Another "Gokujyo" Episode Declared Unfit for Broadcast

Episode three to stream online for free instead, same as episode one

Emily Balistrieri
January 28, 2012 10:10am PST (1/28/12)

It will be interesting to see just how much of the adaptation of Maya Miyazaki's Gokujyo ~Gokurakuin Joshikouryou Monogatari~ (roughly "Gokujyo ~Tales from the Gokuraku Girls Dormitory") actually makes it to the air. Following the first episode's abrupt cancellation, it appears episode three will also not make the TV cut.


At least they let fans know ahead of time—an apology was posted to the official website before the planned air date: "After taking care to closely examine the contents' 'foolishness levels,' we've decided to restrain ourselves from broadcasting episode three, which was to air January 30th."

 

The bright side is that (except for people in a certain area of Eastern Japan south of Tokyo) fans will be able to see episode 1 streaming along with the rest of umbrella program SKE48 no Sekai Seifuku Joshi ("SKE48's World Domination Girls") on DMM.com starting that day for a limited time. Episode 3 will be up February 6th. By the way, this doesn't appear to be region locked, so if you pass maturity muster, like SKE48, and speak Japanese, go to town.


The official website doesn't currently have a synopsis for episode three, so who knows what 'foolishness' awaits us. Do you think at some point maybe they should have thought to release this as an OVA instead? 

 

via Hachima Kikou

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1/28/12 by Vhaerun
Must really be outlandish if the Japanese look at it and say, "That's a bit much" xD
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1/28/12 by Assassinx89
The person that says whether a show can air probably got offended in some way. I never heard of anime being cancelled for foolishness level or having to do with panties (episode 1) . I so agree must really be too much if it is getting censored in japan lol. Although since they are having trouble airing it on tv it might make it easier for online sites like CR to pick it up...
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1/28/12 by Duck_Waters
I haven't seen it yet (since it starts streaming probably tooomorrow night? ish?, but I imagine they realize they are speaking euphemistically when they put "foolishness levels" in quotes.
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1/29/12 by phillykat
i was thinking the same thing.
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1/28/12 by PooKiiee
I really wanna see this just to see how they gauge their content's "air ability" :3
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1/28/12 by Stampz
I agree. Hearing about how it's too much for Japanese TV makes me want to know the reason.
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1/28/12 by RyanSaotome
Its just a publicity stunt to get people to know about the show and check it out on the website.
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1/28/12 by sgill
I'd have to suspect that also. Anime studio execs aren't known for risk taking, so I'm sure no one would invest money in a project they thought was too risque for public tv.
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1/28/12 by MiosStory
That actually makes sense. I mean with the extreme way they've been censoring anime to show on TV, I don't see how it would be impossible to do the same thing with this. I mean some of those censored scenes block everything out except for a charters face sometimes.
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1/28/12 by landail
That's my guess too... they want DVD sales, so keep 'pulling' the eps off the air, and I bet some will only be available on disc
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1/28/12 by stevie_g
anime has lost its way a little bit. Too much fan service in place of tight plots and good characters. I disagree with the censorship, but I wish the quality would go back up (I know there are exceptions)
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1/28/12 by meygaera
Can they really call it "fanservice" anymore? I mean, the fans are fed up with it.
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1/28/12 by Cecilthedarkknight234
depends on the person, I can't even say what's being cut out or shown in this series due to rips or translations of it. It might just be really bad sex/crude humor with jokes or implications.
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1/29/12 by toshiro777
That, or nothing can be discerned from the sheer amount of sunlight and strategic placement/censoring.
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1/28/12 by vampko
I think anime fans have lost their way. Fanservice makes it so certain people instantly brand the show as horrible, and they miss the great story and characters that are in it.

One of my favorite examples would be Highschool of the Dead. One of the best Zombie adaptations I have ever seen. And I have seen A LOT.

my guess is it's the levels of straight up yuri content which got it cut.

Although, I am completely lost how this even got shrunk into one of those shorts, because it has an actual story and is quite a few chapters long.
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1/28/12 by lord0din69
Maybe a time slot it is in is a bit more strict?
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1/28/12 by romeyo007
I read the first 2 chapters from the manga, and if the anime really follow the manga then this show is so dump in all meaning.
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1/28/12 by djheadshot
We without wings had a titjob scene and still aired on Japanease t.v makes me wonder wtf is in this episode that they can't air it?
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1/28/12 by sickVisionz
They already edit content to fit TV standards so I don't get why they couldn't do it here. If you slap "the show too hot for tv" all over it then it starts making perfect sense from a marketing view.
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1/28/12 by charlie256
So they release flcl and then they whine about this one being immature? Not that I know anything about this show anyways but the Japanese are weird and sick already, not sure how anything can push past those nonexistent boundaries.
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1/28/12 by SactoMan201
I'm really surprised that the producers didn't consider talking with the AT-X channel people and get this series shown on AT-X. After all, AT-X has shown quite a lot of risqué anime late night uncensored in recent years.
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1/28/12 by Cecilthedarkknight234
weird. i can't even find fan-subs of this anywhere i am really curios to see how messed up this really is, hell kodomo no jikan, moetan, qwaser all got time slots.
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1/28/12 by CodyM2
They just need to release the series online instead of tv.
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1/29/12 by stevie_g
I wouldn't look at fanservice and immediately dismiss a show. I like highschool of the dead and find it quite funny in that regard as well as a great show. But going back into anime history there was a lot more variety, and in some cases, work put into shows. I've just been reading that the anime market in Japan is shrinking. Maybe it's time to change direction
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1/29/12 by genoxide
I stayed late watched and recorded the show.... posted on youtube... but theres no sub :3
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1/29/12 by phillykat
The file wouldn't work for me. Oh well.
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1/29/12 by kyo7763
Excel Saga final/dvd episode. It has to be on that level for it to be held back >.>
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1/29/12 by kitsuneshoujo
I wonder if the dimwits on the Japanese censorship board realize that making such a big stink about this show is only going to make it more popular or "cultish"? It's headed for "Forbidden Fruit" land. lol

If this was totally on purpose by the producers and in cahoots with the tv station, it would be the most clever marketing ploy I have seen recently.
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1/29/12 by Art-chan
How many more episodes are they not going to air "out of self-restraint?" It's almost like, why did they even bother trying to air it in the first place? Maybe they should've used a different network/satellite TV? At this point, why not just stream the whole thing online and cancel the TV airing altogether? Not that I'm an expert on Japanese TV standards, but it's kinda getting ridiculous in my humble opinion...
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