{"id":1517,"date":"2025-07-18T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=1517"},"modified":"2025-07-18T06:00:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T13:00:59","slug":"too-sexy-to-show-or-sexier-not-showing-anything-anime-to-air-in-audio-only-on-tokyo-tv-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=1517","title":{"rendered":"Too sexy to show, or sexier not showing anything? Anime to air in audio-only on Tokyo TV channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-707691\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/07\/NT-1.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>One channel won\u2019t be showing any of Nukitashi\u2019s visuals, but is this censorship or something else?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The anime adaptation of <strong>Nukitashi<\/strong> has been a long time coming. For the franchise\u2019s starting point, you\u2019ve got to go all the way back to 2018, when PC game <strong>Nukige Mitai na Shima ni Sunderu Watashi wa D\u014d Surya Ii Desuka?<\/strong> (meaning \u201cWhat Am I Supposed to do Living on an Island that\u2019s Like a Porn Game?\u201d and officially titled <em>What\u2019s a Flat-Chested Girl Like Me to Do on an Island Straight Out of a Porn Game?<\/em> for its English release) was first released. So fans have been waiting more than half a decade to see the <em>Nukitashi<\/em> cast on their TV screens, and for some, that wait still won\u2019t have ended even after the anime debuts later this month, as <strong>one Tokyo channel has announced it will be broadcasting the anime\u2019s audio only, without its visuals<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>As you can probably guess from the full title, <em>Nukitashi<\/em> is an eroge\/adult game, with the official website describing its setting and premise as:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cSeiran Island, a fictional locale where a controversial ordinance, colloquially known as the \u2018Doskebe Ordinance,\u2019 has been enacted. This law promotes and encourages sexual activities among residents, leading to a society where public displays of affection and sexual acts are commonplace.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u25bc Preview for <em>Nukitashi the Animation<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p>So, obviously, adapting <em>Nukitashi<\/em> is going to involve the characters getting naked and otherwise engaging in sexy times. Not every broadcaster is going to be comfortable dealing in that kind of content, but the list of those who\u2019ll be showing <em>Nukitashi<\/em> consists of AT-X, BS11, Gifu Broadcasting System, KBS Tokyo, Mie TV, and <strong>Tokyo MX<\/strong>. AT-X will be broadcasting the \u201cSeiranto Version\u201d of the anime, which the producers say is \u201ca perverted version with an extreme lack of censoring,\u201d and identical to the eventual Blu-ray home video release. Meanwhile, a \u201cFully Regulated Version,\u201d with censoring, will be shown on BS11, Gifu Broadcasting Sysem, KBS Tokyo, Mie TV, and Tokyo MX\u2019s Tokyo MX-2 channel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In addition, Tokyo MX\u2019s Tokyo MX-1 channel will also be airing <em>Nukitashi<\/em>, but, as announced through the anime\u2019s official Twitter account, the Tokyo MX-1 version will be audio only<\/strong>. So viewers, or maybe listeners is the correct term, will be able to hear the opening and closing themes, background music, sound effects, dialogue, and, presumably, all of the panting, gasping, and other hot-and-heavy breath being exhaled by the cast, but won\u2019t be able to see any of the associated bouncing, grinding, or other visual stimuli.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s currently unclear what will be shown onscreen in place of <em>Nukitashi\u2019s<\/em> animation, or if anything will be shown at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u25bc Maybe fans are supposed to keep some still shots of the cast handy for reference?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-lang=\"en\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-partner=\"jetpack\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u5148\u884c\u30ab\u30c3\u30c8\uff06\u3042\u3089\u3059\u3058\u516c\u958b<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/1f4e2.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udce2\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u300e<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%81%AC%E3%81%8D%E3%81%9F%E3%81%97?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u306c\u304d\u305f\u3057<\/a> THE ANIMATION\u300f<br \/>\u7b2c1\u8a71\u300c\u30c9\u30b9\u30b1\u30d9\u6761\u4f8b\u300d<\/p>\n<p>\u300c\u30c9\u30b9\u30b1\u30d9\u6761\u4f8b\u300d\u306b\u3088\u3063\u3066\u3042\u308a\u3068\u3042\u3089\u3086\u308b\u30c9\u30b9\u30b1\u30d9\u884c\u70ba\u304c\u8a31\u3055\u308c\u308b\u5922\u306e\u5cf6\u306b\u3057\u3066\u30cf\u30e1\u306e\u5cf6\u3001\u9752\u85cd\u5cf6\u3002\u305d\u3053\u306b\u8ee2\u6821\u3057\u3066\u304d\u305f\u6a58\u6df3\u4e4b\u4ecb\u306f\u3001\u611b\u306a\u304d\u30bb\u30c3\u30af\u30b9\u3092\u618e\u3080\u8a87\u308a\u9ad8\u304d\u7ae5\u8c9e\u3060\u3063\u305f\u2015\u2015<\/p>\n<p>7\/18(\u91d1)\u3088\u308a\u653e\u9001\u958b\u59cb<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/16.0.1\/72x72\/203c.png\" alt=\"\u203c\" class=\"wp-smiley\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%81%AC%E3%81%8D%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u306c\u304d\u30a2\u30cb<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2mCfgYXNiF\">pic.twitter.com\/2mCfgYXNiF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300e\u306c\u304d\u305f\u3057 THE ANIMATION\u300f\u516c\u5f0f (@nukitashi_anime) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nukitashi_anime\/status\/1945065554441547781?