Good bye!
In response to this law, the “nonexistent youths” of today are rejoicing, stating that finally they can live a normal life within their manga and anime universes without the worry of random sex scenes or the daily bath with brother. “I am just glad that someone is finally thinking about our fictional welfare, and not things like plummeting birth rate or North mother flipping Korea.” said one such loli. Though the cast of Strike Witches does not appear to be celebrating, for their entire existence might be erased from history.
We can do nothing more than wait for March 19 to arrive.
[Via ANN]
Assuming it gets passed, not that many things get passed into law there.
Here's a link to the blog article translated into English via Google.
if it got passed? really bad
if it doesn't ? status quo
@HeeroYuy said:
second, i am ussually the happy happy joy joy guy , but this?
HUZAH! SOME ONE FINALLY AGREES WITH ME ABOUT SOMETHING!
Doesn't Pass: nothing changes but people are a little more reasonable.
Passes: people are crazy, however they will actually have to make different shows instead of the same old shit.
that and negima and pretty much every anime that i like
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?
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