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Originally Posted by Davetello
Ha, that looks pretty controversial. I've kept that show open in a window to learn more about it - thanks for alerting me to it. I do respect that Fox were trying to push the envelope though.
I have been meaning to watch more anime, actually. I've only seen Death Note and 90% of Monster, I'd like to start watching Code Geass, FMA:B, Darker than Black etc.
Yeah, Hun and Garbageman being conjoined twins was probably the most sensitive thing about the entire show. No surprise the ep wasn't aired. I'm not sure children would be able to handle an issue such as that. "Insane in the Membrane" was probably the darkest episode of the show. My little cousin still tells me it scares him, lol.
Like many on here, I read the Mirage comics AFTER I watched the 4kids show. So when Leo 'decapitated' Shredder, you can imagine that I was shocked. It all made sense after Shredder was revealed to be an utrom, but it was something which you'd imagine many kids may have struggled to understand (and struggled with even more when Shredder picked his severed head up).
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Heh, you're welcome! I love me some Digimon and Digimon Tamers [my favourite continuity] is slightly overlooked because it was darker than what came before it. If I'm allowed, I can [and have in the past] go on for HOURS about how Tamers and 2k3 are really similar, even down to fan reaction -- the two shows were produced at around the same time [2001-2002, and 2003, respectively], both of them were regarded as "they changed it now it sucks" at first but were later given a "it's the darker and edgier version and respect-worthy" label after they ended, both feature wham episodes that crank up the "emotionally traumatizing events happening to fictional characters" meter, and they even take similar approaches to character writing, especially in relation to series instalments prior. But I should probably shut my trap now and just end this with a mention that Tamers along with Digimon Adventure and its sequel Digimon Adventure 02 are on Netflix right now. I've been rewatching them :V
To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure if the conjoined twins thing was really that "out there" for me. I suppose in the 2000's my answer might have been different, but as it stands now, I feel Insane in the Membrane and Same as it Never Was were much less kid-friendly than that concept. I dunno, I just always had the feeling the idea was deemed so controversial just because it was Hun and Garbageman, the latter of which wasn't too popular a villain.
But yeah, I didn't start reading Mirage until after I watched most of 2k3 myself. I've seen some violence in cartoons and I've seen some real instances of getting **** past the radar, but nothing beats decapitating the Shredder. When I showed my mother that part of that episode, she even told me "if I had seen this on Saturday morning when you were 12, I probably wouldn't have let you keep watching this".
[I have the feeling she was exaggerating though since I was watching Inuyasha at the same time as this, and
she used to sit down and watch that one with me so she KNEW how bad it was].