<p>First, in Japan, it was a non issue. Different culture. Check out all the different animes and mangas that pull off similar or even worse moves.</p>

<p>Once it went to the western world where it is an issue... Networks did not realize (sold as kids show -> didn't bother checking the tapes).</p>

<p>Back here there was an issue where, at a kids show on national tv, the host presented the newest show!, ranma 1/2's first episode. Turn out it was the uncensored version, after the episode was over and the camera returned to the host, she was evidently quite upset and embarrased. Myself and my brothers were watching along with our parents, all of us were quite embarrased as well (and most likely everyone that watched that show). It was only then that more attention was put on these shows :)</p>

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2016-08-09T08:48:37.643Z
gia
<p>In the beginning of Dragon Ball (not DBZ), Goku was shown quite often either partially or completely naked. Some may make the argument that this was necessary to showcase his tail in the beginning of the series. However, according to Toriyama, Dragon Ball started as a gag reel, and then was a show for children. If this is the case, they why did they allow Goku to be vividly naked without censorship? Was this interpretted differently in Japan, because I feel this would have been odd to American viewers at the time.</p>

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2016-08-04T09:04:33.697Z
First time DB airs was in the 90s where pedophilia issue was not as rampant as now. Because of that, maybe at that time they wasn't thinking that the nudity needs to be censored.
絢瀬絵里
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2016-08-04T10:17:35.130Z
Japan is a different culture from the US and Europe, nudity wasn't considered so sexual as it was elsewhere at the time.
Hakase
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2016-08-04T10:59:27.567Z
FCC and other networking standards were still in their infancy back then. Recall that DB came out in the late 80's so filtering and editing content from imports wasn't as established back then. DB was after-all one of the first anime seen by most Americans.
Callat
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2016-08-04T14:28:04.970Z
because he was a little kid, a boy, so they didn't think it was weird
Wouter
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Why was the nudity not censored in Dragon Ball?
# Why was the nudity not censored in Dragon Ball?
Posted by: username_0 on 2016-08-04
In the beginning of Dragon Ball (not DBZ), Goku was shown quite often either partially or completely naked. Some may make the argument that this was necessary to showcase his tail in the beginning of the series. However, according to Toriyama, Dragon Ball started as a gag reel, and then was a show for children. If this is the case, they why did they allow Goku to be vividly naked without censorship? Was this interpretted differently in Japan, because I feel this would have been odd to American viewers at the time.
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: First time DB airs was in the 90s where pedophilia issue was not as rampant as now. Because of that, maybe at that time they wasn't thinking that the nudity needs to be censored.  
> **username_2**: Japan is a different culture from the US and Europe, nudity wasn't considered so sexual as it was elsewhere at the time.  
> **username_3**: FCC and other networking standards were still in their infancy back then. Recall that DB came out in the late 80's so filtering and editing content from imports wasn't as established back then. DB was after-all one of the first anime seen by most Americans.  
> **username_4**: because he was a little kid, a boy, so they didn't think it was weird  
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### Answer by username_5 on 2016-08-09. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
First, in Japan, it was a non issue. Different culture. Check out all the different animes and mangas that pull off similar or even worse moves.

Once it went to the western world where it is an issue... Networks did not realize (sold as kids show -> didn't bother checking the tapes).

Back here there was an issue where, at a kids show on national tv, the host presented the newest show!, ranma 1/2's first episode. Turn out it was the uncensored version, after the episode was over and the camera returned to the host, she was evidently quite upset and embarrased. Myself and my brothers were watching along with our parents, all of us were quite embarrased as well (and most likely everyone that watched that show). It was only then that more attention was put on these shows :)
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