Ban On Anime

An email has been going around urging people to sign this petition:

To:  George Bush
Some people are signing against anime and are calling is to be a "perverse, evil, insiduous form of animation from the dark land of Japan, and is corrupting America's youth at unprecedented rates." Anime is NOT corrupting the youth of America, and since when has America become a country of Christians? Isn't there a SEPARATION of Church and State? Isn't this a ban on our Freedom of Speech? And Freedom of Press? What does anime have to do with brainwashing our youth?


Even though I'm not sure what 'signing against anime' is supposed to mean, I do know that there is no movement underfoot by any politician to ban anime. But it's worth scrolling through the messages left by the 4129 people who signed the petition. Some of them are quite amusing.

Art

Posted on Sat Jan 29, 2005



Comments

Well... frankly anime shouldn't be banned, but hentai should be. The later has no artistic merit, coming from someone who enjoys erotic artwork, and around 80% of it features non-consensual sex often ending in a snuff scenario (I.e. the woman is killed) or sex with minors and quite often a combination of the two. As something without artistic value, and without message that should be banned and not protected under freedom of speech, as the 'artist' doesn't mean to express anything. At least Nazis preach an ethos. Hentai just condones and inspires the inappropriate treatment of women.
Posted by Panda  on  Thu Jan 17, 2008  at  05:45 AM
hey megan get a frickin life just because you don't like anime dosn't mean you have to ruin everyones fun. hey mrs. tentalcals get help or move to a difernt country because where ever you go there will be anime stalking you.
Posted by Haley D'Amico  on  Thu Jan 17, 2008  at  09:47 PM
oopppps megan the tentacle monster stoped posting because she is to afraid to face the anime lovers union. 😊
Posted by Haley D'Amico  on  Thu Jan 17, 2008  at  09:57 PM
Guys, I believe that the same rules that apply to the REAL porn industry should also apply to these cartoon porn.

Many hentai porn should underaged cartoons engaging in sexual behavior. This is wrong, disgusting and should be stopped. Who in their right mind would object to that?

Law enforcement should step in and make sure that there are no laws broken.
Posted by Gus  on  Tue Jan 22, 2008  at  11:40 PM
WTF why ban anime it's just a form of entertainmart.
Posted by Blackfire  on  Wed Jan 30, 2008  at  07:49 PM
"You can take a man out of the jungle,
but you can't take the jungle out of a man."

