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Post by Mako Crab on Feb 18, 2004 11:25:44 GMT -5
Can't say as though I've ever watched this anime on the WB, but I found a site that lists all the changes made for the english version of the show. It never fails to irritate me when I see things like Megaman's energy sword being blurred so that the edges don't look sharp. What's that you say?! Yes, it is true! Megaman NT Warrior is too hardcore for children it seems! Other wonderful edits/changes include: - Netto mentions the N1 Grand Prix, when it is not even introduced until episode 10. - While Rockman's sword was blurred due to censoring, Elecman's sword for some reason was not (lazy editing?) - When Masa visits Dekao in the hospital, his line "...while Netto's on a date with Meiru" is changed to "How about some canned tuna?" - Dekao tells Netto that his parents took away his PET, even though it is hanging around his neck. >.< - Again, Rockman pointing his buster at the screen while protecting Roll while she searches for the password hints is cut out. Footage from episode 2 is instead put in as a replacement. This is just a small sample of all the things getting cut and changed. I have to wonder what kind of mentality is directing these decisions, because these edits are ridiculous. Maybe someone should take the editors favorite shows and apply the same mentality to them. Edit them to pieces, treat them like impressionable babies that can't handle even the slightest *hint* of violence or romance. *edit* Here's the list of changes made so far: www.kishuku.com/rockman/episodes.html
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Post by feldinaut on Feb 18, 2004 13:35:23 GMT -5
Normally I don't give a whoot about editing, as usually all the complaints are pretty harmless and petty, but this IS ridiculous. Honestly, I don't think they have any censorship board breathing down their backs either. Strictly voluntary, or I'm sure they'd do a better job. How annoying! I don't mind cutting out blood or things that are genuinely innapropriate, but this is just crazy. It kind of irritates me that the networks that show them are so hard on Japanese children's shows when they don't subject their own shows to the same kind of censorship. I can't even count the number of times I've seen obvious adult innuendo in a cartoon, but they have to blur a sword? Whatever!
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Post by Dittohead Servbot #24 on Mar 4, 2004 22:54:12 GMT -5
Hmmm, I wonder what they'll do about eps 18 and 19 which feature Roll as a domimatrix (well, that's what she looked and acted like if you ask me)? Oh wait, they stopped showing eps after #17... Concidence? I think not... *Hugs collection of all 66 (so far) SUBBED eps of the greatest anime ever* Now if only I could get 'em on PS2-compatable DVD-R's...
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Post by Rabid Yuna fan on Mar 4, 2004 23:01:07 GMT -5
I know of this free vcd playing software to play the vcd's that you get off of ebay
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Post by Dashe on May 5, 2004 16:56:52 GMT -5
Blurred sword? Eeeks. And I thought the Cardcaptor Sakura censorship was insane. Networks like Kids WB, ABC Family, and Toonami are going berserk with all this censoring. It's enough to make your head spin! @_@
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Post by SIMSteven on May 5, 2004 21:43:45 GMT -5
You know what the biggest problem is? It's these damn parents who think that the sight of a weapon is too violent for children. So they threaten to sue the TV stations because they picture weapons.
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Post by Dashe on May 6, 2004 15:08:45 GMT -5
Hmmm...what will they think of censoring next? *Pictures the hypothetical new Mega Man Legends anime* Mega Man: Hmmm...I don't think I'll buy a soda out of this soda machine since soft drinks are high in sugar and rot your teeth, even though Tron IS trying to beat me in this game of chess with the Feldynaught *the battle was cut out and replaced with a chess match since it would be considered too violent* Tron: Wahahaha!!! I win! Checkmate!!! You're so intellectually impaired! Mega Man: What? Impossible! Teisel: Good afternoon! How are you? Tron: Good thank you.... (etc, etc...)
Scary, ne?
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Post by SIMSteven on May 6, 2004 17:10:28 GMT -5
Right. THAT IS WHY WE MUST ALL BUY 100 COPIES OF GRAND THEFT AUTO IN DEFIANCE!!!
Yeah. I hope they pass a law that says "idiots can't sue or breed."
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Post by feldinaut on May 6, 2004 17:27:21 GMT -5
Hmmm...what will they think of censoring next? *Pictures the hypothetical new Mega Man Legends anime* Mega Man: Hmmm...I don't think I'll buy a soda out of this soda machine since soft drinks are high in sugar and rot your teeth, even though Tron IS trying to beat me in this game of chess with the Feldynaught *the battle was cut out and replaced with a chess match since it would be considered too violent* Tron: Wahahaha!!! I win! Checkmate!!! You're so intellectually impaired! Mega Man: What? Impossible! Teisel: Good afternoon! How are you? Tron: Good thank you.... (etc, etc...) Scary, ne? Oh my. Well, thinking of how certain villains were handled in Sailor Moon, Glyde would probably be changed into... You know what? Let's never speak of this again.
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Post by Dashe on May 11, 2004 18:36:25 GMT -5
Eeeeks!!! I never thought of that! *Shuts up immediately* Crazy censors...
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Post by Fire Griffin on May 15, 2004 14:28:49 GMT -5
Whoa, finally there is a dub out there with worse edits than the first few sagas of Dragonball Z? (Who could forget the frothy water and tearless crying?)
And I thought companies were laxing on dub edits nowadays. Apparently not. =X
(EDIT: *eyes Feld's post* Horrors... Glyde would have "her" name changed to Glydette! Or worse: BARBARA.
ULTIMATE BARBARA LASER!! doesn't have the same ring to it.)
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Post by Dashe on May 24, 2004 19:13:30 GMT -5
Remember in DBZ when Goku saw the beer in the fridge on his way to Namek and he decided to drink a "sports beverage" instead??? Was that censoring at work yet again, or did he really drink the sports drink in the Japanese version too? (I am pretty sure it was censoring, but I'm not quite sure).
And even worse than Barbara...
ULTIMATE EDITH LASER!!!! *Glyde/Barbara/Edith laughs maniacally*
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Post by pitch on Jun 5, 2004 21:44:32 GMT -5
NT Warrior made me sick. I stopped watching after I saw a few episodes. It was pathetic. And the voice actors were terrible. And "Grave"? No!! It's Gospel!! G-O-S-P-E-L! I really hate how censored it is. My poor little brother. He likes it!! I never really watched DBZ, but I don't know how it could possibly be worse than this. Oh yeah, hey, that site's great for more stuff than edits too. www.rockman-exe.com/, Rockman EXE Online, rules!! I love that site!
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Post by saliorscout on Jun 5, 2004 22:13:24 GMT -5
Hey i thought Megaman NT Warrior i kind of cool
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Post by pitch on Jun 5, 2004 22:17:08 GMT -5
Watch the EXE anime unedited. You'll think differently.
The whole anime really doesn't do poor Rockman justice. They cut like 10 episodes, merged a few to make it fill it's slot because they had to cut so much, censored it beyond any censoring I've ever seen, made everybody sound like surfers.... Geez, I could go on, but I really don't want to.
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