User blog comment:Leland Davis/Anime less ecchi than manga/@comment-2214433-20150627194645

Personally, I think nudity in general has reached new heights in recent arcs. The parts that the old anime covered didn't have boys washing/touching girls and vice versa, naked torture or imprisonment with no clothes. Honestly, as far as my memory serves me right, the 'worst' thing that the old anime showed is Lucy taking a shower and then Lucy and Cana taking a bath, both in the Tenrou arc. And that's something the new anime didn't mind showing, see the start of Sun Village arc. On the other hand, the old anime went as far as to cut out an entire scene during the pre-GMG training part and moved it to an OVA.

Clearly, since this is a show with a time slot for kids, there is a line that cannot be crossed and thus the director has no choice but to follow it (who, by the way, is the same director for both old and new anime). Nothing we can do with that.

O and I think Silver apologizing for freezing Sun Village was in the manga, too.