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NEWS: Episodes of New Ranma 1/2 & DAN DA DAN Anime, 1st Mononoke Film Leaked Online

Very quick question, but are only the anime titles Inuyo's? Or was it all of the Netflix leaks like Arcane, Plankton and Spellbound? Because I find it odd Netflix would trust only one studio for all their stuff if the latter's the case.

The Ranma 1/2 leak also confirms that it's censored. I know I'm at the risk of stepping on some toes here - not even into boobs, know that's not the purpose of the show, but it's silly to draw an entire breast but make the functional part "indecent".

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TheSeventhSense wrote:

The Ranma 1/2 leak also confirms that it's censored. I know I'm at the risk of stepping on some toes here - not even into boobs, know that's not the purpose of the show, but it's silly to draw an entire breast but make the functional part "indecent".

I don't even get the big deal people make about it. The only thing censored was the nipples and even then you're still seeing more skin then what Love Hina had in it's anime release where the girls wear towels while bathing. And I should point out that Love Hina also had a Barbie doll anatomy just like the Ranma 1/2 remake.

You can thank Gen Y, Z and #metoo if it offends you. When I first came to America in 1984, calling people F or N was normalized, referring to someone as retarded and handicapped was too. Days of Harem anime will be numbered within decade also.

The Ranma 1/2 leak also confirms that it's censored. I know I'm at the risk of stepping on some toes here - not even into boobs, know that's not the purpose of the show, but it's silly to draw an entire breast but make the functional part "indecent".

And Love Hina was 30 years ago. Even nearly 80 year old Japanese fart like me knows that things both Japan and West have changed greatly over three decades of what is acceptable sexualziation of teens and the predatory male gaze.

You can thank Gen Y, Z and #metoo if it offends you. When I first came to America in 1984, calling people F or N was normalized, referring to someone as retarded and handicapped was too. Days of Harem anime will be numbered within decade also.

(people complaining about the watermarks and 360p clearly did not grow up in the late 90s or 00s. It's almost nostalgic to watch anime in this format again.. but 360p is still too high for the realplayer video files we had from the year 2000)

TheSeventhSense wrote:

The Ranma 1/2 leak also confirms that it's censored. I know I'm at the risk of stepping on some toes here - not even into boobs, know that's not the purpose of the show, but it's silly to draw an entire breast but make the functional part "indecent".

I don't even get the big deal people make about it. The only thing censored was the nipples and even then you're still seeing more skin then what Love Hina had in it's anime release where the girls wear towels while bathing. And I should point out that Love Hina also had a Barbie doll anatomy just like the Ranma 1/2 remake.

Primus wrote:

The commonality between the three is Netflix. They haven't officially announced it, but Mononoke showed up on the SAG database under their dubbing contract. Given the watermarks, I'm guessing this came from one of their production partners. Dubbing, subtitles, audio descriptions, etc.

Yeap someone on Netflix messed up bad here.

I wonder what the purpose of these low res watermarked version are for. Do they use them to show to advertisers and other companies for marketing?

Something being ignored in all this discourse is Ranma is a shonen manga meaning it's a manga for children in Japan and children's TV in Japan has generally gotten more stricter over the years to meet the demands of network TV regulations. It has nothing to do with the West or feminism or whatever other bogeyman weebs come up with.

30 years ago, Ranma might've been marketed towards children. Today? The new show is set to air at 1AM. Amusingly, that means the one entirely accessible to kids was more "detailed" than the version intended specifically for adults.

Covnam wrote:

I wonder what the purpose of these low res watermarked version are for. Do they use them to show to advertisers and other companies for marketing?

These are copies using for dubbing, subbing, captions, etc. They're low-res and watermarked to make it easily accessible to employees but also extremely obvious that this was not meant to be shared.