History Main / LensFlareCensor

%%* The "sunlight beams at night" happen on ''LightNovel/CatPlanetCuties.'' too, which is not shy of using this on general.
%%* ''LightNovel/AriaTheScarletAmmo'' uses this to censor... girls in their ''underwear''. Is this show aired at grade schoolers or what?

* Parodied in ''Anime/HyperdimensionNeptuniaTheAnimation'', where the lights are sentient entities assigned to cover girls. Unfortunately for Nepgear, her lights get blown away by a gust of wind and she is exposed.

* ''Anime/SpacePirateMito'' uses lens flare to conceal Mito's deceased husband Kogero's features

* Parodied/lampshaded in ''Manga/GabrielDropOut'' with Gabriel's Holy Shield; heaven itself shines blinding light on her private parts to hide them...even in-universe.

* Parodied in ''Manga/GabrielDropOut'' with an in-universe example. All of the angels have their dignity protected by "divine light" whenever they're private areas are exposed. This also applies to [[MinionWithAnFInEvil supposed demon]] Vignette whose ''entire body'' is protected by a "god class" divine aura. On the other hand, the more traditional demon Satania gets a demonic variant.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': Jeanne gets her outfit destroyed in her fourth and final battle. Before making a suit out of her own hair, she is seen with a purple light covering what would have been a view of her crotch from behind.

* Parodied in ''Manga/GabrielDropOut'' with an in-universe example. All of the angels have their dignity protected by "divine light" whenever they're private areas are exposed. This also applies to [[MinionWithAnFInEvil supposed demon]] Vignette whose entire body is protected by a "god class" divine aura. On the other hand, the more traditional demon Satania gets a demonic variant.

* One early episode of ''Manga/DragonBall'' has Yamcha peeking into Oolong's trailer to see if he can spot the dragonballs, Bulma happens to wake up at that moment completely nude, a glare covers up her nipples as she stands in front of the window, the sight causes Yamcha to faint as he had a fear of girls at this point, the English television release had the glare cover up her entire chest.

* In the second half of ''Anime/KillLaKill'', Aikuro goes around wearing nothing but a utility belt with a [[HandOrObjectUnderwear conveniently placed pistol holster in the front]]. For all the instances in which this is insufficient to cover his privates (which is quite often), bright pink lens flare is called upon to aid in the effort. Like most tropes in the show, it's [[UpToEleven exaggerated to the point of parody.]] HIS nipples also have the flare-censor, which wasn't added in later but literally lights up the room around and tends to blind people. No one else in the show gets it, though anyone else who ends up exposed instead has BarbieDollAnatomy. Except for Mataro (an elementary school student who doesn't get much detail anyway) and Guts (a dog).

* ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar:

** While the manga used a KissingDiscressionShot, the anime version of Kashiwagi giving her boyfriend a french kiss has a lens flare blocking out the point where their lips (and tongues) make contact.

* Parodied in the bonus "fanservice" chapter of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' (normally a series that prides itself on being fanservice free). Kaguya ends up falling on top Fujiwara in the school showers, but when we get a full body shot of them just about everything is covered up from the beam of light from Hayasaka's flashlight. Ishigami (who is reading a chapter of his favorite manga that also falsely promised fanservice) proceeds to complain "It's the fucking [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndall_effect Tyndall Effect]]!"

* ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}'': Lens flare censoring is especially prevalent in the ending, in which the male and female protagonists are both naked and in some sort of other-dimensional space. They are both running and jumping, leaving a lot of work for the poor animators.

The use of {{Lens Flare}}s (or perhaps some other stream of light) to hide something from sight. May give the impression that the censored areas are phosphorescent. The trope is fairly prevalant in anime, largely because other mediums make it hard to realistically do this. However, it's not impossible, and it does show up from time to time.

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The use of {{Lens Flare}}s (or perhaps some other stream of light) to hide something from sight. May give the impression that the censored areas are phosphorescent. The trope is fairly prevalant in qnime, largely because other mediums make it hard to realistically do this. However, it's not impossible, and it does show up from time to time.

* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' uses lens flares to cover the genitals of cadavers, instead of the usual sheet that other forensic shows tend to use. The the corpses tend to be [[BarbieDollAnatomy anatomically incorrect]] anyhow, as sometimes they don't superbright the women's chests, and you can see that they (along with about 80% of the male cadavers) have no nipples. It's particularly notable that the size of the lens flare changes depending on the state of the cadaver, even within a single episode. A male cadaver's chest will be lit normally, while a female cadaver's chest will initially be hidden by lens flare, only to be lit normally once it's been open for autopsy.

The use of {{Lens Flare}}s (or perhaps some other stream of light) to hide something from sight. May give the impression that the censored areas are phosphorescent. The trope is fairly prevalant in Anime, largely because other mediums make it hard to realistically do this. However, it's not impossible, and it does show up from time to time.

The use of {{Lens Flare}}s (or perhaps some other stream of light) to hide something from sight. May give the impression that the censored areas are phosphorescent.

* Most Japanese films shown in UK cinemas during the 1970s and 1980s had lens flare censorship, notably the film released as ''Yellow Emmanuelle''. It also had English subtitles at the bottom for the English viewers, and Japanese subtitles at the left side for Japanese readers of (presumably) English dialogue.

* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'':
** It uses lens flares to cover the genitals of cadavers, instead of the usual sheet that other forensic shows tend to use.
** The the corpses tend to be [[BarbieDollAnatomy anatomically incorrect]] anyhow, as sometimes they don't superbright the women's chests, and you can see that they (along with about 80% of the male cadavers) have no nipples.
** In some sixth-season episodes, they've changed methods and gone for a small towel.
** It's particularly notable that the size of the lens flare changes depending on the state of the cadaver, even within a single episode. A male cadaver's chest will be lit normally, while a female cadaver's chest will initially be hidden by lens flare, only to be lit normally once it's been open for autopsy.

* ''Series/DealOrNoDeal'' often uses this to hide the contents of cases in previews of upcoming episodes.
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' used this in their [[Music/InsaneClownPosse Thrilla Killa Klownz]] video "Magical Mysteries," when Ryan Phillippe (as an unnamed Thrilla Killa Klown) grabs his crotch as he raps, "And all you scientists can suck our *bleep*."
* Used in an episode of ''Series/TheXFiles'' to cover the backside of a naked man walking down a highway.

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* Music/HollyValance's "Kiss Kiss" video. An entire career founded on lens flare hiding potential nudity.
* Used ''extensively'' in the music video for Methods of Mayhem's "Get Naked".
* In Music/{{Hyadain}}'s "Four Fiends of the Elements", this is what we see when Rubicante [[SexyCoatFlashing shows us what's under his mantle]].

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* ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'': Jeanne gets her outfit destroyed in her fourth and final battle. Before making a suit out of her own hair, she is seen with a purple light covering what would have been a view of her crotch from behind.
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