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The show wasn't censored in the traditional way. The show was basically reframed as an action monster-of-the-week targeting a much more male audience than the o
by xyzzy_plugh 6y ago
The show wasn't censored in the traditional way. The show was basically reframed as an action monster-of-the-week targeting a much more male audience than the original anime. They basically edited the shit out of it and turned it into a different show.
edit: for the record I would not recommend the US "dub", since it's terrible (I don't even think they did the whole series). The original, however, is wonderful.
- Izkata 6y agoAn example of the levels they went to: Renaming the series from "Card Captor Sakura" to "Cardcaptors" wasn't just superficial, they reordered and cut up episodes to try and switch it from main-character-and-rival into duo-main-characters. I did like the new opening they came up with, though it totally didn't fit the overall series aesthetic.
- DavidPiper 6y agoSeconded. They also censored out the explicit (or even mildly implicit) romantic relationships that late-1990s/early-2000s America considered inappropriate. Which, as far as I remember, was most of them - multiple non-heterosexual relationships, multiple student-teacher relationships and multiple cousin relationships.