The internet seems to be in an uproar over the announcement that roughly 40 cards in the game Monster Monpiece will be censored. Well, we here at the Grotto hate censorship as much as the next guy, but given cultural differences between the US and Japan, it does seem like a necessary evil. As any fan of anime can attest to, sometimes, the fan service in anime will sometimes include minors or young-ish looking women as well as hyper sexualized women or situations that get as close to nudity as posible without crossing over. While this seems to be well accepted in Japan, how often do you see something similar on broadcast or pay TV in the US? Not often. Also anime, while to the anime fan, seems like a huge business, in reality, it pales in comparison to other segments of the market such as TV, movies and games. If this were not the case, some companies would probably still be around like Geneon (Pioneer) and ADV. Now before you say, game like "God Of War had nudity", An...
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