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Japanese
name(s):
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Bastard |
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English
name(s):
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Bastard |
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Overall
description of edits/changes:
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Various names with Heavy Metal references (HELLOWEEN, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX, for example) were changed by Pioneer. Also, the dialog was toned down to remove excessive profanity and cursing (despite the 16+ rating). DETAILED REPORT |
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Reviewed
by:
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Jim Lazar (Webmaster/animeprime.com) with information from Daniel Zelter |
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Date
reviewed/updated:
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Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:26 PM |
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North
American company releasing title:
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Pioneer |
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Japanese
version that North American version is based on:
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Original Japanese OVA release |
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Description
of what effects the edits/changes had on the original story/plot (opinion)
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The jokes surrounding the Heavy Metal jokes were lost when the names were changed (I always thought works of parody were legal, so I don't know why they couldn't have left them as is). The softening of the profanity and cursing also changed the intensity of the interaction of the characters and was not necessary on a 16+ rate title. |
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Detailed
description of English dub and sub changes
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Profanity and cursing in the dialog was toned down in both the dub and sub versions. |
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Detailed
description of name and title changes
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| Many names that were based on Heavy Metal band names were changed in the North American release. |
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