Also whenever mina appears naked she’s “glowing” (for example: the opening credits, when she takes one of the police officers hostage, etc.) I hope this all becomes uncensored on the dvd.

@Dragon0

The glowing aspect was added to the FUNimation streams. I just compared and the contrast is the same in all the other scenes during the opening. It’s when it gets to the Mina twirling around that the lighting has really gone up in the FUNimation release.

We did have to make some edits for Dance in the Vampire Bund. Here is our official statement regarding the matter:

“FUNimation Entertainment is known for releasing the titles we license in their original, uncut form, as their creators intended. However, after viewing the unedited as well as the Japanese broadcast edit of the series “Dance in the Vampire Bund,” we have determined the series contains controversial elements which, when taken out of context, could be objectionable to some audiences.

With this in mind and with approval of the licensor, we will edit select scenes from the series in streaming and home entertainment release. These are scenes which are inappropriate for U.S. viewing and are not essential to the storyline.

“Dance in the Vampire Bund” is a complex and dark drama cited by press and fans as one of the best anime series out of Japan this season. Its strong story is what brought the series to our attention and why we are bringing it to the U.S.”

I still like “Idiots, Tests, and Summoned Beasts” better as a translation.

@deko – Yes. DVD and Blu-ray fall under home entertainment releases.

“Yes. DVD and Blu-ray fall under home entertainment releases.”

Then I imagine you will find many people will not be buying the release.

Pardon my language but what the fuck?

Why is Vampire Bund going to be censored? You guys gladly promote that the Strike Witches dvds will be uncensored by not this? It’s like we’re heading back to the 90’s. Things like Kite, Elfen Lied, Puni Puni Poemy, and even Shuffle! with Primula have been released uncut without any hiccups I don’t see why this would be any different. This is just bullshit.

I can imagine sub fans boycotting this, if the dvds are censored, and literally speaking, sub fans are the first people who will buy this.

@ deko

We ARE back in the 90s. Just ask “Snickering…,” Nozomi TRSI, and maybe the people who licensed “Toradorable.”

“We ARE back in the 90s. Just ask “Snickering…,” Nozomi TRSI, and maybe the people who licensed “Toradorable.””

What the fuck are you going on about? Last I checked, Nozomi hasn’t censored anything, and we have yet to see how NISA will handle things. On the other hand, there’s nothing to censor in the shows NISA’s licensed.

So can we keep this focused on Funi’s bullshit move, and not try to distract the conversation onto your personal pet hatreds?

@ Fencedude:

Oh, I don’t know.

Sub-only anime? The lot of them for the hardliner otaku-tachi? Doing the same thing Geneon was doing (before the company flopped)?

Honestly… For a moment there; I thought FUNi was relying on their hired otaku (like Char with Dragonaut) to see which show they can get. “We get what’s popular, we get what’s cheap,” they said.

And then we find out that they’ve looked over “Vampire Bund Dance.”

Instead, how about hoping for your sake that it’s another one of Rojas’ cruel jokes.

“Sub-only anime? The lot of them for the hardliner otaku-tachi? Doing the same thing Geneon was doing (before the company flopped)?”

I forgot that you were a moron. Forgive my lapse.