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Jason Thompson's House of 1000 Manga - The Greatest Censorship Fails

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In fact, it seems less of a problem with original western content--see Alan Moore, despite getting into "trouble" at schools and libraries as highlighted by CBLDF from time to time. They are a much more resilient to criticism than Viz or Japanese controlled companies who paranoid about reputation, saving face and wrong ideas about sales.

Frankly, I agree. Actually, I think these kinds of fears are usually on the Japanese licensor side, as much as (or more than) American publisher side.

Of course it varies from artist to artist, but the fact that the author of Saint Young Men doesn't want her work to be published in English, because she's worried about offending Christians, is just ridiculous. All she would have to do is watch a single episode of South Park or Family Guy and she'd realize that Americans are much more savage towards Christianity than her manga ever is. Of course it's her own decision, but c'mon.

There are also a lot of people who are not even aware of the editing.
I think that a significant percentage of the customers just buy and read manga without participating in forums, such as this, or any other activities where they would be likely to hear about the editing.
All that they know is what they see printed in the book.

And then there are those who do know about the editing but do not care, even if the story does not remain intact. I am one of those.
I would generally prefer to have unedited books, but I am not going to refuse to buy something that I would like simply because it is edited. All that I care about is how much I enjoy the book that I get to read. How much that book is edited is not really a factor in my buying decision.

This has to do with a corporations making choice based on the comic code that exist in the USA.

I thought it was dead longer than that.

Interestingly, Dark Horse and Seven Seas don't sully the front covers with warning labels either.