China Blacklisting A Lot Of Anime/Manga Titles

[MOONPHASE]

The Chinese Ministry of Culture announced on Monday that it has blacklisted 38 Japanese anime and manga titles from distribution in China, online or in print.

These titles include:

Terror In Resonance
Blood-C
Highschool Of The Dead
Ergo Proxy
Parasyte
The Skull Man
Another
Inferno Cop
Afro Samurai
Tokyo Ghoul √A
Sword Art Online II
Tokyo ESP
Tokyo Ravens
Devil May Cry
RIN - Daughters Of Mnemosyne
The Testament Of Sister New Devil
Attack On Titan
Corpse Party
Strike The Blood
Death Note
Deadman Wonderland
Date A Live II
Psycho-Pass
Devil Lady
School Days
Those Who Hunt Elves
Elfen Lied
High School DxD
Samurai Bride
So, I Can't Play H!
Girls Bravo: Second Season
Kanokon
Aesthetica Of A Rogue Hero
Sakura Diaries
Black Butler
Claymore
Dance In The Vampire Bund

Senior Ministry official Liu Qiang stated, "The list is the result of evaluations by investigators, reviews by the ministry and the opinions of experts. It aims to guide websites in the proper review and importation of comics and animations."

Liu also stated that more titles will be added to the list.

As of April 1, new regulations in China require video websites to seek approval to stream foreign media. At the time, the ministry began blacklisting titles that "include scenes of violence, pornography, terrorism and crimes against public morality." Websites hosting this content were put under investigation.

According to the Ministry, 29 Chinese websites have now been fined and given warnings to remove the material or else risk losing their business licenses. These websites include Baidu Inc's iQiyi, Sohu.com Inc., Tencent, Leshi Internet Information & Technology Corp Beijing (LeTV), and Youku Tudou. In addition, eight websites were shut down for hosting content without license.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...e-manga/.89055

[Naiera]

[Sylontack]

Tbh; SAO, H and Aesthetica should probably be blacklisted in more places. Let's be real here.

[Naiera]

Sword Art Online for... What?

[insomniac013]

Ahh to live in a fascist society...

[NLScavenger]

Inferno Cop

lol

[Thomas Guycott]

LOL, half of these are titles nobody is watching or reading anymore.

Sakura Diaries? Those Who Hunt Elves?

Way to keep your finger on the pulse, China.

[K i r a]

Originally Posted by Naiera

Sword Art Online for... What?

For being a terrible show.

[Show spoiler]No troll. TWICE I tried Season 1 and whenever Yui comes in with her "mommy? Daaaaadddyy?" I cringe and just give up. Terribly paced show.

[Naiera]

I liked it a lot.

[Trig]

Originally Posted by K i r a

For being a terrible show.

[Show spoiler]No troll. TWICE I tried Season 1 and whenever Yui comes in with her "mommy? Daaaaadddyy?" I cringe and just give up. Terribly paced show.

Probably the only show i will never watch, though i should give the 1st 3 episodes a try which people said were the only good ones lol.

[MOONPHASE]

Season 1 was awesome. But watching Season 2 on Toonami makes me feel like it kind of ruins what made the 1st Season fun to watch.

[SeaFox]

Originally Posted by insomniac013

Ahh to live in a fascist society...

Or a police state?

Ergo Proxy
Psycho Pass

I do feel bad for them missing out on Parasyte, though.

[Scarface32]

It's China, what do you expect?

[iank]

Originally Posted by insomniac013

Ahh to live in a fascist society...

Don't worry, the West is catching up fast these days.

[MOONPHASE]

The screening of Attack On Titan that was planned for "Japan Film Week" at the Shanghai International Film Festival was abruptly cancelled, just days before the start of the festival. The festival will run from June 13 to June 21, and the 10th Japan Film Week would have screened Attack On Titan and seven other works this year.

The Mainichi Shimbun paper reports that according to Japanese sources related to the matter, the anime was previously inspected and approved, but the film festival's executive committee were abruptly informed only on Tuesday that they could not screen the anime.

The Chinese Ministry of Culture announced on Monday that it has blacklisted 38 Japanese anime and manga titles, including Attack On Titan, from online or print distribution in China. Senior Ministry official Liu Qiang stated, "The list is the result of evaluations by investigators, reviews by the ministry and the opinions of experts. It aims to guide websites in the proper review and importation of comics and animations."

As of April 1, new regulations in China require video websites to seek approval to stream foreign media. At the time, the ministry began blacklisting titles that "include scenes of violence, pornography, terrorism and crimes against public morality" that would induce minors to commit crimes. Websites hosting this content were put under investigation.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...lm-fest/.89121

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by MOONPHASE

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...lm-fest/.89121

"...that would induce minors to commit crimes."

So minors in China only commit crimes if they see violence in animation?

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

"...that would induce minors to commit crimes."

So minors in China only commit crimes if they see violence in animation?

We laugh now but wait till soccer moms in America force distributors to be more stringent about who they sell anime to.

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

We laugh now but wait till soccer moms in America force distributors to be more stringent about who they sell anime to.

Just as long as people over 18 don't have a problem, I'm fine with it. If however, soccer moms make it so certain types of anime are banned in the U.S., then I'll have issue with that.

I still remember when some mom got Toys "R" Us to ban Dragonball manga because it had "naught stuff in it" She bought the book for her son without flipping through the pages. It's her own fault that he saw a young Goku and Bulma take a bath together. (oddly enough, the mom was more upset about them taking a bath together, hidden from the neck down, than she was with the Goku's bare bottom being exposed.)

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

Just as long as people over 18 don't have a problem, I'm fine with it. If however, soccer moms make it so certain types of anime are banned in the U.S., then I'll have issue with that.

I still remember when some mom got Toys "R" Us to ban Dragonball manga because it had "naught stuff in it" She bought the book for her son without flipping through the pages. It's her own fault that he saw a young Goku and Bulma take a bath together. (oddly enough, the mom was more upset about them taking a bath together, hidden from the neck down, than she was with the Goku's bare bottom being exposed.)

Children taking a bath together, oh no, the world is ending.

[Dragon Tattoo]

Originally Posted by Sylontack

Tbh; SAO, H and Aesthetica should probably be blacklisted in more places. Let's be real here.