Comic Update: Dream Fighter
March 13th, 2010 at 19:19:39 by wahEven though they have changed their tone a bit regarding this issue, the fact that we’re still talking about editing anime in this day and age is quite nostalgic. When I was younger I used to read sites documenting the multitude of edits done to various Toonami offerings as well as sites which provided photographic comparisons for the original DBZ edits (there used to be this great site called Dragonball Z UNCUT).
At this time I was also watching anime on VHS with my friends, and attempting to download full episodes of random things in the form 20mb .rm files which took something of the order of four hours to download. So, yeah, props to FUNimation for providing an impromptu trip down memory lane with this little controversy. It’s almost especially funny that FUNimation is the source of all this mess, considering not too long ago they were doing an impressive job of pissing off fanboy purists with their dub of DBZ.
March 13th, 2010 at 20:24:28
I approve all sorts of nostalgia trips. Especially since I wasn’t quite old and interested enough to catch the VHS anime age, I listen stuff from older anime fans like they are some kind of war heroes.
March 13th, 2010 at 20:25:05
I’m pretty sure DBZ didn’t have asking-for-it loli tits, though.
They had bloodbaths! :D
March 13th, 2010 at 21:26:37
I like how in that last panel that is supposed to be way back then I can see stuff like the eva platinum perfect collection…
March 13th, 2010 at 21:46:44
4Kids is still doing this stuff though…
March 13th, 2010 at 22:16:37
I misunderstood the last 2 panels at first – Rets and Tina are total jerks. Awesome.
And these days I would expect a site called “Dragonball Z UNCUT” to be about very specific yaoi.
March 13th, 2010 at 22:34:02
@Yuriko: That’s not Evangelion Platinum Perfect, that’s Platinum Complete. Platinum Perfect is the one that came in the tin, and with all the ADV-original special features remaining. Platinum Completing is in a cardboard thinpack (with that cover image), and has the extras stripped.
March 13th, 2010 at 22:36:17
Yeah Yuriko, it’s as yomikoma says–they’re just being assholes for the sake of being assholes.
March 14th, 2010 at 01:39:48
@linger Yeah I realized that after I said it as I have the Platinum Perfect (the one in the tin) and it is clearly not that one but still yeah Platinum wasn’t even out at all then.
March 14th, 2010 at 01:42:01
@wah so are you saying this is not a flashback but Rets and Tina just pretending it was way back when?
March 14th, 2010 at 04:10:27
The first volume of ‘Anime Invasion’ was my proper introduction to anime in late 2001. The issue had young Goku on the cover and had revealed every single thing that was edited from the TV Dragonball and DBZ broadcasts. Even though I had never been a DBZ fan, that was when I realized that Toonami couldn’t be trusted! All shows should be watched on Adult Swim! Hahaha. Damn anime fans these days are spoiled brats!
March 14th, 2010 at 05:38:56
Woah, blast from the past! Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll go watch some scrambled pornography on the Spice channel…
March 14th, 2010 at 07:27:12
Hey wah, just wanted to say thanks for keeping the comic going. I am sure it must take a lot of time. 2 kids mean I have little time for teh animu anymore, but will keep following your comic as long as you keep putting it out there :-)
March 14th, 2010 at 22:50:48
I’m surprised at you, WAH. A 10-year flashback would have been a golden opportunity for a loli Tina.
March 15th, 2010 at 08:29:18
@^
There are some lines you just don’t cross. :V
March 21st, 2010 at 02:18:24
You aren’t even trying with these comics anymore are you…..?
March 21st, 2010 at 10:14:31
I think this one is p. funny.
March 22nd, 2010 at 15:09:00
Hey they had blood+ ten years ago? That anime time travels!
March 22nd, 2010 at 17:22:51
They didn’t.
March 22nd, 2010 at 19:33:06
@Defectron:
WHOOOOSH.