Thread: Top 8 Most Controversial Anime Decks

Heh, interesting list, Ryusaki! It's informative, indeed. :P When I first saw Boy's Bunny monster card, it did make me think, too...

NUMBER 2 - Sommelier Parker's Wine Deck

Alcohol always tugs at the censors' shoelaces, and this episode actually shows a cat getting drunk. Maybe this deck wouldn't be controversial in France, but Bacchus does belch rancid liquor onto his enemies and Magnum-Mouton actually has twin wine cannons. Wow. I wish Sommelier had been a reccuring character.

I bet Pegasus designed those cards... While he was... Nevermind. *runs*

Nightmare Wheel also keeps me awake at night,

Nightmare Fuel, eh? Might as well just call Malik's entire deck that. ;) (Maybe Bakura's and Alice's, too?)

This thread wins on many levels.

I agree with all of these rankings. I really find the first choice to be just hilarious. Kumazo Maeda is just an insane drunk with a duel disk. XD

Thanks guys, I thought it was about time people started asking those questions which are truly most important.

Mai's deck was an honourable mention, but I think it's lost some of its shock nowadays. Although in retrospect her Cyber Bondage card should have been enough all by itself.

Originally Posted by Ryusaki

Mai's deck was an honourable mention...

A few minutes ago, I started typing that exact sentence. And then I said, "nah, too obvious..." :V

This topic made me realize Yugioh is actually generally pretty good at getting crap past the radar where American TV is concerned. There are some things you just can't cut, even when you're 4Kids.

Originally Posted by Dr_Watson

A few minutes ago, I started typing that exact sentence. And then I said, "nah, too obvious..." :V

This topic made me realize Yugioh is actually generally pretty good at getting crap past the radar where American TV is concerned. There are some things you just can't cut, even when you're 4Kids.

You raise a good point: how many of these decks were able to bypass 4Kids's viligant ways?

8 - Correct me if I'm wrong, but Gamble Angel Bunny was uncensored, in name and in form, in the dub.

7 - Okay, this was kind of a jokey entry, but I don't think Noa's deck got damaged in the dub. Except the fact that all the references to 'seven turns of creation' were removed. So, I suppose you could say it did get damaged. You can't exactly add glowing 4Kids pyjamas to the naked Giant Rex though.

6 - I already mentioned Doll Chimera's cheap, cheap, cheap edit. The dub version looked hilariously bad.

5 - We all know Amelda's episodes are some of the most edited in the history of 4Kids (discluding episodes of series that were cut), but all I can think of is the tank's cannon-blasts were turned blue (lol) and lots of shots of Ziggarat's guns aiming and Ziggurat exploding were cut.

4 - Necrofear lost her doll and the Ouija Board was turned from brown to blue. 'Nuff said.

3 - Eh, I lose track of what 4Kids cut from Malik's deck. They changed Hellpoemer's cross to a lame slab, and blurred a lot of Plasma Eel penetration. They also blurred Holding Arms...holding (seriously).

2 - Wasn't so bad for 4Kids actually, they just sped past the drunk cat and made it as vague as possible.

1 - Hot sauce. Lol.

Oh, and I can't believe I forgot one of the most controversial cards in the game. Seriously, this is one of the only 2 edits in Viz's manga, that's how bad it is: Pandora's Nightmare Cross. An iron cross which Black Magician is strapped to (!) with a chainsaw at the top. Whoah. Pandora also used the Tragic Guillotene. He should have been on the list.

I never did watch dub Air Duel, but I can only imagine what it looked like.

The cards that broke the censor's balls in the baddest way are probably the Egyptian Gods themselves. I mean, in a show where crosses are edited from church rooftops, every reference to hell converted into vague threats and all religious symbols neatly repaced with meaningless geometry, you have three pagan gods as the central gimmic of an entire arc. It really makes you want to slap Takahashi five, don't it?

Originally Posted by Dr_Watson

It really makes you want to slap Takahashi five, don't it?

Gotta admit, I do get a sick thrill whenever the original's content gives 4Kids a hard job, lol. Even if what comes out of 4Kids' butt is an insult to whatever went in their mouth, it sure is amsuing to see what they come up with. Or don't come up with, as the case may be.

I'm sure the 'God Cards' being kept was just an off day for 4Kids. Adding 'Egyptian' onto it was apparently enough to keep complaints away (I've never actually heard any people complain about them using 'god', whereas people used to complain about the 'black magic' of the show. Apparently). Nowadays they'd probably be the 'Supreme Lord' cards or the ' Great Creator' cards or something in the dub. But at least if 4Kids had premiered the God Cards nowadays, we'd probably have Osiris instead of... You know what...

