“A rating system would be reasonable but restrictions shouldn’t be tightened so as to completely shut it down.”Įarlier this year, the consumer council in eastern Jiangsu province called for a cartoon rating system to deter children from content that had violent elements. “Ultraman could be aggressive sometimes but the story is also passionate and people need that passion in life,” Hu Yuheng, a fan, told Sixth Tone. Its removal was met with a furor on social media, with the National Radio and Television Administration on the same day urging local authorities to establish special youth channels and the elimination of cartoons containing violent content.Ī related hashtag on Tiga’s removal began trending on microblogging platform Weibo on Friday and had been viewed over 1 billion times as of Sunday afternoon. On Friday, streaming platforms such as iQiyi and Youku removed the “Ultraman Tiga” series, which along with the eponymous sci-fi hero has been popular in China since it debuted in the late ’90s. Multiple Chinese streaming platforms have taken a popular Japanese show offline, deeming it as “violent.”
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