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Tenchi
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I could see slice-of-life shows with very little to no objectionable content such as Non Non Biyori, Azumanga Daioh, and K-On! (which was already shown in reruns on Disney Channel in Japan) working well on Disney Plus outside of Japan.
Of course, they'd need to dub Non Non Biyori first to hypothetically get it on to Disney Plus in English-speaking areas of the world and all of the specific shows I mentioned might be off-limits to Disney in North America anyway if they're already available on competing streaming platforms. And Disney would probably crop Azumanga Daioh to widescreen like they already do for classic Simpsons, ugh. EDIT: On second thought, Azumanga Daioh probably wouldn't be suitable for Disney Plus anyway primarily because of Mr. Kimura's overall creepish behaviour, even if the whole point of the character is that everybody thinks he's super-creepy "in universe". Last edited by Tenchi on Tue Mar 29, 2022 7:29 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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BadNewsBlues
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Like how in the Japanese airing of Jojo certain scene had to be modified? Because a minor smoking cigarettes or scenes of violence are bad. |
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CatSword
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Yes - Disney+ is no stranger to censorship. They went back and edited two That's So Raven episodes after their "how did that make it on the Disney Channel?" moments went viral, and are streaming censored versions of Adventures in Babysitting and Splash around the globe. I'd like to hope they'd be hands-off, but if distributors that specifically put out and should understand anime can crush that hope, I'm not putting that faith in Disney. |
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Silver Kirin
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Yeah, I miss the days were kid-friendly anime were more prevalent, I grew up watching shows like Digimon Adventure, Medabots, Monster Rancher. Shows like Pokémon and Beyblade are still being dubbed in many languages but there isn't as much variety as it used to. Recently here in Latin America some Doraemon movies were added to HBO Max, those are the few all-ages anime available in the platform. |
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MysticGon
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The companies will likely treat it like any other Western company. Let them overpay for garbage while using that money to put their best efforts in more traditional routes like television works and films. I'm not worried except for the poor staff that will be overworked to satisfy contractual obligations.
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RockSplash
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You can't blame disney for this. Look, corporations are evil, but the overworked and underpaid staff is a JAPAN thing. Japan's wage and employment system is, problematic, at the least. In fact, disney animators in the USA have admitted they are paid very well and have living conditions. This is not disney, same as its not netflix or any other western group. You want change, their needs to be legal changes in the japanese workforce. |
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Covnam
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Exactly, but really anything that doesn't fit their brand image. Especially since it's animated, it would be easy for a headline to spin it that Disney is showing objectionable cartoons to children. And hopefully this isn't where it gets pointed out that one of the licensed series they've already got has a ton of the stuff 
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iamthevastuniverse
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If Disney+ would invest in a Owl House anime that would be sublime I highly doubt that day will ever arrive. If they're serious about taking on the anime medium then naturally put your money where your mouth is Disney actually step up and produce more anime content for your viewers.
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TarsTarkas
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I liked Disney cartoons when I was a kid, I liked those Hayao Miyazaki anime on Disney (don't think they were edited for content, but I don't know), and if any partnership develops which is made with real little children in mind, then that is great.
But using the Disney name for anime not strictly catering to children, then that is what is called: "Family Friendly Hell!". Not saying they are not going to be able to put out something good, but if I am going to watch Disney influenced anime, it would be much simplier to just watch Disney animation. I don't know how much interest there is in Disney inspired or Disney controlled anime for those that are not children. |
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Cardcaptor Takato
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One thing I'm more concerned about more than censorship paranoia is what this means for physical releases of the anime Disney+ licenses as Disney has been on the record content premiering on Disney+ will not be released on physical. Also will they use proper subtitle translations for their anime as I recall Star Wars Visions used dubtitles and this was never fixed. I also find it amusing that Disney is just pretending they didn't have any role to play in releasing Studio Ghibli films in the US for two decades as part of their marketing pitch now that they don't have the rights to Ghibli anymore.
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Hikifroggy
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Hey! Disney! How About that Kingdom Hearts Anime?? you literally Have over 100 properties To Make one. lol
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ThrowMeOut
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Owl house was cancelled because Disney decided it "didn't fit the Disney brand," because of all that girl on girl hand holding action. Once the show is finished airing expect it to be buried hard. I do not want Disney anywhere near anime. They have already swallowed and homogenized enough of the entertainment industry, I don't want to see them do the same thing to anime. Anime has its issues but I like it because western mega-media conglomerates haven't stuck their fingers in it yet. |
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Anne F
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I'll just be happy if the Twisted Wonderland anime isn't exclusive to Disney+ JP because I am definitely interested in watching it!
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gloverrandal
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Even if they say they wont alter things, they've shown to do just that with other movies and shows on Disney+. I don't really believe them. I wonder what this will lead to, though
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SpiritSmoocher
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It will probabbly heavily tie in with their huge ips like star wars and marvel. Visions definitely felt it was made towards star wars fans due to abundance of sw references made that anime fans who haven't seen the saga wont get
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