No Pizza Hut!? WHY?!

[kihayo.livejournal.com]

I thought I would share with the community the answer I received from Bandai. Since some people were wondering as well.

QUESTION:
I've been a really big fan of code geass since it aired in Japan. I just
recently watched the dub on the adult swim website, and no I haven't
e-mailed you to complain about it. I noticed that all the pizza hut ads
were censored out. Will it be like that on the dvds as well or will it
have the original imagery?

Thank you for taking you time in reading this, hope you hear from you
soon.

ANSWER:
Dear Kim,
Unfortunately, the Japanese rights holders did not clear the Pizza Hut logo for outside Japan, however we did try to get permission and Pizza Hut declined to give us permission.
So, unfortunately, we were unable to provide the Pizza Hut logo for broadcast and DVD releases.
Regards,
support@bandai-ent.com

Comments

[kaurin.livejournal.com]

I never expected anything different. I knew it would be a problem the first time I watched the series and saw Pizza Hut in it. It's a show about terrorism. American Pizza Hut wouldn't put their name on a show about terrorism. :3

[lastofthesane.livejournal.com]

Agreed. Point well stated.

[tenshi789.livejournal.com]

But Pizza Hut supports terrorism and you know it -_<

*slaps self*

[inulovinkit.livejournal.com]

To tell the truth, I was quite surprised that they left 'terrorism' in the English dub--I half expected them to replace it with 'rebellious acts' and instead of 'terrorists' put 'rebels' or something like that.

...You know if this was released 4 or 5 years ago, they would have done it.