[Anime]En Thailand, la censure est vraiment violente, a en être ridicule

"Censorship level: Thailand" is no joke! Check out just how tough the country's censorship is.
For years now, anime viewers in Thailand have been dealing with ironclad regulations for broadcast dubs—something that fans outside the country have also noticed.



But it's not just anime. On Thai television broadcasts, the government censors alcohol consumption, weapons pointed at people, cigarettes, blood, and swimwear. You can read more in this Thai censorship wiki entry.





Recently, Japanese site Thailog posted a clip from a dubbed Sailor Moon episode that appeared on Thai TV. While the episode originally appeared on Japanese television in 1992, it was broadcasted in Thailand in early last year. Thailog introduced it again this past Friday.



So, for that Sailor Moon Thai broadcast, the above image...



...was censored into this.



Even the image of bathing suits from behind was censored—which, perhaps, makes one of the swimsuits look even worse.



Here are more examples of how Japanese anime is altered for broadcast in Thailand:




As with the Sailor Moon example above, here censorship makes things look worse.

And it's not just swimwear.


And it's not just female characters, either. Little kid underpants get blurred, too.

Tough shirtless guys, too.


Sometimes faces are censored. Here, as the One Piece Wiki points out, this image was edited because it apparently showed blood.

The bottom of shoes, it seems, are blurred as well. In Thailand, it is rude to show the soles of your feet to other people.



Characters drinking booze is a no-no.
This image might sum up how select anime fans in Thailand feel about some of this censorship:



All is not lost, though. Anime blog Cardcaptor's Blog has a good rundown for how those living in Thailand can enjoy manga and anime.

Ideas of what's socially acceptable differ from country to country. What some might think is okay, others might not. Take blue pierced animated nipples, for example. That might be cool where you live. Maybe not.
Note: This story contains content some readers might find objectionable.
When Japanese anime Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic was broadcast last fall and earlier this year, one of its characters, a magical being named Paimon, had exposed breasts and pierced nipples. Like it or not, this is what it is: excessive fan service.
The somewhat surprising thing is that this appeared in a show that was broadcast at 5pm! Maybe the television censors thought this was okay because the character was blue?

The same anime is apparently now being shown in Taiwan, but according to Twitter user Noku13456, when Paimon appears on screen, there's a huge sign that reads "censored" or "banned" (禁). That image can be seen above. You can see the original, unedited image as it appeared on Japanese TV below:

On 2ch, Japan's biggest online forum, some were surprised this was shown on Japanese television, calling it a bit much.
Others wondered why her outfit wasn't changed or why the image wasn't edited. "Well, the sign is good because it's easy to understand," countered one. Can't argue with that.

Ask any anime fan, and they'll tell you: cartoons in Japan are different from their localized counterparts. Last night on Japanese TV, the issue was explored for the Japanese viewing public, who was surprised to learn that English language versions of anime are edited.
The show was Sekai Marumie! (世界まる見え！ or "The World Exposed!"), which is hosted by Takeshi Kitano, and it features a panel of foreigners, who show clips or surprising news from their country to Japanese viewers. On yesterday's show, the American panelist ran a segment on how anime is changed when it makes the leap to the English-speaking world. Possibly NSFW images to follow.
While, yes, Japanese pornography is censored, most TV anime isn't—because, well, most TV anime isn't pornographic. What's more, Japan has traditionally been able to separate drawings and real people as well as nudity and sex. Therefore, it's not uncommon to see private parts, even in anime aimed at children because nudity isn't being equated with sex.
With Japan's bathing culture, there's a long tradition of public nudity at public baths (銭湯 or "sentou") and hot springs (温泉 or "onsen"), so Japanese people are generally not too fused with the human body and being naked in front of strangers. Censorship in adult entertainment doesn't necessarily reflect the country's attitudes towards nudity as the contentious issue is with the depiction of explicit sexual intercourse. Generally speaking, government censorship does tend to clamp down over issues of obscenity, which it often equates with eroticism or sex.
America, however, has explicit pornography, but much more reserved rules about what can be depicted on TV—especially in cartoons. The contrast between the two cultures and how they view both mass entertainment and nudity is stark and fascinating.
On Sekai Marumie!, a clip from anime InuYasha was shown. In it, the Japanese version showed female breasts; however, the English language version edited the breasts out. Another clip showed how in the Japanese version of anime Beelzebub, baby Beel's ding-dong is clearly visible in one scene. When that scene was localized into English, the character was put in diapers to cover his baby bits.
While stuff like this is common knowledge to many Western anime fans, it was interesting to see the reactions from Japanese panelists on the show (as well as those of friends) to how anime is altered. Many were totally unaware of these changes and felt that localizing Japanese anime for other cultures was no easy task. Localization isn't merely changing the language, but ensuring that the imported version jives with the local culture—hence why it's called "localization"!
世界まる見え！テレビ特捜部 [NTV]

Bien sur, au Japon la censure est peut-être plus subtile ou juste indirectement bien évité...... et oui!!! même pour des série télé qui sont diffuser très très tard.

La série Kimi no iru machi qui vien juste cette semaine de terminer ca diffusion passer sur TV Tokyo a 23:30  ce que je trouve est ''très tard'' dans la journée.  Et même cela, les situation ou on aurais peut-être vue ''en détail'' le corps d'une fille... fut juste habilement ''évité'' juste en superposant par hasard de quoi qui cache la personne..... bien souent un linge bien placer ou la fameuse vapeur très présente dans tout les endroit humide hein!!!





Alors vous avez peut-être tous une propre opinion placer pour ce genre de sujet de la censure ''télévisuel''  on parle bien de série télé hein!!!  Je pense qu'il est logique et normal que l'on dois controler ce que l'on montrer a la télé selon les heures de diffusion et ceux même si c'est pendant la nuit.....

Je parle surtout de chaine publique ou ouverte...... par contre si ce sont des émission sur des chaine payante ou ''privé'' auquel on dois demander un forfait pour l'avoir ou s'abonner... alors je pense qu'a ce moment la... la version intégrale et original devant être montré et on ne devrais pas censurer.... pareil pour lorsqu'on achète des média comme Blu-ray/DVD... je pense que la personne qui se procure ceci est une personne ''avertie'' et que cela n'est plus de la responsabilité du diffuseur d'essayé de contrevenir au personnes inadquat a visualiser le contenue.

Bref, si vous êtes toujours gonflé de voir de la censure..... arrêter de regarder les série (en stream) télé et procurez vous les version officiel blu-ray/DVD.