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=== Anime and Manga ===
* The [[4Kids! Entertainment]] release of ''[[Dragonball Z Kai]]'' had the removal of halos from dead characters. Instead, they were replaced by small glowing orbs. Also, blue Mr. Popo.<ref>What about him? We may never know.</ref> Heck, 4Kids in general could be put here.
* When the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women attempted to propose a ban on among other things, manga "depicting sexual violence" in 2016, it met significant backlash from Japan over censorship and political correctness gone awry. Which most notably manifested in [http://wmc-jpn.blogspot.com/2016/03/in-english.html?spref=tw a memorandum] signed by [[Irony|a growing number of Japanese women in media, including several female mangaka]].
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* Fearing potential criticism and supposed backlash (particularly over allegations of sexism and misogyny), developer Koei Tecmo stated that [http://nichegamer.com/2015/11/no-plans-to-bring-dead-or-alive-xtreme-3-west-developer-koei-tecmo-fears-backlash/ it has no plans] to bring ''[[Dead or Alive]] Xtreme 3'' to Western markets.
* Following outcries from "concerned" protest over perceived harm on women, ''[[Grand Theft Auto]] V'' was pulled out of Australian Target stores in 2015, followed by similar instances in New Zealand. What further added salt to the wound was how the games press at large ''defended'' such moves.
* An attempt by social justice warriors was made in 2015 to spark mass outrage over ''[[Deus Ex: Human Revolution]]'' and its sequel ''Mankind Divided'', particularly over the existence of "mechanical apartheid" being a major theme in those games. Although it ultimately failed, not only were the
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