Why is old anime so gory?

It sold then.

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>>161507247
Because gore is awesome. Also, part of the appeals of OVAs was that nothing was off limit. Creators did'nt have to worry about the restrictive sensibilities of the average viewer and could just do what ever they wanted, what they wanted to do was revel in the beauty of flesh being torn apart.

>>161507247
It's mostly OVAs that were like that. Same reason HBO originals and the like are gored up and sexed up, because they could get away with it and it sells.

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>>161507247
they didn't give a fuck if it was straight to video

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>>161507247
mostly OVAs, and the 80's and 90's were a magic time in which the edge was cool

Gore doesn't embody the escapism that's so prevalent in modern Japanese society.

>>161507247
Laws?

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>>161507247
It was no more gorey overall than anime today is. It's just that the only anime worth going back to rewatch, all aired on late-night time slots, because anime was considered an even more niche interest than it is now. All the old anime that aired during the day was literally designed for gradeschoolers.
So because you're only going back and watching late-night old anime, it seems as though all old anime is gory.

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>>161507247
Is this a paizuri?

>>161507247
Because they could.

>>161507247
At least 10 animators died to do this scene.

anime even today has no lack of gore

but since they are OVA the gore is animated better (whereas pulp anime is too "low brow" for the serious animators of today).

>>161507247
That's actually quite tame by old school standards. You don't see her innards flying out of her body.

>>161511435
This is a sailor moon ecchi show.
This scene is already really gory for this genre.

>>161507247
the japs are a sick people, back then they just expressed it differently.

>>161507247

OVAs = BDs.

US movies had a lot of gorn, what with splatterhouse movies and the likes, and anime followed that trend.