Censorship on TV is Weird - Diamondbolt

[@michaelnally2841]

One hilarious censorship story I heard is according to Alex Hirsh(the creator of gravity falls) in the Pool episode there’s a scene where Stan was trying to shin sunlight into Gideon’s eyes to get him out of a pool chair(Naturally this backfires on him). The original line was “Yes blind the child” but the S.A.P. weren’t ok with that and in the episode it was changed to “Yes burn the child” which Alex Hirsh himself thinks that’s arguably worse than the original line and I kinda agree.

[@C0ndensedMilk27]

its an iconic line tho

[@michaelnally2841]

@@C0ndensedMilk27 oh I’m aware. Which makes how they line came to be even more funny. That it was a censorship that’s arguably worse then what they were censoring

[@gracekim1998]

That’s hilarious 😂 hilariously ironic

[@tacopizzasandwich621]

Much funnier when you know the context

[@skootergirl22]

Strange since 80/90s Disney literally had a gargoyle shot a human by accident man those were different times

[@vustvaleo8068]

the censorship on Snakes on a Plane makes it look like a horror comedy.

[@mungdaal9643]

It is a horror comedy, and that's what makes it work.

[@gracekim1998]

I admit that was hilarious 😂

[@rooksclown316]

In a scene where a flight attendant throws a snake in the microwave, there is a button on the microwave that says "snake"

[@someguyontheinternet2170]

Yes

[@camronh14]

indeed.

[@Ikcatcher]

My favourite “censorship” is that one SpongeBob episode where him and Patrick learnt how to swear

[@ryanwebb309]

Fun fact: the voice actors were cursing behind the scenes. So, while you were hearing dolphin noises in the episode, behind the scenes, they were saying, "f***!"

[@SiRenfield]

Also the TV broadcast version of Metalocalypse that similar to that episode has guitar pinch harmonics for their censor bleep. Hell there are some parts that are better censored than without, like one joke in the Christmas special (for further context Seasons 3 and 4 aren’t censored in DVD or HBO Max) where a character says a string of curse words to make fun of another’s constant swearing that’s ruined a little bit by the fact that when you hear it uncensored is not much ,but when you have the censor riffs is a nice succession of notes Actually it kind of demonstrates the point on how weird the double standards are because it’s pretty well known for being one of the most violent shows [adult swim] has made. Like it kind of borders on Doom 2016 and Hellsing Ultimate levels of violence that’s over the top but with realistic gore, but the F word was too much go figure

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

It's not really censorship, but there is unreleased dialogue without censorship

[@shellywilson5534]

spongebob: start swearing the guy: did he just the next guy: ai mate he did

[@M22Fan]

"Crabs is a, craabs is a *dolphin noise"

[@dimsimoffical]

I remember watching Pokémon and being so confused about why the donuts looked so weird. It was like 5 years later that I actually found out what a rice ball was.

[@erubin100]

it's like the fcc doesn't want you to know other countries exist...

[@sijam2m59]

Ok

[@rikittu]

Me too. I don't remember when I learned what onigiri was but I definitely remember me being confused by them being referred to as "donuts" as I had never had donuts at that point in my life.

[@raihanvarghese8553]

There was a SpongeBob episode that was censored SO much that it took 4 MINUTES

[@abeldnite]

I just found out. Only 20+ years later (I'm 30).

[@infiniteds9353]

The fact that KZbin has even worse censorship than TV is truly the best joke in the video

[@Kaika433]

a very sad joke

[@Nightsmith_After_Dark]

Up until basically this year that were pretty good but now its fucked what will happen is in about 2 more years restrictions will start to be released again like they were with Anime and TV violence

[@drdespair3651]

It's quite fucking stupid

[@mallermart]

it wasn't supposed to be that way but now it is

[@drdespair3651]

@@mallermart Thank the staff and the ceo's stupid decisions. And the culprits who were responsible for making them do these decisions..

[@MilouLois]

My favorite censorship has to be the Taiwanese translation of the Owl House, when they censored Luz and Amity asking each other "do you wanna go out with me?" to "do you wanna dress up and travel together?" And that honestly sounds even gayer and i love it.

[@gracekim1998]

Wow 😂 it sounds like a play date

[@horhaythebigmacguy3836]

Lmao what

[@Goofy-goober72]

That is the goofiest thing I have ever read

[@candy_ribbons]

Sounds more like a different translation than censorship

[@houraisheperd9721]

That sounds like a gay marriage proposal. I love it.

[@PhantomDusclops92]

9:20 that one makes sense in context. Basically the episode had a character turning into a vampire and the scene was how he was brought back to normal. In the original version Doraemon wounds his nose and buts band-aids on it accidentaly drawing a cross on that repels the vampire, in the dub he eats garlic pizza and repels the vampire with his breath

[@coolboynum1]

Sam l. Jackson: "Enough is Enough, I had it with these monkey fighting snakes on this monday to friday plane" And I also liked how Negan is bonking Glenn with Lucille.

