Nooo, Mah Bookmarks!

At first it looked like the news was good:

The 12th episode of Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai murder mystery anime aired on TV Tama in Japan’s Saitama Prefecture, Sun TV in Hyogo Prefecture, and Chiba TV in Chiba Prefecture on early Tuesday morning, despite the episode’s earlier preempting on two other stations due to an axe murder case — and despite the news reports of a second axe murder attempt.

Until I found just how deep the censorship had gone:

The Moon Phase anime information website reports on an apparent recall by Square Enix of ax-shaped bookmarks, which were to be distributed in bookstores to promote one of the Higurashi no Naku Koro ni manga.

Good thing this book is only 144 pages, so you can finish it in one sitting.

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7 Comments

  1. Chris
    (Power Level: 624)
    Posted September 24, 2007 at 3:37 pm | Permalink

    Nice boat. I always believed chopping trees should be left to beavers and now this… This is almost as disturbing as vibrating Harry Potter toy brooms.

  2. (Power Level: 1852)
    Posted September 24, 2007 at 3:42 pm | Permalink

    Chris, perhaps this idol can change your mind about the brooms.

  3. Chris
    (Power Level: 624)
    Posted September 24, 2007 at 4:01 pm | Permalink

    iDOLBR00M? I take the idol, you can have the broom. Also it doesn’t quite beat this (kinda-NSFW).

  4. (Power Level: 235)
    Posted September 24, 2007 at 4:38 pm | Permalink

    Wow, that sucks. This is an outrage. I want my bookmark!

  5. Gabest
    (Power Level: 1)
    Posted September 24, 2007 at 4:50 pm | Permalink

    So axe is evil now. I wonder… what would happen if someone killed his father with a nice boat?

  6. (Power Level: 1852)
    Posted September 24, 2007 at 4:56 pm | Permalink

    They would preempt Aria to show the last episode of School Days then.

  7. Chris
    (Power Level: 624)
    Posted September 24, 2007 at 5:13 pm | Permalink

    Brooms can actually be quite tricky to handle:
    http://www.amiami.com/shop/?vgForm=ProductInfo&sku=HOB-FIG-6735

    Regarding nice boats, they’d probably also reschedule Titanic and show Texas Chain-Saw Massacre instead.

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