Originally Posted by Ryusaki

Even if what comes out of 4Kids' butt is an insult to whatever went in their mouth

D: I lol'd

I read somewhere a long time ago that 4Kids would have edited out Yugi's chain/bondage gear, too, if it wasn't practically in every scene XD. I think it was probably fan speculation, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were actually prepared to go that far.

I mean, what were they thinking? A show that has a dead main protagonist with black magic powers dating back to ancient Egypt, a card game with a substantial amount of weapons, instances of nudity and occult references, blood thirsty villains and games where people's lives are at stake. The show is practically made of every item on the 4Kids black list.

I believe 5D's is giving them some major headaches right about now.

Something I always found odd about the 4Kids version...

They changed Amelda's name to "Alister". As in Aleister Crowley. Isn't that... kind of worse?

Originally Posted by JuJube

They changed Amelda's name to "Alister". As in Aleister Crowley. Isn't that... kind of worse?

I think that falls into the 'getting crap past the radar' category. Seems to me like it's a reference slipped in by someone who wasn't on the network censor team.

Yep 'getting crap past the radar' considering we know how 4K!d$ are is interesting to notice in the dub.


And i think i mentioned along time before here about some censoring that cannot be done no matter 4K!ds' methods.
There are censor worthy(again by 4K!ds' standards) stuff in the YGO! shows and its story that are so big and take so much part of the show that cannot be censored.
I just can't remember about what part/stuff exactly i was talking about back then and if it was for DM or GX.

Nice idea for a thread.
I'm glad some stuff i thought about more deeper back then are mentioned again and by more ppl.

I'm shocked and appalled that Mai's nakie lady decks aren't on this list. It only takes one breast plate with pointy nipple guards to cause a riot amongst American parents, but three? And at the same time?

SO he had to make a top 10 .

Originally Posted by Tatsunoboshi Horoko

I'm shocked and appalled that Mai's nakie lady decks aren't on this list. It only takes one breast plates with pointy nipple guards to cause a riot amongst American parents, but three? And at the same time?

I did mention them afterwards -____-

But yes, I think the list could be extended into a top 10, with the additions of Mai's Cyber Bondage and Pandora's unbelievably questionable chainsaw spiked cross.

What I meant to say was, they should have been higher on the list (HIGHER, DAMMIT!!11)

Extending the list to Top 10? I vote for Yes. DO IT!

Perhaps not list worthy, but Thousand-Eyes Restrict and Relinquished gave me nightmares (especially the former) after I first saw them. Ugh. Perhaps a runner-up if enough people agree with me? XD

Originally Posted by Dr_Watson

I think that falls into the 'getting crap past the radar' category.

You made me think of this Trope with the same same. Sorry, I just couldn't resist. :> (Unless you took that FROM the site. Ha~!)

Originally Posted by Arynis

You made me think of this Trope with the same same. Sorry, I just couldn't resist. :> (Unless you took that FROM the site. Ha~!)

Everytime I go to that site I lose four hours of my life. Thanks a lot beezo ^.^

Yugimonz is hardcore yo.

Originally Posted by King_Baby

Yugimonz is hardcore yo.

You don't have to tell us twice, Bruce XD.

NUMBER ? - Mai's Harpy Deck

Famously skimpy, I'm pretty immunised to it nowadays but the Harpys are wearing pretty much nothing. Whether it's the manga, the anime or the OCG (heck, even the TCG had Harpy Lady and Harpy Girl unedited for a while, until they realised that by law the TCG must suck). Actually, I believe they were censored in GX. Lawl, GX. Cyber Bondage is pretty controversial in name and nipple-spikes. Also, her Amazoness monsters are pretty much exactly what you'd expect.

NUMBER ? - Pandora Black Magician Deck

Thousand Knife, Tragic Guillotene and Nightmare Cross. That's in ascending order of controversialness, from only-for-4Kids to pretty-darn-offensive. Not that a historical artifact like the guillotene should be considered offensive, but you know this world we live in. Come to think of it, Shadow Balance was a giant toothed set of scales which crushed the monsters inside. And Killer Doll was a creepy doll which had an axe for one hand and long pointy claws on the other. It was enough to make 4Kids censor its arms (!) anyway, and we all know how scary dolls are.

Also, LOL at the Yu-Gi-Oh! Wikia which actually includes the cards the dub added to Pandora's hand into his deck list. Like Obelisk and Ra.