http://calavasas.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] calavasas.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] hetalia2010-05-04 02:16 pm

FUNi gives reason why Hetalia is TV-MA via Twitter

Some of you might have already heard about FUNimations' Hetalia rating since another member of this community had posted a few days ago that the Hetalia dub is going to be rated TV-MA and that yes, FUNi will in fact give accents to the characters.

Well a friend of mine (who isn't in this comm) had linked me to FUNi's Twitter page and on there it said:

"We rate each series as a whole and are rating Hetalia as TV-MA because of some instances of profanity, crude humor and adult situations."


Here is their page as proof, though you might have to scroll a bit and press the "More" button at the end to find it.

So basically it's for mature audiences because of England and Romano's colorful vocabulary, the F-box, and France...well, being France. XD At least that's what I think.

Well, now that we all know why it's getting a mature rating, will you buy the dub once it's released? And if you didn't know the reasons why Hetalia was given the TV-MA, what would have been some of your guesses?

I will definitely buy it once it's released. I'm getting excited just thinking about it. And I'll be old enough to purchase it once it comes out anyway, though I might have to explain to my mom why it's given such a strict rating... Though I don't mind the rating at all, because then this means FUNi won't cut or edit anything. I mean how can they without messing it up? The episodes are only five minutes long... Does FUNi even cut or edit anything with their dubs...?

Just wanted to give the Hetalia community an update and create discussion. =) I also posted this because a lot of Hetalia fans didn't understand why FUNi gave the series a TV-MA rating, including myself, so I wanted to help clear things up by letting you guys know.

Mods, I don't know if this would count as being the same as the previous post about the TV-MA rating since it's a bit different, though if you think it is, then I understand if this post is removed.

[identity profile] kenichi-bokushi.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm looking forward to buying the DVDs, no matter how the dub turns out, given the quality of the subs. Their TV-MA rating merely tells me they don't plan to censor it.
Edited 2010-05-04 21:24 (UTC)

[identity profile] nupinoop296.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm going to have to get my dad to buy it for me. Mom would ban me so fast. >_>

[identity profile] kenichi-bokushi.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah ^_^ Though, I wouldn't honestly expect them to censor anything anyway, given the huge amount of protests they had to make regarding the edits to Dance in the Vampire Bund that they had to make because of the Handley case, and given that there's no content of that nature in Hetalia, it should be fine for them to release it completely uncut.
Edited 2010-05-04 21:36 (UTC)

[identity profile] silverpawz.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
ACCENTS? ACCEEEEEEEENTS? O_______O
sjaJFABFBHJSBGHBGJ :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Where is the original post about accents? :3

[identity profile] silverpawz.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
nevermind, found it :D

[identity profile] kenichi-bokushi.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I heard it was going to be October, but that was from the same source that said that the cast would be announced in March, so it might be. ^_^

[identity profile] jenjira.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I guessed that that would be why it was rated TV-MA but I was still rather surprised.
I would love to buy it, if I have money by the time it comes out...
Still terrified for the dub though. Nonetheless, I must keep my hopes up!
:D

[identity profile] jenjira.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Also, I was prepared to rage in case England was not given an accent.

[identity profile] frills-r-us.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm still dreading it

[identity profile] kenichi-bokushi.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
They still haven't announced it, which leads me to believe the source was unreliable.

[identity profile] azkun.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I honestly don't care how bad the dub is, if anything, that'll just make it even funnier. I was guarunteed to buy it the moment they said there were going to be accents. THIS IS THE FIRST DUB I HAVE BEEN EXCITED FOR... EVER.

[identity profile] jenjira.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been trying to learn how to do a German and Russian accent, and I'm failing. Don't worry!

I'm scared that Funi will screw up another dub of my favourite anime.
I hope England does have a great accent.

[identity profile] rhambling.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
The rating doesn't bug me. I'd be able to buy it even if I wasn't 18 by the time it comes out, the people in Canada are to lazy/don't care enough to ask your age. Then again in Canada it would be rated 14a or PG or something since we're not so strict.

[identity profile] azkun.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh and tv-ma is cool too I guess.

[identity profile] emsiecat.livejournal.com 2010-05-04 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
The rating doesn't bother me at all ^^ In fact I'm happy since it'll mean no censoring or cuts.

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