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

this is wrong you no its like he is being raceist!!! you no pplz should of vote for kerry he an't being no raceist damn you can't just do that. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/saveanime this is a site with 1402 and more pplz liek r not up to teh idea of anime geting taken of tv. this is wrong he can't do that. I guess he is maad that japanses animation is better then america's don't get me wrong or any thing you no disney is great but you no I ratehr be watching anime tehy can't do that.
Posted by Annie  on  Sat May 21, 2005  at  11:49 AM
hey i love inuyasha he bata not take it off or imma do some thing BAD like that baster bata not do that man so ya... that asian hater get some people to do something about this >_<** faggit bush
Posted by mr kid aka YA  on  Sat May 21, 2005  at  04:47 PM
Hey,does anyone have proof that Bush is doing this?Lots of people pick on race,that isn't right,anime should stay,Bush should go!I am asian and I have more asian friends then white and other religions,but he is doing this to the United States because he just hate us asians?!The whole of Asia is strong they have the power to destroy the USA!If you hate asians,the asians will fight you Bush,and war will erupt,think of your people here!We unite today for a reason,you can't defeat our fate,our thoughts belong to us,after all,"No man deserves punishment for there thoughts!"How can our president be such a fool,why don't we might as well move to Asia or something?Does our future have to be controled by such a fool for four more years? :coolmad:
Posted by Ms.Lam  on  Sat May 21, 2005  at  05:24 PM
Has anyone heard if the petition was sent? Even if it was sent, the odds are probable about 10 million to 1 that it reaches President George W. Bush's desk and another 10 million to 1 that he would pay attention to it. There is no benefit to the President that I can see for him to pay attention to this, much less act on it. I haven't heard a word about this anywhere but here. This is just some jerk getting his fifteen minutes of fame. And, if the guy responsible for the petition knows about this thread, all anyone is doing here is feeding his ego. The guy protesting isn't much better. His letter has, I am sure, an even smaller chance to get noticed by the President.
Posted by Christopher Cole  on  Sun May 22, 2005  at  04:55 PM
The petition was a joke by an anime fan. Whether or not anime should or should not be banned isn't the point. Whether it can or cannot be banned isn't the point. The true humor and genius of the petition lies in trapping the less intelligent into spewing bigotry and random hatred against others. The sad part is it didn't trap "bigot christians" but infintile idiots who I can only pray are only 13 (as an excuse for the lack of grammer or coherent thought). Instead of ignoring the petition or treating is as a joke most of the people that signed spewed such witty gems like "Christians should die. You all suck. Anime is God!". Anime is not the greatest thing since sliced bread and I'm a fan. I enjoy watching it like I enjoy catching the occasional blockbuster flick. It's a form of entertainment and escapism not a reason d'etre.

Please. Read. A. Book.
Posted by Logic and Reason  on  Sat Jun 25, 2005  at  08:48 AM
Ugh. If anime is banned, that would be terrible! I am a HUGE fan of anime, and to do that would be a big loss to the USA. I have lots of friends who love anime, and we even have our own club. To ban it would just be wrong.
Posted by Lori  on  Tue Jul 05, 2005  at  08:46 PM
Lets see, this thread started back at the end of Jan. There has been nothing in the common media about either an attempt to ban anime or the effort to defeat such. Beyond the fact that such would be impossible, unlawful, and unAmerican there is the glaring probability that this is a hoax (surprise!) so that whoever started it might get a bit of fame.

I can remember, vaguely, a small group who picketed the White House in the 50s demanding that animals be made to wear clothes. It was a hoax then and this is something similar as far as I can tell.

