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[RedAuthar]

...I guess?

[Uncle Ben]

My opinion though

[Prime]

Restrictions can be a good thing, just because Japan has less restrictions doesn't make it better.

Plus it depends on which TV format the shows will air on, if it's basic network stuff, there's still restrictions compared to satillite or cable TV. While Japan is less strict then American TV, there are still restrictions for their stuff. But even then, while American stations/distributors have edited Japanese shows for content, it's the same over there, I've read articles on Japan editing American TV shows and movies.

I'll leave a good example of what can be gotten away with on TV though, AMC's The Walking Dead. For a show rated TV-14, even I'm still amazed with some of the stuff they've put on in that show. But then again it's a cable show and as such, doesn't have to follow the censorship guidelines of network TV.

Doesn't really matter anyway because in this day and age we have parents that don't give a crap of what their kids watch on TV or what video games they play. If it keeps little Billy out of mommy and daddy's hair, it's all good! Until little Billy does something incredibly stupid and then suddenly it's the game or the movie or the TV shows fault.

[Uncle Ben]

Very true. My 9 year old cousin plays MW3 online on xbox and watches R rated movies all the time. This generation is terrible compared to ours

[RedAuthar]

My problem is that the Rating systems can only give recommendations...it's still the parents who buy these games for their kids and the parents who let them play them. Seriously.....don't blame the game....blame the parents for giving a game to the kids who were to young to play it.

[Uncle Ben]

exactly

[RedMenace]

The OVA was ok. It seemed like it was aimed toward an older audience.

Don't forget that Japan allows dark and edgy material into children shows than in America or the Western World in general. If you disagree please respond.

Batman: The Animated Series & Batman Beyond. But I suppose those are rarer cases.

[blue]

The OVA was ok. It seemed like it was aimed toward an older audience.

Don't forget that Japan allows dark and edgy material into children shows than in America or the Western World in general. If you disagree please respond.

Batman: The Animated Series & Batman Beyond. But I suppose those are rarer cases.

America does allow dark and edgy content in children shows, but it depends on the creators, the companies' approval, and the audiences' reactions.

[RedAuthar]

It also depends on who creates and/or translates.

[Prime]

The OVA was ok. It seemed like it was aimed toward an older audience.

Don't forget that Japan allows dark and edgy material into children shows than in America or the Western World in general. If you disagree please respond.

Batman: The Animated Series & Batman Beyond. But I suppose those are rarer cases.

This. This right here is all I need to hear.

Plus The Real Ghostbusters had a fair deal of dark episodes for an 80s toon, although those tended to be the episodes that were created for syndication. The ABC episodes were much lighter in tone.

I guess you can throw in Gargoyles too, and Beast Wars: Transformers. Oh, and what about Reboot?

[blue]

The OVA was ok. It seemed like it was aimed toward an older audience.

Don't forget that Japan allows dark and edgy material into children shows than in America or the Western World in general. If you disagree please respond.

Batman: The Animated Series & Batman Beyond. But I suppose those are rarer cases.

This. This right here is all I need to hear.

Plus The Real Ghostbusters had a fair deal of dark episodes for an 80s toon, although those tended to be the episodes that were created for syndication. The ABC episodes were much lighter in tone.

I guess you can throw in Gargoyles too, and Beast Wars: Transformers. Oh, and what about Reboot?

If you want a recent example, how about Avatar:The Last Airbender and its sequel, The Legend of Korra.

[RedMenace]

Plus The Real Ghostbusters had a fair deal of dark episodes for an 80s toon, although those tended to be the episodes that were created for syndication. The ABC episodes were much lighter in tone.

I guess you can throw in Gargoyles too, and Beast Wars: Transformers. Oh, and what about Reboot?

Good point. And why stop there? Add The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest and SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron to the list.

[Uncle Ben]

The OVA was ok. It seemed like it was aimed toward an older audience.

Don't forget that Japan allows dark and edgy material into children shows than in America or the Western World in general. If you disagree please respond.

Batman: The Animated Series & Batman Beyond. But I suppose those are rarer cases.