[@jordandrinkwater1345]

"Monkey-Fighting snakes."

[@coolboynum1]

@@jordandrinkwater1345 thanks

[@PetrolHeadMotorsport]

4:13 Honestly the thought of emulsified popcorn rolled into balls also sounds horrible to me. However, nothing beats a jelly filled donut.

[@quaxolotl6509]

The only thing that beats a jellyfilled donut is using your frying pan as a drying pan

[@foodafen7406]

@Quaxolotl How can I use a drying pan, if I'm always using it as a crying pan

[@lylelylecrocodile2538]

So true, so true

[@herowither12354]

Popcorn balls are a thing, tho. It's like a popcorn rice crispy treat.

[@PetrolHeadMotorsport]

@@herowither12354 I'm talking about popcorn that's been blended and mixed with water to make a pliable dough

[@sunsetvibe1063]

10:45 “It takes effort to put in less effort”

[@PhoebeTheFairy56]

4kids also did weird name changes to Winx Club characters and locations. Unfortunately, this caused some American fans to get upset at the Nickelodeon English dub for "changing names" when they're actually using the same names as the original Italian version

[@gracekim1998]

Like Layla becoming Aisha

[@PhoebeTheFairy56]

@@gracekim1998 Actually, it's the opposite, Aisha is her original name

[@rainbowsubs2]

her name is Layla though everywhere outside of Italy @@PhoebeTheFairy56

[@Priception]

I find it really strange how an American company like 4 Kids would censor guns... like its America's defining thing.

[@nickrustyson8124]

Yeah but remember chances are it's a rule written in blood

[@surpriseman]

WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER *intense gun shooting* WPJSVABSB2JS

[@SaiyanGamer95]

Actually, guns in cartoons were a highly controversial thing, ranging as far back as the 80s, I think. Namely with shows like GI Joe and Transformers. They don't use guns, but instead use lasers. Or just don't use them at all.

[@nickrustyson8124]

@@SaiyanGamer95 I think it came from those LJN water guns that looked just like real guns, and some kid actually got killed because of it

[@succubastard1019]

Well, I think you may have just solved your own dilemma: in America guns tend to be way more accessible than in other countries, to the point where families can just casually own them, but this has the risk of kids getting them and confusing them for toys, or straight up playing around with them, if parents aren't careful. Kids also tend to play by imitating characters in the media they consume, thus if kids watch a cartoon where people use actual guns, some adults become afraid that their kids might go "that guy with a gun is cool" and try to use actual guns to imitate them.

[@Davedave590]

Tv sensorship is like childbirth. Sometimes it comes out reasonable and good and, well the other time it doesn't.

[@cinemaclips6074]

And sometimes it’s as terrible as dropping a baby on his head, kind of like how my parents dropped me when I was little 🥲

[@kaibadlover]

Or sometimes they weren't necessary but still good, just not that type of good

[@sirmoony5633]

KZbin's "Advertiser-friendly" guidelines are way worse than that! LMAO

[@cediviannareeda4305]

the funniest thing about this comment is that it's edited

[@ReiDaTecnologia]

The censored version would be like: "TV Re-editing is like pooping. Sometimes it comes out semi-solid and cool and, well the other time it doesn't."

[@emerald0010]

I remember a uk channel censoring the "that's a cute outfit, did your husband give it to you?" joke in Spider-Man (2002)

[@somemadnessfan4763]

they unBullied the Maguire

[@cookieface80]

I can't believe they removed LGBTQIAA+ representation.

[@iron_pirate76]

since lazarbeam stopped uploading, Diamondbolt is now my number 1 favourite aussie youtube

[@ADianBOI]

Same

[@connorbeveridgefilm]

It’s DiamondBolt or MrSundayMovies for me

[@tristanrose5618]

ive been a fan of Diamond for years and it hit me recently that he's Australian..... and I'm Australian myself lol

[@iron_pirate76]

@@tristanrose5618 same , im also australian

[@legomanbekfast7061]

Shoulda been already

[@braindeadporter]

I was recently reading the Naruto manga when I realized that for some parts they would just erase cigarettes, so a character would clearly be smoking, but instead they were just awkwardly holding a lighter close to their mouth. They also called alcohol "potions" in certain points. So this shit goes deeper than just TV.

[@stevenrichardson1838]

The guitar from Sweet Home Alabama absolutely killed me. Even Australians understand American Alabama humor

[@stevenrichardson1838]

@chinsaw2727 I dunno

[@YouTubeaccoubr]

Do you not realise that that is a worldwide meme now?