Anime can be good or bad, just like Hollywood movies. I like anime and would protest any serious effort to ban it. It might get tried, there was an effort to ban comics in the early 50s, and comic magazines were made unlawful which is why they are called comic books now. Regardless of how this turns out, anime will continue in America - if it does get banned, the name will change and nothing else.
Posted by Christopher Cole  on  Wed Jul 06, 2005  at  09:00 PM
Saying Anime is bad is just like saying all reality shows or comedy shows are bad. Anime is a genre. Its the people that make a single show bad, not the whole genre. Theres nothing wrong with anime....only some anime shows are bad..
Posted by Seth  on  Thu Jul 28, 2005  at  01:06 PM
Guys, guys, chill... The petition to ban anime was a hoax by an anime fan. Sure, the people who sign it agreeingly are either physcos or just joking too, but do you really think that politicians would give enough of a damn to actually ban anime? It's stupid even to think it. We don't live in a fasicst society... yet... people >.>
Posted by Kallero  on  Tue Aug 02, 2005  at  02:27 AM
I say the person who made it is just a racist prick who doesnt like the japanese. They said nothing about the banning of porn which is a lot more morally degrading than effing pokemon! Besides if I wasnt watching anime I might be off doing worse. As for Ah! My Goddess (im going to a-con as urd by the way...) it is NORMAL for older men to marry younger women. they still do it in a lot of countires! just because WE think its incorrect doesnt mean its not normal for other people! Honestly....-edward-
Posted by edward  on  Sat Aug 06, 2005  at  12:06 PM
hahaha..it's more like a forum thread than a petition and it doesn't seem real.
Posted by nancy  on  Mon Aug 22, 2005  at  05:36 PM
OMG!!!
Ban On Anime...
Thanks for that interesting post. It makes great reading!
Posted by MANGA  on  Fri Aug 26, 2005  at  06:18 PM
Your mean I'm only ten years old and I think that is upseting I watch anime, I want to go Japan, and I wacth all kind of anime like AzumangaDaioh, D.N.Angel,Inuyasha,Scryed,pokemon,yugioh,onepiece,zachbell,slayers,vandread,ayane's high kick,fullmetalpanic,fullmetalpanic fomouffo,madlax,dragonball,e's otherwise,and sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much more I can't name em all. P.S. YOU SUCK!!!!!!!: )
Posted by mc10  on  Sun Sep 04, 2005  at  03:51 PM
Damn u Bush!! U cant get ride of anime!! Anime is not a bad thing!! Sure it comes from japan and some of them show things other ppl might not like but, if u dont like it then dont whatch it!! jeez!!! Leave the ppl who like it alone dont mess with our anime! thats the only good thing on tv!
Posted by Jennifer L  on  Sat Sep 10, 2005  at  11:57 PM
I would just like to say;
if you choose which anime you watch and manga you read, you won't find any pronography or "Fan Service of any kind. Anime has a rating just like anything else and you can eaasily avoid harmful content. Secondly, i'm an Otaku, i'm not stinky, and have alot of friends, hardly any of them otaku or comic book fans or whatever. I wish people would stop being so narrow minded.
Posted by Chris  on  Thu Nov 10, 2005  at  02:03 PM
Hentai means pervert.

Otaku means house.

Tentacles are positivly arousing.

Now let's join hands and hum.
Posted by Miss*Mochi  on  Thu Nov 24, 2005  at  06:08 AM
I personally think anime is stupid, incoherent, and highly predictable. I used to watch it as a kid, but now looking back, most of the shows seem to run together, everything from the same generic plot to the same character types (my friend accurately predicted the outcome and character fates of the Yu-Gi-Oh series after watching the first 4 episodes). Oh and don't forget the schoolgirls. So at most, it's dull entertainment, and the people who go around talking about it constantly are more than a bit annoying. But banning anime is obviously an infringement of the constitution and is unpractical in reality. What would happen if we could ban anything we think "evil" or "corrupting." That's why we have the bill of rights in the first place.

