Nickelodeon DVD Series (Product Review)

Hi everyone, I thought it was time to review the Nickelodeon DVD releases by Beyond Home Entertainment. I currently have bought 3 different shows: Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys and Hey Arnold. So Beyond Home Entertainment have been releasing box set collections for quite a while. They have definitely improved from the original Pokemon box sets that's for sure, but there's some room for improvement, so let's review!

So the typical set is a cardboard outside with a plastic casing inside with push cases. There's one thing I don't like about the cardboard case, and that is that there's no sort of slip cover to go over this case, so it sort of just flings open whenever which I think makes it seem a bit more cheaper because usually set designs like these have some sort of slip over these cases. I have seen a different design though, they were just the usual DVD cases, nothing special.

As for the contents inside, they have nicely separated each season out into 3-5 discs usually. Aspect ratio is in its usual form, and you can tell they restored the shows well as grain isn't as evident, and shakiness isn't that present. For Rugrats though, I did notice that the colours were a bit dull for my liking, though I seem to recall it being the usual dull colour. So far I have not seen any errors too which is good. Some of the Pokemon box sets had errors, though I think most of those errors came from the design of the cases which ultimately caused problems on some of the discs.

Overall these Nickelodeon DVD series released by Beyond Home Entertainment is pretty good. Like a lot of people, I'm waiting on Blu-Ray releases for full 1080 HD. I feel like I'm missing something, but I'll update if I remember what it was. I just hope that they release other childhood titles! Well until next time, bye!

Anime Censorship. Anime Only for Kids?? (Blog Post)

Hey everyone, there's no review today, but just a few of my thoughts on Anime censorship. Now I'm not just talking about getting rid of the violence/ blood etc, we know all that stuff about censorship. What I wanted to talk about was some interesting stuff that they do to anime shows when they start broadcasting it in other countries(specifically the U.S because that's the country that seems to dub anime).

Now we know once anime is dubbed, sometimes they change the dialogue, but sometimes they tone down shows too much to turn a teen+ anime title in Japan to a kids 5+ or something show. You can tell that there's something wrong with this already. But this is also because I think in Western countries generally (nothing against anything), usually kids are more linked to "cartoons" don't you think. That's just how society works. My uncle was sort of against me watching Pokemon and always asked "Isn't Pokemon for kids?!", and I have had a few comments similar to this too. The thing is that Pokemon is Shōnen(Look it up if you don't know what it is) and I'd like to think I'm living in my 少年 ya bahaha. Yea anyway, you may have noticed that there's elements in Pokemon which were taken out due to these "specific" things not for young kids. Though there's a part which was played by 4Kids, there's a lot which was due to the Western society not accepting these things for kids. I feel like we're(Western Culture Peeps) less accepting of touchy issues.

You know what? I asked someone about what anime titles they had today, and they asked me "what is anime"?! OMG I was shocked! And they had a whole range of anime titles too. They didn't know the difference from anime and something such as an American cartoon. The thing is that people who think that anime is for kids only have the same mindset too. Have you seen Another?!, have you seen Elfen Lied?!, have you seen Higurashi no Naku Koro ni?! or even Highschool of the Dead?! Watch them before you show a young kid ok :) (This is a joke, don't show them it, but you get my point, not all anime titles are for kids)

This blog isn't really getting anywhere haha.....
Anyway, I was reading about anime censorship yesterday and came across the edits on Once Piece and realised how toned down the show was. A change from a cigarette to a lollipop, drinking wine to orange juice. You know what I thought was one of the most interesting show edits?! In  Yi-Gi-Oh they edited out body guards with guys to them pointing the finger, and you know what, that's actually pretty smart bahaha. I had no idea they did this sort of stuff until maybe a year or two ago. I believe I'm a purest, so I like things as original as possible. Sometimes I can't be bothered reading subs so I move to dub. And seriously when call name a rice ball a jam doughnut or a sandwich, you know there's something fishy going on!

Anyway, these are just my thoughts on the issue. Don't worry if you fit in one of these categories. I'm just expressing my concerns with anime censorship. As long as you know the difference between a general cartoon and anime, and that anime isn't just for kids, then we're all g :D

Draw My Life (Blog Post)

Hi everyone, it's getting late but I still wanted to post something to continue my streak. So lately I've been watching a lot of Draw My Life videos, and I have found a lot of them to be very inspiring to watch, I will link some below.

So what I realised was that everyone had an interesting life before YouTube, and a lot of people struggled with problems such as devorces, bullying, school etc. It just proves that everyone has their obstacles that they have overcome just to get where they are today, and I think that that's amazing. I have to say that I have tried making one before, but it really sucked, and I never even uploaded it because it was that bad, but from watching so many Draw My Life videos in the past day, I have decided to make one. I don't know when, but I will hopefully soon.

So many of these stories were so inspiring, and I urge people to watch some if you haven't already. I feel though that you need to have watched some of the youtuber's videos before watching them though, otherwise you probably don't feel the same way after watching them, and that's what has happened while watching complete strangers!

The ones that I have placed on this post here are just some of the very inspiring videos that I have seen so far, go check them out! I feel like I know these people so much better from watching their Draw My Life video. So inspiring!!

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