Japanese Platform Backpedals on Censorship, but the Chilling Effect Remains!

Fantia, a Japanese content creator website, recently gained attention for their new censorship guidelines for content. This was all in order to be in compliance with Japan's very vague obscenity law: Article 175. However, today they have walked this back on 2D content alone, spotlighting a growing Chilling Effect this law creates. 0:00 Intro 2:20 Fantia's Statement 3:16 Fear of Other Convictions 4:32 Real versus Drawn Censorship 7:40 Censorship Remains for Live Action 8:30 Chilling Effect 10:14 Loss of Artists 11:08 Determining Their Standards 11:45 Damage of Article 175 12:58 Questions Posed by Politicians Tips: https://streamelements.com/otakuspiri... Patreon:   / otakuspirit   X: https://x.com/OtakuSpirited Website: https://OtakuSpirit.com AniList: https://anilist.co/user/OtakuSpirit/ #anime #news #manga #art