A list of titles that have had confirmed edits made to them for the US release.

Volume numbers listed reflect known edits, it’s possible other volumes or unpublished future volumes not listed below may be edited for any of these entries. Buyer beware.

Viz Media Edited Manga

Battle Angel Alita (All volumes, including Last Order) Viz Media (Action) Artwork edit: Original large book version reportedly changed the order of some of the stories. Story edit: Names of many characters and places changed, resulting in some story alterations.

Bleach (Volume 14) Viz Media (Shonen Jump) Artwork edit: Vol 14, chapter 116, page 28 Extra smoke has been added to cover Yoruichi's naked body, although the nipples and groin were already covered in the original.

Case Closed (All volumes) Viz Media Story edits: The original title (Detective Conan) was changed and many of the main characters were renamed to match the names used in Funimation English dub for the anime.

Claymore (Volume 2 and 3 (possibly 4+)) Viz Media (Shonen Jump Advanced) Artwork edits: Small mummy *****was edited from artwork in volumes 2 and 3. Unknown if volumes 4 and up will have any edits.

Descendents of Darkness (Volume 4) Viz Media (?) Artwork edits: Removed artwork/sfx depicting a vague male-male oral sex scene.

Dr. Slump (Volume 2 and 4) Viz Media Artwork edit: Frontal male child nudity edited out (Vol 2 pg.131). Volume 4 (starting on Page 77) the safari vehicle driver's lips were edited. Also, many scenes with Taro smoking have had the smoke edited out (example: Page 19 of Volume 5, aka the Seven Lucky Gods title page.) Story edits: Alcohol translated as super punch (Vol 2 pg 30).

DragonBall (Multiple volumes) Viz Media Artwork changes: Male and female nudity altered in some versions of this series. The most recent small red versions of Dragonball appear to restore the orignal artwork.

DragonBall Z (Volumes Mr. Satan appears in) Viz Media Story Changes: Mr. Satan became Hercules to coincide with the FUNi dub.

Fullmetal Alchemist (Volume 8) Viz Media Artwork edits: Two panels depicting a character that was crucified on a stone cross was edited to make the cross look like a stone slab instead.

Hikaru no Go(Volumes ?) Viz Media (?) Artwork edits: Altering artwork to change cigarettes to gum and firecrackers, and changing the dialogue to match.

I’’s (Volumes 1-4, 7+) Viz Media (Shonen Jump Advanced) Artwork edits: Nipples removed or covered by fog/stars/objects in multiple volumes. Oddly, nipples in volume 5 were not edited.

Jojo’s Bizzare Adventure (Volume 3) Viz Media (?) Artwork edits: Strong animal violence was edited out of volume 3. Strong human violence unaltered. Viz is also not publishing Jojo’s from the beginning and have skipped long story arcs (no word if these missing chapters will ever be published in English).

Knights of the Zodiac (All volumes) Viz Media Story changes: Character names were changed to match anime dub names. Original title was Saint Seiya.

Midori Days (Volume 7) Viz Media (Action/Viz Media) Artwork edits: Volume 7 has close-ups of a breast and nipples covered by a redrawn bra on page 130. Other early volumes with nudity were unedited.

NANA (Various volumes) Viz Media (Shojuo Beat) Artwork edits: Four pages of a flashback sequence detailing the back-story for characters in Blast and how the band got its name were removed from volume 4 (and Shojo Beat printing, although not the exact same pages). Cigarette brand name changed (possible trademark issue) changed from Black Stone to Blast.

Naruto (Volume 5 & 10, various volumes) Viz Media (Shonen Jump) Artwork edits: Middle-finger swear removed from volume 5. Towels added to cover nudity in hot spring scene in vol 10. Various nudity and faint nipples (or suggestion of nipples) obscured, removed, or faded from various volumes (more info to come). In recent chapters, the clan's curse mark on Neji's forehead has been changed to an "~X~" instead of the original manji sign (often confused with the swastika).

One Piece (All volumes) Viz (Shonen Jump) Story changes: Zoro became Zolo to coincide with the 4Kids dub.

