DragonBall Kai Censorship
DragonBall Kai has been doing pretty well since it started earlier this month. But this new remastering of DBZ has something else new besides music & voice recording, & at the same time has something else taken away besides filler. So what's the one answer to both these riddles? It's censorship! That's right, stuff has been taken out & painted over in order to appeal to today's TV standards in Japan.
I've commented before how kids TV shows, both in the US & Japan, can't get away with the things they used to show. 15 years ago in Japan, even kids shows could show all the blood, violence, & nudity that they wanted. Not so much today. Nudity is pretty much banned from televised anime (though there is the occasional exception), & it seems that anime shown early enough in the day simply can't be as violent as they once were. Case in point, the above image comparison of Goku's fight with Raditz. The top image shows the battle as it originally happened in DBZ, while the bottom shows the "improved" version seen in the latest episode of DBK. Who does Toei think they are? Toonami? Of course this isn't to say blood is completely gone from the series. Those who've seen this episode here on NebsTV know that the very next scene shows Raditz bleeding from the mouth.
There have been other edits to the series besides this as well. Flashbacks to Goku's youth no longer have him naked. Instead he's either wearing underpants or something is conveniently blocking his junk. & I think I've noticed a few other violent edits as well. Luckily though, we can pretty much guarantee that the DVD & Blu-ray released of DBK will be completely unedited. At least, we can hope.
Source: http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/04/21/dragonball-kai-massacred-by-censors