Despite anime's increasing popularity and positive reviews, there have been not so pleasing news sprouting about it all around the world. Last March 2008, a 10-year-old boy from Everett, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, died after his friends buried him in a sandbox from his head to his shoulders trying to imitate Gaara from the popular anime, Naruto. Although this event could've been the perfect excuse for people to ban Naruto, the boy's parents merely saw this as a tragic accident.
In Oklahoma, two students from Andrew Johnson Elementary School were 'disciplined' after the principal called for the local police, as it was authorized by school policy, after seeing them write"Kill (student 1 's name) by gun shotgunshell in her hand” and “(student 2's name) shot by a sniper.” unto a notebook entitled, “Death Note”. The principal told the police she would handle the students and that the parents of everyone involved had been contacted.
Sources:
Mcnerthney, C., & Rowe, C. (2008, March 10). Boy, 10, buried in sandbox game, dies. Seattle Pi. Retrieved from http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Boy-10-buried-in-sandbox-game-dies-1266815.php
Thief rips front door off station. Oklahoma City Friday. Retrieved fromhttp://okcfriday.com/thief-rips-front-door-off-station-p4632.htm
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