American Censorship of Manga titles continues.

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In July 2024, the Tennessee State Legislature updated their "Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022" with a new definition of "obscenity."

Any material "containing nudity or describes or depicts sexual excitement, sexual conduct, excess violence or sadomasochistic abuse" are now prohibited with the amended act. Material which appeals to the "prurient interest" should also be under consideration for age appropriateness.

This has opened the floodgates to enable minority groups to remove "unsuitable" books from school libraries, and other States have enacted similar laws. Several manga titles are among those being removed.

Richmond County, North Carolina. All copies of Unico: Awakening have been removed. The move followed a complaint from a mother of a first-grade student at Mineral Springs Elementary over a depiction of gun violence and animal abuse, specifically when a man attacks a cat.

Horry County, South Carolina. Assassination Classroom removed from classrooms after the mother of a ninth grader at Socastee High School complained to the district regarding the manga's content. The same manga has also been removed from schools in Elmbrook, Wisconsin, and Gilford, Florida.

Back to Tennessee, the Wilson School district has removed over 400 titles from it's school libraries, including at least 24 manga. I won't list all the titles, I'll be here all day!

A fuller background to this story can be found at...Tennessee School Districts Remove Multiple Manga Series from Libraries - News - Anime News Network

Thoughts anyone?