Ban On Anime

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.

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. . .

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.

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!

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.

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. :/

*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. ^-^

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!

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:

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!

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.

I don't care if Bush were my friggin mother!!!! 🧛 I still wouldn't let him take away my sweet precious Naruto!!! I need anime or I'll never obay any law again for the rest of my life!!!!!

Who ever started that petitoon has some kind of brain disorder. If people choose to watch anime, then let them be! We each have our rights and many of us love anime!!!

Seriously you can't just ban Anime because some of them contain "unsuitable" themes. Some animes are even ment for kids, and they love it!

I swear that stupid person should just mind his/her buisness... Besides, if he/she really hates Anime this much, why bother taking the time? Would it be "Not worth my time" As many say?

i cant belive anybody fell for this in the first place. next thing u know they'll supposedly be signing a bill to ban porn or the teletubbies.

nootch

But I actually saw a petition on http://www.petition.com going around, and it already had like 7000 signitures. So it is real, isn't it?

The petition is real. The ban is not.

People started the petition because they're stupid. Not only is there not a ban in the works, but online petitions have zero impact on policy. Nobody takes online petitions seriously because they are staggeringly easy to fake.

Lol, I know the ban isn't real, I was just stating that whoever started that petiton has some kind of brain disorder

Ok, I have studied Japanese and hentai(Hen/ta/i) means pervert, not porn you morons.
Another hentai means metamorphisis(Insect)

I thought it was hillarious that people are believing this hoax. I love anime insanely but come on...why on earth would they ban it? If they banned that they'd also have to ban manga, video games, who knows what else. If those were the basis of the ban, there'd be too much they'd have to ban under that rule. Those that believed it, really weren't of sound mind, now were they?

anime is the greatest people are jus stupid. i love anime, manga and anything else. but its highly impossible to ban it so no worries

Anime, it is the creation of unhappiness to create happiness, weird. those japanese artists who draw and create anime to entertain us have made some of us blind. watching shows of anime over and over about the same thing , some big eyed girl or boy out to save the world with their partner who they fall in love with. pitiful , but even more so is the fact its growing, expanding around the world being put into everything. those who do watch anime have become pitiful creatures that become painful to watch as they dress as anime characters they dream to be but never will. so what will happen to the kids of the future and so on. already there are kids who have anime mercahndise and clothes and talk about the new anime shows and literally base their lives on anime, scary. lets make sure this never happens so we can ensure soething bright for the future. but hey what do I know Im just a kid not the big eyed freaks who tell you what to do. DAH

Well, if you think that anime is just "some girl with big eyes" then you got a lot to learn. That's your problem if you don't like anime, so just leave us anime fans continue on with out 'obsesive lives' ok?

DAH, people get obsessive about a lot of different things. A lot ot Trekkies dress up in Star Trek uniforms, a lot of people dress up in military uniforms portraying someone from the American Revolution or the Civil War. People dress up as knights etc for The Society for Creative Anacronisms or Renassance (sp?) Festivals. The cartoon genre, of which anime is a part, is a fun way to spend some time. Cartoons allow the producer to create situations that can't happen in real life since a cartoon character does not have to obey the laws of physics. Some anime is mindless fluff, so are many Hollywood movies. Some anime is predictable, again so are many Hollywood movies. Whatever you can say against anime, can be said against Hollywood also with as much truth. Most fans of anime have a life - I suggewst you try to get one as well.

i ttly agree. there are just as many "bad" anime shows as there is "bad" hollywood movies. take away hentai, take away porn.
take away anime, take away cartoons.
take away manga, take away comic books.
thats how i see it. an eye for an eye.
ANIME FOREVER!!!!!>_<

the society are just a bunch of hipocrythes... The world is screwed alredy, with rapers, crime, drugs, etc... I see really horrible things all the time in real life, in the news, paper... Things that traumate people, drive then nuts, and make them do crazy stuff, is all in real life, and people who think that forbiding something is going to make a change, they are just decieving themselves, because when you forbid something people tend to look for it more, and coparing the REAL horrible things that happens in real life with animated violence? lol it just make you look stupid, or that you dont have any life experience yet =/

Oh by the way, when i said rapers, i mean by rape, not rap music (got a bit rusty on english) =P

i don't see why the us would ban anime/manga. it piss me off bc its the only thing i like 2 watch/read. any1 who said this corrupts the youth shoud be a parent and not let them watch/read it. its that simple.

kind of disagree with this statment "since when has America become a country of Christians?" most of are four fathers were or belived in there principles so that was kind of a dumb statement.

i love anime if its banned i will kill myself.

Ooh, are you going to do it online where we all can enjoy it? 😉

Wow, stuff I end up locating in my periods of extreme boredom!

I'll keep short and sweet, and sad to a point.

1: Online petitions appear to be a waste of time and space, but alas. It's the internet. Free is free, and passing time is passing time.

2: That petition was pretty funny. But sadly, sometimes I wish to agree with that logic. (Although by no means in an extreme 'Right Wing' sort of way.) In my time of increasing depression over the loss of anime to the hungry and cruel American business market, I find myself wishing for the old days when only a handful of people knew what Japanese animation actually was, and there was no "Japanophiling" going on. It's gotten to the point of being rather ridiculous now a days.

Lalalala *walks in and sees this predicament* Oh my. Oh my, oh my. This just will not do. *shakes head sadly* Even if it a hoax, it still breaks my heart that people think all anime is pornographic. They've obviously never seen Fancy Lala, Magical Meow Meow Taruto, and many other shows just like it that have nothing to do with porn, much less /child/ porn. That's just sick. And what other perverted people do in their spare time with the characters of anime is not in any way anime's fault. Ugh.

Well, that's all I have to say for now, but I'll probably be back.

A die-hard anime fan willing to go to jail for it,
LaLa

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