![]() ![]() I cannot imagine trying to deal with the difference between 6 and 14. I have enough issues dealing with the vast maturity difference between ages 11 and 14. ![]() What further complicates this case is that the school in question serves both elementary age children and middle school. They have a committee to review the book and to see if it fits into the collection development policy. As far as how the district is handling the challenge… it seems quite appropriate. But as a school librarian, I know how important it is to have a strong collection development policy and procedures in place to deal with challenges. This raises a lot of interesting questions: Was this particular challenge appropriate? How can librarians deal with a franchise where different media may be pitched at different age levels? (I believe this happens a lot with superheroes, where the movies are more kid-friendly than the comics they are based on.) What resources can librarians draw on to evaluate a series? And how can they keep incidents like this from giving all manga a bad name?Įsther: I don’t feel comfortable saying whether or not this challenge is appropriate, because censorship is such a slippery road. If I recall correctly, the anime of Dragon Ball is more G-rated than the manga, and also Viz began editing that sort of thing out of the American edition in the later volumes, after a similar complaint. ![]() Brigid: Anime News Network reports that a school library in Maryland removed the first volume of Dragon Ball from its shelves because a parent complained about nudity and sexual innuendo. ![]()
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