I, Robot’s rating, without the violent trailers: 12 for moderate violence.
A separate, less flashy 12-rated release also exists on home video. I guess when you’re offering four hours of bonus features, it’s too much to ask for them to all be in line with the certificate of the film they’re accompanying. Predator and 24 Season 3 trailers have rated this a 15 certificate.” Closer examination of the back cover reveals a bit of fine print: “Main feature is a 12 certificate. Did the BBFC change their mind about the violence and intensity in the film? Haibane Renmei’s rating, without the inappropriate trailer: PG for mild language, violence, emotional intensity, and bloody images.ĭespite being rated as 12A in the theater, the initial DVD and Blu-ray release in the UK, which boasts of “4 hours of bonus features!”, carried a 15 rating. The complete collection of the series, despite being several years later, reused the original discs and their outdated trailers. This trailer (NSFW) about matches the length of the trailer the BBFC says is on the disc, but if that is the correct trailer, then…man, 12 even seems a little lenient. (There’s not much audience crossover here, except for “hey, they’re both anime!”) Well, the distributor, MVM Films, felt it would be appropriate to put a trailer for the 18-rated boobs-and-battles anime Ikki Tousen on the disc of the final volume. So then why on Earth is volume 4, as well as the complete set, rated 12 for “moderate sex references”? I don’t think there’s a single off-color joke or mention of sex in the entire series.
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The strongest gory images are unlikely to be acceptable’.”Īsura’s Wrath rating, without the violent trailer: 12 for moderate fantasy violence and sex references.Įvery volume/episode of the gentle anime series Haibane Renmei was classified as PG for factors such as “mild horror”, “mild language”, “emotional intensity”, etc. Although the game has a clear fantasy context and the violence lacks any clear injury detail, there is still an emphasis on blood that means this trailer is more appropriately classified at ’15’ where ‘Violence may be strong but should not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury. In one of these we see a giant being stabbed in the eye, resulting in large blood spurts. “ASURA’S WRATH is accompanied by additional material, including trailers from an earlier version of the game. However, one of the extras included on the game disc is a trailer for an early version of the game, in which the blood was still very much red and the violence was a bit more realistic. As such, the BBFC had no problem with the game itself, and its cutscenes, being rated as 12. In the base game, there is plenty of fantasy violence however, an artistic decision appears to have been made to change the blood to yellow and/or replace it with spurts of light, perhaps to receive a C (15+) rating instead of a D (17+) or Z (18+) rating from Japan’s CERO ratings board.
These are just a few of these examples.Īsura’s Wrath is a fantasy-based “beat ’em up” game which also includes a narrative style that turns each level into what’s been described as “interactive anime.” Sometimes, bonus features have led to discs having a higher rating than the main feature. When the BBFC is presented with a DVD, they don’t just rate the main feature on the disc – what if some fool tried to slip hardcore tentacle hentai into the extras of Blue’s Clues? (Also, if they didn’t rate everything on the disc, it’d be a great way to get around mandated BBFC cuts – just make them an extra on the DVD!)
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