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[Cloud]

CRAWWWWWWWWWWWLING IN MY SKINNNNNNNN. THESE WOUNDS THEY WILLLLLL NOT HEAL.

/angst

Get over it.

[RyrineaHaruno]

Its not like we don't have a good thing to worry about.

[Cloud]

Its not like we don't have a good thing to worry about.

What was that?

All I heard was the sound of angst.

[RyrineaHaruno]

What was that?

All I heard was the sound of angst.

lol Cloud

[SageNaru]

Anyone have a link to the article or something like that?

[Shadow-kun]

This pretty much sums up my reaction at the news.

Edited by Shadow-kun, 11 September 2009 - 03:30 AM.

[Daniee]

I'm glad to see it on TV and somebody giving it a chance again. CN just didn't promote the series as much as they should have. I hope they regret ditching it.

Unless it airs on Saturday morning or something I would expect it to have the same level of censorship that it had on Cartoon Network (meaning, not very much). But I don't think I have this channel, so I won't be able to watch it anyway. >:(

[ciardha]

I am NOT happy about it being on American t.v. In fact, I wish Naruto wasn't even an anime at all. All the over-exaggerations, the subbing, and the FILLERS! IMO, it is just so much better in its pure form - as a manga.

Sometimes the anime actually improves Kishimoto's work- like this week's episode the JiraTsu scenes especially- wow. They built on what Kishimoto showed in the manga and made it even more romantic. Watching the anime it's obvious how much Tsunade is in love with Jiraiya and how much she wants to say it and wants to hear him admit his feelings of love for her. It's also clearer that Jiraiya is almost fully convinced that Tsunade loves him but he's afraid he's reading the situation wrong. If they did that well on this scene (and generally in Shippuden, intensely emotional scenes- ones with romantic undertones especially, have been handled in a way that improves on Kishimoto's work- giving it an even stronger impact on the viewers. 429-30, 450, 458-9 should be beautifully done if the pattern continues.)

The one other worrying thing other than the censored dialogue and action (hmm wonder if Tsunade's drunkeness in 126 will be censored by Disney...) is Disney will likely go after fansubbers much more harshly than CN, etc... have.

[Derock]

Anyone have a link to the article or something like that?

Source here.

Actually, both facts are wrong. (Not towards the link but this "little" situation we're currently having here, since I'm already sense negativity). As I explained before, over here, the series is and still VERY popular. Understand that we're in a country that people, especially with parents/conservatives, WILL complain if the show isn't in appropriate standards for the target audience. Do not blame Viz Media, blame US censorship.

And how do you say worse?

We haven't seen the edits yet, in fact, it hasn't been aired yet. Sure the fillers were aired back on Cartoon Network, but the big issue was the channel, after stopping Toonami, they suddenly stop promoting it even though they had aired the 3 Movies. Thus since Naruto is a "cash cow" series, meaning good show that can give great ratings and promotions, Cartoon Network lost it to the competition.

And here's another issue, if you don't like the edited verions, just buy the DVDs/download via Itunes since they are in English uncut. Seriously, if you don't like the anime, save your tongue and continue reading the manga and move on.

[Freakazoid]

I'm willing to give it a fair shot. Is there a scheduled date for it to start up?

[Evil Potato]

I think some of you may be thinking that they are introducing a new character cast from Disney. I believe that Viz dubs, and Disney allows it to air on their channel, nothing more(at least I hope). Anyways this is a terrible idea, I mean, little kids that are used to watching their sweet innocent sheltered Disney shows are now getting smacked in the face with DEATH, MURDER, SMOKING, BLOOD, GORE, SEXUAL REFERENCES. Yeah good job Disney, you guys really did your research on this one. Sorry guys, I know a lot of you were looking foward to Shippuden on TV, but this is nightmare, the one unpredictable outcome that actually came true. This should have been for the REAL fans of Naruto, not the people who don't care about anime and would rather watch Disney because their parents don't want them exposed to anime (some of you may watch both, thats cool and all). Well guys the way I see it Shippuden will either be peeled to the core with no violence(impossible) no blood(impossible) and no weapons(stupid impossible), or maybe we can sit back and watch fireworks fly as Disney get racked for introducing children to a series meant for adults and mature teens.

[RyrineaHaruno]

Disney will likely go after fansubbers much more harshly than CN, etc... have.

