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Monday, March 25th, 2002

UPDATED EDITING REPORT: Rurouni Kenshin TV In addition to the previously reported dub changes surrounding a homosexual character, MediaBlasters/Bang Zoom has altered the Rurouni Kenshin English dub as of episode 67 to change the original 'Son of God' dialog to 'Child of God'. It's kind of a laughable change, since the volume name containing the first episodes to use this term is called 'Son of God'. Read the updated editing report HERE or find it in the 'Full List' link.

Sunday, March 24th, 2002

NEW EDITING REPORT: Here is Greenwood I've been meaning to do an editing report on this title for a while, but never really managed to get my hands on the tapes to check out the edits first hand (so I only have a brief description in this report, if anyone has more details, I'd appreciate it). The editing report covers the trimming of a scene containing nudity from Software Sculpture's (now part of CPM) release of Here is Greeenwood. Read the editing report HERE or find it in the 'Full List' link.

NEW EDITING REPORT: DOMINION TANK POLICE Giaourus Ericus has submitted an editing report for Dominion Tank Police that covers CPM's changes to combine four episodes into two and the changes to the ending. Read the editing report HERE or find it in the 'Full List' link.

Thursday, March 21st, 2002

Changes to Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Seems like Super Techno Arts (the US division of JoJo's creative studio A.P.P.P.) will be updating the music and possibly some sound effects on the original JoJo OVA episodes made about ten years ago as part of their new release containing these older episodes and new episodes. Also to avoid potential legal problems, they will be changing some of the rock star names. I'll post a list when it becomes know, but Abdul will reportedly be changed to Avdol (since Abdul was named after Paula Abdul apparently). Seems like a pretty silly change to me, but you can draw your own conclusions.

While the extent of these changes and their effect on the show won't be known until the episodes are released, it should be noted that it is the original creators (including the musical composer) of Jojo's making them.

Some details can be found in the Anime on DVD forums at: http://www.animeondvd.com/dcforum/DCForumID1/4972.html

Tuesday, March 18th, 2002

UPDATED EDITING REPORT: GTO In addition to the previously reported logo switch, TOKYOPOP has also altered the English AND Japanese audio tracks on the first (and presumably the rest) GTO DVD. Basically, they've added some 'zoom-in' and 'clanking' sound effects when their new animated logo appears at the end of the opening. Read the updated editing report HERE or find it in the 'Full List' link.

Excuse the rant (again):

Considering that TOKYOPOP is leaving their new manga releases unflipped and sound effects unaltered to save money, I have to wonder why they're wasting money on totally pointless changes to the OP and audio tracks like these. It adds NOTHING to the value of the disc and only serves to mar a otherwise decent disc (except for the missing eyecatches and lame front-loaded trailers, of course).

End of rant

Tuesday, March 12th, 2002

NEW EDITING REPORT: VANDREAD For some reason (possibly a licensing issue), Pioneer changed some background music and a song in the English dub of episode 6 of their release of Vandread. Read the editing report HERE or find it in the 'Full List' link.

DE:VASASY RUMOR UPDATE It looks like the information about De:Vassay being edited was FALSE. According to information posted in the Anime on DVD forums, the title was released as both a mainstream title and then after a change in laws in Japan, re-released as an adult title even though it's not explicit. So as far as anyone seems to know, Media Balster's release of De:Vasasy is unedited.

Monday, March 11th, 2002

RUMOR ABOUT DE:VASASY BEING EDITED Although it's only rumored and no one can seem to confirm or deny the rumor with 100% certainty, there has been some speculation (in the Anime on DVD forums and Animenation) that Mediablaster's upcoming De:Vasasy release might have been edited. John Sirabella of Mediablasters has confirmed that they have not edited it themselves and their release is the same as the screener they received before licensing it, but the title seems to be listed as adult/hentai on various Japanese sites.

It may be a case of the Japanese company editing it before trying trying to sell it to US companies, a mistaken listing, or even a mix up with another title.

I must stress that this is only a RUMOR, but felt that potential purchasers deserved to know about the rumored edits. I will post an update when more details are available.

Tuesday, March 5th, 2002

NEW EDITING REPORT: GTO Looks like TOKYOPOP has omitted the eyecatches on the North American release of GTO and also replaced the original GTO logo at the end of the opening with their own. Read the editing report HERE or find it in the 'Full List' link.

Excuse the rant:

Since the original GTO logo was ALREADY in English and in Roman letters, changing it is one of those things that just makes me scratch my head and say"'What the F*** were they thinking?" I guess TOKYOPOP has tons of extra money laying around that they can afford to make completely unneeded changes like this.

Companies have to stop thinking the way they did in the old VHS days. If they have to use THEIR logo, put it in the DVD menu and leave the original logo in the show itself alone.

End of rant

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