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I would like to bump this post for a good reason. On one of my facebook groups, I was talking about the censorship in anime. Now, I know some of you don't care about anime, but unfortuently, Americans view anime as cartoons for kids. That's why anime gets butchered to the "Mickey Mouse" level. And that what makes anime fans (including myself) tick. For example, I read that a woman's cleavage is "erased" in the American edits of anime, especially in Salior Moon. Hello, don't we see cleavage on Deal or No Deal and on MTV? I mean, cleavage is not nudity.
Besides, we are more conservative with how shows should be aired than in Japan. In Japan, people are more comfortable with their kids watching nudity than we are. Many Americans tend to think that all nudity is porn. IT'S NOT!!! If nudity includes sexual penetration, then it's a different story.
If anime fans want the uncut version, then they would have to buy a multi-region DVD player and shell lots of money to buy the DVDs where there are no English subtitles.
The bottom line is that, if the parents don't like what they see on TV, they can turn it off. Read a book, for crying out loud.
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