Leisure Rating Association

Leisure Rating Association, often shortened to LRA, is the official motion picture rating system for Kuboia since 1988.

Current ratings
As of 2020, the current age ratings are:
 * YC - short for Young Children, particularly suitable for young children. For home video only.
 * K - short for K, suitable for all. According to the LRA, there should be nothing unsuitable for children aged five and over.
 * 9 - suitable only for audiences aged 9 and over. For home video only.
 * R9 - suitable for all, but not recommended for children under 9. For cinema only.
 * 13 - suitable only for audiences aged 13 and over. Can only be broadcast on television between 8:00p.m. and 4:00a.m.
 * 18 - suitable only for audiences aged 18 and over. Can only be broadcast on television between 11:00p.m. and 4:00a.m.
 * 21 - suitable only for audiences aged 21 and over. Cannot be broadcast on television, and can only be sold in shops with a special license. Since it is so rarely seen/used, it has never had an official design.

Unofficial ratings

 * E - product exempt from classification. Typically used for educational films, documentaries and music-related films.
 * ? - product not yet rated.

Discontinued ratings

 * A - children under 13 must be accompanied by somebody aged 16 or over to view. For cinema only. Discontinued in 1996 and replaced by the 9 rating.
 * X - suitable only for audiences aged 18 and over. Discontinued in 1996 and replaced by the 18 rating.

Cinema Idents
The Leisure Rating Association have their own special idents that play in the cinema to inform the audience about the content present in the film that is about to be watched. They are almost always the last clip to be shown before the film is screened.

The original idents that were introduced in 1988 featured simple idents and music. Each rating had its own unique coloured background; green for K, pink for A and red for X. When they were later introduced, the 9 and R9 ratings also used pink (the 9 rating used a darker park for the three months it was used in cinemas), with the 18 rating using red, and the 13 rating using yellow. These idents were used for over sixteen years until their official usage came to an end on 1st December, 2004. Though some lower budget cinemas continued to use them for a few more months aftewards.

Content descriptions
Every product rated by LRA has a description indicating what content that the product contains that might be unsuitable for certain audiences. For example, if the product features inappropriate language and presence of alcohol, it might feature a description that states it "Features strong language and mild alcohol references."

Compared to the BBFC in the United Kingdom and the MPAA in the United States, the LRA is generally more lenient towards mild levels of violence, sex and profanity appearing in works with a lower rating, but are sicter in regards to more severe cases of innapropiate content. Since the LRA ratings lack an equivalent to BBFC and MPAA's 15 and R ratings, films released with those classifications in their respective countries usually receive an 18 rating by the LRA. However, the film may receive censorship and/or edits in Kuboia in order to receive a 13 rating instead.