Quote:robkelk wrote:For one thing, "what happens in Tokyo happens everywhere" is in play. Tokyo is the single biggest market for these products, so if the restriction applies there than expect it to apply to all anime. Especially since it potentially covers broadcast and internet stuff as well. It's similar to the Walmart problem in the States. If Walmart won't carry your game, your game is going to do extremely poorly.
Now, maybe I'm reading that incorrectly, maybe there's a flaw in that story, or maybe the original report is in error. But what I'm getting out of this is that, in Tokyo, sales of what we would call "18+" material will be restricted to people aged 18+. How is this a bad thing?
Now, if the only effect of these was to reduce the number of panty-shots and furo-scenes and so on I would be the first to say "and nothing of value was lost". My opinions on the excessive use of rape and lolicon in anime are well known and I would like them to be gone.
However this prospect is entirely too broad. Considering the principle people behind it have gone on record as saying that gay people are aberrant and disgusting giving these people sweeping power to drive works involving LGBT themes out of the mainstream is a bad idea. And it would drive the stuff out of the mainstream. Look at the American ratings system and how much the "kiss of death" the A rating is to any product.
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