Cuts, cuts², cuts³ in the German Naruto version

[chochajin]

Well, as I´ve already told you in this post Naruto is now on German tv.
A lot of people have been complaining about the German version.
The voices are not fitting, they pronounce some of the names wrong.
And the German opening which isn´t even in German is horrible, too !!

You can have a look at the German opening here:

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But the most annoying thing are the cuts. We have the US version of Naruto - and as you might know there are already a lot of cuts - but the German version has even MORE cuts !
I want to give you some examples here - you will soon know what I´m talking about:

The Japanese original version:


The US version:


The German version:


See any difference ? (-__-;) ...

So as you can see the Americans cut out the weapon and a BIT of the blood. The Germans cut out the WHOLE thing !!! So as you can imagine the story changes a lot with stuff like that !!!
Everyone looks shocked and we Germans only think "Huh ? Why ? He has only a SMALL wound that isn´t even bleeding !!!" ... OMG ! *shakes head*


More examples ?

The Japanese original version:

Sasuke is wounded seriously.

The US version:

They edited this scene a little bit. See ? Less blood !

The German version:

Ahr ... un ... Sasuke is totally fine !?! Then why is Sakura fainting in the German version ????!!!!!! WERFASDHRTASD !!! (x_x;) ...



The original + US version:


The German version:

Hah!!~ Where did that weapon go ??? (x_x;)



The original and US version:


The German version:

They painted over the shurikens (O___O;) .....



The Japanese original version:


The German version:

Ok, now where did the blood go ??? You know nosebleeding is only a metapher for another thing .. yes we ALL know ! Would it be better if they show THAT directly ? XDDDDD ... Oh man .. it´s just NOSEbleeding !!! WTF!? Why cut that out ? (x___x;) ....



The Japanese original version:


The German version:

WTF!? It was only a REALLY small amount of blood around his mouth and even THAT is cut out ? o___o .....



The Japanese original version:


The German version:

I have no words .... why even paint over that kanji on the bottle ??!!!????!!! ... *sigh*



The Japanese origina + USl version:


The German version:

Yes, they actually DID it. ... They DID it. ..... I´m curious how he will fight with not really having a weapon. How can they DO that ?
Why are they broadcasting a series that they obviously consider to be too violent ???!!!! THEN broadcast sport series or e.g. Yakitate Japan! .. oh no wait, they´re throwing bread at horses, that´s NOT good ! The little kids might do that, too, and that´s just too cruel and violent, isn´t it ? XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
If they want that series to be for LITTLE children then why did they make an ENGLISH opening ???!!! Little children in Germany CAN´T understand English you know ?!? XDDDDDD .... oh well.



Finally some scenes that were totally left out !:


I don´t know why this had to be cut out. I don´t get it o__O; ....


Yes one of the BEST scenes !!! ARGH why did they cut that out ? (;_____;) ....

Well there is a lot more, but I just wanted to give you a short overview.
If you want to see more about each episode go to Animedigital (although it´s in German, but the screencaps say it all, so you will understand even without knowing German !)



Credits for the screencaps and the comparison:
• Animedigital
• RTL2

Comments

[fairyparatsuki.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, there were violent cartoons, no denying that. In fact, I love cartoons that basically tells kids "You play with weapons and you're going to get hurt." But yeah, I remember watching TV shows with violence and then re-playing them. *checks sanity meter* And yeah, we're still sane. We haven't turned into psychotic murderers. But as kids, um...dying doesn't mean the same thing as actually dying (But hearing someone say OUCHU! has the same meaning). It's still a "Oh look, they can get up again" game (yeah, I just learned that in my psych class). In the end, it's up to the parents to teach the kids...and to hide any necessary items from kids. I don't like it when they downplay "cartoon" violence.