In the German version of Naruto nobody dies or bleeds. People just disappear, are kidnapped or just never mentioned again as if the never existed. Blood is either erased or made to look like water, which makes the characters look like a sweaty mess or like they just peed on the floor.
tonstad39 RTL 2 wollte Naruto unbedingt ins Nachmittagsprogramm packen wo früher nur harmlose Anime wie Sailor Moon, Kickers usw liefen. Nachmittag heißt es muss für Kinder ab 6 Jahren geeignet sein, Naruto ist ungeschnitten ab 16. Verletzungen und Waffen wurden zT auch entfernt.
+Frank Castle i believe popo is an alien as he has pointy ears like an elf, and has powers similar to dende, kami, and the kai's. also mr. popo is over 1k years old and was born in other world, he was sent to earth as an assistant to earths guardians.
Jeremy Epperson Yeah I'm pretty sure he's an alien of some kind too; I don't think the video is saying he is actually a black guy, the issue as they put it is just the resemblance (resemblance to a racist caricature, not resemblance to a black guy, just to be clear)
+meh forget it In japan they also have the blackface thing were an actor paints his face. Popo is based on this racial representation of black people. I don't remember the exact details. (edited it, because I thought it was doll. Google told me otherwise :p)
Pixel Pusher Like I watched this as a kid and never even realized Popo was a black man. He looks different than the other black people in the anime and his huge eyes and lack of facial features make him look like something other than human. Given all the anthropomorphized animals and creatures in the original Dragon Ball, I think we all assumed he was just another weird thing Toriyama invented to keep us interested.
Same, I didn't think he was human so skin color was irrelevant. Although, skin color was irrelevant anyway. Leave it to the censors to make awkward decisions and imply it was racist. Sigh.
interesting facts, A lot of that was easy to spot but I didn't know the bit about piccolo's blood. I like it better green, seemed to fit in well with him being an alien.
***** Aliens wasn't really pulled out of his ass. WHere lse would goku have come from in that pod? And King Piccolo was always an alien... He was only known as the 'demon king' because he could spawn those minions and because he wanted to destroy everything.
It was red, like I had already said, because they didn't have colored pages to go off. The only colored parts of the manga were covers and the occasional first page or two in a chapter, so the animators had to guess until they manga (running at the same pace as the anime) released the colors.
It just so happens that channels like 4kidz and the like believe all cartoons and anime are for kids. I wouldn't be surprised if they dubbed Highschool DxD and put it on there, or maybe a little bit surprised.
+aussj4link the thought of Popo as a blackface character literally never crossed my mind until i read it online somewhere, he was just another alien-ish character, like all the animal people that inhabit earth in DBZ
+aussj4link The truth of the matter is that it isn't the people who DON'T see it as racial that are weird. It is the people who DO see it as racial that are weird. He obviously was not meant to be human. He has pointy ears, no nose, and a really weird looking face. In an anime populated by aliens the natural assumption is that hes just an alien, but some overly sensitive dumbass probably took it out of context and wrote to some company and got it changed.
+G. Lowenklee You're really stretching it buddy. Unless you WANT to see Popo in that way, you never would think that way. In all my years of watching DBZ, as a child or an adult, I never thought of blackface until now. Get over yourself and PC/SJW bullshit
When it was aired in Sweden (As far as I can remember) Nothing was censored. People dies, boys are nude, whatever. I can't remember any specific instance of any editing, but there must have been.
Tor Nordmark here in germany they took out the paff paff boob scene and muten roshi just wanted cake. In one scene bulma slaps him when he wants paff paff again but in germany she does because he wants a cake. Hated that bitch until I saw the original XD
Christopher Evans I tried watching with swedish subtitles and Kamehameha was clearly written "Kameo mea". Also, swedish dub is based on big green dub. I have a dvd of it and the english option is big green dub.
Blue popo was aired on 4kids' Toonai Tv version of DBZ Kai. (formerly kids WB) The Nicktoons version however keeps popo black as that version of the dub was done by funimation.
The first time I saw an anime that was slightly less censored was InuYasha. They were talking about Hell, said Damn & Bastard, & showed blood. I was about 12 when I saw it. It's weird re-watching things like Sailor Moon without all the censoring. It's like an entirely different show.
+KillerCaitie first one I watched was Yu Yu Hakusho. And it was and still is amazing. Strange thing: Toonami didn't censor yu yu hakusho when they were running the series..
Some of them get butchered up so bad they may as well be a different show. Entire plots changed, episodes reordered or cut entirely, stories no longer making any sense. Ahem "Card Captors".
Trish Rowdy His name is not Hercule Satan. His stage name is Mr. Satan, named for the martial arts school he went to, his real name is Mark (last name unknown). Hercule is a name created by Funimation because they didn't want to offend Christians with the name Satan, especially since during the final battle, everyone on Earth transfers their SPIRIT energy to him while chanting "Satan! Satan! Satan!" google it.
Im so glad I grew up with Dragon Ball as is should be uncensored. And I never had a problem with Popo til they changed him. Blue Popo was much worse to me than Black Popo.
Pretty sure it's a joke on how Roshi is just an old pervert, your right on everything though but the Red Ribbon saga that was almost all just Goku the only thing Roshi does if I remember right is let them borrow a submarine
@@itsamemario1772 Roshi was very relevant... in Dragon Ball. Once we got to Raditz and even Piccolo all the human characters became useless. He was the one who trained Goku to become as strong as he was initially. Before that Goku was only about twice as strong as a normal human.
+Simon B. Haha... we got the medium censored version from France... but it depends on the chanel... some where more censored. And GT... is only so bad in Germany because they cut out 13 episodes.
+Simon B. I hope this was ironic +Watschman not realy, german DBZ is cut like hell www.animedigital.de/index.htm?locus=www.animedigital.de/yabbse/index.php?board=59;action=blog_ssi2;threadid=1747
+Simon B. It wasn't censored the 1st time it aired on RTL 2, but the second time it ran it was getting cut left and right. I remember a Buu saga episode that was cut soo badly it went down to 11 min runtime instead of 21 :P.
+Mr Pickles The problem is that in American culture the artistic style to diminish blacks in history was very similar. So naturally when you send your stuff to another culture, you need to ensure you're not crossing the line. Personally, I think people need to understand where a particular form of media originates from before they flip out about it coming to their own society. But that will probably never happen...
Zachary Bryant I know all that but times have changed and when I watched dbz I was about nine, I never heard of a minstrel. I think most children are the same and I never saw a black man and thought "Mr Popo" as I said he doesn't look human
+Tattooedromeo That is even more sad...since that means thailand is going backwards and not being open minded. I feel sick just thinking about it = / .Ofc every country has there own issues.
+Azurumi Shinji If it was broadcasted on television it would be censored, but the dvd or bluray disc if you buy them you would still see the original. Jus like the man said censor here in Thailand is the worst. They even censored booze and cigarettes because it was bad for children.
