Week Three

Week Three: Edits

Fare Well, the Strongest Men: Aired: Toonami, March 31, 2003

Kenshin vs. Aoshi/Flashback: Blood-Scene Edit: Blood removed from bodies and some stills of other Owniwanbashu killing people

In his Office: Line Removal: Kanryu: 'Damn Aoshi...'

Kenshin vs. Aoshi: Line Edit: Yahiko: 'Damnit.' to 'Shoot.'

Kenshin vs. Aoshi: Blood Edit: Blood dripping on sakabatou and Kenshin's hand.

Kenshin vs. Aoshi: Blood Edit: Blood on Kenshin's hand

Kenshin vs. Aoshi: Scene Edit: Pan of his sakabatou with blood on it.

Kenshin vs. Aoshi: Blood Edit: Blood on Kenshin's hand

Kenshin vs. Aoshi: Blood Edit: Blood spurt from Kenshin's chest when Aoshi hits him three times.

Kenshin vs. Aoshi: Blood Edit: Blood on Kenshin's chest.

Kenshin vs. Aoshi: Blood Edit: Blood oozing from Kenshin's chest.

Kenshin vs. Aoshi: Blood Edit: Blood spurt when Kenshin grabs the kodachi.

Kenshin vs. Aoshi: Blood Edit: Blood on Kenshin's chest.

Kenshin vs. Aoshi: Blood Edit: Aoshi spitting up blood.

Kanryu Arrives with Gaitling Gun: Line Removal: Shikicho: 'Damn you..'

Kanryu Begins his Assault: Scene Edit: Blood spurts and pan of the bullet wounds on Aoshi's legs when he jumps infront of the other Owniwanbashu.

Kanryu Begins his Assault: Scene Edit: Kanryu lighing his cigar

Kanryu Begins his Assault: Scene Edit: Cut to Kanryu speaking after he blows smoke

The Owniwabashu Falls: Blood-Scene Edit: Shinkicho taking bullets for Aoshi. Pan of his back and the bullets wounds there. Blood on Shinkicho. Beshimi takes bullets/blood. Hyotoko's body. Pan over the bodies and the blood under their bodies. Hannya being shot/blood....excessive showing of him being shot. Hannya's dead body.

The Aftermath: Scene Edit: Pan of the bodies from Kaoru's perspective.

The Aftermath: Blood Edit: Blood on Aoshi's legs.

The Aftermath: Scene Edit: Pan to Hyotoko, Beshimi and Hannya's dead bodies.

The Aftermath: Blood Edit: Blood/bullet wound on Aoshi's legs

The Aftermath: Blood Edit: Blood pouring from Aoshi's balled fist.

In the Observatory: Scene Edit: Megumi's dramatic about to kill herself pose. Blood spurt when Sano catches the dagger. Pan to Kenshin, Kaoru, Yahiko. Blood on Sano's hand and glaring at Megumi. Resumes with Sano's edited line below.

In the Observatory: Line Edit: Sano: 'What the hell do you think you're doing!?' to 'What the heck do you think you're doing!?'

In the Observatory: Blood Edit: The blood on the dagger was removed.

In the Observatory: Line Edit: Sano: 'Hell.' to 'Heck.'

Edit Count:

Number we predicted: 70
Real Number: 29

NOTE: I just want to give my kudos to the editing staff for Toonami. I was afraid of how they would handle the deaths of the Owniwabashu and they did an excellent job. You would never be able to tell where they cut and where they didn't, it was just so fluid what they did. I grouped these edits as one since it's really in one scene. I found the removal of the excess blood and scenes where you see them getting hit by the bullets to increase the dramatic effect of the moment, it moved the focus more to Aoshi almost and his reactions. I never actually cared for this arc in the series...but for the first time since the first time I watched this episode I actually cried watching them fall and felt what Aoshi much have felt like. Nice job editing staff. ^_^

-Rurouni Soujirou

Note: Very nicely done edits here. The dramatic effect was certainly increased with the edits in the the Oniwabanshu deaths.

-Hitokiri Gentatsu

No Kenshin was aired: April 1, 2003

The Birth of a Boy Swordsman: Aired: Toonami, April 2, 2003

Tsubame's Plight: Line Edit: Lord Guy: '...you bitch.' to '...you little girl.'

Tsubame's Plight: Scene Edit: Tsubame getting slapped, the slow motion frames comes back in with Yahiko looking over the roof.

