The Cartoon Cipher | WHY Did FUNimation Drop Interspecies Reviewers? @TheCartoonCipher | Uploaded February 2020 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
UPDATE: episode 4 just arrived on AnimeLab and the visuals are still quite censored. However the subtitle translation seems good! There’s no official translator credit yet, but...if you look around it should be pretty easy to tell. Unfortunately the dub hasn’t continued and in fact AnimeLab has taken down the 1 Dub episode they had twitter.com/cartooncipher/status/1225629656897818625?s=21

Also, as of around episode 5-6 it appears the series is using more and more visual euphemisms to represent the sex rather than flat-out showing it, whether it be panning shots or comedic metaphors. It's not possible to discern as of writing this whether this was simply their plan all along or a direct result of the various cancellations and censorships that occurred. Anime production can take a long time so we'll probably have to wait for official confirmation like an interview to see what their intentions were on this.

Also, we looked into a few titles and realized that around 8 years ago Funimation dubbed Rin Daughters of Mnemosyne, a dark erotica series that does feature on-screen sex which doesn't show genitalia, much like Interspecies Reviewers here. This serves to cast more ambiguity on what Funimation's standards are, or if they've changed over time. We can't claim to know what they are so at best this video should be taken as an educated guess and not fact.

Please be sure to check out Katrina Leonoudakis’ (twitter.com/katrinaltrnsl8r) work. Her website: https://katrina-l-translation.online

This video features excerpts from the webshow series Fan vs Pro hosted by Justin Sevakis (twitter.com/worldofcrap) and FlipOtaku (twitter.com/FlipOtaku) and we greatly appreciate the insight they were able to provide. Please follow them on Twitter and check out their channel: youtube.com/channel/UCltrplQvb9E4y3nhP6okDAQ

Thanks to Mahado (twitter.com/mahadopower) as well for allowing us to use his YMCA-Interspecies Reviewers OP mashup. Check out the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=fZGvuWS83YM&feature=youtu.be

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Edited & co-written by Abhi (twitter.com/RBKapoor1)
Narrated & co-written by Eric (twitter.com/MrAJCosplay)
Cartoon Cipher visual assets by @jermacattack
End-screen/Screensaver/ Thumbnail visuals by @MrNiesGuy

SOURCES + FURTHER READING:
FUNimation’s announcement tweet: twitter.com/FUNimation/status/1209926788538875904?s=20
AnimeLab’s tweet: twitter.com/AnimeLab/status/1223830422984855552?s=20
Funimation-Madman-Wakanim Global Partnership: funimation.com/blog/sony-pictures-television-and-aniplex-announce-global-anime-streaming-merger
HalgoniaKen’s Tweet: twitter.com/HalgoniaKen/status/1223435080158236678?s=20
FUNimation Winter 2020 Slate post: funimation.com/blog/2019/12/06/winter-2020-anime-funimation-my-hero-academia-plunderer-black-clover-more
Justin Sevakis & FlipOtaku’s Fan vs Pro Episode covering this topic: youtube.com/watch?v=sjauA-uqbyQ
Official Yenpress page for Interspecies Reviewers manga: yenpress.com/9781975302009/interspecies-reviewers-vol-1/#book-description-full
List of MediaBlasters labels: media-blasters.com/customer-service
Studio Passione: animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=9928
More on the 4Kids dub of One Piece: youtube.com/watch?v=6WWLkXj-Qa4
Our Dr. Stone Video: youtube.com/watch?v=Rmni8OZGfK4
Katrina’s website: https://katrina-l-translation.online
Thread containing praise from fellow J-E Translators: twitter.com/katrinaltrnsl8r/status/1223454830271688705?s=20
Brittany Lauda on the dub being cancelled: twitter.com/XavierGordon20/status/1223996835347472385?s=20
Our Simuldubs video: youtube.com/watch?v=H25n5056n2k

Anime featured:
…maybe not this time.

Music featured:
Beneath the Mask – Shoji Meguro
Autumn in Ganymede – The Seatbelts
Hokkori – Yuuki Hayashi
Yuganda Kibou ni Michita Miyako – Makoto Yoshimori
A Walk in Andante – Yoko Shimomura
My Boy Goes Funny!! – Hiroaki Tsutsumi/Tatsuya Kato
An Eerie Foe – Norihito Sumitomo
Air – Johann Sebastian Bach
Running in the 90s – David Rogers
Find Your Way – Nobuo Uematsu (arranged by Takeharu Ishimoto)
Introduction – Yuuki Hayashi
Nukiashisashi ashi – Yuuki Hayashi
Slum – mabanua
One Piece 4Kids Opening – God himself
Dogimagi – Yuuki Hayashi
From Zero – Hiroaki Tsutsumi/Tatsuya Kato
Hokori Takaki Chinmoku – Makoto Yoshimori
Anguish of the Quirkless – Yuuki Hayashi
Sky of God Master – Yasushi Ishii

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