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Posted: 11-12-2008 02:20 Post subject:

If I were defence counsel in that case I would have argued that the Simpsons have been around since 1987/9 ('87 if you count the shorts!) so that leaves most of the stock characters around the 20 mark....

Megadeth; I believe that there is PLENTY of erotic manga out there (generally called 'hentai'), and Japanese pornography rules being what they are some of it could be considered 'child' (i.e under 1 Cool

pornography in other countries.

I actually read a review of a manga video (which shall remain nameless) some days ago in which the reviewer pointed out that it should not really be on sale in that format in her country (USA) since it included some scenes of child abuse. In fact, I'm jolly glad to have that particular reviewer around since she has prevented me from buying countless mangas where the plot involves stuff I'm none too happy watching. Of course plenty of it is absolutely fine but I've certainly been on my guard, especially when it hasn't been dubbed.

(edited 12/12.08 for randomly appearing smiley)

Posted: 13-12-2008 03:50 Post subject:

Which is still there Very Happy

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Posted: 13-12-2008 23:24 Post subject:

Yes....the inappropriate smiley refuses to go away. That's meant to say 'under 18'.

Megadeth,....there are a number of films out there with really nasty content and that wasn't the one I read the review of. There was a reason I declined to name it; I would hate to see the day that someone goes online looking for such depraved material because of something I have written, albeit innocently; maybe you could edit your post?

The reviewer I mentioned WAS American, I certainly am not. The scenes depicted breached a US law on depiction of child sexual abuse.

There is also erotic manga out there; I tend to use the terms Manga and Anime interchangeably unless talking with buffs; some hentai starts out as manga and is adapted as anime (examples abound; e.g Kamyla).

Posted: 14-12-2008 00:51 Post subject:

What's the difference between manga and anime? I always thought of anime as for kids, and manga as more adult. Not adult adult, just... like The Simpsons (manga) vs Rugrats (anime).
It's totally likely I've made this distiction up and Megadeth is now staring at my words like I have 3 heads Laughing

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Posted: 14-12-2008 21:48 Post subject:

ive edit it for you. the bbfc past a heavily cut version of someing someing that just has stills and subtitles.

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Posted: 05-10-2013 04:45 Post subject:

Heard about this on t'wireless last week so it's good to read it in tGrauniad too:

The Simpsons' secret formula: it's written by maths geeks

Posted: 05-10-2013 07:34 Post subject:

Interesting that this should come up today. Just last night I thought I saw Homer Simpson sitting in a parked car!

I did a double-take (as you do) and realised it was in fact an ordinary bloke facing the other way, but some of the features of the image suggested Homer Simpson! (The car was maybe 50 yards away, and it was dusk.)

This was a purely visual misperception - I hadn't been thinking about the Simpsons, and I can't remember when I last watched it. But there was a recent article in the press that said that a character in the show is to be killed off soon, so that might have influenced my brain as it hunted around for a match to a briefly glimpsed pattern of light and shade seen through a car windscreen.

Posted: 05-10-2013 09:55 Post subject:

A character was killed off with great hoo-ha a few years back with lots of Who Shot JR?-style publicity, turned out to be Mrs Flanders. This time the money's on Selma or Patty.