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Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na
2008
India
Jaane tu… ya jaane na (Whether you know or not, 2008) centres on two best friends, Jai (Imran Khan, nephew of Aamir Khan) and Aditi (Genelia D’Souza), who agree to search for one another’s soul mates while delaying their ultimate and inevitable romantic pairing.
Read more Teree Sang
2009
India
Teree Sang (2009) is often described as a remake of Juno (2007), although production began for Teree Sang that same year and the director Satish Kaushik has denied a connection.
Read more Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland
2011
Japan
Within a month of the release of Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland, the Computer Entertainment Rating Organization (CERO) revoked its original A (for All Ages) rating.
Read more Gal*Gun
2011
Japan
Gal*Gun features a “panic button” whereby the player can quickly switch between the main gameplay and what is called the “Mama kita gamen” (Mum has arrived screen).
Read more Pleasant Goat and the Big Bad Wolf
2013
China
Pleasant Goat and the Big Bad Wolf is China’s most popular animation, debuting on television in 2005 and with over 1000 episodes and seven feature length films since.
Read more The Empress of China
2015
China
The Empress of China aired on mainland Chinese satellite channel Hunan TV from 21 December 2014. However it was abruptly taken off air from 28 December, with the state-run news agency Xinhua citing “technical reasons”.
Read more Leela Samson Resigns from the CBFC
2015
India
Thirteen years after the controversy over Vijay Anand’s recommendation for an “XA” certificate, renowned Bharatnatyam dancer Leela Samson also resigned as Chairperson of the CBFC in 2015.
Read more Supreme Court on TV Scheduling
2016
Brazil
The requirement to screen television content according to a legislatively prescribed schedule organised by time and age was significantly loosened in Brazil in August 2016.
Read more Film Industry Promotion Law
2016
China
China’s “Film Industry Promotion Law” came into effect on 1 March 2017, having been passed by the 12th Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on 7 November 2016.
Read more Dahufa
2017
China
Dahufa (director Bu Sifan) is widely known as China’s “first rated film”, even though China continues to not have an age-based classification for movies.
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