Tattooedromeo That is so messed up " because its bad for children"...as if its not bad for adults. But you are correct, that IS there logic. At least you guys do not censor your porn? I think, correct me if I am wrong. If not, japan is worse then in my opinion. I do not think censoring porn is the worst thing in this world...but I do think it is the most stupid thing >.> I also once got a "uncensored" edition for this borderline hentai but it was only PARTIALLY uncensored (Showing nipples was OK until they were being played with and if there played with they would have a big ball of light censoring it....so you basically only saw them for a second lol) and was i pissed to see something dedicated to being perverted, ruined.
+Azurumi Shinji Yep, imagine your watching One Piece and all you could see is Nico's head because her breast was too large for the young audience. There are not much porno here in Thailand unless someone decided to video there own sex scene. It's illegal so once it came out no one would had enough time to censor it. lol! I don't mind japanese porn and there censorship. It's illegal not to censor the porno in Japan and I don't like seeing loosen pussy on beautiful actress. I don't know much about hentai but i think you could found the uncensored version all over the internet. Well only the popular one of course.
Tattooedromeo "Only nico's head" " XD I literally LOL'd so hard from that. Maybe I can find it...but i don't know, finding any specific older hentai is a little challenging to me. Also it is very difficult since i wont know if its the fully uncensored or not...both are called uncensored >.> i pray it has something different in the title. Tho i did find the fully uncensored for free on a torrent, but i do not like to steal from a industry (like hentai or anime) i love.
"Hey guys, I can see their parachutes. They're going to be ok" "Too bad it's Sunday. Those buildings would've been filled with people" "I'm going to blast you to the next dimension"
I love the Funimation dub, but yeah, there were some stupid dub lines. The worst had to be when Future Trunks showed up and Tien asks if his shoe size is a mystery. Like wtf?
The intention wasn't racist, but that doesn't change the fact his appearance bears a strong resemblance to the stereotypical manner blacks were portrayed in American pop culture.
Are you even remotely aware of what the Japanese thinks of EVERY OTHER race and nationality in the world? You can let it go as they don't know any better, they are and incredibly insular people, much more so than Americans at their worst. But the fact they keep doing it is just willful and deliberately antagonistic.
Ominous Loss meow Maybe I did not emphasize HUGE enough. Of course there is racism globally and discrimination too. But tell me what respectable country still have terrible police brutality where minorities are almost certain to die while interacting with police.
Obviously he wasn't intentionally based on a racist stereotype, but you can't pretend that he doesn't look like one. People probably wouldn't have been offended, but networks just like to be sure
tgsachris I doubt even the networks were so dumb, but the general public is and I'm sure they didn't want a bunch of moral busy bodies running around smearing them over something so stupid. They probably just made the change as a means to avoid any risk of a boycott. Even if a boycott is based on something completely retarded it can still hurt them financially if it gains any real traction.
tgsachris if you’re looking for it then yes. As someone who isn’t trying to constantly find racists stereotypes in stuff no. I’d bet 80% of people who watched dbz didn’t think he did.
If i recall the Toonami version literally only cut out actual boobs and such right? I'm pretty sure I grew up thinking Mr. popo was just some mythical dude though, because racism isn't fucking genetic. I never made the connection until i was told it was one by killjoys.
Michael Kaminski Not to mention that if Popo WAS supposed to be a racist caricature, it would've been a lot more obvious and insulting. But really he's kind, wise, speaks with a dignified tone of voice, and is really strong as he's the one who helped train Goku for the fight against Piccolo Jr. for the tournament that would determine the fate of the world. How is that supposed to be racist when he's shown to be a positive character through his actions? It was said that Toriyama's decision for the design could've just been innocence as Japan doesn't really have the history of racism towards African Americans as much as America did. And their exposure is through American media, and even with that, Popo doesn't exactly portray any negative racism intentions despite the unintentional portrayal of his design. Its just sadly from a North American perspective and what we know, the racism caricatures is what we instantly think of when we see this. Many of us don't find it racist through Popo's actions, but sadly there are many that still do so just by his appearance alone. Then again, I remember that even many African American fans were even MORE offended by the idea that they turned Popo blue in the 4kids version. Trying to censor it doesn't make it any better. Popo may have been a victim of being product of the time and unintentional racist portrayal to those who don't know the character (or even watched Dragon Ball before Z) but like the old saying goes, never judge a book by its cover.
Vault Boy Not the way I see it honestly, even though he does help care for the look out when Kami was guardian, Kami always treated Popo as an equal, even Kami himself said that he always considered Popo his friend. Very much the same way how Bruce Wayne always considered Alfred as such. And Popo did help train Dende to become the new guardian of earth after Kami fused with Piccolo. He could've just left after Kami was gone for that time but he didn't. Not because of his loyalty to serve, but for his loyalty to his friends, as any good friend would do. Even the other characters don't treat Popo as a servant and treat him any different for that. Though when you said that, I can't help but think of Rush Limbaugh saying offensive crap to Popo, who unfortunately for him, would be Abriged Popo, one less maggot in the world to deal with =p
Michael Kaminski Its much the same with me, along with many other cartoons etc from when I was a child. All I ever saw were characters. I didn't see race or any kind of stereotype, just people acting in various over-the-top ways... but no, apparently everything is actually xenophobic and seeing any of it turned me into a mega-racist...apparently..
Michael Kaminski If people got so upset about Mr. Popo being black, then how come there wasn't so much outrage when they brought the character "General Black" in Dragonball? Where was the outrage with that shit, people are such hypocrites!
darkpoetinc81 I know that myself, having seen some of the paintings from the time of their conception. Of course, one of the things that keeps myths alive is reinterpretation, and while taking the classic route is okay, sometimes making slight tweaks to the material is a good idea. Compare these wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/screencrush.com/files/2013/01/early_movie_concept_art_genie_aladdin.jpg ...One of them was chosen for a reason.
Turning Popo blue was complete bullshit. I mean this multiverse even has aliens, time loops, and alternate universes. It will always be okay to use any solid shade or color in imagination for the creation of a character. We seriously need to stop being so super sensitive.
Well, i saw JoJo ongoing and every time when there was some blood it was just black. It will be probably uncencored in blue-ray version, but tv-version cencored as well
I always thought they changed it to "HEIL" and I never understood it because that's just SO much worse...it does make that once awful scene from DBGT where the dead(including Hitler) come back make a little more sense, though.
When Dragon Ball first came to the western audience there were alot of cersors, but over time with re-releases they toned it down, because of how laws change over time. 90's was a werid time for dubbing anime because loads of things had to be changed. At least now you can pretty much get what the Japanese got.
when I first saw mister popo I didn't see black face all I saw was just a non human living high up in the sky, looking back at this I'm just like "aw shit I see wat they mean."
Censorship is just ridiculous. In my country they are only the beginning of dragon ball z to Frieza dies and then they start all over again, which they did until they chose to completely remove the series. You should have seen how my country censored Naruto so much that they finally completely stopped the series. Seriously only Pokemon exist in my country, and that series sucks!
