Naruto Licensed for American Release - VGF

Jimmy Neel · 02-15-2005, 06:48 PM

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=851

And not by 4Kids.

YAY!

SuperLuigi64 · 02-16-2005, 01:17 AM

*rejoice*

Falco53 · 02-16-2005, 11:44 PM

I'm looking forward to this. It's being done for Toonami, so there's a 50/50 (or better) chance that the dub will actually be pretty good. I suppose there's a chance that some editing will be done, but I have not actually seen the series so I don't know the level of violence, sex, etc.

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I can't think of a good 1337 J. _|?

SuperLuigi64 · 02-17-2005, 12:36 PM

It would have been much better had they gotten it for Adult Swim, but still, Toonami's not as bad as, say....everything but Adult Swim >_>

KirbyKing · 02-17-2005, 08:23 PM

Well, if the dub's gonna be like Kenshin in the least, there will be liberal censoring of blood...

Tad Venture · 02-17-2005, 08:55 PM

Well these guys did InuYasha, so it shouldn't be TOO bad. And it's not 4Kids.

Falco53 · 02-18-2005, 12:28 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by KirbyKing:
Well, if the dub's gonna be like Kenshin in the least, there will be liberal censoring of blood...

It wasn't censored because of the dub, but because of CN.

I didn't mind the censhorship of blood so much. It took away from the effect, but it was still a good show.

jbboo · 02-18-2005, 03:20 AM

Well I'm glad most people here are taking the news better than almost everyone at NarutoForums, who're all like, "OMFG, THIS SUCKS! NARUTO'S GONNA BE RAPED TO PIECES, AND I'M GONNA PUNCH THE FIRST KID WEARING A HEAD PROTECTOR YELLING 'ART OF THE DOPPLEGANGER'!!!!!!!

"

Jimmy Neel · 02-18-2005, 04:46 PM

Yea, the hardcore fans on the Naruto websites are Narutards in denial. They should have known it would happen as popular as it is. Hell, they all contributed to its popularity.

Virtual Cat · 02-21-2005, 03:19 PM

Normally I would freak out about this and say the anime should be on Adult Swim, but I won't. When you really look at it, would Naruto fit in that well with the FMA's and GITS's of Adult Swim? Besides, the Adult Swim schedule will be full enough as it is this year, so I doubt they could cram in Naruto. As long as they release uncut DVDs, I'll be happy.

Sim Kid · 03-07-2005, 08:09 PM

*crosses fingers*

22-minutes-and-not-much-happens edited out, 22-minutes-and-not-much-happens edited out...

Galefore · 05-03-2005, 11:00 AM

My friend had an issue of Shonen Jump, and I read some Naruto and One Piece. I liked both of them. Hopefully, it'll be entertaining. Just hope they don't rip it to pieces and make it into a crappy baby show like... I dunno... Megaman Network Transmission.

Jimmy Neel · 05-06-2005, 02:06 PM

With Naruto, it would actually be very hard for them to do so without totally confusing everyone. Besides, in a lot of episodes the cuts and edits would only leave around 15 minutes of viewable stuff which just doesn't help when filling a time slot.

On a sidenote:

Episode 133 of the Naruto anime is easily the best episode of any anime I've ever seen. It was awesome.

**L007 is Undecided** · 05-06-2005, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Galefore:FF9 Obsessed.:
My friend had an issue of Shonen Jump, and I read some Naruto and One Piece. I liked both of them. Hopefully, it'll be entertaining. Just hope they don't rip it to pieces and make it into a crappy baby show like... I dunno... Megaman Network Transmission.

That's 4Kids. This is Toei. These are the guys that dubbed Digimon and Gash (or Zatch) Bell. Personally, they do a pretty good job. They left a bit of blood in the episode where Kio is blasted by that Gothy looking Mamodo (Names escape me except for Zatch, Tio, Mars... Yeah.). However, I have read a rant by someone online that the name change was dumb, and parts are going to be slaughtered, including the "Chichi wo Moge" song, which is the theme song of Folgore and Kanchome. Is this going to be edited? More than likely. The song's title literally translates to "Breasts to pluck".

Erdawn Il Deus · 05-06-2005, 10:54 PM

The name changes are terrible.

Dai Grepher · 05-15-2005, 01:48 AM

I have never heard of Naruto before. What is it about?

jbboo · 05-15-2005, 03:39 AM

^You'll find out in September.

In other news, I've heard that Steven Blum is working on the Naruto English Dub, though it's unknown which character he's doing, if he's doing a voice at all.

Still, HOLY ****!!!!!!!

