Terra Formars Censorship

About

Terra Formars Censorship refers to a controversy caused by the crude removal of gore scenes in the anime adaptation of the manga series Terra Formars, which consisted of poorly edited black screens and circles^[1][2][3]. This caused negative reactions from fans of the manga, and subsequently a series of photoshops mocking the crude censors.

Origin.

Terra Formars (Japanese: テラフォーマーズ Hepburn: Tera Fōmāzu) is a manga series written by Yū Sasuga and illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana, known for its extreme depictions of gore and violence. The manga features a fight between humans with special powers and humanoid roaches with extreme hatred for human beings as main antagonists called "Terraformars" in a struggle for the planet Mars. The anime adaptation first aired on September 26, 2014, which was heavily criticized for its poor censorship.

One of the most iconic scenes features a Terraformar ripping the head off the russian soldier Elena Perepelkina, which was censored on the anime version with 2 black circles. This and other poorly made censorships like blacking the screens lead to multiple photoshops mocking it.

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After the release of the episode, sites like Kotaku^[3] wrote articles criticizing the poor censoring, as well as feature the many exploitables made of it.

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