Line #72 WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids/AnimeandManga


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7	In Japan, [[AnimationAgeGhetto the taboo of animation being for kids]], while still there, is less strict and what is considered inappropriate [[ValuesDissonance differs compared to most Anglosphere values]]. Censorship is minimal for what can go on a bookshelf. But not everybody in the western world knows this and so... well... you get the idea. Their most kid-friendly animations were those ''deliberately'' written to be also exported to the west. As a result, something is always LostInTranslation.
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9	And manga? Hoo boy, there is ''literally'' no taboo about manga being "just for kids". Manga is a completely valid, expressive art form... which means content runs the entire gamut from sweet pre-K fluff that young ''toddlers'' will think [[SweetnessAversion is too saccharine]] to things mentally unprepared ''adults'' will struggle with.
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11	'''"WARNING: Absolutely Not For Children" say their cover labels. Let's just say any and all {{hentai}} is not for kids and just leave it at that. So no examples, okay?'''
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13	* The Canadian province of Quebec's movie and video ratings board had some problems with this in the early years of anime videos, with titles such as ''Anime/{{Genocyber}}'', ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' and ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' getting the equivalent of G and PG ratings. Fortunately, actual {{hentai}} never fell through the cracks, and the board wised up relatively fast.
14	* During TheNineties, the major TV networks in Mexico thought it would be good to syndicate something new instead of these American cartoons. So, they looked at Japan as a new, unexplored source of kids' cartoons, and they decided to broadcast anime, [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff thus starting the long-remembered Nineties' Anime Craze]]. Only problem is, they mostly took shows for teenagers and adults and marketed them for kids. The new Animax channel tried to return to a kid-friendly schedule, but NetworkDecay kicked in and the few animated features remaining are often... not for kids.
15	* One German distributor includes advertisements/booklets inside sets of kid-friendly cartoons like ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' for their anime titles, some of which are definitely ''not'' for kids, such as the ecchi titles ''Literature/ChivalryOfAFailedKnight'' and ''Anime/ValkyrieDriveMermaid''.
16	* Name almost any SchoolgirlSeries[=/=]{{Iyashikei}} SliceOfLife anime or manga. You may think that ''Manga/KOn'', ''Manga/KiniroMosaic'', and ''Manga/HidamariSketch'' are meant for [[{{Shoujo}} young girls and teenagers]], when in reality the targeted audience is [[{{Seinen}} a much older demographic of the opposite sex]].
17	* [=EzyDvd=] Australia lists everything animated as a children's series, which makes the "new children's [=DVDs=]" category as of January 2, 2014 full of [=MA15+=] and sometimes even R18+ anime like ''VisualNovel/WeWithoutWings'', ''Anime/QueensBlade'', ''Manga/{{Monster}}'', ''Literature/FateZero'', ''Literature/IsThisAZombie'', ''Literature/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'', and ''Anime/ErgoProxy''.
18	* It would be fairly easy for a parent to mistake the Netflix series ''Anime/{{Aggretsuko}}'' as something kid-friendly, considering the [[ArtStyleDissonance adorable character designs]] and being from the [[Creator/{{Sanrio}} same company]] who created Franchise/HelloKitty. However, unlike most Sanrio properties, the series is primarily aimed at adults and it carries a TV-14 rating with good reason--it deals with subjects such as workplace abuse and work taking over your life, and in the third season [[spoiler:Retsuko is almost stabbed by a stalker in public]]. Retsuko in death metal mode refers to her boss as a "shitty boss" and a "dick" in the very first episode. In the UK, the series carried a PG rating (which lots of kid-friendly cartoons carry) for its first two seasons, further confusing parents. It wasn't until the release of Season 3 that the series was reclassified 12 with a "bullying, language" content warning.
19	* ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' was first released in an English dub in the late 1980s. The film managed to break Japan out of the AnimationAgeGhetto in American eyes, containing a lot of violence (including a few exploding heads, people being smashed, and blown into gibs), a near rape scene, and a few utterly disturbing sequences. The original manga, of course, amps this all up.
20	* If you've ever seen an ''Manga/AlienNine'' manga with a cheery-looking picture of the characters on the cover and thought "Hey, this must be a manga about cute girls saving the world from aliens!", [[ArtStyleDissonance don't let the cute art style fool you]]. Despite the young main characters, Pokémon-like monster designs, and initial appearances of a slice-of-life-esque series, this manga and its anime adaptation are very dark and filled with heavy violence, grotesque imagery, nudity, and alcohol use. During their battles with the aliens attacking their school, [[spoiler:two of the girls get attacked by aliens and become part-alien themselves, which are shown and described in the most gruesome ways possible]]. Basically, even though it's about cute girls fighting disgusting-looking aliens, the series is basically a very bizarre allegory on what being lonely really feels like and how scary growing up can be.