At 1:55. When Bulma lifts up her cloth, she disturbingly flashes her vagina at Master Roshi, causing him to nosebleed. That's also one of the weirdest way in Dragon Ball series was censored. 😳 And, yes, Master Roshi represents as the most perverted character in Dragon Ball series! That's also kind of inappropriate...
Keep it original or don't show it in your fucking country. I hate censorship when they try to take anime or other things and tries to censor it or change the entire meaning of the show. It's design the way it is a for a purpose, don't fucking ruin it.
***** I have the right to state my opinion on a TH-cam video, and If my opinion is different than yours and offends you, too bad I guess. It's not about ''getting a life'' you nutjob, it's about using the comment section for opinions. You don't have to respond to it, or even read it, if it makes you so cringe-angry that you need to insult people and act like a 12 year old. Your the one throwing a ''hissy fit'' as you put it, your the one screaming at people to get a life because of a fucking opinion. Really? Grow up. Maybe you shouldn't read comments at all, if it makes you so angry you need to be a douche to everyone you meet? I think censorship is stupid and I am gonna stick to it. And no, I don't care in general if they temper with a show I like or anyone else like, but I have the right to say if it's dumb and insulting to the original creators and to children alike. They are making the shows dumber so ''dumb kids can watch it'', that's insulting to anyone.
+Black The Nerevar Funch Both were (and still are for OP) serialized in Shonen Jump, a manga magazine for boys. So yes, One Piece and DBZ are both kids shows... in Japan. Everywhere else? Depends on the television policies.
DellortGaming VIDZ No but not all shows are ''slightly censored'' Have you seen one piece for an instance? They even go as far as to change the entire story and plot of some shows, or what they did to silver-fang ruined the whole show, almost 50% was missing, and nothing made sense.
Dragon Ball did portray black face though, and not just on that Mr. Popo Guy. In Z, there is a black man that has clear black face, and you can't just claim it's some sort of "Alien design" as the character was human. I'm just getting into the series though, so I don't know much, and I want to keep it that way when I watch it.
+devilmikey00 its from a different country its not portraying black face to them it represents something different racism in american created it doesnt mean the meaning apread with it
Yes he is a Jinn, BUT everyone everywhere considered he was made after blackface. Even the creator said he didnt intend for it to appear that way, but looking back thats what it turned out to be, that he never meant for popo to be blackface, that instead of drawing a humanoid that looks like he has space (stars and what have you) all over his skin he decided to just leave him black... But yes u are correct he is a Jinn, but no everyone did think blackface when he was first introduced to the series.
"Everyone everywhere" This is an entirely false statement. Everyone in _North America_ and parts of Europe saw that. However in Asia they are not taught about American cultural sensitivities. If you go to Japan and ask random Japanese people what they think of Mr. Popo, it's incredibly unlikely that they'll think of blackface. Toriyama only acknowledged that Mr. Popo did unintentionally resemble a blackface character because it was brought to his attention by westerners.
+Captsehanort There is nothing wrong with showing a censored scene from dragonball, that features in the video, about censorship of dragonball, in the thumbnail of the video, that was all about censorship of dragonball. It's highly pertinent in fact. It's apt, APT!!!
***** Listen, I"m not shouting at you, it's an old Lisa Simpson joke with the 'apt... APT' thing. My point is simply that it isn't clickbait if it's in the video. What is your point though? TH-camrs try to get views? We all know that, even 'morons' know that. Namecalling is childish. Peace.
+Captsehanort 4,474,310 views, I don't think they need any help getting views on their own. What a stupid statement, hey this video is about censorship and dragonball better use a thumbnail of a giant bird! Dumb.
how many black stereotypes include a turban, puffy pants, earrings, a dot in the middle of the forehead, pointy shoes and a flying carpet. Yes, he is a racial stereotype. but a racial INDIAN stereotype. He's how people from "mystic" India have been portrayed from the 19th century to the 1940s.
the one with the black genie? what does that have to do with racial stereotypes? for years people really believed that the "mystic east" was full of flying carpets and earring wearing sages. India Pakistan east not China Japan east.
You have a supposed caricature of a black man, dressed like Ali Baba and driving a flying carpet. If he went around eating water mellons then I would agree he is a racist depiction of black men. He is a racist depiction, but of Indians, not blacks.
MR. POPO WAS BASE ON JINN! NOT A BLACK STEROTYPE! Akira Toriyama never said once that Popo was black the whole things on his color started after the show was brought to the USA. Popo is base on the race of Jinn, jann or djinn, jinnī, djinni, or FUCKING GENIES. A race of magical demons and such that lived under ground who's color skin matching the earth and fire! AKA Black, Red and other colors. Popo has a freaking flying rug and turban for crap sake to prove he is a genie not a black stereotype! There are black people in DB Like that guy in the red Ribbon army Staff Officer Black (Okay really bad name for him there) and DBZ that are just fine with their skin colors and no one says a god damn word!
why is popo not black anymore? why are black people so sensitive to a black colored character? popo isn't making fun of black people at all, nobody is that black anyways
I think thats only older black people. I was a black kid in the 90's and im pretty sure even as me and my friends grew up we didnt associate mr. popo with black face at all or even knew what it was. If anything they censored it just in case if any adults saw it. While there is still racism in the world today, I dont think it is as prevalent as it was back then. Im sure if you asked kids today what black face is im sure alot of them will just give you a puzzled look. Well thats how I see it anyway.
In the German version of Naruto nobody dies or bleeds. People just disappear, are kidnapped or just never mentioned again as if the never existed. Blood is either erased or made to look like water, which makes the characters look like a sweaty mess or like they just peed on the floor.
+Avellania WAS? (und ich dachte, Amerika war schlecht)
tonstad39
RTL 2 wollte Naruto unbedingt ins Nachmittagsprogramm packen wo früher nur harmlose Anime wie Sailor Moon, Kickers usw liefen. Nachmittag heißt es muss für Kinder ab 6 Jahren geeignet sein, Naruto ist ungeschnitten ab 16. Verletzungen und Waffen wurden zT auch entfernt.
+Avellania I have to know, how did they handle Jiraiyas death? Did they really just never mention him again?
Eric Brannon
I don't know. I stopped watching the German version after the censoring caused too many plot holes/changes.
Avellania Ah ok.
That opening scared the shit out of me because my name is John.
Swahat yh me too. shit me up man lol
Swahat me too
Swahat me too
Swahat same
I was just about to say that.
For some reason the Mr. Popo thing just never occurred to me. I thought he was just a silly-looking alien guy
+Frank Castle That was probably the intention.
+Frank Castle i believe popo is an alien as he has pointy ears like an elf, and has powers similar to dende, kami, and the kai's. also mr. popo is over 1k years old and was born in other world, he was sent to earth as an assistant to earths guardians.
Jeremy Epperson Yeah I'm pretty sure he's an alien of some kind too; I don't think the video is saying he is actually a black guy, the issue as they put it is just the resemblance (resemblance to a racist caricature, not resemblance to a black guy, just to be clear)
+meh forget it In japan they also have the blackface thing were an actor paints his face. Popo is based on this racial representation of black people. I don't remember the exact details. (edited it, because I thought it was doll. Google told me otherwise :p)
I think it's simply coincidental
My name used to be Hannah, now it's John
Isolated Lion yeah my name used to be Shivnay, now it's also john.
