Forum - View topicNEWS: One Piece And Mew Mew Power Dropped From 4Kids Schedule
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JosephCain
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Sorry about this long rant... I'll mark the point where it goes off subject about the anime and into culture itself.
Eh... true, I guess. I can see your point on the music, it was pretty good, and I do see a bit of Dragon Ball in One Piece. I just feel that a lot of Luffy's crew are just dead weight compared to the greatness of his Devil Fruit powers. In fact, I believe that Zoro is the only one so far that has beat a Devil Fruit user with actual strong powers without the use of Devil Fruit powers himself. Still, to me, the series was already screwed up. You think a character was dead, BAM, an episode later they were walking around like nothing happened. Alabasta anyone? Blood flies everywhere in that anime, but the only one really effected by this has been Zoro, and even then, he's usually up and kicking like nothing happened a few episodes later, despite the arc-long ache fest he seemed to have in the Arlong Park Arc. You're right though, this is the next Dragon Ball, for a new generation of people that can and will love simple action and violence. Teens are ones that really seem to enjoy the action/violence deal.... but I know a 4 year old that loves playing Soul Calibur 2 and Super Smash Bros Melee, and has even said he wanted someone to die. 
Also, I can understand your cries against the butchering they did. They really had no reason to do those bad puns, but so far we've seen them rampant in everything that 4Kids has ever touched. It's like they have the reversal of the Midas Touch. The best thing they ever dubbed was Pokemon, IMHO, and they think by making everything dumbed down they can and adding as much rap into the show, it'll be a success, just like Pokemon. =========================================================== Thing is, they're scared to progress, and the "Soccer Moms" are going out of control. Over here in the States, everyone's sue happy, Parents expect the television to baby sit their kids for them, not watching what they're watching, then throwing a hissy fit and lawsuits in the faces of the higher ups. Thing is, they aren't shot down, the execs bend to the will, and the parents see this working, so they throw their weight around anytime they aren't happy, or something offends them. Though, I've seen this sort of mantra from Anime fans as well, whining and crying over the butchering and the censoring, yet when something offends them (jokes especially), they want them censored, or for you to censor yourself for them. You look back to the past on your favorite shows as a kid, a lot of them have really cornball dialouge and jokes. The companies as well are afraid to deter from this formula, thinking it's a winning formula for all time, yet children/teens are advancing and asking for more, especially with the information they can get over the internet. Take a look at the Edo Period in Japan, and then the Meiji Period in Japan. Meiji was the biggest influence of Western Culture, and before that, homosexuality was normal and even a more honorable pursuit than heterosexual relations, and they were much more sexually deviant. I think this can show you that the Western Civilization has always been somewhat knock-kneed about sexuality, most likely due to religious teachings and the like. If you look at the US right now, and in the past, the more we stray from the Church and into the territory of diversity, we become more deviant as well, more accepting to change, new things, different walks of life, and even different sexual relationships as well. I'm not saying this like everyone should just go Athiest, or that the Church is evil and all our problems stem from it, mind you. Faith is a good thing, it makes people strong, and even motivates them, but at times, it could be the very reason that our society seems to screech to a hault at times. |
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shuugo100
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i know my sis watch's it she taped them all and she go's on www.yahoo.com and tip's in tokyo mew mew but she don't like one piece i do :!: [url][/url]
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Yashouzoid
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I can understand why they would be afraid of soccer moms, but honestly... the extent they're taking these edits to is just...
Do you think anybody is going to be offended by that!? |
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Ataru
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Yashouzoid
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4Kids acquires DVD versions of their shows. The Japanese shot came from a fansub. The fansub came from the DVD counterpart. And given 4Kids, you know, I doubt it. |
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CanSomebodySayMedic
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Then What Does Winx Club Stand On The Raitings? DoReMi Gets Respect For Being Second Banana! 4Kids Entertainment Is Just Making These Changes For 3 Reasons 1. Fans Of Winx And Bratz Wanted More 2. Dubbing And Editing For One Piece And MewMew Power Still Contiunes 3. Due To The Number Of Hate-Posts At The One Piece Forums (At www.kingofthepirates.com ), They Might Just Canceled Luffy's English-Dubbed Adventures... Besides, ITALY 4 EVA!!!! |
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Abarenbo Shogun
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Man, and I thought we Otaku had problems....WTH are "Pirate Crews" at that forums? |
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Kyuriko
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I'm sad that One Piece is going. The dub isn't the greatest, yeah, but it's really the only access to the anime available now that 4 Kids licensed it. It would be great if they'd finish releasing the series on uncut DVDs, but that's highly unlikely, considering 4 Kids has mysteriously stopped their releases of uncut Yu-Gi-Oh! and Shaman King DVDs...
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OneHotAlchemist
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Regardless, 4kids now has 250+ epsidoes of unadulterated flop as far as they're concerned. They'll probably try something on CN, and if they don't get satisfactory results, sit on the license until it expires, or (dunno if this is possible) sell it off and try to make atleast a little money.
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professorstone
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From what I've heard, 4kids tv is taking a break from Mew Mew Power so that they have time to dub more episodes. I have heard nothing on One Piece as of 8:30 this morning, though I would imagine they will bring it back to 4kids eventually. Personally, I can't wait for Mew Mew Power to run again.
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Yashouzoid
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Get the manga. The general consensus is that it's equal to or better than the anime in quality, plus it's available legally uncut. I think 4Kids will release One Piece uncut sometime in the future, but really, we still need to fight for it. Especially with this turn of events, where hackjobs (One Piece) have proven not to always be the key to success and proper dubs on TV (Zatch Bell, Naruto) have proven to work just as well. I can understand editing for content or even just to make it seem a little more "American", but the extent 4Kids takes this to is impossibly stupid and makes the whole thing feel as far as it could from being a genuine product. I know they'll probably try to up the dub's quality on Toonami, which is a good thing, but the only way - and I mean the ONLY way - I'll forgive them for the severe missteps with this dub is if they produce an accurate and GOOD version, not one or the other (if we get a "true" dub with horseshit acting then I'm out). What disappoints me so much about 4Kids is that they can dub like the best (Pokemon Jirachi Wish Maker proves this) and dub like the worst, and unfortunately they think the latter is the way to go. It's sad that a truly amazing dub for One Piece is within their reach, but they won't do it simply because they don't want to, and it speaks volumes about how much they really care about the series they license and the business they're in (what they don't realize is that the only things keeping them afloat are their merchandising deals with Nintendo and American Kennel Club). |
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Uraj
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I believe those were licensed by Funimation...at the very least, Shaman King is (I just looked at the box...why did they stop releasing them!? Danmit...misspelling intentional.) |
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Steventheeunuch
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FUNimation only distributed them, like Viz and One Piece. If they were cancelled, it was at the sayso of 4Kids. As for why.. well, lots of theories are about. |
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