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Buried Garbage - Dubbed Songs FROM HELL!!!

tygerchickchibi wrote:

I loved that song, I thought it was better as the original.

Was there even an insert song during that breakup scene in the original? Because I watched the French version of Sailor Moon and there was nothing but silence during that scene.

I for one am totally in favor of dubbing insert songs. I write singable English lyrics for anime songs, and I get overwhelmingly good response when I perform them at karaoke. Dubbed anime songs can be done and they can be done well.

But God, those were awful. I can barely tolerate the "pleasant, though clearly a little amateur sounding" ones that were mentioned.

It's probably more trouble than it's worth for dubbers, but it can be done. By not half-assing the production and with just a little attention to the lyrics and using, oh I don't know, meter and rhythm, they can be good. Those failures back in the day just ruin it for the rest of us who maintain that one success increases a dub's value ten-fold.

Best transfer from English to Japanese on an insert song still has to be Slayers Next. After a so-so attempt at English, Lina yells "Now in Japanese!" before the full production.

I actually LOVED Psycho Diver and the rapping is from the original song, "Warfare-Beware" (if you would have purchased the original soundtrack, like I did), although the name of the rapper is not listed in the original lyric book/sheet.

I think even funnier than Funky (as mentioned in the article) is the name Umineko Tsuki being the lyricist for both songs! (Of course, it is more than likely a pen name.)

(Little known fact: "Psycho Diving" (when Busujima/Bosujima dives) is by SORMA...who did the remix to "Canary", from the "Hane" album, by KOTOKO.)