Animaniacs Reboot

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

You know, blood stuff in general seems to be toned down compared to years ago. Detective Conan comes to mind. They toned down on the blood thing a lot from those earlier years (1994 for the manga/1996 for the anime). I think it is because of the censorship and more restrictions. I couldn't picture that first case in the series playing out all that well now in a modern setting. It would be censored more. That first case dealt with a guy being decapitated on a roller coaster. It was pretty much a geyser of blood in the manga, but for the anime, it was toned down a bit, but the implication was still there. The manga is also less bloody now with certain murder cases.My friend Aki told me that. I'd forgotten this. He has a year on me. He said he didn't watch Dragon Ball or Z much (he read it, though as a kid back then) and mentioned that Z came on in the evenings. I know while I was living there, Dragon Ball Kai aired on Sunday mornings. I just made the assumption that the series in general had a morning timeslot. Reruns of Z (while living there) could air at almost any time during the weekdays.Wow, that sounds extreme even for Dragon Ball.

Yeah, it was kinda weird. I mean Roshi's antics are either, asking said woman for a pervy favor only to get clobbered, sneaking in a pat on the butt or a boob grab when a woman is distracted only to get clobbered, or just sitting around either reading porn mags or watching women workout on TV. He never flat out chased out women trying to grope them as they screamed for help. It's like Super was anxious to make a 'Roshi perv' episode or scene but forgot how Roshi's shtick works. He always much more subtle about it. I mean, don't get me wrong, both examples are bad, but there's a difference between sneaking into a girls locker room to catch an eyeful, to outright chasing women, trying to grope them and having them scream for help and junk, making you look like you want to do more than just grab a boob. Both are messed up but one is obviously way worse than the other.


Good point on Dragonball Kai (only the American version added Z, cause again, they think kids are stupid). I forgot it was also aired on Saturday mornings in Japan and they started the trend of censoring/altering the bloodier scenes of Dragonball Z.

I'm only assuming it's greed. DBZ made bank and airing in primetime and daring to show the violence and blood didn't stop it. Whatever age range it was for in Japan, it worked. I only think they decided to market more for kids and tone it down because they think they can make even more money out of it the more people they are able to market it for.