Mail Order Maiden Editing Report

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Japanese name(s):	Dutch Wife 28
English name(s):	Mail Order Maiden 28
Overall description of edits/changes:	At least one scene depicting a closeup of female genitalia was removed from the main story's video, but appears in the end credits. DETAILED REPORT Note: This page contains images with nudity.

Reviewed by:	Jim Lazar (Webmaster/animeprime.com)
Date reviewed/updated:	Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:41 PM
North American company releasing title:	Right Stuf under their Critical Mass label.
Japanese version that North American version is based on:	As released on Japanese home video.

Description of what effects the edits/changes had on the original story/plot (opinion)

Doesn't change the story, but isn't desirable either. Even if there is no unmosaiced version of the video available, it's better to use the uncut video with mosaics than to make alterations to the video. Removing mosaics required by Japanese law is okay, but cutting a shot or shots to remove mosaiced video is unacceptable to many adult anime buyers.

Detailed description of video edits

The end credits show a scene that is not present in the main story's video. Since it's the only piece in the end credits with mosaic censoring in it, it sort of jumped out as being something that wasn't in the main story. Reviewing the video showed that that scene wasn't included, with mosaic or without.

At this time it's uncertain who removed it or why it was removed, but Shawne Kleckner (President of Right Stuf) has indicated to me that he doesn't beleive they removed it, so the Japanese might have done it at some point.

(This picture was cropped to remove empty black space around the credits and inserted video image. The rest of the image is as it appeared on Right Stuf's Mail Order Maiden 28 DVD)

The screen shot on this page is copyright Yuujin / Scholar / Cente Studio

This page last modified Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:41 PM PST