<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post3411233192814374580..comments</id><updated>2009-10-19T10:57:55.358-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Otaku Dan: The Life of an Anime Fan: Censorship and Manga</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://otakudan.com/feeds/3411233192814374580/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html'/><author><name>Otaku Dan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00273654493531305393</uri><email>danielmer88@gmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-5200519589220686501</id><published>2009-07-18T17:05:22.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-18T17:05:22.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The wheel of Buddhist terms poster tinyurl.com/5at...</title><summary type='text'>The wheel of Buddhist terms poster tinyurl.com/5atfhh Velcro modular wall mural game. Doctoral dissertation for philosophy, title: The Interpenetration of Buddhist Practice and Classroom Teaching. Technocracy Ethics USA censorship Chinese military intelligence genius clones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PARASITIC SPECIES INFESTATION alien robot telescope spaceship: audiobook getting things done (GTD is the tag), </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/5200519589220686501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/5200519589220686501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html?showComment=1247951122000#c5200519589220686501' title=''/><author><name>Matthew Tripp</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-3411233192814374580' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/posts/default/3411233192814374580' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-8286427709121584728</id><published>2009-06-30T22:10:32.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T22:10:32.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>some manga use to have the PA sticker on the shrin...</title><summary type='text'>some manga use to have the PA sticker on the shrink wrap but many people removed it at the stores just to read manga.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recent blog post: &lt;a href="http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Censorship and Manga&lt;/a&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/8286427709121584728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/8286427709121584728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html?showComment=1246414232000#c8286427709121584728' title=''/><author><name>Otaku Dan</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-3411233192814374580' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/posts/default/3411233192814374580' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-4662944445301140691</id><published>2009-06-30T15:42:20.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T15:42:20.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There was censorship in SkipBeat! Kyoko did this g...</title><summary type='text'>There was censorship in SkipBeat! Kyoko did this gesture that I really didn&amp;#39;t understand and like a year later I realized it was just the middle finger she was giving. I hadn&amp;#39;t realized how strictly manga was censored until that point. Honestly it makes me unhappy. I didn&amp;#39;t even realize there was nudity in Claymore until this post. And they wonder why so many people read the scans for</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/4662944445301140691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/4662944445301140691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html?showComment=1246390940000#c4662944445301140691' title=''/><author><name>lovelyduckie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-3411233192814374580' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/posts/default/3411233192814374580' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-3580253884433109130</id><published>2009-06-30T12:57:34.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T12:57:34.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah those stickers always bothered me. AS Kiri sa...</title><summary type='text'>Yeah those stickers always bothered me. AS Kiri said, why not just put them on the shrinkwrap? If I have a sticker on my book I always want to take it off because I like my books to look nice and clean. But, like your photo above, it can sometimes mess up the cover.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I do say I prefer the logo over censorship. I like my manga to be the real deal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recent blog post: &lt;a href</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/3580253884433109130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/3580253884433109130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html?showComment=1246381054000#c3580253884433109130' title=''/><author><name>Seantaku</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-3411233192814374580' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/posts/default/3411233192814374580' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-7676856226048069313</id><published>2009-06-30T08:40:03.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T08:40:03.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Old boy and Welcome the NHK do indeed need those s...</title><summary type='text'>Old boy and Welcome the NHK do indeed need those stickers. Great stories, but dark ones.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/7676856226048069313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/7676856226048069313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html?showComment=1246365603000#c7676856226048069313' title=''/><author><name>The Envoy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-3411233192814374580' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/posts/default/3411233192814374580' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-7458773435953698328</id><published>2009-06-30T04:57:53.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T04:57:53.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I got to agree with Kiri, the sign doesn't bother ...</title><summary type='text'>I got to agree with Kiri, the sign doesn&amp;#39;t bother me at all. In fact, in some cases I feel it is very fitting. They do but them on there for a reason.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recent blog post: &lt;a href="http://bushidon.blogspot.com/2009/06/super-mario-huumor.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;Super Mario huumor&lt;/a&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/7458773435953698328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/7458773435953698328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html?showComment=1246352273000#c7458773435953698328' title=''/><author><name>Bushidon</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-3411233192814374580' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/posts/default/3411233192814374580' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-1254022176233436190</id><published>2009-06-30T04:01:10.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T04:01:10.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Just  take a Look at our Rating system an how it d...</title><summary type='text'>Just  take a Look at our Rating system an how it destroys boxarts of games and  DVDs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/images/B001IKM62Q/sr=8-13/qid=1246348542/ref=dp_image_z_0?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;n=301052&amp;amp;s=videogames&amp;amp;qid=1246348542&amp;amp;sr=8-13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To be honest I didnt notice any censorship in Claymore but its a bummer they do censor the Manga.How is the censorship taking place?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/1254022176233436190'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/1254022176233436190'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html?showComment=1246348870000#c1254022176233436190' title=''/><author><name>Blowfish</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-3411233192814374580' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/posts/default/3411233192814374580' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-4966030502399966686</id><published>2009-06-30T02:37:55.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T02:37:55.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Technically, censorship is when the government man...</title><summary type='text'>Technically, censorship is when the government mandates something be blocked, removed, or edited.  A company doing these things on its own is just editing.  ^_~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dark Horse used to edit manga quite a bit.  Take &amp;quot;Gunsmith Cats&amp;quot; as an example.  In the original publication, Dark Horse changed the age of May to 18 due to the fact that she&amp;#39;s a sex addict at 17.  Further, they </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/4966030502399966686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/4966030502399966686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html?showComment=1246343875000#c4966030502399966686' title=''/><author><name>AstroNerdBoy</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-3411233192814374580' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/posts/default/3411233192814374580' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-1150758612071719259</id><published>2009-06-30T01:38:43.582-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T01:38:43.582-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Recall that incident when a mom bought that Batgir...</title><summary type='text'>Recall that incident when a mom bought that Batgirl comic (by DC Comics!) for her son and was angry that Batgirl was shown (partially) nude (after her son saw it first)? Of course part of the equation is that she held the same basic assumption of &amp;quot;Comics is for kids&amp;quot;, and odds are such people would classify Manga as such.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/1150758612071719259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/1150758612071719259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html?showComment=1246340323582#c1150758612071719259' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-3411233192814374580' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/posts/default/3411233192814374580' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-860587629893067134</id><published>2009-06-30T01:35:41.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-30T01:35:41.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The PA logo has never bothered me, honestly, thoug...</title><summary type='text'>The PA logo has never bothered me, honestly, though I suppose it&amp;#39;d be best if they included the sticker on the outside of a shrinkwrapped book so the sticker won&amp;#39;t damage the cover and won&amp;#39;t be part of the design. But regardless, I&amp;#39;d much prefer the logo over censored manga. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recent blog post: &lt;a href="http://op.deadend-detour.com/2009/06/a-thousand-words-about-spoilers</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/860587629893067134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/3411233192814374580/comments/default/860587629893067134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html?showComment=1246340141000#c860587629893067134' title=''/><author><name>Kiri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://otakudan.com/2009/06/censorship-and-manga.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6820470801199611430.post-3411233192814374580' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6820470801199611430/posts/default/3411233192814374580' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>