Whitest Kids U Know took this to a ridiculous extreme, showing pixellated breasts with no justification except to say, 'Buy the DVDs this part won't be censored!' The funny thing is IFC shows those scenes uncensored.Show spoofed this with 'The Car Wash Change Thief Action Squad', an investigative reporting show, having an ad for the THFTV version. COPS was one of the shows that had the trope name as bonus videos.Then the studio complained about low sales. Averted for Hidan no Aria, which was left censored for unknown reasons.Non-shota fans were unamused to say the least. His nudity is left untouched, despite being clearly used for 'fanservice'. The DVDs for Strike Witches cranks the Fan Service Up to Eleven with some uncensoring.Unless you view web broadcasts a week later. Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei: Most gag censors stayed however there are a few that flat out say 'Censored for broadcast' that were removed in the DVDs.The DVD release seems to show most of the arbitrary ones were actually hiding cameltoe.

Oniichan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne!!: In the same situation as Rosario + Vampire censors are completely arbitrary.

Internet broadcasts have included these scenes and they will most likely be on the DVDs. This is even after an embargo for 6 weeks.

An example caused by Too Soon instead of raciness: Madoka Magica had its 11th episode censored to remove references to rocks falling and hurting people as well as evacuation scenes in response to the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake-the 10th episode, aired just 12 hours before the earthquake, already gave a taste of what would happen.

Hayate the Combat Butler: Airing on an early timeslot a lot of the action and risque shots had a guy holding up a sign saying 'Can not show' all Shout-Outs were done this way as well YMMV on if their removal ruined the joke or not.

And the manga as well was uncensored in its tankobon release.

However, in the translated official US release, she is wearing a lacy bra.

In the original Japanese manga, they are completely uncensored with no Barbie Doll Anatomy. She does this by opening her shirt and showing Tsukune her breasts. Early in the manga for season 2, there is a scene where Kurumu has to distract Tsukune, who has been posessed by a minor villain.Rosario + Vampire: The censors are completely arbitrary, as some scenes get censored and other more racy scenes are not.Numerous aspects of it, including its running time, were designed to make the episode not get past the Japanese broadcast standards authority. Episode 26 of Excel Saga, the aptly-titled 'Going Too Far'.

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