Talk:Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer (anime)

Nudity
Why on Earth does this OVA contain uncensored nudity??? I thought it was rated +13, and nudity is very rare in fighting game anime.
 * Well, this is a first. Usually I see people complain about things being censored rather than the other way around. Seeing as it's rated 13+, I'm pretty sure the distributor slapped on a warning label that it included nudity and assumed that anyone over 13 has at least seen people naked before. I've never personally seen this anime but there was most likely nudity there for the purpose of fan service.


 * I personally don't think nudity is that rare in fighting game anime. Off the top of my head I've seen nudity in The Street Fighter movie and TV series, the Viruta Fighter TV series, the Fatal Fury movie, and the Toshinden OVAs. That's just the tip of the iceberg. Nudity in general is a fairly common occurrence in anime so it doesn't really surprise me that it would be in this anime as well. My dear friend, it appears you are suffering from a case of culture shock. Kyosei 20:35, October 10, 2009 (UTC)


 * That's nothing. When I saw uncensored nudity in Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture, Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, Tekken: The Motion Picture, Battle Arena Toshinden, and Voltage Fighters: Gowcaizer the Movie, I was beyond baffled. It's not right for anime television series or movies rated +13 or +17 to contain uncensored nudity. Otherwise, they would be rated +18. Uncensored nudity led Voltage Fighters: Gowcaizer the Movie to being rated +18.
 * Eh, why not? It's pretty tame compared to actual rated +18 anime. Even in movies in America rated PG-13 we have mentions of sex, implied acts of sex and people rolling around in beds. I didn't really think the nudity in any of these titles was that bad and even then most of them released censored/cut versions anyways if people didn't want to see it. It's not like anything explicit was really shown beyond some bare breasts. It's like somehow seeing naked boobs will destroy life as we know it. In any case, this seems to be more a difference of opinion based on the rating systems and philosophies. I think from the Japanese point of view, it's not that much different from America advertising sex to sell a product. As much as we say we're a bunch of prudes, you've got to admit it's everywhere now a days. Nudity is just a step up from the same concept.


 * Most of the nudity scenes in the above mentioned titles are all in place for the purpose of fan service. The character who is naked also happens to be one of the most popular. Hence the fan service. I see it as pretty harmless as most of time and the scenes in question aren't that long or lingering. Plus you have to remember who is directing this particular film. Although I didn't write it in his article, Masami Obari is also in the hentai business. It's part of the other reason why I wasn't surprised to hear mention of nudity. Unless it's made for TV, he'll usually stick it in where he can. Kyosei 21:37, October 11, 2009 (UTC)


 * Who said that it's okay for anime rated +13 to contain uncensored nudity? I was immensely surpised to see such nudity in Voltage Fighters: Gowcaizer the Movie. It is rare in any +13-rated anime, and if it were to exist, the anime would be rated +18 instead. Voltage Fighters: Gowcaizer the Movie was targeted at adults only because Shaia, Karin, and Suzu's breasts were completely exposed. I do not think it is a very good idea to contain uncensored nudity in any anime rated +13. Viewers all over the world under age 18 have been offended by uncensored nudity, and all anime containing this is rated +18. If only they had censored complete nudity and extreme violence, this OVA would have been rated +13. I am absolutely sure that I am right. Masami Obari doesn't understand why X-rated anime contain complete nudity. That's probably the reason he left nudity uncensored.


 * So is it very explicit compared to the nudity in the Street Fighter or Fatal Fury anime movies?


 * Voltage Fighters: Gowcaizer the Movie, Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie, Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture, Battle Arena Toshinden, and Tekken: The Motion Picture were equally explicit.


 * IIRC, Street Fighter had Chun-Li's breasts in the shower for a second or two, Fatal Fury had a quick flash of Mai, a moderately longer flash of Sulia, and some clothing damage on Panni. Quite visible, but blink and you'll miss it. I think we've disproven that "nudity is very rare in fighting game anime."
 * Sorry, I just find this whole conversation highly amusing. When you really sit down to think about it the total amount footage of uncensored nudity is quite small in comparison to the whole picture. At most it's like maybe one or two minutes out of an hour and a half film. It's one thing when you see it for over half of a movie but in this is certainly not the case at all in the above mentioned anime. I don't really see how having nudity automatically labels it as explicit and rated +18. Kyosei 01:38, October 13, 2009 (UTC)


 * Just one bit of exposed nipples leads anime to being rated +18 instead of +13. BTW, I'm talking about exposed nipples of women in anime rated +13 or +17.