[@incognitoman3656]

@OURO8ORUO new south wales

[@chad4628]

SWEET HOME ALABAMA

[@wellitsmelbell]

Tasmania

[@DrAwe-fi6we]

We all make fun of TV censorship... But I'll still take it over KZbin censorship in a heartbeat.

[@horaciosi]

"We're removing the dislike button to protect small creators!" Sure 🙄🙄

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

You can't talk about gory content even tho KZbin is fine with farm content doing the same thing

[@sil-o-tron7950]

@@horaciosii am a small creator and honestly i don't care

[@lannydragonlover]

This video was a true treat. Absolutely loved the different examples of censorship shown - had to take a break at the German censorship that had Momochi floating in midair like some kind of 'T pose for dominance' meme

[@caitybarter9988]

Bluey censorships are wild. A whole episode was banned because it was centred around a fart joke. The Episode is called "Family Meeting" btw.

[@Schnort]

Meanwhile Illumination's whole movie cataloge is just animated poop jokes.

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

@@Schnort And The Minions.

[@BonW]

@@RosesTeaAndASD The Minions *is* Illumination, in case you weren't aware

[@spy.mp4773]

9:31 You know what’s the weirdest part about that scene? That is the only time in the entire show were they censor smoking

[@JodaroKujo]

Yea but I mean Jotaro is 17 in part 3 and Hol horse and Mariah are probably like 30 and 20 something We can’t have a teen smoking

[@spy.mp4773]

@@JodaroKujo Yeah but there’s other scenes were Jotaro smokes and it’s uncensored

[@JodaroKujo]

@@spy.mp4773 yea But that’s the uncensored version where the gore parts are shown

[@justjackorwhatever]

Japan: They're rice balls America: J E L L Y D O N U T S

[@dr.bright6272]

Also America: they're popcorn balls

[@santiagoherrera1853]

I remember in my country (Colombia) there was a really, really inconsistent policy regarding the word "Kill" when it came to the spanish translation. Sometimes in shows like Gravity falls, in the spanish dub, they felt the need to replace the word "kill" or any other word related to it with "eliminate" or "destroy", which made it sound so awkward, especially since there was a lot of other shows, even some shows that had a lower age rating, like Spongebob, Fairly odd parents and Avatar Last Airbender that had no problem using the word "kill" in the spanish translation

[@Schnort]

I think the same thing happened in English with Gravity Falls?

[@alchemistofsteel8099]

​​@Schnort I don't think so. Bill says he wants to turn someone into a corpse at one point

[@robertlupa8273]

@@alchemistofsteel8099 Reminds me of a Polish dub of an animated movie I watched as a kid used an idiom that literally translated to "hates corpses" (which means "it's urgent") and follows it up "and speaking of corpses, we're about to get rid of those guys once and for all".

[@TsundereAlpaca]

No one: "An anime that has Japanese writings in it" 4kids: That sign won't stop me because I can't read

[@SilverTypo5081]

This is now my favorite video to watch while eating jelly filled donuts.

[@eqWillibrium]

10:53 oh my god that looks so wrong and it’s so fucking funny 🤣

[@Sora_Likes_Memes]

8:19 Adam:"They're Lovers in Japan but cousins in the west" Me:"SWEET HOME ALABAMA"

[@IzzuZiq]

I do love the irony of the 4Kids version of TMNT being as dark as it is, at least early on because of the anime being dubbed getting censored to hell and back. On another note, just now I accidentally typed 4kids as 4mid, just in case anyone is need of material for things to say about them.

[@Acidonia150reborn]

That show got zero Edits well one episode did not air on TV everywhere because they said it was too creepybut it never had content cut from it. They only Edited Anime they rarey did any changes to Western/European Shows they dubbed.

[@AmethystLeslie]

Idk about "mid", but they are definitely the company of all time.

[@pedrosaabedra5653]

@@Acidonia150reborn Was that the episode where Baxter stockman made a new body for himself and it slowly started to rot?

[@Acidonia150reborn]

@@pedrosaabedra5653 I belive so yes they had no Issues with it outside US though.

[@Weirdman20]

​@@pedrosaabedra5653Plus there was also a cut episode from "Season 5/Lost Episodes" that had Hun and the Garbageman be conjoined twins that separated with the help of a seedy back alley surgeon then GM was discarded like "garbage" and I think GM was to be knocked into a pit of acid? And in one draft, he dies, while in another one he survives.

[@WikiHL]

I wonder what were US networks thinking when they imported (by their standards) definetly not child appropiate anime, only to censor it to oblivion, and remove any implication that foreign cultures exist

[@ExtremeWreck]

One Piece is shonen material over there in Japan: Japan has different standards on what's considered appropriate & honestly I respect Japan for that. The Netherlands is also kinda like that except Purno de Purno is also a kids' show over there & nowhere else will it be considered that.

[@Taneuma_563]

The fact that any of the entries in the Tenchi series were even aired on Cartoon Network, albeit edited blows my mind. It's the farthest away from "appropriate for children" that I can think of.

