User blog comment:Omega natsu2/Episode 181: Fairy Tail vs. Executioners, Review./@comment-24264679-20140511015701/@comment-4829046-20140511102647

Ironically, in my childhood, the popular cartoons(with PG rating) always dealt with such elements. Death, insanity, betrayal, disfigured humans and such. Heck even one of the first hit anime series Astroboy had one version which was nothing but dark themes. I was hooked on it. It had so much depth and tragedy despite it being animated in a kiddish fashion and they even showed that version on regular TV during morning hours. So basically, this topic depends on the people involved with production or distribution. Some people know for a fact that such themes don't make all children into recluses or criminals while others don't want to risk it cause of policies. Heck they even censor regular kisses depending on the channel it was aimed for -_- Seriously people, have you not watched ANY movies when you were kids?