China's ban on some Japanese comics has attracted great attention from the Japanese media

I believe many people are aware of the incident of some anime works being taken off the shelves some time ago. And this aspect of the problem has also attracted the attention of the Japanese media. Recently, some media have published a message with "Expected unexpected!? On the removal of Japanese animation works from Chinese video websites".

Unexpected but unexpectedly banned

This crackdown happened suddenly in April when the broadcast information of the new anime came out.。 On March 31, the media reported that "the Ministry of Culture has investigated the content of animation works that induce minors to break the law and commit crimes, and indoctrinate minors with violence, sexuality, terrorist activities, and public order and habits, and has investigated and punished animation websites that provide such works." Since then, a large number of Japanese anime works on Chinese video sites have been unwatchable.

In fact, Chinese video websites have gray areas for the broadcast of domestic animation and foreign animation, and many animation websites that have obtained business licenses have uploaded relevant works without authorization. However, in recent years, the sense of existence of video websites has increased, and the friction with media-related management and interests has arisen, and the commercial competition between video websites has also become white-hot, and some things that have been overdone have attracted a lot of attention. Some people have thought that if this continues, there will be a day when overseas TV dramas and animations will be regulated and banned.

In fact, last year, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television issued a notice on the strict review of the broadcast of foreign works on video websites after April 2015, which has a strict impact on the simultaneous broadcast of overseas TV dramas (in addition to Japanese animation) in China (of course, although this notice restricts overseas TV dramas, but the current impact on animation is not very large).

However, at the end of March, the Ministry of Culture was not the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), but the Ministry of Culture, which strictly controls animation content. Such an incident has taken the local industry in China by surprise and is a surprise blow. As a result, China's video websites and otaku circles have been hit hard, and this chaos has not ended until now.

The original reason for the ban was "violent terrorism"

In this crackdown, the first reason mentioned was "violence and terrorism", and then violence and sex. It should be said that the control of Chinese animation works on the main grounds of violence and eroticism is a new trend that has never been seen before.

The Chinese side has aroused local concerns about the current policy of what kind of policy the Chinese side intends to adopt, how exactly the process of praising and inducing violent terrorism should be controlled, and whether there is a difference between the impression of violent terrorism in the past and now.

In China, the principle of "that work is obviously fine, why can't this be ......" doesn't work

There are many Japanese works that have been banned this time, but among them, the three works that have been criticized by name are "Tokyo Aftersound", "Blood-C" and "School Apocalypse", of which "Tokyo Aftersound" is broadcast in the original version (the other two works are unknown).

In addition, the unwatchable works include "Attack on Titan", "Parasite", "Tokyo Ghoul Season 2", "Sword Art Online" and other anime that are very popular in China, so the Chinese otaku world fell into a state of panic for a while.

However, the actual criteria for this ban are still unclear. For example, the first season of "Tokyo Ghoul" is still available today, and in addition, similar to "Chop! Crimson Pupils" and "The Dance of Angels and Dragons" and other works that have been broadcast in China are also normal. However, the excesses of these works are no less than those that have been taken off the shelves.

On this issue, it is easy for the Japanese side to wonder, "Why is that work okay, but this work is not good...... "But that's because there's no specific and clear standard. Some people believe that this ban is not aimed at all works, but only for some influential cases to "kill chickens and set an example", and the specific details will be solved by on-site personnel.

As a result, under the current restrictions and bans, some works have unexpectedly survived. However, we currently don't know what constitutes security, so it is difficult to find a way to avoid risk. However, in fact, the risk of promoting a work in China cannot be ignored.

impact on the future

As a result of the crackdown, there has been a great deal of confusion about the new anime that was originally scheduled to be broadcast on Chinese video sites in April. Although some works were previously announced to be broadcast, they were not launched, and there were also some problems with the works that were launched by Shun Lì. For example, "Blood Front" has been changed to "Phantom Front" because of the unstable dìng factor in the title, and part of the plot of "The Spirit of the Halberd" has also been edited by the website itself (but in fact, "The Spirit of the Halberd" and "The Spirit of the Halberd" have both attracted attention because of the issue of self-regulation, and have won more popularity than expected at the beginning...... ）。

In addition, because the information about the restriction of broadcasting was relatively confusing, at the end of April and the beginning of May, it was rumored that "even "Detective Conan" and "One Piece" will be harmonized! The rumors caused an uproar. After the rumors were refuted by official blog accounts such as guò CCTV Xinke Animation Channel, the incident finally subsided.

Chinese video sites will continue to need the preservation of Japanese animation works in the future, and although it will not end the whole of Japanese animation now, it will certainly not be as free as before. The ban has also sounded the alarm on China's video sites, which are said to have made a plan for "how to deal with censorship when it becomes stricter".

In other words, for Japanese animation works broadcast on Chinese video sites, the producer should also face such risks.