Manga free from edits to the original (even if controversial) art

[michaelwb]

Whereas some publishers have chosen to edit artwork, others have wisely chosen to release potentially controversial manga with the art in its original uncensored form. And that is something I think should be acknowledged and commended.

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Please list any series that you recommend because the original art could have been a target for editing in translation but the publisher chose wisely by releasing the manga art in its original form. Each series will get one post in this thread explaining why. Change the subject line to read "Company: Series"; for example, you could write "Del Rey: Negima" as the subject line.

This is only for series without edits to art for the purposes of censorship. For the purpose of this thread we aren't worried about translation, name change or sound effects issues.

In the post itself briefly explain what about the series might have put it under risk for censorship. Write briefly on what the company did do to address the fact that the manga might be controversial. Did they shrink wrap it? Give it a more adult rating? Or what? Please, note if the series is finished and thus safe from art based edits or ongoing so the situation may change.

So just do one post per series, one changed subject line, a description of the issue. Moderators will remove any post that doesn't fit in with the mission statement here. If this thread becomes a problem, then the experiment will be failed, this thread locked and abandoned.

Questions or otherwise should go to Forum and Site Feedback.

[BlazinTy]

Berserk is a very dark series with violent rape and plenty of nudity. Dark Horse has given this title a 18+ rating and snrinkwrapped it. However this is an ongoing series and there is more controversial subject matter later on so this may change.

[Jarred]

Lots of graphic violence and a few sex scenes, with nipples, that is all left intact with the appropriate M rating. Recent volumes have been shrinkwrapped even with a Parental Advisory sticker. Bravo Viz.

[Noodle]

Digital Manga Publishing presented Desire, a 1-volume (completed) yaoi title, unedited, much to the relief of yaoi fans.

Desire could have been a candidate for censoring due to the explicit nature/sexual content of the male-male relationship. Instead, DMP wisely chose to shrinkwrap this title, attach an appropriate "Mature Audience" age rating, as well as include an advisory warning label.

[Noodle]

Passion is a 2-volume yaoi title. Volume 1 was unedited, the second should be arriving in stores soon.

Like Desire, Passion features an explicit sexual male-male relationship, this time between a teacher and student. Like all of their yaoi series books, DMP shrinkwrapped this title, attached an appropriate "Mature Audience" age rating, and included an advisory warning label.

Theres graphic violence kids stabbing each other, axing, shooting and at least 1 graphic sex scene, all involving 9th graders all are unedited.

[Vertical_Ed]

Mature title for young adults. Features underage frontal nudity, sexual themes (including statutory rape)

Rated for older teens.

[Vertical_Ed]

Almost every chapter has a naked elf or two, mainly done for comedic relief.

[Vertical_Ed]

Adult themes: drugs, sex, prostitution.
Graphic nudity, graphic violence and sex.

Rated 18+ (shrink wrapped and stickered)

[Noodle]

AW Productions (Media Blasters' manga division) released the 1-volume yaoi title Skyscrapers of OZ unedited.

The title features male-male relationships and explicit sexual content. Like all yaoi books, this book comes shrinkwrapped, is rated for Mature Audiences, and includes a parental advisory warning on the covers.

[Vertical_Ed]

College romance manhwa.

A few scenes have full frontal nudity and good amount of fanservice. Rated for teens.

[Vertical_Ed]

3 volume sci-fi title.

Lots of full nudity (no genitalia). Oral sex, sci-fi (cyber?) sex and graphic violence.

rated 16+

[Jarred]

Twisted romantic comedy feature LOTS of nipples, sex, hand jobs, etc, most with high school age participants. Everything is left intact with a M rating and shrinkwrap. Again, bravo Viz.

[Vertical_Ed]

Nine volume sci-fi fantasy comedy.

Frontal nudity and violence. Furries and lots of fanservice.

Rated 16+

[Vertical_Ed]

Multiple volume crime drama manhwa.

