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NEWS: Funimation Addresses Dance in the Vampire Bund Edits

egoist wrote:

Charred Knight wrote: and people wonder how the anime industry crashed in America. Looking at this topic frankly I can't see how it could ever recover. Right. You see, England never did this bad for the past 60 years or more. I'm sure the USA isn't doing that nicely either, so that definitely has nothing to do with what you just said and meant, and whatever else there is.

Anime companies crash: Who cares I got fansubbing
Funimation edit's a nine year olds chest: The world's collapsing quick save yourself

Anime companies crash: Who cares I got fansubbing
Funimation edit's a nine year olds chest: The world's collapsing quick save yourself

Charred Knight wrote:

egoist wrote: Charred Knight wrote: and people wonder how the anime industry crashed in America. Looking at this topic frankly I can't see how it could ever recover. Right. You see, England never did this bad for the past 60 years or more. I'm sure the USA isn't doing that nicely either, so that definitely has nothing to do with what you just said and meant, and whatever else there is. Anime companies crash: Who cares I got fansubbing Funimation edit's a nine year olds chest: The world's collapsing quick save yourself

the indestry itself is hurting and if the companies fail the indestry may collapse and poof! no more anime for the masses pirated or otherwise

egoist wrote:

It's not that "some viewers will be offended". It's more like "some viewers will probably go to jail because of it". There's a fair difference here, that your hatred toward censorship is completely blinding you of, that it must be, indeed they certainly are.

Kinda like all the people who went to jail for owning the manga, right?

Oh wait...

Charred Knight wrote:

Anime companies crash: Who cares I got fansubbing Funimation edit's a nine year olds chest: The world's collapsing quick save yourself

Good for you if you want to rely on fansubs. Though if anime companies crash anime will obviously disappear, genius.
As I've already said, this edit actually makes the anime better. So, yeah, whatever. I'll just stick my... chocolate cake up your... mouth's hole. Eat well, live well. My best wishes.

Yes, so can people PLEASE stop saying people would go to jail or get in any kind of legal trouble if this was released uncensored?! It would NOT happen! And no one will get in trouble if they decide to import the Japanese BD release.

As Brian just said in the most recent Answerman column, there is a distinction between nude and somewhat provocative images of drawn apparent underage figures (like the works of Range Murata and the content of Vampire Bund) and explicit lolicon like what was in Handley's "gross pornography."

anime fans care more about censorship than the health of the anime industry itself.

I choose not to be paranoid. I've already gone 'round the Handley/censorship discussion enough to know not to be that worried.

I'm not all that upset about this "editing" either. I think the whole situation is rather funny, actually. All the paranoia and outrage over a few wank scenes getting edited out due to pedo-laws in the U.S. It is really over-the-top. The show isn't even good, anyway.

I see all this outrage over this "censorship", but the way I perceive it is that outrage is less about "the principal of the thing" and more a about not getting fresh wank material. Funimation should have just stayed away from this title to begin with. Perhaps something good will come out of this and Funi won't bother with craptastic titles like this one in the future.

Are you implying that Funimation is currently swimming on a golden river, and that it could afford not just lawyers to defend against the government's accusations, but also the clients who could possibly sue the company for showing something that immoral on their DVDs? You know, unlike some unknown doujinshi, Funimation aims to hit a wide audience, including possible new buyers, or people new to anime. Audience that would definitely be offended by that video, and could possibly not just accuse them of child pornography, but could also sue the company.

You see, it's not like I'm perfectly fine with how this society works. No matter what you think about it, for a big company like that, it was either come edited, or not come at all. Whine as much as you want, these are facts, that they are, that they certainly must be.
It's not about art, it's about money! Money is everything!

If fans want to see it uncut, they can always go back to the fansubs.

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Dance in the Vampire Bund” is a complex and dark drama cited by press and fans as one of the best anime series out of Japan this season.

Its one of the biggest disappointments this seasons you pillocks. Even fans of the manga hate it.

Granted I haven't actually seen the series but it would have to be VERY graphic to warrant any edits.

We have determined the series contains controversial elements which, when taken out of context, could be objectionable to some audiences.

These are scenes which are inappropriate for U.S. viewing and are not essential to the storyline.

When the quality of the 'free' version is significantly better than the one you have to pay for; there is an issue.