Dangerous Cartoon Act prevents new Crunchy showing?

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Ryo Chan

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One of this seasons highly anticipated animes will finally get a showing next Wednesday on streaming site Crunchyroll.......
 
Strike Witches Series 2 will be Airing in Full HD for the United States and the rest of North America, South America, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, the Middle East, and Africa.
 
However for the good old UK. Crunchy have decided not to stream the show in the UK which is even getting a US release despite their tighter controls on anime and young imagery due to the Dangerous Cartoon Act, which has already effected shows such as Code Geass
 
The Original Series however did get a UK streaming, all be it slightly censored on Crunchyroll
 
Update: Crunchy haven't officially announced this as being the reason for it, however have so far refused to deny it, so consider this still as a strong rumour for not showing it in the UK
 
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thank god for fansubbers and -£5 for Crunchy :(

ofc ryo posting news, it may be a good idea to post the name of the Show lol
 
Massively retarded, of course, as I can't believe anything in the TV airing of SW2 will be in breach of the code, but another good example of how this act isn't just going to affect hardcore loli porn.
 
I'll be interested to see what other information shows up regarding this particular decision. The 'who said this' and 'why that happened' of it all.
 
Sparrowsabre7 said:
Hmmm... I'm a little concerned that episodes 15, 24 and 25 of Code Geass R2 box 2 have not yet shown up on the BBFC...
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Are you suggesting that it might be about to KICK OFF, my good sir?
 
Nothings been announced for next Wednesday, and the only new title not available in the UK is Strike Witches, and there's been no suggestion (other than from a couple of kids on their forums) that it has anything to do with the "dangerous cartoons act".

[edit: hang on - between reading and posting the thread has changed completely]
 
Shiroi Hane said:
Nothings been announced for next Wednesday, and the only new title not available in the UK is Strike Witches, and there's been no suggestion (other than from a couple of kids on their forums) that it has anything to do with the "dangerous cartoons act".

[edit: hang on - between reading and posting the thread has changed completely]
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yeah Shinji had posted something on the thread, but quickly removed it.

and mistake number 2, it's 2 hours time, not next wednesday, bah it's late night
 
I'm thinking "oh dear" whilst shaking my head. Never watched the original series nor plan to watch the second season but surely the reason why that "dangerous cartoon act" was brought in was to stop under-age kids in"suggestive" themes or otherwise appearing on our dvds or other media? Correct me if i'm wrong but Strike-Witches is just all about trouser-less(?) girls fighting a war against some sort of enemy without the 'suggestive themes' and is just a plain old fashioned fan-service series. If its okay in the US, then why is it not in the UK?


[Edit] i see it hasnt been confirmed by Crunchyroll yet then?
 
2 hours, one week.. they sound so similar :p

Note that this is licensed to CR by Kadokawa - Last year's Sora no Otoshimono was also not available in the UK, however Omamori Himari was and I think Shizuku got more loli-service than Nymph.
 
CloudedMinds said:
I'm thinking "oh dear" whilst shaking my head. Never watched the original series nor plan to watch the second season but surely the reason why that "dangerous cartoon act" was brought in was to stop under-age kids in"suggestive" themes or otherwise appearing on our dvds or other media? Correct me if i'm wrong but Strike-Witches is just all about trouser-less(?) girls fighting a war against some sort of enemy without the 'suggestive themes' and is just a plain old fashioned fan-service series. If its okay in the US, then why is it not in the UK?
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correct, the most dangerous part about it i've seen is a bath scence, and that's from the mild nudity, easily censored

Shiroi Hane said:
2 hours, one week.. they sound so similar :p

Note that this is licensed to CR by Kadokawa - Last year's Sora no Otoshimono was also not available in the UK, however Omamori Himari was and I think Shizuku got more loli-service than Nymph.
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yes but why shwo season 1 and not 2?

and tbf the message did says showing Wednesday and it is Thursday here now :)
 
Sparrowsabre7 said:
Hmmm... I'm a little concerned that episodes 15, 24 and 25 of Code Geass R2 box 2 have not yet shown up on the BBFC...
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I tried searching, but I couldn't find any R2 episodes on the BBFC. Could it be because those episodes will have a higher certificate rating than previous episodes, and the BBFC are trying to decide? I dunno, I haven't seen the episodes.
 
When the news was announced it was Wednesday, and there's this banner on every page saying "Strike Witches 2 starts in x hours!":p

I really can't see the C&JA concerning an American/Japanese-based company greatly, especially if they're not worried about the Protect Act.

To come under the C&JA an image need to be:
Pornographic (produced solely or principally for the purpose of sexual arousal) and "grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character" and focuses solely or principally on a child’s genitals or anal region or sex/masturbation/penetration with or in the presence of a child.

Since (based on the first series and the fact that this is being aired on TV and CR) actual sex is not on the cards and there are no detailed genitalia present I fail to see how this has any relevance to this show, especially since we're not talking about a single image but "an integral part of a narrative constituted by a series of images" which has not "been produced solely or principally for the purpose of sexual arousal".

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Ryo Chan said:
Shiroi Hane said:
Note that this is licensed to CR by Kadokawa - Last year's Sora no Otoshimono was also not available in the UK
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yes but why shwo season 1 and not 2?
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The first series was licensed from Gonzo, not Kadokawa and was part of a batch of Gonzo shows that were being shown on BOST, Youtube and Crunchyroll. This time around different production company, different licensor, different rules :(

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Ryu Shoji said:
I tried searching, but I couldn't find any R2 episodes on the BBFC. Could it be because those episodes will have a higher certificate rating than previous episodes, and the BBFC are trying to decide? I dunno, I haven't seen the episodes.
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Did you miss the fuss about the one episode being cut by requirement of the BBFC? The first disc is also already out.

Forum doesn't like the search link so use http://bit.ly/9zr9wV
 
Shiroi Hane said:
I really can't see the C&JA concerning an American/Japanese-based company greatly
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Really? There are discussions about similar issues coming up more and more often in Japan, I wonder if they're not aware of the situation.

I massively agree with you that the C&JA would not actually affect SW2, but I still feel like it's more fun to assume "the worst" in this case. ^^;
 
end of the day, more money from boxsets going to the USA, and more chance of our economy getting screwed up

grats Labour/Tories for setting back the uk 20 years ;)
 
Shiroi Hane said:
Ryu Shoji said:
I tried searching, but I couldn't find any R2 episodes on the BBFC. Could it be because those episodes will have a higher certificate rating than previous episodes, and the BBFC are trying to decide? I dunno, I haven't seen the episodes.
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Did you miss the fuss about the one episode being cut by requirement of the BBFC? The first disc is also already out.

Forum doesn't like the search link so use http://bit.ly/9zr9wV
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One second was cut? And according to the BBFC: "Company was required to remove a shot likely to encourage an interest in underage sexual activity (in this case a young girl in the background of a shot suggesting sexual activity). Cut made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines, policy and the Video Recordings Act 1984"

Makes sense to me, especially as it's 1 second =3

I couldn't see any rating for episode 4 though...is that what you mean? Because if memory serves me well, it was on the disc. Just quickly reading the episode summary on wikipedia, and I remember that episode.
 
Ryu Shoji said:
I couldn't see any rating for episode 4 though...is that what you mean? Because if memory serves me well, it was on the disc. Just quickly reading the episode summary on wikipedia, and I remember that episode.
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Here are the episodes of Code Geass R2 that I didn't see listed in the link.

CODE GEASS - LELOUCH OF THE REBELLION - R2, Episodes 4, 7, 9, 11 and 12 - 12
 
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