Sometimes he would completely change the film between showings, removing unpopular scenes or adding new ones.

The anime itself follows the story of Xenosaga closely, albeit removing several scenes and adding others.

Meyer refused to remove key scenes but reportedly some 8 minutes of excised footage still exist, significantly more graphic.

Disney removed scenes of its Pecos Bill character smoking cigarettes.

Electronic Arts will also make changes to the boxes of two products to remove scenes of world landmarks' being engulfed by war.

It is common to remove such scenes at the editing level, though they occasionally are released on the home video release as a bonus feature.

There was a demand to remove such scenes from the film and the filmmakers contemplated on the next course of action.

The director also removed several scenes in order to improve pacing, but they could be found on the second disc as additional scenes.

In reply to this, the director decided to remove 'objectionable' scenes from the film in a bid to prevent further backlash.

In order "to make the story fit", Arai was forced to remove scenes.