Manga Censorship Continues! This Time at Kinokuniya Sydney. Sword Art Online, No Game, No Life, and More Taken Off Shelves

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• Kotaku Australia reported today that the Sydney branch of the Japanese bookstore Kinokuniya had to remove 7 manga titles from their shelves after a complaint by a legislator— Connie Bonaros—who was concerned they were "child pornography".
• In Australia, distributing any pornographic depiction of a person under the age of 18 is illegal, whether live-action or animated. As such, Bonaros and her party called for a review of manga content in Australia because they are concerned it depicts "child exploitation". Eromanga Sensei was especially disturbing to them since it also "heavily features incest themes".
• In Japan, while child pornography is illegal if it features a real person under the age of 18. However, fictional depictions are exempted from the law.
• Kinokuniya's VP, Keijiro Mori, is in communication with the Australian Classification Board in order to resolve the issue as he states that the company always complies with all countries' laws and regulations.
• The titles confirmed to have been removed from Kinokuniya Sydney are:
• Eromanga Sensei
• Sword Art Online
• Goblin Slayer
• No Game, No Life
• Inside Mari
• Parallel Paradise
• Dragonar Academy

[en]Source: [/en][es]Fuente: [/es]Kotaku Australia

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