In the continued effort to provide quality information to both users and parents we have created a unique content rating system called the "Otaku-Rating." The Otaku-Rating is both helpful and easy to understand.

What is the Otaku-Rating?
The Otaku-Rating is a user provided content rating system that covers a broad spectrum of multimedia. Unlike other rating systems the Otaku-Rating is regulated by the community and has no governing body. It is a tool to allow users to rate titles based on general guidelines and to help parents and other visitors to gain a general understanding of the content them or their children will be enjoying.

Why not use another rating system?
There are many content rating systems out there today such as the ESRB, MPAA, and TV Parental Guidelines. However, each of these content rating systems is tailored to a specific industry. Other organizations also charge to have content rated which can be costly for the indie community. Also, many older anime series have not been rated. Due to restrictions of established rating systems you cannot legally place their rating on an unrated title. The Otaku-Rating is an easy system to allow users to freely rate content without the worries of legality.

	Children Contains no content that parents would find inappropriate for children ages 3 and above.
	Everyone Appropriate for all ages 6 and above. May contain some comedic or fantasy violence, and infrequent references to drugs or alcohol.
	Pre-Teen Titles may contain mild violence, mild language, and some sexual situations.
	Teen This title is appropriate for teens and above. Titles may contain violence, blood, gore, minor adult language, use of drugs, and some sexual references.
	Mature Not appropriate for anyone below the age of maturity. The title may contain prolonged violence, graphic blood and gore, heavy use of crude language, and some nudity.
	Adults Only Titles contain prolonged nudity, extreme violence and gore, intense language, or other content that is not viewable for anyone below the age of maturity.
	Not Rated Titles that have not yet been rated. Some caution is advised.

The Otaku-Rating uses 24 unique content descriptors to help identify the proper content rating. Below is a break down of which type of content may be included in each of the ratings.

Drug, Alcohol, & Tobacco
Tobacco References							References or depiction of tobacco references.
Alcohol Reference							References or depiction of alcoholic beverages.
Drug References							References or depiction of illegal drugs.
Use of Tobacco							Use of tobacco productions.
Use of Alcohol							Consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Use of Drugs							Consumption or use of illegal drugs.
Language
Coarse Language							Use of profanity.
Coarse Lyrics							Use of profanity in music.
Crude Humor							Depictions or dialogue involving off-color humor.
Mature Humor							Depictions or dialogue involving sexual or adult humor
Violence
Fantasy Violence							Violence that easily distinguishable from real life
Mild Violence							Aggressive conflict and bloodless fighting.
Violence							Aggressive conflict and bloodless dismemberment.
Intense Violence							Graphic depictions of physical conflict.
Blood							Depictions of blood.
Gore							Depictions of mutilation of body parts.
Content
Comic Mischief							Slapstick or suggestive humor.
Suggestive Themes							References to provocative behavior.
Violent References							References to physical conflict.
Sexual Themes							References to sexual content.
Nudity
Sexual Content							Non-explicit depictions of sexual behavior.
Partial Nudity							Non-graphic or mild depictions of nudity.
Sexual Violence							Graphical depictions of sexual conflict including rape.
Nudity							Graphic or prolonged depictions of nudity.

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