Isolated Lion
Well, nice to meet you John. I'm John.
Yuri Ridley well it's nice to meet you too John
My name was Max now I'm John
I liked the name Zach better, but whatever, I guess I'm John now.
5:00 Someone help Goku! He's drowning!
BonusTank Not even super saiyan will help him.
BonusTank The healing chamber must've malfunctioned...
+BonusTank Awesome catch man! It cracked me up reall good :D
+BonusTank wow took me a minute to see that
+BonusTank Your power of observation is over 9000 lol.
To be fair, green blood looks like it would make more sense for Piccolo.
It should have been change to purple.
@@chuguvsme namekian blood did eventually get changed to purple
Censorship? In America where children and young adults are exposed to war, violence, Kim Kardashians, and etc, we should be desensitized by now.
The Kim Kardashians is the worst one on the list
AttackingJJ Yeah famous for doing nothing and being dumb. and just have big asses and go out with famous black males. Gold digging hussies!
lol
TaRoya Hollis Watching what is basically cartoon child porn in 4th and 5th grade at school is a thing in the USA
TaRoya Hollis N-n-nn-NOOO NOT KIM KARDASHIAN
At least DBZ Abridged wasn't censored. xD
"Isn't that funny, Black Man?"
"Almost as funny as what will happen to you if you call me that again."
"Black Man- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Of course not
Watching this as a kid, I remember black popo, goku's junk and the halos in tact. Those are stupid things to censor.
+ViNcEnT RoSs Same. I had no idea popo was turned blue. Or that the halos were censored. I'm wondering what release this was done for?
+Pixel Pusher apparently it was dbz Kai I think
Pixel Pusher Like I watched this as a kid and never even realized Popo was a black man. He looks different than the other black people in the anime and his huge eyes and lack of facial features make him look like something other than human. Given all the anthropomorphized animals and creatures in the original Dragon Ball, I think we all assumed he was just another weird thing Toriyama invented to keep us interested.
+ViNcEnT RoSs I agree. I thought he was some kind of genie or something.
Same, I didn't think he was human so skin color was irrelevant. Although, skin color was irrelevant anyway. Leave it to the censors to make awkward decisions and imply it was racist. Sigh.
Bruh that kinda freaked me out when he said Jon
Lmao
He's stalking you
yep
same
forgot the 'athan' though.
interesting facts, A lot of that was easy to spot but I didn't know the bit about piccolo's blood. I like it better green, seemed to fit in well with him being an alien.
martinteel His blood is purple, which they actually fixed when Kai came around.
Not because of censoring, it eventually became purple.
I didn't say it was. It's always been purple, they just didn't have color pages to go off when they made him bleed in Dragon Ball and early Z.
***** Aliens wasn't really pulled out of his ass. WHere lse would goku have come from in that pod? And King Piccolo was always an alien... He was only known as the 'demon king' because he could spawn those minions and because he wanted to destroy everything.
It was red, like I had already said, because they didn't have colored pages to go off. The only colored parts of the manga were covers and the occasional first page or two in a chapter, so the animators had to guess until they manga (running at the same pace as the anime) released the colors.
Okay. who's idea was it to take a show meant for teenagers and give it to children?
It just so happens that channels like 4kidz and the like believe all cartoons and anime are for kids. I wouldn't be surprised if they dubbed Highschool DxD and put it on there, or maybe a little bit surprised.
I bet you 100 doll hairs they'll dub and censor Boku No Pico.
I won't take that bet, I believe the same thing.
I couldn't agree more -_-
Madison Quartizine someone very smart apparently because it got very successful with that audience
Is it terrible of me that when I was a kid, I simply thought of Popo as one of the many different sentient creatures in the dragon ball universe?
Exactly! lol
+aussj4link the thought of Popo as a blackface character literally never crossed my mind until i read it online somewhere, he was just another alien-ish character, like all the animal people that inhabit earth in DBZ
+aussj4link The truth of the matter is that it isn't the people who DON'T see it as racial that are weird. It is the people who DO see it as racial that are weird. He obviously was not meant to be human. He has pointy ears, no nose, and a really weird looking face. In an anime populated by aliens the natural assumption is that hes just an alien, but some overly sensitive dumbass probably took it out of context and wrote to some company and got it changed.
+G. Lowenklee Thanks for sharing
+G. Lowenklee You're really stretching it buddy. Unless you WANT to see Popo in that way, you never would think that way. In all my years of watching DBZ, as a child or an adult, I never thought of blackface until now. Get over yourself and PC/SJW bullshit
When it was aired in Sweden (As far as I can remember)
Nothing was censored.
People dies, boys are nude, whatever.
I can't remember any specific instance of any editing, but there must have been.
The dub is not good though. They changed Kamehameha into Kameo mea. I am not kidding.
+ActionBrowniez I honestly never heard them say it like that.
Tor Nordmark
here in germany they took out the paff paff boob scene and muten roshi just wanted cake. In one scene bulma slaps him when he wants paff paff again but in germany she does because he wants a cake. Hated that bitch until I saw the original XD
Tor Nordmark The Spanish version of the show is also uncut and uncensored. Music is still the same, the only difference is the language of course.
Christopher Evans I tried watching with swedish subtitles and Kamehameha was clearly written "Kameo mea". Also, swedish dub is based on big green dub. I have a dvd of it and the english option is big green dub.
What they dont know is censorship is my fetish
jalen sablan ...your face and that comment tho....
jalen sablan This day just got a whole lot weirder...
jalen sablan Look up "This Week in Unnecessary Censorship" on TH-cam.
You're very welcome!
havoren That shit is great
jalen sablanMotto of the F.C.C.
When you think about it, it was kinda weird....Bulma was basically a 16 year old girl who had a habit of flashing and tempting older men, lol
I live in the states and I've never seen blue mr. popo
same
Blue popo was aired on 4kids' Toonai Tv version of DBZ Kai. (formerly kids WB) The Nicktoons version however keeps popo black as that version of the dub was done by funimation.
Yeah I never saw the blue version growing up.
It's something hey did on dbz kai.
well, It did it only in the 4Kidz Version
The first time I saw an anime that was slightly less censored was InuYasha. They were talking about Hell, said Damn & Bastard, & showed blood. I was about 12 when I saw it. It's weird re-watching things like Sailor Moon without all the censoring. It's like an entirely different show.
the only thing was removed was some blood or gore and the fact centipede womans boobs was rmeoved but it was restored in 2012
Sex
Chffshdg
+KillerCaitie first one I watched was Yu Yu Hakusho. And it was and still is amazing. Strange thing: Toonami didn't censor yu yu hakusho when they were running the series..
Some of them get butchered up so bad they may as well be a different show. Entire plots changed, episodes reordered or cut entirely, stories no longer making any sense. Ahem "Card Captors".
+UnLTDGamingHD Holy crap, i havent thought about that show in a good while. lol.
