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Jan 11, 2023 5:04 AM
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Crunchyroll keeps censoring anime, what do you think?
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Jan 11, 2023 5:10 AM
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Doesn't matter, I don't use crunchyroll haha
Well jokes aside, I honestly think that they shouldnt even pick the series if all they wanna do is censor.. Or atleast there are ways to censor something othr than still frames

Jan 11, 2023 5:11 AM
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I have to assume it's because they're now catering to a normie demographic now. Long are the days where Crunchyroll was for weebs only. Which makes their business practice of picking up series like this a little eye roll worthy if they're just going to censor them.

I have to assume this will just lead to even more piracy. Normie casuals are temporary and not long term customers of the service. And they've slowly been driving the audience who would stick around, off the site. For more reasons then just this. Personally their translations are shit and their coporate practices are bullshit but that's off topic.
Jan 11, 2023 5:15 AM
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Honestly, I don't care what they do with the series. I am good with my cat site.
Jan 11, 2023 5:26 AM
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Ayakashi Triangle was also heavily censored on Crunchy. I remember like three days ago some shills argued that Crunchy has better video quality than illegal steaming sites which isn't even true. So much for better quality lol...

Now watch how the paid shills will flood this thread soon and try to convince everyone that this isn't Crunchys fault.
Jan 11, 2023 5:32 AM
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At least the video quality is better lol.

Another reason out of the many others as to why why piracy remains the best form of watching anime

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Jan 11, 2023 5:35 AM
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They can do whatever they want. I never use Crunchyroll.
Jan 11, 2023 5:38 AM
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it’s kinda weird and annoying i guess, i definitely don’t like it but it doesn’t bother me too much either.
Jan 11, 2023 5:40 AM
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Extremely common Crunchyroll L

imagine not showing full on sex-change loli nudity?
pathetic

Jan 11, 2023 5:44 AM

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I don't use it so i don't care.

Now let's rise our pirate flag!
Jan 11, 2023 5:49 AM
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LOL this is only going to drive more traffic to piracy sites.

Jan 11, 2023 5:57 AM
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Barely use Crunchyroll (only use it as a substitute when a streaming site I usually use goes down), but since they're going to start censoring shows on it, I'm definitely never using it ever again. Thank god I never paid for the premium Crunchyroll subscription service. And the sad thing is that people who only use CR to watch anime (and pay for it) will not even know that they're watching a censored version of it compared to the one that aired on Japanese TV.
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Jan 11, 2023 9:31 AM

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I wonder how many people would actually have noticed the censorship if they weren't told beforehand.

Why am I even asking? They are just pirate who try to find more excuse for piracy.
Jan 11, 2023 9:37 AM
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What the fuck I hate Crunchyroll now
Jan 11, 2023 9:40 AM
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that's why illegal streaming sites are objectively superior to crunchyshit
Jan 11, 2023 9:46 AM

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I've got a feeling CR released the uncensored version first and then changed it as I remember panels 6-9 as they looked in the original. I happened to pick ep 1 up within 30 mins of it dropping on CR and maybe they changed it later. Other panels are just grades of steam censoring.
Jan 11, 2023 9:46 AM

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Common cruchyroll L
Even mangaplus app censored 2 chaps of an ecchi manga

More flags will be raised ig
Jan 11, 2023 9:59 AM

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Just waiting for the usual shills to defend CR on this one too like they always do.
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Jan 11, 2023 10:06 AM

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i mean with or without censorship, people will still pirate the show regardless. the only thing affecting the censorship are people already paying for Crunchyroll, and they don't seem to care.
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Jan 11, 2023 10:14 AM

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I thought that crunchyroll itself doesn't censor anime?
they bought the rights and it happened to be for the censored version. they would air the uncensored one if it was readily available for them?
someone who actually knows enlighten me. while I absolutely despise crunchyroll for everything else, I don't want more fuel to this fire because it's already burning bright and hot.
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Jan 11, 2023 10:14 AM

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I also don't use Crunchyroll, but I watched a bit of the censored & uncensored to see & I heard the moaning sounds in the censored version.
Jan 11, 2023 10:23 AM

