Azur Lane is one of the best known free to play video games that exist in the world of gaming, and with the large number of characters that have in their ranks the possibilities for players to find among all the girls to their favorite “waifu“, but is that from the developer are constantly looking for new ways to attract more people to the title, That is why they seek to create all kinds of advertising, being one of the clearest examples the different billboards that are placed in various cities around the world, such as Japan, but now this is news because in this country censored several of these advertising spots.
This Azur Lane advertisement was censored in Japan.
Several users posted on social networks how, in Japan, some advertising spots of the popular free to play gacha-style video game Azur Lane suffered different types of censorship, in particular to hide the most controversial areas of the “waifus” that it has, A clear example of this is the censorship that can be seen in the posters placed as part of the celebration of the sixth anniversary of the title, in the promotional image of the character Prince of Wales with her skin “A Knight’s Song, a Lady’s Night”, where several posters announcing her features are strategically placed to hide her figure as much as possible.
From this first image where we see the clear censorship in Prince of Wales of Azur Lane, several users also shared their different encounters with this type of situation, ranging from the same ones seen in the first image and being the most used to place different information of the character in the form of posters that cover these more delicate parts, to those where only the face of the “waifu” is shown in the foreground, to only show her face, leaving covered the entire body area mainly the front which is usually the place that generates more problems in these cases.
Below are some of the examples of censorship in Azur Lane shared by users:
On the other hand, other users who echoed this fact reproached the situation to a greater extent for attacking what the game represents in the first place: many “waifus” with the most striking bodies, claiming that by doing this the only thing they do is to limit the full potential of the game. On the other hand, some comments made it clear that in addition to being a clear censorship, it serves as further advertising for the game, and is that by not showing all the “content”, potential players are forced to be part of Azur Lane to access this material.
For those who do not know the game, this is a gacha that places the player in the role of “Commander“, which must lead a group of soldiers who face all kinds of enemies in maritime combat scenarios with lateral movement, but what is most striking is that these soldiers are “waifus” of the most varied, which also base their appearance on different naval ships and submarines, being the player in charge of selecting the most suitable girls for each battle, combining their skills and seeking to obtain victory.
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