Very graphic violence. Minor nudity (shower scenes and bussoms). Sexual violence (not graphic).

Rated 16+

[Vertical_Ed]

Collection of shorts: Coming of age stories featuring young women

Nudity and sexual behavior.

Rated 16+

[bctaris]

Manhwa. On-going, multiple volume fantasy epic. Labeled 16+.

Hard and bloody violence, rape, sex, non-gratuitous male and female nudity. One scene of inferred bestiality (mystical context).

Of note, this title was charged as pornographic in Korea for its graphic and colorful depiction of Korean mythology, and its author, Hyun Se Lee, charged for producing it under obscenity laws. His eventual acquittal, in Lee's words, "...demonstrated that Manhwa was classified as a legitimate form of mass media."

Dance Till Tomorrow featured very candid sex scenes, with both male and female full frontal nudity. The mangaka joked in his freetalks about being forced to censor himself by his Japanese editor, but I'm glad VIZ didn't do any censoring here.

[witega]

By the same author as Flowers & Bees. Written for a different audience (josei as opposed to seinen) there is less deliberate fan service but there is still plenty of full nudity (no genitalia) and sex (including oral sex and lesbianism).

A hilarious satire of the 'I want a man' mindset, this is a truly adult work for intelligent writing and not just 'naughty bits' (though it certainly has those).

Published with a M rating and warning of explicit content.

[Mr. Nail Bat]

Del Rey - Negima!

(Hey, nobody else mentioned it)

Like other Akamatsu works, this series contains a huge amount of underaged nudity and associated situations. Originally slated to be edited, but after fan reaction, Del Rey, to their eternal credit, decided to release it unedited, shrinkwrapped, warning-stickered, and rated "OT" (16+).

[ic14]

For the re-release of this manga classic, Dark Horse put back the sex scenes took out of the orginal release and shrinkwrapped it/put a warning sticker on the cover.

Volumes 3 through 5 of Paradise Kiss all contain varying degrees of nudity, sex scenes, nipples, etc.

I have the original editions of the series (the purple books), and I'm almost positive my volumes 1-3 are rated Teen (13+) and 4-5 are rated Older Teen (16+). Tokyopop's website now lists the new editions as all being rated 16+.

[paddlesnake007]

Ai Yori Aoshi continues to be one of Tokyopop's best titles. Uncensored are the numerous bath scenes (nipples and all) of all participants.

[Sly05]

A three volume series that depicts heavy violance and at least one instance of nudity involving an elementary school age character. What makes the series controversial is that despite its rather violant content, the artwork is quite cutesy and most of the characters are of elementary school age. CPM has left the title unedited and un-shrink wrapped, appropriately marketing the series to the 16+ demographic.

[pianocello]

Has an extended lesbian sex scene with blood and realistic slurping effects (worth buying for this scene alone). /images/graemlins/shy00000.gif /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif
Oh...and there are multiple mutilations and lots of severed limbs. Not to mention a scene where a girl is injured (very painfully) in the crotch.

[Kuroi Kenshin]

Surprised this wasn't mentioned yet.

Mahoromatic is a action/comedy for the most part. It also has lots o' bare boobies with nipples totally intact, lots of sexual humor and is a 16+ title.

[witega]

This series probably has the most extreme content being published in English barring actual hentai. On the violence side, it has detailed beheadings, dismemberment, evisceration, and torture. On the sex side it has plenty of detailed nudity (no genitalia, but detail includes pubic hair) and sex scenes. And it combines the two on a regular basis as well.

Tokyopop is publishing uncut with shrink-wrapping and an M rating.

Through the first several volumes I could not have recommended this title (while respecting the fact that Tokyopop was publishing it unedited) because of what appeared to be unfocused and confusing story-telling. However, by volume 3, the initial confusion begins to resolve into an intriguing story with complex underpinnings. If you enjoy Berserk, Hellsing and Saiyuki and are 18+ there are good odds you'll enjoy this series--if you give it several volumes.

