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   From: emschwar@pobox.com   
      
   Lee Ratner  writes:   
   >       It sounds interesting. The reason why I find the topic of what   
   > Japanese parents tolerate in manga and anime interesting is because   
   > the tolerance is relevatively recent. During Japan's Imperial Era,   
   > there was serious censorship in all media. Japanese censors did not   
   > allow any romantic kissing in movies, both domestic and foreign,   
   > until after the American occupation. Much of what is allowed in   
   > anime and manga now would be impossible before 1945.   
      
   In moving pictures, maybe, but Shunga (erotic pictures, mostly   
   ukiyo-e, some kakemono-e) were widely drawn and sold across Japan   
   since the Heian period.  The Tokugawas tried to shut it down several   
   times, but didn't really manage it.  The only thing that apparently   
   shut them down for good, according to Wikipedia, was the introduction   
   of photography, which simply moved the problem to another medium. :)   
      
   -=Eric   
      
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