In an industry first for TV networks, a cartoon about superheroes who feed on human flesh has been taken
off the air by executives at NBC.
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Beastforce follows the lives of "five animal-morphing teenagers" as they struggle to cope with their
natural urge to eat human beings.
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"There were too many complaints. Frankly, I'm at odds as to how this got funding in the first place" NBC
Network Chairman Dale Rutherford said on Wednesday on the eve of the uproar.
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Parents and Children's advocacy groups have labelled the cartoon sick and distasteful, calling for a review
on the standards of acceptable content in Saturday morning cartoons.
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"Our children need to be sheltered from this violent, sex-saturated world we live in" says Marsha
Weinberger, president of the American Parent's League Against Sex and Violence on Children's Television
(APLASVCT).
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"After the show aired, my son started biting his sister, eventually taking out a chunk of flesh from her
arm. When I asked why he did this he said 'I'm hungry, like Beastforce. I want to eat people'. We just
don't need our children aspiring to be cannibals right now, it's too weird and disturbing."
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There have also been reports of adolescents engaging in inappropriate behaviour with their siblings after two
characters on the show who displayed sexual behaviour were revealed to be brother and sister.
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The show's creators declined to comment.
Above: A scene from the offending cartoon.
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