Hayao Miyazaki's "No cuts" policy: should it be implemented...

[arnoldmcguire335]

... in all anime excluding those w/ adult content?

I know some-or all-of you hate anime edited to death. so when I thought about this policy that only Hayao Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli crew would implement, I thought, Americans hunger for anime w/o edits so that they can show anime is not just for kids, but soccer moms won't let them.

if you want to know about edits of Anime in the US, here's the reason:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editing_of_anime_in_American_distribution

now the question is: should Hayao's "No Cuts" policy be implemented in most anime aired in the US?

 

[Quark]

sigh

 

[DigDoug]

Censorship, itself, is a stupid idea. If something's not meant to be seen by the eyes of children, then that's that. Don't ruin it for everybody by dumbing down art.

 

[Lynxara]

I think more Japanese content distributors should follow Miyazaki's example in paying careful attention to how their properties are treated overseas. Whether or not an anime is distributed in edited or altered form should be a decision left, ideally, in the hands of the Japanese persons who created the content. Failing that, the Japanese publishing companies should be calling the shots.

 

[ryuuseipro]

... in all anime excluding those w/ adult content?

I know some-or all-of you hate anime edited to death. so when I thought about this policy that only Hayao Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli crew would implement, I thought, Americans hunger for anime w/o edits so that they can show anime is not just for kids, but soccer moms won't let them.

if you want to know about edits of Anime in the US, here's the reason:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editing_of_anime_in_American_distribution

now the question is: should Hayao's "No Cuts" policy be implemented in most anime aired in the US?

Miyazaki is pretty much the exception to the rule. Because he, especially as a serious artist, calls the shots. He's especially careful about the distributor. Among other reasons, he was appalled at the treatment of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind as New World Pictures' Warriors of the Wind. I can't blame him.

But other than Miyazaki, most Japanese animation studios don't care how a show is distributed in the US, so long as they get the money. They're glad the show is mass-marketed in the US at all, localized or not.

At this point, it all depends on the distributor.

If it's for a niche fan market, it'll no doubt be uncut and treated respectfully. If it's for the kids/family market, and to be mass-marketed, certain parts will be considered objectionable and culturally questionable, and thus the show is "localized." In some cases, very radically.

So purists can either "get over it and deal with it," or be ready to call it a lost cause and move on.