Last night Adult Swim aired Blood+. I was a bit worried that they might butcher it or screw up the dub, but I have to say it was far better than I expected.

It’s been a while since I saw the series, and I was pleasantly reminded of the ambiguous/suggestive relationship between Saya and her friend Kaori. Yuri fans across the country were giggling, I’m sure. :icon_cool:

Saya and Kaori…snuggling

The dub for the first episode was pretty good, with a lot of familiar American voice actors making appearances. Adult Swim also didn’t censor much of the violence/gore, which I was worried about since it’s a pretty gruesome series. Censorship has lightened up a bit since Adult Swim officially branched off from Cartoon Network though. And then there’s this little factoid about AS that I found on Wikipedia:

To date, Adult Swim has deemed episodes of three shows to contain levels of violence and graphic content necessitating their own disclaimer, above and beyond the disclaimer used for the block which states, “Just in case that last disclaimer wasn’t enough, this episode contains extreme violence. We would rather run this than cut the violence from the episode because we are American Cowboys.” This disclaimer appears before episode 10 of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Jungle Cruise, and episode 51 of Fullmetal Alchemist, Laws and Promises.[2] Recently, it has also appeared before Eureka Seven, beginning with episode 26, Morning Glory. The appearance of the disclaimer before Eureka Seven marks the first time that any show on Adult Swim has had more than two episodes necessitating the additional violence disclaimer.[3]

I do wonder if they’ll break out that disclaimer for Blood+

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