Recently I've seen some Media Prima TV stations, that is, TV3 and NTV7 began to use the P13 classification by the Film Censorship Board for some action series that are shown in the Bananana block, a children's programme block shown on Media Prima TV stations. The P13 classification which is orange in colour has the statement which appears before any programme that is classified P13 which is "parental guidance is recommended for viewers below 13". It is formerly known as PG 13 before 2012.
I'm not really sure why the Film Censorship Board staff at Media Prima decided to classify some action series for kids as P13 but I guess Media Prima has shown some responsibility to children about the contents in children's programming. I'm not really sure about RTM about the same thing (TV Alhijrah is not included because there are no action series for kids), but some pay-TV channels on Astro such as Disney Channel and Cartoon Network Asia have their own PG classification.
The action series that I've spotted having the P13 classification are
1. Fairy Tail (anime shown on NTV7, also shown on 8TV)
2. Voltron Force (TV3)
3. The 99 (also TV3; since it has some Islamic concepts, TV3 gives a strict warning at the start of the programme in its ticker, which reads "Keseluruhan peristiwa dan karekter yang terkandung dalam animasi ini bukanlah bersandarkan kepada hakikat dan fakta sejarah. Sebarang persamaan dalam keperibadian atau peristwa hanyalah sekadar fiksyen semata-mata", which translates as "all the events and characters in this animation are not based on reality and historical facts. Any similarities in personality or events are just fiction").
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