As we have already mentioned in previous articles, not only the feminist collective but now also the general public in Japan have come to complain about the representation of women within the anime industry. While they don’t seem to care when it comes to audiovisual content, these people often express negative comments when the anime leaves the screen and reaches corners of the real world.
This generally occurs when advertising directly from an anime or some collaboration is placed in public places. such as subway stations, spectacular buildings, or any other place where many people pass by. This was what Japanese Internet users detected in a recent promotional for the franchise. The Eminence in Shadow (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!). Why don’t you try to detect what they discovered?
Well yes, it turns out that Japanese Internet users detected that this promotional, placed inside the Shinjuku Station, has censored the breasts of the members of the Shadow Garden! Cleverly, the production placed the name tags so that they were at the right height to cover each of the girls’ breasts. And no, it’s not that they appeared naked, in fact, what they are covering is simply cleavage.
To check this, just draw a straight line and check that the labels do not have the same elevation. The most curiouswhich was mentioned in the previous paragraph, The thing is that bare breasts are not being censored, but rather they are simply necklines or pronounced breasts but covered by clothing. Did the production of The Eminence in Shadow think that just showing something like that would get them in trouble?
Unfortunately, it seems that the general public is becoming increasingly sensitive to these types of representations, and the comments were immediate:
- «Oh no, please stop being afraid of feminists.».
- «Apparently, the first letter of their names corresponds to the size of their cups.».
- «Comedies don’t need erotic elements to work, when will they understand that?».
- «I think it’s even more erotic if you try to hide it somehow».
- «I can’t help but think that this kind of thing is becoming more and more common nowadays.».
- «If you feel disappointed with this advertisement, why don’t you go complain to the railway station management?».
- «I find it ridiculous that the names even cover parts that are already covered in the original design».
- «Even though this is an anime where women are the ones who do the men’s work, I can’t believe that feminists attack it too».
- «I suppose it will be difficult to understand, but comedies starring teenagers do not attract much attention from adults».
- «It’s an anime dedicated to the scariest otakus, what’s the need to promote it to the general public?».
- «It is just a precautionary measure, it is not an erotic anime, but it never hurts to be cautious about any complaints».
Fountain: Yaraon!
