Actually VDM was banned by the BBFC they didn’t want to give it a classification as it involved minors. Don’t know what you’re talking about this is stuff in the past 2 or 3 years
"but that the scenes showing the children engaged in sexual activity, or otherwise being sexualised, are in violation of the 'harm' provisions of the Video Recordings Act 1984"
They’ve been far more lenient than that at least since 2010, maybe earlier, but as they are a British board, they still hit hard on things involving minors, it may be just that I’m older just noticing that, but it’s a bit surprising that the law is that old. Pretty much the only one they’ve stuck to since then though
Episode 4 featured meat imprinted with genitalia and a Frankfurter cooked inside a vagina which is probably why it got pulled.
TV channels in Japan have dropped a few shows in the past couple of years but it's pretty rare to see (I think Hybrid x Heart was the last one). AT-X I believe has exclusive rights to the uncensored version so I suspect they'll keep it going regardless of the insanity that studio Passione has done to the anime adaptation.
To my knowledge, Valkyrie Drive Mermaid was not refused a classification (i.e. banned). The BBFC said they would allow a release on the condition that select scenes were cut due to the main character being a minor. Because of the required cuts, Funimation UK backed off from releasing it.
That's not how the bbfc works if someone doesn't comply with with the cuts the bbfc demand then a title will not get a rateing so Valkyrie drive mermaid was refused a classification so it was banned.
Some were duplicates as opposed to bots like Chihayafuru and a load were proper accounts. Reading the post the mods put up it sounded like every 10 score since the first video asking for it to be given 10s went up has been disregarded, but might be reinstated if the account goes back to scoring it properly. Which means there might be a few genuine 10s being disregarded at the moment! As funny as it was I never bothered getting involved, although I did score Chihayafuru 3 a 10 to counterbalance the bots and it may well stay as the season has been great.
What Normanic Grav said was entirely correct.
I don’t think anyone was really wrong, it’s just a question of terminology. Since the BBFC demanded cuts even at an 18 rating, they did prevent it from being released in it’s uncut form which is essentially the same as banning it. Whether you want to call that banning or “refused a classification” it boils down to the same thing, since it means it can’t legally be sold in the UK. A cut version wouldn’t have been banned, but they chose (probably wisely) not to go down that route.
Exactly. The ability to import home media (totally legally as far as I understand, since if it's not being displayed in a physical UK retail premises it doesn't require a BBFC rating to be sold - I wonder if that means if a distributor went to online only sales they wouldn't have to even get their products rated? Something to consider) is yet another thing that makes the BBFC a total irrelevance in today's world. That and, y'know, a kid can simply use google and get immediate access to hardcore porn. But clearly making sure adults can't watch uncut Valkyrie Drive Mermaid or Paranoia Agent is much more important to public morals.
It would depend on why the material was cut / refused classification. If it were due to the Obscene Publications Act or Protection of Children Act, then it would be illegal to purchase/import/own the material as I understand it.