>.<I forgot about that Disney has harsher policies that most Dubbers do. I am an subed only watcher myself so, this is bad news for me. Since, I might have to wait until the Dvds are out.

[True]

How many people have access to DisneyXD? Compared to Cartoon Network which most people who have cable can watch, DisneyXD can't compare when appealing to a bigger audience. The censoring thing is because America is a lot stricter to what can be viewed on television than compared to Japan. You can blame the FCC instead of Viz on this one.

But also the censoring thing really doesn't bother me. When I grew up watching anime my favorite shows were Dragon Ball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho, Gundam Wing, Mobile Fighter G Gudam, Tenchi Muyo, Rurouni Kenshin, Big O, Outlaw Star, etc; I absolutely enjoyed them even though they were censored like hell compared to the Japanese versions. When you're 10-14 do you really care about the content level? The only reason I see for complaining is because most people who watch Naruto here are older than the targeted demographic (Shounen is aimed for teenage boys after all).

Main stream anime in America died after Toonami went from airing on weekdays to Saturday nights and eventually forgoing it all on Cartoon Network. You don't have the lineup that you used to that kids could watch when they came back from school and now it's even moved to Scifi channel. Don't know why you'd want to bring Shippuden when it's complete kitten (in my opinion!) with terrible pacing, horrendous fillers, and crappy animation. Why must the kids suffer with that when they can watch better anime like FMA: Brotherhood, Dragon Ball Kai, One Piece, and Spice & Wolf? Damn it Viz/Funi present the good popular shows!

[Cloud]

Don't know why you'd want to bring Shippuden when it's complete kitten (in my opinion!) with terrible pacing, horrendous fillers, and crappy animation. Why must the kids suffer with that when they can watch better anime like FMA: Brotherhood, Dragon Ball Kai, One Piece, and Spice & Wolf? Damn it Viz/Funi present the good popular shows!

Word.

I miss Toonami simply because I used to be able to set my PVR to weekends and record episodes of Rurouni Kenshin. I mean the dubbing could be better, but it was awesome to see a cartoon channel dedicated timeslots to anime.

[Derock]

Actually, SyFy (they change the words, still the same channel) don't have anime anymore... not that I recall any of them airing recently.

And if I recall, XD is part of the regular Cable package for cable and satellite providers. I believe majority of people who have families and have either of those type of digital viewing so they will have it.

[RyrineaHaruno]

Word.

I miss Toonami simply because I used to be able to set my PVR to weekends and record episodes of Rurouni Kenshin. I mean the dubbing could be better, but it was awesome to see a cartoon channel dedicated timeslots to anime.

I miss it too, I agree that the dubbing could have been better, but at least it did dedicate time-slots to anime.

Fan fact: I didn't know, what Japanese anime was until, I was 20 years old heeee. I thought all the cartons on CN were American made ><.

Edited by RyrineaHaruno, 11 September 2009 - 08:59 PM.

[jim1982]

Actually, SyFy (they change the words, still the same channel) don't have anime anymore... not that I recall any of them airing recently.

And if I recall, XD is part of the regular Cable package for cable and satellite providers. I believe majority of people who have families and have either of those type of digital viewing so they will have it.

Hmm SyFy played the rest of Gundam 00 just a little bit ago I thought.

Well Disney XD is on the digital cable for Time Warner, so you have to subscribe extra for it. I think many people are forgetting though that Disney XD (used to be toon disney) plays X-men Evolution, Static shock, plus cartoons and shows for a more general audience. Depending on the time slot, It may only be censored as much as normal american cartoons.

I believe People should give it a chance. I mean come on, this is an opportunity to have anime become more accepted in america and hopefully allow more shows be dubbed and imported. If everyone dismisses it just cause it's on Disney, Viz and Funimation might go the same way that ADV did. which would mean, no more anime for us otaku that happen to enjoy watching anime in our native language.

(Guilty of Watching Bleach in English Only)

[lolaMarie]

As long as Disney doesn't go on some maniacal frenzy with the edits, I think I will be able to stomach it.


.....Who the hell am i kidding, I know im going to just end up buying the box set. Something about it doesn't feel rite. ..

[Yakatsu]

Mannn, I didn't know there was a thread about this. Sorry about it that people. Now!

Let's read your opinions-



What is this. I don't even....I'm going back to TF2. This thread doesn't need trolling. You guys are trolling it as we speak.