21	* ''Anime/AngelBeats'', despite the cute and fluffy title, features chest stabbings, multi-story falls, and gunshot wounds in the stomach. And that's just the first episode.
22	* ''Manga/AreYouLost'' has the trappings of a typical {{shonen}} series: a high school-aged main cast, a ''lot'' of focus on [[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship and teamwork]], a very lighthearted and idealistic mood (though the series, as an EdutainmentShow, does portray the realistic dangers of survival on a deserted island, the girls are not remotely traumatized or shaken by their castaway troubles -- they actually end up ''grateful'' to the island for bringing them together), and fanservice that is generally no more explicit than in your average shōnen manga (for example, nipples are censored in the relatively few naked scenes)... but it ''is'' a {{seinen}}. And there are indeed a couple of survival-related scenes that are raunchy to a degree that they wouldn't fly in a shōnen, especially the infamous scene in which Homare and Shion have to help each other drink water through their anuses.
23	* ''Anime/BloodC'', which is an original anime by ''Creator/{{CLAMP}}'', was featured in the cover of a Philippine otaku magazine for kids back then. But just because CLAMP made cutesy and fluffy works doesn't mean it's for kids. Just imagine what would be one's reaction when they found out that there's a nude scene of Saya in the bathtub and lots of gore in it with characters being EatenAlive [[spoiler:including one character who got ripped in half]]. In Germany, the anime is rated as FSK 18, same niche as equally bloody anime such as ''Manga/ElfenLied''.
24	* ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'''s opening and credits imply the show is ''a lot'' more light-hearted than it really is. The first episode doesn't help either; it looks like any {{shounen}} series about robots.
25	* ''Anime/CatSoup'' is very easily mistaken for a kid's film since the main characters are [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter adorable]] [[FunnyAnimal cartoon]] [[CuteKitten kittens]]--except that it's a GrotesqueCute SurrealHorror that's liable to disturb most ''adults''.
26	* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' of all shows suffered from this when it initially ran on TV Tokyo. It ran Fridays at 18:00 (6 p.m.), a time previously occupied by G-rated or almost-G-rated shows like ''Manga/{{Kodocha}}'' and ''Anime/AkazukinChacha''. The show only made it through half of its initial run due to its strong violence and adult themes.
27	* The children's manga magazine ''Magazine/CoroCoroComic'' has a {{Seinen}} spinoff publication called ''[=CoroCoro=] Aniki'' aimed at adults and teenagers who grew up reading its younger counterpart. Because it still has the ''[=CoroCoro=]'' name and popular kids' characters on the cover, to the point that some of its manga are explicit sequels to ones that ran in ''[=CoroCoro=] Comic'', it was often placed in the children's section in Japanese bookstores anyway, until they had to include a disclaimer with each issue reminding bookstore workers to not place it in the children's section.
28	* ''Anime/CrayonShinChan''. Despite the cute looks, the manga was originally published in Weekly Manga Action, one {{Seinen}} magazine. The anime, however, is aimed at families, airing back-to-back with ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''.
29	** Also, the show has been dubbed and censored in most countries to kids' show standards (meaning no ass-dancing from Shin, and no crude jokes from anyone else), but in America, it's an Creator/AdultSwim show and the [[CrossesTheLineTwice dialogue is crammed with]] BlackComedy.
30	** In Indonesia, the original manga is dutifully labeled 'mature'. The animated adaptation however, is aired on weekends on a local TV channel, and it has been that way for more than 10 years. Nowadays most people ignore the warning label at the corner of the cover and it's considered a children's classic almost on par with ''Doraemon'' (which airs alongside ''Shin-chan'' on that same TV channel).
31	** An interesting case with the Vitello dub: while it was aired on Creator/FoxKids (later Creator/{{Jetix}}) in the United Kingdom and had many scenes censored because it was aimed at children, some dirty jokes were '''added in''' by the writers of that dub, to the point where the Australian [=DVDs=] were given a PG rating. And yes, some of those jokes were occasionally censored by the British broadcasters of this show.
32	* At first glance ''Anime/CrossAnge'' seems like a fun Mecha series with an ImprobablyFemaleCast. However, it's full of graphic violence, nudity, and sexual content, including multiple instances of sexual assault - the first of which occurs in the first episode. It got rated 16+ in Quebec, the same as ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' and ''Series/GameOfThrones''. In comparison most R rated films get 13+ over there.
33	* ''Manga/DFrag'' is a comedy series that pretty much parodies every highschool anime cliche you can think of. You think this is something a {{shonen}} audience who are into highschool comedies that would enjoy, right? Apparently, this series runs in a {{seinen}} magazine.