[@KremBotop]

I caught Snakes on a Plane being played in a TV channel a few months ago. And the iconic dialogue was left intact, it was glorious.

[@ujiarchive]

Doraemon's an interesting case, the censorship was requested by TV Asahi, the original broadcaster, not Disney XD. There was also a separate dub produced for the UK by the European licence holder, who made their own because they thought the US dub changed too much. The UK dub changed nothing, except for the names. All Japanese text was left in, as well as culture and an accurately translated theme song. What's funny is that all of the actors for the US dub just assumed that the dub for the UK would simply be theirs, so they were surprised when a cast of Animax voice actors showed up, all uncredited.

[@wetham8667]

The HK/UKI dub did censor out some things then just name changes, like violence, alcohol, and tobacco.

[@peucoman]

you know, this reminded me of the Gundam censorship in the USA. After the barely-censored Wing decided to give the Deathscythe an upgrade that was quite literally called "Deathscythe Hell", G Gundam's localization had to suffer. The God Gundam became the Burning Gundam (which does tie better to its predecessor, the Shining Gundam), the Devil Gundam became the Dark Gundam, and the Death Army became the Dark Army. Of note, a few minor changes also include less stereotypical names for a few of the more...Punch Out-y Gundams...but the biggest crime of this was that _they took Tequila Gundam from us_

[@Acidonia150reborn]

Then Build Fighters has another Gundam called Burning Gundam worldwide.

[@peucoman]

@@Acidonia150reborn ironically, the alleged Burning Gundam was a close-combat Gundam, maybe they were harkening to the God Gundam there?

[@Taneuma_563]

The whole "Devil Gundam" becoming "Dark Gundam" reminds me of how the localization for Puyo Puyo changed "Satan" to "Dark Prince".

[@Acidonia150reborn]

@@Taneuma_563 yup its a american thing and rest of english speaking world just gets stuck with it because they use US scripts, Yugioh is same anything devil or demon gets changed to fiend.yet cards woth angel in the name are ok but most get the halo removed or sometimes wings.

[@charscreamAA]

God yugioh GX censorship is hilarious. That hot sauce censorship actually changes the story. In the original the story the dudes dad was an alcoholic and it actually affected him but for as one reason they have the alcoholics kid play it straight but no one else does so you have this kid struggling with an alcoholic father but everyone is making jokes about how wierd it is he likes hot sauce so much

[@daviddyer3543]

So in the 'new' version, the dad is a hot sauce addict?

[@Jamie_Stain]

My favourite part was when Bolt said “it’s morphene time” and overdosed all over the place

[@Batman1775gs]

It was a very sad ending to the greatest trilogy of all time

[@Jamie_Stain]

@@Batman1775gs a sad truth

[@T1tanSalazar]

It's always gonna be a great day when bolt uploads.

[@legionbeast]

So, something bizarre was actually 4kids dub of Kinnikuman Nisei, AKA Ultimate Muscle. I actually researched the entire japanese version and despite the fact that there was nearly no blood, next to nothing was censored out beyond the words "death, dying" or "kill". They could still SHOW characters being horribly maimed since there was no blood (including a character getting his skull crushed). But the reason I bring this up is because they made the dialogue downright raunchy at times in the dub. The most notable moment is in the fight between Kid Muscle and Hydrozoa. Hydrozoa's signature attack has him using his jelly body to trap his opponents inside of him, start to drown them, then smash their head on the ring post, an attack which he did to Wally Tusket, a walrus man (this is important later). Kid Muscle snuck an octopus into his pocket which he coaxed to spray ink while he was inside of Hydrozoa, and it resulted in showing all of hydrozoa's organs, which he could freely move around. Again, no blood but full internal anatomy display is okay. However here is where the lines differ. In the Japanese version, One character asks why it's a big deal that his internal organs are invisible. Terry replies "If they were visible then his opponents could deliver a lethal/disabling strike directly to them." in the 4kids dub, however, Terry says "Well yeah they are invisible. Would YOU want a 400lbs walrus delivering a right hook to YOUR prostate?"

[@Acidonia150reborn]

4kids insisted everyone in that Show Expect Kid Musscle has the Japanese Text removed from their forehead but they really did not edit much out of it fron the japanese version. THe last 20 or so episodes only exist thanks to 4KIds too. The manga was much worse and more violent the anime toned it down alot everywhere.

[@legionbeast]

@@Acidonia150reborn Yes, a good example is when Jade/Jeager does his Red Rain of Berlin on Gazelleman. In the anime, Gazelleman just collapses. In the Manga, he's completely cut open from belly to jaw. He survives in both cases though.

