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I don't support CN

As an Otaku I must say

Cartoon Network's anime isn't meant for otaku, per se. It's as simple as that. They aren't interested in making it appealing to you.

Cartoon Network's anime isn't meant for otaku, per se. It's as simple as that. They aren't interested in making it appealing to you.

You guys forgot the most important point behind Cartoon Network's editing:

It's against the law if they don't.

There's a little thing called the FCC that broadcasters have to answer to if they're broadcasting anything indecent (i.e. nudity, graphic violence, etc.) If they didn't edit that stuff out of the anime, then they can't broadcast it at all. We're pretty lucky that they even put it on the air. You're getting free anime (well, free aside from the cable service).

Besides, do we really want to force this stuff on children? They're jaded enough as it is. And on top of that, most of the American broadcast audience don't give a rat's ass whether they're watching the edited version or not so you're really just preaching to the choir. If you don't like the edited version, you've got the uncut DVDs! Nobody's forcing you to watch the edited dubs on TV. If you don't like it, don't watch it. Simple as that.

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Cartoon Network's anime isn't meant for otaku, per se. It's as simple as that. They aren't interested in making it appealing to you.

Exactly.

I beg to differ. I'm sure AS's primary viewers are indeed otaku, and they don't want to lose that fanbase. Because of it's nature, Adult Swim can't really be advertised on CN during the day, because it would attract younger viewers. They have to rely more on word of mouth generated by those who had anticipated AS since before it was announced; the otaku.

the time that Peggy Charren and the Action for Children's Television group she founded became zealots for the "purity" of the medium for audiences. Basically, ACT's mission of censorship (though they wouldn't call it that themselves [duh ]) basically steamrolled the industry by calling for boycotts on network that airs programming they feel is corrupting the youth. ACT also gave the network guidelines to set their programming by, and like the pink tutu-wearing execs they were, the networks submitted to their will. And one of the first execs to be corrupted by ACT?

Who says it's against the law for Cartoon Network not to edit their shows? Most of the anime they show is pretty tame and would be protected by the First Amendment. In order to be banned completely, a show must be classified as "obscene," which basically means hardcore pornography or language relating to such, with absolutely no redeeming artistic, scientific, etc. value. No anime that Cartoon Network would ever touch would fall under "obscene," and personally no anime that I'd want to see would be "obscene" either. I never really did see the appeal of hentai...but then that's something else. There are also restrictions, but no outright ban, on material classified as "indecent," which is like obscene but not quite as bad. Indecent material is banned between 6 AM and 10 PM, but can be shown outside of that timeframe. Some of the language in shows like Cowboy Bebop and Outlaw Star might be considered "indecent," although I'm not sure about that. Otherwise, Cartoon Network doesn't really have anything that I think would fall under that either. Anyhow, both "obscene" and "indecent" apply to syndicated television. I've heard conflicting things about exactly what standards are applied to cable, from it having the same standards to it having *no* standards except those that it imposes on itself in order not to alienate viewers with overly offensive material. In any case, nothing Cartoon Network has ever shown or considered showing *must* be edited. Editing it and angering a niche group is simply preferable to showing it uncensored and pissing off all the soccer moms out there, who would then not let their children, the real target audience, watch the channel anymore. Like it or not, that's how business works: with compromises. I'm not terribly thrilled with it myself, but I recognize the fact that the willingness of business to compromise is what allowed me to see anime -- albeit, altered from its original form -- in the first place.