In Brazil, Hercule is called "Mr.Satan". hm... yeah...
Chris Decarvalho His name IS Hercule Satan.
It was pretty weird in championships the audience screaming "SATAN SATAN SATAN" hueauheahuaeuheah
SATAAAN SATAAAN BAPHOMEEET CHTULHU FTAGN GHHAAHHHH
That's what I thought about when they were cheering.
Hail Satan!
Trish Rowdy His name is not Hercule Satan. His stage name is Mr. Satan, named for the martial arts school he went to, his real name is Mark (last name unknown). Hercule is a name created by Funimation because they didn't want to offend Christians with the name Satan, especially since during the final battle, everyone on Earth transfers their SPIRIT energy to him while chanting "Satan! Satan! Satan!"
google it.
Growing up here in Canada not much of DBZ was censored to be honest.
I can agree with that!
Censoring the soles of you shoes?
So do people in Thailand all walk without lifting their shoes off the ground?
+Handelo i can image instead off walking they slides instead
+Rion Leone lol that would magical asf
***** After reading that, Slenderman doesn't seem all that scary any more. He's just Thai :)
WaywardEnding Not really following your logic. Are you saying sex scenes in kids cartoons (do those even exist?) are wrongfully censored?
+Handelo He means to say that in movies like Superbad if you've ever seen that, the women never take off their bras.
Hi John... or Jon...
Jahn
+Matt Plays EHK
+Matt Plays as a John, the beginning of this video freaked me out
***** Get out.
I am john
Im so glad I grew up with Dragon Ball as is should be uncensored. And I never had a problem with Popo til they changed him. Blue Popo was much worse to me than Black Popo.
BLACK POPO MASTER RACE!!!!111
I wonder why Master Roshi wasn't removed completely....
Ikr?
True he doesn't even do anything he just stays there as a pervert and mostly he's filler
Pretty sure it's a joke on how Roshi is just an old pervert, your right on everything though but the Red Ribbon saga that was almost all just Goku the only thing Roshi does if I remember right is let them borrow a submarine
@@itsamemario1772 Roshi was very relevant... in Dragon Ball. Once we got to Raditz and even Piccolo all the human characters became useless. He was the one who trained Goku to become as strong as he was initially. Before that Goku was only about twice as strong as a normal human.
This world is becoming sensitive as fuck and I hate it.
*****
Your profile pic triggered me and my proud jewish wookie- ancestors!
TheNerdyResponder This, so much of this.
***** I find the fact you were triggered offensive. From now on I'm censoring your chest hairs
***** its okay john, john can b rude sometimes
***** Your comment just made my day John.
"You said you used protection!"
" I was wearing my armor."
im happy that this is not a click bait
Well the lime green would make sense making it alien blood
Great job Dorkly!
+Qaamans Land shut up qaabitch
How can he shut up? He's typing
freaked me tf out when he said john
lmao
John Sugrue me too I had a heart attack
John Sugrue omg me to
I was like "*HOW DID YOU KNOW*"
they should have made popo purple. like jinx
Ralph Valencia
Yaaaaass XD
Yeah, the blue looks awful.
They shouldn't have made any fucking stupid change in the first place.
Yeah... I'm a girl named John...
Parents are cruel sometimes...
I'm a boy named raven D:
+Abdullah Maddah Is yours? Why not go by Richard?
+Abdullah Maddah lol
Abdullah Maddah Yeah, I feel bad for those people!
The Infinite Universe no you're John now
luckily Dragon Ball or DBZ werent censored in germany....
+Simon B. Haha... we got the medium censored version from France... but it depends on the chanel... some where more censored. And GT... is only so bad in Germany because they cut out 13 episodes.
+Simon B. Dragonball is censored like hell, but DBZ is quite uncensored at least by the German dub I had watched.
+Simon B. I hope this was ironic
+Watschman not realy, german DBZ is cut like hell www.animedigital.de/index.htm?locus=www.animedigital.de/yabbse/index.php?board=59;action=blog_ssi2;threadid=1747
shinflagg At least it wasnt horrible as Naruto Cuts. Especial if some one is killed "he got...kiddnaped" or something like that.
+Simon B. It wasn't censored the 1st time it aired on RTL 2, but the second time it ran it was getting cut left and right. I remember a Buu saga episode that was cut soo badly it went down to 11 min runtime instead of 21 :P.
I never even thought popo was human, he looks like an alien, I don't see it as racist
+Mr Pickles I'm pretty sure he was supposed to be a genie, what with the carpet and all.
+Mr Pickles I'm pretty sure he was supposed to be a genie, what with the carpet and all.
+Mr Pickles The problem is that in American culture the artistic style to diminish blacks in history was very similar. So naturally when you send your stuff to another culture, you need to ensure you're not crossing the line. Personally, I think people need to understand where a particular form of media originates from before they flip out about it coming to their own society. But that will probably never happen...
CronoDyne
lol Good one, are you pc bro?
Zachary Bryant
I know all that but times have changed and when I watched dbz I was about nine, I never heard of a minstrel. I think most children are the same and I never saw a black man and thought "Mr Popo" as I said he doesn't look human
Hi, i'm John, my last name was Alex...but..
you know, TH-cam...Well, i'll go to change my DNI
Kelman Same
You too!
Kelman I'm also John!
Kelman Hi John im John
my real names not john-- but to hell with it :P
That last one though. What's the point of even watching the anime if 90% of the screen is blurred out? LOL
Well my name does translate to John in Gaelic
So kudos to you sir.
Mine is the feminine version of John. Hells to the yeah, fella!
MadameHelgasFolly Cool :3
What is your name because I'm curious .w.?
+Ian Murray Feminine form of John is Jane.
Chris Scharaswak Thanks ^^
+Chris Scharaswak Could also be Joan
I live in Thailand and they started censoring anime since 2009, so it wasn't like this in the 80's and 90's. Trust me.
+Tattooedromeo
That is even more sad...since that means thailand is going backwards and not being open minded. I feel sick just thinking about it = / .Ofc every country has there own issues.
+Azurumi Shinji If it was broadcasted on television it would be censored, but the dvd or bluray disc if you buy them you would still see the original. Jus like the man said censor here in Thailand is the worst. They even censored booze and cigarettes because it was bad for children.
Tattooedromeo
That is so messed up " because its bad for children"...as if its not bad for adults. But you are correct, that IS there logic. At least you guys do not censor your porn? I think, correct me if I am wrong. If not, japan is worse then in my opinion. I do not think censoring porn is the worst thing in this world...but I do think it is the most stupid thing >.>
I also once got a "uncensored" edition for this borderline hentai but it was only PARTIALLY uncensored (Showing nipples was OK until they were being played with and if there played with they would have a big ball of light censoring it....so you basically only saw them for a second lol) and was i pissed to see something dedicated to being perverted, ruined.
