Censored Pokemon Media 

Remember, for whatever they censor, they left in the start of Pokémon colosseum where the protagonist bombs a building.

They didn't censor the Gengar one because it had a cemetery, they censored it because of the crosses. A lot of Yu-Gi-Oh cards got censored for the same reason

Pokémon: Let’s change this wrecking ball to be pink because that makes it less violent somehow Also Pokémon: Rayquaza impaling a girl and then Hyper Beaming her? All good

Pokémanga was perhaps the least known, but most intense kind of official Pokémedia around

The fact Rayquaza freakin' *IMPALED* and *HYPER BEAM'D* Zinnia point-blank just irritates me. *HOW* is she still alive after that?! Stabbed, along with being blasted point-blank by one of the strongest moves out there? The plot armour is *STRONG* with her.

4Kids must really hate rice balls.

I just remember the time they hired a hentai doujinshi artist to do the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, and had to censor it literally twice over. Idk if they were still trying to work out their audience in Gen1 or what, but it was a wild time.

The graveyard in the Japanese background of Sabrina’s Gengar had tombstones in the shape of the cross which is why that got censored while other graveyards didn’t.

Very disappointed in the Magmortar censor. I mean this Pokemon literally has fire arms!

Stuff like this makes me wish for more adult spin-offs. Or at least stuff for teenagers.

The sheer stupidity of censors never ceases to amaze me. In their effort to not be "culturally insensitive/racist," they proceed to unironically be culturally insensitive/racist. As a Mexican, I take offense to the maracas being removed if anything. I thought it was awesome whenever Brock donned the sombrero and poncho.

Anything with Miltank makes me feel so uncomfortable

My theory for Sasquatch and why we haven’t found bones is multi dimensionality But damn it Sabrina was not flipping us off

The Serena (Or Y in the manga) flying suit edit is so weird since is lower part of the flying suit being showed and not panties. 😅

I remember when my cousins and I first learned about it the Japanese version of Misty’s Tears. My cousin was so excited you could see her…assets 😅 I hate that TCPI has gotten slightly more censor happy in recent years. So many things are just so ridiculous to censor. It also bothers me how The Legend of Dratini got banned for guns, but they left them in during Here Comes The Squirtle Squad.

As I kid, I used to play a lot of the slot machine in my Pokemon Pearl. My brother had Platinum version. Today, like 15 years later, I realize that my brother didn't get to play that wonderful mini-game I spent so much time on.😅😂

The Magmortar thing might've also been changed to comply with the ESRB. An example of this is Shin Megami Tensei Strange Journey Redux's cover art for the west, where a gun was pointed directly at the viewer and was changed to the character stretching out their hand instead.

I still have the Japanese version of Misty's tears its mint condition and inside a protective case

It's worth noting that for Adventures, most of the censoring is in the VIZ releases of the manga. The Chuang Yi releases keep most of the art in tact, although earlier volumes have the art flipped to left to right

9:56 it's worth mentioning that this was not a English dub change, this change was applied to dubs outside of Japan including other Asian dubs too (which are based on the Japanese version) so this was a change Pokemon Japan decided to make, I guess they just wanted to play it safe?

I like the picture of Skyla you picked out.

13:25 I don't think anyone is paying attention to this but that's not Y's underwear, it's her Sky Trainer suit model yo 😭 I guess it's reasonable that they changed it to not "show" that part of her body but... everything that is relating to abuse were censored, like the slightest slap on Crystal... but not when Ghetsis slammed his stick onto N's head so he'd let go of him to fall. Come on now..

11:33 Slight correction: that scene was actually uncensored in the original first edition release of the series in the US. It was only the modern second edition that censored it.

Zinnia got done so dirty in the manga.

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Voltorb Flip is actually really fun. I enjoyed learning how to play it on my recent first playthrough of SS and am actually considering grinding for a Dratini next playthrough. As for Sinnoh's game corner, I stopped using it after I basically exploited the get rich quick scheme of the VS seeker at the mansion on route 212, especially after getting the Luck Incense. All I have to do is beat a Chatot and Roselia to get roughly 28000 Pokedollars.

“Some people also believe in Bigfoot, but I digress.” That killed me lmaooooo

What were those authors thinking with those Y shots 😭😭

The rice ball thing is my favorite for how frequent and incomprehensible it is. They treat "American kids might not recognize these" as some unforgivable sin. In 1998 I probably didn't know what curry was either, and yet I'm pretty sure it survives in some scenes.

Electric Tale of Pikachu could be its own whole video alone.

Pokemon Adventures is one of my favorite mangas :D

You should do another one of these, it’s so funny

Wasn’t there a censored scene in Sun&Moon that showed Meowth drowning?

