Sony Wants to Conquer the Anime World Next

Aniplex also did the subs for Kaguya-Sama too so they’ve chosen some great series with a wide range. I’d like to see Sony tackle licensed anime games just in the hope that there might possibly be a good one. I could name on one hand the number of actually decent anime games.

>Wants to conquer anime world
>Censors anime tiddies

@Xaessya When those ‘anime tiddies’ are owned by 15 year old characters, I would say Sony are within their rights.

@nessisonett
This is true, but that will still drive anime fans away.
But they also do the same to 18+ adults.

@nessisonett Sony Aniplex should have it's own game division ( The only game studios they have is mobile games specifically F:GO ) instead of loaning their IPs ( ie. Sword Art Online Fate Series and Fairy Tail ) to publishers like Bandai Namco, Marvelous and Koei Tecmo ( usually when these publishers make these games there usually bad to mediocre at best )

@Xaessya Yeah, unfortunately that’s probably true. Dunno why being against depictions of children in sexual situations suddenly became a controversial stance.

@Xaessya WTF?! Sony Aniplex have been questioned Several times for showing sexual conduct most notable is OreImo and Eromanga-sensei there is also a Sexual Harrasment scene in SAO

@Caliburn08 As long as there aren’t any more bloody arena fighters!

They're doing a pretty good job so far. Not that I'm advocating monopolies or anything, but if they were somehow able to acquire Sentai Filmworks, they'd be basically at the top.

Please no. There already is way too much of this in gaming. I hate the art style and I hate the fan service garbage.

Oh no anime is being held to same content standards as everything else.

I think the fact people who bought the Fairy Tail game were more upset by them censoring panty shots than the shoddy game itself says all we need to about people who are anti-"censorship".

We need more anime tit... diverse games on PS5!!!

@doctommaso you don't have to partake in any of it. Its for people who like it. Sony isn't going to force you to consume it.

If sony wants to do more anime games they need to stop censoring them and allow them to be the way the developers want to make them for the fans. So hope your listening So i hope you are listening to the anime fans for the games we buy for the PlayStation

@Cutmastavictory Understood, but when resources and production/promotional dollars are going to games like that, it’s taking away from other games being made.

Weren't They Planning On Buying Crunchyroll?

I would love to see Sony make a side scrolling action platformer/shoot 'em up Astro Boy game! Make it with Cuphead style black and white graphics to start but as you progress in the game the graphics evolve just as the anime did.

@Caliburn08 Oreimo has almost no fanservice. And no superfluous fanservice. That’s not a good anime to chase after for sexual content. Controversial themes, but not “anime tiddies” by any stretch of the imagination..

@Jaz007 Try telling that to the Australian Senator which picked OreImo and Eromanga-sensei as main reasons why they want Anime to be banned in Australia

I'm basically tired of the narrative that Sony hates anime when they are the ones that responsible for making it part of pop culture and not just a niche product from making animes like Your Lie in April ,Blend S, Black Butler, Fate, Blue Exorcist and many more

I hope sony will make 1st party big budget AAA anime games, man I can't imagined uncharted like cowboy bebop 3rd person shooter made by sony or maybe claymore/berserk open world game like ghost of tsushima 😃

@Jaz007 Just looked up Oreimo as I knew I’d heard it before. Time to bleach my brain.

Did notknow they owned Funimation. It is definitely a growing matket here in the States. So makes sense

If they want to conquer the anime world they can start but not censoring the PlayStation versions of Japanese-developed games for showing a little side boob, yet being fully committed to showing a whole ass sex scene with full shots of tits and the sounds of dick thrusting

@Caliburn08 I see. And yeah, that senator is dumb. In fact, maybe I’m wrong, but I thought it Eromanga and No Game No Life is what he targeted - which is hilarious because no one in those is actual and shows a true lack of thought and merit to his claims.
The Sony hates anime stuff really is overblown honestly. You’re right and I forgot how much they do for anime. And really, a lot of anime games are still only on PS. The people crying, say they want to go to platformers where they just don’t have said games. It’s weird honestly. They act MS is about to champion anime instead.

