Anything that was on TV in Europe back when the American cartoon market was dominated by Hanna-Barbera and Filmation, and their uninspired crap.
In France at least, they did a lot of shite with anime.
Basically broadcasting rights for anime were sold for dirt cheap in the 80s/90s compared to other productions, so some networks started buying anime for their (very) young kids programs. And they all had that good old mindset, “if it’s animated, it’s obviously for kids”. Or worse, they probably didn’t care and just bought everything.
So yeah, everything got heavily censored, but for some reason they still thought Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star was A-okay to show to 6 year-olds. Because they were “shocked” by what they had to work with, the voice actors working on the dub literally sabotaged the show by making it sound as ridiculous as they could.
Toward the end of the 90s, we got a shitty moral panic on all anime from media watchdogs, and we owe it entirely to a few idiots in French TV networks not caring about target audiences.
In France at least, they did a lot of shite with anime.
Basically broadcasting rights for anime were sold for dirt cheap in the 80s/90s compared to other productions, so some networks started buying anime for their (very) young kids programs. And they all had that good old mindset, “if it’s animated, it’s obviously for kids”. Or worse, they probably didn’t care and just bought everything.
So yeah, everything got heavily censored, but for some reason they still thought Hokuto no Ken/Fist of the North Star was A-okay to show to 6 year-olds. Because they were “shocked” by what they had to work with, the voice actors working on the dub literally sabotaged the show by making it sound as ridiculous as they could.
Toward the end of the 90s, we got a shitty moral panic on all anime from media watchdogs, and we owe it entirely to a few idiots in French TV networks not caring about target audiences.
“Anything that was on TV in Europe back when the American cartoon market was dominated by Hanna-Barbera and Filmation, and their uninspired crap.”
As a kid I did enjoy Dunderklumpen! but I don’t think it holds up pretty well