Tokyo to restrict manga sales
Authorities say ban is to ‘protect schoolchidren’ from exposure to ‘extreme anime’.
Published On 16 Dec 2010
Japan’s famed animation studios face a showdown with lawmakers, after officials in Tokyo passed a law restricting the sale of manga comics and anime films that contain “excessive sexual depictions”.
Critics of the move say it is an attack on free speech.
Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from Tokyo.
Source: Al Jazeera