[RobM]

I've got the japanese mangas, no spanking in them. Couple that with the nudity, rape, consensual sex, molestation, exposure and constant torn-cothes boobage you're left with something resembling a doujin of a sensible series.

I don't know about in the US, but over in britian 'Battle Vixins' or whatever its called is a Tokyopop manga. That to me means run the hell away from the shitty translations and awful conversions.

Nudity edited out, pages blanked or removed, dialogue rewritten to ease the burden of unintelligence or cultural differences so much it totally changes the plot of the thing... and the sound effects left in Japanese - I mean, why god why?
And thats just what they do in general, the hatchett job they did to Ikkitousen much much worse!

I'm afraid you won't find me singing the praises of Ikkitousen, after the first few episodes it just got so depressingly chauvanist I wanted out, I've not seen the sequal and I don't intend to either~
On a side note, I hope that there ARE some more spanking scenes~ I was so glad the pervy director managed to sneak one in (thats two clips each per series so far) and I'm sure if it's the same staff there will be some more even if we DO have to wait until the DVD specials~