Prince of Tennis (Volume 10) Viz Media (Shojo Beat) Artwork edits: Cigarette modified into a toothpick.

Shaman King (Various volumes) Viz Media (Shonen Jump) Artwork edits: Tanuki testicles removed in a couple of chapters. Underwear added to cover exposed buttocks.

Ultimate Muscle (Volume ?) Viz Media (Shonen Jump Advanced) Artwork edits: Nudity covered up- bare male butts (pg 11, 65), ripped briefs (pg. 171), female nudity (pg. 57). Male + female nudity covered up. Story edits: Names are changed to coincide with the 4Kids dub.

Zatch Bell (Volumes 1+) Viz Media (Shonen Jump) Artwork edits: All the nudity in Zatch Bell (starting from volume 1, which includes badly drawn shorts added on the main character during a scene with comical nudity, and up) and as well as the visual gag, which depicts Zatch skewered with knives and surgical scalpels, has been edited as well. Story changes: The original Japanese version of the manga was called "Gash Bell." The names of the main characters were either completely Americanized, or shortened into becoming nicknames that are derived from the original Japanese.

-- Tokyopop Edited Manga

Battle Vixens (All volumes) Tokyopop Art edits: Snakes added to covers to hide certain body parts. Story changes: Dialog heavily rewritten to the point that parts of the story are significantly changed.

Initial D (Volumes 2+ and reprinted volume 1) Tokyopop Artwork edits: Many edits to remove nudity, story elements, and jazz up graphics (?). Story edits: Names of characters changed to western ‘nicknames’ and various story elements changed to disguise sexual themes, adult situations, and older/younger character relationships. Original printing of volume 1 was unedited, but later printings edited it to match all the other edited volumes.

Faeries Landing (All volumes) Tokyopop Story changes: Names of some characters and places were changed. Dialog heavily rewritten to ‘hip up’ dialog and also changes the nature of the ‘faeries’ and’ Avalon/heaven’ to the point that parts of the story are significantly changed.

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka (Volume 1 and various other volumes) Tokyopop Artwork edit: Swastika removed from clothing in vol 1. Story edits: The students in this story are mostly 14 years old and in the third year of Junior High (middle) School (this is roughly equivalent to being High School Freshmen (grade 9) in US schools). In Tokyopop’s version, the student’s ages are--sometimes--changed to be 16 years old and they are described as ‘sophomores’ in high school. This was probably done to make the students seem older to avoid complaints with some of the mature situations they are put into, but it does occasionally mess up the story line due to the inconsistency of their ages and what school/school year they are in.

Kami-Kaze (Volume 1) Tokyopop Artwork edits: Sexual acts removed from volume 1 pg. 18.

Tokyo Tribes (Volumes 1+) Tokyopop Artwork changes: Various changes made to US edition by the author so that the series could avoid the M label and shrink-wrapping. Alterations marked with obvious “censored” bar.

Tsukuyomi Moon Phase (Volume 4 (possibly 5+)) Tokyopop Artwork edit: Volume 4 has 5 panels with nudity removed (nipples), but scenes involving torture, sexual battery, S&M bondage, and other adult themes were not edited. Unknown if volumes 5 and up will have any edits. Volume 1 had nudity that was unedited.

-- Dark Horse Edited Manga

Shadow Star (Volumes 1+) Dark Horse (Studio Proteus) Artwork edit: Nudity and violence removed from multiple volumes. Simple lines that looked too much like a vagina, general nudity, nipples, and mangled bodies were some of the artwork that was edited from various volumes of this series.

Cannon God Exaxxion (Volume 4 and 5) Dark Horse (Studio Proteus) Artwork edits: Many changes to artwork in volume 5 to remove nudity and implied sexual acts. Added clothing in volume 4 (possibly only in SMB version) to add panties to female while she ‘serviced’ a male character.

Seraphic Featrher (Volume 2) Dark Horse Artwork edits: A splash page in Seraphic Feather Vol. 2 was edited to remove pubic hair.

-- CMX Edited Manga

Devil Does Exist (Volume 1) CMX Artwork edits: A swastika was removed from an armband in volume 1.