+Azurumi Shinji Yep, imagine your watching One Piece and all you could see is Nico's head because her breast was too large for the young audience. There are not much porno here in Thailand unless someone decided to video there own sex scene. It's illegal so once it came out no one would had enough time to censor it. lol! I don't mind japanese porn and there censorship. It's illegal not to censor the porno in Japan and I don't like seeing loosen pussy on beautiful actress. I don't know much about hentai but i think you could found the uncensored version all over the internet. Well only the popular one of course.
Tattooedromeo
"Only nico's head" " XD I literally LOL'd so hard from that. Maybe I can find it...but i don't know, finding any specific older hentai is a little challenging to me. Also it is very difficult since i wont know if its the fully uncensored or not...both are called uncensored >.> i pray it has something different in the title. Tho i did find the fully uncensored for free on a torrent, but i do not like to steal from a industry (like hentai or anime) i love.
I feel uncomfortable by that intro.
same
Me to
Me too
hahahahah!
Its ok John
"Hey guys, I can see their parachutes. They're going to be ok"
"Too bad it's Sunday. Those buildings would've been filled with people"
"I'm going to blast you to the next dimension"
I love the Funimation dub, but yeah, there were some stupid dub lines. The worst had to be when Future Trunks showed up and Tien asks if his shoe size is a mystery. Like wtf?
This reminds me of G.I.JOE and THE TRANSFORMERS season 1:
"No one blasts me to bits and gets away with it!"
Hey Dorkly, he's not a racist stereotype. He's meant to be based off of some weird doll in Japan.
The intention wasn't racist, but that doesn't change the fact his appearance bears a strong resemblance to the stereotypical manner blacks were portrayed in American pop culture.
No but it also means that people in the US are morons.
Notice how you said " in American Culture." This is not a problem anywhere else, only America has a huge issue with race and still to this day.
Are you even remotely aware of what the Japanese thinks of EVERY OTHER race and nationality in the world? You can let it go as they don't know any better, they are and incredibly insular people, much more so than Americans at their worst. But the fact they keep doing it is just willful and deliberately antagonistic.
Ominous Loss meow Maybe I did not emphasize HUGE enough. Of course there is racism globally and discrimination too. But tell me what respectable country still have terrible police brutality where minorities are almost certain to die while interacting with police.
You named me John. Disliked.
Player_1 nice try, jonh.
+Gamer_X I though it was John, not jonh.
Mouse Cafe oh sh*t D: this is bad...really bad
This is hellishly bad.
The fuck is hfilishy?
Mr. Po Po was not based on black face, He isn't even human.
Obviously he wasn't intentionally based on a racist stereotype, but you can't pretend that he doesn't look like one. People probably wouldn't have been offended, but networks just like to be sure
tgsachris I doubt even the networks were so dumb, but the general public is and I'm sure they didn't want a bunch of moral busy bodies running around smearing them over something so stupid. They probably just made the change as a means to avoid any risk of a boycott. Even if a boycott is based on something completely retarded it can still hurt them financially if it gains any real traction.
tgsachris if you’re looking for it then yes. As someone who isn’t trying to constantly find racists stereotypes in stuff no. I’d bet 80% of people who watched dbz didn’t think he did.
did anyone notice it says stange and not strange?
It says weird.
Shmerick 1:45 it says stange and also at other points where he says STRANGE.
+COOLCHICKEN01 STANGE, ISN'T IT?!
Ahem, they took out the R Rating...
stink
but.... my name is Tyler....
no I'm Tyler there can only be one *gets nuke*
+Cristiano Gonzalez what does my profile say BITCH
Tyler Clark I can be Tyler 1, mainly because I'm the greatest Tyler in existence!!! Mwahahahaha
yost112ty no you will u will never be as awesome as me
+Tyler Clark u all are wannabes im the real Tyler
If i recall the Toonami version literally only cut out actual boobs and such right?
I'm pretty sure I grew up thinking Mr. popo was just some mythical dude though, because racism isn't fucking genetic. I never made the connection until i was told it was one by killjoys.
Michael Kaminski Not to mention that if Popo WAS supposed to be a racist caricature, it would've been a lot more obvious and insulting. But really he's kind, wise, speaks with a dignified tone of voice, and is really strong as he's the one who helped train Goku for the fight against Piccolo Jr. for the tournament that would determine the fate of the world. How is that supposed to be racist when he's shown to be a positive character through his actions? It was said that Toriyama's decision for the design could've just been innocence as Japan doesn't really have the history of racism towards African Americans as much as America did. And their exposure is through American media, and even with that, Popo doesn't exactly portray any negative racism intentions despite the unintentional portrayal of his design. Its just sadly from a North American perspective and what we know, the racism caricatures is what we instantly think of when we see this.
Many of us don't find it racist through Popo's actions, but sadly there are many that still do so just by his appearance alone. Then again, I remember that even many African American fans were even MORE offended by the idea that they turned Popo blue in the 4kids version. Trying to censor it doesn't make it any better. Popo may have been a victim of being product of the time and unintentional racist portrayal to those who don't know the character (or even watched Dragon Ball before Z) but like the old saying goes, never judge a book by its cover.
+HeartlessSlayer he could be seen as a magical negro (long story) and his character seems to be subservient
Vault Boy Not the way I see it honestly, even though he does help care for the look out when Kami was guardian, Kami always treated Popo as an equal, even Kami himself said that he always considered Popo his friend. Very much the same way how Bruce Wayne always considered Alfred as such. And Popo did help train Dende to become the new guardian of earth after Kami fused with Piccolo. He could've just left after Kami was gone for that time but he didn't. Not because of his loyalty to serve, but for his loyalty to his friends, as any good friend would do. Even the other characters don't treat Popo as a servant and treat him any different for that.
Though when you said that, I can't help but think of Rush Limbaugh saying offensive crap to Popo, who unfortunately for him, would be Abriged Popo, one less maggot in the world to deal with =p
Michael Kaminski
Its much the same with me, along with many other cartoons etc from when I was a child.
All I ever saw were characters. I didn't see race or any kind of stereotype, just people acting in various over-the-top ways... but no, apparently everything is actually xenophobic and seeing any of it turned me into a mega-racist...apparently..
Michael Kaminski If people got so upset about Mr. Popo being black, then how come there wasn't so much outrage when they brought the character "General Black" in Dragonball? Where was the outrage with that shit, people are such hypocrites!
Hi John, my name name is John.
nice to meet you John, I'm John
Sonicfate hi john, im john
YOLOLGAMING XD nice to meet you John, I'm John
Sonicfate
by the way, i'm john!
Darkness Serpent Hi John, I'm NotJohn.
When Nappa cut off Tien's arm, Tien said "You just wait till it grows back!"
nope, my name isn't john
it's stuart
wow that's not a name you see everyday over in the usa
False. Your name is john
false it's not
Stuart Porter Nice one john
+John Porter Dont be rude john.
+Stuart Porter Hello, Leeroy Jenkins
M..my name IS john.. fucking CREEEEPPPPYYYY
+DeLePlays _we bang, ok?_
Same
Mine was 2
No one even knows dats my real name
+DeLePlays i was freaked the fk out lol
Fun Fact: Due to Dragon Ball Super, Piccolo is now tied with Krillin on his number of deaths. They've both died three times in Canon, and once in GT.
ouch
Piccolo is just a reincarnation of King Piccolo so they are like the same person right?
