Less of a vent and more of a facepalm.
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/02/an...ls-for-review/
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/02/se...e-of-children/
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Less of a vent and more of a facepalm.
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/02/an...ls-for-review/
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/02/se...e-of-children/
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Just be aware that if this thing gathers steam, it's not manga that's issue it's what the gov't will try to sneak past the Senate.Originally Posted by DELTAprime
Less of a vent and more of a facepalm.
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/02/an...ls-for-review/
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2020/02/se...e-of-children/
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When people stand uncomfortably close to you in the register line.
You move along a bit to give yourself a little room ...
And they step closer? What is their problem? Grrrr
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Fart in their general direction.
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Wait and now there is more!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-...rines/12026180
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-...anime/12012522
I can say I feel bad for the official who has figurines in his office. One is described as scantily clad. I'm really curious about which figure caused offense, and what the other figures were. Just gonna come out and say it though, personally I think they are bullying and shaming him. If he has a bunch of sexy female figures, even if its just a style or fully wearing clothes, people are gonna freak out causes he is a male. Oh I don't know the full story, but I know from past experience at work I have had other team mates joke about collecting toys. It has been quite embarrassing at times, but I never actually bring them to work with me. Anyway been an adult toy and figure collector, there are always a bunch of people who are gonna think its strange, in fact its going to be alien to some people. Depends on where you work, will determine if its work appropriate. For example if you are in a creative industry, I would think it should be part of the work space.
Just a final note, I think the said official is very foolish. If your male and you have female anime figures in your office, your gonna piss off someone. People are gonna freak out if your a grown man and collect dolls! everyone sees differently though a different lens. Not judging, just saying
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I also agree that the official should not have bought those figures to work since it is still somewhat of a stigma (which is slowly turning, Lego seems to be widely accepted now). No matter what, someone will probably be offended by those figures, especially without context.
If the review on the classifications guidelines end up banning those works from sale, it doesn't actually stop consumption of it. Manga and anime has widely been available online (official or otherwise), and this will not stop. People will use VPNs to avoid being caught or get around censors. I'm not saying that there is nothing wrong right now, but it feels like a knee-jerk misguided and biased view from a politician.
This feels exactly like that first wave of banned sites that ISPs were forced to do last year. The next day, people were already finding ways to get around it and it felt like such a waste of money.
"sometimes the things you see might not be real and the things that are real you might not see"
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I found another article regarding the figurines. The article was produced around the same time, and mentions the figures were in fact not Anime at all! they were a collection of DC and Marvel figures based on the movie characters. The offending figure was Harley Quinn in shorts, also there was a shirtless Jared Leto figure! What a joke. So the ABC left out the info about the figures on purpose, so that they could push Anti-Anime agenda. Also as mentioned in this article, there was also a one stage, a big cardboard cut out of Donald Trump! I'm sure some will not approve, but I'll make the crack, Make Anime Great Again !
https://www.afr.com/rear-window/trib...0200305-p5472i
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Settle down, no one's going to take your anime away from you, we've been down this road before and it tends to reset to zero.
When I used to work at Phantom Zone we had a shipment delayed for almost a month because customs thought Crow, Flesh and Blood was literally crow flesh and blood. That was the late 90's.
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Aww...
I was hoping they would have at least been of something interesting. Like, if he'd had a hand-painted figurine of Doctor Krieger's virtual girlfriend from Archer then that would have at least had some points for style, but movie-based Marvel and DC figurines? BORING
Also now I really want a high-end, clear-plastic model of Krieger's virtual girlfriend, with select voice samples from the show...
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What next? Those damn SJWs gonna make me take down my waifu pillow from my office couch ?!?
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