China imposes ban on TV cartoons

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 24 Feb 2006, 11:37

Hey,

Cartoons that mix live action and animation are to be banned in China, according to something I read on Teletext the other day. Supposedly its' to limit the number of foreign cartoons but also to help Chinese animators/animation more. (?)
This means films like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and even Mary Poppins and pre-school show Teletubbies could be affected by the ban.

http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/en ... 944522.htm

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 24 Feb 2006, 12:01

Is there any animation in Teletubbies?

This looks like an odd move as it will also censor Chinese artists.

Besides there are many foreign examples which don't so how's it going to stop foreign cartoons?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 24 Feb 2006, 12:11

Maybe the baby's face in the sun counts as animation?
Its' wierd theyre going to ban that as I'm sure they made a Mandarin version of Teletubbies.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 24 Feb 2006, 23:10

Yeah, they'll cut the bit where La-La faces down a tank driven by Po.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 25 Feb 2006, 01:48

Markgway wrote:Yeah, they'll cut the bit where La-La faces down a tank driven by Po.

Shit...Seems like I might have missed that episode

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 25 Feb 2006, 09:39