
Ecchi vampire anime ロザリオとバンパイア CAPU2 / Rosario + Vampire Capu2 has become the target of utterly draconian and shameless censorship it seems, with the crude mutilation of the title not even bothering to resort to the figurative and literal fig leaf of regional physics.
As you can see above and below, viewers in some areas are treated to mysterious pantsu occluding bats, amongst other efforts at DVD sales promotion.









Sources: here and here.
The offending broadcasters in this case are Osaka TV and Aichi TV, with Tokyo MX as usual providing a completely untouched version. It seems there will be another split between the stations looking to censor and those content to allow viewers to decide for themselves what is appropriate.
Interestingly, the first season was broadcast uncensored by all… Is there some underlying factor prompting these actions?
Regarding the work itself, nobody cares about the story and the comedy and panchira are fine, so it may be one to watch, assuming there are no bats in the way of things.
WTF OMG I'm with all of you, i meen im from US and i can't wait to leave to japan.Im po'ed at censorship. I'm trying to show the anime to my friend and like 5 seconds into the anime BAM!!! there's the bear or bat! I wanna kick the person who did this in the balls!!!! Now i can't even rewatch the first season cuz now they censor it too! GOD!(or who-ever any worships. Not to be offencive)
bats are crazed by underwear, looking for those nasty flying rats? just flip up a skirt
why would you expect this from the us? japan censors everything even there pron.
that my friend, is simply a disapointment from our perverse friends overseas.
you are onee dumb biatch.
very nice anime, reps
I think the bat and bear have totally ruined the second season of this show for me, someone needs to Email the people who added this censor and let them know they just slapped everyone who enjoyed the first season of this anime in the face.
Watch as viewer ratings plummet. Fortunately some stations are reasonable, and in turn so will most subbers. Series may still have a chance.
if its continue like this I dont know what to do with this season.
maybe waiting dvd version more reasonable but anyways I cant wait anymore =/
The funny thing was, on TV Osaka, the bat censors were quite inconsistent... Sometimes you had pantsu, sometimes you had bats.... >_<
Maybe they didn't have enough money to censor all those pantsu shots cuz it seemed to be over 9000 of them in the first ep.
I hope season 3 isn't like this
same case as strike witches?
hope the subber will take the uncensored version, the only reason for me to watch this series is mizuki nana
I would expect this kind of thing in the U.S. But in Japan? Whyyy?
I Know I live in The United States I am An American But I Prefer The Good Old Japanese Versions For Everything Now. Everything that gets an English Dub takes everything good out but for this series i don't know why. Seeing as fact it is not getting in english dub and it is the Japanese Version i don't know but it is annoying, i am not a perv but it just ruined this season. Is all i am saying
because of westernization. FFFFFFFFFing westernization.
Its the white people who move over there and bitch and create things like PTA and bs like that.
i agree :)
i wish white people would just fuck off
Yeah me too, and I'm white...
Please don't throw all white people in the same pot! It's clearly most the US that does this sort of stupid cencorship. In Europe, you see nudity "worse" than that in comercials and TV all the time.
Nude breasts are not even looked at that often anymore, because you see them just everywhere now adays.
it's not the white ppl it's the fucking tightwads that ruin 2days fun in society
That. DAMNED. Bat.
$%#$%#$$#%^%$@
and the bear too
If you see that fscking bat one more time?
WTF
why the fuck would someone be so anal about somthing like that, thats why i love the series. Not so perverse to where its uncomfortable, but still pretty sexy/funny type thing
WTF
If I see that fucking bat one more time...
Its true westernization is bull shit we cant adapt so we change other cultures.im going to kill that bat.whats the point of censorship i already know whats happening behind that fucking bat