US DVD release changes..

[Gouf]

What got cut out of the US release DVD's? I know they changed Sieg's name to Zeek. A few other name changes for Zoids (i.e. Wardick became Warshark, etc.) But did any scenes or part of the story get hacked aswell?

[Shenny]

Actually, Zeke's name is literally spelled Jeeku.

Nothing major got taken out, unless it was bloody or otherwise not PG. Someone on youtube has clips from the Japanese DVDs of things that were cut out. They were titled "zoids clip" followed by a number, but I can't seem to find them anymore.

[vishus]

As Shenny said, most of the removed bits were of blood or implied nudity. However, there was one huge, very important cut made having to do with Nicolo being killed.........without it, Riese/Reese's motivations make very little sense. Chalk one more up to censorship and nannyism

[Shenny]

We all know that Niccolo died. What we didn't know was that he was shot and ended up falling face-first into a pool of his own blood right before Reese's eyes.

[Tilly]

It'd be romanized jiiku, not jeeku. Sieg is also what they've used on some merchandise, and while jiiku seems odd for that (even as ziiku) and Tomy sometimes has issues spelling German, they seem to have been *trying* for Sieg, especially when one considers Van's last name being Freiheit-more German and all.

And then there's the question of ban, bang, van, some other bastardization of heaven knows what else...but I prefer not to think too much about that or my head hurts.

I've got most of Zinou's cutscene clips and a couple of my own, if you really want 'em...

[Montess King of Warfare]

yeah it sucks they cut out Nicolo's death. just like how they cut out van dying and fiona just loses it and screams. so very sad. oops did i spoil that for someone??

[Kittie]

It's a shame that they didn't come out with "Uncutted" DVDS like they did with the Yugioh ones. Did Viz even make those? >.<;; Can't remember. Still way too early for me.

Best deleted clip ever has to be the one where Fiona goes to push Reese away and pretty much finds out that Reese is female, hahaha.

On YouTube, KiariLykan has a good amount of the cut scenes.

[Gouf]

A couple of them sound pretty key to the story. How annoying they were cut.

Tilly, if your offering, I'll be happy to get them.

[Tilly]

Hrm, which bits did you most want to see? They'd be too big to all mirror/e-mail easily...

[WIKD]

I am still looking for that Gil Vader clip, I am not too up on the anime at all is that in this series?

[Tilly]

...oops, forgot about that.

It's in Genesis. I dunno if I have that clip on this compy any more-if I don't I'm sure it'll be on the other one.

[ScissorBreaker]

Never mind. I checked out kyarilykan on youtube and found now zoids cutscenes. Any Idea where else I can get some?

[channelzi]

I'm sure Hasbro's heavy hand figured into all the cutting that was done. It still held up well, though.

*thinks* Then again, Gundam Seed had some heavy cuts too... Eh, I still blame Hasbro. ;D

Yah, maybe one day we'll get an uncut CC box set or something. One can always hope.

[Tilly]

Hasbro's heavy hand is no doubt US standards in general, so...

There's only two cuts I can think of that really mattered, and my issues with the CC dub are more related to some of its dodgy voice acting. Perfect example? Rudolph's "Vaaaaaaaaaaan.", he sounds so flat.

And all the unnatural pauses...sure, /Zero and Fuzors were cheesy, but they mostly sounded like real people being cheesy.

[Gouf]

channelzi said:

I'm sure Hasbro's heavy hand figured into all the cutting that was done. It still held up well, though.

*thinks* Then again, Gundam Seed had some heavy cuts too... Eh, I still blame Hasbro. ;D

But atleast the Seed DVD's were uncut.