Japan has failed to regulate the production of anime that features content that sexualizes and normalizes a particular childhood condition. The exploitation of minors is a very serious problem and now a representative returns to request a law that truly protects children.
Anime is a product that is recognized as one of the most important subcultures in Japan. —both economically and ideologically—so its scope is enormous and its implications are far from naive. Of all the genres and character archetypes, there is one that provokes a lot of criticism and concern, especially because the creators and producers of the work themselves directly commit serious crimes that fall within their responsibility: the exploitation of minors.
Lately we have seen very important cases such as that of the producer of Your Name or the creator of Rurouni Kenshin, who accept that they consume large quantities of illegal material, pay bail and return to work, in the children’s field! We know that the main audience for anime is childhood and adolescence.
Given this, the Japanese authorities are concerned about trying to better manage their laws so that they truly protect their children. Representative Masako Okawara presented a petition in the 213th session to again review child protection laws that do not seem to be of sufficient use.
Especially since the number of cases and victims increased, regulation has not been achieved since the COVID 19 crisis.. The representative mentions the following:
“[…] The commodification of children through their images [en el anime] perpetuates harmful values in society and seriously infringes on children’s rights to live and grow safely “.
It is true that the images of girls and boys with suggestive appearance in anime is not low and that it contributes to normalizing the vision that can be had of childhood, in addition to the limits to socialize them.. The deputy insists on the need for comprehensive measures to stop the spread of this.
” The rampant sexualization of children in the media perpetuates harmful social norms and poses a serious threat to the safety and well-being of children. “.
And let us remember that anime is a cultural product, in other words, it has important implications for society. Just as shonen projected the insecurities of the Japanese people when the genre had just begun to germinate and later held the hope of a hero who could move forward despite being in a stage of immaturity. Referring to this, It can be considered that, at a social level, this type of unfortunate and terrible incidents with childhood is not naive and it is important to criticize it.
However, some people They argue that measuring these types of issues will begin to limit artistic expressionwhat do you think?
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The issue of censorship in anime is not new and has a variety of opinions, the problem is that when it comes to addressing a real problem such as child exploitation, all kinds of defenders emerge talking about freedom of expression and also that they are not real characters.
Indeed, as long as there is no supervision by parents to care for children and educate when it comes to explaining what is real and what is not, in addition to creating a very clear line of what is right or wrong, the only one left To regulate everything it is the same government and the representative Masako Okawara has to legislate in favor of children, even when creators and consumers are affected.
There will even be a Western sector that feels Asia is being invaded by the progressive culture of the United States, which is demolishing an image that seems untouchable. We’ll see how this controversial issue ends, in which emphasis should be placed and a real effort to keep the little ones safe. Even making laws tougher against those who break them.
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