That should have some meaning.
Posted by Kirby  on  Sat Feb 02, 2008  at  08:56 PM
ANIME SHOULD BE BANNED!!!!!! BAN IT I SAY!!!! BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT BAN IT .... I live for the day every kind of anime is dumped, i hate the look, the voices, the stupid names .. EVERYTHING!!!!!
Posted by Tetellia  on  Mon Feb 25, 2008  at  12:57 PM
This is by far the stupidest petition I've ever seen released in my life. =\
Posted by Watch Anime Online  on  Mon Feb 25, 2008  at  03:38 PM
Oh cmonnnn so we're banning cartoons now? all the shows with violence and drugs and songs about sex and gang stuff is fine but pokemon is evil? Who thought of this? lemme guess it was a christian. KIDDING you know we love yall christians 😉
Posted by watch free anime  on  Sun Mar 16, 2008  at  02:42 PM
Some Anime promotes biblical parables like Flying House and Superbook. Those shows were great back then.
Posted by Josh Taylor  on  Sun Mar 23, 2008  at  05:10 PM
why Bush seems attack something? not make building?
Posted by ardhie  on  Tue Apr 08, 2008  at  12:33 AM
Of all the things they want to ban why not ban all of the other bad stuff on tv not all anime is bad
Posted by Bf313  on  Thu Apr 10, 2008  at  05:29 PM
😡 Anime MUST, i repeat, MUST be banned.
I found anime porn on my boyfriends pc, I totally flipped. Now he is banned from watching anime unless i know what it is about and he doesn't go on the pc anymore, but that is due to him always being at my house and when he is at home he has a full house so he can't.
Anime porn is stupid. Only losers look at it, losers who can't get a girlfriend. Getting off on something that isn't even real is just sad.
Posted by Tetellia  on  Sat Apr 19, 2008  at  12:50 PM
Japanese Technology: Good; Japanese Food: Good
Japanese Entertainment: Mega Bad
Posted by Morton McBride  on  Fri May 09, 2008  at  09:04 AM
when i first saw that petition i started laughing so hard i nearly pissed myself! seriously, do you people really think that bush would even sign a petition on anime(which is ten times better than some of the crap i see on american television) that would cause such an uproar any bill against it would have to be vetoed immediatlely? i mean, sure the chinese banned anime on primetime television but come on! it would never happen in the u.s! besides, from what my friend told me, the ban was actually a joke an anime fan made to give all the other otakus heart attacks. :coolsmirk:
Posted by ms.ria a bliss  on  Tue May 13, 2008  at  07:07 PM
I'm seriously about to think that people don't even pay attention to the saying, never judge a book by it's cover. People who have seen an anime with porn automatically thinks that all other anime are porn??? Do you see porn in Digimon or Sailor Moon or whatever? If your going to say that in Sailor Moon there are naked people going through transformations, what about in Disney cartoons, where people are taking a bath? Although I don't really care about the whole thing because stuff like this that happen online never come true anyways. This is just my opinion of the situation... Everyone has a freedom to speak their minds right?
Posted by Hitan  on  Sun May 18, 2008  at  10:59 PM
okay,first off,tetellia, you really have issues and i suggest you go to the shrink for that, since you seem to me like nothing more than a control freak who feels that any and all competition should be eliminated no matter what. go get some therapy before you try to kill jessica alba or something,you really need it. second off, this ban is nothing more than an illaborate(did i misspell that?) joke made to give anime fans nightmares. bush will probably face involuntary manslaughter since i know plenty of people(hundreds) who would follow in the tradition of the suicide club and jump in front of speeding trains instead of parting with their anime. so if you really think this ban will work and if you really support it (ie hardcore conservatives and fundementalists) then go watch some good anime like gundam wing,naruto,read or die or cowboy bebop cause it's obvious what anime you have been watching! :coolmad:
Posted by itzel derat  on  Tue May 27, 2008  at  09:38 AM
Hi there, I am true fan of anime, the reason I liked anime in first place was because of cartoon called "Sailor Moon" I used to watch on TV, which is kid cartoon, I am now all growing up, and I have read more mature manga/anime these days. I do agree, some anime/manga are not safe, yes....

But I can tell u, there is one manga I want totally banned that is shota, I did bit of research on internet when I was young and I felt sick and ran in bathroom, when I spotted a pic of rini doing pervent thing. Rini is Sailor moon child daugther, u know "chibi moon", doing some thing with darien which is like child porn is so wrong, all I wanted was a cute nice pics like magical powers back then when I was young, I didn't understand it back then, but it did shocked me, but I just moved on by growing up, I still continue like anime, but I hate shota.

I only like, normal manga/anime these days, and I believe yaoi and yuri, can be sexual but not as bad as shota, plus most yaoi have mature reasonable thing in it, like business men who are age 30 and over are in comic based on love, all about relationship, which is nothing wrong with that. if people don't like sexualy part in the comic, then skip the pages or don't buy it, that what I do, I think people should respect the manga artist who put lots effort in create these mangas.

I believe who are not aware of manga/anime these days, should give a go, on watching safe, or awesome anime, like example "Spirited away", "Vampire Knight", "h20" and many more.

I like reading yaoi because, I only read love part and romance LOL, some time, it give me better understand why they turn gay in first place, and I love comedy parts or emotional parts too.

Yaoi is created for girls fan in Japan but the yaoi can be read for boys too. I think other culture should be open minded a bit more and try understand why Japanese manga artist created these style of books, there are many group of manga/anime these days, and I believe some people should be careful what manga/anime they pick.