His voice in the show ALONE kinda makes me confident that the dub won't suck. (Prays that he's doing Kakashi's voice!)

**L007 is Undecided** · 05-24-2005, 08:40 PM

From Naruto Fan:

Naruto Anime Dub, Cuts and Edits
Reported by: Tazmo on Friday, May 20th, 2005 at 09:14PM
The Naruto anime series that is set to air this September on Cartoon Network's Toonami block will supposedly see its first DVD home video release in December of this year, possibly before Christmas. Of course everyone knows that there will be edits made to the series which potentially would not have been made had the series aired at a later time on Adult Swim, which was decided to boost ratings among all ages, but Naruto fans should be happy to note that DVD releases will be uncut. You should also be happy to know that we are hearing technique names will stay true to the original Japanese series such as Kage Bunshin no Jutsu and of course the names of characters will remain unchanged.

What will be editted? Any blood that flows out of characters and could be viewed as a graphic scene, Any battle scenes which could be viewed as graphic such as the battle on the bridge with Haku & Zabuza where Uchiha Sasuke has needles through his throat, Any ulta-graphic death scenes such as the exploding Zaku Abumi, Any "bad word". What won't be editted? Blood that does not flow out of characters in a graphic way, Naruto stabbing his hand in an early episode, The Sexy no Jutsu. It's worth it to note this is all preliminary information which could change at any time, infact it could be not true at all, but it doesn't seem like the series will stray too far away from the point we enjoy it at now.

There's the edit rumors. And uncut DVDS! There we go!

Beam Yosho the Drunkard · 05-31-2005, 05:16 PM

Just watched the Toonami previews of the new shows to come, including Naruto.

So far, I haven't seen anything horribly hacked up on the preview. Naruto was BLEEDING, even.

**L007 is Undecided** · 05-31-2005, 07:12 PM

Hmm, the only difference I heard was that Naruto wanted to be "Head Ninja" instead of Kage. Still, looking forward to watching the dub.

02-15-2005, 06:48 PM	#1
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Falco53 Senior Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Happy World Land Posts: 2,744 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 5,995.47 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 6,495.47 Donate	I'm looking forward to this. It's being done for Toonami, so there's a 50/50 (or better) chance that the dub will actually be pretty good. I suppose there's a chance that some editing will be done, but I have not actually seen the series so I don't know the level of violence, sex, etc. \|\\|1\|\\|j45 \|>\/\/\|\\| j00!!!!11111 I can't think of a good 1337 J. _\|?

02-17-2005, 12:36 PM	#4
SuperLuigi64 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Louisiana Gender: Posts: 7,695 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 3,599.90 Bank: 574.34 Total Points: 4,174.24 Donate	It would have been much better had they gotten it for Adult Swim, but still, Toonami's not as bad as, say....everything but Adult Swim >_>

02-17-2005, 08:23 PM	#5
KirbyKing Veteran Member Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 37,091 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 10,456.50 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 10,956.50 Donate	Well, if the dub's gonna be like Kenshin in the least, there will be liberal censoring of blood...

02-17-2005, 08:55 PM	#6
Tad Venture Moderator of Awesome Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Location, Location. Gender: Posts: 23,394 Thanks: 457 Thanked 618 Times in 364 Posts Points: 77,569.28 Bank: 89,101.11 Total Points: 166,670.40 Donate	Well these guys did InuYasha, so it shouldn't be TOO bad. And it's not 4Kids.

02-18-2005, 03:20 AM	#8
jbboo Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Forsaken Fortress, Great Sea Gender: Posts: 197 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,728.81 Bank: 552.04 Total Points: 2,280.85 Donate	Well I'm glad most people here are taking the news better than almost everyone at NarutoForums, who're all like, "OMFG, THIS SUCKS! NARUTO'S GONNA BE RAPED TO PIECES, AND I'M GONNA PUNCH THE FIRST KID WEARING A HEAD PROTECTOR YELLING 'ART OF THE DOPPLEGANGER'!!!!!!! "

02-18-2005, 04:46 PM	#9
Jimmy Neel Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 577 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,255.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,755.00 Donate	Yea, the hardcore fans on the Naruto websites are Narutards in denial. They should have known it would happen as popular as it is. Hell, they all contributed to its popularity.

02-21-2005, 03:19 PM	#10
Virtual Cat Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The middle of no where (Also known as Iowa) Gender: Posts: 965 Thanks: 0 Thanked 10 Times in 3 Posts Points: 654.49 Bank: 510.00 Total Points: 1,164.49 Donate	Normally I would freak out about this and say the anime should be on Adult Swim, but I won't. When you really look at it, would Naruto fit in that well with the FMA's and GITS's of Adult Swim? Besides, the Adult Swim schedule will be full enough as it is this year, so I doubt they could cram in Naruto. As long as they release uncut DVDs, I'll be happy.

