One Piece being censored in Thai - even though theres not much to see. Does this sort of anime censorship go on in your region? Another pic at Jabro. Via Moon Chronicle.
The only censorship I remember seeing was when Dragon Ball was showing the second time on tv and they cut some parts. Although it was a year or two after it aired first I still remember when it aired for the first time back in 96 or so. Same thing happened on Dragon Ball Z with Freeza saga
Yeah, I remember that. On the Freeza saga, on the general-TV broadcasts they didn't show most of the "dismembered-freeza" bits. They did on the cable though.
I know on the first epside when goku lifts bulma's skirt it censored it with a pair of underwear
we don't get censorship like that here, rather than covering something up, the entire scene is removed. although i don't understand why they censored nami's chest here, its not that offensive compared to some other animes
That's crazy. last time I saw some explicit stuff on TV was more than 10 years ago. The funny thing it was on Shang Hai Education Television. It was an anime about some volleyball team. They showed boobs in that show, as being 14 years old, i was really excited about that show.
I watch anime on AdultSwim and sometimes I end up crying myself to sleep... T_T In the US they like to create an illusion that the anime that you're watching wasn't tampered with (besides that fact that it was dubbed).
dude, I could go on for hours talking about that topic alone. Its so true.
They do a lot of digital editing for stuff released on American TV. They removed all the blood from Naruto. Melfina from Outlaw Star got a bikini when ever she was in the tube and all references to alcohol and gambling were removed from the dialog. Even the transformation animation of Sailor Moon was changed to down play nudity. If I remember right an entire episode of Pokemon was dropped from the American release because of guns being pointed at someone. Basically the more kid aimed the anime is the more it gets chopped. Luckily when they release most anime on DVD you can get the unedited versions, Dragon Ball and Pokemon being the most noticeable exception.
if they want to censor...might as well dont show it...
Nanoha's henshin sequence was censored...
Plenty of cuts in my local TV, but not like I'm watching a watered-down anime raped with terrible, 10-bux-a-session dubbing.
WTH is that? No need for censorship. That's just annoying.
In America, they edit the scene so they don't look censored. Like One Piece, they have to recolor all the guns to make them looks fake, remove the cook's cigarette and make it to a candy on a stick, they have to make any other weapons look fake, and much much more.
I remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles being renamed to Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in the UK. Apparently, Ninjas are so violent that kids will turn into psychos after knowing the word.
LOL, I think it'll be weird if they censored the whole body, than you'll see a square blurry box talking and walking and even fighting another blurry box...
I do remember getting a Ninja Scroll dvd from Blockbuster back in Vancouver only to find out most of the more interesting parts of the movie had been edited out. :p
It depends on what means you're viewing the anime over here. If you're watching TV or rent from a big name rental chain ie. Blockbuster, naughty scenes are totally edited out. If you go to a anime specialty shop they'll have original uncut movies. Usually all censorship info is indicated on the back cover. Sometimes you'll find mosaic censor, but nowadays pretty much anything goes. Is that tenticle doing what I think its doing?
lol... what next? censoring pokeman cos its an animal cruelty?
Tell you what. Not just censoring, voicing is so lame that I can't stand watching it... only fansubbing for me... -_-;
thanks heavens there's fansubs. bless them! our national tv doesn't show much animes, only a few on weekday late nights and weekends morning on the kids channel.
I haven't seen any censorship in anime here. You don't see a lot of censorship here anyway, just wait till midnight and watch all the soft-porn, kids love it....
Here, when they want to censor something, cut the scene, or some frames, like blood. this year , when the emit on TV Naruto, blood and kunais don`t show on scene... Really sucks
what's wrong with nami boob's anyway? i though its pretty normal
hmm...now that's strange. Especially at TIT-V.
