History Main / LensFlareCensor

* As seen on the page picture, ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' loves doing this when they don't use CensorSteam. Even on ''night'' scenes, beams of light will appear out of nowhere. Thankfully DVD releases remove most of them.
* The "sunlight beams at night" happen on ''LightNovel/CatPlanetCuties.'' too, which is not shy of using this on general.
* ''LightNovel/AriaTheScarletAmmo'' uses this to censor... girls in their ''underwear''. Is this show aired at grade schoolers or what?

* Happens during extremely violent attacks in ''Anime/BloodC''. Unlike the above examples, nudity is left untouched, oddly enough. Also, Saya hacking up monsters into bloody chunks is left uncensored, but when it's a human, they break out the censor.

* When the clothes of most of ''Anime/{{Etotama}}'''s Eto-shin girls are magically removed, Lens Flare Censors hide the naughty bits, much to Nya-tan's annoyance. The girls go on to point out that the Lens Flare Censors are animated in, so they can't be removed as part of the blu-ray release.
* ''Manga/ToLoveRu''. Not much in the first anime (in a occasion this replaces SpeechBubbleCensoring), but often in the TV adaptation of the sequel "Darkness". Instead, the BD edition is uncensored.
* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Used to obscure the girls' naughty bits whenever they're undressing and occasionally during bath scenes, along with CensorSuds. {{Averted}} in the [=DVD=] release.

* Features prominently in ''Manga/YuunaAndTheHauntedHotSprings'' with the amount of WardrobeMalfunction which occurs in the series. Especially prevalent in chapter 24.

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* The ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' comic featuring The Mighty Endowed. Her "huge tracts of land" are censored out via this method.
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* In the second half of ''Anime/KillLaKill'', Aikuro goes around wearing nothing but a utility belt with a [[HandOrObjectUnderwear conveniently placed pistol holster in the front]]. For all the instances in which this is insufficient to cover his privates (which is quite often), bright pink lens flare is called upon to aid in the effort.
** Like most tropes in the show, it's [[UpToEleven exaggerated to the point of parody.]] HIS nipples also have the flare-censor, which wasn't added in later but literally lights up the room around and tends to blind people. No one else in the show gets it, though anyone else who ends up exposed instead has BarbieDollAnatomy. Except for Mataro (an elementary school student who doesn't get much detail anyway) and Guts (a dog.)

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* Most Japanese films shown in UK cinemas during the 1970s and 1980s had lens flare censorship, notably the film released as 'Yellow Emmanuelle'. It also had English subtitles at the bottom for the English viewers, and Japanese subtitles at the left side for Japanese readers of (presumably) English dialogue.

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* Used in [[http://www.sundayat10.com/images/scratch/opera-house1.png this]] Sunday@10 pinup ("somewhere between SFW and {{NSFW}}", according to the author).

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* In Music/{{Hyadain}}'s "Four Fiends of the Elements", this is what we see when Rubicante [[SexyCoatFlashing shows us what's under his mantle]].

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* Parodied/lampshaded in ''GabrielDropOut'' with Gabriel's Holy Shield; heaven itself shines blinding light on her private parts to hide them...even in-universe.

* Features prominently in ''Manga/YuunaAndTheHauntedHotSprings'' with the amount of Wardrobe Malfunction which occurs in the series. Especially prevalent in chapter 24.

* ''Manga/ToLoveRu''. Not much in the first anime (in a occasion this replaces SpeechBubbleCensoring), but often in the tv adpation of the sequel "Darkness". Instead, the Bd edition is uncensored.

* ''Manga/{{Saki}}'': in the Hot Springs episode, {{Mahjong}} Club president Hisa delivers her lines with her back to the morning sun as it tops the trees. Between the lens flare at an oh-so-convenient angle and the sun over her shoulder, her only discernible features are on her face.

* In {{Hyadain}}'s "Four Fiends of the Elements", this is what we see when Rubicante [[SexyCoatFlashing shows us what's under his mantle]].

The use of {{Lens Flare}}s (or perhaps some other stream of light) to hide something from sight. May give the impression that the covered areas are phosphorescent.

The use of {{Lens Flare}}s (or perhaps some other stream of light) to hide something from sight. May give the impression that a character's naughty bits are phosphorescent.

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* Most Japanese films shown in UK cinemas during the 1970s and 1980s had lens flare censorship, notably the film released as 'Yellow Emmanuelle'. It also had English subtitles at the bottom for the English viewers, and Japanese subtitles at the left side for Japanese readers of (presumably) English dialogue.

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* The "sunlight beams at night" happen on ''LightNovel/AsobiNiIkuYo!'' too, which is not shy of using this on general.

* As seen on the page picture, ''StrikeWitches'' loves doing this when they don't use CensorSteam. Even on ''night'' scenes, beams of light will appear out of nowhere. Thankfully DVD releases remove most of them.

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* ''LightNovel/HidanNoAria'' uses this to censor... girls in their ''underwear''. Is this show aired at grade schoolers or what?

* A blatantly out-of-place footlight covers... something that would otherwise hang into view... at the end of ''TheFullMonty''.

* HollyValance's "Kiss Kiss" video. An entire career founded on lens flare hiding potential nudity.

* In ''Anime/SeikimatsuOccultGakuin'', Bunmei's naked entrance is obscured by the fact that the sun is right behind him. His shadow, on the other hand, is not. The lens flare is solely for the viewer's benefit, judging from Maya's rage after he lands.

* ''TheyAreMyNobleMasters'': Miyu's bare chest is covered by the bright glow of a light positioned behind her.

* ''ManyuHikencho'' uses huge white bars to censor bare breasts in its initial broadcast. However, since it's an action-comedy ''about'' huge breasts, this makes many episodes virtually unwatchable until the light- or non-censored versions are released.

* ''SpacePirateMito'' uses lens flare to conceal Mito's deceased husband Kogero's features

* ''HidanNoAria'' uses this to censor... girls in their ''underwear''. Is this show aired at grade schoolers or what?