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Lulu:
I found a little section on the Tsubasa ~RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE~ page of the Japanese Wikipedia called "Problem regarding NHK's expression restriction", and even though I know you must take everything said on Wikipedia with a pinch of salt, since it's by no means 100% official, I thought it would be interesting for everyone to see what it says. Translated by lovely clarinetkoko from the tsubasarc LJ comm:


--- Quote ---Problem regarding NHK's expression restriction

Because NHK is a public broadcast, to present educational and safe programs, the expression restrictions are extremely strict, and this anime is not an exception. In this anime, expressions such as the wounds caused by fierce fights written in the original work are cut, and critiques that 'it's not tension-packed at all' are flying about. Again, there are critiques that, compared to 'Card Captor Sakura' which was also aired on NHK, the story and graphics are inferior. Regarding the expression restriction, not only are violent scenes being cut, but things that violate the law such as gambling and drinking, uneducational scenes, or depictions of monsters that may scare kids, the fact that Syaoran can not see through one eye are all hidden.

Since CLAMP draws foul and beauty completely differently, sticking to their own aesthetics through their work, it is often they draw cruel and sentimental murdering scenes, and they hate mangas filled with only fine words. Because of this, in 2005 September release 'Puff' Okawa had commented about the production avoiding ugly scenes called violence, we can see that CLAMP themselves are unhappy from their interviews. Again, it is revealed from the official fanbook's special talk that from the middle of the first series to the second series, they will be changing the expressions slightly.

Again, the fact that they changed 'Koryo-koku' to 'Nayutaya-koku, 'Amenosa' to 'Miteshu' is because in Korea history 'Koryo' and 'Amenosa' do exist, and considering recent anti-Korea situation, it is said that using the original works names without modification would not be welcomed.
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And with this, I personally say goodbye to my hopes of seeing Tokyo animated ^^u

Jeannette:
Oh, thanks for the info. xd I'd wondered about why they'd changed the names from Amentosa (wasn't it Amentosa not Amenosa?) to Mitenshu, etc. By the recent anti-Korea bit, I'm thinking they mean either when China, Korea, etc. got really upset because of the Japanese history textbooks that completely whitewashed the atrocities Japan committed against China and Korea during World War Two (there were massive demonstrations, and pretty violent ones too) or the whole deal with the nuclear arms and North Korea.

I'm sure they will actually animate Tokyo, simply because they can't skip it in terms of storyline. It just won't be good. ><

Edit: it actually is Amenosa. xd

Capella:
I wouldn't be surprised if that were true. It would certainly explain an awful lot. I really wondered why they'd changed the Koryo names. Though really, "uneducational"? Since when has Tsubasa ever been educational in any respect?


--- Quote from: Jeannette on September 04 2006, 01:57 am ---Oh, thanks for the info. xd I'd wondered about why they'd changed the names from Amentosa (wasn't it Amentosa not Amenosa?) to Mitenshu, etc. By the recent anti-Korea bit, I'm thinking they mean either when China, Korea, etc. got really upset because of the Japanese history textbooks that completely whitewashed the atrocities Japan committed against China and Korea during World War Two (there were massive demonstrations, and pretty violent ones too) or the whole deal with the nuclear arms and North Korea.

I'm sure they will actually animate Tokyo, simply because they can't skip it in terms of storyline. It just won't be good. ><

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I remember it being "Amenosa". And yeah, they can't take out Tokyo without permanently disassociating the anime from the manga plot, so they'll just have to censor it extremely.

Meowzy:
Well, that explains a lot.
I'm glad CLAMP is unhappy about it all. And it's nice to see that it isn't all Beetrain's fault.

sanlyn:
Tsubasa is airing in NHK-E ( E= Education) with a kid's timeslot.  They need to tone down the sensitive theme like yaoi, violence to fit the audiences.

Of course it would be a  different story, if TRC aired in BS2 (pay channel of NHK network) instead of NHK-E.  Most NHK production anime with adult theme aired in BS2 like Kyou Kara Maou, 12 Kingdoms.

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