I know isekai anime/Manga got banned out of some idea they promote suicide. Stuff involving reincarnation/ressurection or ghosts tends to get banned in Chinese media. I'm assuming there have been problems with suicide cults in Chinese history if this is treated as a serious issue. Does anyone know more about this?
Upon further review I cannot find any reliable information on this. I only found a bunch of reddit posts with contradictory information, such as some that claim all anime is banned in China.
Feudal China had tons of socially harmful traditional ideas about ghosts and the afterlife. They don't mess around with that crap in China. Out it goes, right along with footbinding and landlords.
I'm not sure about the reincarnation/resurrection ban. I mean, look at 99.99999% of all modern wuxia/xinaxia novels. They all start out having the ultra powerful mc die after getting betrayed, and reincarnate in the past or in another body.
I know isekai anime/Manga got banned out of some idea they promote suicide. Stuff involving reincarnation/ressurection or ghosts tends to get banned in Chinese media. I'm assuming there have been problems with suicide cults in Chinese history if this is treated as a serious issue. Does anyone know more about this?
Edit: none of what I've said seems to be true.
I dont know where you saw that but Isekai anime is popular af over on China, especially Overlord and Slime.
Upon further review I cannot find any reliable information on this. I only found a bunch of reddit posts with contradictory information, such as some that claim all anime is banned in China.
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Overlord is popular in China? Ok that is where they cross the line, support withdrawn.
So what anime, if any, is banned in China? I remember hearing that Code Geass was banned but even that is starting to sound sus.
Feudal China had tons of socially harmful traditional ideas about ghosts and the afterlife. They don't mess around with that crap in China. Out it goes, right along with footbinding and landlords.
I'm not sure about the reincarnation/resurrection ban. I mean, look at 99.99999% of all modern wuxia/xinaxia novels. They all start out having the ultra powerful mc die after getting betrayed, and reincarnate in the past or in another body.
That’s definitely not trie. I have watched loads of donghua centered around reincarnation and cultivation, some of which are immensely popular.