Yu-Gi-Oh! & Shaman King - Original Japanese Version On DVD On October 19

4 Kids Entertainment Home Video, Inc. some exciting news! Hotly anticipated special DVD collector's editions of Yu-Gi-Oh! and Shaman King are being released on October 19 in association with FUNimation. The discs will contain the original, unedited Japanese animation, never before available in the U.S. and Canada.

The collector’s editions will restore the many features of the original Japanese versions, changed due to the necessities of American broadcast standards. For example, religious symbols including pentagrams, crosses, and stars of David were replaced by nondescript images. Similarly, depictions of violence such as the slicing of monsters, firing of weapons and the showing of blood were reduced or removed. In addition, cleavage was reduced, skirts lengthened and clothing added to numerous characters, in order to diminish sexually provocative content. Everything has been restored, including footage cut in order to meet on-air time requirements for commercials.

The releases will also feature newly recorded English language tracks with the entire original cast, as well as the original Japanese tracks and English subtitles. The versions broadcast on U.S. television contained English dialogue that was substantively different from the Japanese in many ways, due to the same considerations that necessitated alterations and cuts to the visual elements. The new tracks accurately reflect the Japanese script as originally written.

These are the titles being released:

YU-GI-OH! Volume 1: The Shadow Games
Episode 1 The Blood Curdling Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Episode 2 The Trap of Illusionist Faceless Mage
Episode 3 The Lost Exodia

YU-GI-OH! Volume 2: The Insector Combo
Episode 4 The Insector Combo
Episode 5 Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth
Episode 6 Mai’s Beautiful Harpies

SHAMAN KING Volume 1: A Boy Who Dances With Ghosts
Episode 1 A Boy Who Dances with Ghosts
Episode 2 Waiting Samurai
Episode 3 Tao Len

SHAMAN KING Volume 2: Perfect Possession
Episode 4 Perfect Possession
Episode 5 A Precocious Shaman
Episode 6 Kung Fu Master

The suggested retail price will be $19.98.