34	* ''Manga/DoujinWork'''s box art and summary for its anime+manga combo pack and DVD case make it seem like a series about teenagers finding friends and a community through drawing their own comic books. In fact, the series is about the antics of friends drawing hard-core porn'.
35	* ''Anime/FantasticChildren'', despite its simple art style and title, isn't really for children, not so much because of explicit content (there is little) but because of an abundance of unsettling and often tragic plot twists.
36	* The French emission for children ''Le Club Dorothée'' (which ran from 1987 to 1997) created a big polemic when it started to air ''Anime/FistOfTheNorthStar''. Apparently, people were too dense to understand that this story wasn't aimed at children, despite being animated. Therefore, to keep showing it, they ended up creating an (in?)famous SoBadItsGood dub and heavily cutting scenes in each episodes in order to try to make it more kid-friendly.
37	* ''Anime/FullMetalPanicFumoffu'' is a light-hearted comedy with a TV-PG rating on both the ADV Films and Creator/{{FUNimation}} [=DVDs=], featuring the adorable mascot character Bonta-kun... completely kid-friendly, right? Except it's a spinoff of ''Literature/FullMetalPanic!'', a much more serious mecha series. While it ''is'' LighterAndSofter than its parent series in some ways, most of the comedy revolves around the main character's difficulty integrating into a modern Japanese high school due to being a ChildSoldier. As a result, there's no shortage of violence and crude language, as well as some sexual situations and a whole lot of nudity just ''barely'' contained by SceneryCensor in the HotSpringsEpisode.
38	* Hulu has ''Anime/GenesisOfAquarion'' in the "Family" category of their site. Not only is it aimed at adults due to it being a huge love letter to 70's/80's mecha shows, it has a substantial amount of violence and sexual undertones, including implied incest.
39	* The original North American VHS release of ''Anime/{{Genocyber}}'' carried no warnings or age ratings, except for a small notice on the back cover: ''"Unrated. Suitable for most audiences."'' One must question whether anyone watched the [=OVAs=] before letting that go to print. The second episode begins with children being slowly and graphically ''gunned down'' - not to mention the occasional nudity and the [[ClusterFBomb frequent strong language]] present in the dub.
40	* In Japan, ''Anime/GhostStories'' is a kids anime. [[NightmareFuel Yes,]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids really]]. The English GagDub [[RefugeInAudacity on the]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice other hand]]...
41	* ''Anime/GingaDensetsuWeed'' is about talking dogs. Including a dog who ''castrates his enemies.'' [[SarcasmMode You know, for kids!]] Don't get started on the manga.
42	* Platform/{{Crunchyroll}}'s previews for the anime adaptation of ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'' mistakenly marketed it as TV-PG or the equivalent under the apparent assumption it was another run-of-the-mill fantasy adventure series. The first episode is a now-infamous RRatedOpening that features a novice adventuring party walking into a goblin nest and getting slaughtered, with one of the female adventurers getting [[FaceFullOfAlienWingWong gang-raped by the goblins]]. Following viewer outcry, it was quickly upgraded to TV-MA.
43	* ''Anime/GregoryHorrorShow'', quite honestly, seems innocent enough; sure, it has "horror" in the title, but the fact that it has an anthropomorphic mouse as the main character means it could easily be mistaken for something along the lines of ''Literature/{{Goosebumps}}''. However, once you get to Catherine in episode 6, a snake nurse who [[spoiler: makes orgasmic moans as she draws your blood through a syringe]], things start to get a little rocky. Later on when the "splitting headaches" of Mummy Dog and Mummy Papa show up, there's plenty of NightmareFuel to show this is far from a show for children. Believe it or not, it was created by the same person who created ''Anime/{{Pecola}}''. Thankfully, Netflix re-categorized the series from "Kids and Family" to "Anime Horror" after complaints.
44	* ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'': For some unknown reason, the Dark Horse publication rated it as T for mild language and violence. Because the numerous F-bombs, scenes of extreme {{Gorn}} everywhere and two [[spoiler: rape scenes]] are ''[[SarcasmMode definitely]]'' [[SarcasmMode mild]]!
45	** The first volume of the anime was rated 10 in South Africa (meaning you have to be 10 or older to purchase; by comparison, even tamer shonen usually get a 13 or 13PG). The ratings description writer notices its 'frequent' (quite an understatement) violence, but also its 'fantastical' context... basically saying "it's a cartoon, it can do whatever it wants and it's kid-friendly."
46	* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'':
47	** Was listed as a "Kids and Family" series by Blockbuster video's computer system. This is a series where ''[[RRatedOpening the very first scene]]'', before even the opening credits, involves two (now dead) girls being brutally beaten by their deranged classmate.
