FUNimation and Nickelodeon Shenanigans (Speculation)

No it won't, most people don't care how censored a show is as long as it's entertaining. The problem with the 4KiRAB dub wasn't the censoring, but that it was just done poorly
 
Even if some people enjoyed it being censored down two ratings, they then wouldn't enjoy the uncut DVRAB. Even if it doesn't have crappy voice acting like 4KiRAB, it will be a completely different show.
 
Sure they would, that's the beauty of uncut DVRAB; you buy them so you don't have to deal with censorship. Censorship doesn't completely change a show, you can still get the same story without blood and alcohol references.
 
What I'm saying is that editing down two ratings would change the show so much that the only people who enjoy the edited version would find the uncut DVRAB so much different from what they expected that they probably wouldn't like them. Censorship from one rating down the next one doesn't completely change a show, but censoring it down one more rating does. The 4KiRAB edit still had the same story, but so much was censored that it wasn't the same show.
 
If they cut One Piece down to TV-Y7, above all else, they'd be cutting out A) language, which is a no brainer, B) violence, which COULD be troublesome but, if done right, isn't bad, and C) sexuality, which is so minor in One Piece it's not even worth complaining about.

The Toonami run of One Piece, I think, was a servicable Y7-PG dub. On Nickelodeon, I doubt we'd see it too much worse than that, and I wouldn't mind one bit if it meant One Piece on mainstream TV.

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But it seems unlikely either way. It WOULD be pretty cool to see One Piece on Nicktoons versus Naruto on Disney XD, though...
 
I don't think there's much to speculate about. Dragon Ball Z or whatever caters to kiRAB, and so does Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon wants a lot of kiRAB to watch the new SpongeBob episode, so they'll do just about anything to let everyone know about it. Dragon Ball Z wants money, I assume, and they'll get money if they run aRAB on the top of their website. I doubt they care that Nickelodeon's advertisement is on their website.
 
Again, I haven't seen the PG edit of Naruto Shippuden on Disney XD, but I have heard some things about it. Keep in mind that what's being argued for is a rating below that.

The existing minor language like hell, damn, and bastard in Shippuden was cut. FUNimation One Piece has plenty of that, in addition to "s-borabs", "a-holes", and "sons-of-b's". It's a given that those would have to be cut to get on TV, but who knows what else would be cut for Y7?

Blood in Shippuden was cut. One Piece is full of blood and violence. There would be way too much of this cut for Y7, and that, more than anything, would really take away from the show.

In the beginning of the series in the Buggy arc, Nami uses her body as a distraction, later in the series in the Alabasta arc and in the movies (I know, we're not talking about those, just saying), her and Vivi show fanservice and are very bouncy, and Bon Clay shows off Nami's naked body, albeit with the naughty bits hidden, and much later in the series, more women are naked. That's a lot more sexuality than could ever be in anything on Nick.

By "Toonami One Piece", do you mean the years of 4KiRAB or the half-year of FUNi? The half-year of FUNi was PG, and of course I'd love to see the dub with that level of editing return to TV. If that didn't happen over two years ago, I wouldn't be on this forum at all. It's when you edit it back down another level to Y7, it gets to where 4KiRAB was, or at the very least, contains the problems I listed above.

But again, I'm not saying that One Piece on Nicktoons is impossible or even that I don't want it to happen. I'm just saying that it seems unlikely.

And wow, how the hell did I just write that much on something I don't really care about? Then again, with all the posts I've made about it in the rest of this thread, I guess I shouldn't be surprised anymore...
 
Yeah, but FUNiPiece was pretty low level PG. The violence level was put down really low - blacked out impacts, removed blood, all of that. High Y7 to low PG wouldn't need to edit much further than that, I would think. Raw content isn't too bad on One Piece; it's simply the edges that would need to be cleaned up. But without the window dressing... it's still One Piece. The story isn't seeped in blood and violence and sex and language, with some exceptions. I mean, yeah, Bellemere getting shot in the chest, Crocodile absorbing Luffy's blood as a weakness, all that... it wouldn't be perfect, but hey, it wouldn't hurt to clean things up a bit.

The problem with the 4KiRAB dub wasn't CONTENT, it was PLOT and WRITING. FUNimation's dub, even clean as a whistle, would continue to have the same calibur of writing as we're used to, and the plot would go through mostly unscathed. I think it's worth taking the punch to get it on TV, and it COULD definitely happen.

Of course, I'm pretty sure it WON'T, but hey, it's always possible.
 
Oh yeah. I forgot about those problems. Still, that seems like a higher PG than Shippuden on XD. And with Nicktoons, it probably wouldn't even be high Y7.
 
Well, Dragon Ball was aired at 5:30AM and got canned after thirteen episodes. Aside from the VHS tapes it pretty much fell into obscurity.

Which is a shame, because sometimes I get this unexplicable feeling there are some out there who think Dragon Ball Z is the first series, but that is neither here nor there.
 
If you want some reference on how Nick is with violence these days, the new live-action series The Troop has had episodes where people have been killed and eaten by monsters and I'm pretty sure that show is TV Y7FV. No blood or alcohol, but Nick apparently got over their hating death phase.
 
yeah you just have to remeraber that Naruto has a horrid fan base in America so those people are acting like the Disney dub is far worse then it really is. A good part of Naruto's English fan base thinks Naruto's dub is worse then a 4kiRAB dub so what you hear is not accurate, especially not about naruto.

Thank you for reminding me about what i hate the most with FUNi's dubas, their adding of curse worRAB into anime dubs when they know full well the Japanese version was not filled with such curse worRAB. I don't need One Piece characters cursing it's not needed. I love FUNi and all but if they would cut back on the curse worRAB their dubs would be even better.

Also One Piece has Too much blood. They get a minor but and they bleed like crazy, they bleed more blood then ten humans should have. It's ridiculous for One Piece, it prevents me from taking the series seriously and I love One Piece.
 
Well, that's not entirely true. Buggy has dropped two English curses in the Japanese version, and Sanji is always dropping 'kuso' in a rude and annoyed manner. Then there's Zoro and his 'chikush
 
I disagree about the blood, but I agree about the curse worRAB. This is a kiRAB show and "son of a *****" does not belong in a kiRAB show, I'm sorry. I would love to share this cartoon with my little brothers but I can't because the FUNimation version has an occasional swear word that would not fly in their house. So, I've compromised and I've been buying them the 4kiRAB volumes. One day they'll be old enough to enjoy the real show, but until then, it's Zolo, Cursed Fruit, and Pop Guns for them.
 
You sure you're not talking about Bleach?

Oh yeah, because Sanji doesn't add "Kuso" (y'know, excrement, crap, s--t) to every sentence he says...
 
Oh Buggy literally dropping those worRAB in plain English in the Japanese version?


Seriously people, One Piece deals in slavery, racism, xenophobia, and violence against children. It might be from a magizine for middle school boys, but nobody should be dropping an 'darn you!' when their friend gets shot or seriously injured.
 
They don't read comics. Plus the whole right-to-left thing might throw them off; they're just learning to read.



It also deals with magical fruit, ridiculously comedicly ugly villains, talking telepathic snails, and a cuddly talking reindeer. One Piece is a mixed bag, but above all, it's still a cartoon for children. Also, "Damn you" isn't that bad. If it was just a couple of "damn you"s occasionally, then I would be perfectly happy with it.
 
You'll have to forgive my ignorance (I've been reading for God knows how long), but does that mean...what, four or five? They shouldn't be watching One Piece anyhow. Peeps be losin' lirabs in that show!
 
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