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NANJING - A Chinese court on Wednesday decided the producer of a popular animation was partly to blame for injuries to two children when another child imitated an episode of the TV series.
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# G1 Z$ {6 W& Y& C9 lThe two brothers, Ran Ran, 7, and Hao Hao, 4, from Donghai County in east China's Jiangsu Province, were badly burnt on April 6, when they were tied to a tree and set alight by their friend Shun Shun, 10, who confessed he was imitating a scene from the cartoon "Xi Yangyang & Hui Tailang (Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf)".

% }) d' m. h* [# R. AHao Hao received 80 percent burns. Ran Ran was less seriously injured with burns to 40 percent of his body.
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& T. o& Q, }9 B/ ^# W0 VShun Shun's legal guardians and the cartoon producer -- Guangzhou's Creative Power Entertaining Co., Ltd. -- are jointly responsible for the two brothers' injuries, according to the verdict of the court.
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  j/ L0 u4 Y2 h! `8 a$ K( JThe cartoon is aimed at children, so producers are obliged to scrutinize violence carefully, said the court, adding that inappropriate scenes should be edited out and warnings given.
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- x* I, T5 x1 G7 D7 F6 W$ UThe cartoon has previously shown several scenes of violence, generating negative effects and resulting in serious consequences, the court said.
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According to the ruling, Shun Shun's guardians will pay 60 percent of the injured brothers' compensation and the cartoon producer will shoulder 15 percent.
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1 P4 T$ N+ D/ X- {4 `From:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/chi ... ontent_17183285.htm