rape ape g wrote...
Related-ish to censorship: https://twitter.com/seri3ma/status/1347576228329508869. User claims there is a japanese feminist group who plans on lobbying for the ban of fanservice, hentai and moe. Considering the existence of kazuko ito who backed connie bonaros' effort to attack anime in australia I doubt this is a rumor. Their demands are crazy (and I'd like to think it won't happen because otaku aren't going to replace love live or priconne h-doujins with miyazaki's aya and the witch) but I prefer to nip shit like this in the bud.
I don't think any of us have the ability to "nip shit like this in the bud", as most (all?) of us aren't from Japan and so none of their politicians care what we think. Australian politicians have always hated anime, and it's unlikely that the alleged support of a Japanese feminist group had anything to do with what went on over there. The Japanese government has typically defended the creative freedom of anime and manga. If I were you, I'd be more concerned about the recent crackdown on major porn sites here in the West by payment processors, and plans by lawmakers to impose new rules on porn. It may never effect Fakku or anime and manga in general, but I'd say it is more likely to matter than this is.