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Wow, that's...actually pretty big news for Japan. 
 
Assuming it gets passed, not that many things get passed into law there.

The way I interpreted ANN's article on the topic and being able to get a translation on the source they got the news from, it looks like it's only Tokyo Prefecture that this legislation would effect if passed into law.
 
Here's a link to the blog article translated into English via Google.

yes all of otaku will move faraway from tokyo

@cfatalis:  Which would no doubt cripple Akihabara financially if the otaku fanbase steer clear of Tokyo. XD

@Dream: which in turn cripples tokyo economy

I'm interested to see how this is going to turn out.

@JJOR64 said:

" I'm interested to see how this is going to turn out. "

if it got passed? really bad
if it doesn't ? status quo
 
@HeeroYuy said:

" @crusader8463: For once I find my viewpoint in perfect alignment with your comment... "

second, i am ussually the happy happy joy joy guy , but this?

@crusader8463 said:

" @darkcyder: While it is true that i would to see a lot less moe school kid crap getting made, but the part about this that pisses me off is what it says about one of my all time favorite Anime. Under this law they are saying that Please Teacher!, which i believe to be one of if not the greatest and most moving love stories i have ever had the please of watching, is wrong and that it should never have been made. That's the part about this that gets me pissed off. "

that and negima and pretty much every anime that i like

Got to say. I think that since this law has gone this far. It may actually pass. I can't see why their law makers would actually vote no against it. How do you explain that to your voters saying no on something like this?
 
Just under the age of 18 is pretty much the hallmark of many anime and manga series. A lot involve characters who are in highschool. It's really the target market. Just look at Code Geass. Those character's didn't start out 18 and a lot of fan service scenes were made of Kallen and C.C. Not to forget Nina's famous Table Love scene. What about characters who only look underage but are older?
 
Then you have the problem of how you define "lustful". A lot of different things are seen as lustful to different people. Sort of like when laws are made involving indecency. Who is deciding what is indecent?

Something like this could probably hurt a major portion of the economy in anime publication. A lot of animes are often based on manga. What if a manga creator wants to make such a character? Are people want to buy the anime is that character is no longer present or is suddenly blurred out every time they are on camera?

i just don't get why they seem to think they need to go through so much to protect people from pixels on a screen. I do question that even if it passes, who decides if a character looks under 18 and under what criteria? I'd laugh if there were some stereotypical older Japanese woman that looks to be in high school on that panel. 
 
Honestly, when you think about it, such a ban could really put a hit on Tokyo financially. Suddenly banning half of the anime market wouldn't go over well. At all.

@Renk said:

" i just don't get why they seem to think they need to go through so much to protect people from pixels on a screen. I do question that even if it passes, who decides if a character looks under 18 and under what criteria? I'd laugh if there were some stereotypical older Japanese woman that looks to be in high school on that panel.   Honestly, when you think about it, such a ban could really put a hit on Tokyo financially. Suddenly banning half of the anime market wouldn't go over well. At all. "

this post, has truth in it