Ban On Anime

Good lord I hate Super Milk Chan.

ya know i could argue but what's the point. yeah i was wor gabout the prostituion on the legal account BUT it is a social norm there by tradition. also perverse cartoons can be also found of disney, and hana-barbara cartoons as well. if it has a female in it, there is probably a perverse version of it somewhere out there. saying other people do soemthing does not mean i agree with it or condone , except fo rthe fact i don't care what other people do. i mean if you want to blow goats knock yourself out, i don't care. as for my spelling live with it. time taken correcting my spelling on a trivial post is time i'm not wasting. and i could say "everyone reads books" and not feel i'm lying. anyhow anime can be traced back to GASP old american cartoons such as betty boop (note the big eyes on girls). due to insufficent resouces artist in Japan developed a more economic style of drwaing and animating. this was refined over time to give us the style(s) we most associate with Japanese anime today (which is done in large part by Koreans, as are a lot of disney flicks). yu-gi-oh is fluff crap as are some of the others you mentioned but so is alot of programming and movie fare in general (gigli anyone?). Also as far as age of consent i can only find age limits on adult productions being 16, while the age of consent i can't find. did you know dragonball and DBZ are just retellings of the legend of the monkey spirit, a chinese myth akin to the greek trial of herakles, only more epic in scope perhaps? yeah you probably did, didn't you? also i think the most crucial thing is that both these petitions are moot. expcept the ashlee simpson petition, that should be taken seriously.

one more thing, to see what could be argued as the epitome of anime tv series, watch cowboy bebop. it's good in jsut about every way measurable.

It bugs me that no one has pointed out that any kind of "ban on anime" would be illegal, wrong, and unconstitutional.

And Teen Titans and JLU are not commercials. They both tell deep and meaningful stories, and I'll put the quality of their writing up against any show the networks air.

"It bugs me that no one has pointed out that any kind of "ban on anime" would be illegal, wrong, and unconstitutional."

Also pretty well impossible. How could write a law banning "anime" in a way that wouldn't also ban just about every other movie or cartoon?

I LOVE ANIME!!! If anime is banned, I believe it would be an encroachment on my freedom of press and speech! And you are not allowed to do that!!!
If you do that, then you must also get rid of R- rated movies, and pretty much ANYTHING that might be offensive to people!!! There is no law that says you HAVE to watch or read anything that has to do with Manga or Anime. You have the CHOICE to aviod it just as some religions tell you to aviod R- rated movies or drinking alchohol. Just a thought.

I presume the petition exists, but I wonder if the original intent was for publicity and not a serious effort to ban anime. I can remember when D&D first came out and the outcry against it. There is no way anime can be banned, even if it was legal to do so. I bet there is a request for money somewhere near the end of the petition, most special interest groups seem to always be asking for money when they send out letters or petitions or whatever. If this was a publicity stunt, whoever is behind this is getting their wish, at least to some degree.

You should know by now that signing an online petition is about as effective as spitting into a forest fire.

Besides, why ban cartoons based on the country of origin?! While we're at it, we might as well confiscate all the Czech, French, and British cartoons too.

Honestly, I don't see HOW President Bush can ban such a thing from the United States. Yes, some anime out there can be sexual, and yes, he is the president, but really, it's not anyone else's concern. I'm a major fan of anime, and hearing of this proposed "banning" of anime in the U.S. is just idiotic. There's many shows on television now that show worse things, so why not ban them while you're at it? (not that I am complaining, just stating). And of course, seeing this is plastered around the internet, it's kind of hard to really believe if this is actually true or not. If indeed it is, someone is just trying to get a rise out of others, or the president really has more issues than I would have thought.

people I think people are gay and dumb that just shows how jerk our country is ya'll don't know hentai may save people it did save me in fact my life was influence and I am not currpted before I had all of that I was suicidal and all that and hentai saved me

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.

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

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:

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.

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.

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.

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.

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..

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 >.>

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-

hahaha..it's more like a forum thread than a petition and it doesn't seem real.

OMG!!!
Ban On Anime...
Thanks for that interesting post. It makes great reading!

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!!!!!!!: )

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!

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.

Hentai means pervert.

Otaku means house.

Tentacles are positivly arousing.

Now let's join hands and hum.

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.

Bah you kids and your opinions.
Can't you enjoy anything these days?!

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.

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.

this better be a hoax!

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.

I LOVE INUYASHA!!! CHANGE THE SHOW TO SAT. NIGHTS. DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT CANCELING THE SHOW YA HEARD.

loser

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:

seriously...where's my tentacle monsters already?

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) )

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.

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?

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

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.

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.

My my, I'm surrounded by slow kids!O.O;

IT WAS A JOKE! GET OVER IT!

...brainless peons...(mumble mumble) <.<;

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Anime being evil? Like Harry Potter is witch craft right? Ignorance must be the base of our goverment then. Anime is nothing "evil"

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.