[@SaiyanGamer95]

Fun Fact: When working on the dub for Ultimate Muscle, Eric Staurt and one other guy (I forget who) were trying to come up with a name for Gazelleman (copyright issues). They learned about the Dik-Dik (basically a miniature gazelle) and were going to go with that, but the other guy wanted them to add "van Dik" to the name. So we got Dik-Dik van Dik. Also, Hollywood Bowl. His whole thing about trying to kill Kid and "eat" his body (flush him down his toilet bowl) horrified me when I was a kid. The burp he gave in that fantasy "What-If" thing after eating Kid didn't help.

[@kaylemathewcomendador6964]

The only censorships I can recall at the moment are scenes involving characters peeing themselves. Usually by hastily blocking it out or replacing the pee with farts.

[@legionbeast]

@@kaylemathewcomendador6964 Actually Kid Muscle blatantly pees himself in the fight with Dial-bolic/Teltel boy (the phone wrestler), which gives him and his friends the clue that if his opponent gets wet, it will hurt him. This is intact in the dub.

[@lab_coat8278]

To this day the biggest flex Japanese kids have on amarican kids was that their sonic could swear

[@Schnort]

This, and that super rare McDonalds Robotnick happy meal toy...

[@lab_coat8278]

@@Schnort true 😭

[@kirbstagoontheaxolotl]

They also got hot(ter) Rouge on TV

[@TheRealSkullKid]

If he doesn't make a pt. 2 it will be criminal. This is awesome

[@thegreatgoldfilms6311]

Part 2 was censored

[@AidanDownes_KH]

4Kids was an interesting time in TV history to say the least.

[@dwainsimmons3447]

And it’s so much the bane of animation fans.

[@MattnessLP]

What a perfect time to release a video like this, mere days after KZbin's newest censorship crackdown and the onset of yet another adpocalypse.

[@Soundwave08]

Censorship is still extremely weird even for rating companies.

[@blametheghost]

Always a good day when Diamondbolt uploads

[@roiszy9248]

Agreed

[@zanetmh]

4:07 popcorn balls? I thought that they were jelly filled donuts. Which is it Brock?! Which is it?!?

[@compitalc]

Same. Which, Brock? WHICH?!

[@stardmg]

What makes One Piece the undeniable WORST recipient when it came to 4Kids' censorship is that they didn't just censor blood, violence, dialogue etc. but they even cut out ENTIRE STORY ARCS. Arcs that come up later in the story in big ways too, meaning that if their dub had continued they would've had huge plot holes when characters and events from those arcs were referenced.

[@SaiyanGamer95]

Actually, that's not entirely 4Kids' fault. Toei forced them to take One Piece, as they only wanted Ultimate Muscle and Magical Do-Re-Mi. Basically, Toei said "Take One Piece too, or you don't get anything". 4Kids found it too violent and didn't want it, but did want the others. When the license expired, they were more than happy to drop the anime. Toei also forced them to skip several arcs so Chopper could be introduced to Western audiences. Actually, Toei forced One Piece on 4Kids because it was so popular in Japan and wanted it out in America as soon as possible for added profits. When Toei released the episode that introduced Chopper, the episode because incredibly popular. And since 4Kids was behind by a large amount, they made 4Kids skip all those arcs. Something similar happened with Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. They were going to dub the fourth and final season, but 5Ds came out in Japan (and was very popular), so Konami and TV Tokyo forced them to stop working on GX and instead work on 5Ds. 4Kids wasn't really happy about that.

[@dwainsimmons3447]

The little garden arc was spared by 4kids because it would have turned out awful!

[@kirbstagoontheaxolotl]

@@SaiyanGamer95 Ironically 5D's got the same 'arc cut' fate as GX, I know I need to finish 5D's but it's a slog. I feel sorry for 4kids, having to drop seasons, now I know it wasn't a dickish move. I remember reading somewhere that the ending of GX in the dub implies Jaden DIED after fusing with Yubel (Thankfully I follow the subs for plot, which makes Zexal all the more traumatising) but I can't be sure that it is correct, as I can't find where I read it again Edit: Found the GX refrence, I was a tiny bit off, but the cut point still implies Jaden dies

[@SaiyanGamer95]

@@kirbstagoontheaxolotl Honestly, people tend to be a bit hard on 4kids, typically not knowing what goes on behind the scenes. Such as they're sort of at the mercy of the original distributors. The censorship they're so infamous for; for starters, the shows they air are for kids and different countries have different standards as to what can be shown to kids. Not to mention there's Standards & Practices to abide by. If parents complain, the network can get in trouble. And when they make a major change, they have to go to the original distributors and explain why they're changing or removing it before getting the go-ahead.

