Mew Mew Transformation Comparison! 

READ THIS BEFORE COMMENTING. Since people keep asking the same questions and statements over and over, without reading previous comments, here are the answers so you don't have to ask: 1 - Why were scenes cut out?: The answer is because the English dub for this show as done by 4Kids Entertainment, who were known to cut, edit and censor the anime they dub. Other examples of shows they've done are the first dub to One Piece (before Funimation took it) and Yu-Gi-Oh. So all of the changes I pointed out are ones done by them. I didn't change a thing. 2 - "Mew Lettuce/Bridget had a full transformation in the English dub.": WRONG! Her solo sequence was only shown in episodes 5 (6 in English) and 16 in the original Japanese version. 4Kids replaced the first one with a group sequence and then cut it out in episode 16 all together (And NO, that bright flash and her suddenly in her Mew Mew outfit in her debut episode doesn't count.). You can see all of the English dubbed episodes on my 2nd channel, Mew Mew International Dubs, to see for yourself. 3 - "I've seen the full transformations in my language.": Any dub that came solely from the 4Kids' version (Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Turkish, Danish and Dutch) had the exact same cuts and edits. So you most likely remembered wrong. Again, some of these dubs are on my Mew Mew International Dubs channel so you can see them there.

I think it's funny they added a bra and underwear, If nobody would have told me I would have never know.

Tokyo Mew Mew wins totally but I liked Mew Mew Power too because of the music.

The dub will always have a place in my heart. I got into the show when I was 12 because it was airing on Girl Pop, and I watched an episode and was like hell ye hell YE, so i watched all of the dub episodes on youtube on my dad's computer in under two days, and once I was done I was like "But what about the rest of the episode? Should I watch them in Japanese?". My sister got tired of my whining and told me to just watch them, so I started from the beginning again and was like "...shit. This is so much better. I have been enlightened." I became super obsessed with the Japanese version and it was actually what spurred me to get better at my art, because I'd drawn a terrible picture of Kishu, and my dad looked at it and told me that I was really getting better at drawing. It really spurred me on to do better and I don't know why I remember a moment like that from 7 year ago so clearly but it still sticks with me all the same. (Also according to my friend when we shared a hotel room, I was singing the theme song in my sleep; she didn't know what it was, but I was going "Doki doki..." so I suppose it's legit). But DESPITE ALL THE JAPANESE LOVE, I still belt out Animal Instinct and the Mew Mew Style catch phrase, and keep english transformation music on my phone, because HELL, even though the Japanese version is much better, 4Kids did do some things extremely right, and they did successfully suck me in. Sorry for overly long comment. I'm just so passionate about this god damn show.

They like literally cut all the best parts. And they removed Lettuce's scene completely LOL! Guess they didn't know how to censor that transformation XD Sounds like it was a bunch of overly sexually sensitive people doing the cutting. "OH NO! B00B SHADOWS! THIS MUST BE REMOVED, OR I'LL BE TURNED O- I MEAN, THE KIDS' EYES WILL BURN! And body silhouettes?! BODY SILHOUETTES?! Not to mention... POSING! BURN THE B00BS! BURN THEEEM!"

To be honest, I think of TMM and MMP as separate shows. In my mind, Zoey and Ichigo are different people- they have different names and ages. The same goes for the rest of the characters. Also, I believe MMP has some minor differences, plot wise?

I think the people remembering Bridget’s transformation are actually remembering her attack animations. She moves in a pretty similar way.

Who would name their kid Lettuce!? Seriously?

In many ways Tokyo Mew Mew is better. Sure, Mew Mew Power has better music, but many scenes were cut, and they don't even have all 52 episodes. Tokyo Mew Mew's voices are better, Mew Mew Power's voices are disgusting and terrify me. The original names from TMM are better than the weird names in MMP, plus, MMP was made for little kids, TMM was made for young adults and teenagers, considering there's swearing and things like that in the original anime. So, in my opinion, TMM is better!

WHAT? They cut the final pose for Mew Mew's transformation? That's the best part.

