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chochajin
26 September 2006 @ 12:16 pm
Cuts, cuts², cuts³ in the German Naruto version  
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
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[identity profile] scarlettfan84.livejournal.com on September 26th, 2006 10:28 am (UTC)
interesting. i think the problem is culture? in the us and europe they think cartoons are only for children?
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[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com on September 26th, 2006 01:36 pm (UTC)
I´m not sure. I would say that the USA is much more critical with those things than Germany. This is the FIRST anime that has so many cuts !!! And I just don´t get why NOW and why with this series ?!?
Well Dragonball Z for example was broadcastet around 7pm, so there were only little cuts.
And I don´t think that they think that cartoons are only for children. But the tv station that is broadcasting Naruto IS, but why are they buying series as 'brutal' as Naruto in the first place then ? (x__x;) Ayah~ ...
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[identity profile] quoting-mungo.livejournal.com on September 26th, 2006 07:09 pm (UTC)
Can't really generalize "Europe" -- I know there used to be really violent and creepy cartoon shows on public service television here (Sweden), and aside from Pokémon/Digimon/Beyblade (ie obvious things) they're releasing a lot of fairly violent anime domestically here. I think even Ninja Scroll is in the lineup, though I could be misremembering.


-Alexandra
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[identity profile] euploeamulciber.livejournal.com on October 9th, 2006 03:08 am (UTC)
... and here in Finland they don't cut anything. :P I think it's a german culture thing in this case, since at least in Finland and Sweden the series shown are really uncut. And we have stuff like Neon Genesis Evangelion, Hellsing and Samurai Champloo - I guess Full Metal Panic! should be counted in that too, since there's naked people running around. So, duh.
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[identity profile] chochajin.livejournal.com on October 9th, 2006 08:24 am (UTC)
Finland has Naruto ? That´s interesting.
Well, I don´t think that it´s a cultural thing.
We also have Hellsing and Samurai Champloo and they were UNCUT. They were only shown on another tv station than Naruto !
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