When good Anime gets edited!

[sesshoumaru]

I was thinking about all the things I've heard lately about Anime being changed for western audiences, mostly because of violence and stuff.

For Example -

In Yu-Gi-Oh, apparently if Yugi lost a battle he'd get sent to the 'shadow realm' but in the Japanese one he just gets killed.

Another in on Shaman King where (if you watch it) Faust has kidnapped Morty, apparently in the Japanese version he pulled Morty's heart out, but that was also too violent for us.

The last example is that in One Piece they got rid of all the blood and they call any alcoholic beverage 'juice'.

Now I'm not saying I don't like Anime because of this. In fact, I really like it. It's just annoying that our laws are so much stricter than in Japan. Some of these would make for some interesting viewing!

Outlaw Star had death, nudity, swearing and violence, but it had to be on after 9 because of this, and the people decided editing most things was better than having them on late... Oh well, Outlaw Star is kickass anyway.

Anyway, I want to you to tell me about other things that were taken away, added or changed for our sensitive minds. This should be interesting.

i feel the same exact way. i have experieced this when they took yu yu hakusho off adult swim, and put it on toonami for the younger audiences. one scene in the show, yusuke is suppose to beat his opponent from the light of a cigarette, but they edited it and he beats him by turning at the right moment and punching the guy in the face.