They do censor Anime here, it is almost unwatchable in it's "edited for television", "localized" version. That's why I watch fansubs theyare in their pure unfettered form only the translations may be a filter of some sort I guess.
we have some censorship in anime here but only for extreme cases like excessive blood splatter or body part dismemberment lolz
In Germany we don't have censorship on anything, but all Animes which air here during noon (which most/all do) are cut. Every few second there’s something German Kids can't see. Like fights in Dragonball, Naruto, One Piece and Ranma for example. Kids here never see a punch on the face or a kick or something, but just the result like flying away and falling down. Furthermore there’s no blood here, weapons get deleted and the translations are bad. Really ... without Fansubs and the internet, I would just watch fu*%&d (sorry) up Animes like all the Kids around here do. If you want to see the cuts around her, go and visit www.animedigital.de . They compare Drangonball, One Piece, Conan, Naruto and Inuyasha episodes from Japan and Germany… HORRIBLE! Just Click on a Show, choose an episode and EVERY Picture you see there got cut out or was edited…
Yeah I forgot to mention the animes in the noon on RTL 2 but I don't think they're worth watching at all
Censoring stuff that way ends up getting more attention than if it wasn't censored at all. People end up going to the Internet or something just to check out what was censored. Well, in Brazil they just cut the whole anime. Chop chop chop. Sometimes they just ruin the whole episode... it ends up making no sense at all. Lucky me I NEVER watch it on the TV. I hate dubs. I know nothing of japanese yet I'd rather watch anime the original voices and understand nothing than watch it dubbed, either in portuguese or english. Just a personal opinnion though. Lots of people I know are not that extreme on the subject...
I dont think i have ever seen and anime air here, but if they did, im quite sure there would be no such censorship.
I'm don't watch anime on tv for a long time cos in thailand some stupid big peple has rule it - -. I don't know what thay think it's so stupid . for now 99% of anime that i watch it's from internet . apologize for my language i don't good in english.
Lol, seems like something 4kids! would do ;)
Well censorship is everywhere, as for Once Piece and in other Anime they tend make the blood black, and take out the curses. In One piece the make the characters drink milk, and power juice instead of the alcohol. Also they took out his cigarette and gave him a lollipop...... Dam censorship !
Wow that censoring is ridiculous..well..the Anime here in the US usually refrain from showing the blood. Which kind of kills it for anime like Bleach. And yeah, they do censor the blood in the dubbed bleach.
I would have censored that piece of dung she's holding in her hands.
speaking of censorship,does anyone seen a banned Pokemon episode where almost 300 people in Japan got seizures?I wanna see.Got curious y'know?(no pun intended)
Wow. That's about the worst I have ever seen! It's kinda weird, really, considering some of the sexually explicit things I've seen happening right in front of me in Thailand (especially Bangkok and Pattaya). I wonder-- could that be due to the significant Islamic population inhabiting the country?
censored matirial here in the uk takes the more just dont air the show or cut a hell of a load out of it style (from what i can tell)
Cartoon Network for Latin America, censors some shows. For example they were broadcasting Sakura Taisen and one of the villains had a rather noticeable cleavage and they painted red the whole area. It looked so out of place.
LOL censorship overkill ! shes obviously wearing a blue bikini top, what i am concerned about is what is she holding ? and shouldnt that be censored instead of the bikini top ?.
Hmm that is really weird I wonder what kind of censorship laws they have in Thailand - in some Islamic communities conservatism is rather extreme - but whats the pre-dominant theocracy in Thailand? Considering the whole lady boy culture and tourist traps that focus on sexuality this is really wacky.
Luckily no, since most of the anime I watched on TV was broadcasted for Latin America. Latin American lives its animes the same as they were broadcast in Japan only with a Spanish dub. On the American side, there is the Fox stuff...
Well when anime was common on open tv they didnt censor it at all (well they didnt air some episodes of Utena and the infamous porygon chaptee of pokemon). Now the only way to see "new anime is via a cable television company or a sattelite one, good that neither cartoon network or animax censors anime.
