Amazon delisted Anime figs, citing them as Child pornography

[crazybars]

Amazon delisted a bunch of Anime and Manga figs for Child pornography. An example that stuck out to me was they delisted a Tsumugu Figma from K on of all things.


https://old.reddit.com/r/AnimeFigures/comments/fdxyud/amazon_removes_various_anime_figures_including/


Original article has a lot of the links.
https://boundingintocomics.com/2020/03/05/amazon-removes-various-anime-figures-including-hatsune-miku-and-kaito-tenshi-twin-angel-from-storefront-claiming-items-promote-child-exploitation/

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What is basically happening is that someone is mass flagging Anime and Manga figs and getting them delisted. To summarize the reddit posts, this is very easy to do because the jobs for checking the Amazon listings tend to be outsourced to the Middle East, who are highly conservative etc. This essentially makes it super easy to delist items by reporting items as Sexual. Someone is doing that on Amazon currently to Anime and Manga related Figurines and products.


Meanwhile in Australia, there has been some weird shenanigans going on to attempt to Censor Anime and Manga. Coincidence? Probably, but this is weird shet so enjoy understanding the context for some of the weirder comments on Reddit and the Bounding Into Comics comment's section. I have chosen to use Animenewsnetwork links in this case because the alternative articles would be Kotaku Australia, which are really buggy.


https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-02-25/australian-senator-calls-for-review-of-anime-depicting-child-exploitation/.156852

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-02-28/australia-classification-board-responds-to-senator-criticism-of-anime-content/.156955

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Not one to take someone's word for it, I double checked the links on google and Amazon. The Amazon listings for all of the items are indeed delisted from Amazon as of 3/5/20. What was convincing to me though is when I pulled up google and pulled up the actual item listing link from google, and it's dead on amazon.

Term used on Google: amazon figma-Kotobuki-Tsumugi-Uniform-ver
https://www.amazon.com/figma-Kotobuki-Tsumugi-Uniform-ver/dp/B01MR74IJE
https://www.amazon.com/Kotobuki-Tsumugi-uniform-Max-Factory/dp/B003BT5M3M
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b&q=k+on+tsugumu+figma&oq=&aqs=


Term used: Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angels: Aoi Kannazuki PVC Figure 1/8 Scale by Max Factory
https://www.amazon.com/Kaitou-Tenshi-Twin-Angels-Kannazuki/dp/B001E45Z5Q
https://www.google.com/search?q=Kaitou+Tenshi+Twin+Angels%3A+Aoi+Kannazuki+PVC+Figure+1%2F8+Scale+by+Max+Factory&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b

I also added a poll with meme choices because some people will be more interested in what I put there than the topic hehehehe.

** Okay in hindsight, maybe that's too many items for a poll.

 

[DANDAN_THE_DANDAN]

Why do you have so many options

 

[hazzack]

@DANDAN_THE_DANDAN

I also added a poll with meme choices because some people will be more interested in what I put there than the topic hehehehe.

He also added a poll with meme choice because some people will be more interested in what he put there than the topic.
On why there is so many, please contact @crazybars

Thank you

 

[DANDAN_THE_DANDAN]

@hazzack Yeah but... why?

 

[crazybars]

@DANDAN_THE_DANDAN
@hazzack

I had a bit too much fun adding memes in. Didn't realize how the poll would look like afterward.

: )

 

[AgentKuga]

sad no one voted for Unnus Anus Unus Annus but well I didn't either so whatever
edit: but really, fuck Amazon, Patreon, and the UN

 

[Greenfrost]

I haven't used Amazon for Anime related things in years, because there packaging really sucked. RightstufAnime is way better anyway, if your in the states. They're funny too. I laughed really hard the first time I saw there was a nutrition label for the box their stuff ships in.

Also, I really don't get how people can make something like drawings illegal. I mean, anyone can self-publish a comic, so would one that's drawn terribly still get you arrested. It wouldn't be fair if it wouldn't. And, I can just imagine that trial. The prosecutor holds up exhibit A, and it looks like a 4th grader drew it. The jury has trouble trying to make out what they're looking at. Then they start laughing, and ask where the cameras are. It's ridiculous, and a slippery slope.

 

[firelight]

One day it will be anime and everyone will say they never saw it coming. 😦