@KidBoruto The One Piece Pirate Warriors games aren’t bad, if a little tiring. I have a soft spot for the Yu Gi Oh games as well, specifically the ones that adapt the anime. There’s a Treasure-made Astro Boy on GBA that was great and also a Grasshopper-made Samurai Champloo game on PS2 that I quite liked too.

I didn't even realize Sony owned FUNimation. It definitely explains a lot.

Sony censor a bunch of anime games, so good luck with that.

I only support censoring that 1 game where you got buffs and rewards for diddling underage girls. No surprise the Nintendrones were championing Nintendo for allowing that to be uncensored on Switch.

Everything else censored was unneeded.

@Jokerwild12 @TheFrenchiestFry @Menchi Sony was censoring things for about a year between third quarter 2018 second quarter 2019. As far as I’m aware nothing has been censored since then. Maybe it’s time you moved on because they clearly have.

Telling the developer to work on an IP they have no interest in is usually a recipe for a bad game. They should make for anime IP available for that game developers and their gaming IP is available to the anime studios. But trying to tie the 2 to closely together will negatively affect the quality of one.

I understand that Kimetsu no Yaiba is one of the latest classics and people with variable attention span can focus on it alone (similarly to how BNA has been almost unanimously compared to the most recent Beastars despite arguably giving off more Zootopia vibes - 4 years ago must feel like a bygone epoch to Generation Instagram😅), but Aniplex has had their hand in Aldnoah Zero, Erased, Kara no Kyoukai, Madoka Magica, Sword Art Online, a bunch of Fate adaptations... and the list goes on and on. Weird to see it earn but a passing mention and frankly weirder yet in the light of its existence to read an article suggesting that Sony still needs to "conquer" anything in the anime world. They've been a major player in that industry for over a decade, people.

Sigh, and the subtitle almost led me to expect something like the talks of a Gravity Rush or Horizon anime, too...

@lordzand Nice,generalization,go to steam and you would see more people complain about the games performance issue,which is not good ,and why should they not complain about censoring, censoring takes away one of the mangaka aspect of his manga,and also one of the reasons people enjoy fairy tail.

The censorship outrage,are most likely from teenage boys,and not grown adults(hope fully),which would make sense,because this game is marketed towards teen boys(action,adventure, super powers,sexy females and friendship power).

@doctommaso You hate it,because it is not targeted towards you.

@Ryall

The recent release/patch of Fairy Tail and the forthcoming release of Death End: Request 2 would suggest Sony hasn't "moved on" with its censorship nonsense at all.

@lordzand if you had any principles you would understand why people have a problem with censorship. You'd rather assume everyone is like yourself and has no such principles, but I assure you not everyone is as base as yourself

I had no idea Sony owned Funimation. That's awesome, hopefully they leverage their IPs across both anime and gaming. I would like to see Playstation focus a little more on Japanese gaming market and this is a great way to do it.

I didn't know Sony owned so much in the anime space. That's kinda crazy.

Most anime games tend to sell ok (there are exceptions like Dragonball and Naruto), but perhaps not great to make them exclusive and turn a profit. Guess we'll see.

Ty, this was an interesting comment section to read. I personally dont mind censored anime games, since hopefully that would invite devs, who would rather create games that are fun because of their gameplay and story, and not because some out of place sexual content. Trying to sell games on the PS Store based on their sexual appeal is really devious, if you think about it. After all, its Playstation Store, not PHub.

@nessisonett because this is only a issue when it's about Japanese games.
Sony sure didn't have any problems with a sex scene between two underaged characters in life is strange 2... So yeah, this selective censoring looks like something that aim to please a certain group, and not at all about censoring "underage sexual content".
besides, they censor a bunch of things in Japanese games that are not related to underage characters.

The people bitching about SONY and censorship clearly are to stupid to realise that PlayStation operates "independently" from Sony, Sony Pictures, Sony Music, etc.

They continue to bitch in ignorantly. PS Sony already is so large in the anime scene it's crazy they own a bunch of studios like A1 Pictures. Why do Americans bitch censorship but okay with what's happening with Tik Tim, WeChat and Huawei

@jaycptza Cute that you think Americans are the only ones that have a problem with censorship.

Anime.. blech! Come on sony, rule the horror world!....... Please?