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The <em>Nukitashi<\/em> Twitter account has posted a teaser video for the first episode featuring lines of dialogue with their corresponding text animatedly appearing on a white background. However, preview videos of this type have been around since at least 2010 TV anime <em>Angel Beats<\/em>, so <strong>the <em>Nukitashi<\/em> video may or may not be indicative of what the viewing experience for the \u201csound-only\u201d version will be like<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Invalid tweet id --><\/p>\n<p>It appears that this will be the first time for an anime to air as audio only, and commenters to the announcement tweet have been both baffled and intrigued.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cCan you even call it TV anymore if it\u2019s just the audio? Doesn\u2019t that make it radio?\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u201cIt\u2019s like MX-1 is broadcasting a drama CD.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u201cI want to see how this turns out. I\u2019m thinking they\u2019ll play the anime\u2019s audio over a weather report map or something.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u201cIn late-night blocks stations sometimes show scrolling text of headline news over pictures of relaxing scenery, so maybe they\u2019ll mix the sound in with that.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u201cCouldn\u2019t they at least have shown the visuals with censor mosaics?\u201d<\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u201cIsn\u2019t it going to seem even kinkier if you just hear the voices?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Regarding those last two comments, <strong>here\u2019s where the situation gets especially strange<\/strong>. As mentioned above, the Tokyo MX network actually has two channels, the primary Tokyo MX-1 and the sub-channel Tokyo MX-2. Since MX-2 will be showing <em>Nukitashi\u2019s<\/em> visuals and MX-1 won\u2019t, you might be assuming that MX-2 is a premium channel that you have to pay a subscription fee to watch, something that can get away with showing more sexualized imagery because kids can\u2019t find it just by flipping through the channels. That\u2019s not the case, though. <strong>MX-1 and MX-2 are both regular broadcast channels available to anyone with a TV in the Tokyo area to watch for free and with no subscription contract<\/strong>. The vast majority of the time, their programming is identical even.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The only way in which one could possibly say that MX-2\u2019s programming is more cordoned off from the general public than MX-1\u2019s is how the channels are accessed<\/strong>. To bring up MX-1, all viewers have to do is hit the button for channel 9 on their remote control. To get to MX-2, though, they then have to press the sequential \u201cchannel up\u201d button on their remote. This extra step isn\u2019t really a deterrent, though, since most TV stations in the Tokyo area have such sub-channels, so it\u2019s not like they\u2019re hidden secrets, and something that you actually have to wade through if you\u2019re just channel surfing through what\u2019s on at the moment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So why the half-and-half approach for <em>Nukitashi<\/em> on Tokyo MX?<\/strong> The broadcaster hasn\u2019t offered any explanation, but theoretically one could say that the audio-only version is for viewers who don\u2019t want someone they live with, perhaps their young children, to wander past the living room and see the anime\u2019s cast entwined in whatever might be that week\u2019s specific lewdness. But\u2026it\u2019s not like <em>Nukitashi\u2019s<\/em> audio is going to be family-friendly either, so unless you\u2019re listening to it via headphones, even the audio-only version isn\u2019t going to be appropriate to partake in while kids or those with delicate sensibilities are in earshot.<\/p>\n<p>Taking all that into consideration, it\u2019s starting to feel like maybe someone involved with the decision to air a sound-only version, either at Tokyo MX or on the anime\u2019s production side, realize that there\u2019s a segment of the potential audience that really would find being able to hear, but not see what\u2019s going on, sexier than the full audio\/video experience. And hey, as a series that\u2019s all about encouraging people to enjoy fulfilling their desires, <em>Nukitashi<\/em> being willing to feed that need really wouldn\u2019t be so shocking.<\/p>\n<p>Both Tokyo MX-1 and MX-2 will begin airing <em>Nukitashi<\/em> on July 23 at 2:35 a.m.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nukitashi_anime\/status\/1944703269110190471\">Twitter\/@nukitashi_anime<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/dengekionline.com\/article\/202507\/47232\">Dengeki Online<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/yaraon-blog.com\/archives\/280300\">Yaraon<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/interest\/2025-07-15\/tokyo-mx1-station-will-air-the-nukitashi-anime-but-only-the-audio\/.226681\">Anime News Network\/Ken Iikura-Gross<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Top image: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/oq7uxQpZpLU\">YouTube\/TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300e\u306c\u304d\u305f\u3057 THE ANIMATION\u300f\u516c\u5f0f<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>\u25cf Want to hear about SoraNews24\u2019s latest articles as soon as they\u2019re published? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RocketNews24En\">Follow us on Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RocketNews24En\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One channel won\u2019t be showing any of Nukitashi\u2019s visuals, but is this censorship or something else? 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