On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 13:40:00 +0200, FuzzyLogic <flogic@hotmail.es> wrote:

> I've just started becoming interested in hentai, but, despite the great  
> artists who draw wonderful comics, I can't enjoy a single one because of  
> the stupid censorship bans and pixelations.

Seeing as no one could give you a remotely decent response, I'll reply for  
them.

The censorship is due to a very old obscenity law in Japan that states  
that male or female sexual organs or pubic hair may not be shown.  This  
covers all sections of the Japanese media, and had had many knock on  
effects, such as the creation of the 'lolicon virus', which spawned from  
the Japanese manga writers trying to circumvent the obscenity law.  This  
is due to the law stating that children's sexual organs etc may be show,  
so resulting in a general reduction in the average age of girls and boys  
in hentai and other anime.  So for example, this is why in the Dragonball  
saga, Son Goku is allowed the parade around naked as a child, but never as  
an adult.  I hope this answers your question.

If you would like to look in to this subject in more depth, I highly  
reccomend Helen McCarthy's book 'The Erotic Anime Movie Guide', despite  
the so-so cover the writing is excellent and covers this and many other  
anime related subjects.