@jaycptza too stupid

@Xaessya There's a sex scene in TLOU2 where you see breasts, and full frontal male nudity in The Order. The problem with anime stuff is that (a) even a character that's meant to be adult looks underage in terms of facial proportions and often body proportions - and lets not forget characters like Etna who are 1500 years old but look about 11, and (b) it also often really appeals to kids. It makes for a bad combo. Let's not forget that this gen Nintendo have done similar things, like censoring the costumes of that Xenoblade Chronicles X character. They've also been heavily censoring games since the NES era, changing pubs to milk bars, removing crucifixes and pentagrams, and even forcing a name change for the Final Fantasy spell 'Holy', renaming it to 'Pearl'.

Meanwhile the only game I've got that's affected by Sony's censorship is Zanki Zero - and the scene is a girl that looks unambiguously 10-years-old lifting up her skirt to show you her panties.

We could actually get good AA or AAA licensed anime games no more ***** arena fighters or junky jrpgs with no budget

JRPGs are fun, this is cool news would be awesome for some kind of AAA jrpg

@Matroska What are you saying,again when did people say certain anime are for children,Some people should look at the age ratings,it's there for a reason,its like saying the Simpson's and family guy,are for little children just because they are cartoons.

And stop using the excuse of "They look like minors, so it must be pedobait",because I can assure you,that not all the games ,that Sony has censored had fallen into this category.

People call for developers to make there game,without listening to outside commentary of the naysayers (last of us 2),but suddenly, when the game is,showing something that they are against, they retract there original statement,and are now supporting tempering ,with the developers vision.

@Kafkaesque oh look at you censoring my opinion by saying I lack principles. The simple fact of the matter is that it's not censorship. It's a business making a decision. People who have 'principles" and get upset by censorship often don't have a clue what actually being censored is. It's the crying because Facebook deleted my made up story because it wasn't real crowd. Or the gays need to shut up and go away crowd. Or the death threats are protected speech crowd. Such principles they have.

@rachetmarvel I never said everyone. I simply pointed out what was going on. And the other response also makes my point so please read it.

@lordzand yeaaah hmm I am gay myself, sweetie so your pathetic attempts to muddy the water by associating me with bigots ain't gonna work. Also disagreeing with someone.... isn't censorship, you silly child. Just exposed how truly ignorant you really are. Again it comes down to principles. You have none. Therefore you can't wrap your head around other people's argument. Simple

@nessisonett Sony doesn't care if the character is an adult or a child, they censor any kind of fanservice they can. They just censored the Fairy Tail game, forced it to be censored on all platforms. Censored an adult woman's butt in DMC5. Basically forced the Senran Kagura series to end because it's so heavy on fanservice. There are so many cases like this, and I can't think of any that involve "15 year old characters." That's propaganda, as far as I can tell.

If Sony wants to censor fanservice, they have no chance of dominating the anime world. PS4 might also be my last PS console, unless they turn that crap around. Prudish censorship is cringe.

@rachetmarvel I dislike it because I dislike it. Simple as that. The games have lousy art, have tasteless content, and generally play poorly.

@Facelord Sony can’t and doesn’t force censorship on other platforms - I don’t know where you got that from.
Senran Kengura has cannon underage characters. They may or may not have changed a number for the western release but it’s just a lie then. Many anime games do directly lie about character ages. (Sure, everyone in this high school with people from different years of the school is under 18 when they’re young students without jobs and living with their parents. Yeah, we all know they’re under 18. And I’m not talking about 100 year old characters, they are just old.)
All evidence says that DMC5 thing was purely Capcom, not Sony.

@Matroska Grand Theft Auto Appeals to kids. LoU2 probably does as well, so by that logic LoU2 is even worse.
And Asian girls often look young because of their facial features and they’re short (a lot of short girls get mistaken for a younger age), so that argument doesn’t make sense.
LoU2 is worse than anything Sony has censored, agree or disagree with LoU2 or the anime stuff.

@lordzand Uhm...I did,thats why i said,that the way this things are judge are unfair,and the censoring should not be happing at all,if sony does not like the content in a game,then remove it from the playsation store,but do not live it there and censor it.
The fact that games,containg things in them that sony find moraly wrong(hence the censoring),is still keep it on playstation, to earn profit,shows more about Sonys hypocrisy,and less about the severity of the content that is being censored.

