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OrlandoWeddings — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:20:40 -0000

becareful the media's effect on children

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Elexa — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:10:41 -0000

I hope this violent anime is not watched by children

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shutters — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:25:24 -0000

Interesting take on this, I am going to read the other posts.

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savile row — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:24:25 -0000

this is a really cool blog. I have been looking for some good insight into manga.

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BusbyTest — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 03:21:08 -0000

OHHHH this is so violent anime.

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anon — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:28:42 -0000

Haveave you heard of 'higurashi no naku koro ni'? It is one of the most distrubing things I have ever encountered. 'school days' is also pretty disturbing, I've read the manga for it and watched the last episode. I really don't see how people can come up with those kinds of things. I hope it wasn't targeted for young children, because some of the ideas were pretty intense.

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Zane — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:56:31 -0000

They really shouldn't be airing this stuff on kid's times anyway, it should be after watershed time to prevent any of these problems occuring ^^;

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Howard — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:36:28 -0000

think about battle royale too

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Anonymous — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:43:26 -0000

Kinda old news but nevertheless America has it's stupidities such as that one boy who killed himself over an ipod getting stolen.

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Lee — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:48:03 -0000

Heh, that is a discussion for another time/article.

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ショーゴ — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:45:19 -0000

to zi-hong: haven't you ever heard of lolicon?

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zi-hong — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:48:54 -0000

megaman: if you mean the gyaru subcultures of ganguro, yamanba, banba, etc., yes, it is a trend. Shibuya seems to be the place to be for this subculture.

This article was actually surprising to me, as I haven't heard much of the modern negatives of Japan.

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megaman — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:07:14 -0000

i liked the article, perhaps other topics in this area of the dark side of japan i have heard some things rumored about could be illegal dating clubs targeting underage girls, underground sex market, widely accepted gorey/bondage comics, subway gropers idk i cant think of anything else right now but also whats with those girls painted their faces brown is that really a trend???

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Mary F. — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:06:11 -0000

This is completely insane, I must say... But this kind of thing happens all over the world. :/

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Kirby — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:06:12 -0000

Well, I lol'd when I saw Nevada-tan
But, I don't have this misconception about Japan. In fact, my understanding may be slightly worse then what it is actually like.

I just love it when white people go to Japan and try to fit in. Even though Japan is hates the US for obvious reasons (I hope), and Korea. They're mad at Korea (Koreans also hate Japan) because they both do the same thing, and blame each other for stealing it

Dance Dance Revolution VS. Pump It Up etc...

In short, lol.

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Najica — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:24:56 -0000

yeah, Higurashi kai did get cancled on a few stations and got late, some of the stations even decided to cancel the anime totally, lucky there is still 2 or 3 stations that airs it ^.^
Although i don't know about school days (since i havn't seen it) although animes like Higurashi noramlly isn't so bloody. i mean you never get to see when tex Keiichi uses his bat to kill someone

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Lee — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:57:47 -0000

Oh, but this didn't occur on all stations. There are still adult timeslots late at night which can air these shows. However, it might mean that anime with more mature content will be progressively moved into later time slots on many stations.

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Lee — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:56:05 -0000

Well, that might be the way people see things over here. But clearly they're reconsidering their belief in the media's effect on children, considering that they canceled SD's last episode, and, I believe, most of another violent anime "Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni's" second season. Higurashi aired with no problems two seasons or so ago.

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Onimusha Nosferatu — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:38:07 -0000

hi lee. movies like battle royale and suicide club shouldn’t be blamed for ppl’s actions. (my sensei did tell me about ppl copying the movie ping pong though.) they should be seen from some angles as a comment on society. i like japanese movies/anime w/ death. they bring a beauty to the morbidity.

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Viet — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:29:59 -0000

You should fix your links.. They are point to no-no land.