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They changed for a lot of weird liability reasons
>Make anime with adult woman in skimpy clothing
>Japanese regulations censor it because if its an adult woman she should have pubes there
>Even if not shown censorship guidelines dictate it because its an adult woman
>Safer (legally) just to draw girls 16 and under.
>Animations gradually go to younger and younger girls
>Japan is now a nation that exports loli/pedophilia adjacent content
Great Teacher Onizuka the live action version had a huge controversy back in the day because in one scene the teacher might have had a pubic hair showing during a scene where she was almost raped. It was unknown at the time if it was just a hair from her head on her panties but it was enough of a shit your pants moment for television to only depict non adults in those situations lol