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I think nothing, they can do what they want, I am not a subscriber to them so my opinion is useless anyways.
Jan 11, 2023 10:24 AM

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I don't care for the most part, as I don't watch anime purely for the fanservice, but I think Crunchyroll should stop licensing shows that would need heavy censorship to be suitable for their platform, and let someone who isn't afraid of nudity pick up those shows. Like World End Harem or whatever it was called, where it's borderline hentai, so they have to censor it with those shitty black blocks that take up most of the screen and make it really hard to tell what's going on. (I haven't even watched the show, nor do I have any intention to, but it's a notorious case of Crunchyroll's censorship that pretty much everyone is aware of.) That show should've been licensed by Netflix, or some other streaming platform that's not afraid of a little nudity.
Jan 11, 2023 10:25 AM

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It's funny because the fog ones don't even make a difference. 
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Jan 11, 2023 10:33 AM

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I thought that crunchyroll itself doesn't censor anime?
they bought the rights and it happened to be for the censored version. they would air the uncensored one if it was readily available for them?
someone who actually knows enlighten me. while I absolutely despise crunchyroll for everything else, I don't want more fuel to this fire because it's already burning bright and hot.


you may be right (someone claimed the TV version in Japan is uncensored, but i can't confirm. i'll eventually watch the series now that it's on Gyao and see if it's censored there or not).
if that's the case, the question should then be, 'why didn't Crunchyroll acquire the rights for the uncensored version?' It will probably cost more in terms of licensing, but that shouldn't be an issue for Crunchyroll.

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Jan 11, 2023 10:34 AM
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They might want to work video quality before censoring stuff.


Jan 11, 2023 10:40 AM
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I hate it I pay for premium they have buy ecchi titles if they don't want to air the as created than pass on them and let another company like sentai or maybe a new north america licensor
Jan 11, 2023 10:42 AM

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This is the most "Oh no. Anyway" I've felt. It really is not the worst thing they've done to anime.
Jan 11, 2023 10:51 AM

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Don your eyepatch and prosthetic leg and jump into the world of pirating.
Jan 11, 2023 10:51 AM

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What show is this? Usually Crunchyroll censorship is just Them using the unaltered Japanese broadcast version instead of blue ray version.
Jan 11, 2023 11:16 AM

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Why broadcast a show that is directly aimed at fanservice and ecchi if you will censor it? It's like booking a gay show for a conservative Christian TV channel and then cutting all LGBT content out of it.




Jan 11, 2023 11:21 AM

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I think.. Crunchyroll not showing you simulated child porn (for example, because the Japanese publisher decided to give them this version of the show) does not equal "censoring anime"..

I also think that.. You seem to be okay with the so-called 'censoring' done in the original.. So why should this be a problem..

And to conclude.. If you have such a problem with a show on Crunchyroll not showing you a sexualized depiction of a child then why aren't you taking it up with them..?
Jan 11, 2023 11:25 AM

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Crunchyroll airing the censored version is nothing new,  do you not remember Terra Formers and the infamous black lines?  That being said it is just idiotic to pick up an ecchi anime if you're not willing to show it uncensored
Jan 11, 2023 11:25 AM

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Are they actively censoring it or just airing the broadcast version?  

It might have changed but that's always been the excuse when asked about censorship. That it's the broadcast/TV version.
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Jan 11, 2023 12:19 PM

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Despite what Users might think, really all Crunchyroll is doing in this instance is streaming the Japanese broadcasted version of an Anime before a less censored version is released on physical disc (because pretty much any frontal nudity is always censored in Japan anyways).

I did a comparison once a while back when I splurged and randomly bought a bunch of Anime series with interesting premises on physical discs. One series that interested me was called "A Sister's All You Need" (Yet don't let the title deceive you because the story is actually just about the life of a light novelist who has a weird little sister complex when they technically don't even have a sister).

