From: tenchsama@cox.net   
      
   "Chris Kern"  wrote in message   
   news:2bf8b25rd66mudn7968ikdgd9tib6273m1@4ax.com...   
   > On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:30:48 -0400, SK  posted   
   > the following:   
   >   
   > > I can   
   > >see why it caused such an uproar in Japan.  I can't imagine wanting   
   > >small kids to see this.   
   >   
   > I don't know that there's any actual proof for this assertion -- I've   
   > never seen it except as an unsourced statement; the Japanese wikipedia   
   > page doesn't mention anything about it.   
   >   
   > -Chris   
      
   Not sure why this would cause an uproar. Death was a common theme even in   
   anime for younger children. In the 80's they killed off Minky Momo with a   
   truck(!) and that series was aimed at a younger audience. I suspect that the   
   "uproar" was one of those stories that get started at conventions while   
   waiting on line for the dealer room to open. There's always some "expert"   
   with  a loud voice (like the one at Katsucon that started the one about   
   Megumi Hayashibara marrying her 16 y.o. cousin.  Blehhh!   
      
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