03-07-2005, 08:09 PM	#11
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 6,869 Thanks: 9 Thanked 54 Times in 29 Posts Points: 32,330.04 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 32,830.04 Donate	crosses fingers 22-minutes-and-not-much-happens edited out, 22-minutes-and-not-much-happens edited out...

05-03-2005, 11:00 AM	#12
Galefore Gunjinkeeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dry land. Gender: Posts: 5,498 Thanks: 585 Thanked 332 Times in 265 Posts Blog Entries: 2 Points: 2,168.79 Bank: 32,719.21 Total Points: 34,887.99 Donate	My friend had an issue of Shonen Jump, and I read some Naruto and One Piece. I liked both of them. Hopefully, it'll be entertaining. Just hope they don't rip it to pieces and make it into a crappy baby show like... I dunno... Megaman Network Transmission.

05-06-2005, 02:06 PM	#13
Jimmy Neel Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Utah Posts: 577 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,255.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 1,755.00 Donate	With Naruto, it would actually be very hard for them to do so without totally confusing everyone. Besides, in a lot of episodes the cuts and edits would only leave around 15 minutes of viewable stuff which just doesn't help when filling a time slot. On a sidenote: Episode 133 of the Naruto anime is easily the best episode of any anime I've ever seen. It was awesome.

05-06-2005, 10:54 PM	#15
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05-15-2005, 03:39 AM	#17
jbboo Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Forsaken Fortress, Great Sea Gender: Posts: 197 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 1,728.81 Bank: 552.04 Total Points: 2,280.85 Donate	^You'll find out in September. In other news, I've heard that Steven Blum is working on the Naruto English Dub, though it's unknown which character he's doing, if he's doing a voice at all. Still, HOLY ****!!!!!!! His voice in the show ALONE kinda makes me confident that the dub won't suck. (Prays that he's doing Kakashi's voice!)

05-24-2005, 08:40 PM	#18
L007 is Undecided Axe Shreddin' Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: Farmerland. Gender: Posts: 7,328 Thanks: 90 Thanked 292 Times in 172 Posts Points: 1,463.90 Bank: 15,339.45 Total Points: 16,803.34 Donate	From Naruto Fan: Naruto Anime Dub, Cuts and Edits Reported by: Tazmo on Friday, May 20th, 2005 at 09:14PM The Naruto anime series that is set to air this September on Cartoon Network's Toonami block will supposedly see its first DVD home video release in December of this year, possibly before Christmas. Of course everyone knows that there will be edits made to the series which potentially would not have been made had the series aired at a later time on Adult Swim, which was decided to boost ratings among all ages, but Naruto fans should be happy to note that DVD releases will be uncut. You should also be happy to know that we are hearing technique names will stay true to the original Japanese series such as Kage Bunshin no Jutsu and of course the names of characters will remain unchanged. What will be editted? Any blood that flows out of characters and could be viewed as a graphic scene, Any battle scenes which could be viewed as graphic such as the battle on the bridge with Haku & Zabuza where Uchiha Sasuke has needles through his throat, Any ulta-graphic death scenes such as the exploding Zaku Abumi, Any "bad word". What won't be editted? Blood that does not flow out of characters in a graphic way, Naruto stabbing his hand in an early episode, The Sexy no Jutsu. It's worth it to note this is all preliminary information which could change at any time, infact it could be not true at all, but it doesn't seem like the series will stray too far away from the point we enjoy it at now. There's the edit rumors. And uncut DVDS! There we go!

05-31-2005, 05:16 PM	#19
Beam Yosho the Drunkard Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The oversized rock of Hawaii. Gender: Posts: 5,665 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts Points: 22,285.39 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 22,785.39 Donate	Just watched the Toonami previews of the new shows to come, including Naruto. So far, I haven't seen anything horribly hacked up on the preview. Naruto was BLEEDING, even.

05-31-2005, 07:12 PM	#20
L007 is Undecided Axe Shreddin' Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: Farmerland. Gender: Posts: 7,328 Thanks: 90 Thanked 292 Times in 172 Posts Points: 1,463.90 Bank: 15,339.45 Total Points: 16,803.34 Donate	Hmm, the only difference I heard was that Naruto wanted to be "Head Ninja" instead of Kage. Still, looking forward to watching the dub.