48	** The French release of the VisualNovel is officially rated "ages 7 and up" by PEGI. The rating does include the "Fear" descriptor, but still, this is a horror story with plenty of grisly murders and various characters (including teenagers and children) going insane. [[https://www.hinamizawa.fr/pegi.htm The reason]] is that the visual novel is technically not a ''game'' as far as PEGI understands it, so the rating only applies to the included mini-games.
49	* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is actually serialized in a Seinen magazine, but a lot of readers mistake it for a Shonen series. It's not hard to see why though, as despite being Seinen, there's nothing in it that makes it unsuitable for a teenage audience (Viz published the English release under their Shonen Jump imprint with a rating of T). The backstories of the main cast can be quite sad, but nothing too dark and the manga never uses any explicit fanservice elements. This is to a point deliberate. The mangaka has said that he prefers his work to be as [[MultipleDemographicAppeal widely-read as possible]], and is occasionally critical of manga magazines' strict demographic lines in general.
50	* ''Anime/KemonoFriends'' is a show about cute animal girls that's part {{Iyashikei}}, part animal fact {{Edutainment}} with the occasional action scene. Its character designer even worked on [[Manga/SgtFrog a series kids are familiar with]]. All signs point to it being {{Kodomomuke}}, right? The game it was based on wasn't, being geared towards the moe crowd, and the show likewise aired at OtakuOClock. That said, they did do morning re-runs of the first season on a timeslot when kids could watch.
51	* ''Anime/KeyTheMetalIdol'''s premise is about an android girl who wants to become human by making 30,000 friends. That sounds like something the kids can watch, right? WRONG. The series gets off to a family friendly start, then rapidly shifts into dark territory. Try not to not to get attached to any of the characters, since AnyoneCanDie. And you don't even want to know about [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Ajo]].
52	* ''Anime/KillLaKill''. In other countries the rating was consistent (TV-MA in the US, 15 in UK, FSK 16 in Germany) to showcase the DarkerAndEdgier BloodierAndGorier HotterAndSexier successor of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', but in Australia the anime was rated in three (from the unrestricted preteen M for the first two volumes and the last volume, to the mid/late teen restricted [=MA15+=] for volume 3 and adult-only R18+ for the fourth) ratings that went escalated as the plot progresses[[note]]New Zealand also did this but had M for the first 3 volumes and the last and R16 (comparable to the Australian [=MA15+=]) for the fourth volume[[/note]]. The stylistic violence became more graphic, and the nudity and sexual innuendos became a full blown incest, sexual violence and pedophilia thanks to the series BigBad. The last part is something that Australian media is sensitive about enough that would guarantee to be slapped a RC (bluntly put, banning) if pedophilia is depicted graphically.
53	* ''Literature/KinosJourney'': Oh look, a teenager traveling around with a talking motorcycle with cute character designs! Too bad it's full of some fairly unsettling material, to said nothing about the sometimes depressing ending of some of the episodes. [[spoiler: [[CruelTwistEnding Particularly the final episode]] of the anime]].
54	* ''Manga/KotaroLivesAlone'' is about a precocious four-year-old boy, and there are quite a few funny moments that stem from his odd behavior. However, the manga runs in a seinen magazine and the overall tone can be surprisingly serious at times, especially since it's gradually revealed that the reason [[MinorLivingAlone he lives by himself]] is because he comes from a broken home with AbusiveParents.
55	* ''Manga/KumaMikoGirlMeetsBear'' certainly looks and sounds wholesome from its description and artwork. Any viewer would be under this impression...until they got to the second half of the first episode, which proudly revolves around young children learning about bestiality. [=FUNimation=]'s box set of the series also gives no help, using the same cutesy artwork and a PG rating giving no clue as to the actual content contained in the show.
56	* With its bright, colorful aesthetics; the whimsical nature of its setting being a WizardingSchool for MagicalGirl [[HunterOfMonsters monster hunters]]/[[IdolGenre idols]] called "Witches"; and most of the cute, slice-of-life antics, you would think that ''VideoGame/LapisReLights'' is an anime aimed at younger audiences. Then you see the ''vast'' amounts of sexualization and sexual jokes like the school's Cabaret Club which is a HostessClub with entirely preteen employees; the constant BlackComedy which involves the cast being injured, almost dying, or being terrorized and tortured; and the bright, colorful, cartoony "magical monsters" being responsible for the razing and massacre of ''entire nations'' if left unchecked, and you ''really'' should think again.
57	* ''Manga/TheLaughingSalesman'' and ''Nosutaru Grandfather'' are created by Creator/FujikoFujio, the team that has written many manga series and anime shows for children, their most popular work being ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''. Yeah, except for ''The Laughing Salesman'' and ''Nosutaru Grandfather''--both are horror manga that contain nudity, blood, and gore along with problems little kids shouldn't know about and were the only two manga explicitly written for an adult audience. They are labeled {{seinen}} manga for a reason.