[Jarred]

Just read through volume #2 of Pilgrim Jager. There are a few panels with nipples, not edited.

[Vertical_Ed]

6+ volume seinen action manga. Frontal nudity, sexual situations (including orgies and prostituion), drug use and graphic violence.

[Elric78]

Plenty of nudity (mostly in bath scenes) and occasional graphic violence. The comic is rated 16+ and not shrink-wrapped. 9 volumes and still ongoing.

[Vertical_Ed]

Sci-fi action title. Full of graphic violence and a quite a few scenes with full frontal male neo hume nudity (there is a running joke about their tiny genitals) and partial female nudity.

[Vertical_Ed]

Seinen comedy about the life of 4 girls in an all girls high school in Tokyo.

Tons of crotch shots and camel toes. Some nudity in regards to bare rears and bossoms. Quite a bit of sexual innuendo. Main cast are all minors.

[Mistystuffer]

The Eiken manga is fully unedited from the original (aside from a character from the front cover missing for unknown reasons). There's a Parental Advisory label down in the lower left corner of the cover. Rated 16+.

[AutoGyro]

The Lupin manga has a lots and lots of fanservice (boobie shots and whatnot), violence (mostly comedic violence), many sexual situations (including a door to a treasure that will only open if Lupin was able to give a girl an orgasm inside of a machine that measures the intensity of the sexual climax), and full frontal nudity (boobs, genitalia originally drawn as the male and female symbols).

The Lupin manga is about 360 degrees different from its anime counterpart in terms of controversial situations, yet Tokyopop left it intact, released it un-shrink-wrapped with an OT rating (16+).

-Original series (14 volumes) fully released.
-World's Most Wanted series has 5 out of 17 volumes released.
-You do not need to read the first manga series prior to reading the second. I personally prefer the second one to the first.

[Vertical_Ed]

Etchi shonen romance title has quite a few panty shots, cleavage, consensual touching and...

uncensored naked female bottoms!!

Rated 16+ not shrinkwrapped

[witega]

Detailed nudity (i.e., nipples), sexual scenes (ex: orgy with mentally-enslaved maids), and macabre violence (giant teddy bear stabs woman in the eye, etc) all published unedited.

Rated 18+ with a small 'parental advisory' label printed on front and back.

[Vertical_Ed]

A little more to add...

a few sex scenes. genitals and pubic hair visible. underage sex. underage drinking.

lots of violence (not very graphic). lots of death.

[Zeroaster]

Hard yaoi; has very explicit sex scenes involving men, full frontal nudity, all completely uncensored , actually the English release of this title is more uncensored then the Japanese one since there are no cones of light or anything obstructing the genitals (they are present in the Japanese book). DramaQueen “uncensored“ and released this book with a Mature 18+ warning on the back cover. I am not sure if it’s wrapped as I got it online.

[Zeroaster]

Hard yaoi with very explicit sex scenes involving men, full frontal nudity, non-con, all completely uncensored , actually the English release of this title is more uncensored then the Japanese one since there are no cones of light or anything obstructing the genitals (they are present in the Japanese book). DramaQueen “uncensored“ and released this book with a Mature 18+ warning on the back cover. I am not sure if it’s wrapped as I got it online.

[Vertical_Ed]

High School gender-bending greco-roman wrestling seinen manga.

Exposed breasts with detailed areola. Exploding shirts in every chapter. Heavy girl-on-girl (??) subcontext. She-males(??). Yuri (??) sex (though not graphic). Graphic violence.

Rated M (shrink-wrapped)

[Vertical_Ed]

Dark Horse's wideban edition of Crying Freeman features graphic violence, male and female nudity (though genitals are not drawn in, instead pubic hair is), sex and rape. All of this is done with Ikegami's beautiful detailed realist art style.