A few people here though think that any such peition id pointless and won't change anything. Well, that's about as stupid as some anime or hentai are. What would happen if Martin Luther King in the 60's said, "wow, this is pointless and won't change a thing anyways." Get the point? And to the person comparing the usefulness of this petiton to the ban-ashley-simpson petition, well as far as I know, ashley simpson isn't sigining any record deals lately - or any deals.
Posted by Fei  on  Tue Nov 29, 2005  at  03:21 PM
Bah you kids and your opinions.
Can't you enjoy anything these days?!
Posted by MadnessGirl  on  Tue Nov 29, 2005  at  04:38 PM
Seriously. People need to get a grip. Manga is where most anime stems from, most anime is based on a manga (not always). There is a seperation between anime and hentai, hentai = pornographic anime. yeah, there is a lot of insinuations and perverted jokes in anime and manga, but in the end it's not serious, it is usually portrayed in a funny way. I mean, i love to draw. I'm a girl, and being my age i like to experiment with different things, sometimes i draw perverted things but it's all part of human nature. Look at the big picture, there is so many things in the world that are worse in this category, than anime and manga. Ignorance sickens me, get a clue.
Deep down, everyone has perverse thoughts anyway, no one can escape their own minds. So in reality, people against this kind of thing for that reason, are all hypocrits.
Posted by greenwings  on  Sat Dec 10, 2005  at  05:11 PM
Does anyone read the thread anymore? This whole thing is a bad joke - one I wouldn't tell. There is no effort to ban anime and if there was President Bush has no authority to implement such a ban. And even if Congress passed such a ban, and President Bush signed it, the courts would overturn it. Some twerp started this to get attention and so far it has worked.
Posted by Christopher Cole  on  Wed Dec 28, 2005  at  07:23 PM
this better be a hoax!
Posted by david levin  on  Sun Jan 01, 2006  at  12:23 AM
Online Petitions have no legal value, or political power what-so-ever. I had to run around the whole net telling people that this is a hoax. A fairly big one infact. I fell for this one, but I realized it after a day.
Posted by Alias: Sin Shinatou  on  Sun Jan 22, 2006  at  02:15 PM
I LOVE INUYASHA!!! CHANGE THE SHOW TO SAT. NIGHTS. DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT CANCELING THE SHOW YA HEARD.
Posted by MELINA KING  on  Mon Jan 30, 2006  at  06:32 PM
loser
Posted by nice man  on  Tue Feb 21, 2006  at  06:22 PM
I am a Japanese person i was born in americia and now i moved back to japan for this very reason. why does racism exist? what does religion even mean? I know its a " great book" but you know the person who wrote it wasnt great. in fact the person who wrote for all we know could have been crazy. Religion does not exist it is made from one insperation that is not true if you think god created the earth then prove science wrong. :coolmad:
Posted by Shin Sanada  on  Tue Feb 21, 2006  at  10:47 PM
seriously...where's my tentacle monsters already?
Posted by Miss*Mochi  on  Wed Feb 22, 2006  at  03:06 AM
i think anime is great i watch MANY different kinds.
To me banning it would be the same as going to hollywood and saying porn,romance,horror,comedy,etc.. movies/shows should be taken off the air
if you watch alot of anime u will see there are all different kinds it only matters waht you like
.if they banned anime then they would also ban all comics (and there movies like superman,spider-man they are "comics " (american MANGA) )
Posted by Nightdemon  on  Thu Apr 06, 2006  at  10:11 PM
I just would like to state, and this is from the mouth of a 15 year old American child, that A)Anime can, if desired to, have several educational benefits.
B) the petition is the work of some person named Dennis Fuller, which may or may not be a false name.
C)The petition itself is racist, by calling Japan "the dark land of Japan."
D)Anime can be as spiritual as a bible, to as commercial as Dual Masters, or as intimate as D N Angel to as perverse as La Blue Girl(which I believe is considered hentai.) and as to hentai being drawn porn, that is just what it is used to describe in America, just as some Americans call Sepuku Hari-Kari. There is no way they can ban anime from America, it would be just as effective as banning video games, or, as already stated, R-rated movies.