58	* ''Manga/LifeLessonsWithUramichiOniisan'': The show's main focus is an actor who works on a children's show that's a parody of ''Series/OkaasanToIssho''. But unlike the show in question, it's not for children, as it focuses on the dark and troubled life of the actor in question.
59	* In a similar vein to ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', ''Manga/MadeInAbyss'' looks like it's for children with its cute artstyle. In addition to that, the character designs, backgrounds, and premise would fit right at home with E10+ RPG fare like [[VideoGame/MapleStory Maple Story]], ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' or ''VideoGame/EverOasis''. However, BodyHorror is everywhere in graphic detail, and injuries are treated with grim realism. The OP and ED for the anime may be cutesy and whimsical, but hidden under the surface is a world teeming with [[EldritchAbomination abominations]] and child-unfriendly violence. Never mind the people the heroes encounter...
60	** One anime site ran [[https://web.archive.org/web/20180104025753/http://www.anime-now.com/entry/2017/08/15/220002 an article]] based off the first six episodes suggesting that parents should be watching it with their young kids. They ''immediately'' received backlash from those familar with the manga and the path future episodes would be going down. The author later clarified they meant older, middle-school aged kids that were used to YoungAdult fare like ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' or the later ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' installments, but that's still seriously pushing it.
61	*** And by six episodes, the audience hasn't even got to Mitty's story. Imagine a young child watching [[spoiler: a girl get turned into a monster, and then blown up while it screams]]...
62	** Many fans were also upset when the CompilationMovie was advertised for before ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart'' and ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragonTheHiddenWorld'', as if this was a kid-friendly movie.
63	* ''Anime/MajokkoTsukunechan'': Despite the show having a cute art style and being an AffectionateParody of the MagicalGirl genre, it has a lot of BlackComedy, with lots of graphic violence (things blowing up, blood spraying, characters being killed off only to be magically resurrected), bad language, and some nudity.
64	* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' has cute character designs and a SliceOfLife setting, but it's still a {{seinen}} series with a fair amount of {{Fanservice}} (with much of the fanservice coming from [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl Lucoa]], who's also portrayed as a ComedicShotacon). Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment rated the first volume of the English translated manga as all-ages before correcting it to a teen rating in later reprints and every other volume afterwards. While the anime is TamerAndChaster and focuses more on the found family theme than the manga does, it still has some fanservice.
65	* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' drew complaints from Japanese parents over a scene where the ChildSoldier protagonists rebel against their abusive bosses/"owners", with the main character shooting some of them execution-style. It seems that they thought the series was kid-friendly based entirely on the title; this lead to speculation that they saw the word "Orphans" and assumed it was something like a KidsWildernessEpic...completely ignoring the word "Blood".
66	* ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' has an in-universe example using a FracturedFairyTale or two. Those stories are such that most people would be seriously disturbed before a certain age if they were actually in print.
67	* The 2018 Japanese animated short ''Anime/MyLittleGoat'' directed by Tomoki Misato is a stop-motion adaptation of the Creator/BrothersGrimm Fairy Tale ''Literature/TheWolfAndTheSevenYoungKids'' ([[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff which is very popular in Japan]]). [[ArtStyleDissonance Despite the cute art style]] and character designs, [[{{Grimmification}} it's a very realistic]] WhatIf scenario on what if the Mother Goat's children don't survive being digested. If the realistic consequences on the surviving goat children having visible scars and half-mutilated bodies (except Nono the goat who hide in the clock) didn't raise any red flags. The short suddenly tackling pedophilia, child abuse, rape (thankfully not shown), and molestation alongside [[OutlivingOnesOffSpring Mother Goat being in denial over her son's death]] sure would. The short is targeted at adult audiences (especially parents and victims of child abuse and rape).
68	* ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' seems family friendly enough at first glance, and, for the most part, it is. Yet there are many scenes, as well as several episodes, that are decidedly dark. Several characters are executed on screen, a family and their dog are gunned down, the heroine [[DrivenToSuicide tries to commit suicide]] at one point, and later, guns down [[spoiler:her own father, Nemo]] whilst [[BrainwashedAndCrazy under Gargoyle's control]]. There's even a brief instance of racism. Creator/ADVFilms themselves made this mistake when they were early on in the series, putting promotions for it on the same tape as ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie''. So a bunch of 8-year-olds who love Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog would be convinced to watch a show with all the aforementioned lovely bloody deaths.
69	** This makes the matters worse, in Italy where it is originally first dubbed, the series was censored to make more suitable for children, aired in children's block Ciao Ciao (last 12 remaining episodes were aired on I Cartonissimi). Thankfully, a much more faithful and uncensored dub closer to Japanese version was produced years later.
