[oOgA's Opinions]

zeNIME posted a reference to this guy or girl’s blog who mentioned about Animes Encourge Murder which caught my attention and honestly, I have my opinions about it. I will just post the entire post and my ‘opinions’ will be in italics and bold. I don’t think it is ever a good idea to determine the root cause for the rise of horrible murders or attempts to murders to a certain genre of media. It’s plain stupid.

You guys are free to comment here and tell me your opinions about his post. I would like to know what you think about his article. Honestly, I feel that he has a certain prejudice to animes.

For the original source to his blog, click here.

What Is Anime?
Many of you are probably aware of Japanese anime (Japanese animation or Japanimation) because of popular kids shows like Pokemon, Speed Racer or Star Blazers. Prior to release in the west, these shows have been cleaned up from their original violent and sexually explicit hentai (perverted) form which most Japanese cartoons seem to take. Fortunately these shows are edited and re dubbed without all the violent and sexual content when they are released in the United States.

If in any way pokemon, speed racer or star blazers contain explict scenes. You need to quote the particular scenes that you refer as “violent and hentai” . I don’t see the particular reason why the author must quote that it is a fortunate thing that “japanese cartoons” have been cleaned up from their original violent and sexual explicit content. FYI, to quote animes as japanese cartoons shows the author’s depth of understanding towards animes. Anime is a term to define a japanese made animation to depict a story with the help of drawn and CG animations. No more, no less. They are in no way, associated to a cartoon. In short, they are different things imho

Make no mistake about it though: unlike in America, in Japan cartoons aren’t just for children. Probably due to the high cost of big budget live-action productions, a number of programs are produced for Japanese adults in the animation format.

The author is right there and I have to re-emphasise. It is Japanese ANIMATIONS. Yes A N I M E S. Don’t compare it as a japanese CARTOON. It is of a different culture. Animes were NEVER meant to be just for children and I don’t see how true it is to say that live actions are definitely of a higher cost than animations. Perhaps people who lived in Japan long enough can prove this. eg: dannychoo.

Often these are shown late at night to keep them away from children, but even the cartoons shown to children are violent, sexual in nature and make numerous references to magic and demons with no mention of G-d or Jesus. That’s because most Asians do not believe in G-d, but rather in primitive religions such as Buddhism or Shintoism (paganism).

Why must we mention G-d or Jesus when beliefs of different culture differs from each other. I have no comments on religion but it is definitely offensive to mention a religion as “primitive”. I respect people of different religions and I believe this author needs to learn about it. It’s not like American shows/movies don’t have references to cults, demons either. The sentence is definitely racist imo.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (When they Cry) and Violence
Recently a couple of gruesome events took place in Japan which require the attention of parents in Japan and the world, including the United States. In usually peaceful Japan, violent acts mimicking an anime have rightly shocked the Japanese public and caused a number of television stations to suspend broadcast of the anime series.

Tokai Television Broadcasting Co. (Tokai TV) has decided to cancel screenings of the anime “Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai” because of violent scenes it contains, it has been learned.

The broadcaster made the decision following an incident in which a Kyoto Prefectural Police officer was murdered in an ax attack by his 16-year-old daughter. The anime contains a scene in which a girl is pictured swinging an ax, and after Tokai TV received information about the anime from viewers, it decided to cancel the program.

That was School Days, obviously, the author did not do his revision properly. The delay of Higurashi Kai was because of another incident but it was aired in the end anyway. I have to agree that School Days ending was pretty bloody in the ending episode but obviously to point fingers to animes just because of such incidents is stupid. Spare the rod, spoil the child. It is a parent’s responsibility to teach what’s right and wrong and the child’s upbringing to tell what is right or wrong. It is like blaming people who plays GTA:VC as a rise of gunning people down.

I had read elsewhere that the girl was an aspiring mangaka (manga, Japanese comic book, artist). So it is pretty simple to conclude that she was heavily into anime and manga. The image on the right comes from the Higurashi manga - it’s quite similar to the crime (click the image to enlarge).

So what does not encourage murder ? It’s up to the individual to differentiate a media influence and reality. You can’t just point your finger at anime. Any kid or adult can just search the net for killing methods or whatever.

This troubling incident took place last week. It’s still newsworthy however, since it’s not an isolated case. Although another similar incident has occurred since then, it seems the series (24 30-minute episodes) is continuing anyway.

The 12th episode of Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai murder mystery anime aired on TV Tama in Japan’s Saitama Prefecture, Sun TV in Hyogo Prefecture, and Chiba TV in Chiba Prefecture on early Tuesday morning, despite the episode’s earlier preempting on two other stations due to an axe murder case - and despite the news reports of a second axe murder attempt.

Here’s how they report the second incident, inspired by this horrible anime series containing gratuitous violence committed by children:

Officials in the Nagano Prefecture city of Tatsuno received an emergency phone call at around 2:05 a.m. Monday morning from a woman who said, “My child wounded my husband.” They found the 44-year-old husband bleeding from his head at the family’s residence. About twenty minutes later, the second oldest son, a 15-year-old third-year junior high student, voluntarily appeared at a nearby police station and reportedly said, “I struck my father with an axe.” Police arrested him for attempted murder.

