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In rec.games.video.sony Oracle <gdo...@mindspring.com> wrote:

> AKIRA doesn't pretend to be anything but what it is.
> "NEO-TOKYO IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE!" is how the video describes itself.
> It's violent as just about anything this side of "Fist of the North Star",
> and it doesn't pretend to be the Smurfs.
> You'd have to be an A-1 certifiable idiot to look at AKIRA and think
> that it's something made by the Children's Television Workshop.
> It doesn't NEED a rating, what's needed is some common sense!  If
> someone looks at the cover art for AKIRA and misses the REALLY BIG
> GUN, then I don't think a little lettered rating is gonna be enough
> to help that idiot out either.

Actually, when Akira first hit the store shelves, many retailers didn't
know about anime, and so they put things like Akira and Urotsukidoji 
(which is *DEFINITELY* not for kids) in the Cartoon Section, along with
Bugs Bunny and Disney.  It was really odd seeing "Sleeping Beauty" right
next to "La Blue Girl."  Thankfully, many stores have wisened up, and have
reclassified anime as its own category.

> Heck, they've already admitted that the ESRB ratings are an utter
> failure.  Why?  Because they're looking to do more, but without
> any participation from parents, they're like one hand clapping.

Actually, I think the ESRB ratings are a failure because they're very
unevenly applied - much like their  MPAA counterparts.

However, there are theaters and rental places that do enforce the ratings
on movies.  I can't say I've heard of a store refusing to sell a rated-M
game to a 10 year old...