Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-108.80.32.16-20160803042127/@comment-25936766-20160803175218

73.Anon.52 wrote: Japan actually recognizes the medium as something adults might want to watch and therefore puts in adult content in some kinds that western parents should research what kind of anime it is before allowing children to watch. That is not really relevant to what anime is, but instead just a case of cultural differences. Things like that are not exclusive to anime to begin with.

Japan has different values than Murica. In Japan, some blood, violence and sexual content is seen as perfectly fine in a show for 12+ children, like most Shonens are. In Murica, none of it is seen as even close to acceptable. This has nothing to do with anime.

For comparison, in France, while they are similar to Murica when it comes to violence and blood, when it comes to sexual content, they are noticeably more free and open about it than Murica is. So even in cartoons "for 10+ kids", you can get stuff like teenage girls in their underwear.

If anything, western parents should just keep in mind japanese standards are different from western standards. And these days, more and more parents keep it in mind. In fact, they've been doing so at least since AKIRA.