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PantsGoblin
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 4:06 am Reply with quote
Miho wrote:
The Encyclopedia entry for D.C. ~Da Capo~ (the first season) has the age rating Older Children, but some of the episodes have a fair amount of fanservice (episode 13 comes to mind, and a few other moments in the series) which makes me think that the age rating should be changed to Teenagers instead of Older Children.


Hmm, I don't think so. The only fanservice I really remember all that well was the one panty shot in the opening (surprisingly, I can't remember any more in the actual series...) and the episode I assume you are refering to (The one with the ostrich... haven't seen D.C. in a few years... can't remember...).
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 7:38 pm Reply with quote
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Hmm, I don't think so. The only fanservice I really remember all that well was the one panty shot in the opening (surprisingly, I can't remember any more in the actual series...) and the episode I assume you are refering to (The one with the ostrich... haven't seen D.C. in a few years... can't remember...).


There was a little bit of fanservice in episode 5 (6?) and a few other episodes had very small amounts of fanservice (can't remember which ones), but episode 13 probably had the most fanservice in the series (the rest of the episodes were pretty tame).
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:19 pm Reply with quote
I've only seen the first few episode of DC so I can't comment on a age rating for it. Anyway though, I think the age rating for Shuffle! needs to be changed from Mature to Teenagers. It has the average amount of fanservice that you'd expect from any game-to-anime harem series (and interestingly, that content is only found in the first half of the series).

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I just remembered this one. The NANA anime series should get a Teenagers rating. There is sexual content and nudity; in general, the series (manga included) is geared towards an older audience.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 11:57 pm Reply with quote
ManSlayer07 wrote:
I've only seen the first few episode of DC so I can't comment on a age rating for it. Anyway though, I think the age rating for Shuffle! needs to be changed from Mature to Teenagers. It has the average amount of fanservice that you'd expect from any game-to-anime harem series (and interestingly, that content is only found in the first half of the series).


That's a bit debatable, as some episodes were slapped with the R-15 rating during its broadcast in Japan.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:53 pm Reply with quote
Miho wrote:
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Hmm, I don't think so. The only fanservice I really remember all that well was the one panty shot in the opening (surprisingly, I can't remember any more in the actual series...) and the episode I assume you are refering to (The one with the ostrich... haven't seen D.C. in a few years... can't remember...).


There was a little bit of fanservice in episode 5 (6?) and a few other episodes had very small amounts of fanservice (can't remember which ones), but episode 13 probably had the most fanservice in the series (the rest of the episodes were pretty tame).


I hope you're not referring to the beach episode. Bikinis aren't really fanservice... Rolling Eyes

areaseven wrote:
ManSlayer07 wrote:
I've only seen the first few episode of DC so I can't comment on a age rating for it. Anyway though, I think the age rating for Shuffle! needs to be changed from Mature to Teenagers. It has the average amount of fanservice that you'd expect from any game-to-anime harem series (and interestingly, that content is only found in the first half of the series).


That's a bit debatable, as some episodes were slapped with the R-15 rating during its broadcast in Japan.


Now that you mention it, I do remember the R-15 viewer discretion screens before certain episodes. I think that rating is exaggerated (just like how Trinity Blood gets a TV-MA rating on Adult Swim). I'm still gonna stick with a Teenagers rating for it. Razz
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 4:41 am Reply with quote
First off, Miho, are you someone I know from some other forum or do you just happen to have excellent taste? Both of your avatars so far, Colette and Milfeulle, are two of my favorite characters. I've had avatars of them before too. Could be just a coincidence I guess, but I never see anyone here with my same exact tastes... Other than people I have shown this forum to.