70	* ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' also qualifies, particularly its original manga. In addition to the melting God Warrior, Ohmu stampede, and a goodly dose of violence, the manga shows people blown or chopped to bits left and right. Oh, and some freaky psychic stuff.
71	* Surrounding ''Anime/NinjaScroll'' is [[http://www.actsofgord.com/Chronicles/chapter12.php a particular story]] from Website/ActsOfGord about a man who rented the infamously gory anime movie with explicit rape for his ten- and eleven-year-old kids, all whilst Gord himself tries to tell him that it's ''really'' not appropriate for his kids. Of course, not more than one hour later does the same man barge in demanding to know why he gave them porn.
72	* It's quite easy to mistake ''Anime/{{Noein}}'' for a children's series due to the main characters being a bunch of twelve-year-olds...but then someone gets their arm sliced off. And later on someone is [[EyeScream stabbed in the eyeball]]. And two kids attempt suicide. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking There's also a lot of]] ([[ArtisticLicensePhysics completely inaccurate]]) [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking babble about quantum mechanics that would confuse or bore most kids]]. Then you realize why it aired at [[OtakuOClock one in the morning]]
73	* ''Anime/NowAndThenHereAndThere''. {{Animation\|AgeGhetto}}? Check. [[NightmareFuel Absolutely nightmarish]] [[TrappedInAnotherWorld fantasy adventure?]] Check. [[KidHero Defenseless child protagonist?]] Check. [[ApocalypseHow Desolate, dying world]], [[FamilyUnfriendlyViolence horrific]] [[AnyoneCanDie brutality]] and [[TheCaligula a tyrannical king]] who acts like [[PsychopathicManchild a middle-school bully all grown-up]] and makes ComicBook/TheJoker look mostly sane, if still mildly deranged at worst? Check, check, oh God check.
74	* ''Anime/OddTaxi'': The anime is set in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals, with an art style that resembles something children might watch, but the show's actual contents are dark and mature, being a crime thriller/mystery with death and violence.
75	* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' seems to be innocent (it's a comedy {{superhero}} series about the struggles of an InvincibleHero), but the manga version is considered a {{seinen}} for good reason. It has plenty of intense violence, as most of Saitama's foes end up as bloody messes. There is also a fair bunch of sexual humor, what with the hero [[ManlyGay Puri-Puri Prisoner]], and his love of other male heroes.
76	** Ironically enough, when the manga got released in North America, it got published under Viz's Shonen Jump imprint. Though it isn't hard to see how it got mistaken for a shonen series considering how most of them contain [[{{FamilyUnfriendlyViolence}} similar]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids content]] anyway.
77	* Creator/OsamuTezuka developed his characteristic cartoony style drawing manga for younger kids, but maintained it well into his later career when he started drawing more mature manga like ''Manga/{{Adolf}}'' (a story about WWII, told mainly from the perspective of characters from the doomed Axis nations) and ''MW'' (a tale of a Catholic Priest who is tormented with guilt because he has a gay lover who is also a murdering sociopath planning to commit genocide with a stolen American chemical weapon).
78	* ''Anime/OsomatsuSan'' is based on ''Manga/OsomatsuKun'', a classic kid-friendly {{shonen}} manga, but has plenty of sex jokes and other adult material. It airs late at night as a result, with the manga adaptation considered a {{josei}}. However, it keeps ''-Kun'''s cartoonish, ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}''-like art. This had caused controversy in Japan, with a [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2016-02-09/bpo-publishes-viewer-complaint-about-man-catching-brother-masturbating-in-anime/.98499 masturbation joke]] attracting complaints.
79	** The show was [[http://whateveritsmyplace.tumblr.com/post/143680240777/ciao-mag-20166-book-aikatsu-stars-card featured in]] ''Ciao'', a manga anthology aimed at elementary school girls.
80	* ''Anime/OutlawStar'' is a {{Seinen}} anime with graphic violence and an explicit HotSpringsEpisode... and yet it aired in America on Creator/{{Toonami}} at a timeslot where many kids under 15 would be watching. It should be noted that the episode underwent many edits, such as changing [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms guns into blasters]] and cutting swears, as well as excising the HotSpringsEpisode entirely.
81	* ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt''. "Wow! Two girls in pretty dresses fighting ghosts and other nasty bad things? Why haven't I shown this to my children yet?!" Yes, the show does carry an art style reminiscent of shows like ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''. Still, the title alone should clue you into the [[CrossesTheLineTwice kind of]] [[ClusterFBomb subject matter]] the show possesses. Funimation's complete set release even has a TV-MA rating on its cover, in case you still somehow think the show could somehow still be kid-friendly.