I mean shota should be banned, no thx, that stuff make me sick, not normal, same goes for loicon, they are wrong, shame on them to even create that.

But I do support anime/manga for normal stuff, like shoujo/yaoi ^_^ and I love the horror manga too.

PS - I am a fan of "Ghost Hunt" favourite now
Posted by kim  on  Thu Jun 05, 2008  at  02:46 AM
so do u agree with what i typed?, if not pls tell me why and explain detail for me pls. I will reply, and pls no swearing, I only doing this for well being, so everyone can be aware what is Manga/Anime.

Manga/Anime do not take over people lives, sometime people just read manga for enjoyment.

To be honest Hentai can be bit overbored but I think it a boy comic for pleasure, to be honest I have boyfriend right now LOL and I read one his comic, I was shocked at first, I only tho he like anime becuase of hentai, but I found out that not true, it just boy comic.

I do rememeber I wanted suprise my boyfriend, because i got idea from comic book which is hentai of course. dress up like kitty. and I did, and tell u what I glad I did read that one hentai, my boyfriend and I be more happier then ever. and trusted each other completey now, and we are open minded and understand and respect what we read.

I personally like study more, then reading manga, LOL bit like "Sailor Mercury" my persontaliy only, and no I do not think I am Sailor Mercury. I just often called Mercury as a nickname from my friends because my persontaliy remind them of sailor mercury. to be honest I couldn't care what I am called. I do have other nickname like "Melody" hehehe. I personally like all my nicknames. They are nice nicknames to began with.


LOL

thx for reading, I hope, people can finally understand, do not agrue the world just be open minded.

Aime/manga should not be banned,

but anything which is againist lawsfor world like shota is sooooooo banned.

thanks for reading ^_^

PS soz about poor spelling grammers, my house is freezing cold right now, and take care to all people.
Posted by kim  on  Thu Jun 05, 2008  at  03:07 AM
To, itzel derat...
I am not a control freak,.... i just don't want my boyfriend to turn into those freaks who sit in all day, (maybe in their mothers basement) getting off on anime ... Tis sick...
My boyfriend can fancy any woman he wants, as long as she is a real breathing human.... not a fucking cartoon... and the way that they draw the anime porn, its really sick.
Posted by Tetellia  on  Thu Jun 05, 2008  at  11:43 AM
tetellia:
the proper word for anime porn is 'hentai', which means perverted. So can we call it by it's proper name? Besides, the way you don't allow your boyfriend to even go online by himself...can of DOES make me think your less of a girlfriend and more of an obssessive mother. It's not really anyones fault that your boyfriend happens to look at hentai. Or do you mean to want a ban on hentai in particular, because let me tell you all, that would upset a LOT of people. So, can we please stop this pathetic Stepford Wives sherade? Arigatou!!!
Posted by Itzel Derat  on  Fri Jun 06, 2008  at  07:45 PM
are you sure this issue is true? 😊 then why does this website called Museum of Hoaxes?
Posted by TwIsTeD_EcHoEs  on  Tue Jun 10, 2008  at  04:52 PM
Just look at Digiclipse.org for the TRUE effects of anime.

Anyways, this petition was/is an Epic Troll.
Posted by Khazard  on  Thu Jun 12, 2008  at  04:23 PM
I'm moving to Japan if he says yes to this!