Kind of but not really. His personality is completely different. He is more like a son imo.
Haven't you got the memo? GT's not canon
+Hip Hop Gamer not cannon yes but aside from some lame things in the space arc it was a good show especly the shadow dragon arc
that sailor Moon censorship... haha. just blurred the whole damn body lol
PoPo was a Djin. Go look them up. He wasn't based on a black stereotype!
darkpoetinc81 Cool story John.
Djinns are an Middle Eastern thing, and djinns are often black.
darkpoetinc81
I know that myself, having seen some of the paintings from the time of their conception.
Of course, one of the things that keeps myths alive is reinterpretation, and while taking the classic route is okay, sometimes making slight tweaks to the material is a good idea.
Compare these wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/screencrush.com/files/2013/01/early_movie_concept_art_genie_aladdin.jpg
...One of them was chosen for a reason.
Doesn't matter, he still looks like it
Same goes for the Pokemon Jynx
darkpoetinc81 not the point
I never thought that about Mr popo looks. Just looked like a odd character. People just have nothing better to do then think about race all day.
Brah. We live in a world were peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are racist.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/11/is-peanut-butter-and-jelly-racist_n_1874905.html
Tim stro59 humanity is doomed...
Oh Jesus Christ.
And i didnt never thought my name will be john cause of video
dammit,how did you know i was John all this time?D:
Okay, my name is in fact John, so I almost did freak out when he said "Oh hey it's you! ...John."
well, i'm not native from an english speaking country, but my name is like a "translation" of the word "john"...
+jp mesquita we get it you're named Juan.
FusedAtoms in a way, yes, i'm named juan. but officially, i'm not named juan.
+jp mesquita wtf does that even mean
Collin Brennan that "john" has its "equivalents" in other languages. they all had one "common ancestor" from around hundreds and hundreds of year ago.
+jp mesquita João? I think it's João Pedro (JP)
Ok that freaked me out since my name is John! WTF? lol
+J Tanashi
I know, right?
+J Tanashi Me too!
+J Tanashi I was pleasently surprised
It's a common ass name get over it.
Well , at least someone can guess your name. Meanwhile in capucine land x'D Nope.
Turning Popo blue was complete bullshit. I mean this multiverse even has aliens, time loops, and alternate universes. It will always be okay to use any solid shade or color in imagination for the creation of a character. We seriously need to stop being so super sensitive.
I am now offically a female named John
same, hi john!
Phandom Trash Lets start a John army
Hey John, I'm John,have you seen John?
what's good Johns
How about johnitha?
This is why I only watch the Japanese version.
Fucking weeb.
+liam cleary come on is it that sexual
Nicholas Gerardo De Jesus dragon ball has some sexual moments ye haha
Nicholas Gerardo De Jesus it's not ecchi based or anything like that though.
Well, i saw JoJo ongoing and every time when there was some blood it was just black. It will be probably uncencored in blue-ray version, but tv-version cencored as well
Why is this constantly in my recommended section
+Kyenza Same here, it's the only one that keeps consistently showing up in there too.
2:42 did you see that 0_0
"Why do you have HFLL on your shirts?"
"Chi-Chi doesn't like us cursing when ve are doing sqvats"
lol
HFIL
I always thought they changed it to "HEIL" and I never understood it because that's just SO much worse...it does make that once awful scene from DBGT where the dead(including Hitler) come back make a little more sense, though.
I dont remember a lot of these being cencorsed when it was shown on Toonami in the early 2000s.
So true glad toonami was there to free us from seeing that awfull version
When Dragon Ball first came to the western audience there were alot of cersors, but over time with re-releases they toned it down, because of how laws change over time. 90's was a werid time for dubbing anime because loads of things had to be changed. At least now you can pretty much get what the Japanese got.
when I first saw mister popo I didn't see black face all I saw was just a non human living high up in the sky, looking back at this I'm just like "aw shit I see wat they mean."
grats, you're fucked now :)
Censorship is just ridiculous. In my country they are only the beginning of dragon ball z to Frieza dies and then they start all over again, which they did until they chose to completely remove the series.
You should have seen how my country censored Naruto so much that they finally completely stopped the series.
Seriously only Pokemon exist in my country, and that series sucks!
hantra17
lol which country you are in?
Denmark.
hantra17+
Damn dude just move to America or something! Naruto is badass and Pokemon sucks I agree
Ahmed Mysra Salah Elwan+
I has nothing to do with attack. It is true. The series is terrible. Ash is a big loser.
I gotta love the last one, here in Thailand they censer everything
At 1:55. When Bulma lifts up her cloth, she disturbingly flashes her vagina at Master Roshi, causing him to nosebleed. That's also one of the weirdest way in Dragon Ball series was censored. 😳
And, yes, Master Roshi represents as the most perverted character in Dragon Ball series! That's also kind of inappropriate...
Keep it original or don't show it in your fucking country. I hate censorship when they try to take anime or other things and tries to censor it or change the entire meaning of the show.
It's design the way it is a for a purpose, don't fucking ruin it.
*****
I have the right to state my opinion on a TH-cam video, and If my opinion is different than yours and offends you, too bad I guess.
It's not about ''getting a life'' you nutjob, it's about using the comment section for opinions. You don't have to respond to it, or even read it, if it makes you so cringe-angry that you need to insult people and act like a 12 year old.
Your the one throwing a ''hissy fit'' as you put it, your the one screaming at people to get a life because of a fucking opinion. Really? Grow up.
Maybe you shouldn't read comments at all, if it makes you so angry you need to be a douche to everyone you meet?
I think censorship is stupid and I am gonna stick to it.
And no, I don't care in general if they temper with a show I like or anyone else like, but I have the right to say if it's dumb and insulting to the original creators and to children alike.
They are making the shows dumber so ''dumb kids can watch it'', that's insulting to anyone.
+Black The Nerevar Funch
Both were (and still are for OP) serialized in Shonen Jump, a manga magazine for boys.
So yes, One Piece and DBZ are both kids shows... in Japan. Everywhere else? Depends on the television policies.
Gonstead True
+Black The Nerevar Funch So instead of seeing slightly censored versions of a show, the people of a country shouldn't see the show at all. Great.
DellortGaming VIDZ No but not all shows are ''slightly censored'' Have you seen one piece for an instance?
They even go as far as to change the entire story and plot of some shows, or what they did to silver-fang ruined the whole show, almost 50% was missing, and nothing made sense.
My name is Jose cause Mexico
Jose Cano shut up john
*Juan
***** Call to John
+Mewikin sorry John 😕
+Mewikin It's not John, is Joseph. I guess
my fucking name is not John
It is john
+Matt Newman Hello, Leeroy Jenkins.
Long John Leperchaun, went to school with nothing on. Teacher said, "well that's no fair. Go get John some underwear!"
+Matt Newman when you're an amazing poet
+Matt Newman you are John now, face it.
