Censorship of nudity in animation

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dwheel820

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I know there are plenty of shows that plenty of male buttcrack Simpsons and Family guy for example. But what shows can you think of that actully showed female buttcrack. All of I think of is one episode of Simpsons where they showed Semela's buttcrack.
 
Most cartoons go with the reasoning that male nudity is funny, and female nudity is sexual. Family Guy and Futurama are the only cartoons that have shown nude female booty.
 
That's a curious convention about United States cartoons. They can't show female nudity as people presumably think it's sexual, even when the context is nothing like that. It seems laughably illogical. The closest thing I can think of in U.S. cartoons is one brief scene of "A Goofy Movie", and that was because it was a toddler age girl.

Of course, the Japanese don't have this convention at all. Anyone who's seen plenty of episodes of "Doraemon" can attest to that. :D
 
Sure they do, why else do we see Bastion's butt in Yu-Gi-Oh, but not Alexis'? Or guys kissing each other like Naruto and Sasuke, while girls don't?

Doraemon features little kids, so it's okay to show it, like a toddler commercial for diapers.

Now, whether this convention is as strong as it is in America is up to debate, but there's definately a convention in Japan differentiating male and female nudity. It''s like that everywhere.
 
Aside from the one mentioned just above me, Simpsons also showed it in the Halloween special with professor Frink's father. The crossing guard in Stockholm was a naked woman, shown in full from behind. (I still don't quite understand that joke.)


Odd topic, as everyone has said, but I know what you're getting at. Though maybe it's not just an animation thing.
 
Fine example. One of the only times Shizuka-chan is nude and Nobita isn't actually there to see it.

Anyway, here's a funny thing about Japanese censorship laws. Naked children are okay, but when it comes to adults, it gets tricky. I've seen a couple instances of naked female breasts, but only once, and they cover up the nipples usually. But when it comes to full nudity, they can let a child's...uh.... you know hang around in the breeze. That's why Crayon Shin-chan gets away with what he does, and it took a feature film for Bart Simpson to do the same thing. However, an adult's is pixilated or not shown entirely. Example? Kochikame (I wish I had clips to post, but I don't). In an episode where Ryutsu-san has a flashback story of something that happened to him when he was a kid, there was a bath house scene. But another episode featured Ryutsu naked, but it was pixilated. So there's a weird little censorship thingy there.

I believe things are changing, since newer Doraemon episodes actually cover up Shizuka-chan a little more.

They usually get away with a little more in mangas.
 
Could it be that "Doraemon" is more world known than it once was because of the internet, and now the makers of Doraemon might not want to be most well known for Shizuka's many nude scenes? Then again, the link I provided was of a Spanish language dub. So apparently they've been showing Shizuka's nude scenes in some Western markets with little problem.

Boys may be able to show penises in Bart Simpson-style gags, like in Crayon Shin-Chan. But the girls' g-spots apparently is still very taboo, regardless of the context. I remember when the Digimon Tamers did their nude spirit evolutions the artists drew a beam that covered up Rika's g-spot, even though she wasn't being drawn anatomically correct in the first place.
 
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