"the dark land of Japan"...WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!
And THIS is what would mess up the youth of today!
Posted by Stephie  on  Thu Jun 19, 2008  at  04:56 PM
I never Sign E-Mailed petitions, even if it is for a supposedly good cause (which this is not) for the simple reason that they really don't make any logical sense.
You have to realize once on person sends the list to say 10 people, only one name from each of those people will ba added to the end of the list and then split into how ever many e-mails as those other people send it too! This will simply continue untill each of the resulting chains reaches the supposed designated number (maybe several years after it would have been if it was a real petition), and then several hundred emails get sent to the final recipient, completely unsorted and unusable.
Posted by DARGONTeraAlpha  on  Fri Jul 11, 2008  at  05:44 PM
I must say, I find it HILARIOUS that people think signing a petition to ban anime will actually succeed in getting it banned. Last time I checked America was a free country and the people can watch what they please. And really, if they are going to make a petition they should be educated enough to distinguish between hentai and regular anime x.X
there is more I could write but I think everything has pretty much been said.
Thanks for listening to my mini-rant
xD
Posted by Marissa  on  Sat Jul 19, 2008  at  09:24 PM
lol what a joke
Posted by Barry  on  Wed Jul 23, 2008  at  10:42 PM
I think they should ban the English dubbed anime since so much is cut out and only show the Japanese originals with English subs on national TV 😛
Posted by Naruto Wallpaper  on  Wed Aug 13, 2008  at  03:27 AM
Okay, I am going to just voice my opinion. I completely agree with Tetellia, I think that "hentai" or whatever you would like to call is it disturbing and shouldn't be around. My boyfriend watches amine and is completely addicted to it. I try to ask him to stop so he does it when I'm not around. It puts strain on our relationship, but I believe that is just a personal matter. But I really don't know what else to do to try and make him stop. Thus, what brought me to this site was to find a way to stop him from watching, but honestly, what can I do? All I can do it just ask him to stop. If I could, I'd do what Tetellia did and ban my boyfriend from the computer, but I can't. If you don't like it, just stay away from it. Because the Freedom of Press and Freedom of Speech tie into it, everyone has a different opinion on everything.

Itzel, I think you should respect what Tetellia said and not say can you call it by the right name "hentai" how the hell is she supposed to know what it's called if she doens't know anything or even like anime. I didn't know what it was called, so what? Are you going to tell at me too just for calling it pron?

Pretty much, anime isn't going to get banned, no matter how hard anyone tries. It hardly effects our daily lives. It just affects the few that read or watch anime or manga. You never see any of this on the news do you?

I wish they would do something about this, or do something to not make it so addicting so my boyfriend can fianlly stop. I don't know how they would, but I just wish there was a way.
Posted by Ashley  on  Thu Nov 13, 2008  at  03:29 AM
I dunno about you ashley, but I agree with itzel derat. Not all forms of anime should be blamed on pornographic anime AKA hentai, and seriously, maybe she wouldn't have called tetellia a control freak if tetellia had stated pornograhic anime instead of just anime. You could get confused by both terms, so don't expect itzel to just give her respect or even apologize anytime soon.
Besides that, you yourself aren't being very specific on what exactly your boyfriend is addicted to. I could easily call you a control freak as well, but I won't because obviously you can't really control something your boyfriend watches. So get over it, everyone has phases and wether or not you like it, you don't have to take it out on other people, especially those who stoutly defend something because of misinformation. If you really want to get your boyfriend off of whatever addiction he has, talking to him is good, and maybe on occasion watch ordinary anime so, I dunno, you could get closer to him than you already are. If he watchs 'hentai' then convince him to go to therapy or something, just stop blaming anime as whole for something that may be bothering him.
And no, there is no other way to stop something that is literally everywhere no matter how hard you try.
Posted by ms. ria a bliss  on  Fri Nov 14, 2008  at  12:56 PM
To Ashley in Hawaii, THANK YOU for not having a go at me! 😊 . It became difficult to stop my boyfriend going on the computer, so i said to him, if he wanted to "get off" to DRAWINGS then he cant have anything to do with me, he sees now that anime porn isnt real and he can never b with the drawings he looks at, he knows that i am real and i offer a real loving relationship, something that drawings cannot give him. he no longer looks at anime porn and our relationship is better. he not longer sits in front of the computer, ignoring me to do the anime, and our relationship is going well.
Posted by Tetellia  on  Mon Nov 24, 2008  at  10:01 AM
hahaha anime to forbid it too.
Posted by Zizu  on  Thu Jan 15, 2009  at  03:10 PM
What I truly hate about anime is the art style. I mean REALLY, big eyeballs, triangle-shaped noses, and lack of chin movement when someone opens their mouth wide? What the fuck is with the teardrop on the side of their heads? What the fuck is with this # thing you see when they're pissed off? Anime to be taken seriously as "mature" is a joke.

