Why They Are Trying To Censor Anime

🎬 "A girl showed her kneecap. The entire scene was deleted. A boy lit a cigarette. The lighter was removed." Why are Western distributors censoring anime? We explore the 2018 Sony censorship guidelines that forced developers of games like Nekopara to remove "sexually suggestive" content—including minor camera angles. We examine Nintendo's stricter policies and how the ESRB's "Loot Box" warning now stigmatizes random rewards. Critics argue this isn't localization—it's deletion.