So, I see Tokyo MX is re-airing Gundam SEED, at the former airing time of SD Gundam, aka Tuesday 10:30 PM. Heh, I saw some (Japanese with French subtitles) episodes of it before, and didn't found this anime exciting at all, so yeah
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Things that were edited out on Cartoon Network include mature content (e.g. most references to the sexual relationship between Kira and Flay ? though the initial scene presenting this was left partially intact); scenes of intense combat violence (e.g. almost all shots of pilots, including main characters, in their cockpits before having their machines destroyed); cold-blooded or brutal murders that are non-mobile suit related (e.g. Siegel Clyne getting shot by ZAFT soldiers loyal to Rau Le Creuset and Patrick Zala); all references to the fact that the "Living CPUs" need to take performance enhancing drugs; and most notoriously, handguns being sloppily and inconsistently transformed into neon-colored lasers, dubbed "Disco Guns" by fans, for the majority of the show's run. Also, there was little to no use of the words "kill" or "die" in the middle of the series airing, with the phrase "taking his/her life" or some variant of the phrase in the place of either word. In one
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Yeah, I can imagine you wouldn't have enjoyed it. Hell, I wonder how many people would enjoy seeing a crippled work, especially after getting a taste of the real thing, unless for nostalgy value ? :O
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Things that were edited out on Cartoon Network include mature content (e.g. most references to the sexual relationship between Kira and Flay ? though the initial scene presenting this was left partially intact); scenes of intense combat violence (e.g. almost all shots of pilots, including main characters, in their cockpits before having their machines destroyed); cold-blooded or brutal murders that are non-mobile suit related (e.g. Siegel Clyne getting shot by ZAFT soldiers loyal to Rau Le Creuset and Patrick Zala); all references to the fact that the "Living CPUs" need to take performance enhancing drugs; and most notoriously, handguns being sloppily and inconsistently transformed into neon-colored lasers, dubbed "Disco Guns" by fans, for the majority of the show's run. Also, there was little to no use of the words "kill" or "die" in the middle of the series airing, with the phrase "taking his/her life" or some variant of the phrase in the place of either word. In one ( ... )
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Yeah, I can imagine you wouldn't have enjoyed it. Hell, I wonder how many people would enjoy seeing a crippled work, especially after getting a taste of the real thing, unless for nostalgy value ? :O
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