Thank you to all who read this, and I would love any responses you can give me to this entry, so I know how to improve for possible later posts. Thank you for your time,
Darrell, Shoujo Otaku Forever.
Posted by Darrell  on  Fri Apr 07, 2006  at  08:27 PM
OHZ NOEZ! ANIME'S ARE BEING CORRUPTING THE MINDZEZ OF OUR CHILDRENS! IT IS SO TURRIBOL! I WOULD RATHER MY CHILDREN WATCH THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW AND VICTORIA SECRET COMMERICIALS THAT ARE SOOOOO WONDERFUL THAN TO WATCH THIS "ANIMATED FILTH!"......
my god, I do sooo love to joke around. But in all seriousness, what's wrong with the anime huh?
Posted by Ai Kanzaki  on  Tue Apr 18, 2006  at  06:43 PM
Ok why ban on anime, Its true the anime pokemon,yugioh and mew mew power is stupid. Watch some good anime like bleach and naruto. Even if you guys do ban anime we could always dowload fansubs. I am a 13 year old and I respect my own opinions. I find that dub anime they did it poorly and replace the theme songs. But you can't stop me from downloading fansubs which is 100x better
Posted by Tony  on  Sat Apr 22, 2006  at  02:10 PM
Real petitions and online petitions has a very serious value. So, there's a 100% chance that anime can be banned. Sorry folks, there's nothing we can do to put a stop to this petition.
Posted by Josh Taylor  on  Tue May 02, 2006  at  09:52 PM
Actually Josh Taylor, petitions are highly overrated and online petitions even more so. Petitions, written petitions, are counted as one vote by politican regardless of the number of signatures on the petition. The same with form letters; however, personal letters - the kind you write yourself using your own thoughts and words - count for about 10,000 votes. Plus, even if someone was able to get Congress to pass such a ban, and get the President to sign it, the Supreme Court would strike it down. My guess is that there is no campaign to ban anime and the website arguing against the ban is just trying to get attention, and it worked.
Posted by Christopher Cole  on  Wed May 03, 2006  at  06:58 PM
My my, I'm surrounded by slow kids!O.O;

IT WAS A JOKE! GET OVER IT!

...brainless peons...(mumble mumble) <.<;
Posted by Miser Meaku  on  Fri May 19, 2006  at  06:18 AM
Actually, when I was in Japan, Otaku meant "specialist", or essentially a nerd. I was called a history otaku. Other people are anime otaku, computer otaku, etc. There's far too much of a stigma attached to the word here in the West, and that stigma is outdated in Japan. It's not really such a bad term over there anymore, that stigma's pretty much gone. I heard this straight from my teacher's mouth while we were there, so you can't deny it. She's a born and raised citizen, so she'd know what she's talking about.
Posted by Flatline  on  Wed May 24, 2006  at  02:18 AM
And yes, 'twas a brilliant ruse. I just wanted to get my say in that Otaku is no longer a...well, I would say 4 letter word, but there's 5. You get the point.
Posted by Flatline  on  Wed May 24, 2006  at  02:23 AM
Banning Anime would be about as effective as the Prohibition movement. Take a look at history. Anytime something has been banned, they almost always repeal that decision. Too many people find ways to cheat and get whatever was banned.
Anime would be exactly the same way. Compare to all the other cartoons on TV. The PowerPuff Girls, for instance. Three little girls with superpowers made by some wacked out professor who was messing around in his lad. Everyone absolutely loves them, but I think they're stupid. The show's not very realistic.
And I'm not saying Anime is always realtistic. Inuyasha, for example, has a girl that falls in a well and goes back to the feudal era. However, if you pay attention to what happens, they act like real people. Jealousy, hurt, anger, happiness, love, the whole nine yards, they do it. There's more rivalry than just between good and bad, which is how real life is.
Also the fact that anime is much more educational. Since they use alot of Japanese(even in the shows that have been changed to English) it helps children, and adults, to start learning another language.
Banning anime would be pointless because it would make America's youth even dumber, and also we'd still find ways to get it.
Posted by Miski  on  Thu May 25, 2006  at  08:33 AM
You cant ban anime. If your saying its bad then you eather have not watched any or you have only watched the bad stuff (henti) and think that all anime is bad. its not corrupting anyone. its a free country so people can watch whatever they want and if they chose to watch anime then it is there choice not yours.I also doubt that Bush would even consiter getting rid or anime. Alot of people like it and its hard just to get rid of something so many people like. And how can it be evil???? If you watch animes like naruto ,teentitins,and other shows on like cartoon network. how are they bad i dare you to give me at least one resone how they are bad and are corrupting Americas youth.And if you hate it so bad then why dont you just ban it in your own house instead of geting thousands of people ticked off at you cuz your trying to get it baned???So if i were you i would just quit all this crap. your just waisting your time. Bush is not going to get rid of anime so stop trying. And if you want to get some kind of tv baned then why dont you get porn baned nobody but perverts care for it. So would you rather ban anime or porn?
Posted by Alexis  on  Thu Jul 13, 2006  at  09:54 PM
Alright people, look, I know this probably is a stupid joke, or this petition doesn't mean a damn thing. But for crying out loud, I mean, Cartoons and Anime, it's just about the same thing, just like there's childish sweet, innocent, harmless cartoons, there's also sweet, innocent and harmless animes. If you'd ban anime you'd have to ban cartoons too, like...Simpsons or South park, or even Drawn together, cartoons like this have the same effect (But in my opinion worst) then teenage rated animes, such as InuYasha or other violent animes. And about the porn thing of kid animes...I saw the same thing about Cartoons just about everywhere in porn sites. And Jesus christ, comparing Japan and America of course there are difference, in some things America is worst and in another Japan is worst...Grow up people! There's perverted people everywhere who will find pleasure in ruining a childs anime or Cartoon. And Anime such as cartooning is a form of art, people do it for fun! There's no way they could ban something such as any form of artwork, it's like telling people to stop playing music, or rapping because there's violent words in the lyrics. Keeping kids from maturing is stupid too, they're going to have to learn about this stuff one day.
Posted by Konekochan  on  Fri Jul 28, 2006  at  10:24 AM
Anime being evil? Like Harry Potter is witch craft right? Ignorance must be the base of our goverment then. Anime is nothing "evil"
Posted by sara hazuda  on  Fri Jul 28, 2006  at  02:38 PM
ok, first off, I think that wanting to ban anime is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. And for another thing, I am really upset because whoever is reading is obviously extremely racist which makes me angry to no end, not to mention the fact they are insukting one of the greatest civilizations on in history. I think the person who wrote this petition should be locked in a mental institude.
Posted by Sean  on  Sat Jul 29, 2006  at  09:45 PM
WTF! Bush can't do that. Anime is very popular. There are some series that are educational. Fullmetal Alchemist talks a lot about History, especially in the movie.

