The Australian censorship Review Board met to consider the ratings of four DVD's from Siren's Hentai collection. The result is two titles are banned, and two retained their R18+ ratings What the Review Board decisions confirm is that as long
as none of the characters are portrayed as being below eighteen then it is okay to show hardcore sex in these animated features.
The two banned titles are Bondage Mansion and Holy Virgins . Both were rated R18+ earlier in the year,
and were released on June 19th.
T&A Teacher retained its R18+ along with Classes in Seduction .
So what happens to all the copies of Bondage Mansion and Holy Virgins that are already out there? Technically
they should be pulled from stores, though in practice this is often not the case. In this case we suspect collectors will quickly snap up any stray copies of these two DVD nasties. Update:
Hentai Removed on the back of the 2008 Papal visit to Sydney 10th May 2009. See article from
refused-classification.com The Pope flies to Sydney, and a million pilgrims duly follow. Killing time between wholesome Catholic activities, said pilgrims stop
off in a VERY popular music/DVD shop to peruse the latest in family entertainment. While shopping, they find copies of HOLY VIRGINS on the shelf in the Anime section. Complaints (x100) to the store manager - and eventually the Government - ensue.
The result? Surprise, surprise - the Pope and the pilgrims may be long gone, but you can't find the Hentai Collection in most stores anymore, even though these titles have been given an R rating by the Government-run Classification Board.
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