 The
Australian censorship Review Board met to consider the ratings of four
DVD's from Siren's Hentai collection. The result is two titles are
banned, and two retained their R18+ ratings
What the Review Board decisions confirm is that as long as none of the
characters are portrayed as being below eighteen then it is okay to show
hardcore sex in these animated features.
The two banned titles are Bondage Mansion and Holy Virgins.
Both were rated R18+ earlier in the year, and were released on June
19th.
T&A Teacher retained its R18+ along with Classes in Seduction.
So what happens to all the copies of Bondage Mansion and Holy
Virgins that are already out there? Technically they should be
pulled from stores, though in practice this is often not the case. In
this case we suspect collectors will quickly snap up any stray copies of
these two DVD nasties.
Update:
Hentai Removed on the back of the 2008 Papal visit to Sydney
10th May 2009. See
article
from
refused-classification.com
The Pope flies to Sydney, and a million pilgrims duly follow. Killing
time between wholesome Catholic activities, said pilgrims stop off in a
VERY popular music/DVD shop to peruse the latest in family
entertainment.
While shopping, they find copies of HOLY VIRGINS on the shelf in the
Anime section. Complaints (x100) to the store manager - and eventually
the Government - ensue. The result? Surprise, surprise - the Pope and
the pilgrims may be long gone, but you can't find the Hentai Collection
in most stores anymore, even though these titles have been given an R
rating by the Government-run Classification Board.
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