Holy crap my name is actually John. Thanks for recognizing me
Wtf my name is actually John - I was confused.
+The Horde haha thanks i've been looking for you, not the only one
I'm a girl........not John.
niiiice
Dragon Ball did portray black face though, and not just on that Mr. Popo Guy. In Z, there is a black man that has clear black face, and you can't just claim it's some sort of "Alien design" as the character was human. I'm just getting into the series though, so I don't know much, and I want to keep it that way when I watch it.
+Tucker Stackow I have seen random extra characters in the background that are definitely black face so I don't doubt what you're saying
+Tucker Stackow In DB one of the main villains is Staff Officer Black in the red ribbon army. Just look it up...black face, black face, black face ;p
+Tucker Stackow There are bands in Japan that _still_ wear 'black face.' They just really don't care if they come off as racist or not.
+devilmikey00 its from a different country its not portraying black face to them it represents something different racism in american created it doesnt mean the meaning apread with it
charles young It's still black face with the image though.
HA
my name is actually Johnas not John
No one cares John
Jonasfull 2close4me didn't expect 2 see a dank memer like urself here.
+Lorik Ramadani ssh, John. you hurt johns feelings
Lorik Ramadani Yes Master John
"Okay so there's a lot of deaths mostly Krillen" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Mr Popo is a Jinn not blackface
D`jinn has a d
Yes he is a Jinn, BUT everyone everywhere considered he was made after blackface. Even the creator said he didnt intend for it to appear that way, but looking back thats what it turned out to be, that he never meant for popo to be blackface, that instead of drawing a humanoid that looks like he has space (stars and what have you) all over his skin he decided to just leave him black... But yes u are correct he is a Jinn, but no everyone did think blackface when he was first introduced to the series.
#leaveMrPopoblack
"Everyone everywhere"
This is an entirely false statement. Everyone in _North America_ and parts of Europe saw that. However in Asia they are not taught about American cultural sensitivities. If you go to Japan and ask random Japanese people what they think of Mr. Popo, it's incredibly unlikely that they'll think of blackface.
Toriyama only acknowledged that Mr. Popo did unintentionally resemble a blackface character because it was brought to his attention by westerners.
Len the Trendy Tetraodontiforme J
"Your name is John now."
But I'm a girl...
XD
That awesome but scary moment when your name is John.
Immajeanyus right.
Immajeanyus Mine is john too!...
since the begining of this video that is...
yay no one's complaining about u on here about you being various places on utube
The censorship of death made it far more terrifying - it made death sound too awful to even name it
How did he know my name •o•
Illuminatti
Conefiremede
using dragonball and the thumbnail for some cheap views....
+Captsehanort There is nothing wrong with showing a censored scene from dragonball, that features in the video, about censorship of dragonball, in the thumbnail of the video, that was all about censorship of dragonball. It's highly pertinent in fact. It's apt, APT!!!
***** did you watch the video? Why shouldn't they choose that thumbnail? It's a scene IN THE VIDEO. It's apt, APT!!!!
***** Listen, I"m not shouting at you, it's an old Lisa Simpson joke with the 'apt... APT' thing. My point is simply that it isn't clickbait if it's in the video. What is your point though? TH-camrs try to get views? We all know that, even 'morons' know that. Namecalling is childish. Peace.
+Captsehanort
Right click TH-cam background >
Inspect Element >
ctrl+F >
og:image >
"image URL in these"
+Captsehanort 4,474,310 views, I don't think they need any help getting views on their own. What a stupid statement, hey this video is about censorship and dragonball better use a thumbnail of a giant bird! Dumb.
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BAA BADA BAAAAAA
BUM BADDA BAAA
OVER USED MEMES
You forgot to bring up the censorship of the apple tree that Gohan thinks about.
My name is actually John LOL HAHAHAHAHAHA. God i love this channel.
Fact:
I'm not John.
Cool story John!
ya can't fool us, John
You almost got us, John!
Bill Kerman Hi, Bill.
Who's bill?
how many black stereotypes include a turban, puffy pants, earrings, a dot in the middle of the forehead, pointy shoes and a flying carpet. Yes, he is a racial stereotype. but a racial INDIAN stereotype. He's how people from "mystic" India have been portrayed from the 19th century to the 1940s.
+Joshua Plotkin
Have you seen Kazam?
the one with the black genie? what does that have to do with racial stereotypes? for years people really believed that the "mystic east" was full of flying carpets and earring wearing sages. India Pakistan east not China Japan east.
+Joshua Plotkin What does that have to do with racial stereotypes? Wow, I wonder.
You have a supposed caricature of a black man, dressed like Ali Baba and driving a flying carpet. If he went around eating water mellons then I would agree he is a racist depiction of black men. He is a racist depiction, but of Indians, not blacks.
2:42, isnt that the fucking money wad they used on spongebob in the fishing episode?
I guess my name is John now yay
welcome fellow John to the world of John.
we have a dog named John a cat named John and a random hobo named Ted he doesn't live here though
hi i'm Bob
3:50 typo much hehe ;D
Very stange typing indeed
lol when i was a kid i never knew Popo's character design was racist BECAUSE I NEVER KNEW ABOUT RACISM so i didnt care what he looked like
They can say go to hell
But cant put hell on t shirts...
Neat
Ayy, you never saw Naruto in germany!
The uchiha clan was kidnapped.
What the actual fuck?
Wtf I thought he had a crams spying me, I'm John ._.
MR. POPO WAS BASE ON JINN! NOT A BLACK STEROTYPE!
Akira Toriyama never said once that Popo was black the whole things on his color started after the show was brought to the USA.
Popo is base on the race of Jinn, jann or djinn, jinnī, djinni, or FUCKING GENIES. A race of magical demons and such that lived under ground who's color skin matching the earth and fire! AKA Black, Red and other colors. Popo has a freaking flying rug and turban for crap sake to prove he is a genie not a black stereotype!
There are black people in DB Like that guy in the red Ribbon army Staff Officer Black (Okay really bad name for him there) and DBZ that are just fine with their skin colors and no one says a god damn word!
My name was once Tina, but now I’m known simply as John
why is popo not black anymore? why are black people so sensitive to a black colored character? popo isn't making fun of black people at all, nobody is that black anyways
it's a racist stereotype
AttackingJJ wow your'e so educated
I think thats only older black people. I was a black kid in the 90's and im pretty sure even as me and my friends grew up we didnt associate mr. popo with black face at all or even knew what it was. If anything they censored it just in case if any adults saw it. While there is still racism in the world today, I dont think it is as prevalent as it was back then. Im sure if you asked kids today what black face is im sure alot of them will just give you a puzzled look. Well thats how I see it anyway.
Well I'd say drop the whole word black in conjunction with people, I never seen a black skinned person, only various tones of brown
Problem solved
I'm a girl
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***** hello
Honest Dave no!never!
Dude when he said what's up john it scared the shit out of me
I watched all episode of Dragonball and DBZ.
same
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Well Gabriel Gomez hope your happy now that your message is blocked thanks to your idiocy.
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