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REVIEW: Yo-Kai Watch: The Movie

The dub for Yo-kai Watch really deserves credit where it's due. It's quite entertaining.

I don't really understand who this release is aimed at. It's a very limited release which suggusts otaku older fans, but it sounds like it's just as censored and altered as the TV series so it's clearly aimed at kids since that kind of dub turns off most of the regular fans, but are kids really going to be focused enough to do a 1 day only release? It seems so bizarre.

-Stuart Smith

Stuart Smith wrote:

I don't really understand who this release is aimed at. It's a very limited release which suggusts otaku older fans, but it sounds like it's just as censored and altered as the TV series so it's clearly aimed at kids since that kind of dub turns off most of the regular fans, but are kids really going to be focused enough to do a 1 day only release? It seems so bizarre. -Stuart Smith

The dub is actually not that censored at all. It actually leaves in a lot more content than say Pokemon or Digimon.

It's no Cowboy Bebop, but it's also nowhere near as bad as an early 90s 4Kids dub either

I don't really understand who this release is aimed at. It's a very limited release which suggusts otaku older fans, but it sounds like it's just as censored and altered as the TV series so it's clearly aimed at kids since that kind of dub turns off most of the regular fans, but are kids really going to be focused enough to do a 1 day only release? It seems so bizarre.

-Stuart Smith

Dlancy1096 wrote:

Stuart Smith wrote: I don't really understand who this release is aimed at. It's a very limited release which suggusts otaku older fans, but it sounds like it's just as censored and altered as the TV series so it's clearly aimed at kids since that kind of dub turns off most of the regular fans, but are kids really going to be focused enough to do a 1 day only release? It seems so bizarre. -Stuart Smith The dub is actually not that censored at all. It actually leaves in a lot more content than say Pokemon or Digimon.

true, but its still "americanized" at its core. even to changing the original names to the original OP and ED songs.

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It's no Cowboy Bebop, but it's also nowhere near as bad as an early 90s 4Kids dub either

while its definitely no 4kids dub, that's for sure, but this dub unfortunately is a mess if not mediocre at worst. at least hamtora's dub was entertaining. the same with tenkai knights. but this dub is probably the same as with doreamon. good enough for kids , but for the rest of the anime community will be sticking to the fansubs.

Stuart Smith wrote:

I don't really understand who this release is aimed at. It's a very limited release which suggusts otaku older fans, but it sounds like it's just as censored and altered as the TV series so it's clearly aimed at kids since that kind of dub turns off most of the regular fans, but are kids really going to be focused enough to do a 1 day only release? It seems so bizarre. -Stuart Smith

It's not really altered outside of name changes. The name changes are the most irksome thing. This isn't a Saban/4kids dub.

The dub is actually not that censored at all. It actually leaves in a lot more content than say Pokemon or Digimon.

Dlancy1096 wrote:

The dub is actually not that censored at all. It actually leaves in a lot more content than say Pokemon or Digimon.

I've only seen the first few episodes, but there were 2-3 minutes of cut content per episode, and tons of paint edits like sexy magazines/posters/tv shows being replaced and all alcohol and certain bodily fluids removed, along side the dialog to match them. Any sexual or violent situations in general were cut and altered as well. Maybe the edits are clean enough the casual viewer might not notice, but anyone who's seen the original can definately tell.

-Stuart Smith

Dlancy1096 wrote:

The dub is actually not that censored at all. It actually leaves in a lot more content than say Pokemon or Digimon.

I've only seen the first few episodes, but there were 2-3 minutes of cut content per episode, and tons of paint edits like sexy magazines/posters/tv shows being replaced and all alcohol and certain bodily fluids removed, along side the dialog to match them. Any sexual or violent situations in general were cut and altered as well. Maybe the edits are clean enough the casual viewer might not notice, but anyone who's seen the original can definately tell.

-Stuart Smith

I don't really understand who this release is aimed at. It's a very limited release which suggusts otaku older fans, but it sounds like it's just as censored and altered as the TV series so it's clearly aimed at kids since that kind of dub turns off most of the regular fans, but are kids really going to be focused enough to do a 1 day only release? It seems so bizarre.

-Stuart Smith

Stuart Smith wrote:

Dlancy1096 wrote: The dub is actually not that censored at all. It actually leaves in a lot more content than say Pokemon or Digimon. I've only seen the first few episodes, but there were 2-3 minutes of cut content per episode, and tons of paint edits like sexy magazines/posters/tv shows being replaced and all alcohol and certain bodily fluids removed, along side the dialog to match them. Any sexual or violent situations in general were cut and altered as well. Maybe the edits are clean enough the casual viewer might not notice, but anyone who's seen the original can definately tell. -Stuart Smith

Well sexual content generally isn't allowed on children's networks. But they actually kept a lot of the violence, innuendo and potty jokes despite the edits. The edits hardly affect the show at all.

Which is nothing compared to dubs of 20-30 years ago. Sango's music is fully intact. That would NEVER happen in a kid's dub in 1990. Never. Episodes cut out, inconsistent music and dialogue, heavy edits. It's not heavily edited. You're just going overboard.