Japanese censors.

Chagen · 2011-03-16 05:46:32

GOD DAMMIT WANKO TO KURASOU

I SPEND EIGHT GOD DAMN HOURS PLAYING YOU TO GET TO THE PORN, AND I GET A CENSOR OVER THE GOOD BITS?!

AUGH GOD DAMMIT!

Bob · 2011-03-16 05:46:58

/is torn between agreeing emphatically and LOLing

AXavierB · 2011-03-16 06:04:16

I thought this was gonna be about how Japanese censorship barely hides anything. Drawing a thin line across the tip of a penis and saying it's "censored".

Chagen · 2011-03-16 06:05:55

Nah, Wanko features full-blown pixelization. Looks like the translation team couldn't edit that out...

Bob · 2011-03-16 06:06:37

^^That's what bugs me about it. It's even worse when, instead of a line, it's a tiny, barely noticeable squiggle. At that point, why even bother?

I've heard from someone that it's a fetish in Japan.

^Huh. That sucks.

Chagen · 2011-03-16 06:11:02

The laws are lax and allow for bullshitting liking that.

It was placed by the Americans after dubya-dubya-2, and was simply never repealed,

Bob · 2011-03-16 06:13:15

So, since the censor obviously doesn't have to actually censor anything, could an artist purposefully censor the wrong area? What I'm trying to ask is, could they censor the eyes instead of the vag / peen / anus / taint / nipples / whatever the hell they usually censor and get away with it?

Chagen · 2011-03-16 06:19:54

I think it has to be over the genital.

The thing is, given the law, a black bar is enough.

Bob · 2011-03-16 06:24:36

Or a minimum of 4 tiny pixels. Or a lazy white scribble, or that one small piece of genital, only inverted in color, or one eighth of a tootsie roll, or really anything.

Trash_Vortex · 2011-03-16 07:28:11

"WANKO"

Lol

vacasama · 2011-03-16 08:48:50

@ AXavierB

Depends on what kind of porn you're looking at. Manga, anime, or live action. I find the live action to tends be very pixelated.

Bob · 2011-03-16 08:54:36

Really? I've never seen live action porn censored before.

DonZabu · 2011-03-16 10:53:14

The Fetishes forum was practically in tears the first time I told them about this.

Stormtroper · 2011-03-16 11:01:09

I thought of all people tropers would know about it.

ClockworkUniverse · 2011-03-16 11:02:14

^^^Then you've probably never watched Japanese live action porn.

Trash_Vortex · 2011-03-16 11:23:49

^^^ What sort of tears?

DonZabu · 2011-03-16 13:32:36

^ Despair tears.

RocketDude · 2011-03-16 18:28:26

Yeah, even pixelization doesn't do much of a good job if you can use your imagination.

Vorpy · 2011-03-16 18:28:50

America and WWII is the reason Japan even has to censor everything.

ClockworkUniverse · 2011-03-16 18:29:59

Wait, does that mean that it's technically America that's responsible for tentacle porn?

RocketDude · 2011-03-16 18:32:45

^YES.

Sadly enough, that was our fault by proxy or whatever.

gIennmagusharvey · 2011-03-16 18:46:09

Naughty Tentacles
evolved after prohibition against the explicit depiction of genitalia
and pubic hair was written into the Japanese body of law long before
WWII. Since animators couldn't legally depict male genitalia, they
created a surrogate. The Urotsukidoji (Legend of the Overfiend) OAV series introduced monsters with one or more phallic
tentacles. Although these tentacles were "weaponized" for a very
pragmatic purpose (inasmuch as porn can be considered pragmatic), they
quickly became a powerful visual icon that's now internationally
associated with erotic anime... and sometimes, anime in general.

DonZabu · 2011-03-16 18:59:43

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dream_of_the_Fisherman's_Wife

Nyktos · 2011-03-17 13:16:19

I don't see how pixelating genitals instantly ruins the porn, but whatever. (Also, yeah, "Wanko" is a hilarious name for a hentai.)

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