Forum - View topicUncut Pokemon
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Animefreak08
 Posts: 882 Location: Michigan ftw. |
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Were there any DVD releases of Pokemon un-edited? Because I read in anime insider spoiler[that 4Kids editited alot out(i.e. the part where professer oak sticks a gun to Ash's(satoshi)head.] And did they include the original japanese version? Just curious.
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Tenchi
 Posts: 4664 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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Because there's not enough of an audience for uncut, subtitled Pokémon for it to be profitable. Simple as that.
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Animefreak08
Posts: 882 Location: Michigan ftw. |
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Hmm....that poses a whatchmacallit
 . Back in 1999-'01 pokemon was huge. I dont know if they released any DVDs back then but when it was popular...but then again it was the age group of 6-10 year olds...
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Emerje
 Posts: 7550 Location: Maine |
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Exactly, it was huge a few years back... with kids. Kids who don't really care if it's edited or not and wouldn't be able to read the subtitles anyway (or atleast read them fast enough to be worth doing).
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HeeroYuy135
Posts: 150 Location: Sacramento, CA, USA |
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Well do they have plans to release these uncut episodes?
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Nagisa
Moderator
 Posts: 6128 Location: Atlanta-ish, Jawjuh |
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No. There's no market for them. A small handful of teen/adult Pokemon purists aren't worth the (tens of? hundreds of?) thousands of collars it would take to manufacture & distribute an alternate subbed & unedited version of the series. |
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littlegreenwolf
 Posts: 4796 Location: Seattle, WA |
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I'd really like to see some of the show uncut, but I don't really mind it dubbed. I enjoy the dub a lot, and doubt I'd like the original any better. I wish though that they would have the original Japanese version on at least the movies. I'll just search for raws to download if I ever get intrested enough.
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God_of_Evil
 Posts: 176 Location: A place with limited Anime |
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I don't know why they don't publish them. I think if it was edited as much as you say, then the originals would be more attrcting to an older audience. |
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Sword of Whedon
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Pokemon, like Yu-Gi-Oh is a show designed for the 6-10(YGO may skew as high as 14) set. It's not a show for adults no matter how you want to spin it. Japanese shows are a good 2-3min longer than American ones, so by that very nature they have to cut, or use time-compression techniques. While we're at it, CCS and Sailor Moon aren't adult shows either. |
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Fandrez
 Posts: 178 Location: Uh... can I get back to you on that? |
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I actually like Yu-Gi-Oh, but I just wish they would leave the normal stuff in. It really sucks how they cut out all the good stuff, like episode, a guy holds a gun to to another guys head, but in the edited version, he is just point his finger.
Well, I think that Yu-Gi-Oh is more then just a kid show.[/spoiler] |
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one3rd
 Posts: 1820 Location: アメリカ |
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Your subjective opinion doesn't matter in the face of the objective truth. It's a kid's show. The cuts come from adapting it from a Japanese kid's show to an American kid's show.
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Haiseikoh 1973
 Posts: 1590 Location: Waiting for the Japanese 1000 Gunieas. |
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Yeah, but their are drastic differences between Japanese and American Edits. You can't use the arguement "it's a kid show, so the edits stay" as a blanket on the show as a whole.
What is considered kosher for one, is taboo in the other. spoiler[Seeing James putting a gun to a Game Warden's head or Dressing in Drag ]in the Japanese Version, vs. calling Riceballs "doughnuts" or changing Japanese customs to suit American mindsets. |
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Tenchi
Posts: 4664 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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You can, however, use the argument, "4Kids has the rights and I don't and there's not enough of a market to justify putting out a purist-grade version of Pokémon, so the edits stay." Even for the handful of people who do want uncut Pokémon, it's not like they realistically can do anything about it besides buying the Region 2s... it's difficult to even find fansubs of Pokémon, at least for the TV episodes. |
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Sword of Whedon
Posts: 683 |
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On top of that, Nintendo doesn't want Pokemon available in anything but the 4Kids version in the US. They "don't want to confuse kids" or so a Nintendo rep told me.
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