08-07-2003, 03:59 AM
Daemon's name: Daemon is more accurate to how it was originally intended, since the Japanese literally romanized "de-e-mo-n", which indicates a long sound from the "e" which is like an English "long A". If we'd jus kept it De[e]mon, english speakers would think it's "demon", and lead to a whole huge religious controversy over the show.
Ken & Matt in Mexico: Guns are a big no-no on American TV, especially in the hands of animated humans on a children's show like Digimon. We don't like violence, so we avoid showing things that indicate it, such as real peple with guns. People who aren't real can have guns (ie: Mummymon) but not real humans.
Oikawa slapping Cody: We can't show human adults hitting human children, that would send a bad message to the kids that it's okay for their parents to hit them. Matt can sock Tai a good one on the jaw, because their kids, but an adult can't hit a kid, that would be abuse. As for the impaling sequence, there was a Digimon doing it, not a human.
Arachnemon/Mummymon: No doubt it was for time, but these cut scenes never come back... not even if Disney released all of 02 on DVD.
Other Cut Scenes:
Tortomon - As mentioned, Tortomon was taking a piss when Daisuke and V-mon first ran into him. This was cut (ostensibly) because, well, it would be considered bad taste to show something like that in a kid show.
Offhand I can't think of any other major (or overly minor) cuts from 02, though I know of a good few in Season 1.
Ken & Matt in Mexico: Guns are a big no-no on American TV, especially in the hands of animated humans on a children's show like Digimon. We don't like violence, so we avoid showing things that indicate it, such as real peple with guns. People who aren't real can have guns (ie: Mummymon) but not real humans.
Oikawa slapping Cody: We can't show human adults hitting human children, that would send a bad message to the kids that it's okay for their parents to hit them. Matt can sock Tai a good one on the jaw, because their kids, but an adult can't hit a kid, that would be abuse. As for the impaling sequence, there was a Digimon doing it, not a human.
Arachnemon/Mummymon: No doubt it was for time, but these cut scenes never come back... not even if Disney released all of 02 on DVD.
Other Cut Scenes:
Tortomon - As mentioned, Tortomon was taking a piss when Daisuke and V-mon first ran into him. This was cut (ostensibly) because, well, it would be considered bad taste to show something like that in a kid show.
Offhand I can't think of any other major (or overly minor) cuts from 02, though I know of a good few in Season 1.