Japanese Version of GTA V Censors Violence And Sex Scenes

[Evil Smurf]

You know, this edit makes GTA a worse, but more playable game. A neutered Trevor? Good.

 

[GoddyofAus]

While taking this in, just remember folks, this is the same country that gave the world Elfen Lied.

 

[Roofstone]

While taking this in, just remember folks, this is the same country that gave the world Elfen Lied.

I was about to say, yeah.
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Maybe they'll be more accepting if Trevor grows magic tentacles and starts wetting himself?

Really, japanese censoring is just strange.

 

[Something Amyss]

I think the parachute makes the scene far kinkier.

First the veins in Saints Row's dildo and now this. To be honest american censuring doesnt make all that much sense either, (making a skirt 2 inches longer because "Oh lord, I see a panty shot!")

Which is especially absurd considering our media.

The sex bit is interesting considering japans eroge game market. (that's porn games BTW).

It's my understanding, and maybe I'm wrong, that Eroge tend not to get certification.

And in exactly none of those will you ever see uncensored genitals in the official release.

They won't ban sex, but they won't let you see a dick.

That's untrue. Certain things are taboo, but you will see exposed genitals. And more than what GTA shows. Hell, women apparently wear bikinis in the shower in Los Santos.

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And, of course, no laws have changed since that point, including other laws regarding sex.

I wonder if Japan has this conversation every time we edit guns out of their thirty minute toy commercials? "But, all Americans have guns! Some can't even climax sexually without a gun!"

Honestly, I hope they do.

You know, this edit makes GTA a worse, but more playable game. A neutered Trevor? Good.

I think that'd be censored, too.

Maybe they'll be more accepting if Trevor grows magic tentacles and starts wetting himself?

Or if he's swapped into the body of a 13 year old girl. Or 14. I forget how old the Sailor Moon girls were, but that seems to be a common age for sexualisation in Japanese media.

 

[Kittyhawk]

Yeah, just another dose of japanese double standards at play, because of aged laws that need change or clear reformal updating. Obviously, games and anime didn't exist when the original law was put in place, so its bizarre as to why someone hasn't rethought it. Or perhaps the powers that be have but want to make the laws more restrictive than less.

Another problem Japan has to deal with is online game sales. Steam might off GTAV uncut on PC eventually.

 

[Hagi]

http://www.japanprobe.com/2006/01/31/why-is-japanese-porn-censored/

God...

I love the last paragraph of that article.

Japanese porn doesn?t focus on the penetration shot, instead using a variety of direction styles to create a sex scene. Without censorship, most Japanese directors would be as lazy as their American counterparts, who rely heavily on close-ups of penetration. It is possible that Japan?s wacky and innovative porn is a partial response to censorship.

That's one heck of a way to describe 'rape by tentacle monster'.

 

[Animyr]

Judging by their output, I thought that if any country would be down for liberal in-your-face helpings of sex and violence, it would be the japanese.

Maybe it's because it's not happening to animated people with cartoonishly large eyes? Or maybe the demographic that eats up the sex-and-violence stuff isn't the same demographic that runs the import board.

 

[1337mokro]

So it's nothing but a black background with white text that says.

"Thank you for purchase this game!"

I've sadly seen worse games than that.

So tentacle rape okay. Vending machines for used underwear okay. A gigantic sex shop district okay.

Violence and Sex in a videogame rated M bad?

 

[thisbymaster]

So the game is what, 5 hours long for them?

 

[thewatergamer]

All I can say is I find this really hilarious considering japans usual attitude towards sex and violence

 

[james.sponge]

That's strange why is GTA bothering them so much and tentacle rape, lolicons and the rest of that stuff isn't perceived as harmful.

 

[ThunderCavalier]

All I can say is I find this really hilarious considering japans usual attitude towards sex and violence

This.

Coming from Japan, this is pretty humorous.

 

[gyrobot_v1legacy]

That's strange why is GTA bothering them so much and tentacle rape, lolicons and the rest of that stuff isn't perceived as harmful.

You are kind of behind with the times are you?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Ordinance_Regarding_the_Healthy_Development_of_Youths

Yeah, they are recently tossing in laws like this which goes against the stereotype.

All I can say is I find this really hilarious considering japans usual attitude towards sex and violence

This.

Coming from Japan, this is pretty humorous.

Not really, this is a country where the console based games have next to no sex scenes other than their eroge (which is moot), hitsparks instead of blood. We sometimes give Japan a lot more credit when really they are pretty much the Dubai of the Far East.

For crying shame man, Eastern Europeans are more bold with sex (Witcher, Metro Last Light) than Japan whom so far haven't given us a softcore scene even though their talent pool can do it.

 

[sageoftruth]

I think this was covered in the last post on Japan. They're just squeamish about different things. Short skirts and panties? No big deal, but show them a schlong or an implied schlong and they run for the hills. I hear that's why porn industries in Japan produce tentacle porn.

 

[Pyramid Head]

This coming from the same nation that released Strait Jacket and RapeLay...? Japan, one of your most famous animes has a recurring theme of an 11 year old girl having her intestines pulled out while she's still alive, and then time looping and it happening again, her being the only one who remembers the events of every loop. Why would you choose NOW to intervene when you have released far more violent and far more sexually explicit items including items featuring sexual assault in markets that aren't as well regulated as gaming?

Maybe Dr. House had a point when he said any country with that low an age of consent isn't thinking straight. Who knows?

 

[gyrobot_v1legacy]

This coming from the same nation that released Strait Jacket and RapeLay...? Japan, one of your most famous animes has a recurring theme of an 11 year old girl having her intestines pulled out while she's still alive, and then time looping and it happening again, her being the only one who remembers the events of every loop. Why would you choose NOW to intervene when you have released far more violent and far more sexually explicit items including items featuring sexual assault in markets that aren't as well regulated as gaming?

Maybe Dr. House had a point when he said any country with that low an age of consent isn't thinking straight. Who knows?

Serbian Film, Snuff, Punishment Porn. The only difference is how "legal" it is. Still Japan is more sexually repressed than most people think.

 

[conmag9]

GTA without violence and sex feels a bit like releasing a dictionary without words beginning with consonants. I mean, sure, there's SOME stuff left, but it's kinda missing the overall point, right?

I can understand someone not being comfortable with it, and that's fine. Don't have to play it, right? I know I'm not terribly interested in GTA 5 (albeit mostly because at least two of the protagonists would drive me crazy). But the game's pretty focused on those things, and you can't just rip parts out and expect the result to be anything beyond a horrific, shambling homunculus whose only words are spent begging for a swift and merciful end.

 

[ckam]

Oh, I was actually hoping for mosaics, censor bars, and other fun stuff. Oh, well.

 

[james.sponge]

That's strange why is GTA bothering them so much and tentacle rape, lolicons and the rest of that stuff isn't perceived as harmful.

You are kind of behind with the times are you?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Ordinance_Regarding_the_Healthy_Development_of_Youths

Yeah, they are recently tossing in laws like this which goes against the stereotype.

Oh No! This is actually quite restrictive you know