Hiraru Sagara
UkyoKuonji2004
The problem's not Japan, it's North America and them being too picky and particular about what they put on TV. Ranma 1/2 for example is for kids 13 and older in Japan. It's 18+ here. Like people younger than 18 never seen boobies before. And there's never been sex or anything like that in the show either.
Pokemon and Sailor Moon seemed to always have SOMETHING wrong with it too. The names are too Japanese. The culture is not American. The jokes make no sense over here, so replace it with something bland and stupid here. The Japanese food being edited out completely.
One episode of Pokemon was taken out from North America because a character caught a cold(and hence has similar symptoms to SARS), another was removed because of the use of firearms(even though I think it was fake), another one was taken out because James was wearing a bathing suit(And looked really smexy in it btw >_<), another one...the list keeps going. I know at least three or four more episodes that were removed/edited for stupid reasons like that.
Pokemon and Sailor Moon seemed to always have SOMETHING wrong with it too. The names are too Japanese. The culture is not American. The jokes make no sense over here, so replace it with something bland and stupid here. The Japanese food being edited out completely.
One episode of Pokemon was taken out from North America because a character caught a cold(and hence has similar symptoms to SARS), another was removed because of the use of firearms(even though I think it was fake), another one was taken out because James was wearing a bathing suit(And looked really smexy in it btw >_<), another one...the list keeps going. I know at least three or four more episodes that were removed/edited for stupid reasons like that.
You also have to remember America was founded by heavily religious people... puritans. We are still heavily set in their mind set.... And they were the kind of people that if a woman wore her hair down, she was a witch... Most North Americans have a similar mind set... Naked women, guns, and STDs are more than 'we' want our children seeing in a cartoon... Though how that explains Family Guy I don't know... Maybe it's because it comes on later at night... I did however meet an eight year old who watched Family Guy with her Dad and step-mom...
Way I figure it, if the kid doesn't know what 'That' is, it doesn't matter.
They could always just put in... waves/steam/fake swimsuits, like they did with some of the Gundums, and Tenchi Meuyo.
you mean the founders who were exiled from Britain wink funny though ranma 1/2 is only a age rating of 12 and elfen lied is only a 15 over here in Britain razz