Sabrina's gengar card probably censored the cemetary because of the crosses, the other cemetaries have normal graves and pokemon was a lot more liberal with it's usage of religious imagry back then, but have made other changes to remove things like that.

The question is why go so far to censor rice ball in every instance of them appearing in the games and anime

2:33 Small aside bout the US Misty's Tear's art, it has got to be may favorite Pokemon Card art of all time. I stopped collecting physical cards at the start of Gen 4, and I very rarely play online anymore. Still, I don't think That art will ever be throned as my favorite. I'm glad they redrew the entire card art, if they didn't we would never have that beautiful work of art!

Censored Pokémon Media is always my favorite kind of Pokémon Media. Well maybe not that one episode with the old man and Misty… but I digress!

With the amount of crap they push in children's shows today I'm shocked that they censor so many things.

To be fair to the Private Investigator trainer class, I never noticed anything was off.

3:44 The dragon's exalted set of the the tcg focused around pokemon being featured around and in both the pokemon league and N's castle as to cap off the black and white segment and transition to the BW2 era of cards. The use of these endgame locations are too symbolize the end of the journey that the bw segment had. From the looks of them too, they'd appear to be a subtle way of having "plasma" pokemon before that mechanic was introduced as more than a motif. These cards are fairly cool for fans of gen 5, referencing some cool and standout locations of the Unova region, especially as the early bw era sets mostly had the pokemon in vague biomes and monochromatic checkered rooms.

There's that one episode in SM Kanto two parter where the dub recolor the beer to green (even after the JP version color it orange). Also Kukui wedding episode where they swapped Kukui and Burnett Champagne glass with normal glass in the dub

respect to this guy to always redoing his intro to add an extra video

Whoever iis writing the Pokémon manga needs to be jailed, I'm only partially joking cause something is seriously wrong that person

I recall something else about Misty that had to be censored, based on some Japanese articles and tweets. And it's random to the point of absurdity imo. Basically what I recall is that part of the JP fandom has been theorizing that the original anime staff (mainly the animator supervisors / character designers I guess) intentionally prevented Misty's bellybutton to be visible (exceptions were in swimsuit scenes from beach episodes. But it was definitely not shown in her standard outfit), despite it being always seen in old game art, 3D models, and depictions in other media; as well as her classic anime outfit so prominently featuring the yellow crop top. The discrepancy ofc lies in that Jessie also has a midriff baring outfit, and yet it does show her bellybutton at all times. Granted, Misty's shorts being a tad high waisted might be the logical explanation, but apparently there was a NEP (next episode preview) where her bellybutton was perfectly visible in one scene, only for it to be removed in the final episode. And when Misty went back to wearing her classic outfit in her recent appearances, most likely made by different animation teams, it now has her bellybutton shown like it was always there. The inconsistency and sudden change of mind over such a tiny detail is quite strange, but once you notice it probably can't be unseen. As a kid I was often quite confused as to why Misty's bellybutton was always missing when watching the original anime, and now I found so odd that it is now perfectly visible in Journeys, all while she was wearing the exact same outfit. Makes one wonder why the OG staff did that cover-up in the first place. Maybe they thought that it could've been too arousing for younger audiences watching? I'm not sure, considering that Jessie was already there for the older kids and no cover-up was needed. Idk, maybe they could've solved this by giving Misty a less revealing outfit if the bare midriff from her game design was so much of an issue back then. Something that did eventually happen during her Advanced / Chronicles appearances, funnily enough. All of this is kinda weird in hindsight, considering that every generation / region has introduced at least one midriff baring female trainer, sometimes multiple of them like in Hoenn. It's a long time tradition at this point. And it is one that, fittingly enough, Misty basically started.

"High five" Registeel: NEIN

3:40, but magmortar literally has firearms

Ah yes, Brock having maracas is "cultural appropriation." In other words, the editors claimed to be offended for others without bothering to even check if those people would be offended.

If I were to reference a popular cartoon to show how weird it is that Pokemon has 2 separate instances of characters in crucifixion imagery, I would be unoriginal.

i love these types of Pokemon videos Alot of interesting things about Pokemon that we never heard about before

13:57 Now I hope you make a video about the Diamond and Pearl Adventures manga. It's a really fun read that I feel deserves more recognition.

You missed the three censored Jynx cards. Base set, Gym Heroes, and Gym Challenge. They changed her skin color. Koga's Ninja Trick: changed a certain Eastern symbol misused by a certain German regime.

I have to read the manga apparently

I just grind money to buy coins, I never understood the gambling minigames anyway.

The manga sounds so unhinged, I need to read it.

“The man never had his morning coffee” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The rice balls returned in the OG english dubbed Pokemon series on streaming by being referred to such in the episode when Brock was making lunch for Ash and Misty.

