if this is completely true, see these links below. I wonder what they would do if you had 3 or something. Like kill the baby? That's cruel..
[url="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080709143123AAN0ehH"]http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080709143123AAN0ehH[/url]
[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-child_policy[/url]

[Grunt Issun]

In China, you can not intentionaly consume another mans wife in a dish of meat... damn, I was sooo looking forward to that!

[.Requiem]

In China you don't have to have only one child, but the benefits of having one child is a lot better then two. You get some tax cuts and some other stuff.

[Darth Duelist]

[quote name='Izanagi' timestamp='1292555768' post='4858550']
In China you don't have to have only one child, but the benefits of having one child is a lot better then two. You get some tax cuts and some other stuff.
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LOL I just said that read other posts before posting dude, or its counted as spam or whatever because you're posting the same idea.

[.Requiem]

I was responding to your post you said that you can only have one child. And then there comes my post, read before you post.

[Kizzi]

No more porno in my manga?

[GenzoTheHarpist]

[quote name='=Evangelion=' timestamp='1292391490' post='4853922']
No, they say that almost all manga and anime and stuff are going to be cut out due to violence. At least, as long as their base remains in Tokyo.
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I think they're just making it sound frightening so people will be more interested in the story. "Hentai can't be sold to kiddies" doesn't sound like a call to arms, does it?

[Kizzi]

[quote name='GenzoTheHarpist' timestamp='1292807649' post='4866112']
I think they're just making it sound frightening so people will be more interested in the story. "Hentai can't be sold to kiddies" doesn't sound like a call to arms, does it?
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It'd sure as hell piss me off.