Quote from: red_thestrals on January 21, 2008, 09:04:30 PM
you guys think that its totally different from japan? i mean their mindset towards anime/manga or just animation in general?
Absolutely. I can partially attest that tons of Anime/Manga in Japan are definitely not for children.
Any animation that makes it the states is often heavily censored to make it more acceptable to the target audience, children. I'm not sure about other dubs, but as an example, if you look at Dragonball Z and Dragonball GT (probably was the most popular Anime in America), the more emotional and mature parts of the series were removed. Ironically, the distributors thought that the violence was totally acceptable to the American audience and decided to leave it in, or at least replace it with childlike
'cartoon' violence. The series in Japan, however, are just as enjoyed by adults.
Compare the opening themes of the series; Watch the original Japanese versions, the American versions, and the Blue Water (UK and Canada) versions.
Anyway, it's just a theory I've been talking about with a friend. It could all simply be just a matter of editing when a series is imported to America.