Why are the english ones always so censored? I'm shocked... I never thought of these transformations of something lewd or bad... and I just hit puberty with hormones everywhere when I started watching this

And this is why you should watch the subbed versions of anime.

Tokyo Mew Mew was a lot more detailed, which I liked better.

Tokyo Mew Mew wins but music wise i have to go with Mew Mew Power

I actually liked the English Mew Mew Power. I liked the voices and all that. I thought the name change was alright too, considering it was for a young, American or Western audience. Music was awesome, one thing 4Kids gets right, kinda all the time. The only thing was that looking back on it now, they completely messed up the story line, which completely ruined it. No wonder they had it cancelled. They should have just translated it, and read it like that. Maybe a few differences here and there, but they completely changed the story, I dont even think they watched the original. Like he found out she was a Mew Mew in, what, episode 12? Then he suddenly forgets it. It was so confusing and I dont even know.

As many edits as there were, I actually like the 4kids transformation music a little more. Like with Ichigo's transformation, the original was very orchestral, which was fine, but Zoey's version was more upbeat and pop-like. A shame they edited so much out of it, including an entire sequence. I like both Zakuro and Renee's transformation music, though. Very different, but still fitting for both.

But you gotta admit the dub music is wayyyy better

I remember seeing the lipstick appearance on "Zoey" a few times in the 4kids version.

Tokyo Mew Mew is waaay much better!

I'm so surprised at how many people liked the 4Kids dub! I don't mean to offend, but I thought it was was just really bad. It was bad voice acting, a LOT of script changing that often changed the meaning of the lines, and the names... It felt so gross to watch it because it was so watered down and Americanized. I feel like if you want an anime for what it is, you avoid stuff like 4Kids. Not all dubs are bad (for instance, Funimation generally does a decent job), but you don't get what the show was really supposed to be with (some) dubs.

4kids had some pretty rad music though

Mew Mew Power / Tokyo Mew Mew is my favourite anime by far. I grew up watching the 4kids dub. Every morning I used watch it before I would go to school. I would even get my Dad to tape the episodes so go watch them again whenever I wanted. I still know all the songs off the English dub off by heart. Mew Mew Power was such an big part in my childhood. Will absolutely adore this anime for as long as I live.

i love all the "SCENE WAS CUT!" parts its like youre really shocked that they would even dare do such a thing xD

They cut out the best part of Mint's transformation DANG IT 4KIDS-

MMP was the reason I stop watching all my anime in English Dubs. The first time I realized English version was cutting out so much of the actually scene and changed the music, I couldn’t believe. Watching it in the original version made so much sense. I now watch all my anime in the original Japanese version because I didn’t want any cut scenes.

I legit saw this and fReAkEd out with the nostalgia. Like damn, Renee's background music was killer!

Thanks for making this! Most definitely the most detailed video of the comparisons I've seen yet.

It actually sounds better when you merge the 2 tunes.

i want to be a mew mew now 😥

i was annoyed when they randomly stopped making the english dub (i didn't know that it was originally from japan)

About 2 years ago I was OBSESSED with your videos, and now I've just found them again. I'm so happy :D

Tokyo Mew Mew wins of course, for plot and the full transformation, but had it just had Mew Mew Power's transformation music, they would be 10× more the winners.

Zoey as Mew Mew Ichigo Corina as Mew Mew Mint Bridget as Mew Mew Lettuce Kikki as Mew Mew Pudding Renee as Mew Mew Zakuro

Me then: Tokyo Mew Mew, Lucky Star, Sailor Moon Me now: Black Butler, Future Diary, Higurashi, Holy Crap!

I'm not a fan of Tokyo Mew Mew but I kind of get irritated of people saying they only like Mew Mew Power because of the music. Like is music more important than plot and animation? Really?

As someone who grew up with the Mew Mew Power version and later on watched the rest of the show as Tokyo Mew Mew (Due to MMP not have all the episodes) I like both and see nothing wrong with either

Some of the cuts/changes make sense given the broadcast thing, but it seems strange that they cut out the double helix and final pose parts. They seem kinda important.

((I'm not gonna lie I've always preferred the Dub's music))

.... they... kept more than one would expect.

