Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-37117761-20190430170317/@comment-37117761-20190518145408

Nipasu wrote: GlitterInformer wrote:

Nipasu wrote: Kasumi-genx wrote: Star Twinkle is very perfect for Hasbro so there would be less edits. I honestly think all of the series could be left uncut without any issues.

And besides, why would we need edits? But some people think that edits can make a dub more palatable. Miraculous Ladybug (from my view) doesn't have an edited dub, and it's doing well. So why and how would editing help improve Precure?

In terms of censorship, yes it does depend on the country or region: But it seems like the West (or at least North America) is becoming more lenient on what children's programming can handle, so there shouldn't be nay reasons to edit anything for censorship reasons (i.e. Henri) I hope you're right. Some people in North America are still very conservative. If they censored Henri's stereotype-defying ways or Yukari and Akira's relationship, that would really suck.

Now, that being said, Glitter Force isn't just broadcast in America. It's got all sorts of foreign versions in languages from Italian to Latin American Spanish to Danish to Arabic. If one of these countries has laws preventing Glitter Force from being uncut, then it might affect all Glitter Force dubs.

But if Miraculous Ladybug can do well without edits, then maybe Glitter Force can, too. Then again, other dubs like Pokémon Sun and Moon are still edited, so who knows? I think the name changes will probably remain, like it or not. A lot of my American peers have trouble remembering Japanese names, and it would be easier for a good number of American viewers to keep track of the characters if they had American names.

Side note: a lot of the editing in Glitter Force wasn't for the sake of Americanization or censorship, but probably just something they had to do. 8 episodes of Glitter Force were removed because the show was going to originally air on Nickelodeon, and all Nickelodeon shows have to have seasons of 20 episodes each. And I'm pretty sure that Saban didn't want Glitter Force Doki Doki to only have 30 episodes; I think they were just running out of funds due to being on their last legs.