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   Phil Yff to Galen Musbach   
   Re: New and Notable - Standards   
   25 Feb 07 11:22:45   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: phil.yff@adelphia.net   
      
   On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:44:58 -0500, Galen Musbach wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:31:11 +0000 (UTC), Aya the Vampire Slayer   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Galen Musbach  wa rec.arts.manga ni hanashite   
   imashita:   
   >>>On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:02:16 -0500, Galen Musbach   
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>>Tokyopop has decided to standardize the   
   >>>>US Industry manga/anime ratings system so   
   >>>>that everyone means the same thing with   
   >>>>the letters they put on the cover. Here's it is:   
   >>>>http://galensattic.nekomimicon.net/rating_flyer.pdf   
   >>>>   
   >>>Let us review the current state of the industry:   
   >>>Manga Ratings Assigned:   
   >>   
   >>>Here is Greenwood: 16+ (Why? Topless guys are only 13+)   
   >>   
   >>There is an overt gay relationship (no sex). And a woman tries (half   
   >>heartedly) to have sex with an 8yo whom she thought was a girl but is   
   >>actually a boy.   
   >   
   > Neither of those is a problem, so long as she wasn't   
   > a family member of the child she tried to molest.   
   > ("Grope, no nudity: 13+")   
   > But you are correct nonetheless -- the kid collected   
   > 30,000 yen for sex, which is prostitution, which is 16+.   
      
   I thought it is a little under $300 depending on the exchange rate. ^-^   
      
   Mata ato de,   
      
   Phil Yff   
      
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