This. This right here is all I need to hear.

Plus The Real Ghostbusters had a fair deal of dark episodes for an 80s toon, although those tended to be the episodes that were created for syndication. The ABC episodes were much lighter in tone.

I guess you can throw in Gargoyles too, and Beast Wars: Transformers. Oh, and what about Reboot?

If you want a recent example, how about Avatar:The Last Airbender and its sequel, The Legend of Korra.

Avatar is good. i havent seen Korra yet. Just dont watch M. Night Shamlen's Movie of the first season... he butchered it

[RedAuthar]

It really depended on the company the show came from and what they were willing to risk.

Unfortunately most of these shows were the shows parents told us we weren't allowed to watch for one reason or another.

At least mine did.

[Uncle Ben]

Exactly. usually if its from Disney parents have no problem, My mom had a problem with Cartoon Network

[blue]

The OVA was ok. It seemed like it was aimed toward an older audience.

Don't forget that Japan allows dark and edgy material into children shows than in America or the Western World in general. If you disagree please respond.

Batman: The Animated Series & Batman Beyond. But I suppose those are rarer cases.

This. This right here is all I need to hear.

Plus The Real Ghostbusters had a fair deal of dark episodes for an 80s toon, although those tended to be the episodes that were created for syndication. The ABC episodes were much lighter in tone.

I guess you can throw in Gargoyles too, and Beast Wars: Transformers. Oh, and what about Reboot?

If you want a recent example, how about Avatar:The Last Airbender and its sequel, The Legend of Korra.

Avatar is good. i havent seen Korra yet. Just dont watch M. Night Shamlen's Movie of the first season... he butchered it

Too late, I watched it over a year ago in theaters and I regret it ever since. I knew the movie won't be as good as the original but dang. The Legend of Korra was great, but a bit rushed at the ending.

[Prime]

Well, c'mon guys. How often has Hollywood been able to knock out a good live action big budget movie which has been based off an animated cartoon series? Or a video game?

Hell, it took them long enough, but they have more or less no managed to pull off adapting comic books to the big screen. Back in the 80s and 90s most comic book movies were dreadful. Hit the year 2000 and Hollywood is starting to actually do a good job at it, there's still the odd comic book movie they make now that sucks (I'm looking at you, Green Lantern) but for the most part, they got it down.

As for video game movies? Still struggling with that one. Seriously, the live action Resident Evil movies need to just die already.

And as for live action movies based off of animated series? Just... Why the hell is there going to be another Transformers movie directed by Michael Bay? More to the point, why does Michael Bay continue to still make movies?

[RedAuthar]

Well, c'mon guys. How often has Hollywood been able to knock out a good live action big budget movie which has been based off an animated cartoon series? Or a video game?

The original Mortal Kombat movie....then it's sequel ruined the series.

Hell, it took them long enough, but they have more or less no managed to pull off adapting comic books to the big screen. Back in the 80s and 90s most comic book movies were dreadful. Hit the year 2000 and Hollywood is starting to actually do a good job at it, there's still the odd comic book movie they make now that sucks (I'm looking at you, Green Lantern) but for the most part, they got it down.

Everyone keeps saying that....but I liked Green Lantern! I never liked the character until I saw the movie...what did it do wrong?

As for video game movies? Still struggling with that one. Seriously, the live action Resident Evil movies need to just die already.

So true. But this is likely do the fact they tend to be made back when games didn't have much storyline and thus they had more free range, giving them more butchering the series time.

And as for live action movies based off of animated series? Just... Why the hell is there going to be another Transformers movie directed by Michael Bay? More to the point, why does Michael Bay continue to still make movies?

He was making the Ninja Turtles Aliens man..... How can they be the Teenage MUTANT Ninja Turtles if they are from space?!

[Uncle Ben]

dont know man...

[LaserX5]

He was making the Ninja Turtles Aliens man..... How can they be the Teenage MUTANT Ninja Turtles if they are from space?!

They can't, but that's the garbage you get when a maniac is in charge of directing a movie adaptation of a popular series. They warp it to their liking whether it makes any sense or not.