I haven't noticed until now that the final scene of Mint's transformation that was cut actually appears briefly in the 4Kids opening

Oh man I been hearing about this anime for years all through my childhood as long as I can remember and I finally got around to watch it (in the sub version) recently. I had no idea how much was cut in the dub. I almost forgot 4Kids was behind this so I can imagine how messed up TMM was because of them. I don't know how I never saw this anime before when I grew up watching 4Kids or I did watch a little bit of the anime but just can't remember if I did.

Also I'm Ok with ichigos transformation in the English version becuz it looks cool with the music 4kids made for it

That's pretty awesome and heavenly gorgeous and wonderful of how you added in both the original and English Dub version of Tokyo Mew Mew's transformations, I love them all so much!!!!! XD

Different music?

I am pretty sure that Bridgit got her solo transfomation when they went to that "hounted pool"-first time she discoverd her powers

I want a re-dub or remake

Still gotta like the English dub music for each character because it seems to add to the character. They should still redub this in full, with their original names and uncut. I'd live to see that. And before you say, *"It's better in Japanese with subs, just read the subs."* I have epilepsy, and reading so fast without pausing, is nearly impossible. And it's very difficult to read and watch at the same time. I only do it ones I REALLY want to see the new episodes to because everyone online is spoiling. Like DURARARAX2 when it first came out. And that gave me headaches during and after words. I try to watch both, but prefer to watch dubbed first so I know what's going on in the animation.

Zakuro/Renee's music was awesome!!

I grew up watching mew mew power so I got so used to the V/A dub, so when I listened to the Subbed version it felt wrong and it sounded really weird.

It's obvious the best is the Japanese version

There are no curse words in the Japanese version of the show. In fact, there are hardly any curse words in the Japanese language at all. Something offensive spoken is determined by the politeness level of their speech. Hardly any in this show was considered offensive. Fansubbers tend to add curse words(sometimes really bad ones) to make the show seem more adult. And there's nothing wrong with shadowing. The body is still sillouhetted(or however you spell it XD) so nothing offensive is seen.

I think Both of Zoey's transformation soundtracks sounds really good mixed together~

Those 4Kids villains. How dare they!

I saw the full Japanese transformation scene in english dub as a child which is weird

i watched a few episodes of mew mew power and the voice acting, music, plot changes and edits were the crappiest things i've ever seen.

And people wondered why Mew Mew Power was pulled from the air after just 26 episodes, it was because it was becoming another DIC Sailor Moon dub, only worse...much worse. it was crazy. I see they didn't want be responsible for another uproar from the anime community so from then on they play it safe and dubbed shows that were terrible even in Japan so they can look smart.

Tokyo Mew Mew is better because in Mew Mew Power when they do anime expressions it doesn’t sound right, But in Tokyo Mew Mew it sounds better. Music wise, Mew Mew Power wins.

I must be one of the few that finds the MMP music genuinely cringy.

I grew up with this so the dub is my favourite but I do also really like the sub. But guess what. I'm one of those scary people your sub friends tell you about. The ones who like both.

i would love to see a reboot of this anime, it aired in the us around the same time as sailor moon and both were successful respectively. but this is still one of my favorites

MMP is brighter and ha better tones. So why don't I like it???

Renee has the best music.

Ok I've watched every English dub of Mew Mew Power they have and for the record its totally awesome I love the music input they have and I love Zoey's catch fraze at the end that Tokyo Mew Mew does not have " Mew Mew Style Mew Mew Grace Mew Mew Power in your Face ! "

Wow the dub edit ruined TMM even though I never watch the dub but I did watch the sub last year and it so different I felt bad that Lectture (sp?) that it didn't show her transforming on dub this was the reasoning that I prefer Sub over dub but am I only one that enjoy Zakuro's tranform music on dub

Alphys brought me here

Is this the anime that Alphys watches?

I can't believe I'm actually posting something, but whatev. Let me just say I hate Mew Mew Power so fucking much! I can't stand it's shitty dub. The voices are annoying as hell and they're all so immature. I do have to give it credit for introducing me to Tokyo Mew Mew though, which I by the way love! So yep! 4kids, don't fucking touch any anime series! You ruined what could have been a fantastic dub!

