Well… one thing is for sure- the DVDs will. I just got Speed Grapher... and lemme tell you something, its been SUCH A LONG TIME since I saw an anime with english dub using 'fuck', 'shit', 'cock sucker' and a LOAD of sexual context like its going outta style. God. I almost cried. And I'm no stranger to rated R animes (like the kind that AREN'T hentai... like ones with ACTUAL plot)
I cannot express how badly I want FUNi's DVDs now (course I honestly dont care if theres loads of swearing or not, its just... hard to explain).
No offense,but I think it's pretty dumb to like a dub because they swear like crazy in it.
No one uses guns, thus you lose the Trigun and other hyper gunner anime show fans. Usopp uses a sling shot. Making it look childish.
A guy gets shot in the face in the VERY first chapter.
Yugi's Black Magician, it is a family show in Japan. The stuff that they're allowed over there in family shows is much more lenient on cursing, innuendo,etc. If OP aired over here uncut, it would be considered too edgy for kids, thus making it aimed at a different demo or atleast giving it a higher rating. So in America, it isn't a show kiddies should see according to the FCC. The swear words should be left in because they were in the original.
And yeha, I know alot of ppl (me included) who didnt dig OP's art style. Not to mention ppl who go omgz it's so childish! Even tho it's aimed at the same demo as Bleach and Naruto and other shows those kind of ppl love. The truth is OP is TOO original for some people. Alot of American fans just want the same rehashed samurai, ninja, mediocre mecha bullcrap and are turned off by anything that looks "different".
Family show? Dude, Family Guy and American Dad are family shows. Anything 14+ is. It do so use harsher laugage and context (IE blood)
The simpsons is a family show, Family Guy isn't.
As far as content goes, One Piece is the most child friendly show out of the big three.
A guy gets shot in the face in the very first chapter.
The fighting is much more over the top and cartoonish in Naruto, so I'd say it's more family friendly in the beginning. As they all go on they get pretty equally bloody and violent. I mean Luffy drenches his body in blood to fight Croc,dude…
Bleach is pretty tame compared to the other two I think. It's about the same level as Inuu Yasha, which is why it's so strange they stuck both shows on AS.
Although I cringe at the idea that ppl consider Bleach one of the top three of anything. Bleach is like mediocrity poured onto a page.