 Originally airing in the United States in 1996, its initial run was  heavily edited from the Japanese version, so much that out of the  first 68 episodes, the American version was cut down to 53 episodes,  15 episodes worth of content. This was mostly due to the partnership  between FUNimation productions (Who owned the rights) and Saban  Entertainment (Who was responsible for the dubbing and editing) When  the show gained a following on Cartoon Network, it was renewed and  FUNimation had sole control. As a result, the episodes were not as  clipped as before, following the Japanese episode number precisely  from then on. The quality of script dubbing was only marginally  better, but slowly improved all along the remainder of the shows  life.