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Persona 5 Royal Changes “Homophobic” Scenes For Unsatisfied Critics, Ryuji Now Encouraged to Join ‘Drag Scene’

March 18, 2020

The previously announced changes to “homophobic” scenes in the Western release of Persona 5 Royal have now been discovered, with the localization changing the two men hitting on Ryuji into crossdressers. The...

Dead or Alive 6 Will Not Feature Previously Featured Sexy Transformation for Phase 4’s Nights of Azure Costume

Dead or Alive 6 Will Not Feature Sexy Transformation for Phase 4’s Nights of Azure Costume

Spencer Baculi

February 25, 2020

Video Games

A prominent Dead or Alive news site has confirmed that a ‘sexy’ variation of Phase 4’s costume based on Arnice from Nights of Azure featured in a previous game will no longer be present when the costume debuts ...

Funimation Edits Joke To Remove Light Sexual Humor In ‘BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense’

Spencer Baculi

February 18, 2020

Anime, Censorship

In their continuing tradition of altering the scripts of original anime productions during the dubbing process, Funimation has changed a line in their dub of BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My...

NIS America Issues Statement After Localizers Claim to Change “Sexist” Japanese Humor to be “Culturally Appropriate”

Spencer Baculi

January 24, 2020

Video Games

NIS America has issued a statement denying that the company censors titles during the localization process after two members of the The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III localization team stated that t...

Groyper Army Leader Nick Fuentes Has YouTube Channel Temporarily Demonetized and Receives One Week Streaming Ban

Spencer Baculi

January 14, 2020

Censorship

Nick Fuentes, the 22-year old conservative YouTuber and leader of the “Groyper Army” political movement, has recently had his channel America First temporarily demonetized and his streaming privileges revoked f...

PC Specialist Advertisement Banned in UK for Perpetuating “Harmful Gender Stereotypes” Due to Not Featuring Women

Spencer Baculi

January 10, 2020

Censorship

A new advertisement for the UK-based specialty computer retailer PC Specialist has been banned by the country’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) due to complaints that the ad “perpetuated harmful gender st...

Fate/Grand Order: Moonlight/Lostroom OVA Lightens Emiya Alter’s Skin for Western Streaming Services

Spencer Baculi

January 1, 2020

Anime

As the 2017 Fate/Grand Order: Moonlight/Lostroom OVA made its subtitled debut on western streaming services, viewers have noticed that Emiya Alter’s dark black skin color had been lightened in comparison to his...

Same-Sex Kiss in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Cut in Middle East, Left Untouched in China

Spencer Baculi

December 19, 2019

Censorship

Audiences have reported that a same-sex kiss between two female Resistance members seen near the end of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has been cut from showings in the Middle East while the scene surprisingl...

The Seven Deadly Sins: Wrath of Gods Debuts with Heavy Censorship of Blood and Gore

Spencer Baculi

October 10, 2019

Anime

The third season of The Seven Deadly Sins anime, Wrath of Gods, recently debuted on Japanese television much to the dismay of fans who found that depictions of blood and gore were being heavily censored. In ...

‘Soph’ Banned From YouTube for Violating “Hate Speech” Policy

Spencer Baculi

August 2, 2019

Censorship

The popular and controversial teenage YouTuber known as ‘Soph’ has had her channel banned from YouTube for violating their hate speech policy. The suspension came shortly after Soph uploaded a video entitled...

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