@doctommaso If you mean ,games based on Anime ip's,yes they generally play badly,but if you mean games that have an anime aesthetic,than no they do not "generally" play badly,there are alot of anime inspired games,with unshameful anime troupes, from JRPG's,to MMO's,to action games,adventure games,visual novels,dectective games,open world games,fighting games,single player story focessed games,and combination of one or more of those genres,that are pretty good,to the point that,some of them are even playstation classics,or must plays.

Also,tips for the future,try to at least be considerate or even tolerent towards anime things and its viewers ,for example i hate the zombie genre and there cliche,to the point ,that i even hate any zombie inspired game,no matter if it is concidered a master piece or not,but you do not see me bashing Last of us or days gone.

And why am i bring this up?,its because there has been a trend recently in the west,bearing a concequense of animes popularity increasing,to label people whom enjoy viewing anime as ,weebos,and in turn pushing a connotation of being a creep and a degenerate.Literally the fact that ,some people watch anime,does not give anybody the right, to view them as less human,to the point that you,belive that you are a better person than,them.(obvousily ,i am not accusing you of this)

It always surprises me how riled up people get about not having a half naked anime girl in their game. If you want to fap to an anime girl so bad there's plenty of hentai out there where you get the full action, you don't need to pay 60 dollars for a game where usually the gameplay is mediocre cause it's just an excuse to see some fanservice

@FlashBandit Read my comment above.

Everyone saying it’s not a problem, wait till censorship comes for what you like in games, because it will.

@Jaz007 You either don't know what you're talking about or you're lying to protect Sony. Capcom agreed to censor a butt in DMC5 on PS4, but weren't forced to do so on XB1 or Steam. The Fairy Tail thing is all on Sony, too. Senran Kagura, don't care for it but comparing anime girls to real girls is absurd.

You may be complacent when it comes to censorship, but I'm not. Ever since their HQ changed from Japan to Commiefornia, PlayStation has kinda been trash. Quite disappointing for long-time fans like me.

If we can get first party anime adaptations instead of the constant glut of arena fighters from Bandai Namco, that'd be so awesome.

@Facelord The censor got removed which hasn’t happened with any other time Sony enforces censorship. We do not know they agreed to anything with Sony, you’re filling in the blanks there.
Where’s proof that a PC game censored by Sony? That’s usually how we low about censorship, other versions. Which means that unless you can provide solid proof Sony censoring other versions, that’s an unsubstantiated claim.
Whether or not it’s absurd there were underage characters.

@rachetmarvel 100% agree. Some how the act of watching anime is considered sub par to the trash TV that exists. My friend thinks it's weird I like watching anime that are genuinely good, like Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood but she watches the Kardashians and sees nothing wrong with it. 🙄

@Facelord Did you just say Commiefornia like non-ironically? Holy crap, I didn’t think people like you actually existed in real life. I’m in awe, for whatever reason I thought America might not be totally f*cked but people like you exist!

@SaikoWaifu2003 There really isn't, its not real,its just pixels(where talking about,sexual content here),if it is not glorifying rape,or is pedophilia,there is no reason to censor it.

Your being kind of hypocritical, as in you are more worried about sexual content,being displayed, but say nothing about the increase in gore porn,that more video games contain,I would be more worried about people being influenced by violence and gore,rather than sexual content,And if neither have been statistically proven,to create sick people in society,what is the point of censorship in the first place.No,I am not denying that,there have been pedobait anime games ,honestly they have been the least censored games,if anything, my problem are with AAA games,also being censored.

@rachetmarvel Saying it’s just pixels is akin to saying propaganda movies from the war are just cartoons. It’s such a silly argument.

@Jaz007 @Facelord Jaz Isn't Lying Capcom Censored Devil May Cry 5 On Their Own They Did It Before With Street Fighter 5 Years Before Sony Started Cracking Down.

