Are Cat Girls Facing Extinction?

As a result of new Japanese PC game industry self-imposed restrictions on the content of erotic games, development studio Norn has reported that adult PC games featuring non-human characters (robots, elves, cat girls, monster girls, etc.) may be prohibited from sale through major Japanese retail outlets. Apparently there’s anxiety that the use of non-human characters may be used as a loophole to work around restrictions on the depiction of sexual exploitation.

This proposed restriction should not directly affect the inclusion of non-human characters in mainstream, non-erotic works, but it certainly could affect the larger anime industry in the regard that many anime are based on erotic games which are impacted by such restrictions.

Source: Canned Dogs