Dope content man, bonus points for being a Larson fan.

Man Pokémon adventures manga is GOATED

Well Magmortar literally has a fire... arm.... no need to censor that

Grimer: "Tonight... you"

Pokemon and a nascar fan? I thought I was the only one, just gained a sub sir! Not to mention the young money shirt! Go 5!

At least you can grind the slot machines with savescumming (which I did to get Ice Beam in a FireRed monotype once since all of my team except Vaporeon were overleveled). Over here you have to wait a real life day or mess with the clock to be able to get more coins in Platinum.

I love how the Jesus guy has patented cruxifix pose lmao

Happy every other JPR Friday Sorry I'm late kinda busy

I own the electric tales of pikachu

Registeel knew what he was doing

Great video! I could really go for a jelly donut now

Wow I didn't expect Binging with Babish to make a guest appearance in a JPR video 🌝🌝

Hey John Are you going to make a video about the best and worst types in paldea?

there another food censorship in the Anime, its also in the Pokemon Advanced series. There a part in the dub were May mistake a Bowl of Raman as Chicken Noodle Soup. It sounds so notorious, on par as mistaking Rice Balls for Jelly Donuts or sandwiches. Its like 4kids thought that Raman and Rice Balls are harmful for Kids.

I love that the PI Carlos in your vid not only has the same name but looks similar to the PI in Temtem. Seems a bit too coincidental.

2:24 at least that’s one change I understand because to avoid the encounter with the FBI

Meanwhile, the Chad Italian release of the Manga is 100% Censorship free. 🇮🇹💪🏻

remember kids in pokémon adventures Norman and Courtney die within about 10 pages of each other and neither is pretty

“Pokémon with guns”

Some of the band episodes i remember aired as "Lost Episode" 😅 Dam im Old 😭

7:34 This is the pose he always do during the great Pokémon war

I was just playing Let’s Go, and that dude outside Erika’s gym in still thirsty in the Japanese version😂

Cheejus dice Rayquaza just murdered someone

God bless Dengeki Pikachu. Glad it got the shoutout at the very end.

Oh my gosh, I totally had that Japanese MooMoo Milk. Had Japanese Misty's Tears too.

A Hendrick fan? Respect. Random Hank fell off after Johnson won his seventh title. But coming back to pokemon, I got the first 4 chapters of electric tale back in 4th grade. Good times

I miss the game corner games 😭😭

WE'RE BARACK!

Magmortar has literal “fire arms”

I could have sworn I saw the original "Misty's Tears" artwork on an actual english card. Unless maybe I just knew someone who happened to have an original Japanese version.

I remember in one of the manga misty is seen wearing a very skinny and subjective swimsuit that was censored I’m pretty sure

"Some people believe in Bigfoot but I digress."

The Sabrina's Gengar one is most likely due to the gravesites using crosses instead of tombstones and crosses are normally censored due to religion.

12:28 could someone please explain this picture because I don't think I can see it clearly

Why did Pokémon have to go that extra mile for so many disturbing moment? Censored can be fine depend how it handle.

Its uncanny how much you resemble Burnie Burns

Did you know in All thing Bright and Beautyfly Team Rocket were edited in the English since they did some bad hand gestures and have there hands down

I don't know a single person who willingly likes Voltorb flip. If I wanted to play something like that I'd just boot up minesweeper, or waste time at the pokeathlon.

5:04 The game corners can return,but with kid-friendly arcade games instead of slot machines

The adventures manga it's just so unhinged and that's what makes it one of the best pieces of Pokémon media.

Always found the censorship of cultural aspects (i.e. Brock's Maracas) to be kind-of dumb. So long as the jokes are lighthearted and not shown to be malicious, then I feel it should be fine. The arguments of cultural appropriation and sensitivity just restricts the potential of discovering and learning about other cultures. Also, people tend to forget that stereotypes come from truths of a specific culture. Seeing maracas in kid shows led me to learning about Latin music growing up. Did not know about the censorship within the Adventures manga, though I was aware of the cross edit with the gym leaders. The poses and leg positions show a clear change, since that type of restraining doesn't stop gravity from being a thing. Kind-of disappointed of the abuse segments being edited because these things really establish the horribleness that happens to the characters. Downplaying the acts could also decrease the severity of the bad relationship, as the confirmation is turned into implication instead.

I will never not hear the Xenoblade music in the background. I hear that Torna theme. Would love to see you do a Xenoblade video now that the Klaus saga is done

Long after they lost the dubbing rights, went bankrupt and got asorbed by Konami, 4Kids censorship policy still influences Pokemon to this day. LOL

If there’re more examples of Pokemon censorship, you might have to do a continuation video at some point