Talk:My Little Pony The Movie/@comment-2197527-20180204010237

Now if only the movie came out in Japan. They've already released all four Equestria Girls movies on Netflix.

For one thing, there's no way the movie could ever be banned there because Eirin (Japan's movie regulator) has absolutely no legal power to ban films. Moreover, Japan is pretty lenient on their rating system, as roughly 99% of all movies rated no higher than PG-13 in America always get a G in Japan.

However, despite everything of the above, the film is right now indeed in the exact same position as if it were banned there, and I don't know why. Of course, the movie was originally going to be released on December 15, 2017, but apparently, Eirin (or worse, the Japanese government) went nasty. Did they really?