This series is rated 18+ and is shrikwrapped with a parental advisery sticker on the cover.

[Vertical_Ed]

6+ volume high school romance drama with its share of fanservice.

Full frontal nudity (male including genitalia), partial female nudity (detailed bosoms and behinds) and tons of cross dressing.

The first volume was shrinkwrapped and rated 18+. TP has also placed a Parental Advisory notice on the cover.

[pianocello]

Lots and lots of detailed female nudity including a scene with visible pubic hair. Lots of ecchi humor. There are also some torture (non-graphic) scenes which may offend some.

[Vertical_Ed]

Collection of 4-koma and 1-koma manga for teens and adults (even if this ran in a shonen manga the jokes are very adult).
Strange takes on pop culture and "slice of life" (who's life??) moments. Lots of nudity, violence, comedy based on molestation....

Rated 18+, Parental Advisory notice on front cover and shrinkwrapped.

[Vertical_Ed]

This is a historical/political espionage thriller set within the last 4 decades. Main character is a mercenery assassin that travels the globe. Most of the violence comes from the supporting cast for each story but the scenes can be graphic.

Graphic violence, war, protesting, crime, drugs, prostitution, partial nudity (not genitalia) and sex (though not very graphic... so far).

Rated 18+, shrinkwrapped and distributed under a mature imprint.

[Vertical_Ed]

Collection of short BL stories. Most of the stories are deep in fantasy and almost have a fairy tale feel to them. However, the last two chapters is a high school boy-boy romance.

The level of graphic nudity and sex depended on how feminine the uke character was. So in the fantasy stories, the receiver dressed in women's clothes, seemed to have cleavage when clothed, had long hair and make up, there is very little detail to the sex with these characters. Moreover we hardly saw them naked (and when you do boy are they boney).

On the other hand the high school romance's characters were obviously males and their scene had the most detail in the entire book.

Male partial nudity and sex.

Rate 18+, shrinkwrapped and parental advisory on the front cover

[Vertical_Ed]

Urban horror title with anime and novel connections.

Full frontal nudity (no pubic hair) in color right at the start of the manga. Good amount of girl on girl action as well.

Rated 16+

[Vertical_Ed]

High school yanki manga set in the badass streets and beaches of the Shonan region of Kanagawa Prefecture.

Lots of violence, popular anime/manga parodies, partial frontal female nudity (bosoms), full frontal male (no pubes <span style='color:#dddddd;background:#dddddd'> but detailed scrotums peeking through boxers!!!!</span>)

Rated M and shrinkwrapped. Now if only the translation was good /images/graemlins/cry00000.gif

[akcoll99]

Scanning the list, I was surprised not to see this one listed.

Detective series set in Japan, features a female detective paired with an introverted genius. Their cases have involved porn rings, prostitution, and all of the stories have involved some element of sex or violence. There's quite a bit of fanservice thrown in, in the form of the main character.

Remote is aged 17+ and comes shrinkwrapped.

[shannonleighd]

Blood Sucker: Legend of Zipangu from TOKYOPOP is a 9 volume series. So far, in volume 1:

Extremely gory and violent (decapitated heads, severed limbs, eye gouging), full frontal female nudity including pubic hair, and lots of bare breasts.

Small parental advisory warning on front cover, rated 18+ and shrinkwrapped.

[Noodle]

Despite VIZ's discomfort in showing nipples in their shonen titles, they are less shy when it comes to the girls. Volume 12 of Hot Gimmick has a sex scene that shows nipples in a few panels; the book is shrinkwrapped and marked on the cover is an "explicit content" warning. (Thank you, VIZ, for not censoring the final volume!)

[Vertical_Ed]

Actually both this and the PushMan have nudity, violence and sex. Each drawn with varying degrees of detail.

Books are not shrinkwrapped. I don't even recall a rating.