82	* ''WebAnimation/PokemonGenerations'' is meant to be for adults and older teenagers and as such the content is much more adult than any other Pokemon related media except for the [[{{Ecchi}} uncensored edition of]] ''Manga/TheElectricTaleOfPikachu'', as well as ''Manga/PokemonReBURST''. It reaches its breaking point in Episode 10 where it has possibly the most [[NightmareFuel disturbing content in the entire franchise]]. Considering this is a Pokémon show and it has no age restriction on [=YouTube=], kids will watch it still. The fact that the episodes are labeled as "For Kids" on [=YouTube=] following the COPPA update in 2020 doesn't help.
83	* ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'' was mistakenly listed on Creator/AdultSwim's on demand feed as being a Cartoon Network series. It has since then been corrected to being one on Creator/AdultSwim but considering it's a show that has the characters constantly swearing, flipping the bird, performing [[BitingTheHandHumor terrorist attacks on their creators]] and murdering people it was a little concerning that on demand was implying it was kid-friendly to begin with.
84	* The ''Pop Wonderland'' series of illustrated fairy tales were released in English by Dark Horse Comics and marketed as children's books. The books are easy to read and perfectly suitable for kids, so what's the problem? Well, Dark Horse's website PROUDLY stated that the artist, Pop, is also known for the popular ''Moetan'' series, which they claim is "designed to teach Japanese children English". ...Let's just say Moetan is SO not for kids [[LoliconAndShotacon that it's not allowed on this wiki, and leave it at that]].
85	* ''Anime/{{Potemayo}}'': Even though the show is really cute and sweet, the B-plots in every episode are very weird, disgusting, and pretty much unsuitable for young children to watch.
86	* ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' certainly qualifies for this trope, being BloodierAndGorier than most of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's films. It's an animated movie featuring pigs and wolves and nice-looking forest spirits, with [[PrincessProtagonist "Princess"]] in the title, but it's also a movie that shows people's heads and limbs being shot off, open wounds bleeding profusely, and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s covered in icky purplish wormlike things. Disney released their dub under the Miramax label (which Disney owned at the time), perhaps so people wouldn't confuse it with its own kid-friendly productions. Many parents brought young children to see the film anyway, especially as ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' arrived in theaters around the same time.
87	* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. It's a genre [[MagicalGirl commonly for pre-teen girls]]. The character design is PuniPlush. One Swedish seller classified the series as "For all ages", Crackle.com rates it as TV-PG. and The Japan movie rating system classifies both Madoka movies as "Suitable for all ages"... NOT! The story is all about the characters being pushed beyond the DespairEventHorizon and one of them gets eaten alive.
88	** Speaking of the movies, [[https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/puella-magi-madoka-magica/user-reviews/child a review on Common Sense Media of the movies]] claimed that the friend of the user who wrote the review went to see the first ''Madoka Magica'' movie in a Canadian movie theater and saw a lot of toddlers at the showing. When Mami blew up the witch barrier during the part of the film based on the first episode, many toddlers got frightened and had to leave.
89	** The series was rated on DVD by the Ministry of Culture in Spain as suitable for all ages, when most anime are rated for ''at least'' ages 13 and older. One must wonder if they weren't misled by the cutesy artwork on the [=DVDs=]...
90	** [[Creator/AustralianBroadcastingCorporation The ABC]] (in Australia, not the USA) has aired it multiple times, on a children's channel (but relatively late at night, on an anime block aimed towards young teenagers) with minimal censorship (only profanity censored). Either someone didn't do their research, or this [[AwesomeAussie says something about the resilience of Australian kids]]. There were no complaints from parents. Also, they got away with airing ''Manga/VampireKnight'' and ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' on that same channel without any problems.
91	*** In Australia, that series is rated as M (Mature), in which still in the unrestricted category unlike in [=MA15+=]. So Australians might be aware of the mature themes of the series as well.
92	* ''Anime/QueensBlade'' initially appeared through Netflix streaming in the Fall of 2010 with a '''Y7 FV''' rating. Yes, that implies the series is suitable for children age 7 or higher, but has a cautionary rating for "fantasy violence". By the end of the first volume, the viewer will have seen nipples that swell and spew a corrosive fluid, a disrobed woman wetting herself, and one scene of virtual lesbian rape.
93	** The front cover for the first volume of the series has four relatively attractive characters in standard "Sword and Sorcery" poses, but nothing to clue the viewer into what the series involves. Needless to say, the online reviews for the series quickly swelled with the reactions of angry parents.
94	* ''Anime/ReadOrDie'''s {{OVA}} (ignoring the title) seems like a delightful children's story. It's about a happy and sweet woman who loves to read and has amazing adventures! It's actually a pastiche of spy films in the ''Film/JamesBond'' vein with more HighPressureBlood.
