Recently Censored Comics List (July to September)
by BK Munn
It’s time once again to check in with the Canadian government’s ongoing censorship efforts. For some reason, most of the censorship in this country is directed at comic books, and specifically manga.
Background
The basic way comics are censored in Canada is at the border by Border Services agents. These defenders of liberty open mail, shipments and luggage looking for seditious or pornographic material. And four times a year they publish a list of what they have caught, with a note attached about whether the items in question are “prohibited,” meaning they are impounded and/or destroyed, or “admissible,” meaning they let them go.
For the longest time, the government seemed to have a hard-on for Little Sisters Books and other bookstores who imported a lot of LGBTQ material, especially before the advent of free porn online and the demise of bookstores, which lead to some famous court cases. Nowadays they seem to pay particular attention to adult manga and anime.
The List
The full title of the censored book list is “Quarterly List of Admissible and Prohibited Titles” and the most recent one to arrive in my inbox is for the period July to September 2015, published by the mysterious “Prohibited Importations Unit, Travellers Border Programs Division” of the federal Canada Border Services Agency. One of the roles of the CBSA is to “administer tariff item 9899.00.00 of the Schedule to the Customs Tariff” (i.e., part of the Customs Act) that blocks the import of material “considered to be obscenity, treason, sedition, or hate propaganda” as defined by the Canadian Criminal Code.
New this time are some items that fall under Section 59 (Re-determinations): “This section lists titles that have been previously prohibited under tariff item 9899.00.00 and which have been the subject of program monitoring. The re-determination was initiated by the PIU in order to ensure that goods have been correctly classified.” Also Section 60 (Re-determinations): “This section lists titles that were previously prohibited under tariff item 9899.00.00 and which have been re-determined at the importer’s request.”
Here is the most recent list: As usual, the CBSA doesn’t note if the items in question were part of a larger wholesale shipment to a retailer or intended for an individual. Compared to the previous update in August, the list is much bigger and includes more items that were actually banned.
As you can see, no anime this time. The banned comics are all translated hentai manga by Japanese creators, mostly published by Simon Jones’ defunct Icarus.
Section 60 –Re-Determinations
Kaerimichi The Road Home by Tahichi Yamada (Icarus Publishing 2003/2006) prohibited
Elements by Tanuki Kamogawa (Icarus Publishing 2003/2007) prohibited
Juicy Fruits by Yumisuke Kotoyoshi (Icarus Publishing 2005/2007) prohibited
Extract by Kazu Shimao (Icarus Publishing 2008) prohibited
Slave Contract by Gorou Horikawa (Icarus Publishing 1994/2006) prohibited
Any Way I Want It by Kei Matsuzawa (Icarus Publishing 2004/2006) prohibited
Relish by Yutakamaru Kagura (Icarus Publishing 2006) prohibited
Section 58 –Determinations
Hate Propaganda
Controversial Questions about Islam & Comments, Published by Dr. Saeed Ismaeel Sieny, 2012 (admissible)
Obscenity
- Comic Books / Bandes dessinées
Welcome to Tokoharu Apartments (Kisaragi Gunma 2013) admissible
Relish (Yutakamaru Kagura 2013) prohibited
Peachy-Butt Girls by Bosshi (2002, 2006) admissible
Any way I want it (Kei Matsuzawa 2014) prohibited
Alluring Woman (2004, 2006) admissible
- DVDs
Vulnerable (Forbidden Fruits Films 2014) admissible
Virgin Manipulations (Forbidden Fruit Films 2014) admissible
Teen Manipulations vol.2 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2014) admissible
Teen Manipulations (Forbidden Fruits Films/Manipulative Media 2014) admissible
Stalked: Fathers Stalking Daughters (Manipulative Media/Levi Cash Productions 2014) admissible
Sodomania 13 Your LuckyNumber (Elegant Angel 2015) admissible
Sodomania 10 Euro-American Again (Elegant Angel 2003/1995) admissible
Sins of our Fathers 2, Produced (Forbidden Fruits Films 2003/1994) admissible
Sins of our Fathers (Forbidden Fruits Films 2014) admissible
Sibling Sex Stories 2 (Forbidden Fruits Film/Manipulative Media 2013) admissible
Sibling Sex Stories (Forbidden Fruits Film 2014) admissible
Savage Submissions: Two Days in His Dungeon (Warlock Productions 2014) prohibited
No Other Option (Forbidden Fruit Films/Manipulative Media 2009) admissible
Naughty Nieces (Manipulative Media 2014) admissible
Mother-Son Secrets III (Forbidden Fruits Films 2015) admissible
Mother-Son Secrets (Forbidden Fruits Films 2014) prohibited
Mother’s Seductions #2 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2013) admissible
Mother’s Seductions (Forbidden Fruits Films 2014) admissible
Mothers Indiscretions 3 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2013) admissible
Mother’s Indiscretion (Forbidden Fruits Films 2014) prohibited
Mother’s Indiscretions 2 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2013) admissible
Mothers Forbidden Romances 3 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2013) admissible
Mothers Forbidden Romances 2 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2015) admissible
Mothers Forbidden Romances (Forbidden Fruits Films 2013) admissible
Mothers Behaving Very Badly Vol.2 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2013) admissible
Mothers Behaving Very Badly (Forbidden Fruits Films 2014) admissible
Mother Son Secrets IV (Forbidden Fruits Films 2013) admissible
Mother Son Secrets II (Forbidden Fruits Films 2014) admissible
Mother Daughter Lesbian Lessons 4 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2013) admissible
Mother Daughter Lesbian Lessons 3 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2014) admissible
Mother Daughter Lesbian Lessons 2 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2014) admissible
Mother Daughter Lesbian Lessons (Forbidden Fruits Films 2013) admissible
More Memoirs of Bad Mommies (Forbidden Fruits Films 2013) admissible
Mistakes of Our Mothers (Forbidden Fruits Films 2013) admissible
Memoirs of Bad Mommies IV (Forbidden Fruits Film 2013) admissible
Memoirs of Bad Mommies 3 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2015) admissible
Memoirs of Bad Mommies (Forbidden Fruits Films/Manipulative Media 2014) admissible
Meet the Fosters (Forbidden Fruits Films 2012) admissible
Mad at Daddy 3 (Vertigo 2013) admissible
Hot Milf Handjobs #4 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2005) admissible
Hot Milf Handjobs #3 (Forbidden Fruits Films) prohibited
Hot Milf Handjobs #2 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2014) prohibited
Fathers Forbidden Fantasies 2 (Manipulative Media 2013) admissible
Fathers Forbidden Fantasies (Forbidden Fruits Films/Manipulative Media 2015) admissible
Father Forgive Me (Forbidden Fruits Films 2014) admissible
Family Ties & Little White Lies (Forbidden Fruits Films 2014) admissible
Family Secrets (Forbidden Fruits Films 2013) admissible
Family Comes First (Zero Tolerance Entertainment 2014) admissible
Blended & Twisted #2 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2014) admissible
Blended & Twisted #1 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2013) prohibited
A Mommy Fixation #2 (Forbidden Fruits Films 2012) admissible
A Mommy Fixation (Forbidden Fruits Films 2013) prohibited
