Tokyo’s manga ban has been signed into law after passing a final vote, and is set to come into effect in 2011, with Tokyo governor Ishihara crowing that “Japan still has some common sense left after all!”
The ban already passed a committee vote, and as expected also passed a final vote on the 15th – the law stipulates that “voluntary restraints” must begun in April of 2011, with the full force of the ban to come in July.
Could somebody explain the real world implications?
Anything that visualises child pornography including soft-core, panchira is to to be banned or changed to R18 of anything that is in the category of games, manga and anime.
If this law is comfirmed, the industry will likely to have a diesastrous impact sueing mangaka's, studios, artists etc etc.
Not only erotic content but also violence is likely to be concernd. Including Jump manga's such as One PIece, Naruto or Toloveru are likely to be in huge trouble.
Any anime related to manga are also likely to be cancelled and late night anime would also be banned under its distribution clause.
There is also some doubt as to whether Comiket will be able to be held under the new regulations. If not, it would be cancelled and removed to another prefecture seems likely. Right now, publishers are unlikely to have the guts to fight back this regulation but as a good side, the current japanese prime minsiter Naoto Kan disagrees with the regulation as seems things can change as the law was not comfirmed democratically.
As an economic point of view, millions will lose jobs.
Please do whatever to support the distruction of this regulation.
If this is going to happen there will be:
No more good anime airing
Lots of Manga sued forever
Doujinshi will be vanished
and a lot more nameles causes both in Japan and worldwide
Couldn't the artists just move to North America or somewhere else and then create their mangaka? XD
boy oh boy better stock up on one piece b4 it too late