Babylon
Director(s)Kiyotaka Suzu
Production year2019
Genre(s)Animation
Approx. running minutes25m
Babylon
BABYLON is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, a controversial law becomes popular in five different countries.
BABYLON is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, a controversial law becomes popular in five different countries.
suicide references, moderate bloody images, sex references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are verbal references to sex workers being used as 'bribes' to secure votes in an upcoming election.
injury detail
A man finds documents covered in dark, discoloured bloodstains; there is suggestion that other documents may be made from skin. A man's dead, naked body is discovered, but nudity is obscured.
suicide and self-harm
A person's body is discovered handing by the neck after his colleague receives a suicide message from him by text; we see the body largely in silhouette. A dead body is found hooked up to what we learn is a medical anaesthetic machine; people consider whether this may be a suicide, discussing their reasoning in moderate detail.
moderate sex references, suicide references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are sexualised close-up images of a woman's cleavage and her clothed buttocks; these images, and others, imply she has engaged in oral and group sexual activity with three much older men. People make references to sex work and to women being presented to men as bribes for votes in an upcoming election.
suicide and self-harm
There are verbal references to suicide as well as discussion of whether a murder has been staged to appear like suicide. A man's body is briefly seen hanging by the neck.
strong sex references, suicide references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is sexualised focus on female buttock and breast nudity as we see impressionistic images of a naked woman and naked man together on a bed, strongly implying sexual activity. There are verbal references to sex work and it is implied that people have been 'bribed' with sexual favours.
suicide and self-harm
People discuss the creation of a new pill allowing people to painlessly take their own lives. People gather as others speculate that they may intend to take their own lives in a mass suicide event; it is implied these people go through with it, but we do not see resulting detail. There are frequent verbal references to suicide, including speculation that people have somehow been compelled to take their own lives. A political figure suggests people should be encouraged to take their lives if they wish to do so.
suicide references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
There are frequent verbal references to suicide, including speculation that people have been compelled by a man to take their own lives, and the creation of a suicide law that permits people to undertake suicide. A boy tearfully begs the public to help stop his father from taking his own life.
sexual violence references, sexualised images, suicide references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are sexualised images, and which include emphasis on clothed and unclothed characters. However, there is no strong detail.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are several verbal references to sexual violence. In one scene, a school counsellor expresses guilt and shame about his sexual desire for his teenage niece. However, the man does not act on his compulsion and his impulses are both clearly disapproved of and immediately challenged.
suicide and self-harm
There are frequent verbal references to suicide, including speculation that people have been compelled to take their own lives. In one scene, a person is compelled to take his own life, and there is brief sight of blood in the aftermath.
suicide references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
There are frequent verbal references to suicide, including an extended political debate in which people discuss the arguments for and against legalising suicide in Japan.
strong violence, bloody images, suicide
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is strong impressionistic violence, when a woman uses an axe to cut off parts of a live victim's body, though there is limited visual detail to the scene.
suicide and self-harm
A man takes his own life, resulting in bloody detail. There are verbal references to suicide, when a man explains why he is going to kill himself.
injury detail
There are impressionistic spurts of blood accompanying violent acts. Blood is seen covering weapons used, and on the clothes of victims. Dead bodies are seen lying in and surrounded by pools of blood.
suicide references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
People discuss suicide throughout the episode, making reference to people who have taken their own life and debating morality.
suicide, strong bloody images
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
A man is seen taking his own life, resulting in bloody detail.
injury detail
Blood is seen spurting impressionistically as a result of gunfire, and a lying in pools on the floor near dead bodies.
suicide
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
A man ends his life in a scene which includes bloody detail. In another scene a young woman jumps to her death. There is also a reference to the 'mass suicide' of a group of students. Undetailed verbal references are made to a 'suicide law'.
suicide references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
There are frequent suicide references, and which also includes prolonged debate during a global political summit.
strong bloody images, violence, suicide
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Blood spreads over a person’s shirt and pools under their body in the immediate aftermath of a fatal shooting.
suicide and self-harm
There are bloody images of suicide and its aftermath when a fantastical character compels other people to take their own lives. In other scenes a grieving woman contemplates killing herself but eventually chooses to delay the decision.
injury detail
There are occasional brief images of dead bodies, including corpses lying in pools of blood, in the aftermath of murder and suicide.