ManSlayer07 wrote:
I hope you're not referring to the beach episode. Bikinis aren't really fanservice... Rolling Eyes


I remember there are some scenes that focus on fanservice from that episode (meaning they actually are uneeded and are really just there to please fans). Still, I don't think it needs a teen rating...
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 7:13 pm Reply with quote
PantsGoblin wrote:
First off, Miho, are you someone I know from some other forum or do you just happen to have excellent taste? Both of your avatars so far, Colette and Milfeulle, are two of my favorite characters. I've had avatars of them before too. Could be just a coincidence I guess, but I never see anyone here with my same exact tastes... Other than people I have shown this forum to.


This is the only forum I've posted on so far (actually...this is my first time posting in any forum on the internet), and yes, I also really like Milfeulle and Colette Smile . Coincidence, maybe?

PantsGoblin wrote:
ManSlayer07 wrote:
I hope you're not referring to the beach episode. Bikinis aren't really fanservice... Rolling Eyes


I remember there are some scenes that focus on fanservice from that episode (meaning they actually are uneeded and are really just there to please fans). Still, I don't think it needs a teen rating...


Yeah, I guess if you look at the series as a whole... it probably doesn't need to rated Teenagers, since the show itself doesn't have that much fanservice in it.

And the age rating for Shuffle!... I think a Teenagers rating for it would be better. It does get pretty fanservicey at times, but it tends to be brief, and some of the episodes have no fanservice at all.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:40 am Reply with quote
The correct age rating for Shamo would be mature. Due to violence (plenty of bones breaking, people getting beaten up, shooting), blood (people getting stabbed, spoiler[one guy gets his penis bitten clean off]), sexually explicit content (spoiler[sex and some guys getting butt-raped at a correctional facility]), and drug use.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 8:08 pm Reply with quote
Utawarerumono doesn't have a rating. It'd be Teen due to violence and some language (in the dub, of course, because ADV does that).
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 4:58 am Reply with quote
tastes_like_chicken_32 wrote:
Utawarerumono doesn't have a rating. It'd be Teen due to violence and some language (in the dub, of course, because ADV does that).


I've heard the series gets pretty graphic half way through. Depending on the extent (which I have no idea how "graphic" it is), it may get a "mature" rating. Have you seen all of it, or just what ADV has released so far?
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:20 am Reply with quote
PantsGoblin wrote:
I've heard the series gets pretty graphic half way through. Depending on the extent (which I have no idea how "graphic" it is), it may get a "mature" rating. Have you seen all of it, or just what ADV has released so far?

I've seen the whole thing, not the dubs yet obviously since they are not all released, it's not really more graphic in the latter episodes and has about the same amount of violence. I'd rate the whole thing 13+ and looking at the description for the teenager rating in the encyclopedia, "May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity" I'd say it fits in. The most they can add to the dub is the language, though I can't see where they can add too much to this one.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 11:34 am Reply with quote
Why is Crying Freeman rated Adult while Berserk is just rated Mature?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:59 pm Reply with quote
animalia555 wrote:
Why is Crying Freeman rated Adult while Berserk is just rated Mature?

You must be referring to the manga, I just checked it out. Possibly with the manga, it may be very sexually explicit compared to Berserk. Berserk as we all know has a lot of sex and violence in it. This manga may be beyond that in it's violence and sex.
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:19 pm Reply with quote
PantsGoblin wrote:
tastes_like_chicken_32 wrote:
Utawarerumono doesn't have a rating. It'd be Teen due to violence and some language (in the dub, of course, because ADV does that).


I've heard the series gets pretty graphic half way through. Depending on the extent (which I have no idea how "graphic" it is), it may get a "mature" rating. Have you seen all of it, or just what ADV has released so far?


I saw what ADV released. Well, anyway, why is
Solty Rei rated Mature? When I looked at Best Buy and the DVD was rated TV-PG which is like a 13-up. But then again, Cowboy Bebop got a Mature rating and it was rated 13+. But it's too low, as Areaseven said... Confused
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:20 pm Reply with quote
Do you think Prètear should have a 15+ rating? I don't think so. I mean, it's no worse than Sailor Moon! Very Happy

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