Anime, manga and video games from Japan threatened by local legislation

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Written by Electra

Fans of anime, manga, and video games produced in Japan may soon notice changes in access to and the content of both professionally produced content and fanworks. The Tokyo metropolitan ordinance Bill 156, the “nonexistent crimes bill”, which goes into effect this year, aims to limit the distribution and content of these items in the metropolis.

The bill increases the powers of the Tokyo metropolitan government to regulate the sale and rental of “harmful” media to people under the age of 18. It also extends the current definition of “harmful” to cover material that "unjustifiably glorifies or exaggerates" certain sexual or pseudo-sexual acts; previous laws only limited distribution of material to under-18s that is "sexually stimulating, encourages cruelty, and/or may compel suicide or criminal behavior".

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Mirrored from an original post on the OTW Blog, where it is also available in Français, Deutsch and Español.

Anime, manga and video games from Japan threatened by local legislation

[helkalantto]

Written by Electra

Fans of anime, manga, and video games produced in Japan may soon notice changes in access to and the content of both professionally produced content and fanworks. The Tokyo metropolitan ordinance Bill 156, the “nonexistent crimes bill”, which goes into effect this year, aims to limit the distribution and content of these items in the metropolis.

The bill increases the powers of the Tokyo metropolitan government to regulate the sale and rental of “harmful” media to people under the age of 18. It also extends the current definition of “harmful” to cover material that "unjustifiably glorifies or exaggerates" certain sexual or pseudo-sexual acts; previous laws only limited distribution of material to under-18s that is "sexually stimulating, encourages cruelty, and/or may compel suicide or criminal behavior".

( Read more... )

Mirrored from an original post on the OTW Blog, where it is also available in Français, Deutsch and Español.