A couple of notes:
First off, the guy in Canada convicted for "having anime" was in fact importing images that were much worse than "just anime"
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Edmo...70701-sun.html
Specifically: " Bilodeau said the animated child porn images seized from Chin were very disturbing. "These images are very disgusting and very violent. There are pictures of babies in diapers being raped," he said. "
Quite simply, there is no defence for having this material, be it photos, stories, or anime. This also wasn't accidental, he intentionally sought out and purchased exactly this material and imported it from Japan.
Canada has very strict laws regarding sexual material involving minors.
We do have laws on the books about "degrading to women". However, as mentioned, the Sweet Entertainment Group stuff was looked at by authorities and they walked away from the prosecution. You still cannot have someone tied up having sex (insertion, be it oral, anal, or vaginal) as this image would be considered a portrayal of non-consentual sex acts.
Before anyone goes off on the tangent, let me kill this now: Cinematic movies are also subject to the same rules, however there is a common sense and good judgement exemption to the telling of a story and portraying many of the acts that are considered illegal in porn. You will note that none of these acceptable movies will actually show penetration or a "completed" sex act. Making a movie about a rape victim that shows a couple of minutes of the violent act without ever truly showing the sex act is different than a 45 minute movies that shows a girl being raped in great detail without any other context or narrative. It is an issue of judgement and some movies have come close to or run afoul of this because they straddle the lines of good taste.
Common sense isn't very common, is it?
Alex