[EVA] "Banned" and Evangelion (was: & Battle Royale)

[BboYKRoNoLoGiK at aol.com]

Bjamieson writes
<<The only way I'd see Eva drawing any attention is if someone's parent 
oversees one of these sequences in a movie their younger kid(s) bought. 
EoE does not follow the flow of the TV series *that* closely, it is 
*much* darker than anything in the ADV releases.>>

I see that. But that also may be less of an issue as well. No child would go out and buy EoE without having some idea what it is. The only reason they would, right off the bat would be the box art, which I doubt will have anything that appeals to kids. So at this point, they must have seen the TV series to want to buy the movie, in which case, the parents would have already taken action. (Or so we&#8217;d think) But I was 13 when I went out and bought the first Eva tape,( saw  it advertised in a game magazine)  which may have been the exact audience that shouldn&#8217;t be watching this. I believe the movies most likely will have less marketable appeal to younger kids than the series. Considering ADVs basic advertisement was that it was a mecha show.

Bochan writes: 
<<The thing that I really have to wonder about with all this "censorship" and 
"banning" talk is what about the plethora of teenage, high school 
setting soft porn films like "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"? 
Most of these live action films use over-age actors/actresses, but portray 
them in various degrees of suggestive and sexual activity with the 
prerequisite nudity shots in undeniably under-age settings including school 
uniforms. Furthermore, despite the nominal "R" rating, they are obviously 
aimed at the under-age market. >>

Mainly because America still hasn&#8217;t seperated anime, from animation such as Disney. (Yes even through such excellent examples as Pokemon, Card Captor Sakura, and Sailormoon) The best attempts normally didn&#8217;t cause a big enough stir to show the difference (Perfect Blue, Mononoke Hime) If its animation, the American market immediately sells it to younger kids. This isn&#8217;t just in the eyes of the market, but in the eyes of the children as well, because here were are taught that most animation is okay for young kids. So Shinji&#8217;s little hospital visit scene may have not pass as well to some people as  the sperm in the beer scene in American Pie. It makes no sense but I think mainly its just a weird American standard. The only thing anime has on its side in America, is that it is shown to a smaller audience than most films. So there are smaller chances of it ever becoming &#8220;banned&#8221; or &#8220;censored&#8221;

&#8220;Whenever the human head is severed with a sharp enough weapon/ the brain remains conscience for 10 seconds&#8221;
(Canibus)
-shinji