Thread: Acquired: Animaze / Bandai USA Scripts (Inc. censorship and much more)

Technically they're not in my hands right now but I bought them today. They weren't cheap but it's a unique sale. If I hadn't, somebody else probably would have who wouldn't share the contents with the fanbase. Sharing is caring, right? Until I get the docs feast your eyes on these photos instead...

I reckon I'll receive them in 1-2 weeks. Depends on the shipping method. Anyways, I think this is a big win. We recently got all the Toonami episodes, and here's the documents used by the director (Wendee Lee) to bring them about. They don't just have censorship information. There's a lot more, well over 100 pages, the seller said. I may as well quote him:

Originally Posted by eBay seller

Like all the scripts I post, this comes from the collection of the late, great Kevin Seymour. Although Kevin worked on many anime series pre-2010, Outlaw Star was not officially among them, as Wendee Lee was the ADR director for this series. However, Kevin had a close working relationship with her, and it is likely that he assisted in some capacity for this project, since this binder contains his hand writing in places. This lot is a little different from most of the other scripts I have sold. It is titled "Booking", and it does indeed include a lot of info on acting and scheduling.


But the bulk of it focuses on line changes--hundreds of them. It appears the original scripts contained too much profanity and such. Therefore, the timestamp of each line that needed to be changed and its replacement are listed for the entire series. And there were LOTS of them! I haven't seen Outlaw Star, so I don't know if they ultimately had to make all the changes or not. The changes are pretty draconian; they had to replace words like "dammit", "hell", and references to shooting or killing. There are a moderate number of handwritten notes throughout the book. There is also a folder of emails/faxes pertaining to the production of the series. Well over 100 pages in all! As of now, I don't know of any other Outlaw Star materials, so this could be it.

I can't wait for this one. I think it's even better than the Japanese scripts I have because those aren't super-rare. Plus, we can learn a lot about Outlaw Star's (dub) production without the cost of a translator.

Originally Posted by Mantis

Technically they're not in my hands right now but I bought them today. They weren't cheap but it's a unique sale. If I hadn't, somebody else probably would have who wouldn't share the contents with the fanbase. Sharing is caring, right? Until I get the docs feast your eyes on these photos instead...

I reckon I'll receive them in 1-2 weeks. Depends on the shipping method. Anyways, I think this is a big win. We recently got all the Toonami episodes, and here's the documents used by the director (Wendee Lee) to bring them about. They don't just have censorship information. There's a lot more, well over 100 pages, the seller said. I may as well quote him:



I can't wait for this one. I think it's even better than the Japanese scripts I have because they're not super-rare. Plus, we can learn a lot about Outlaw Star's (dub) production without the cost of a translator.

Awesome Mantis!

How’s this project going?
This looks very exciting.

I got the item some time back. I wouldn't really call this a project. It's just a matter of scanning a lot of pages. There's no timeline for it as it isn't high-priority.

Dang that stinks. This looks really interesting. Hopefully some day soon we will be able to take a peak and chat about it.

I posted some info about it and some photos on the OSN Twitter. It should give you an idea of what to expect when it's eventually scanned. I guess we're all lucky I was able to snap this item up before the other buyers got a chance. (The Animaze documents that seller put on eBay were selling really quickly.) Not many people would be willing to scan the several hundred pages in this, or even a few of them.