The controversial animes that caused controversies

Most controversial animes inside and outside Japan. Below you will see a list of the animes that generated the most uproar to the point of being banned in Japan and other countries. Unfortunately, the list of animes that caused controversies is large, but we cannot talk about all of them, so we selected only 3 to discuss in detail and what happened.

1. Hetalia Axis Powers

This anime takes different countries and personifies them in eccentric characters. These characters interact and make important political decisions during the time of World War I and II.

In addition to being politically incorrect, it also somewhat resembles the nationalist stereotypes during the war. The anime was considered offensive by the South Korean government, and a petition to have the series banned received more than 16,000 signatures. The South Korean station that was going to premiere the series received death threats. Probably because of this, the show was removed from the channel’s schedule and was never aired.

2. Hadashi no Gen

Japan and the USA have been at war for three years. Gen, the protagonist, lives in the city of Hiroshima with relative peace, before the Americans bomb it.

Gen and his family deal with the destruction of the city and malnutrition due to lack of food, putting his pregnant mother in danger. He and his family are trying to work to survive the wartime.

Hadashi no Gen is a film based on the manga written by Nakazawa Keiji, a man who survived the bombing of Hiroshima. This anime addresses the subject of the atomic bomb and represents it graphically.

The real effects of the atomic bomb are shown as people’s eyes melt, skin and muscle fall off the bone, and people die burned. While the film describes the true suffering of the victims of Hiroshima, it does not portray Japan as a victim.

The manga was briefly banned in school libraries in Japan for its one-sided portrayal and its violence. The film was restricted in schools in Japan and the USA for its graphic images.

3. Death Note

Shinigami are able to kill people using a Death Note, as long as they have seen the face and know the name of the victim. Ryuk decides that it might be interesting to watch what happens when a human receives a Death Note, so he falls into the human world.

Light finds the Death Note and tests it on a criminal. Seeing the power of the Death Note, Light decides to use it. Unfortunately, the police realize that a serial killer is on the loose but cannot understand how or who could be the culprit, so they recruit the help of a man known as L.

Most people recognize Death Note as a successful anime worldwide, but not actually controversial. Children around the world made Death Notes out of notebooks and wrote the names of people they wished to kill.

Children in the USA were reported for possessing Death Notes. In Russia, attempts are being made to ban the series due to its influence on children. In China, Death Note was banned due to its influence on children, although it is available in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

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