They were censored not because kids couldn't handle "boob shadow" but because these girls are under the age of consent and there for showing them naked at all would be considered child pornography and therefore illegal.

MMP's music was soo much better.

Well no I take it back Mew Mew power music was better than Tokyo Mew Mew except for Carina/Mint

MEW MEW POWER FOR EVER CAUSE I CAN UNDERSTAND UT THIER SAYING I ALSO LUV TOKYO MEW MEW BUT I LIKE MEW MEW POWER MORE

Mew mew style, mew mew grace, mew mew power in your face!

I actually quite like Mew Mew Power as an independent show (provided I recall it's a kid's show), but (music aside because OH MY GOD IT'S BRILLIANT) 4kids totally ruined the source material. If they'd made Mew Mew Power as an original, I'd like it. But because TMM exists, it just looks like crap in comparison.

i like the english better its easyer to understand

Well I waaaay preffer MMP. They basically remove all cringe factors, like their pose striking at the end. Their voices are prettier, names are way better! Like really, Lettuce? lol

Mmp/english version is better ^-^

I really hate MMP! They made TMM look stupid and the voices for them make it even worse! Go TMM hopefully another company will ask for rights and make it again!

Uhh... yeah they do. The clips I showed come straight from both the Japanese and English DVD releases. Those cuts and edits are for real in the English dub.

it's interesting seeing what was cut

Honestly when I saw the dubbed version on kids wb back when it first came out it HAD those "cut scenes". I wonder where you see these scenes cut out?

I've literally never watched this show, any version of it, but I had a weird phase in middle school where I just watched a bunch of magical girl transformation videos. The only one I distinctly remember out of these is Mint.

@Sakuraharuno223 Both were at the same volume when I put them together. I guess TMM just had softer sounding music XD.

This was definitely a great way to compare the two!

rewatch this in high quality, it really helps!!!!

i hate that they cut the parts where it shows them with the dna and stuff like thats one of the best parts 😭 like Mint touching the mark om her back for example, it looks so good

It was mostly because that particular font didn't have lowercase letters X3. Although, I think I should've expanded on it a bit since, if the comments are to be believed, quite a few people thought I did the cuts myself XD.

@bishiewuvr I haven't made a video for the attacks because only 2 of the girls' attacks have edits in them. Unless you count that one time 4Kids mirrored Mew Lettuce's attack just so it wouldn't seem like she used the same attack 3 times XD, but yeah, it was only a one time thing.

I just wanna say when it gets to mint when the piano starts playing and the other one is playing then all of a sudden 1:16 boom! That makes a perfect combination of the music!

Wow now everything makes sense to me. My first time watching this anime was when I was 6 and it was airing in Cartoon Network (Spanish version) When I was 17 (I am 20 now) I googled Mew Mew Power and watched the subbed version and it was totally different because I remember in the Spanish version the pink girl's name was Zoey not Ichigo, same with the other girls. And they never said "metamorphosis"

I really would LOVE to see a redub of tokyo mew mew. I remember learning how botched and shortened the 4kids! version was. You miss a lot plus the ACTUAL ENDING. But I digress lol.

I need more of my English dub Mew Mew Power! 😂

There was a solo transformation for Bridget in the 4Kids version, it's exactly the way it looks in the Tokyo Mew Mew version

The picture is probably too small for you to see or the video is moving too fast to notice. I've added a link to some comparison pictures in the video description. So check those out.

AWSM! ^__^ great jobe!

Damn, I was into this Anime 9 years ago. Thats insane! :D

i love these comparision videos

Hey HikaYagami, may I ask how you got the two transformations into a half screen? I mean I've always wanted to to it.

Because it's upbeat, catchy and it never leaves your head XD.

I was watched Mew Mew Power everyday since January 2005. Also, are you excited the remake 2022 next year?

Yes it is. If you only watched the English version, you might not get why her music is like that. In the original Japanese version, Pudding is Chinese, which is why her music is Chinese in style.