Tell me a reason why this is a good a decision and kids should not look at a girl in a bikini or a guy half naked.

good to see brock pumping some iron

he was such a skinny dude

I never claimed it was a good decision, but you claimed it was a terrible one. Do you have a reason for that because there's nothing I can see that make it so.

Yes, I have one simple: there's nothing wrong with a half naked muscle guy or a girl with a bikini. Censorship like this one just make children to believe there's something wrong with it.

Really? How many kids are going to look at the show with characters wearing more clothes and the guy cooking going to assume that girls in bikinis and men with serious gains in nothing but a speedo are wrong? Do you watch tv and see a guy in a business suit and think that they are saying two men sumo wrestling is gross?

How many? If the show becomes big all of them that starts looking for more of the japanese show, like all the pokemon western fans that looked for more of the show even if it's only available in japanese, just like the Naruto or Dragoon Ball fans. Once again, there's nothing wrong with those scenes, and that censorship is stupid, pointless and idiotic. A girl on a bikini is by no means something important.

So, what's the reasoning behind this?

I understand that some forms of sexualization (like Junior Idols) that are acceptable in Japan are inappropriate in the West, but it's oftenly just prudery to repress sexuality in general and I'm strictly against that. Yo-kai Watch doesn't seem to be harmful in any way.

This is the strange american way to approach the human body. Do kids wear Burkas while going to the beach in summer? But taking the kid to the shooting range where it can learn to handle an automatic weapon does no harm?

I just recently read an article here in germany that points out that the strange view on morality from america (human body is bad, violence is fine) is ported through popular webservices like Facebook and Youube to europe now. The new generation growing up in europe gets mentally fucked up by the american morality.

Nintendo doesn't have anything to do with this, this is about the anime.

I honestly don't really see the issue here.. this is geared toward kids and Japan's culture is definitely a lot different than in the west

Won't be watching this regardless though :p