I was about going to post this topic.......anyway
This might help
http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/non-photographic-depictions.htm
First of all.....what I know is, the threshold is a bit unclear in here. First, the age of the "child" in the anime, manga...Is not real, and we cannot give a birth certificate or a passport to it to proof its age, even BBFC said that they will have problems with that. So, therefore they choose to judge its age, but this depends on how people judge and it is vary from people to people..... For example, people will say Shana looks like an 11 to 13 years old because she is short and in fact, she is a lot older because "she can't age." (long story). (e.g. Rukia in Bleach, she looks like 17 to 18, but in fact she is alot older) The reverse can be applied (e.g. Sakura in Naruto Shippūden, she looks like 17 to 18 but in fact she is 16). Therefore, it is unclear and might or will be unfair for some people who fell into this unclear threshold.
Second, the definition of "sexual".....as far as I know, the consultation paper that they published last year, for me, it was a bit unclear. But they made it more clear on the response paper. But still, will some anime will cross the line by how people view it? (I've seen someone says about that Shana, Rukia.....are lolicon stuff), how the character dress? (of course, if the character only dressing underwear then, no doubt it is going to cross the line. But if the charactor dress normally, e.g. some people find the "school uniform" is sexual) Also, the problem that Ryo Chan, Yagami and the others stated before:
which is exactly the reason i see it as a threat to anime, i can see them banning animes under this new law despite there being no actual "sexual references" between the characters
if they start picking out anime like Elfen Lied, and others that maybe have partial ecchi scenes in, then yes, it could be a threat to anime.
I do understand the intention behind the government is for good (protecting children) , but what I feel is..., just like how you guys feel. That they are so stereotype towards anime in this plan, also it has loads of grey area. And might put some innocent people into jail, that he or she watched some of the series of anime or manga....which came accross with this grey area, or being over killed by some people (e.g. age of the character and other things that people can give a reason to over kill it and put it in a sexual way)....... I think they should do more research and get rid of these grey area before they start banning it.
If not,.....loads of problems will occur in the UK anime industry or even the whole media industry in the UK.
I know is a bit wordy, but it is true.
