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kaiotte

All Call: Need help with an assignment

Feb 17, 2010 12:11

Background:
I volunteer at the LGBT & Ally Resource Room on campus. We host Open Houses/Tea Times on the last Wednesday of the month, each with a different theme. They're not big and last from 11am-2pm. We provide tea, snackies, topic of discussion, and info. We finally figured for this month we're doing Media and Censorship.

What I need help with:
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anonymous February 18 2010, 04:52:04 UTC

I mean, Revolutionary Girl Utena has a lot of LBGT overtones, what with the main character being so butchy (she wants to be a prince, yo).

And while I've never seen it, I know that Strawberry Panic! (my sister has mentioned it before, and upon further (albeit minor) googling, I have confirmed) is very lesbian-oriented.

Ranma 1/2 is pretty silly, but the whole gender-shifting deal definitely opens it up for argument.

That's at least three, but I know there must be more out there!

(are you sure you're not just using us to find more interesting porn? *waggles her eyebrows at you*)

ansur2 February 18 2010, 04:52:40 UTC

Er, that was me. Didn't realize I wasn't signed in!

ansur2 February 18 2010, 04:57:43 UTC

Also, as far as actual censorship of any of those above-mentioned shows, you're going to have to do some research. I would assume it would depend on when they were brought and translated to American soil -- as in, what year, so you can correlate weird translations (i.e. the Sailor girls becoming "cousins," something that never matches up with the on-screen depiction) with the real-world events going on at the time.

Also, the fact that the LGBT norm in Japan is seriously different than here is going to skew practically everything... I dunno, dude, I think you should probably come up with a new thesis statement (maybe along the similar lines as your teacher/whoever wanted, except saying like, "The Japanese LGBT culture of the 80s and 90s didn't translate well into the mainstream American LGBT culture until the late 90s, early 2000s." something like that?) She can't fault you if there just isn't any proof out there that American translators weren't actively trying to censor anything.

kaiotte February 18 2010, 05:10:54 UTC

Wow, I think you're too much in writer or grad school mode. :P

This is a a little tea time. I create 10 "facts" that are two sentences at most each. And I know I can fill in a bit but I was hoping for new info/insights. This you have provided. Don't worry, it's just discussion diving points, ya know? So my "boss" is cool with whatever we give her.

Thanks for the added info!

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gramarye1971 February 19 2010, 06:15:42 UTC

Here are a few general censorship points regarding anime and manga in Japan.

- You'll sometimes see certain anime episodes get pulled from TV because of connections to RL incidents. The last episode of the School Days TV series (based on an ero-game) was pulled from broadcast because its extremely violent ending hit too close to home. It's the origin of the 4chan meme 'Nice Boat', if you know that one.
- The last episode of Excel Saga, which was deliberately made to be so over the top that it was unsuitable for broadcast (and was a DVD-only release), contained ridiculous amounts of blood, lots of porno-inspired posing by both the male and female characters, and one or two bleeped-out references to sarin gas attacks and guys who lock up schoolgirls in cellars (both crimes that had recently occurred in Japan when the series was airing ( ... )