Why was Adult Swim never launched in Japan?

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Hey, guys. I just want to know the reason Adult Swim was never launched in Japan?
 
Probably because most of the shows on [adult swim] might not really fit Japanese tastes, and all the anime aired on [adult swim] and/or Toonami aired on basic channels.
 
Also, lots of the anime that appeared on AS were geared towards a younger audience in Japan. Many shounen titles with a good amount of violence made it to AS but are for younger folks in Japan. Just different standards, I guess.
 
Some of the programs on Adult Swim DO pick on Japan, too...
 
I hear that Japan isn't really into creepy, gross-out stuff like what airs on Adult Swim. They're more into cute, cuddly stuff, and they do have different standards for what's acceptable for kids and what isn't (I actually think America should pick up on this).
 
Juliko said:
I hear that Japan isn't really into creepy, gross-out stuff like what airs on Adult Swim. They're more into cute, cuddly stuff, and they do have different standards for what's acceptable for kids and what isn't (I actually think America should pick up on this).
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Yet strangely enough, some of those "cute, cuddly stuff" have moments that wouldn't be acceptable in America's animation, like the beach episode of Pokémon, which ended up airing but heavily edited.
 
PikachuColoredPichu said:
Yet strangely enough, some of those "cute, cuddly stuff" have moments that wouldn't be acceptable in America's animation, like the beach episode of Pokémon, which ended up airing but heavily edited.
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Different countries, different standards. Japan's less prudish about certain things, but more prudish in others. It's the reason why some games in the US are rated T but have a CERO rating of A (basically their version of the E rating), and or how some games rated T for violence get D (their equivalent of M). Another good example is how Grand Theft Auto gets a "mere" M rating in the US, which still allows parents to buy it for their kids, but in Japan they get Z, the CERO version of AO. Parents can't even buy their kids GTA.
 
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Different countries, different standards. Japan's less prudish about certain things, but more prudish in others. It's the reason why some games in the US are rated T but have a CERO rating of A (basically their version of the E rating), and or how some games rated T for violence get D (their equivalent of M). Another good example is how Grand Theft Auto gets a "mere" M rating in the US, which still allows parents to buy it for their kids, but in Japan they get Z, the CERO version of AO. Parents can't even buy their kids GTA.
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They shouldn't be buying M-rated games for their kids, period. That's a lot of therapy and anger management classes you're investing in.
 
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