Honestly, they have no rights. . .
Posted by Aru-Chan  on  Sat Jul 29, 2006  at  10:51 PM
Anime is very important in some kid's lives. Banning it wouldn't make most kids happy. My son won't read anything besides a manga book, even though thats the only thing he reads, its still reading. Before he knew about it he wouldn't pick up a book. Anime isn't just about being killed, some talk about teen love and life of a teen couple. It gives some teen's a look of life. Anime is bad, its good.
Posted by Chi@Miami  on  Sat Jul 29, 2006  at  10:53 PM
This person is serously on crack. I swear, if Anime does get baned, I will personaly become an enemy of the state! Just call me-dramatic pause-ANIME GAL! :ahhh:(Men in white pull me away) Or maybe I should just move to Japan. 9_9!
Posted by Doma Yuset  on  Sun Jul 30, 2006  at  06:37 AM
All right people. everyone just get a grip and stop whining, complaining, cussing, bitching, and threatening each other and Bush. He himself cannot put a ban on anything.
If some of you would study on how the American Government works, you would realize that this all got started by a letter from an angry parent that caught their kid watching some anime that had nudity in it or some such thing.
Also, every show has merit, despite the fact it may offend some. Take South Park for example. Highly offensive and full of uncouth language, and the characters make fun of many subjects. That's where the key is. The creators have the balls to make fun of extremely serious subjects, which is why so many watch.
And sara hazuda, thank you for bringing up the point of Harry Potter. Do you know how many parents have off off about it? "She's a witch""She's trying to make our children into devil worshippers", so on and so forth. That's the argument.
However, once they've sat down and actually started reading the books, they change.
People tend to go against things they do not understand, therefore they are ignorant and do not know what they speak of.
If Bush really wanted to push the issue of banning Anime, he'd probably make a statement about it.
As I said before, stop and take the time to study how the govt system works, so that you don't an arse of yourself.
Posted by Miski  on  Sun Jul 30, 2006  at  11:20 AM
Okay, to be honest, it seems this is a hoax. But if it wasn't, I would definitely have to say that SOME anime is a LITTLE too much, but that doesn't mean you have to watch it. Hentai is different from anime. You don't HAVE to watch Anime. And in no way is Anime trying to make people join the Japanese army. Uhh, hello, since when was Japan ever jealous of our "power"? All what America does is bomb Civilians of other places and destroy families. Anyhow... Banning anime would be UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Which is why this seems to be a hoax. There's anime for children, Teens, and adults. I don't think that your parent/s would let you watch something too much for you if you were still under their care. Duh. :/
Posted by Jamie  on  Mon Jul 31, 2006  at  11:51 AM
*sigh* All this big fuss because a person wrote an angry letter? It says at the top that it is a hoax. No need to worry about it. So..you guys don't really need to whine so much. I am a huge fan of anime....but I atleast came out of anime-like daydreams long enough to pay attention in American History...Although, reading all the comments on the petition was funny. Everyone getting so worked up over something so trivial. Anyone with a working brain would've known it was a hoax from the start but oh well. None of the anime shows are bad, really. It just depends on if you are mature enough to watch them and not freak out and be like "OMG! LYKE THAT IS SOOOOO TOTALLY DISGUSTING!" -_- ...

