August 14, 2008

Malaysia Against "Sexy Figures"

Image somewhat related. Source.

Remember that attack on shounen ai comics last month? Now, check out these two articles that were published recently in Harian Metro (Daily Metro, if translated), a local paper.


Patung Permainan Gadis Aksi Lucah (Figures of girls in sexy poses)



Koleksi anak orang kaya (Wealthy people's children's collection)



I would translate these articles for you, but Setsuna-san has already done a good job with that. You can read his posts about the articles here and here (in respective order).

Well, this is another attack on us otaku. I'm not much of a figure collector (yet), but I find it annoying and offensive that they would call figure collecting a, "minat dan hobi aneh" (weird interest and hobby).

Also, they mentioned that these figures would, "...merangsang minat remaja dan kanak-kanak kepada seks, sekali gus mendedahkan mereka kepada perlakuan tidak bermoral." (...stimulate the interest of teenagers and kids towards sex, altogether exposing them to immoral acts)

Now I say, "What about Hollywood?" Hollywood produces tons of movies with sexual elements. Sure, they cut out all the sex scenes when screening in the cinema (even after the movie is rated 18-sx), but in the same way that they try to hide those scenes, figure stores do hide their "sexy figures". So then, why do they have to shoot us down while they're doing the same thing? Because we're a minority? Because our interests are different?

At this rate, they'll start saying cosplay is influencing everyone to have sex.

On a side note, the figure I showed on top is pretty sexy cute, no?