So according to ANN, a school in Maryland decided to pull their DragonBall manga because of one parents complaint. It isn't like the kid got his hands on hardcore pornography or anything...Still the ANN article lists another example in a father who ended up getting the same manga pulled from Toys R Us stores way back in 1999. Nobody is arguing about not "protecting" kids from things they shouldn't be looking at anyway. Parents want to protect their kids, sure, we can all be on board with that. But as an anime fan it seems like the hobby is constantly under scrutiny, more so years ago than in its accepted form now. I won't get on my high horse and preach to you about anime being wholesome, most of the time it isn't.
It comes down to the cultural gap when it comes to most equating anime with Disney features or even Pixar . The same can be said for manga which automatically gets equated with western comics like Batman, Archie, and others. Even the researcher quoted in the article shares the same point of view. Now if you'll excuse me I have some violent asian porn comics to read.
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