Netflix Eliminated JoJo’s Weird Journey’s Mickey Mouse Scene

Though Netflix fumbled the bag with its advertising of JoJo’s Weird Journey: Stone Ocean, it managed to keep away from a hefty copyright strike from Disney by eradicating probably the most beloved scenes within the manga.

It’s no secret to JoJo enjoyers that anime variations alter the names of their song-lyric-reference villains and stands. Prior to now, we’ve seen alterations like Vanilla Ice to Cool Ice and Infamous B.I.G. to Infamous Chase and Stone Ocean isn’t any exception. Whereas many followers anticipated stands like Limp Bizkit to be referred to with names like “Flaccid Pancake” as they had been in Stone Ocean’s unique manga translation, Netflix as an alternative opted to simply flip just a few letters as an alternative. Thus Flaccid Pancake, for instance, is now “Limp Vizkit.” Whereas barely altering character names is barely disappointing to manga readers, it’s come as no shock that David Manufacturing’s opted to outright exclude Mickey Mouse and a large number of the manga’s minefield of references to well-known cartoon characters from the anime.

Within the two-part episode “Bohemian Ecstatic” (a intelligent obfuscation of the manga title, “Bohemian Rhapsody”), Narciso Anasui and Climate Report (now referred to as Climate Forecast) are pitted in opposition to a stand person named Ungalo. Ungalo’s stand, Bohemian Rhapsody, has the ability to convey fictional characters to life to do his bidding. Mentioned fictional characters then horrifically body-snatch human beings they’re in shut proximity to. Scary stuff, that.

Within the manga chapter the anime episode’s based mostly on, Anasui and Climate Report had been on their strategy to Disney World after escaping Inexperienced Dolphin Road Jail, and Anasui (the voice of the viewers) petulantly yelled, “If there’s no Mickey, this shit ain’t Disney!” Apparently, JJBA creator Hirohiko Araki wished to attract Mickey Mouse on this chapter, however his editors rightly suggested him in opposition to it. After all, Araki compromised by sneaking in a drawing of the rat’s tail. The Netflix adaptation wasn’t so daring, and has eliminated any and all references to Mickey and Disney.

Although most of those characters have landed within the public area, had Stone Ocean boldly included the remainder of Bohemian Rhapsody’s minions, it will have landed Netflix in sizzling water.

As an instance simply how shortly this episode would’ve resulted in a swift cease-and-desist, here’s a record of the entire copyright strike-worthy references from the manga and the corresponding anime alterations, if any:

• Astro Boy (seen and talked about, no adjustments)
• Aladdin (seen and talked about, no adjustments)
• Large Dangerous Wolf (seen and talked about, no adjustments)
• Disney World (unseen, referenced as “a well-known theme park”)
• Chewbacca (unseen, however identify talked about)
• E.T. (minimize from anime fully)
• Fist of the North Star’s Kenshiro and Raoh (unseen, however identify talked about)
• Large Robo (seen and talked about, no adjustments)
• Gigantor (seen and talked about, no adjustments)
• Little Crimson Driving Hood (seen and talked about, no adjustments)
• Leo the lion from the MGM Studios emblem (minimize from anime fully)
• Mazinger’s Mazinger Z (seen and talked about, no adjustments)
• Mickey Mouse (unseen, referenced as “a extremely well-known character”)
• Mona Lisa (unseen on this half no less than, however identify talked about)
• Peter Pan (minimize from anime fully)
• Pinocchio (seen and talked about, no adjustments)
• Prince Charming (unseen, however identify talked about)
• Spider-Man (acquired become Batman: unseen, however identify talked about)
• Terminator T-1000 (unseen, however identify talked about)
• Three Little Pigs (minimize from anime fully)
• Tinker Bell (minimize from anime fully)
• Tweety Chicken (unseen, however identify talked about)
• Snoopy (minimize from anime fully)
• Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (seen and talked about, no adjustments)
• Vincent van Gogh (seen and talked about, no adjustments)

As you may see, David Manufacturing had so much to cope with when it got here to delineating which characters to adapt into this specific arc and which had been higher left alone. Why David Manufacturing determined to vary Spider-Man to Batman is anybody’s guess. Thankfully, its adjustments didn’t cut back the silliness of this two-part episode. Personally, I’d take these adjustments over the earlier batch of episodes’ ditching of the scene during which Jolyne Cujoh spoils The Sixth Sense’s well-known plot twist. Let my lady be a menace, dammit.