Even though Netflix fumbled for the bag with marketing of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Rocky Oceanit avoided a heavy copyright strike from Disney by removing one of the most beloved scenes in the manga.
no secret JoJo Those who enjoy that anime adaptations change the names of the villains and villains in their lyrics. We’ve seen changes like Vanilla Ice to Cool Ice and Notorious BIG to Notorious Chase and rocky ocean Is no exception. While many fans expect stands like Limp Bizkit to be called by names like “Flaccid Pancake” while they are still in town. rocky oceanNetflix’s original manga translation, Netflix chose to flip just a few letters instead. So for example Flaccid Pancake, now “Limp Vizkit.” While the slight change in character names is a bit disappointing for manga readers, it’s no surprise that David Production has chosen to completely exclude Mickey Mouse and the manga’s numerous instances of mining about the characters. popular cartoon in anime.
In the two-part volume “Bohemian Ecstatic” (an ingenious twist of the manga title, “Bohemian Rhapsody”), Narciso Anasui and the Weather Bulletin (now known as The Weather Forecast) are pitted against a single user. named Ungalo. Ungalo’s booth, Bohemian Rhapsody, has the ability to bring fictional characters to life to do his bidding. Said fictional characters then horribly robbed the human body they were near. Scary thing, that.
In the manga chapter on which the anime episode is based, Anasui and Weather Report are on their way to Disney World after escaping from the Green Dolphin Street prison, and Anasui (audience voiceover) angrily shouts, “Otherwise, if not there’s Mickey, then this is the damn thing Disney!” Clear, JJBA author Hirohiko Araki wanted to draw Mickey Mouse in this chapter, but the editor rightly advised him against it. Of course, Araki compromised by sneaking into the drawing of a mouse’s tail. The Netflix adaptation isn’t too bold and has removed any and all references to Mickey and Disney.
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Although most of these characters have landed in the public domain, there have been rocky ocean boldly included the rest of Bohemian Rhapsody’s minions, it would plunge Netflix into boiling water.
To illustrate how quickly this episode will lead to discontinuation and cancellation, here is a list of all copyright strike-worthy references from the manga and the corresponding anime changes, if any. :
- Astro Boy (seen and mentioned, unchanged)
- Aladdin (viewed and mentioned, unchanged)
- Big Bad Wolf (seen and mentioned, unchanged)
- Disney World (unseen, called “famous theme park”)
- Chewbacca (not seen, but name mentioned)
- ET (cut entirely from anime)
- Fist of the North Star Kenshiro and Raoh (not seen, but names mentioned)
- Giant Robo (seen and mentioned, unchanged)
- Gigantor (seen and mentioned, unchanged)
- Little Red Riding Hood (seen and mentioned, unchanged)
- Leo the Lion from the MGM Studios logo (cut entirely from the anime)
- maze‘s Mazinger Z (seen and mentioned, unchanged)
- Mickey Mouse (unseen, referred to as “a really popular character”)
- Mona Lisa (unseen in this section at leastbut the name is mentioned)
- Peter Pan (cut entirely from anime)
- Pinocchio (viewed and mentioned, unchanged)
- Prince Charming (not seen, but name mentioned)
- Spider-Man (turned into Batman: not seen, but name mentioned)
- T-1000 Terminator (not seen, but name mentioned)
- Three Little Pigs (cut entirely from anime)
- Tinker Bell (cut entirely from anime)
- Tweety Bird (not seen, but name mentioned)
- Snoopy (cut entirely from anime)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (watched and mentioned, unchanged)
- Vincent van Gogh (seen and mentioned, unchanged)
As you can see, David Production had to argue a lot when it comes to determining which character to adapt this particular element and which character is better left alone. Why David Production decided to change Spider-Man to Batman is anyone’s guess. Fortunately, its changes don’t detract from the absurdity of this two-part episode. Personally, I wanted to make these changes compared to the previous series’ removal of the Jolyne Cujoh scene. The sixth SenseFamous plot twist of. Let my girl be a threat, damn it.