What is Higurashi?

It seems the anime is based on a Japanese-only murder simulation computer game written by doujin (amateurs) group 07th Expansion and sold to ravenous otakus (obsessed anime geeks and loners) at Comiket (Comic Market, an unauthorized annual gathering of otaku, obsessed anime fans, and amateur artists in Tokyo, Japan). Here’s a brief description of the game:

“The game is about a series of mysterious deaths in a mountain village. A young girl protagonist is suffering trauma from the divorce of her parents. She uses a hatchet to kill her enemies.”

That’s a great message to send, isn’t it? And its fans cite Higurashi (”When They Cry”) as a kewl show about “killer lolis.” Loli refers to lolita, meaning a very young and sexually active girl, inspired by the perverse and notorious novel Lolita written in 1955 by Vladimir Nabakov.

This is making me laugh, I am seriously curious where he got his source of info from. It is a cool show, but it is not just about killer lolis. Apparently, the author knows nothing at all.

I have discovered through researching this article that there are a number of fans of this disturbing series beyond Japan’s borders. In fact, English speaking fans from all over the world were collectively crying about not being able to get their violence fix when a recent episode didn’t air (due to the axe murder).

How can this be? Hardly anyone outside of Japan has any reason to learn Japanese. Further investigation revealed an underground distribution network. Read on.

Yet another joke that makes me laugh

Anime and “Fansubbing”

It turns out that there are a group of criminals, known euphemistically as “fansubbers” who routinely pirate hentai (perverted) and ecchi (adult) anime when it airs in Japan. Computer files containing the captured video, known by insiders as raws, appear on illicit websites immediately after broadcast.

This is definitely getting funny. Fansubbers are now known as a group of criminals who pirate hentai and ecchi, so basically, animes are only ecchi and hentai? I am wondering if the author is only exposed to such genres of animes. Piracy, tricky issue, in what way is it considered as a criminal offense? so i guess hdd recorders, VCRs should be thrown away, because you are not allowed to perform unauthorized recording of a media, let alone to invite a neighbor to come over your house to watch the recording together. It is a crime after all. Tricky issue, I don’t have much comments on that.

Fansubbers quickly translate the dialogue into English and add subtitles using computer software. They then release this dangerous material, without permission, to the world on numerous clandestine websites which hungry anime fans (including lots of impressionable children) enthusiastically download and watch secretively.

DANGEROUS ? OMGWTFH4X…CLANDESTINE….LAWLZ

An objectionable show can air in Japan and be available as a fansub (fan subtitled video) within 24 hours! Using “file sharing” (piracy) software such as BitTorrent (or BT), these fansubbed anime episodes can be downloaded in less than an hour. That’s a pretty impressive turnaround.

It can take months for a legitimate American company to clean up and redub offensive raw anime into a form more suitable for western audiences. But anime fans want “pure” and uncut material that would otherwise never be allowed to be viewed outside of the perverted otaku subculture in Japan.

Yay! Otakus are perverted! dangerous! beware….i could be one of them too

The reason this is important is that children have access to this material and may be collecting it and watching it without their parents’ knowledge. And for good reason. Anime often contains graphic sex, intense violence and rampant perversion involving young pre-teen girls. These cartoons are not suitable for children.

As if children do not know how to access adult pornography or Lolita porn. Why just point fingers at animes? Your kid could be surfing porn now and you will never know.

Check your child’s computer for anime and anime terms, TODAY. Your child could become an otaku, a furry and even a murderer if not a sexual deviant. Don’t let it happen to you!

Beware, you might have lots of them stalking outside your house now. What a joker.

The Otaku (obsessive anime fan) Problem

Otakus are not harmless geeks. Even the Japanese people look down on these losers who are mostly segregated to Akihabara/Akiba, also known as the otaku mecca. A number of otaku in Japan have turned to rape and murder as an outlet for their perversions. Many of these deviants are not able to interact with normal people and often develop obsessive and unnatural desires and interests.

I wish someone if Japan could prove this guy otherwise.

Case in point: Tsutomu Miyazaki, the otaku murderer. He was inspired in part by the Japanese snuff film series Guinea Pig and reenacted some of the repulsive acts depicted in “Flower of Flesh and Blood.”

WARNING: do not follow the Guinea Pig links above unless you have a strong stomach and no sense of empathy.

Conclusion

I hope this information, while not related to politics in general and Sam Brownback in particular, is useful to those of you with children and husbands who may find themselves seduced by anime. It may look cute or like kiddie cartoons, but there is sickness just below the surface. Like internet pornography, Japanese anime can be addictive and destructive.

Anything can be addictive or destructive, it is up to one’s self discipline. Who knows, you might be drinking lots of coffee now and you are addicted to it without knowing

Here ends my rant. I shall post something constructive when I have the time