@Cyclone_Baroness:
I consider altering the Japanese version a form of censoring as well. It's really not that much different. Yes I know anime makes changes to adapt for tv often, but this is almost changing the show into something else. I'm seeing more comments that express disappointment with the route the anime is going, but are perfectly happy with the manga than people praising it. I'm not saying it's the worst thing out there, but it does lose some appeal for me because I was hoping for animated scenes from the manga, kept the way I remembered it.
It seems weird to have Toriko and Diet Toriko. Wouldn't you think you'd want to keep more true to what the manga fanbase liked? It's hard to keep the appeal when they alter too much to the story, it becomes a distraction rather than something that blends (damn you Tina). I honestly don't know what age group Toriko (manga) was geared for originally. It didn't seem like it was a manga meant for little kids to me. So far in the anime I've liked the Sunny stuff, and we aren't at the Zebra arc yet so I'm looking forward to that and of course the animation has it's lovely moments. But honestly if the show became mostly a anime version of Bizarre Foods, No Reservations and Man vs. Food it'd be fairly uninteresting after a while. I really do think the show needs it's action to be fittingly over the top and manly battles of blood and glory.
All I'm really saying is I don't understand why they are making it for an even younger audience if that's true that Toriko was even meant for a younger base than some of the other Shonen Jump shows.
I'm curious to know what keeps you happy enough with the anime though.
But it's not really censoring per say because they're not actually taking the manga itself and altering it. You're basically saying a shit ton of other adaptations out there are censored and not enjoyable from what they originally were, but it's not literal censorship.
And yes I'd like the anime to be more true to the manga, I'd be much happier if they kept the bloody violence, it does have its appeal. But comparing the anime to Bizarre Foods, No Reservations and Man vs. Food? When you say ridiculous things like that you sound like an ardent purist fan that wouldn't be happy at all with any changes the show would make.
As far as the audience, "Toriko" has always been targeted towards boys, specifically teenage boys. That's the same for the anime, but they also try to grab some younger boys too, and that's true for all manga-to-anime adaptations, not just "Toriko". Like a I said, for some strange reason Fuji TV started being more sensitive about that Sunday 9:00 am timeslot, before "Toriko" even started there.
And what keeps me happy with the anime? What do you think? Because I'm not picky, just because something isn't completely true to the source material doesn't make it bad. I can enjoy the show if enough of a good storyline shines through, and it does with "Toriko". Tina and dumbed-down violence and just two cons I have to deal with to see some good pros, like, I don't know, pretty much everything else about the anime that's from the manga, which is pretty much the same story. I even think the filler side-story they're currently doing has some potential.