To get back to the point, the Japanese broadcasted aired version is extremely censored. In fact since it's not a very popular Anime franchise in the West I doubt many Western Anime collectors actually own the Anime on physical disc to begin with. This Anime is one of these rare examples that has an official Blu-ray release that has a lot of fanservice completely uncensored (less censored) when you buy an Official physical copy for an Anime and ironically it's still classified as Ecchi Anime to begin with even when all the fanservice is completely censored when it originally aired. Any Anime Pirates out there can likely go confirm for themselves if they don't believe me. 

I am not really for or against Crunchyroll to begin with but this seems like just another one of these threads specifically created just to trash Crunchyroll.
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Jan 11, 2023 1:17 PM

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These edits seem reasonable enough. Prolly was done so it complied with US broadcast standards.

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Jan 11, 2023 1:26 PM

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I do not use crunchyroll for many reasons, and that is just one of them.  On a side note, loli bellies are the best 😭.  One Piece resonates even more with me in this era of censorship.  Piracy ahoy!
Jan 11, 2023 1:28 PM
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Thats censored? It looks perfectly normal to me. If you want to see naked girls, then go watch some hentai or something.... -_-
Jan 11, 2023 1:29 PM

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Crunchy Roll.

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Jan 11, 2023 1:35 PM

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Crunchy Roll.

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No time for that place. Still all about the DVDs 📀 mayne...
 I have gone even further back recently since I got my hands on a Laserdisc player that's been modified with a HDMI ports.

BTW I recently actually watched Venus Wars again when I got lucky and found some guy selling his entire Anime collection they owned on Laserdisc at some random yard sale last month :)


Jan 11, 2023 1:36 PM

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 This is what happens when anime become mainstream in the west.

Jan 11, 2023 1:39 PM

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While there are anime that have aired both censored and uncensored (likely at a later timeslot), I'm pretty sure Crunchyhole has always put up the censored airing regardless of whether or not thats the case. Just stating the obvious, but of course they aren't going to put up the uncensored versions....The industry wants people to actually buy them, which is funny because you can easily find blu-ray rips of said uncensored versions.

Also, you really think they'd put in the work to censor this stuff themselves? That's cute. And what exactly would be the benefit of them doing so?
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I have gone even further back recently since I got my hands on a Laserdisc player that's been modified with a HDMI ports.

BTW I recently actually watched Venus Wars again when I got lucky and found some guy selling his entire Anime collection they owned on Laserdisc at some random yard sale last month :)


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Jan 11, 2023 1:52 PM

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I hate censorship. No, I refuse to elaborate
Jan 11, 2023 2:13 PM

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not too familiar with what crunchyroll censors from broadcast. But nowadays almost all nipples in a show considered to be "ecchi" are more or less censored. With the world becoming increasingly against what is considered problematic, nipple ecchi is the first to go.

This has pretty much killed the hype of ecchis, and they are being treated like adult hentai now. Reason why stuff like hxeros, world's end harem, harem in the labyrinth, and dxd are like never getting followup seasons. So merchandise companies generally don't want to touch them
Jan 11, 2023 2:44 PM
Crunchyroll is known for being very xenophobic especially if its Japanese entertainment. I'm not surprised most of us use illegal sites thanks to this kind of censorship.

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Jan 11, 2023 2:48 PM

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Imagine paying for Crunchyroll... normies
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Half of the people here don't even use Crunchyroll lmao
Jan 11, 2023 2:53 PM

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Not sure why all of a sudden there is so much hate for Crunchyroll. If Users seriously dislike their services simply just stop using Crunchyroll if you think it's that bad. There are other services out there that legally stream Anime. Some currently with even bigger libraries. I think even HIDIVE has more content currently than Crunchyroll, at least more stuff I like to watch. 

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Jan 11, 2023 2:53 PM

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I don't mind it. As someone who uses crunchyroll and liked the first episode of this show I don't want the camera to perv on the loli. I'm here exclusively for the genderbender aspect. It wasn't agressive enough that I realized at first it was censored. 

Also, I feel like I still saw those 4 bottom frames of the comparison in the CR version. Maybe they put it up and replaced it with a more censored version later?
I'm also a fan of how intricate the the drawing of the bra isle is. I feel like they put in a lot of effort there and I'm glad I got more time to appreciate it.
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