Forum - View topicLots of proof why Doraemon is banned in the U.S.
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rojse
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If we weren't making jokes about secret societies stopping Doraemon being licenced, there really wouldn't be a reason to read this thread. |
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fire_
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Actually the quintessential anime show you can watch without getting branded an otaku is Sazae-san. Doraemon has been aired in at least 30 countries around the world. It's apparently very popular in various South-East Asian, Middle-Eastern and Latin American countries (and it's Viz who sold the license to some Latin American countries), as well as in China, South Korea, India, Italy and Spain as far as I know. And Ted Turner actually bought rights to air 50 Doraemon episodes back in 1985, but they have never been aired for unknown reasons. (My source is the Japanese wiki article on Doraemon) Maybe the contract hasn't expired yet, in which case, no one can try to get Doraemon on the air in the US. And just because you don't like it doesn't mean it couldn't become popular. You have to know it's a show for little kids, yes, adults watch it too, but the main audience is children. Just because it's not as sophisticated as anime aimed at older audience doesn't mean it sucks. |
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HyugaHinata
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I pick up the bilingual versions from Kinokuniya whenever I feel the urge to read that nostalgic series.
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MrTerrorist
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-Looks at the list and laughs- What your saying is just assumption and has no significance proof. If i believe everything you say, i would have believe in whatever rubbish Glenn Beck has said. As fan of Doraemon since i was a kid and seeing different versions of it, let me debunk and clarify your theories. 1 & 2: These theories doesn't make sense, i have read other mangas and animes which have much more perverted and crude humor than Doraemon. Compare to them, Doraemon's humor is tame. Also there is indeed an English version of the Doraemon manga released by Singapore's Chuang Yi. 3. Correction. There are english versions of the Doraemon movies during the late eighties that were release in South East Asia but they are very rare to find. I have one of those tapes myself. 4. Well duh, that's because it's illegal to upload copyright materiel. 5. That's because there is no official US Licensor for the Doraemon anime. Even if it did, it would infeasible to dub and release all of those episode as there are about......2000+ episodes with new one still airing in Japan. It's not something to invest when most kids in the US have no idea what Dorameon is compare to the other countries that do. In short, Doraemon is not available in the US not because it was banned, it's because there is no market for the franchise the US. |
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jonghyunchung
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You mean... there's no ban to lift for Doraemon? That's even worse than the ban on Japanese cultural products by South Korea (1945-1998) to last permanently!
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OtakuExile
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Doraemon has nothing that the typical American audience can attach to. Nothing.
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Andrez
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You should give it a go - if you speak Japanese or somehow get your hands on a decent subtitled version. The TV series, not the movies. The TV series is fun, sardonic, and has a lot of references to Western cinema like West Side Story. I love the show. |
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Joe anime
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EricJ
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(As the movies, like most preschool features nowadays, have started developing a crippling case of the Miyazakis...)
And more like a kids' comic-strip in its humor-- Imagine a modern-day E. Nesbit "Wish goes wrong" story in UY's Tomobiki.
In fact, there were plans floated about three or four years ago to start dubbing the recent feature movies only for export (following on the theatrical/kids'-import-festival craze), starting with "Nobita & the Green Giant"... ...And if THAT bloated, lumbering, overwritten, over-Ghiblified mess didn't bar the entire series at the border, nothing would. 
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Rukiia
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*facepalm* Have you even read any of the posts?
Again, the series is not something I would enjoy. I read about it online and it just didn't pique my interest. |
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SpaceKnight83
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NOTHING is officially "banned" in the United States except for the Film 'Titticut Follies' which I believe is no longer banned at this point.
copyright/international copyright is a different story but programs and films being "Banned" outright is unheard of in the United States. |
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