Tenchi Muyo! edited for US Audience

By Azad December 11, 2000 1:52 PM

According to a Los Angeles Times report, the Tenchi Muyo! anime series airing on the Cartoon Network has been edited for American audiences to remove some of the violence and add bathing suits to some of the female characters.

The series itself is about a normal teenage boy who also happens to be the long-lost prince of the planet Jurai, and has drawn quite a lot of fans. The cable outlet said Tenchi Muyo! has earned good ratings.

More than half a million video versions of the anime have sold in the United States, which also is a large figure for an anime release. The Tenchi stories share essentially the same plot: An extraterrestrial villain threatens Earth, and Tenchi invariably saves the day, using his powers as a Jurai prince. The lead character also copes with six women from outer space who have crushes on him.

In the American version, the four principal parts are played by Matt K. Miller (Tenchi), Petrea Burchard (Ryoko), Jennifer Darling (Ayeka) and Sherry Lynn (Sasami). "There's such a dichotomy in Tenchi," said Miller. "He's supposed to be this shy shrine-keeper's assistant, yet he goes out battling for Jurai--and has to deal with the attention of all the female characters." Tenchi airs Mondays through Thursdays at 5:30 p.m. on the Cartoon Network.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 11, 2000 8:28 PM

Uhh? No shit it is edited for America. Damn near every single anime that airs on American TV is edited. It is no surprise that there are added bathing suits in the bathroom scenes. They look totally laid-in.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 12, 2000 2:29 PM

Yeah, they did the same thing when that fucking monkey Patrick Ewing was on a episode of the Simpsons. He was supposed to be walking around like a caveman, but the editors straightend up his spine and smoothed out his cheek bones. How fucking brutal is that. 
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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 13, 2000 8:29 AM

It's a damn shame. 

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 13, 2000 9:27 AM

LEAVE THEM NAKED!!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 15, 2000 5:18 PM

In Japan, attitudes concerning nudity are very different than they are here. Even the transformation sequences in Sailor Moon are edited, as the scouts appear naked in the original Japanese. Where small children might be watching, TV censors take no chances about offending parents. They should sell uncensored versions on VHS and DVD for adults only, however. 

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 17, 2000 5:22 PM

I don't really care. I think the whole thing should just be left alone. Except for one problem. I've seen 4 year olds watching it and they don;t need to see naked peoples.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 17, 2000 5:24 PM

I agree( to the comment right above)

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on December 17, 2000 5:33 PM

Yes and lets no forget about the lesbian scouts , lol that would go over real well in the states.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 5, 2001 6:34 AM

But if you listen to Ryoko in Tenchi Universay number #3 she does say "Damn it.That Ayeka is getting to close to my Tenchi."

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on February 7, 2001 12:44 AM

Ok, can everybody clean up their language?? Kids DO read this stuff. Besides, it makes you guys sound stupid. Not to be mean or anything, of course. And, I don't want to hear, well don't read it, please.

Aside from that, I have noticed that they seem to only edit the tame animes. There is so much violence and junk on Outlaw Star it is sickening, and Dragonball Z is no better. So, it stands to reason, that if they can edit Tenchi and Sailor Moon, they can just edit the rest, too. Or, in my opinion, don't edit Tenchi or Sailor Moon at all, because those two are, as compared to Outlaw Star and Dragonball Z(To name a few really violent Anime), really not at all violent.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 4, 2001 4:26 PM

What your children see is up to YOU!  The parents! Sheesh....are you folks so lame that you want the government to do EVERYTHING for you? If you don't want to monitor what your kids watch, you shouldn't have become parents...maybe too much work huh? I have 3 and I monitored very closely what they saw and heard when they were small. I take my job as a father seriously. Censorship is NOT the way to handle this. Take some responsibility in the lives of your kids and leave the choices up to the individual.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on March 21, 2001 3:48 PM

Well every thing is not edited. In the last episode of Tenchi Universe, Ryoko is in a picture that Ugi shows, with her middle finger up.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on April 12, 2001 9:24 AM

If there not gonna play anime the right way they need to dont play it at all

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on May 15, 2001 9:12 AM

I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!!!!!

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on June 9, 2001 11:34 PM

When you get right down to it, this government is run by a bunch of fundamentalist overconservative congressmen and a bunch of vocal whiney parents who want to "protect their children."  Dammit i remember back when I was younger if I would have seen a pair of breasts on tv or the finger I'd say cool as hell, not uggghhh keep away.
-Keep the original content or don't show it-

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on July 3, 2001 4:44 PM

yes leave them that way. lets see some dick.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on July 17, 2001 3:53 PM

Conservative congressmen are not editing anime, despite what you want to believe.  Anime is on TV to make money, and no matter how much I hate it, edited anime makes more money than unedited.

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Posted by A random shemp (No Email) on August 3, 2002 12:08 AM

i think your wrong beacuse tenchi is not bad you BITCH and saliormoon is not bad . and Dragon ballz is not bad . so.. if YOU DONT' LIKE IT YOU CAM KISS MY f*ckING ASS OK. YOU BITCH!)  AND TENCHI IS GOOOD .