U.S. Historic Censorship of Pikachu Manga 05-23-2021, 02:09 PM
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I quite like this article that looks back over 20 years of edits and changes made to The Electric Tale of Pikachu English version manga. Mostly it was just reducing the overt bustiness of the ladies and lengthening a few mini skirts. I feel like they took the censoring a bit too far. They completely wiped out any presence of a bust in many cases. Having bust-less females all over a manga could seen as a little strange, but it sure is funny to look at.
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Over 20 years later, Japanese media critic Kimi Rito (author of The History of Hentai Manga) humorously highlighted the changes for Japanese speakers in a series of popular tweets. "When foreigners found out about this, it was funny how they made comments like, 'They were pulling the wool over our eyes!' But the funniest comments were, 'When you evolve, your boobs get bigger!' Only Pokémon... (laughs)"Check out some of the edits below:
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