As many of you know, Akiba-Online has to keep a strict policy against uploading adult anime material that is licensed in USA, sold by DLsite or owned by few other companies.
Since the thread referring to forbidden material only refers to the companies websites, I thought it would be useful to have a comprehensive list of banned episodes/series. I compiled series in different categories, depending on the license status, companies status, release infos, etc.
Category 1: standard license, on company's website or announced/scheduled
Category 2: sold on DLsite (mostly Anime-Antena/Pixy/Valkyrie releases)
Category 3: unclear license status (could be claimed by still existing company), still being sold
Category 4: license owned by a dead company, but can be re-released anytime by the ones still existing
Category 5: license that seems to be "free", and series that are sold by some specific labels (ADV)
Category 6: released only on VHS, chance of re-releases are very small (except from ADV/Happy Carrot ?)
I made an Excel sheet as well as a web page:
http://lamonae.free.fr/test/Forbidden List.html
In my opinion, categories 1 to 4 are absolutely forbidden here, category 5 has to be defined free or not, and category 6 is are completely free on the other hand.
The DLsite category is probably missing many titles, I just collected the titles that people tried to upload here try to update it regularly.
What is also missing here ? Many yaoi titles, but no one seems to upload that anyway :shy:
And I'm not sure about the "other companies" titles (Animac/Pixy and stuff).
I could also add the titles licensed from other countries than USA and not covered by Dlsite.
This is rather useful I believe. Feel free to discuss the accuracy and other stuff. Once we have a proper format, I can maintain it.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: I clarified the status of many releases made by non-adult labels. The ADV and Media Blasters titles are left in section 5, which is now completely allowed, the CPM titles move to category 4, the Right Stuff titles move to category 1.
Since the thread referring to forbidden material only refers to the companies websites, I thought it would be useful to have a comprehensive list of banned episodes/series. I compiled series in different categories, depending on the license status, companies status, release infos, etc.
Category 1: standard license, on company's website or announced/scheduled
Category 2: sold on DLsite (mostly Anime-Antena/Pixy/Valkyrie releases)
Category 3: unclear license status (could be claimed by still existing company), still being sold
Category 4: license owned by a dead company, but can be re-released anytime by the ones still existing
Category 5: license that seems to be "free", and series that are sold by some specific labels (ADV)
Category 6: released only on VHS, chance of re-releases are very small (except from ADV/Happy Carrot ?)
I made an Excel sheet as well as a web page:
http://lamonae.free.fr/test/Forbidden List.html
In my opinion, categories 1 to 4 are absolutely forbidden here, category 5 has to be defined free or not, and category 6 is are completely free on the other hand.
The DLsite category is probably missing many titles, I just collected the titles that people tried to upload here try to update it regularly.
What is also missing here ? Many yaoi titles, but no one seems to upload that anyway :shy:
And I'm not sure about the "other companies" titles (Animac/Pixy and stuff).
I could also add the titles licensed from other countries than USA and not covered by Dlsite.
This is rather useful I believe. Feel free to discuss the accuracy and other stuff. Once we have a proper format, I can maintain it.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: I clarified the status of many releases made by non-adult labels. The ADV and Media Blasters titles are left in section 5, which is now completely allowed, the CPM titles move to category 4, the Right Stuff titles move to category 1.