[@Legoguy9875]

Good that you mention Sonic X, as I grew up with the 4kids dub of that show. Think my favorite (aka most hated) change they made to that show was the relationship between Tails and Cosmo. The original version of the show makes it very obvious that they have feelings for each other, and the final episode has them outright express their love for each other. The dub, for some baffling reason, completely removes that (or at least makes it far less obvious). It's like 4kids thought kids couldn't handle the concept of two characters being in love with each other (which is especially messed up considering the context of said final episode) If not for the fact that there was an episode entirely dedicated to developing said relationship - Mission: Match-Up - I don't doubt that they would've scrubbed any mention of it entirely.

[@Schnort]

I'm rewatching the Japanese dub of Sonic X rn..I can't wait for season 3 but also I don't want to cry! I think the most egregious thing 4Kids did was remove Live and Learn... that shit is sacred.

[@lee43795]

I blame FOX for the censorship.

[@kittycatmeowmeow963]

@@Schnort Where can I watch it?

[@Schnort]

@@kittycatmeowmeow963 most of it is on youtube. Just search "Sonic X japanese dub." Some pieces are missing so you'll have to watch a bit of the English dub (also on yt) if you don't already know the plot.

[@dwainsimmons3447]

@@lee43795 digimon wasn’t butchered

[@zanetmh]

10:39 I once wondered how would Shaman King look like if they censored all weapons, I thought that they would make the weapons into ones that are just replicas but now I see that if they were to censor the weapons they should just do this.

I recall hearing that 4Kids text removal was not 4Kids's doing, but instead of an in-between company with the intent of having the other dubs put in translated text. Unfortunately, that last part did not come to fruition.

[@superlynx98]

Didn't you hear that ... from this video?

[@canzup7919]

The usage of sonic cd music always makes me smile, good vid diamondbolt!

[@ItsTheBoombox]

11:10 if I remember correctly some of the older power rangers season finales did feature some mild blood

[@Taneuma_563]

In the Indian dub of Shin-chan, they had an episode where the Nohara family goes to a burger place changed to a "donut' shop. Yokai Watch has the most wildly inconsistent editing I've ever seen. There is an episode where Nate has a sleepover with his friends and turns on a channel that shows girls in bikinis with cat ears, which was censored in the dub to have them clothed, yet in the Komasan Taxi segment with Manjimutt, a poster with a similar bikini model with cat ears wasn't edited out. One of the most baffling things of all is the episode with Robonyan "getting his screw inspected" they cut the scene in the Japanese version where Robonyan gets penetrated by the blade, and replace the line he says with "it tickles". However, in the Komasan Taxi segment that comes after it, the scene was shown completely uncut, and the dialogue that he says in the English version somehow manages to imply even heavier that he may be gay than the Japanese version, like he straight up says something like "Sometimes a young robot goes through a cycle where he desires to push past the limits of his circuits" or something like that.

[@misterleguan4272]

8:46 Look, I can see their Parachutes, they're OK xD

[@HelenaSan425]

Brock: jelly filled donuts! (Onigiri) Japan: *triggered*

[@infamousplayer8772]

God, every line of dialogue that comes out of OS Ash's mouth is an absolute gem.

[@Blacktears999]

9:53 nice boat

[@just_type_ultra]

6:48 His Joker moment

[@somemadnessfan4763]

one of my favourite examples is in one of the recent Spongebob episodes they reference the Squidward's Suicide creepypasta in the original airing but in reruns they change it to.... a baby Squidward pooping his diaper..... yes really

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Not in Latin America

[@TankTheArtist777]

The unedited version is in Canada too.

[@mitchc9167]

And this is why I love South Park. Kind of crazy that, out of over 300 episodes produced, only five have been banned outright.

[@LucyKosaki]

The shadow realm in yugioh does exist in the original, called "yami no sekai" (world of darkness). There have even been some instances, where people have been sent and trapped there, like Yugi's grandfather when he was sealed inside the card by Pegasus. But the original "shadow realm" is featured way less frequent than in the dub. 4kids basicly expanded on it and used it everywhere, where characters were dueling with their lifes on the line.

[@ZyroDemon]

Oh god you have come so far Diamondbolt and I've been a fan for ages and I want you to keep up the amazing content

[@SACworks]

12:15 - Bahaha! That is hilarious! Malaysia...what were you thinking? Even I don't know how you get there. XD

[@matthewharner1744]

Wow, some of these censorships sure are weird and unnecessary it's a good thing KZbin cares about their creators and would never do such a thing

[@jettsimmons8063]

Sure....

[@andrewedmondson5943]

Cares about their creators? That joke has been memed into oblivion

[@Ttegegg]

@@andrewedmondson5943 well there was a little rollback on words swearing. But this is the same dude to remove dislikes. So another day is another day

[@iwanttomoveon9097]

About Philippines censorship, I love how they changed the name assassination Classroom to invincible teacher. Geez, I wonder how it would affect the plot for that.

[@syabilaazri7834]

Well that just sad...

[@R.J.Productions616]

Snakes on a Plane censorship will always make me laugh. Because I actually got to see the original version & I didn't know it 🤣

[@Deletedaccount7000]

What a crossover, The Official podcast and Diamondbolt in the same video

[@karan8130]

I loved the part where the censor board went "it's censoring time" and censored all over the movies

[@erubin100]

I bet that's literally what the fcc does every day. like they actually say that.

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

@@erubin100 lol

[@tenderandmoist5011]

***** ** **** ****

[@user-vi3bm2mx2h]

And the TV shows and the music videos

[@Amins88]

Great big puddles of white... censorship

[@HordikaNate3821]

5:32 the best copy of this idea for me was in Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, the show it was based on (Kamen Rider Ryuki) had pretty violent deaths of certain characters, so when Adness entertainment was adapting it like Power Rangers 4Kids made them change it where characters got "Vented" and went to the "Advent void", as stupid as that was it did factor into to the final arc of that show with all the original Riders from VENTara being freed to kick the main villain Xaviax's ass so at least it did more than just be a substitute for death

[@zimternet]

i think my favorite piece of censorship ever will be that one steven universe song where pearl and rose fuse and its really intimate in the original but the censored version (i think in the uk? its always the uk) just keeps cutting to greg playing the guitar and close up shots of his face. dont remember if that was a hoax or not but it was hilarious nonetheless

[@squidy968]

I remember when the regular show episode about the killer taxi aired, I heard Mordecai say “holy crap” and was a little surprised

[@bluelobterz]

11:23 also meowth dressed up as hitler

[@DinoRicky]

What episode is that I play hoi4

[@kristymcgoldrick8811]

8:33 SWEET HOME ALABAMA

[@VGamingJunkieVT]

The weird thing is the Japanese culture changes are inconsistent, there's a clip in the Pokemon dub where he flat out calls it a rice ball. THAT must've been confusing. "But I thought they were donuts!"

[@galacticglamourgirl]

3:01 What's funny is that the Animaniacs reboot, a KIDS show, WAS allowed to show pubic hair on one of their characters. I'm not joking.

[@DinoRicky]

What episode lol

[@galacticglamourgirl]

@@DinoRicky The second episode, in the segment called "Warners Unbound".

[@Fantasygod930]

As a kid I actually saw some of the uncensored stuff in cartoons now I don't remember all of them but it was quite fun as a kid and at that time my brain didn't really understand what the fuck the characters were saying or showing I even saw some adult shows like Family Guy because my mom didn't understood it was for adults so I got to see some blood and gore no I did not get traumatized I turned out alright in the end and now I can relive them all over again anytime I want it on the internet as long as I have to pay for something CURSE YOU GREEDY COMPANIES!

[@Andrea07.]

Really good video! Fun fact the final season of Sailor Moon never had a proper English DiC dub, due to the Starlights’ gender when they transformed.

[@90sNath]

10:25 one place does the opposite and just removes her top for some reason.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

O.O

[@jordanread5829]

It is interesting that 4Kids were the producers of the 2003 TMNT series. Since that show really pushed the censorship limits. To the point that 4kids never aired certain episodes from season 4 and flat out did not air season 5. Instead requesting the team at Mirage studios to dial it back a lot. hence Fast Forward and Back to the Sewer and the tonal whiplash those season are. Now that you can find season 5 somewhere.

[@watchforever1724]

9:08 surprised Doraemon is mentioned here

[@optimascrime5235]

Dimond Bolt has been making some of the more interesting video essays I have seen awhile

[@crimsoneclipse0618]

Man, that Shadow Realm was such a genius way to circumvent censorship while being even worse that the characters just dying lmao

[@marsmugio]

4kids had nothing to do with the shadow realm, it was in the original Japanese version of the anime so 4kids used that as a backdoor for any character death since it already existed for them.

[@firer2d2]

I saw Toy Story 2 the other day and noticed they completely took out scenes from the movie to censor it on Disney Plus. Like during the credits, they have outtakes of the movie. One outtake they took out was stinky Pete in his box talking to two Barbie's saying he could get them into Toy Story 3. Disney plus censors a lot for some reason.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

It was removed after the MeToo controversy

[@maxxatom]

6:30 a certain KZbinr has been harassed by that joke way too often

[@boozy-cat]

Watching Australian film reviewers is great because when reference play school or show a clip of prank patrol I know EXACTLY what you’re talking about

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

4:09 4Kids went from naming rice balls to jelly donuts to popcorn balls. Close but so far... honestly shows they were very inconsistent when dubbing anime.

[@SowaraAkther1]

5:11 they did my guy Aqua Dolphin dirty in Yu Gi Oh GX (Damn you 4Kids)

[@SRobot08]

Remember what they took from us

[@noahwood2620]

How do you think he feels? They took his ass! He can't shit

[@spacebananas7856]

gives smash bros snake vibes

[@mantamariana64]

11:18 This episode was also banned because Meowth dressed up in a Hitler costume

[@ladypool1404]

The doom dimension in Bakugam was horrible. They got suck by the portail then DIED! Dan just though they were stuck in another dimension and couldn't get out but no, the creatures literally died. This place became a cemetary full of Bakugans, it's so sad 😭

[@ItDaniel2006]

Philippines got censored ANO!? 10:08

[@supermegabenji1026]

Here's a nice Example About Censored for TV: In the movie Ghostbusters, They Re-Recorded some lines with no Swearing just to air it on Television And they had to edit some Scenes Out (Like for Example, They had to Edit out The Entire Scene about Ray's Dream sequence Because It has to do with Sexual Content and There Were kids Watching The film with their Family)

[@thestylishone4535]

1:58 you’re right about the UK but even then after 9pm anything goes basically which is how the channel Film 4 has aired Deadpool uncensored. However before 9pm movies are botched especially by one of the main channel ITV which have given us such classics as changing the scene in Bond film License to Kill where Belnecio Del Toro gets thrown into a grinding by randomly lingering on a shot of the character of Pam along with the TV version of that film opening with “If we’re lucky we just might be able to catch the baaaaaa”. No Time To Die also had several minutes of the opening cut out including Saffins jump scare and him getting shot and waking back up. Off course even the childrens channel CBBC infamously decided to air episode 1 adult, hardcore Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood with all the swearing, sex, nudity and violence removed and shows like Merlin with some cuts to remove various scenes.

[@theleaderturtle]

I recommend the show Cubix Robots for Everyone. The animation may be dated, It came out a year after Beast Machines ended, but the characters made up for it, especially the villain.

[@francishollingshead2134]

Japan's censorship of violence makes sense when you realize that Japan has a lot of violence. (Not as much as the United States though.) I feel like the banned episode of Pokemon in the United States makes sense because when the episode would have been dubbed makes me think that the episode was scheduled for dubbing around the same time as a string of infamous school shootings that would have made the premise of guns being pointed at children a bit "too soon."

[@mays5.25]

I only see came here for the background music: Palmtree Panic “P” mix, from Sonic CD

[@jeremygrandison1040]

4:37 This meme will never die! That's the good thing in this dub than anything else! 🤣🤣🤣 No disrespect on the RAP opening though

[@SaiyanGamer95]

Fun Fact: 4Kids was going to use an English dub of We Are, but Toei made them use a rap instead, as to appeal to American kids. That rap was done by someone outside of 4Kids, with the guy only being given the synopsis to make a rap about the show. The guy who made it is even on KZbin and made a part 2.

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

LUFFFFYYY!!!

[@maverickREAL]

*resists urge to mention The Good Place's in-universe censorship, RESISTS URGE, I'M RESISTING THE URGE SO HARD*

[@infiniteoctopaw]

The second you brought up Sonic X I was like "Ah shit, he's gotta talk about Molly." Good stuff, DimondBolt. Sonic X is near and dear to my heart.

[@Z_archiwum_Wachowiaka]

Fun fact: After watching your video for the first time, I almost immediately got into Sailor Moon (the anime which I've never watched before, except the numerous references to her in other media) Thanks, Diamondbolt. You changed my life forever.

[@Orionuki]

I love that some censorship keeps in violence. But the minute you show people being able to love someone of the same gender, that’s too much for kids to tell them it’s okay to love anyone.

[@TKnHappyNess]

The 4Kids version of Sonic X made a huge sin when they removed Maria's death from Episode 37. People who played Sonic Adventure 2 on the Dreamcast or GameCube knew about her death and it was Gerald's motivation for revenge. In the dub, they merely "took her away". They didn't acknowledge her terminal disease

[@jadenbryant9283]

Which also created alot of plot holes

[@dwainsimmons3447]

And also removed live and learn from episode 38.

[@robertlupa8273]

I've actually seen a lot of people say that they saw right through the censorship (presumebly without knowing how SA2 went) and didn't mind it, that it still gets the point across.

[@specky_gaming]

I remember Rouge’s cleavage being censored too. A true nationwide tragedy. Press F for respect.

[@Schnort]

She makes direct references to S&M in the Japanese version lol.

[@specky_gaming]

@@Schnort lol yeah. She’s just a menace and I love her

[@Schnort]

@@specky_gaming I love how she is just rude to everyone the whole time. Her teasing Knux was a funny dynamic that we don't really see much of anymore.

[@specky_gaming]

@@Schnort true. Loved Knuckles getting flustered. She teases him in Prime but only in one of the other worlds.

[@Schnort]

@@specky_gaming I did like Prime a lot but it just reminded me of how much better Sonic X is. I liked the characterization and dialogue better in X, but Prime isn't bad.

[@joshuafrench2727]

A moment of silence for Rouge's chest.