DBKai: Vegeta's finger on the chopping block

Wasted Wisher · Post by **Wasted Wisher** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:07 pm

A little heads up for those looking out for DBKai to see what's been changed. There's a new addition to the list of things to be censored: middle fingers. More specifically, giving someone the bird.

There's this little scene in DBKai 28 where Vegeta and Gohan are in mid-air talking to each other. Vegeta is carrying one of the Namekian Dragonballs.

Now in the original footage, Vegeta decides to flip one off at Gohan. In the new Kai version, he's simply holding up a fist at Gohan. Vegeta's middle finger has been removed (sort of).

Bura · Post by **Bura** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:22 pm

Aww, damn. I just loved that little scene.

Oh well!

B · Post by B » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:24 pm

Aw, I guess old man Vegeta wants that whiny kid off his lawn.

El Diabeetus · Post by **El Diabeetus** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:30 pm

What's wrong with the middle finger, whatever this is all I have to say about censorship, especially this kind:

Really, a finger is gonna screw up a kid?

snaku · Post by **snaku** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:33 pm

Oh well, not really appropriate for the target audience anyway.

Would be funny if Funi included an extra on their Dragon Boxes showcasing Toei's censorship in DBK, similar to the feature showcasing the censorship in the first two seasons of the Ocean dub in the Japanese Dragon Box.

SHINOBI-03 · Post by **SHINOBI-03** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:46 pm

whine whine whine

Do you rather have somthing like this instead?!

This kind of censorship is very common in Gintama BTW

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CROWWWW~~

Rod · Post by **Rod** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:48 pm

Meh, the only censorship so far that's actually bothered me is Goku's hole

sangofe · Post by **sangofe** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:49 pm

Kai's getting more and more ridiculous, and also makes Vegeta look pathetic >_<

Li'l Lemmy · Post by **Li'l Lemmy** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:52 pm

I'm hoping that this is merely due to Japan's current broadcast standards and will be corrected for the home release.

~Da Lemmy

DragonBalllKaiHD · Post by **DragonBalllKaiHD** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:53 pm

I guess Recoome's finger will be removed too.

Li'l Lemmy · Post by **Li'l Lemmy** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:54 pm

Which was shown even on Cartoon Network. -_-;

~Da Lemmy

El Diabeetus · Post by **El Diabeetus** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:57 pm

What I posted above was sarcasm, it really doesn't bother me. Oh well, Vegeta can't put up a certain finger anyone, that's cool. But, the one thing that was serious was the dislike of censorship.

JulieYBM · Post by **JulieYBM** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:08 pm

Welp, if One Piece is going to lose it's middle fingers, DBK might as well lose its. After all, it's not like television is completely privately own and regulated...

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:01 pm

Rod wrote:Meh, the only censorship so far that's actually bothered me is Goku's hole

*cough*

Anyway is anyone else feeling a little less hostile towards VIZ nowadays?

Rod · Post by **Rod** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 2:08 pm

NeptuneKai wrote:
Rod wrote:Meh, the only censorship so far that's actually bothered me is Goku's hole
*cough*

I knew it

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 3:49 pm

@Wasted Wisher: Is there any word on whether or not the Blu-ray and/or DVD release will be uncensored?

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 4:14 pm

I was under the impression the middle finger meant nothing in Japan, and that it was merely a random gesture. As in, it didn't have anything to do with the F-bomb. Please correct me if that has changed.

Perhaps these edits are to cater to the international audience should Kai be licensed?

Rocketman · Post by **Rocketman** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:46 pm

bkev wrote:I was under the impression the middle finger meant nothing in Japan, and that it was merely a random gesture. As in, it didn't have anything to do with the F-bomb.

It doesn't in the West, either. It means "Go to Hell".

Amigo Ten · Post by **Amigo Ten** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:49 pm

Rocketman wrote:
bkev wrote:I was under the impression the middle finger meant nothing in Japan, and that it was merely a random gesture. As in, it didn't have anything to do with the F-bomb.
It doesn't in the West, either. It means "Go to Hell".

"Up yours" is the phrase that goes along with the middle finger in my experience.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Sat Aug 01, 2009 5:57 pm

I always thought it meant hello. No wonder I don't have many friends.

Kanzenshuu

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