Studying up on the so-called "anti-otaku law"...
"Censored In Tokyo?"
Last I heard; the law's suppose to "heavily regulate" what the anime, manga, and video game industry creates. It's suppose to be an effort by the Tokyo government to control what ends up in the hands of children. Because, apparently, it's too late (to a certain extent). (Thank you oh so very much, "My Little Sister...")
Said anime, manga, and video game had combined in order to fight against the bill. They've even excluded themselves from the "Tokyo International Anime Fair." (And they should pull the word "International" from out of the title since Japan is so introverted and nationalistic anyway...) We find out that Tokyo's governer Shintaro Ishihara hates gays (or else he wouldn't've said anything about it). So, of course and collectively, the anime / manga / video game industry went DOUBLE HYDROGEN BOMB on itself when they find out that the government can dictate what good and what's bad.
Here's the kicker I found on the first link: Companies that produce the offending material, not retailers (like in the US), can come under fire (and get their uncleaned asses kicked).
Some people had gotten on their soap boxes, made their statements, and threatened to stop doing what they've been doing whilst telling their loyal fanbase to take their anger out at the government. Others, like the little bitches over at SanCOCK Complex, resorted to bitching, moaning, and reducing Ishihara to a dart board for every imaginable insult under the sun.
However: Japan's anime / manga / video game industry... No. Japan's animu / mango / dating sim industry had yet to prove that they can create anything other than crap that's popular and money-making amongst society's school drop-outs, losers, NEETs, the reality-challenged the obese, and the unwashed.
Unfortunately, most of the important people herein are suffering from "memory lapse syndrome." The animu / mango / dating sim market is STILL a niche market with only a few titles making it into the spotlight of the outside world. If the people behind those titles weren't loudly patting themselves on the back (ala Evangelion, Summer Wars, everything KyotoAnimu, and everything $unrise / Bancolding$), they'd never stand a chance. The same people couldn't even stand the live-action versions of anime franchises. (Dragonball, anybody?)
I truly don't know, though. I saw the movie "Barb Wire" (staring Pamela Anderson Lee) and thought it was horrible. (Pam does better porn than this.) And the main idea is that "anything that focuses on boobs is, without argument, poorly written." But in Japan's case; anything that's popular amongst the otaku / #channers is, without argument, poorly written.
I heard about Sekirei. "Pokemon for otaku," male lead is a freaking loser (despite what else had been said about him), yet another stupid T&A show. $#17 should've been straight-up H like Variable Geo Neo.
If the male lead WASN'T a loser who successfully managed to get into a high school or university... Or if he wasn't a jibbering, blubbering mass of flesh when he's amongst women... The show he would be in would not even exist in the eyes of the otaku. The popularity of the next otaku $#17 would TOTALLY SMASH the competition...
But hey. Creepy otaku had been known to leave a lot of harm and damage in their wake once they've been backed into a corner. Remember that guy who drove into Akihabara for a killing spree? Or the animu industry's nationalistic view against anybody non-Japanese? (Asobi ni Ikuyo. The lack of popularity for Ironman and Heroman. The harsh treatment of every secondary male lead of every dating sim whose hair is blonde and whatnot.)
I was there during the time when everybody drove Japanese cars, LOVED sushi, and thought samurai and ninja were F###ING AWESOMAGE orz. \_(-_-)_/
Last I heard; the law's suppose to "heavily regulate" what the anime, manga, and video game industry creates. It's suppose to be an effort by the Tokyo government to control what ends up in the hands of children. Because, apparently, it's too late (to a certain extent). (Thank you oh so very much, "My Little Sister...")
Said anime, manga, and video game had combined in order to fight against the bill. They've even excluded themselves from the "Tokyo International Anime Fair." (And they should pull the word "International" from out of the title since Japan is so introverted and nationalistic anyway...) We find out that Tokyo's governer Shintaro Ishihara hates gays (or else he wouldn't've said anything about it). So, of course and collectively, the anime / manga / video game industry went DOUBLE HYDROGEN BOMB on itself when they find out that the government can dictate what good and what's bad.
Here's the kicker I found on the first link: Companies that produce the offending material, not retailers (like in the US), can come under fire (and get their uncleaned asses kicked).
Some people had gotten on their soap boxes, made their statements, and threatened to stop doing what they've been doing whilst telling their loyal fanbase to take their anger out at the government. Others, like the little bitches over at SanCOCK Complex, resorted to bitching, moaning, and reducing Ishihara to a dart board for every imaginable insult under the sun.
However: Japan's anime / manga / video game industry... No. Japan's animu / mango / dating sim industry had yet to prove that they can create anything other than crap that's popular and money-making amongst society's school drop-outs, losers, NEETs, the reality-challenged the obese, and the unwashed.
Unfortunately, most of the important people herein are suffering from "memory lapse syndrome." The animu / mango / dating sim market is STILL a niche market with only a few titles making it into the spotlight of the outside world. If the people behind those titles weren't loudly patting themselves on the back (ala Evangelion, Summer Wars, everything KyotoAnimu, and everything $unrise / Bancolding$), they'd never stand a chance. The same people couldn't even stand the live-action versions of anime franchises. (Dragonball, anybody?)
I truly don't know, though. I saw the movie "Barb Wire" (staring Pamela Anderson Lee) and thought it was horrible. (Pam does better porn than this.) And the main idea is that "anything that focuses on boobs is, without argument, poorly written." But in Japan's case; anything that's popular amongst the otaku / #channers is, without argument, poorly written.
I heard about Sekirei. "Pokemon for otaku," male lead is a freaking loser (despite what else had been said about him), yet another stupid T&A show. $#17 should've been straight-up H like Variable Geo Neo.
If the male lead WASN'T a loser who successfully managed to get into a high school or university... Or if he wasn't a jibbering, blubbering mass of flesh when he's amongst women... The show he would be in would not even exist in the eyes of the otaku. The popularity of the next otaku $#17 would TOTALLY SMASH the competition...
But hey. Creepy otaku had been known to leave a lot of harm and damage in their wake once they've been backed into a corner. Remember that guy who drove into Akihabara for a killing spree? Or the animu industry's nationalistic view against anybody non-Japanese? (Asobi ni Ikuyo. The lack of popularity for Ironman and Heroman. The harsh treatment of every secondary male lead of every dating sim whose hair is blonde and whatnot.)
I was there during the time when everybody drove Japanese cars, LOVED sushi, and thought samurai and ninja were F###ING AWESOMAGE orz. \_(-_-)_/