95	* ''Manga/SchoolLive'' looks like a sweet anime about an adorable group of teenagers and their precocious dog. Perfect show for your children to watch, right? [[spoiler:Wrong. At the end of the first episode, it's revealed that their happy life at school is a carefully constructed delusion to let Yuki cope with the zombie apocalypse. Prepare for things to get very dark, VERY quickly.]] The manga is even worse [[spoiler:as it contains more graphic gore and a lot of mental breakdowns.]]
96	* A very, ''very'' good example is the anime (and visual novel) ''VisualNovel/SchoolDays''. Looks like a cutesy, cheesy romcom. Is reality usually much closer to a mature-ish romance (sex scenes and all) at best, or a demented slasher film at worst.
97	* ''Anime/SchoolRumble'' aired on Momo Kids' TV, the same channel that airs shows aimed at young children like ''WesternAnimation/PAWPatrol'' and ''Anime/MagicalDoremi''. Despite the cute looks, the show has adult themes, like a scene in which some of the characters watch what appears to be an adult video. This resulted in the station being fined.
98	* ''Anime/SelectorInfectedWIXOSS'' has been mislabeled by some as a shoujo meant to sell cards to young girls. While there is a tie-in game to the series, it's actually a late-night anime, with all the manga spinoffs running in seinen magazines. And understandably so, considering there's an incest plot with one of the main characters as well as one villain who basically [[MindRape mind-rapes]] her opponents.
99	* ''Manga/ShadowStar''. Amusingly enough, one review actually described ''Shadow Star'' as being acceptable for preteens. A scanlation group that re-released the Creator/{{Dark Horse\|Comics}} translations of the manga and finished up what Dark Horse didn't get around to before discontinuing it made fun of this in their summary and updates. Just goes to show how [[CoversAlwaysLie bloody deceptive]] that first volume is...
100	** Glenat's French release of ''Shadow Star'' was cancelled after two volumes under similar circumstances. Once they finally tried again, the series was given their Seinen label [[TaughtByExperience in order to avoid another fiasco]].
101	** The anime's deceptively cutesy opening depicts many horrors in a family friendly way, but first-time viewers wouldn't know that. The show was originally broadcast on ''Kids Station''.
102	* The Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs referred to ''Manga/StrikeWitches'' as an example of cultural excellence, and as such had public screenings of the show in events where families with young children were heavily in attendance. Never mind the fact that it's a fanservice-heavy seinen show.
103	* ''Anime/SuperMilkChan'' has an adorable cartoony art style and is about a five year old superhero. It's perfect for kids, it must be just like Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls, right? Well, as long as you don't show your kids the GagDub...
104	* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', is, as of this writing, listed as an anime suitable for children/all ages in both a children's magazine website and About.com. Several ratings boards also passed the show G or PG in the beginning, and the original OVA series does start out tame. A lot of people have memories of the old Toonami version and likely think the show is just fine for kids, but the more readily-available uncut version today...not so much, to the point where it earned a "TV-MA" on a recent rerelease. To jog your memory, OVA 4 has [[spoiler:Ryouko showing her naked body off to Tenchi throughout, with Barbie doll anatomy averted]], and The Night Before the Carnival special has [[spoiler:Washuu demanding a semen sample from Tenchi - and offering to ''use her mouth'' to help!]]
105	* In America, ''Manga/WanderingSon'' has won at least one adolescent-geared award and is commonly spoken of when referring to teens. The series is considered relatable to transgender youth and it's not particularly graphic or inappropriate, but it's actually a seinen series.
106	* ''Anime/TheWindRises'' is about the aerospace engineer protagonist building planes that are used to fight in UsefulNotes/WorldWar2 while his wife is slowly dying [[IncurableCoughOfDeath of tuberculosis]]. There's plenty of war imagery to go around and she coughs up blood on a couple of occasions. To avert this trope, Creator/{{Disney}} decided to release the movie under its adult-oriented Touchstone banner in North America so kids wouldn't get their hands on it.
107	* ''Manga/WitchHatAtelier'' follows a young girl entering a fanciful world of magic along with some of her similarly aged peers, bringing a lot of inevitable comparisons to similarly-themed child-friendly series like ''Franchise/LittleWitchAcademia''-- but ''Witch Hat Atelier'' actually runs in a ''{{Seinen}}'' magazine, meaning the intended audience would be men above the age of 18. ''Witch Hat Atelier'' contains very little to no instances of some of the more stereotypical markers of a ''seinen'' manga, such as graphic violence or nudity, so it is in theory perfectly acceptable for younger readers. On the other hand, it does contain more mature themes that might be confusing or distressing to a younger audience, such as disability discrimination, forced body modification, and, as of Volume 9, [[spoiler: the sexual abuse of children.]]
108	* ''Anime/WoosersHandToMouthLife'': Don't be fooled by the cute main character and the cute designs of the humans fool you, as the cute little bunny acts perverted around girls.

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