Jun 24 2009
That’s quite an extensive list of bans. (T_T)
If this is true, then cue mass hysteria/protests all across the otaku world…
EOCS have banned all of the following in eroge in Japan:
Rape
Loli
Gang Rape
Assault
Brutality
“Reverse” Rape
Shoujo
Adultery
“Reverse” Assault
Compulsion
Gangbangs
Student Council
Bestiality (i.e. catgirls)
Bondage
Coercion
Train Molestation
Enjo Kousai (Prostitution)
Incest
Torture
Binding
Pregnancy
Violation
Slaves
Pregnant Women
Confinement
Conception
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Source(s):
http://blog.livedoor.jp/dqnplus/archives/1277244.html
http://zepy.momotato.com/2009/06/23/online-dl-shop-reveals-new-restrictions/
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/06/24/eroge-taliban-take-over-all-fetishes-banned-in-eroge/ (NSFW!!!!!)
I don’t quite know what to think of that. Is there even any eroge in existence that *doesn’t* have at least one of the above in it?
On the one hand it’s not a government ban, it’s just a ban by the ratings group, but normally those sorts of bans would just result in games companies working around the silly restrictions, however this looks pretty extensive. Perhaps games makers will now start only selling their games online and “unrated”.
As i refrained from writing a long rambling post, feel free to make up for that by adding your own long rambling rage-induced comments…
June 24th, 2009 at 16:30pm
I can’t even be bothered getting emotional about it, so fed up of the US/UK/AUS pro-censorship lobby throwing their weight about in this world.
Funnily seems the unicef good will ambassador recently split up from his 16 year old girlfriend. Do what we say not what we do I think.
June 24th, 2009 at 16:34pm
wait no, she was 16 when they got together – he was 24. O well it’s all alright then, although he’s saying you can’t watch drawn 16 year olds bang, I don’t understand that.
It’s alright for him to bang a 16 year old real girl when he’s in his mid twenties, but not for a computer sprite to bang another computer sprite? What a world.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:05am
Shoot, what’s left? I think the list of things allowed is a shorter list.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:06am
All i can say is JAST’s industry panel at AX is going to be fun, no doubt they’re scrambling around right now re-writing all of what they planned to say.
As for what’s left… yaoi. Oh joy.
(Actually… do aliens/robots fall under beastiality, and do traps fall under shoujo when wearing dresses? lol)
June 25th, 2009 at 6:32am
I guess moral crusaders can pat themselves on the back for this one. At last, the public is safe from depraved works such as ToHeart2 *ignores multi-billion dollar AV industry*
June 25th, 2009 at 20:57pm
I had a thought – could this infact be an opportunity for jast (bare with me a moment)most of the stuff on the list is completly legal in the states and they’d have quite a hard time banning it due to those rule things the Americans have (American people may be pretty mad but their Courts are quite good and you can wrap stuff up in courts for decades – and yanks hate being told what to do.)
Now if the Japanese companies are heavily reduced in their abilities to operate in Japan could they not operate via JAST the companies transfer rights to JAST have a nice royalty deal and Jast release the game from their US branch (subbed of course), the Japanese fans can then import at higher costs netting jast and the original developer a nice return.
But lol at the AV industry – all the games companies should just move over to the same ratings board – 3 way? Jeez how about an 8 way! Whilst she’s still wearing a school uniform, and a gimp mask, whilst being tied and bound.