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MonkeyFunk
05-01-2007, 08:13 AM
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070421a9.html

Segolene Royal has criticized "manga" comics and animation as being violent and pornographic...
The Socialist candidate has criticized Japanese society for being tolerant of violence and pornography in a book published in 1989. She also reportedly expressed her concerns that some Japanese comics contain sexist material when she met with Mizuho Fukushima, head of the Social Democratic Party, in Paris in December.

Inkwolf
05-01-2007, 06:57 PM
Well, some ARE violent and pornographic...

Sounds like the Japanese press is getting pouty that sumo-fan Chirac is leaving office. :p

Toonboy
05-02-2007, 05:01 PM
And yet a French guy made Brotherhood of the Wolf and Silent Hill(both excellent but very bloody and psuedo-erotic movies) XD

GrafSpee
05-08-2007, 10:56 AM
She lost the election by a 6% margin. It must have been the pro-anime vote that worked against her. :D

Inkwolf
05-08-2007, 01:09 PM
Ph3ar the Otaku. :devil: