How Viz Media Censored Naruto | Prologue Arc

[@TheArceusftw]

I'm impressed that the broadcast version was really lax on edits. Because outside of a few scene changes, the scrubbing of any blood, and Japanese text being translated to English, it seems that the show remains mostly intact.

[@bluebaron6858]

Later on, the dub started keeping more blood intact

[@MegaAnimazing]

Sometimes they ADDED blood in certain scenes.

[@bluebaron6858]

@@MegaAnimazing that probably has to do with getting an unfinished master

[@MegaAnimazing]

@@bluebaron6858 Wanted to say this a while ago, but no, they have the finished master, as evident by a few scenes in later episodes playing the finished animation, juxtapose to the original airing in Japan.

[@MO-2018]

Something you need to mention in the future is how the next episode previews sometimes have different music compared to the edited broadcast version which almost always used the main theme for the previews.

[@AizakkuAnalysis]

I always liked the way Viz handled censorship here. It's not even really censorship and you wouldn't even be able to distinguish the edits without having looked them up first. I wish more anime would bother to translate text too.

[@retrogamer6403]

4kids should've took a page out of Viz's handbook when it came to censorship. Would've been really helpful for Yu-Gi-Oh! and especially One Piece.

[@snintendog]

@@retrogamer6403honestly 4kids extreme amount of editing is impressive for the wrong reasons.

[@bluebaron6858]

​@@retrogamer64034kids is dead. Naruto aired on cable as TV of while op aired on Saturday mornings broadcast as tv y7

[@BrianAwesome]

​@@retrogamer6403 and Pokemon

[@bluebaron6858]

@@snintendog 4kids aired their shows... On Saturday mornings, where The censor boards were at their strictest...

[@gardevior1]

It's interesting that someone finally does an in depth series about the tv cut of Naruto

[@I-am-literally-za-world]

Love your content, this channel definitely deserves at least 500k+ subscribers!! Keep up the great work dude

[@condoricosos6415]

Finally Please, coming soon the censorship of: Kirby right back ya Magical doremi zatch bell Medabots Beyblade Knights of the zodiac (dic) Yo kai watch And obviusly cw broadcast of dbz kai

[@solaris9426]

After he's done with the Toonami broadcast of Naruto, I hope he takes the time to do the Disney broadcast of Naruto Shippuden.

[@MO-2018]

It can't be....actual footage of the edited dvd footage. All of my life I thought nobody would have had proof of it's existence but I applaud you sir. Also there is an even more censored version of dubbed Naruto that being the Jetix version in the UK. It was butchured beyond belief from random zoom in's to cutting audio at innaproprate times to not reaching the Sasuke Retreval Arc. It was a discrace unlike the USA version on CN which treated Naruto like a king.

[@bluebaron6858]

What aired on tv on toonami is the edited DVD footage...

[@MO-2018]

@@bluebaron6858 When I say edited dvd footage, I mean the raw footage that CN used for their broadcast. Not the pixelated Cartoon_Palace VHS encodes, the raw CLEAN footage from the edited dvds.

[@bluebaron6858]

@@MO-2018 they were sold in stores but I guess that information and since that version isn't readily available online, it gets lost to time

[@MO-2018]

@@bluebaron6858 I know, real shame

[@retrogamer6403]

I'm curious why didn't Viz keep the translated text for the Uncut Dub? Since their mostly kept the same anyways, why not just go ahead and use them?

[@bluebaron6858]

Because "fans" want the unedited text.

[@mechajay3358]

1:15 I'm glad they're using the original OP and ED now that Naruto is currently airing on the Toonami Rewind block.

[@solaris9426]

the bloody and cut up Sasuke is not a Shadow Clone of Kakashi transformed to look like Sasuke, but a Genjutsu Kakashi put on Sakura. Specifically, the Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Jutsu, which shows the target's worst fear at the time, whether or not they know what they're seeing is actually their worst fear. In this case, Sakura's worst fear was seeing Sasuke bloody and dying.

[@Nikku4211]

I'm surprised they kept the 'sexy jutsu' at all.

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

Well it's mostly covered with smoke, also I think editing it out would reduce the time of the episodes too much

[@solaris9426]

@@patrickzalatoris3206 They could have done what the games do and given the Sexy and Harem Jutsus digital bikinis, but since Naruto was aired in Prime Time and was rated PG, they could get away with a lot more.

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

@@solaris9426 yeah, true

[@Medachod]

Actual great edits and and context is there for everything. 4Kids could have learned so much if they were not so competitive.

[@GabeNwagbala]

Censorship of Smile Pretty Cure please and Doki Doki!

[@crestofhonor2349]

Surprisingly few changes. That is better but I always prefer uncensored versions over the censored version

[@JaydenTucker-z8t]

Same.

[@maganhassan2627]

I was wondering why the Japanese text remains in the uncut version lol

[@MO-2018]

Makes no sense given that Bleach with is both dubbed, liscened and animated by the same companies contained translated credits.

[@skrunkledunkle-p7w]

Will there be a part 2 or no?

[@bluebaron6858]

Later on, the tv dub is more or less uncut, and the only edit is like Naruto peeing on ino.

[@Sharingan1230]

iirc, in episode 1: Uncut version: Iruka shouts the F word censored version: Iruka says something else during when Naruto was tied up and before all students was learning transformations

[@andrewclark3330]

what DID Iruka say in the censored dub in place of an F-Bomb anyways? that's what I really want to know as i can't find anything about this on the Censorship Wiki nor this video

[@bluebaron6858]

This literally did not happen ​@@andrewclark3330

[@bluebaron6858]

Why you lie? Shameful

[@BruhBlitz]

Is the censored the toonami Cartoon Network version?

[@sendark]

Yh

[@awsomeboy360]

If only 4kids took the Viz Media route.

[@Zeroakafreddyiscool]

Call me crazy I don’t remember all the blood edit out in toonami

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

👍🏿

[@lazyxeno9404]

Glad they removed the toilet scene I just dislike toilet humour 🤢

[@joshharris6083]

The edits are minor