[Vertical_Ed]

Korean/Japanese yakuza/kang-peh manga set in Tokyo and Korea. Sex, nudity, and violence (finger cutting, head chopping). Good amount of blood and some emotional situations. Adult themes throughout.

Rated 16+

Picked this up today. It's rated 18+ and shrinkwrapped.

It appears to be unedited. No artwork changes that I noticed (nipples and nether region grabbing all there) and the translation seems to be okay, from what I can tell.

Four color pages in the front, as well.

[akcoll99]

My last post on Daphne got cut out by Geoduck as part of a thread-trimming exercise, but here it is again:

The single volume release of Daphne from TOKYOPOP looks to be unedited as it features female nudity, with nipples.

[Hakaisha]

Contains detailed nipples of minor characters, but a bath scene with Mai and Mikoto has some strategic steam (probably done by author). Lots of ecchi goodness /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif Tokyopop rated this 18+, so hopefully it can avoid edits for the entire series.

[Vertical_Ed]

Seinen slap-stick comedy by JTK. Has some cartoon violence and frontal nudity. Nipples, naked buttocks (male and female) and potty humor.

Not shrink-wrapped and not rated 18+ or 16+.

[Hakaisha]

Rated 16+

Comedy about a high school boy in the wrong place at the wrong time which usually gets him labeled as the school pervert. Well maybe getting wood at inopportune times helps his nickname along.

Booty and detailed nipples, and the first page of each chapter is usually (maybe always, I don't have the book in front of me) a naked girl.

[Pepperidge]

As of volume 6, I can verify that nudity and sexual themes are being kept in tact in this title despite its T+ rating. It's probably safe to say now that anything in the Signature line is safe from being edited.

[Hakaisha]

Rated 15+

Junk is listed as 6 volumes so far on DrMaster's site. Just reviewed volume 2 and it had detailed FULL frontal nudity of the beautiful pop idol Manami. Also shows the protagonist's friend's mother in the buck, definitely MILFy :>

[Vertical_Ed]

Finally got to volume 4 and you see those crazy naked Germans being all romantic!

Partial nudity with nipples intact. Rated 16+ without shrinkwrap.

[Mr. Nail Bat]

Incredibly kinky and fetishy domination series. The first couple of volumes weren't even shrinkwrapped, but this has changed with later volumes.

For the benefit of readers, I'll remind everyone of the specific rules of this thread.

Whereas some publishers have chosen to edit artwork, others have wisely chosen to release potentially controversial manga with the art in its original uncensored form. And that is something I think should be acknowledged and commended.

There are specific rules for posting to this thread. Please read.

Please list any series that you recommend because the original art could have been a target for editing in translation but the publisher chose wisely by releasing the manga art in its original form. Each series will get one post in this thread explaining why. Change the subject line to read "Company: Series"; for example, you could write "Del Rey: Negima" as the subject line.

This is only for series without edits to art for the purposes of censorship. For the purpose of this thread we aren't worried about translation, name change or sound effects issues.

In the post itself briefly explain what about the series might have put it under risk for censorship. Write briefly on what the company did do to address the fact that the manga might be controversial. Did they shrink wrap it? Give it a more adult rating? Or what? Please, note if the series is finished and thus safe from art based edits or ongoing so the situation may change.

So just do one post per series, one changed subject line, a description of the issue. Moderators will remove any post that doesn't fit in with the mission statement here. If this thread becomes a problem, then the experiment will be failed, this thread locked and abandoned.

Questions or otherwise should go to Forum and Site Feedback.

[Tofurkey]

The nipples are unchanged in volume 5, even though Viz has been known to edit that content from similar T+ titles in a similar fashion. There's even a reference to 9/11 which remains intact, even though the chapter is not necessarily flattering to our war PR. There should be four more volumes to go, though.

[Tofurkey]

It does not suffer the editing of a middle finger as does Naruto. Two more volumes to go, though. It's also not SJA, but it is T+.