Kyoto Arc: Week Five

The Wolf Destroys the Shinga: Aired: Cartoon Network Saturday July 12, 2003

Usui Kills the Police: Sound Effects Edit: They removed the sounds of dying police officers in the background when Usui talking.

Usui Kills the Police: Scene Edit: Cut the image of Usui's shield with the blood infront of it.

Usui Kills the Police: Scene Edit: Cut the close up image of Usui's face with the blood spurts.

Usui Kills the Police: Scene Edit: Cut Usui stabbing the officer with his spear, the spear protruding from the officers back a Usui talking about how long can the officer live.

Saito vs. Usui: Blood Edit: Removal of blood on Saito's wounds in the thrice broken image of his wounds.

Saito vs. Usui-Usui's Flashback: Line Edit: Usui: 'My days of Hell began.' was cut

Saito vs. Usui: Scene Cut: Shorted the pan shot of Saito's leg after Usui stabs him there, blood removed then cut from there to Usui jumping back from Saito.

Saito vs. Usui: Blood Edit: Removed the blood on Usui's spear.

Saito vs. Usui: Scene Edit: Removal od a close up shot of Saito's leg getting stabbed, taking the blood with it.

Saito vs. Usui: Blood Edit: Blood on spear removed.

Saito vs. Usui: Scene Edit: Cut Usui licking the blood from his spear.

Saito vs. Usui: Blood Edit: Blood on spear removed.

Saito vs. Usui-Saito's Zero Gatotsu: Scene Edit: Removed full shot of Usui pinned to the wall with Saito's katana with Saito standing in the forground and a close up shot of the katana in Usui's chest.

Saito vs. Usui-Saito's Zero Gatotsu: Airbrush Edit: Removed the katana from Usui's chest.

Saito vs. Usui-Saito's Zero Gatotsu Explained: Scene Edit: Cut of Usui's body on the wall and replaced it with a shot of Saito and the images of the Gatotsu as Saito has his line: 'Saving it for Battousai...'

Saito vs. Usui-Saito's Zero Gatotsu Victorious: Airbrush Edit: Removed katana from Usui's chest again.

Saito vs. Usui-Saito's Zero Gatotsu Victorious: Scene Edit: Cut of another full shot of Usui's body of the wall with Saito in the foreground to the close up of Usui's face with his line: 'You never show any mercy.'

Saito vs. Usui-Saito's Zero Gatotsu Victorious: Scene Edit: Cut the pan of Usui's body before the katana and then added the close up shot of Usui's face from the scene above as he finished his lines.

Edit Count:
Number we predicted: 103
Real Number: 21

NOTE: Well, there you have it folks...still edited. Did you all actually think they wouldn't edit it? I mean honestly. Come on look at the time slot it's in, still where those people who you all don't want to know about it can still find out about it. The horror of it all. ::rolls eyes:: And what do you people who were so happy about it getting its opening and closing theme; so happy to the point that I saw people, who were totally against edits, mention that edits wouldn't matter as long as they had their precious opening theme, think now about that? Same toonami ending...and Freckles as the opening...the English version which means it's the theme before episode 18 (Get the Reverse-Blade Sword) when they started to just do the Japanese version of the song. To be honest I liked it better on Toonami I think it fit in better then it does in this slot. ::shrugs:: As to the edits there were lots of them, ne....kinda reminds me of the Jine edits. ::snickers::

- Rurouni Soujirou

NOTE: I really don't like Rurouni Kenshin in this Saturday 8:30 timeslot at all. For some reason it irritated me to see it there. And what exactly was that opening about anyway?! What possessed them to chose the English version of 'Freckles' over the real opening for the Kyoto Arc:'One Half'? Just where were their brains anyway! Maybe they lack intelligence or something of the sort. Anyway the edits...and YES there were edits... still were very like the ones on Toonami, most especially the ones in the Jineh episode in fact. Ergo...there was no blood and the excessive violence was taken out too. I guess people who thought it would be unedited were wrong after all.

- Hitokiri Gentatsu