RTL two was previously considered the first point of contact for anime on TV. But due to a new youth protection guideline Many anime had to be greatly censoredto be suitable for small children too. In addition to bizarre actions, such as painting out queer characters in Sailor Moon, there were also further censorships, which from today’s perspective are no longer understandable.
When people are not killed, but captured
In order to do justice to the protection of minors, the broadcaster not only had the opportunity to intervene in a purely optical manner. Because in anime like one piece and naruto The dialogue also censored and defused.
Popular examples would be The “capture” in Naruto. Instead of killing ninjas, they were simply captured and you have never heard of them anymore. In addition, one piece was simply tried to defeat people instead of killing them.
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Yu-Gi-Oh: Pistols became finger pistols
One would think that an anime about a card game does not need censorship, but if at Yu-Gi-OH! the Soul can be banished into the realm of the shadowIf you lose the duel, it can be too violent for RTL two. In fact, the Japanese version also came Conventional weapons like pistols before. A fact that was naturally retouched.
So people do not target pistols, but simply shown with their fingers on other people. The situation naturally becomes absurd when a corresponding threat is given. RTL two simply took over in that case American 4kids versionthat defused the Japanese original.
Censorship on RTL two: Naruto was not even allowed to sit on the toilet
The RTL two-version of Naruto is considered to be particularly strong. Because the transmitter the cut American version censored again. This not only led to extreme losses in the representation of violence and weapons, but also to the lack of bizarre scenes such as that Kiss between Naruto and Sasuke.
But in the same episode there was also a scene like Naruto was sitting on the toiletafter drinking spoiled milk. Instead, only the hallway in front of the toilet was shown as a still image. Questionable whether that would not have been reasonable for children.
Dragon Ball Z was cut – the reviews not
Dragon Ball is probably one of the most notorious examples of censorship. In Dragon Ball GT, 20 percent of all episodes were not broadcast in Germany. There were countless cuts at Dragon Ball B to minimize violence and retouch blood.
Before the actual episode, a brief review of the previous episodes was always shown. However, this was completely unabridged in German space. A popular example is Krillin’s death by Freezer, who was cut out ice cold in the actual episode and was only uncensored in the next episode by the review.