Xenophobic censorship?

Right now they dont change the Japanese names of characters because American kids these days thinks Japanese names are cool but back in the days I remember how 4kids westernized and Americanized the name of the characters. I just found it weird they have the obsession of denying the existence of rice balls. I think kids now know what riceballs are because of internet and the sudden popularity of Japanese food in the US. American dub these days dont try to Americanize the Japanese shows anymore. They just censor the profanity and tone down the violence.

They underestimated the 90's kids so much. I like that the localization these days are much more culturally accurate to the source material. What could have been an opportunity to teach kids cultures from another country. These days dubs don't do localization stuff anymore, Most American Anime fans finally know what a riceball is. Poor little Riceballs censored by 4kids for a decade. I think 4kids now lost licenses from many anime. Part of me though wishes certain type censorship happened on my country. I really cant stand the incestuous characters. The incest rate in Japan is actually low but the incest rate on their fiction is extremely high. I know the American localization of Dragonball renamed Mr.Satan because he have a name offensive to Christians. He is renamed Hercule in the US. In my country, TV networks whoa re extremely Christian also renamed him. They called him Master Pogi here. Pogi is the Filipino word for handsome. I think Dic is much more worst than 4kids. I remember their censorship of Sailormoon makes things worst. Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune are lesbian lovers. So they decided to censor them by making them cousins. Which is awkward because they make them look incestuous.

@CaptAlbertWhisker I disagree about 90s kids being underestimated. That might've been the case with fillipino kids, but not with Americans. The average American isn't very cultured outside of whatever American media feeds them. The only reason any American anime fan gripes about the localization is because we're that minority that gave a crap. Aas for 4kids licensing anime, that might be true unless the anime is made for kids in mind anything meant for an older audience they've lost the rights to. And arguably the only good dubs that I think they did were Pokemon, Yugi-Oh, Shaman King, Sonic-X, Kirby, and Ultimate Muscle. Oh and Dinosaur King. :p Heck what they did with those dubs makes me question why One-Piece's dub was as poor as it was. Also the incest in some anime isn't censored in the Philippines?! Oh God, I'm disturbed and riddled with so many questions at the same time... But yeah, last I checked incest is frowned upon in Japan much like anywhere else in the world.(Except New Jersey apparently.) so I don't know why in Japanese fiction it's very high. I've lost count of how much hentai with incest that I've watched and read. And ah yes... Mr. Satan... Speaking as a Christian I'm more disappointed than offended. I first heard about him from the internet in 1998, and with no image to go by, I imagined he'dlook something liike how Dabura looks or baba's henchman Devilman, but when Iwas watching DBZ in Japanese on T.V. in 1999, and I saw him exit hiscar that has "Satan" written on the doors, my immediate reaction was disappointment. Also he's called "Master Handsome" in the Fillipines? See if they hadda done research and learned that his real name was "Mark." I'm pretty sure they would've gone with that. Plus you forget too that DiC also made Ziosite a girl because he and Kunzite were homosexual lovers in the original anime. Honestly that was one censorship I didn't mind not when in Sailor-Moon Crystal, Zoisite makes his debute disguising himself as a woman anyway..._(Had no idea Ami was into transvestites in her past life. :p) But yeah they could've made Haruko and Michiru "friends" which would've made their interactions less creepy to anyone older than 8.

@CaptAlbertWhisker Haruka was a dude that turned into a girl....? Like how is that any better? And Zoisite was portrayed vocally as a flamboyant drag queen? *cringes* I'll stick with what DiC did to him, as it feels like a lesser evil than a gay stereotype. As for showing the corpses of murder victims, WTF?! Yeah, nice to know they don't do that anymore, I'd be scarred for life too. Plus WWE's PG now, I think it'll survive on Filippino t.v. And I've heard about the Korra LGBT ending, I can see why Nickelodeon didn't air it on T.V. though the creators had a lot of stones to do that...A lot...-_- As for the localization of YuYu Hakusho? Dear lord tell me that's not true, because that sounds nightmarishly horrible. Plus how did they mistake Kurama for a girl? How? Even 4kid understood that Kisshu from Tokyo MewMew was a dude!!! And they retconned everything upon finding out sand named him "Dennis?" Smh, 4Kids is looking like gold right now ..

Are foreign shows dubbed and localized in China too? I actually get to watch some American dubbed Japanese shows as a kid and I only realized the cultural localization when I re watched them as an adult and I get to see the Japanese audio with English subtitles version.

@CaptAlbertWhisker Not so much, since the Western influence is much predominantly relevant to our everyday life. So, we know what is a hamburger, hotdog, sodas, fizzy drinks, coke and so on. However, I cannot assure you the authenticity especially with the food stuffs where the choice of ingredients to the taste is being "drubbed" towards the local tastebuds. So don't expect your steak sauce to be that varied when you come to China where most of them will be serving black pepper sauce.

That is during the 90's things seemed to be more different in the 2010's. They dont censor Japanese culture related stuff anymore in English dub. +

@CaptAlbertWhisker Glad to hear it, it's a good way to learn about other countries!

What?

during the 1970's , They Americanize the name of the anime characters. Now they dont deny Japanese culture anymore,