What are those anime pillows called?

dakimakura
A dakimakura (抱き枕; from daki 抱き “to embrace or cling” and makura 枕 “pillow”) is a type of large pillow from Japan. The word is often translated to English as body pillow. In Japan, dakimakura are similar to Western orthopedic body pillows, and are commonly used by Japanese youth as “security objects”.

Why do people have dakimakura?

Body pillow is an over-sized pillows that provides our body with extraordinary comfort relief. These mattress-sized pillows hold themselves to your body to provide total support to your back or extremities and can eliminate pain at pressure points such as the knees or elbows.

Why do they censor in anime?

Censoring is because of simulcasts which come from public channels as opposed to paid channels. Some censoring (even on the paid channels) is also because they want you to buy the blu-rays and DVDs. Much in the same way the US censors a lot of sexual imagery, Japan tends to censor violence and (particularly) blood.

Who invented anime pillows?

Japanese developer Koichi Uchimura invented a talking anime body pillow that responds to being rubbed.

Is Tokyo Ghoul on Netflix censored?

Tokyo Ghoul is a very graphic tale. Ghouls not only eat humans but stab each other and even rip off toenails (ouch!). As a result, the series has been censored quite a bit. Blurry black shadows cover bloody or dismembered body parts and beams of light obscure visible wounds.

Is anime censored in America?

This couldn’t be farther from how anime was treated back in the early days of American fandom. As recently as the mid-2000s, anime was censored to an absurd degree. Some changes, like removing the episode of Pokémon where James puts on inflatable breasts, make some sense.

What do anime distributors actually care about?

Distributors and localization crews actually care about how faithful the product is to the original. This couldn’t be farther from how anime was treated back in the early days of American fandom. As recently as the mid-2000s, anime was censored to an absurd degree.

Is one piece censoring LGBTQA scenes?

Strangely, though, very little animation was altered when censoring LGBTQA scenes. This meant that flower petals and romantic music played while Haruka and Michiru walked arm-in-arm and Zoicite’s design was never made feminine. Every decision made with the 4Kids release of One Piece is baffling and bewildering.

Why do anime fans complain about translation so much?

Fans will certainly complain if the anime they watch is even slightly different than how it was presented in its original format. People will argue about translation even if they can’t understand the original Japanese. Distributors and localization crews actually care about how faithful the product is to the original.