In the unedited scene, Riko expresses innocent joy in her pose, but as soon as I censored the scene with the white light streak, the scene loses its innocence. Let’s look at a still from one of the scenes, the original and one that I’ve censored using a common censoring method in anime. Yet, because she is under age, her nudity causes a problem for many people. However, the scenes are not sexual, and they are already censored by her long hair. Riko, a 12-year-old girl, appears in these scenes without a shirt. This becomes particularly thorny when dealing with child characters.Ī few scenes of Made in the Abyss has caused a stir.
In fact, censorship can make an innocent scene sexual. Ironically, censorship methods draw more attention to these parts. Perhaps the most common censorship involves the animators simply not drawing the nipples of guys and girls.
A lady’s long hair stick to her nipples as if they are made of glue while the rest of her hair flutters in the breeze. Streaks of white light or darkness slash across character’s “naughty” bits. Censorship of anime nudity isn’t subtle (As you can guess, I’m going to discuss nudity and include images some may find troubling).
