From inappropriate robot behavior to censored family members, anime has seen its fair share of controversial moments! Join us as we explore the most notorious scenes that were deemed too risky for broadcast. From beloved series like Pokemon to surprising entries from children's shows, these moments shocked censors worldwide!
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're looking over specific scenes in anime that, for one
00:11reason or another, were removed from broadcast.
00:1710.
00:22Kirby's Itchy Trigger Finger Kirby right back at ya!
00:25Given their iconic ability to absorb the power of whatever they swallow, you'd think that
00:29Kirby wouldn't have a need to be strapped.
00:32This anime says otherwise.
00:34While working a stint as an officer, we see what happens when Kirby accidentally is given
00:39a firearm.
00:48Basically he shoots up everything, narrowly avoiding committing numerous homicides while
00:57peppering the entire police station with holes.
01:00Seriously, this puffball was one unlucky shot away from being thrown in the clink.
01:129.
01:13Imprisoned child!
01:14Beyblade!
01:15Remember, in Russia, they take Beyblading very seriously.
01:19So much so that failure could land you in the Gulag, or at the very least trapped in a dark
01:24abbey.
01:29Not exactly the kind of thing you'd expect to see in a kid's anime about spinning tops
01:35containing magical beasts.
01:36I know why this place haunts my dreams.
01:39And yet, that's exactly what happens when Kai goes snooping around.
01:44Not only discovering a link to his own past, but also a child behind Boz, who had failed
01:49Boris' malicious Beyblading training camp.
01:52Needless to say, we didn't get to see this dark revelation in the dub.
01:598.
02:00Loot Attire!
02:01Mega Man Anti-Warrior!
02:02Yeah!
02:03Not the kind of anime where you'd expect this kind of thing to pop up, given the age of the
02:07cast as well as the general style of the show.
02:13After a virtual idol starts causing chaos and kidnapping several of their female friends,
02:18Lan and his buddies attempt to go undercover and save them by dressing in skimpy clothes
02:25themselves.
02:26Naturally.
02:27Look, if they want to strut their stuff, that's one thing, but we could have quite happily gone
02:31our whole lives without seeing Dex in a crop top.
02:367.
02:37Robots Get Randy
02:39New Century
02:41Mecha's indulging in lewd behavior is not new to anime.
02:51In fact, it's a trope that will likely continue to become even more obscene as time goes on.
02:56That being said, out of all the robots wanting to get down and dirty, Benjamin and Sebastian
03:13from Zoids were not on our bingo cards.
03:16Wanting to soak in some summer sun on the beach, it doesn't take long before the two are lathering each
03:21up with oil and making noises that will make you question who on the production team allowed
03:26their fetish to slip in.
03:28It wasn't allowed in the dub though.
03:306.
03:31Holding The Tower
03:36Robots In Disguise
03:42This ban is both unfortunate yet understandable.
03:46On the one hand, it's a pivotal scene for the episode where Skybite and the rest of the
03:54Predacons hold up an entire building in order to save the trapped citizens inside.
03:59Something we never thought we'd see.
04:13Alas, this scene was completely removed during the episode's western release given how close
04:18it aired to 9-11, meaning that Skybite's unforeseen act of heroism was missed by countless fans
04:30of the franchise.
04:315.
04:32Misty's Exorcism
04:34Pokemon
04:35Apparently, Misty is a god-fearing woman, or at least a wannabe ghost hunter.
04:40But no matter what the disguise, I'll always be.
04:43Awfully ghastly.
04:48Why else would she have a cross, hammer, and wooden stake on standby?
04:52After encountering a ghastly, Misty decides to take a practical approach to dealing with
04:57the Phantom by threatening to exercise it.
05:01Then how about this?
05:03What's that?
05:04It's a cross.
05:05I've also got garlic, a stake, and a hammer.
05:09Would that even work?
05:11Either way, the Hindu dub of the episode had this scene cut out entirely, likely due to
05:16the presence and intended use of a crucifix.
05:19If they thought that was bad, wait until they meet Arceus.
05:22What do I look like, a vampire or something?
05:254.
05:26The Brothel
05:28Sonic X
05:29Turns out this warrior echidna, for all his bluster and punching power, is a little stumpy
05:34when it comes to understanding the wider world.
05:37Case in point, when he proceeds to get utterly flustered after walking into an Arabian brothel.
05:43No, this is not a plot thought up by Chris-chan.
05:46While pursuing two of Eggman's robots, Knuckles finds himself walking into the raunchy establishment,
05:52filled with belly dancers aplenty, before promptly hightailing it out of there.
05:56As you'd expect, this whole segment was cut out of the dub entirely.
06:04Maybe they wanted to keep all the sex appeal contained to Rouge's character only.
06:083.
06:09Snake Lady's Got A Gun
06:15Dragon Ball Z
06:16Goku's journey across Snake Way had all kinds of crazy caveats to it, but none as wild as
06:22the time he ended up meeting Princess Snake and her royal attendants.
06:27You can't leave yet.
06:28I've got something to show you.
06:30And it's my gun.
06:31Determined to keep Goku at bay for as long as possible, one even suggests they play a game...
06:37of Russian Roulette.
06:38Girls, he's leaving!
06:40Look sharp now!
06:41It's played off as comedic, even though she goes right on ahead and ends up pulling her
06:46at it and exiting the series quickly.
06:48While there's plenty of violence to be seen across the original dub, apparently popping
06:52a gap in a snake woman's cranium was a step too far for the senses.
07:102.
07:11The Disney Chop
07:13Macross Dynamite 7
07:15The Macross Saga has not had the easiest time finding mainstream success in the West,
07:20aside from within the unflinching hearts of the most hardcore fans.
07:27That being said, the franchise in its original format has slowly been dripping onto streaming
07:33services, so there's never been a better time to enjoy Macross and its many, many, many,
07:38many spin-offs and sequels.
07:40Except for this specific OVA.
07:42Why?
07:43Because it originally featured the character of Mylene, an underage girl, being drugged and
07:47assaulted.
07:48Naturally, Disney Plus wasn't going to allow that to fly, and so the scene suffered the
07:52chop of the mouse.
07:54It's okay.
07:55It's okay.
07:57It's okay.
07:59It's okay.
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08:151.
08:16Yu-Gi's Mom
08:17Yu-Gi-Oh!
08:18Door Monsters
08:19Wait, Yu-Gi has a mother?
08:20That's right.
08:21All these years and you just thought it was him and his grandpa, but nope.
08:25Yu-Gi does indeed have a living, breathing parent.
08:28Just not in the dub.
08:30And I activate your mama.
08:31Then I activate...
08:32What?
08:33For reasons apparently most unfathomable, all her scenes from the original were cut, painting
08:39the picture that Yu-Gi's parents just didn't exist.
08:42Yu-Gi?
08:43Did four kids send them to the Shadow Realm or something?
08:47Hang on.
08:48Why does she look strikingly similar to Kaiba?
08:50Oh, sweet Ra.
08:51After all these years, it turns out, I'm your daddy.
08:55Which of these banned scenes do you think should have been kept in?
08:59Let us know in those comments below.