Tenjo Tenge (All volumes) CMX Artwork, story, and cover edits: Large number of artwork edits made to try to sell adult title to young teenagers. Story and cover edits were similarly made to disguise the adult elements of this title.

-- ADV Manga Edited Manga

(I know there were some (probably with ‘devil’ in the title), but I can’t recall what they were)

By the Sword (Volumes 1 and 2) ADV Manga Artwork Edits: Both volumes had nipples removed and/or drawn over (fog, hair, etc). Vol.1 pg.160 Vol.2 pgs. 2, 14, 46, 103, 111, & 112.

-- CPM Manga Edited Manga

Geobreeders (Various volumes) CPM Manga Artwork edits: Original release had various edits for nudity. Second release restored some, but not all of the original artwork.

Kizuna (Volume 2) CPM (BeBeautiful) Artwork edits: Scene where a young Kai innocently gives Masa a kiss on the lips obscured by a dialogue bubble.

Golden Cain (Single Volume?) CPM (BeBeautiful) Artwork edits: Omake chapter (incestual sexual fantasy) was left out of the US release

Selfish Love (Volume 1) CPM (BeBeautiful) Artwork edits: Several page sex scene removed from volume 1.

-- Comics One Edited Manga (out of business)

Crayon Shin Chan (all volumes) Comics One Story changes: Names for Shin Chan were changed to the ones used in the British dub of the anime.

-- Gutsoon Edited Manga (out of business)

City Hunter (Volume 1) - Gutsoon Artwork edit: One of the cabaret bar dancers areola was covered with star shaped pasties.

Fist of the North Star Master Edition (All volumes) Gutsoon Artwork edits: Nipples removed from master edition

-- Icarus Publishing Edited Manga

Patriot (single volume) Icarus Publishing Artwork edit: One chapter featuring a young male character was not including in this collection of one shot stories.

-- Eros Comics Edited Manga

Silky Whip and Silky Whip Extreme (two volumes) Eros Comics Artwork edits: Two pages deleted from one story. Another story was not published in English.

-- ** Corrected manga edits

AirGear (Volumes 1 and 2) Del Rey Cover edit: Volume 2 has ‘chap pants’ drawn on top of bare skin to hide a thong, but a black and white version of the picture will be included inside the book. Story edit: The first printing of volume 1 has various story elements and dialog rewritten to tone down sexual situations, notably the off-screen rape of a character. The second printing of vol 1 will reportedly remove the edited dialog.

Maision Ikkoku (early volumes) Viz Media Artwork edits: During the first printing of this series (large size volumes) several chapters were skipped detailing Godai’s attempts to get into college and an ice skating story. These chapters were restored in the latest “Editor’s Choice” versions.

Mai the Psychic Girl (first issue) Viz Media Artwork edits: A two-page bath scene was originally removed from the first comic issue and later restored for the graphic novel.

NANA (Volume 1 in Shoujo Beat magazine) Viz Media (Shojuo Beat) Artwork edits: A nipple edit was done in Shojo Beat Magazine, but it was restored in the GN printing (volume 1).

Sword of the Dark Ones (Volume 1, first printing) CMX Artwork edit: Nudity edited from first printing of volume 1. Second printing of volume 1 restored the edited artwork to its original appearance. No reports of edits to volumes 2+.

-- ** Older manga edits (out of print)

Guyver (Volume 7) Viz Media Artwork edit: Bra and panties drawn over naked female character after her clothes, bra, and panties were shredded by monster.

Pokemon (Various volumes) Viz Media Artwork edits: Mainly changes done to clothing to reduce breast size, or eliminate more revealing clothing.

Outlanders (first chapter) Dark Horse Artwork edits: Various edits were made tp the first chapter to tone down violence.

Sailor Moon (Original volumes released) Tokyopop/Mixx Edits: Character names changed, and some story mistranslations and changes. Uncertain if any artwork was altered. Later released in uncut (less cut?) versions.

Xenon Viz Media Artwork edits: Painted in extra blood on a nude female to obscure her exposed breasts. Shower scene was edited.

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