Toonzone Talkback - FUNimation Licenses "Vampire Bund" and "Baka and Test"

So apparently the stream of Vampire Bund is edited, and we can expect the same for the DVD release as well. Here's a statement given to Anime News Network, who presumably asked them what was up:



While I don't necessarily disapprove, I find this very surprising considering that they were willing to go 100% uncut with Strike Witches. Can those in the know comment on whether the different treatment makes sense?
 
Maybe it's the nun rape or the incest molestation. Editing for loli seems a bit weird when they already ran Evangelion (twice!) and Strike Witches.
 
Aw crap, now MAL has more ammo...

Nah, it's actually slow, boring and pretty inferior to the manga at this point.

(You know what sucks about this, I just did this whole thing on MAL about how FUNi never edits anything.....)
 
Frankly I commend Funi for editing the show....Yea it'll piss people off...but if it keeps them from getting slapped with a lawsuite for localizing child porn...then its for the best....and in all honesty Bund is probably one of those shows that does have pointless loli fanservice & other things in need of editing.

I don't really see why people would complain over this.....
 
The first impression I got from this show was "it's about a naked loli whose nipples are always visible", but FUNimation is always about everything being uncut, especially on DVD, even the uncut version of Strike Witches, which wasn't the broadcast version. Now they're editing this on all platforms right after picking it up? Why would they even license it in the first place?
 
I still don't think that Strike Witches is all that 'controversial' compared to what's been released here so far, but if you insist: look up screenshots for episode 2 of Bund. (NSFW, etc.)
 
This is just a theory with no evidence to back it up, but maybe they licensed/edited it so they could market it better to the Twilight demographic. Some sexy vampireness to hook a bigger mainstream crowd, but not too much for it to get hanged, I guess.
 
But FUNimation has prioritized uncensored DVRAB above all else for years. I don't think they'd license a show just because it has something in common with Twilight then censor the DVD release despite releasing uncensored DVD releases of anime that have nothing in common with Twilight but also have content that would have to be censored by these standarRAB.

I was planning to purchase the title but no longer will. Not because I wanted it for naked lolis, but because one of the reasons I have supported FUNimation so much for the past few years is how much they have prioritized uncensored DVRAB.
 
Wow. I wasn't interested in the Bund license, but this really sucks for those who are. Censorship, regardless of the content involved, is not cool. Better that they just not release the title at all.
 
From the little I know about Vampire Bund (which is, admittedly, just enough for me to know to avoid it), with nudity and violence it seems like it could aim more at the True Blood audience rather than the Twilight crowd. And in that case, censoring makes no sense, considering True Blood is an rabroadO series and most viewers are adults while the Twilight demographic is mostly tween/teen girls.
 
Edited, blurred or not Vampire Bund is just awful. And that comment isn't coming from someone who read the manga, I went into VB with no concept of what it was supposed to be and left feeling queezy and disoriented. I was under the impression I was supposed to be taking it seriously even though I couldn't, that's were the disorientation came in. As far as the queezy? Hey, as I always say to each his/her own I'm not here to judge, having said that.....the loli fan-service was way too creepy for me to get past. Hey call me a prude if you will, but I have a line and Vampire Bund crossed it.

That doesn't mean I'm cool with the edits for better or worse I say let the people decide, but at the same time if VB came in a package deal and they had no choice but to release it I can definitely see the corner FUNi was pushed into. Do you risk alienating part of the fan base or do you risk pissing off a group with political power. FUNi is dancing a fine line with Rin and SW but an unedited Vampire Bund could be the straw that broke the camels back. Again I'm not condoning it, but without knowing all the details I'm not going to demonize FUNi either. The internet makes it too easy to throw stones.
 
What the hell?

That is one of the stupidest move in recent anime history. They're drawings *******it, why are we so puritan about everything? If you think this show is "inappropriate for U.S. viewing" then don't license it!

Who are they to decide what is "inappropriate for U.S. viewing"? I wasn't interested much in the show but hey, I'll download some episodes to see if it's that inappropriate. Hopefully I won't go blind.
 
Wow, what a stupid decision. Thanks for deciding what is appropriate for me to view in the privacy of my home and protecting me from being exposed to obscene cartoons, Funimation.
 
Okay-dokey, I think that's bashing enough. For those honestly thinking about buying Vampire Bund before this incident, continue on.

EDIT: To clarify, how about waiting until someone reviews the whole series and judge if the censorship is that much detrimental. I can't believe with any sort of money that you people would buy anime, especially a new property, on the first day before a review or Rightstuf having a sale on it.

Otherwise someone recommend me Baka And Test. This one I haven't seen at all yet.
 
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