@nessisonett Not really,since it is just pixels,its not real,and we are talking about video game characters, in anime style,if it is not offensive then,it should not be censored.
I know what you are suggesting,that this pixels are a reflection of our own reality,but you must also be careful ,not to over think this stuff at times,as if they always have deeper meaning.Look at this context,imagine me ,as a guy,controlling an independent female character like Lara Croft,or aloy,then according to your logic the fact that, I, as a guy can decide,what this pixels,that represents an independent woman,can do,should be problematic.

Honestly you people,are just against anime and its troupes in general, you all making assumptions that it is pedophilia,when we talk about fan service,but you fail to realize that very few fan service,actually ponder to that,it all depends on the artistic preference.

@Areus Was it censored ,on other platforms?If yes,then it is Capcoms decision,if no,then it is on Sony.

@rachetmarvel I watch loads of anime and play quite a few anime styled games, I’m by no means ‘against anime’. I also have no idea what you’re trying to say about independent female characters, if that was the case then 99.9% of games would be outlawed since you kill people in them. Fan service is OK in moderation as long as the female characters have more to their personality and overall motivations than to serve the male protagonist and have big boobs. The problem with a lot of anime and games is that many are written, drawn and directed by men who project their desires and create hugely disproportioned female characters with 0 substance. The difference between TLOU2 and Senran Kagura is obvious, in TLOU2 the nudity is part of a sex scene which is relevant to the plot and in Senran Kagura, the bounce physics are specifically designed for the benefit of men. Sony have said that in response to the MeToo movement that they would avoid promoting games that objectify women and if you know what objectification means, you would understand exactly why certain games have been ‘censored’.

@rachetmarvel Lady's Nude Scene When She Drops Her Towel When She Was In The Van With Nico Was Censored On All Platform's But Got Over Shadowed By Trish's Censored PS4 Scene.

@SaikoWaifu2003 What are you saying,please label the games ,that do the school girl panty flash thing,because I have,played some jrpg's and i have hardly run into fanservice like that.I am ok with it, though,if the age group is aimed at teenagers(I do not know if this stance,is morally correct, because I am not trying to encourage pedophilia),because that's the purpose of the fanservice,its a honey trap.

And it seems that you are not on the middle ground in this conversation,since you just out rightedly pointed at hating, fanservice(which is always pointless,except like in kill la kill),thus you welcome the censorship of it.

So I will repeat again,I hope you do not misunderstand,if the game is not being censored for any offense whether,it be pedophilia,glorifying rape,insulting groups of people, or some other immoral act,this works of art should not be censored,be it in on steam,playstation or any other platform.And if they are going to censor,certain aspect of the game,it means that,that aspect is something, that the company finds immoral,hence they should just not sell the game,and should stop benefiting off censored work,that they labeled as "not correct".

Do not get mad, I am the one literally losing sleep trying to reply to you.

@nessisonett Fanservice is still fine,even if the female characters have no personality,it not against the law,its just bad writing.

Why do you,assume making a character sexual and not well written, means that objectifying them(for both sexes),is the major theme of the character, you do not know if this trait maybe used, as a meta commentary or even a parody,but alas that game,will be judged before,it is even played.

Name me an animeish game ,in which the fanservice character, does not have an actual backstory, it may be lackluster,but so are some real women actual backstory,so you can just say it is representing them.(I am,not trying to offend any women here,I am just saying that,some women ,do not have blockbuster levels of backstory,or even personality, which can be said for some man to)

Plus,stop generalizing fanservice as nudity or vice verse, because that TLOU 2 statement does not work,because TLOU uses nudity, not fanservice,to tell a narrative because it is a narrative driven game,while,Saren Kagura,uses its fanservice to grab the male audience,but oh look ,actual women do this to in real life,but i hope you do not go out and tell them to cover up,because you fear ,that they may be objectifing themselves and other women,you would sound like a prude.

People are literally, taking pixels to seriously,and you did not even get my analogy,of forcing a deeper meaning behind an art work.

For a more,serious topic,if we take,for example,any eroge vn or game ,with a harem theme, for example that has the female characters,being fanservicy and with no dept,being clingy on to a lead male character, how does this effect,any woman ,during the me too movement?I would think ,those victims could care less about you worrying about some male fantasy,and more worried about actually exposing real life crooks and helping other victims.

Your analogy of why certain Fanservice games are removed or censored,is like saying TLOU 2 should not have come out ,due to the codvid-19 deaths,or they should have censored the plot that,had to do with a virus causing ,a world crisis.

