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Some new details trickled out yesterday that confirmed preview discs of the show had fallen into some peoples hands (not mine, so that label doesn't read this site!). Then Al_Sex_Gore, main man at SexGoreMutants posted info today that says all the episodes have indeed been passed uncut by the BBFC for release in the UK.

For those wondering why this might be an issue, well there are two odd things about the show and the Japanese discs. Firstly, as on a couple of occasions in the past, but this time more predominantly, Miike used intentional optical fogging / pixelation and other self-censorship techniques for style. Secondly, the uncensored scenes were included as extras on those discs, and they could have been contentious for the BBFC.

Well, the extras or rather the uncensored footage wasn't supplied for the UK release licensees, so you get the show only, as Miike intended it to be seen and in a way that can't be taken as anything other than visual style or technique in operation. Unfortunately, the BBFC haven't updated their listing to put the show on there, but play.com have it listed in stock and someone else from SGM has managed to buy the disc at MVC, so i have reordered it from play.com myself for £11.99. For 2 hours or more off Miike, it's great value.