some parts of the UK are cracking down on the VPNs

Didn't they even say I shouldn't have used that tuna eating monster as well?

i'll argue that this was the showa era, they did this to break away from the trauma of WW2. rapid economic growth, and growing social unrest of people wanting to 'stick with the past' around this time was pushing film makers and TV producers + writers to move away from the darker tones