New Eroge Regulations in Japan Unveiled

Andy Chalk

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New Eroge Regulations in Japan Unveiled


Japan's Ethics Organization for Computer Software [http://www.sofurin.org/] has sent a fax to its members detailing about what will and will not be allowed under the new regulations banning rape games in the country.

The "main points" of the confidential fax were leaked to Canned Dogs [http://zepy.momotato.com/2009/06/03/the-fax-from-the-eocs-was-sent-out/], which has been following (and, more importantly, translating) the story since it began. According to the leaked information, EOCS members will now have to work with the following restrictions:


Words such as "training" (調教) or "slave", among others, are not allowed in the title or packaging
HCG (Hentai computer graphics) involving sexual violation cannot exceed 20% of a game's total HCG count (ie: can't try to build this up by having lots of everyday life CG events)
Even if it's below 20%, anything that is promoting a criminal offense is not allowed
Anything that promotes rape, confinement, stalking, domestic violence and portrays it in a way that the offender gains something out of it is not allowed
New games that have already passed the review process by the EOCS are considered "safe" from this


Some game makers were apparently unhappy with the fact that the regulations are "completely different" than what was on the table at the EOCS meeting originally called to discuss the matter and that they came into effect almost immediately, leaving them little time to react. Questions appear to remain unanswered, however, as at least one site says the EOCS is planning a "gradual change" in the new requirements and it has also been suggested that some companies will simply drop their membership in the EOCS and continue developing their games unhindered.


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Ancientgamer

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tighter regulations? It sounds like they've banned the genre entirely.

Guess it'll be going underground. But hey, At least now distribution won't be supervised.
 
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vivaldiscool said:
tighter regulations? It sounds like they've banned the genre entirely.
Not really. Any eroge game can still have 19% rape scenes as long as the offender gets caught and dealt with. (Not "gaining something")

I can actually agree with that.
 

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Cpt_Oblivious said:
Dectilon said:
Tell me again, why would makers of Interactive rape porn be concerned with ethics exactly?
Fixed it. You do pose a very good question though.
Interactive is the selling point... wait, thats kinda out of context.
 

Jumplion

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Even if it's below 20%, anything that is promoting a criminal offense is not allowed
This one seems flawed to me, wouldn't this apply to games other than the rape ones also?
 

nova18

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"Words such as "training" (調教) or "slave", among others, are not allowed in the title or packaging"


Sorry but someone needs to clear this up for me:

a) How is the word training related in any way to sex/rape/anything other than Pokemon.
b) Does that mean Brain Training is now illegal in Japan?
 

Mstrswrd

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Again, not legally binding. Again, most of these games were computer order's (or special order, or in the back room, or downloaded, etc) anyway. Again, people who want to play these game are going to get these games, as they don't much care if they are unrated. And, yet again, this will change nothing. Hentai game makers will make hentai that panders to fetishes, because there is money to be made and they don't care about what the fetish they pander to is, whether that fetish be normal sex, BDSM, bloodplay, Yaoi/Yuri, Rape, or the many, many way worse things that they have come up with.
 

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nova18 said:
Sorry but someone needs to clear this up for me:

a) How is the word training related in any way to sex/rape/anything other than Pokemon.
b) Does that mean Brain Training is now illegal in Japan?
This is an organization that regulates PC games. It does not mean that rape games are banned in Japan, in fact, this just means that the companies willing to make those kinds of games will just resign from that organization and will look for another organization for that.

And I'm guessing those particular kanji for the word "training" has a special connotation that has nothing to do with Pokemon. I don't know, not Japanese here.
 

Dectilon

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Considering the sheer number of kanji there are, maybe those mean training of humans.
 

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The_root_of_all_evil said:
vivaldiscool said:
tighter regulations? It sounds like they've banned the genre entirely.
Not really. Any eroge game can still have 19% rape scenes as long as the offender gets caught and dealt with. (Not "gaining something")

I can actually agree with that.
Have one rape scene that saves the world? NO GAME FOR YOU


Have fifty different ones for fifty different ways of geting locked in the slammer? HAVE FUN!
 

nova18

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Dectilon said:
Considering the sheer number of kanji there are, maybe those mean training of humans.
Again though, training them for what?
I dont know why this has piqued my curiosity so much but it seems like an odd word to regulate.
 

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Dectilon said:
Tell me again, why would makers of rape porn be concerned with ethics exactly?
Because that's like making a game about torturing people. Where 80% of the game is torturing. GOOD people, Punisher doesn't count, as he tortures and shoots bad people.

Also, because rape leaves a permanent scar on your psyche and sex life.

Fenixhart said:
The_root_of_all_evil said:
vivaldiscool said:
tighter regulations? It sounds like they've banned the genre entirely.
Not really. Any eroge game can still have 19% rape scenes as long as the offender gets caught and dealt with. (Not "gaining something")

I can actually agree with that.
Have one rape scene that saves the world? NO GAME FOR YOU


Have fifty different ones for fifty different ways of geting locked in the slammer? HAVE FUN!
Rape is never justified.
 

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Fenixhart said:
Have one rape scene that saves the world? NO GAME FOR YOU
I'm actually quite intrigued about how you would go about creating that situation... :D

What about "skill education" instead of "Training"? What about a Fable-stylee system about the rape? If you rape, people demonise you and make the game harder?
 

Ariyura

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調教 means to train an animal, so in that regard I can see why they wouldn't want it used.
 

Fenixhart

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Abedeus said:
Rape is never justified.
Exactly. My crude example bassically meant that one instance of making it justified would be denied where as endless opportunities of getting the long arm of the in-game law to bitchslap you across the face would be permitted as the character would be punished for it.

Its not the act of it being there, its how it's handled.
 

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Well I for one am pleased, though I drought this will do much. It won't be to difficult for people to get pirate copies of games that already exist, but new rape games will hopefully be less frequent after this.