Classified date23/01/2025
LanguageEnglish
suicide and self-harm
A man ends his life in a scene which includes bloody detail. In another scene a young woman jumps to her death. There is also a reference to the 'mass suicide' of a group of students. Undetailed verbal references are made to a 'suicide law'.
additional issues
It is implied a woman is cut 'to pieces' during a flashback, but there is no strong visual detail. There is mild bad language ('crap') as well as milder terms such as 'damn'.
strong bloody images, violence, suicide
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Blood spreads over a person’s shirt and pools under their body in the immediate aftermath of a fatal shooting.
suicide and self-harm
There are bloody images of suicide and its aftermath when a fantastical character compels other people to take their own lives. In other scenes a grieving woman contemplates killing herself but eventually chooses to delay the decision.
injury detail
There are occasional brief images of dead bodies, including corpses lying in pools of blood, in the aftermath of murder and suicide.
suicide references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
There are frequent suicide references, and which also includes prolonged debate during a global political summit.
strong violence, bloody images, suicide
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There is strong impressionistic violence, when a woman uses an axe to cut off parts of a live victim's body, though there is limited visual detail to the scene.
suicide and self-harm
A man takes his own life, resulting in bloody detail. There are verbal references to suicide, when a man explains why he is going to kill himself.
injury detail
There are impressionistic spurts of blood accompanying violent acts. Blood is seen covering weapons used, and on the clothes of victims. Dead bodies are seen lying in and surrounded by pools of blood.
suicide references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
There are frequent verbal references to suicide, including an extended political debate in which people discuss the arguments for and against legalising suicide in Japan.
sexual violence references, sexualised images, suicide references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are sexualised images, and which include emphasis on clothed and unclothed characters. However, there is no strong detail.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are several verbal references to sexual violence. In one scene, a school counsellor expresses guilt and shame about his sexual desire for his teenage niece. However, the man does not act on his compulsion and his impulses are both clearly disapproved of and immediately challenged.
suicide and self-harm
There are frequent verbal references to suicide, including speculation that people have been compelled to take their own lives. In one scene, a person is compelled to take his own life, and there is brief sight of blood in the aftermath.
suicide references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
There are frequent verbal references to suicide, including speculation that people have been compelled by a man to take their own lives, and the creation of a suicide law that permits people to undertake suicide. A boy tearfully begs the public to help stop his father from taking his own life.
strong sex references, suicide references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is sexualised focus on female buttock and breast nudity as we see impressionistic images of a naked woman and naked man together on a bed, strongly implying sexual activity. There are verbal references to sex work and it is implied that people have been 'bribed' with sexual favours.
suicide and self-harm
People discuss the creation of a new pill allowing people to painlessly take their own lives. People gather as others speculate that they may intend to take their own lives in a mass suicide event; it is implied these people go through with it, but we do not see resulting detail. There are frequent verbal references to suicide, including speculation that people have somehow been compelled to take their own lives. A political figure suggests people should be encouraged to take their lives if they wish to do so.
moderate sex references, suicide references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are sexualised close-up images of a woman's cleavage and her clothed buttocks; these images, and others, imply she has engaged in oral and group sexual activity with three much older men. People make references to sex work and to women being presented to men as bribes for votes in an upcoming election.
suicide and self-harm
There are verbal references to suicide as well as discussion of whether a murder has been staged to appear like suicide. A man's body is briefly seen hanging by the neck.
suicide references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
People discuss suicide throughout the episode, making reference to people who have taken their own life and debating morality.
suicide references, moderate bloody images, sex references
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There are verbal references to sex workers being used as 'bribes' to secure votes in an upcoming election.
injury detail
A man finds documents covered in dark, discoloured bloodstains; there is suggestion that other documents may be made from skin. A man's dead, naked body is discovered, but nudity is obscured.
suicide and self-harm
A person's body is discovered handing by the neck after his colleague receives a suicide message from him by text; we see the body largely in silhouette. A dead body is found hooked up to what we learn is a medical anaesthetic machine; people consider whether this may be a suicide, discussing their reasoning in moderate detail.
suicide, strong bloody images
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
A man is seen taking his own life, resulting in bloody detail.
injury detail
Blood is seen spurting impressionistically as a result of gunfire, and a lying in pools on the floor near dead bodies.
suicide
Classified Date:
23/01/2025
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
suicide and self-harm
A man ends his life in a scene which includes bloody detail. In another scene a young woman jumps to her death. There is also a reference to the 'mass suicide' of a group of students. Undetailed verbal references are made to a 'suicide law'.
Director(s)Kiyotaka Suzu
Production year2019
Genre(s)Animation
Approx. running minutes25m
Classified date23/01/2025
LanguageEnglish