@nessisonett The USA is only screwed if the violent insurrectionist communists take over, and I think the polls show there's gonna be a reckoning against them. They overplayed their hand with over 70 days of rioting in big cities, billions of dollars in property damage, dozens of lives ended and even more people maimed.

Shame me for acknowledging reality all you want, you can be as ignorant of the facts as you want. Freedom of thought is still legal, as long as you're not committing wrongthink in a blue stronghold.

I would never pay money for a funimation translation and I know I'm not alone in that stance.

@Facelord If you consider the centre-right Democrats communists then you’re an absolute f*cking moron.

@sonicmeerkat wait, you watch anime..legally?

@Facelord Commiefornia haha I like that. You’re right sir.

@SaikoWaifu2003 Hey look you also replied back,see you are just as interested in this as me.

Really,what does gaming being a luxury hobby and not human right(its like to forget that,so many games touch this topic nowadays),have to do with devs works being unnecessarily censored.I am pretty sure,that there Is alot of loop holes to your claim,that I am really salivating,to expose,but that would require much thought,that is not deserving to the half lazy reply you gave me.What you just implied,is that I should just ignore some shady and hypocritical practice,just because gaming is a 'hobby'.I am just calling a spade a spade.

That statement,of me being to attach to this topic, is akin to you telling a customer of there favourite novel series,that they have no moral ground of complaining,when a major company or even a national government starts censoring there novels for reasons,because to you, reading can also be seen ,as just a luxuries hobby.(although, I must admit,this analogy ,may be more vague and less comparable to gaming,due to reading being more essential in society,but,I guess you catch my drift.)

And you mention a store front Is not a way,for people to express freedom of speech,interesting,in that case I wonder where else a game company could reach there intend audience,if it is not through an online,or offline store,but according to your threshold tolerance,you would rather have this devs not,express themselves at all ,because it is not to your taste

Lastly,I never insisted on you doing anything,I think you are getting the wrong idea,of why I am commenting,I am not here to persuade you or anybody here,I am here just to defend my stance on censorship,that's it.

And lastly,for the laughs:"You have no moral grounds, to lecture me or anyone, about supposily lecturing you on free speech ,when i never insisted on anyone being as energetic as me,in giving attention to this issue as I do."

@rachetmarvel if its by sentaiworks or a good translator certainly.

So they can censor more anime games? No thanks

@nessisonett not really, it's fictional. If people have a problem with it, they don't have to play it

@NomNom That's usually by people with little to no imagination, they'd see Alphonse and be like "why can that suit of armor talk? this is dumb." Meanwhile they're watching a show where a bunch of plastic and silicone also emit sounds similar to speech.

@Kafkaesque no the simple fact is our principles are different. I never said you were a bigot. If you can't take being lumped in with people who share your opinion that's on you.

Also not that it matters but since you're gonna pull that card I'm also gay.

@rachetmarvel you hold Sony but not the publisher? Not the developer? Where are their principles? Surely if censorship is do bad they hold responsibility for not pulling their work? Oh wait it's ok for them to cash in.

About people not talk about censorship a lot in fairy tail, i guess because.
1. People who complains is people who buy at first day and getting censor patch.
2. People not complaint because they not buy it after knowing the game is censored.
3. people not complaint because who buy it only people who don't care about censorship.

For why sony keep included i think the reason is.
1. Sony is hype censoring anime games on PS4.
2. Making censored version and uncensored version is maybe expensive and wasting time so they just censor it, especially if want make the game available to sony platform. (indirectly sony affection)
3. Death and request 2 cancel censor but well already late and it's wasting money and time to re-edit everything.

This is just my assumption though.
I think i can understand the difference, people who on PC (can program or artist) usually can tell the difference between fiction (data) and reality while people who just as consumer mostly think it's more than just data or even reflect reality.

what i hate is why they even start censoring anime games in pc even though it's useless and just drop the sales? there's a lot of modder that can uncensor it and ofcourse it will lead to supporting pirate indirectly.

@Ryall. Have you by chance played Fairy Tale that came out this year ? If not, then maybe you should so you can see what im saying about them censoring video games