I suggest that you should read the whole thread from page 5 to grasp fully what's going on.
Pretty outdated but quite necessary information:
! > A legislative proposal that aims to amend the current child pornography law was submitted on the 24th of February this year and being reviewed by the Tokyo’s committee. According to sources, it might not be long before the committee starts to vote on the proposed law, and the voted results could become law by this October.
In the proposed amendments, depiction of non-existent youth (yes, that means 2D characters) aged below 18 will face restrictions and in addition to that, internet usage for Japanese minors will be restricted through usage of filtering software in both internet cafes as well as mobile phones.
It is mentioned that the proposal will be presented to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly’s General Affairs Committee on the 18th of March, and voting by the committee will be on the 19th of March. If all goes well, the entire assembly will be voting on the proposal on the 30th of March. If the proposed law is passed by the assembly, the loli ban will probably go into full effect as soon as the 1st of October.
! While the way these things are phrased seems intended to target mostly pedophilia, apparently the wording is much broader, with potentially much larger ramifications.
! The first post on the subject from this thread is below. This is biased scare tactic fan speculation. Slightly legitimate, but stated in a wild, hard to follow or believe fashion. This is pretty much said in the worst way possible to get a reaction, without getting any real facts across. (this is why the first couple pages of the thread are crazy, sarcastic and skeptical)
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! > This is a law intended to ban all sexual behaviors of fictional characters who LOOK below 18. Don't tell me how they're going to judge but if this is true, not only it will be the end of yaoi (as not only are the shota pron in danger but the whole genre of school yaoi will DIE) and imagine just what size that will be. In addition, Naruto, Reborn, Code Geass, and basically 99% of manga will perish with this law because characters who are fighting there are definitely below 18. The tricky thing about this law is that they're not really advertising the law, it's not on the news and nobody except a very small proportion of people even know about it.If they pass that shit piece of law (which is likely at this moment because many people, even Japanese, don't know about the law so they don't even have a chance to oppose to the law), it'll be DOOMSDAY really for me.
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http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0315/TKY201003150446.html
! Search google if you want more informations. Google translation will help as well.
I didn't think the part about fighting is accurate.
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From Japanator (trustworthy)
! > "Any character that regardless of actual age has an appearance of being under 18, and has a possibility of causing youths to lust for or possibility of bringing this fantasy to real life, will have to be censored"
! I don't exactly care abour Naruto or Bleach, but Kenichi, Berserk … Many shounen has fanservices from under 18 years old characters.
Oda let Luffy pass the age of 17 anyway. Nami is 18 from the beginning.[/hide]
! legitimate concerns from Aohige
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I hate to inform you this, but you're wrong.
! This IS a huge deal, and there ARE major (and I mean MAJOR like Fujiko Fujio A and Go Nagai, living legends) protesting.
! This isn't a "anti pedo law" like you described.
It can even ban something like Berserk, because it has a depiction of the protagonist's trauma by being raped at the young age.
There's a reason why manga artists are up in arms…. no, it's not a misunderstanding at all, and it's a very dangerous law that could annihilate portion of the entire manga industry. And I'm not talking about adult manga, I'm talking about seinen, shounen, and shoujo markets.[/hide]
! Mangaka who oppose the law: http://apforums.net/showpost.php?p=1596572&postcount=55
[hide]I'm too lazy and unpassionate about the deal to start a new thread, robby.
! Anyways, manga artist ARE taking action against the deal.
And we're not talking about some obsecure adult manga aritsts… we're talking about living legends.
! Fujiko Fujio A - legendary partner of late Fujiko F. Fujio, and author of many classic masterpieces
Nagai Go - Devil Man, Cutey Honey, Mazinger series, and countless classic masterpieces
Saitoh Takao - Golgo 13
Adachi Mitsuru - Touch, Miyuki, H2
Takahashi Rumiko - Urusei Yatsura, Maison Ikkoku, Ranma, Inuyasha
Aoyama Goushou - Detective Conan (Case Closed), YAIBA
Motomiya Hiroshi - Otoko ippiki Gaki-daisho, Salaryman Kintaro
Chiba Tetsuya - Ashita no Joe
Kunitomo Yasuyuki - 10 billion yen man, JUNK BOY
Hirokane Kenshi - Shima Kousaku series
Kawaguchi Kaiji - Zipang, The Silent Service
Fujisawa Tooru - GTO
Itagaki Keisuke - Baki series
Hagio Moto - The Lost heart for Toma, The Clan of Poes
Akamatsu Ken - Love Hina, Negima
Watashiya Kaoru - Kodomo no Jikan
Imagawa Yasuhiro - Director of Giant Robo OVA, G Gundam, and the recent Shin Mazinger Z
Yasuhiko Yoshikazu - Character designer for the original Mobile Suits Gundam, Z Gundam, F91, Combattler V, Zambot, and many other classic anime
! I mean, damn, what an impressive list.
First of all, you can't find a legend bigger than Fujiko Fujio in the manga industry that's still alive today.
And many others on the list are no less of a star, including Nagai Go, and Rumiko Takahashi.
! Jump artists aren't listed on there, but the author of Inukami did draw protest about the bill as a content of his manga with his characters voicing logical reasons why this is a terrible idea, and published in last week's Jump.
! And the law isn't a simple anti-pedophilia law.
The bill, which they are trying to pass in Tokyo prefecture, prohibits any depiction of sexually suggestive or activities of minors, regardless of context or the expilicity of the content. Unless the content is sold as adult-only.
! For example, something like Berserk can be banned in Tokyo, simply because the protagonist's traumatic past of being raped is depicted. Or the scenes with Princess Charlotte and Griffth, followed by her father's madness. These were obviously not depicted in pornographic nature, but the bill would still prohibit this.
! So the bill mainly affects seinen (青年), shounen, and shoujo manga.
seinen (成年, adult only) manga will not be affected.[/hide]
! A site to contribute signatures to oppose the law:
! > hereStep 1 Step 2
! A helpful article:
http://2chan.us/wordpress/2010/03/10/translation-yoshitoshi-abe/
! > the whole legislation is an unconstitutional and ridiculous piece of legislation
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Update:New information:
http://apforums.net/showpost.php?p=2041605&postcount=187
 
