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NEWS: Right Stuf Confirms Interspecies Reviewers Release Will be 'Completely Uncensored'

Hiroki not Takuya wrote:

Good to see there are some anime related companies with guts...Funi isn't one of them so a dub from them: doubtful...

Ah yes, a company which doesn't have a porn label dropping a title that takes an unexpected turn into full-on porn totally doesn't have "guts." Right Stuf only picked this title up because they knew they could throw it on their Critical Mass label and be fine.

getchman wrote:

was anyone actually worried that a porn label would not be selling porn uncensored?

It's sad to say, but these days it wouldn't be surprising if the American release was found to have been altered in some way given what some companies are doing these days.

Please give an example of an anime that has had sexual content removed from it for US release in the last ten years, or stop scaremongering.

all-tsun-and-no-dere wrote:

Please give an example of an anime that has had sexual content removed from it for US release in the last ten years, or stop scaremongering.

Off the top of my head, Funimation's Tsugumomo release and 4K Media's various Yu-Gi-Oh! releases are censored for sexual content. Then you got the whole Seven Seas debacle and a number of other censorship when it comes to LNs, manga, and video games. IMO it's a valid concern to have these days.

I dunno if it's the "culture war" stuff you mention, but there does seem to be a lot of animosity between industry folk and anime fans these days where folks will sarcastically brag about censoring series which just fuel to the fire. Seems kinda like a no-brainer to not brag about censoring stuff if you dont want people to say you're censoring stuff.

DavetheUsher wrote:

Off the top of my head, Funimation's Tsugumomo release and 4K Media's various Yu-Gi-Oh! releases are censored for sexual content. Then you got the whole Seven Seas debacle and a number of other censorship when it comes to LNs, manga, and video games. IMO it's a valid concern to have these days.

Funi released the version of Tsugumomo that they got from the Japanese side. That was not their choice.

4Kids hasn't been active for close to a decade, if not more.

I'm curious about something, when something is edited for release in Japan whether it be removing scenes, pixelating genitals or adding strategically placed objects or steamy blobs, who legally owns the unedited material? If the digital master copy changes hands to another party (for releasing it uncensored in another country) doesn't that also essentially count as a transaction of pornographic material that isn't censored to meet Japanese anti-pornography laws?

They're not "bragging," they're reacting to getting peppered with baseless accusations and harassment with sarcasm out of frustration. The animosity fully originated with fans who don't speak Japanese thinking they understand the original material better than the people who either speak it natively or spent years working to learn it. I've seen the situation play out enough times to know what's up.

all-tsun-no-dere wrote:

They're not "bragging," they're reacting to getting peppered with baseless accusations and harassment with sarcasm out of frustration. The animosity fully originated with fans who don't speak Japanese thinking they understand the original material better than the people who either speak it natively or spent years working to learn it. I've seen the situation play out enough times to know what's up.

How it it baseless when you can fact check translations by looking at the original text? That's how the Seven Seas alterations were discovered.

Plenty of people speak Japanese out there, not that someone needs an N1 to know "yatsura" probably shouldn't be translated to "incels"

As far as broadcast version go, I thought that was pretty common for American releases? Not necessarily always cut content, but even just cases like animation touch ups not being included on the western DVD/BD release half the time because they get the broadcast version licensed.

AmpersandsUnited wrote:

As far as broadcast version go, I thought that was pretty common for American releases? Not necessarily always cut content, but even just cases like animation touch ups not being included on the western DVD/BD release half the time because they get the broadcast version licensed.

I don't believe it's that common at all. When American distributors release a title on home video, it is almost always the home video version from Japan. Some companies like FUNimation and Sentai (via Hidive) update their streams too when the home video version comes out complete with the touch ups that are usually done. The rare exceptions stand out because they get noticed.

If I remember right, there was that Zombie anime, where the guy turned his dead girlfriend into a Zombie, after her creepy father caused her death. Then he was trying to stop her from rotting away. Can't remember the end, I really need to see it now. Believe this was released as the Broadcast version, and then after fans complained, eventually they released the home video version. I think I still have the old version on my shelf. You did say almost though, so you are covered, but I think there may still be another few examples out there that I can't remember over the years.