The Chinese Ministry of Culture has pushed to “protect the healthy development of youth” by eliminating access to 38 anime series including

Attack on Titan
Death Note
Sword Art Online II
Psycho-Pass
Tokyo Ghoul √A
Parasyte
Devil May Cry (anime)
Another
Corpse Party
Date-A-Live 2
School Days
High School DXD
Black Butler
Tokyo ESP
Claymore
Ergo Proxy
The Skull Man
Afro Samurai
Inferno Cop
Tokyo Ravens
RIN – Daughters of Mnemosyne
Strike the Blood
Deadman Wonderland
The Testament of Sister New Devil
Devilman Lady
Elfen-Lied
Dance in the Vampire Bund
Those who hunt Elves
So, I Can’t Play H!
Kanokon
Girls Bravo season 2
Samurai Bride
Sakura Diaries
Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero
High School of the Dead
Terror in Resonance
Blood-C

 

Fallout from the blacklist was immediately felt online with 29 websites receiving warnings or fines for carrying shows and another eight being shuttered according to the Xinhua News Agency.

The Chinese government’s attempts to purge “offensive” online content has gathered momentum from President Xi Jinping. Rumors of a blacklist of Japanese anime began earlier this year.

In a speech late last year, Xi called on Chinese media and the arts to reject “vulgarity” and promote “fine artworks in line with socialist core values.”

Attack on Titan notably gained a following in China with over 21 million devoted posts on Baidu as of Monday afternoon.

via Japan Times