Comments on: Japanese ethics watchdog deliberates on a “certain anime featuring a cat-eared heavy smoker” after viewers complain about problematic content https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-ethics-watchdog-deliberates-on-a-certain-anime-featuring-a-cat-eared-heavy-smoker-after-viewers-complain-about-problematic-content/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:58:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 By: MeteorCat07 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-ethics-watchdog-deliberates-on-a-certain-anime-featuring-a-cat-eared-heavy-smoker-after-viewers-complain-about-problematic-content/#comment-9385 Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:58:34 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=70784#comment-9385 I feel like that committee seems to think that animated works are meant to be strictly for children and teens, and doesn’t even try and regard the fact that a lot of adults watch anime too.

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