I noticed a DVD of the film at the store one day and saw that the blurb on the back proudly boasts that it is banned in several countries. As an exercise in ultraviolence, it received some condemnations, and its notoriety was secured in the following year when the movie adaptation received criticism from members of the Japanese parliament.
This novel by Koushun Takami appeared in 1999 and was an instant sensation probably in part because it resulted in some pearl-clutching. Indeed, if you’ve followed this blog, the anime version of Magical Girl Raising Project, which I discussed at length, is basically Battle Royale with magical girls. If you like anime and manga, you sooner or later run into allusions to Battle Royale. Here it is, the instant classic that has informed so much of Japanese pop culture in the twenty-first century. VIZ Media, 2014 (originally published 1999). Battle Royale: Remastered, by Koushun Takami.
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