Want "mature"? Then make faces and motions more realistic! And get rid of that stupid card game carbon copies/tentacle monsters/spiky hair/etc. crap.

FUCK anime. This is why I don't watch Adult Swim on saturdays.
Posted by Toby  on  Tue Mar 03, 2009  at  05:05 AM
i agree with tetellia nut i think anime in general should be banned, my boyfriend wastes money on stupid anime poster scrolls from a-kons...and almost $300 swords from some lame anime show that he won't ever use! every anime movie he has in his closet are all girls with every detail on them like in the comics it will show non other than boobs..he claims that its funny but there is nothing funny about seeing a dumb anime thing naked and blushing as though she was SO surprised that some pervert peeped at her....and in some of the books he has it shows ..yes anime girls just standing there but a lot have their clothes falling off of them and yet again showing every detail of their body..I don't get it....i am not sure what my dumb boyfriend sees in something as stupid as anime..i am always wondering "how does he not jack off to this crap" i told him to stop watching anime but it is SUCH a hobby to him that i was forced to flip all the books around so i can only see the pages of the comics and not the lame covers since i can't hide or throw any of the anime away....( and no it isn't hentai). My boyfriend is friends with a couple who have the same problem, the wife hates anime but the husband loves it, she walks away whenever he does something that involves anime, it would appear that the only thing to do is do what she does though i kinda wish wouldn't have to do that i wish my boyfriend would grow up...since he is 28 and all and i know there isn't really an age limit for this whole anime thing either.....ugh..i have no idea what to do..
Posted by Hannah  on  Fri Sep 11, 2009  at  09:09 AM
i have to agree with u on that if some people are against it or they think it's corrupting the mind of the children than they shouldn't let them watch it not bug evry1 about it
Posted by Betty Boop  on  Thu Oct 01, 2009  at  08:29 AM
Hello to anyone reading this,
I am a student in a highschool and I am doing a detail paper on the opposing view points on anime. Whether you are against it or love it to bits ,please email me! I would like to interview you! If you send me spam or are immature about it then you will regert it.
my gmail is bellzecat
Posted by Oliver ROderick  on  Thu Nov 05, 2009  at  12:39 PM
Seriously a waste of time! Parents should be concerned about REAL problems like illnesses and drugs. How is anime any different than other animation other than the names? Geez... people need to get a grip.
Posted by Midnight  on  Wed Feb 17, 2010  at  03:49 PM
if they ban anime I can promise people will riot in the streets and the police won't be able to contain it. (note THIS IS NOT A THREAT JUST A FACT)
Posted by m  on  Sat Apr 03, 2010  at  12:00 AM
if anime was to be band then every other cartoon (yes anime is another form of a cartoon) would have to be band as well.

so dont be so rash when saying or makeing and decision about this cos not all anime has porngraphic scens in them hentai is the cartoon form of porn not anime so theres no point in comenting unless you know what your talking about

and yes i know i cant spell very well and i dont care
Posted by joshwa225  on  Tue Apr 27, 2010  at  05:35 AM
.... This petition to ban anime is a sick joke... If you scroll to the bottom you'll see the email adress of the person and the email has neko in it which means cat.... seriously the person as issue or something but this is a sick joke.
Posted by A.J.K.L.  on  Wed May 05, 2010  at  07:24 PM
lol i have a site and 1/3 of it is devoted to Bleach (an anime) :lol:
Posted by Tristan Bridgford  on  Tue Jun 01, 2010  at  03:04 PM
most of the signature comments on the petition were just put there so they can make fun of the person who came up with it
Posted by eric  on  Fri Jun 04, 2010  at  12:06 AM
George Bush loves anime.
Posted by Unknown  on  Thu Aug 19, 2010  at  08:32 PM
You know; "anime" is Japanese for "cartoons". So technically...

