When was there ever an unedited English manga translation?

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:32 pm

Becase I hear that all the translations of Dragon Ball had stuff edited out, such as topless Bulma.

I read one back in 2001 that didn't have that didn't have that out, so have they started editing them heavier since then?

Pain · Post by **Pain** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:47 pm

Yep. The unneeded profanity used in their DBZ manga was also left behind when the Cell Games Arc started. In DB Vol.1 of the Viz translation, Bulma's ass is shown when she flashes Master Roshi. And Kid Goku's penis is also shown unedited.

Cartman Blues · Post by **Cartman Blues** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:59 am

Kingdom Heartless wrote:Becase I hear that all the translations of Dragon Ball had stuff edited out, such as topless Bulma.

I read one back in 2001 that didn't have that didn't have that out, so have they started editing them heavier since then?

Oh yea I remember the uncensored version. Good times....Now it's all censored crap.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:23 am

Yeah. The manga's crap now that when Gohan wusses out agains Nappa, Piccolo doesn't say, "Damn!"

Yes, I know, that remark was a dick move. Sorry.

Post by **Herms** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:03 am

Well, it's not exactly an improvement.

NeptuneKai · Post by **NeptuneKai** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 6:28 am

The only censors I REALLY care about are name changes and violence editing. I'd gladly go without Bulma's tits as long as the name "Mr.Satan" made its way into the English manga,

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:58 am

NeptuneKai wrote:The only censors I REALLY care about are name changes and violence editing. I'd gladly go without Bulma's tits as long as the name "Mr.Satan" made its way into the English manga,

It did make its way into the English manga...

...for about one panel.

Kingdom Heartless · Post by **Kingdom Heartless** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:42 pm

I'm not saying Bulma's boobs were exactly everything I cared about, I was just using it as an example of something I know would be cut out of an edited version.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:53 pm

Herms wrote:Well, it's not exactly an improvement.

It doesn't exactly hurt the manga, either.

SonEric84 · Post by **SonEric84** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:30 pm

Kingdom Heartless wrote:I'm not saying Bulma's boobs were exactly everything I cared about, I was just using it as an example of something I know would be cut out of an edited version.

Right, the real point is that we should get the original material as the author intended.

gonz · Post by **gonz** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:47 pm

From what I remember, Viz went back and forth on censorship, and their policy got even weirder after the standalone comic-styled manga line was cancelled.

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 3:58 pm

SonEric84 wrote:
Kingdom Heartless wrote:I'm not saying Bulma's boobs were exactly everything I cared about, I was just using it as an example of something I know would be cut out of an edited version.

Right, the real point is that we should get the original material as the author intended.

Amazon Japan has the original manga if that's the case.

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 4:15 pm

The weird thing about which volumes VIZ censored is that it is based on what edition it was. Some of the editions for some of the Dragonball tankoubon were edited, while other editions were not. Here's a quick list of which editions of which volumes were left unedited:

-Dragon Ball Volume 1: Fourth Printing uncensored (June 2001)
-Dragon Ball Volume 2: Third Printing uncensored (November 2001)
-Dragon Ball Volume 3: Second Printing uncensored (November 2001)

The worst/funniest part about the Dragonball dub as a whole is that when the anime was first released here (Funi and Saban) there was a ridiculously higher amount of editing in the first 68 episodes.

Right now our best hope for an unedited version of manga is the hardcover collectors editions that come out this year. The fact that these "collectors editions" are all supposed to be rated "T" also leads me to think that they will be unedited, since a majority (if not all) of the DBZ volumes were rated "A".

SonEric84 · Post by **SonEric84** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:21 pm

Kendamu wrote:
SonEric84 wrote:
Kingdom Heartless wrote:I'm not saying Bulma's boobs were exactly everything I cared about, I was just using it as an example of something I know would be cut out of an edited version.

Right, the real point is that we should get the original material as the author intended.
Amazon Japan has the original manga if that's the case.

Yeah, but that doesn't help people who can't read Japanese. I do own most of the Japanese manga just for collector's sake though.

Super Sonic · Post by **Super Sonic** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:44 pm

I got the whole DB in its unedited form. Yay! Then again, I bought them years ago.

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:56 pm

Super Sonic wrote:I got the whole DB in its unedited form. Yay! Then again, I bought them years ago.

You mean in English? What version and do you know what edition? I knew that a few of the tankoubon volumes were "unedited" due to the fact that there was nothing to edit, but I didn't know that there was an unedited release of the entire series...where did you get it?

SaiyaMel · Post by **SaiyaMel** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 12:36 am

My Dragonball Viz graphic novels (all 16) are unedited. Bulma's tits, Goku's peenie and all that are shown.

Though my DBZ ones are.

SSj_Rambo · Post by **SSj_Rambo** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:08 am

SaiyaMel wrote:My Dragonball Viz graphic novels (all 16) are unedited. Bulma's tits, Goku's peenie and all that are shown.

I know that those are all in the first three volumes (and some of the editions for theose three are unedited, the ones you must have), but I don't think that any edits were made to volumes 4-16, in any of the editions...does anyone know otherwise?

Kendamu · Post by **Kendamu** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:10 am

SonEric84 wrote:
Kendamu wrote:
SonEric84 wrote:
Right, the real point is that we should get the original material as the author intended.
Amazon Japan has the original manga if that's the case.

Yeah, but that doesn't help people who can't read Japanese. I do own most of the Japanese manga just for collector's sake though.

Well, its the original material as the author intended.

bkev · Post by **bkev** » Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:19 am

Don't forget Popo's lips; those have always been censored.

Kanzenshuu

When was there ever an unedited English manga translation?

When was there ever an unedited English manga translation?

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