i watched this yesterday
fist of the north star 1986 anime movie pretty much sums up the whole story in 2hours compared to the old repetitive 36 episode series i used to own.(i got bored after episode 14 or so and ebayed it for a lovely little amount.)
manga ent.uk also put such an annoying modernised soundtrack of drum and bass music to the series which was really distracting/irritating and replaced the original theme.
the chinese multiregion version of the movie i got off ebay was uncut and had 18mins of footage which was removed in the uk version.
also it was english language dubbed/voiceovered anyway which was really handy.
dont mention the fucking awful gary daniels american adaptation of this movie
the BBFC really piss me off.you would think that the films they butchered and edited so much on video would finally have aged enough that the original scenes could all have been put back in.
last week much to my horror i found out on wikipedia and through google research on censorship/running times/anime data bases etc that my uk manga label version of Urotsukidoji legend of the overfiend and legend of the demon womb had almost 1whole hour cut out of it.over 55mins just under A WHOLE FUCKING HOUR!!!
basicly in japan it was originally a 5part series over 4hours long which was rehashed into a 2part movie feature in the west.
although overfiend was still very disturbing with 42mins missing(the other 14 or so mins were missing in demon womb)when i originally watched it i still went and tracked down(for a pretty steep price)the fully uncut one which is now very rare.there are even 2 on amazon at $200!!!!
anyway this next link is of the comparisons(enjoy it Billy
) ....http://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittb ... php?ID=496 scroll down these pages at your own peril.....
http://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=66
i cant be arsed to get the follow ons ie:urotsukidoji new saga etc as the above are the originals and i just want the complete versions of them how they were intended to be seen by the makers.
next i move onto wicked city.its on its way in the post hopefully get it 2moro
i havent watched this one before but again after comparing the different covers pics and info about running times i realised there various cuts and versions.the definitve one being 7-8mins difference compared to the most cut one.
the same site also had the comparisons...
http://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittb ... ID=4576463 not for the easily offended
http://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittb ... hp?ID=1419
earlier on today i watched Devilman a region 3 version again with handy english dub and full versions of part 1 and 2.
it was wicked and was apparently the prequal to violence jack.jack is the unofficial reincarnation of devilman.
(due to both the characters being originally created by Go Nagai)
check out this youtube clip...
but yeah are they all animated masterpieces,pushing the limits of imagination?
or just sick,twisted and totally unecessary?
NOTE:i say the english voiceovers were handy because i was assuming they would all be in jap or chinese languages and only have english subtitles so it was a bonus that they were dubbed.
i guess at some point in the vhs days,the films have had to be fully dubbed into english before they were submitted to the bbfc.so the master versions must have been sent back or stored at the anime studios until an opportunity for an uncut re-release in the future.
