Help with my paper (its about anime)

[XanBcoo]

Kyle Pope from Animenewsnetwork.com has a column which lists edits from anime broadcasts on American TV (most of it Cartoon Network). That will probably be a good resource.

In general, I've noticed that all the more recent series on Cartoon Network are undergoing a lot less editing than in years past. Of course you get the occasional hack-job like One Peice (due entirely to 4Kids - Cartoon Network/Kids WB had no control over that one), and there are still minor edits that make very little sense, like how blood can be shown, but "flowing blood" is out of the question. But the majority of anime that goes on to, say AdultSwim, suffers very little editing - despite what fans may say about their favorite shows being "butchered".

Kraco also brings up a good point that Japan has prettty strict censoring standards about porn/hentai. The rule is that they cannot show genitals, but if it's sold or produced outside of Japan, it doesn't have to be censored. The odd exception to this is that little boys privates are shown (in Dragonball, Abenobashi, or Crayon Shin Chan, for example). Full frontal nudity is ok though. This is almost the complete opposite of American standards, where porn is untouched, yet nudity in general on TV is a no-no. 'Cause, you know...sex is evil .