Yahiko's Entrance and Fight: Scene Edit: Yahiko getting really beaten up by the thugs and the superimposed image of him being beaten while Kenshin is talking as well as the pan of Yahiko before Tsubame stands.

Yahiko's Loses: Blood Edit: They toned down th blood dribble on the corner of his mouth.

Yahiko's New Training/Talking with Kenshin-flashback: They removed blood spurts from the bodies in the 'flashback' Kenshin is thinking about when talking to Yahiko.

Yahiko's Fight: Take Two: Line Edit: Cronie: 'Kill the punk, kill him now.' to 'Get the punk, get him now.'

Yahiko's Fight: Take Two: Scene Edit: They removed Yahiko getting hit by the katana and the blood that went with it.

Yahiko's Fight: Take TWo: Blood Edit: Spurt on Yahiko's cheek and the cut.

Yahiko's Fight: Take TWo: Blood Edit: The small amount of blood on his cheek was removed.

Edit Count:

Number we predicted: 14
Real Number: 9

NOTE: I don't really have much to say, they did edit out more then I thought they would. But, nothing that was really surprising to me.

-Rurouni Soujirou

NOTE: Rule #1 for CN edits: There is no rhyme or reason to them. Rule #2 for CN edits: See rule number one. I wonder if CN has different editors for each episode or something because I think the same editor edited the Jineh episode too. Even though I didn't agree with all of them, they weren't too bad.

-Hitokiri Genatasu

Going for the Grand Championship: Aired: Toonami, April 3, 2003

Outside the Akabeko: Line Edit: Tae: 'To tell you the truth, he and his friends get drunk...' to 'To tell you the truth he and his friends are rather unruly.'

At the Dojo with Toramaru: Line Edit: Kaoru: 'No matter how bad things are don't ever think about killing yourself.' to 'No matter how bad thing are, don't think about jumping off a bridge.'

At the Dojo with Toramaru: Airbrush Edit: Sano, Kenshin and Yahiko thinking about Kaoru in only a loincloth.

Edit Count:

Number we predicted: 25
Real Number: 3

NOTE: Heh...someone pinch my butt here and wake me up, I must be dreaming that they left in the butt thing and the pinching the butt as well...half my edits where devoted to that, thinking they would get rid of something with that. Oh well...no big deal at all...I really like this episode, Toramaru was great. ^_^

-Rurouni Soujirou

NOTE: No, I will not pinch your butt. Sorry. I guess there was nothing to worry about here but then I wasn't worried for a micro-second. And so...on to tomorrow and the last edits of the week.

-Hitokiri Gentatsu

Assasination Group of Fire: Aired: Toonami, April 4, 2003

Opening: Blood Edit: There was blood on the screen after the Jinpu attack.

Opening: Blood Edit: Blood spurts on two guys

Opening: Scene Edit: Removed a bloody screen and dead bodies

Opening: Scene Edit: THe last guy getting killed and his blood on the floor

Toma at the Mansion: Scene Edit: The guy's cigar was removed whn it was smoking.

Meeting in the Dark: Line Edit: Sano: 'Who the hell are those guys?' to 'Who the heck are those guys?'

Jinpu 'Attacks' the School: Line Edit: Sensai: 'You son of a...' to 'You, you lousy...'

Jinpu 'Attacks' the School: Blood Edit: Blood on the dagger in Sensai's hand.

Assassination Attempt: Blood Edit: Blood spurt removed from coachman.

Assassination Attempt: Blood Edit: Spurts on guards.

Assassination Attempt: Blood Edit: Large amount of blood on the shoulder of one of the guards

Assassination Attempt: Blood Edit: Blood on the guard guy that Sano talks to who dies.

Assassination Attempt: Blood Edit: In the pan of the dead bodies the last body had blood removed

Edit Count:

Number we predicted: 24
Real Number: 13

NOTE: Nothing terrible, less edits then I would've expected from this episode. But, I'd really like to know why they didn't show 'To Save a Small Life.' It was the one that was suppose to be on today...this 'arc' was going to start Monday. I wonder, that I do.

-Rurouni Soujirou

NOTE: I wonder about it too since 'To Save a Small Life' was on the schedule at least as of Wednesday. Very curious indeed. Not as many edits for the episode as could have been. Still tis a mystery to me.

-Hitokiri Gentatsu