editing in anime

[archy12]

when we were younger, i'm very sure that most of the anime we saw were all heavily edited due to its content. in addition, the scripts were changed and the voices were mediocre at best (though these voice actors then are now awesome voice actors).

but violence and sexual innuendo is not on my mind; it's the sound and color editting that's on my mind.

my question involving sound is: why replace the original score with a new score? were there too many edits made that the score no longer synchronizes with the show or is it because the music is too dark? and what's with the extra sound effects (i.e. the original english dbz)?

also, what's with the ugly coloring (i.e. 4kids one piece or the original english dbz)? is it because of certain colors that aren't balanced correctly that they can't be shown for broadcasting or is it because people don't like seeing bright and beautiful colors? or is it because it has to look "modern" to grab people's attention?

i would love to hear from somebody about these because nobody i know knows about this.

[Silver Stryker]

Well first off, I was one of the lucky few who had experience little-to-no editing. I had watched alot of anime in Korea, and the only edited thing I ever noticed was the dubbing of Samurai X/Rurouni kenshin(which was far better than what I've seen here for some reason. Sano's voice was awesome.) Blood, hentai, japanese cursing galore. (lol ninja scroll)

But anywho, America mainly edits just to further appeal to the crowd if anything. Just like how many Kirby video game covers normally have Kirby all happy, but when edited in america, Kirby is often angry. I've watched a few 4kids episodes of things, but to be frank, I never payed attention to the coloration.....actually, I wouldn't notice regardless because I never saw One Piece before 4kids tampered with it. But as for the sound FX in DBZ.....well, look at the Japanese. IMO, DBZ is one of the rare anime where I think the dubbed is better than the original. More exciting music, 'nuff said. (Theme songs excluded to a certain extent) Your opinion may differ, but it was just one of those little factors that made DBZ much more thrilling. I don't think I'd be as interested in DBZ as I am now if I watched it in Jap. first.


But basically, things were change in an attempt to appeal to the younger audience.

[Raikon]

I don't mind dubs when I ACTUALLY watch anime, which is very very rare.



Scratch that. I'll stick to manga.

Original (subbed): www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZBAEk_Ugmk&feature=related&fmt=18