You people against anime are against all forms of cartoons. So you might as well want to ban PowerPuff Girls and Dora The Explorer.

And if Japanese CARTOONS bother you so much, then change the channel, turn off the T.V, choose another DVD, download something else, etc... yeesh. It's a person's choice if he/she wants to watch animations from Japan.

And if you complain about the freaky hair and big eyes; then wtf is with the Simpsons; YELLOW SKIN is not normal. The PowerPuff Girls have NO FINGERS and have REALLY BIG EYES.

And even if most anime have perverted scenes; it still won't stop the numerous porn sites, pictures, and videos that literally pop up in front of you (tch, pop-up ads annoy me).

This is such a waste of time, talk about something useful like pollution and global warming. This is like Korea banning Hetalia all over again.
Posted by Clover Phantom  on  Fri Sep 03, 2010  at  06:08 AM
By the way; whoever is totally against anime or totally against the thought of banning anime...

Then you dear sir or madam, have nothing much to do in your life. Read a book, play with your Wii, go to a mall, anything.

This is just sad. Seriously; talk about something that actually MATTERS in life. You're ranting about 2D animations for crying out loud.
Posted by Clover Phantom  on  Fri Sep 03, 2010  at  06:18 AM
bah w/e I agree with toby i know this is all a fluke but fuck anime..
Posted by Hannah  on  Fri Sep 03, 2010  at  06:26 AM
I have to agree with Clover Phantom over there. It's only 2D animations. Get a life won't you? Accusing cartoon characters for the crime of "brainwashing" is a bit over the top isn't it? And the pervy bits? Well, that depends on the target audience. There are cartoons that target kids, so they show kid friendly episodes. Cartoons that target teenagers aren't as kid friendly. Same law goes for movies and anime.
Posted by Blue Jelly  on  Fri Sep 03, 2010  at  06:31 AM
I am a proud manga lover. I realize that some people read manga or watch anime for the wrong reasons, but that happens with everything from paperback novels that have erotic sections in them to horror movies that seem to always have some sort of sensual part. If you don't like the style of japanese anime then just don't watch it. I personally love it because it can be extremely different. Oh, and I noticed somebody ranting about the teardrop and # that happens on chibis a lot. The teardrop is basically something to show emotionan, as is the vein throbbing (#). Oh, and Toby, do your research before you insult anime, k? If you go to a local borders or whatever bookstore and look in the anime section, there are some realistic mangas that have normal noses, normal eyes, non-spiky hair, etc. I don't really see what the big issue is that anybody'd have to go out of their way to insult anime. If you don't like it, stay out of it's way. I know I'm not crazy enough to try and shove it down your throat... So please don't try to take it out of the people's lives who want it.
Posted by Torica12323  on  Sun Sep 12, 2010  at  03:17 PM
If you seriously don't like something, don't ban it.
I hate Justin Beiber, but though I may have voted to send him to North Korea, I just listen to other music instead of his.

If your boyfriend is one of those guys that laughs at boobs, get over it. He will not change. It is just plain stupid to want to ban something because your boyfriend spend money on swords. Would you rather he did use them to murder people?
You have a simple problems, and banning something because you decided to go out with someone who likes it is just plain retarded. He likes it. It's a hobby. Get over it and move on.
It's not Anime's fault that your boyfriend likes it. Just don''ttouch his shit anymore.
Posted by PersonChick  on  Sat Oct 23, 2010  at  09:31 PM
Well, I feel that this statement can be accepted.
Recently, I receive spams regarding about anime are currently the one who corrupts the mind of the children but what prove could all of you present for the fan of anime? As for the statement above, I would totally agree. ANIME doesn't brainwash the children's mind. If I would say, the film production such as the blockbuster movies and pornography are the ones who brainwashes the children nowadays. Anime is just a reflection of the real movies.
Posted by Crimson  on  Thu Dec 16, 2010  at  02:16 AM
Comments: Page 4 of 5 pages ‹ First  < 2 3 4 5 > 
Commenting is not available in this channel entry.