On a side note: I really like the fact that in Japan you can fall in love with whomever you want to, and still be married. Whether it be the same sex, a cousin, someone older.....I admire Japan for that. ^-^
Posted by Bridget  on  Tue Aug 01, 2006  at  01:22 AM
I like anime, but people shut the fuck up!
Anime can't be banned nation-wide by a petition!
Anime brings in too much money to be banned, it'd be like a ban on smoking and porn, so many addicts can't get enough of it SO, they shell out money for it. Anime would have to become an industy of child porn or something to get banned nation-wide, and even then, people can and will find other ways of getting anime. Plus, there'd be too much protest against the ban, so the ban wouldn't last very long. And, if they were going to ban anime because they think it's messing our youth up, then television, the Internet, radio, music, video/computer games, porn, and even books should be banned as they have content that is not for children as well. But if you do that then you have banned a lot of forms of lesiure, that is liked by many people. But all these bans are UNCONSTITUTIONAL and would never, ever happen! Because as long as people enjoy something, it's here to stay. And to those who love Japan because of anime, please quit being fanboy/fangirls! Anime is great, I deeply enjoy it, but really Japan isn't all anime! You might want to actually read a history textbook instead of a manga! Quit naming a bunch of anime like your so all-knowing about Japan and it's culture!
Mainly that 10 year old, listing a bunch of anime and a lot of stupid ones at that!
You learn so much from anime then you have to research the culture to understand. This petition means nothing! So quit overreacting over a joke, and think with a full deck!
Posted by Joey  on  Wed Aug 02, 2006  at  02:41 AM
DONT BAN ANIME!!!!!!!it doesnt brain wash america please whatever you do dont ban anime I like almost all anime show what ever you do please keep anime :grrr:
Posted by Sakura  on  Wed Aug 02, 2006  at  08:07 AM
Everyone just stop posting with this "Please don't ban anime" in your posts as it can't be banned anyway! How retarded you have to be in order to overreact over to a hoax! This site is called "Museum of Hoaxes" for fucks sake!
Quit whining, showing Bush that you're weak.
If you really think anime will get banned then do something to show that you care about what you are standing up for! And since anime can't be banned anyway, your efforts may result in more anime titles in the US. So actually do something instead of just talking about it online!
Posted by Joey  on  Wed Aug 02, 2006  at  01:00 PM
I've always loved anime. Atleast kids are reading and they're reading something they're interested in. this is just like when the harry potter books came out. if you take away anime you destroy a piece of creativity and without creativity we truely have nothing left.
Posted by miles  on  Sat Aug 05, 2006  at  07:29 PM
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