The International Version of the Buu-Kai Arc

[Gonstead]

This forum doesn't support piracy.

Yet it's full of clips from various moments in the series.

Clips are fine for discussion purposes.

Full episodes, both in a moral and legal sense, are not okay.

[DBZ_Lee]

So this week's episode of Kai #126 (International #133) covered all but the last 5 minutes of "Z" #245, which leaves just over 46 episodes left to cover into 34 episodes of Kai. So, just over 4 hours worth of content will be cut - approx 245 minutes, just please, cut that awful filler inside of Super Buu and Kid Buu going to Other World.

[gameleon]

Question. Does the international version also censor the stuff the Japanese version did? (Like the guys head exploding by Babidi's magic)

[Valerius Dover]

^Not gonna act like I've seen it or anything, but it's possible there have also been additional edits for the broadcasts, like the black-and-white thing they had in South Korea's TV version of Spopovich beating Videl. So, edits we see on this French Broadcast may not necessarily apply to the uncut masters.

Incidentally, the full episode that was posted above.....why is it only 22 minutes long? That's like 4Kids length. Even if you factor in PAL Speedup, it's still a few minutes shorter than anime-length.
I didn't watch, I only spot checked a few things. Also, the OP is placed after the 5 minute recap. Is this is a regular thing in The Final Chapters? (Like the first Kai?)

[sangofe]

^Not gonna act like I've seen it or anything, but it's possible there have also been additional edits for the broadcasts, like the black-and-white thing they had in South Korea's TV version of Spopovich beating Videl. So, edits we see on this French Broadcast may not necessarily apply to the uncut masters.

Incidentally, the full episode that was posted above.....why is it only 22 minutes long? That's like 4Kids length. Even if you factor in PAL Speedup, it's still a few minutes shorter than anime-length.
I didn't watch, I only spot checked a few things. Also, the OP is placed after the 5 minute recap. Is this is a regular thing in The Final Chapters? (Like the first Kai?)

You mean episode 100? For some reason that didn't have a part of the review part. And the french broadcast really is uncut. It had tons of blood in Videl's fight, and it wasn't in black and white.

[Valerius Dover]

^Ok, uncut. Makes sense given that it isn't on a mainstream channel. I meant The Final Chapters Episode 1 (or 99 overall). Why it's only 22 minutes as opposed to 24.

[sangofe]

Interesting fact: the french dub of the latest episode has got red blood, whereas the blood was colored in the Japanese version.

[Valerius Dover]

^That confirms my suspicion that the censorship only applies to the JP version. How was Babidi's middle finger handled?

[dbboxkaifan]

It seems backwards as to what Toei's doing because they used to broadcast anime completely uncut in Japan but in the west they would censor (and still do), I can't believe that their kids are too sensitive for it now.

[JulieYBM]

It seems backwards as to what Toei's doing because they used to broadcast anime completely uncut in Japan but in the west they would censor (and still do), I can't believe that their kids are too sensitive for it now.

Fuji TV broadcasts Dragon Ball Kai, not Toei Animation. The series is a joint venture between the two, based on Dragon Ball Z Kai: The Final Chapters as was created entirely by Toei Animation. Public Relations' Kumagai Tomoko of Fuji TV probably did not want this level of violence in a series airing at 9AM on Sunday mornings, especially for the a series that isn't exactly a high priority, anyway. Dragon Ball Kai is even more disposable than One Piece, a series which is hardly produced with the highest level of production quality for a long-running franchise.

[sangofe]

Here's a clip comparing the japanese and french version of Babidi's death:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc4Fkmbauvw

[alakazam^]

Here's a clip comparing the japanese and french version of Babidi's death:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc4Fkmbauvw

The scene is pretty much the same, the blood is only lit up when Boo's fist connects. Wouldn't consider that an edit or censorship...

[sangofe]

Here's a clip comparing the japanese and french version of Babidi's death:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc4Fkmbauvw

The scene is pretty much the same, the blood is only lit up when Boo's fist connects. Wouldn't consider that an edit or censorship...

Well, it's an edit for sure as it's red in the start. But it's certainly more cut than in DBZ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbH3FsgrDr4#t=232 Although it's strange that in DBZ, this scene's got partly purple blood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCbO4zdTOqk#t=148

[dbboxkaifan]

The scene is pretty much the same, the blood is only lit up when Boo's fist connects. Wouldn't consider that an edit or censorship...

The blow at the beginning is definitely red rather than pink, so even though they censored it afterwards (just as the Japanese ver.) it's still somewhat uncut-ish.

Japanese version: Die, idiot!
French version: Die, imbecile!

Both are quite fitting, but "die, imbecile!" is a bit edgier than referring to him as just an idiot.

[sintzu]

Did this happen in the international version :

Goku appears.


Then Buu is damaged and blown off though Goku hasn't done anything yet.

[ShinGaijin]

Yes, unfortunately.

Spoiler:

I didn't noticed that, to be honest. I'm tired of their amateurism, really.

Some screenshots from the original scene :

Spoiler:

[dbboxkaifan]

Hm, so both are censored to a certain extent better to wait until Final Chapters' receives a home release and then hopefully it'll be uncensored (Kai has its own definition of uncut but fingers crossed it's mostly uncut).

[ChibiGoku]

Hm, so both are censored to a certain extent better to wait until Final Chapters' receives a home release and then hopefully it'll be uncensored (Kai has its own definition of uncut but fingers crossed it's mostly uncut).

Actually, I think it was just trimmed down for time.

[danielsan_190196]

There's no news about the song ''Let it burn'', right?

[TheAldella]

I don't know if anyone pointed it out, but in the Battle of Gods Extras, we get insight on the recording sessions of the English VAs, and in said sessions, Chris Sabat talks to Kyle Hebert about how this approach to Adult Gohan is "different from Kai" and how they "toned him down for Kai".
I don't think Funimation can take this one back easily.