Which Japanese animation was the first to be banned and where? Looking around the banned anime list on TVTropes I noticed that there are quiet a lot of Japanese animation banned in countries outside of Japan. Me being curious as usually couldn't help but wonder.


Which country was the first to actually ban a Japanese animation or episode and for what reason it was banned?
Compared to your other question What Japanese animation was the first to be an international success?, I don't think you can really pinpoint to a specific animation for being the first to be banned. All Japanese (or even all international) media was probably banned in several countries for various reasons.


Some countries had such a tight regime that no media could get in (or out) from (or to) whatever country, as mentioned by senshin. If I were better at world history I would have added some examples
Some countries had had a grudge against Japan and had banned all Japanese cultural import all together. For example, South Korea had banned all Japanese media after World War II.