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Toei is Offering Refunds After Censoring Dragon Ball Z Blu-ray In Japan

Jake by Jake
7 years ago
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It was recently revealed that the blu-ray version of the 11th instalment of the Dragon Ball Z movie franchise, Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly, was censored and now Toei Animation is apologizing and offering refunds. The blu-ray advertised that it was unedited, meaning no alteration had been done.

Dragon Ball Z Bio Broly Censorship Dragon Ball Z Bio Broly Censorship 2 Dragon Ball Z Bojack Unbound Censorship

The censoring was first discovered by Twitter user nappasan (the edited version on the left and original on the right).

今月5日に東映ビデオより発売されたドラゴンボールZのBlu-rayソフトにおいて、中指を立てて挑発する表現がデジタル修正されていました。公式側による告知や但し書きなどは何も無く、過去の映像作品における表現の問題に関する重大な背信行為であると憤っています。 pic.twitter.com/dLhuW1JeHi

— ΝΑΠΠΑ (@nappasan) December 15, 2018

He also revealed a comparison of both versions.

映像による比較をしてみました。2カットに渡ってトランクスの中指が修正されているのが判ります。なお画面右側で使用している「オリジナル版」の映像はAmazonプライムビデオにおける配信映像であり、今回発売されたBlu-rayはこれと同じHDマスターを使用しています。 pic.twitter.com/fe5nNfaGgJ

— ΝΑΠΠΑ (@nappasan) December 15, 2018

The hand gesture was also removed from the blu-ray version of Dragon Ball Z: Bojack Unbound.

https://twitter.com/nappasan/status/1073973105901547520

This is nothing new as most Dragon Ball fans know that characters have often given the middle finger as a taunt. The hand gesture has been censored for Japanese TV rebroadcasts.

なお中指を立てるジェスチャーが修正された例はこれが初ではありません。『ドラゴンボール改』においても当該表現はデジタル修正の対象となりましたが、『改』はあくまで『Z』の映像を流用して再編集された新規のTV番組でしたし、日曜朝の番組とあってこちらの場合妥当性はあったと思います。 pic.twitter.com/S7BF4zv045

— ΝΑΠΠΑ (@nappasan) December 15, 2018

Source: Toei, Nappasan

Tags: AnimeDragon BallDragon Ball Z

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