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NEWS: Doraemon Anime's Visual & Script Changes for U.S. TV Detailed


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RokugoPeachMoon



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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:24 pm Reply with quote
4kids-level editing.

Why am I not surprised...........

walw6pK4Alo wrote:
I guess changing the name from Doraemon was the one thing that they wouldn't allowed changed, probably written into the contact.


Doesn't mean that they won't still butcher the pronunciation. You KNOW they will.

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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:26 pm Reply with quote
Dark Absol wrote:

Seems that Disney is now a Neo-4Kids. :/ I will probably won't watch that 'americanized' sheet.

To the fansubs, I go!


To the fansubs ya probably never watched in the first place. Doubt you'd like it any better though. If it wasn't to your intrigue for years now, it wouldn't suddenly be to your taste just now.

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RedHotPT



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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:26 pm Reply with quote
Just 1 thing i don't understand.
What is Doraemon doing there??
They have to remove it and put Mickey Mouse there!!
How can Disney forget that during the editing???
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Hoppy800



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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:26 pm Reply with quote
Mackre central. Hasn't anyone learned from the 1970's-1990's.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:29 pm Reply with quote
I laugh that seems everyone suddenly cares when they didn't really care for this show before.
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walw6pK4Alo



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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:30 pm Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
I laugh that seems everyone suddenly cares when they didn't really care for this show before.


Oh, I don't personally give a shit about Dorrymans, just the principle of stupid and pointless edits.
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RokugoPeachMoon



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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:30 pm Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:

To the fansubs ya probably never watched in the first place. Doubt you'd like it any better though. If it wasn't to your intrigue for years now, it wouldn't suddenly be to your taste just now.


1. Who are you to determine what people are watching/ interested in?

2. I guess certain people will go to the ends of the earth to apologize and make excuses for these edits (doesn't change the reality though).
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Kutsu



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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:33 pm Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
I laugh that seems everyone suddenly cares when they didn't really care for this show before.


I don't think people really care about the show in itself, more like they find the whole thing taken to such a level quite stupid, if not a little offensive at times.
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enurtsol



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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:34 pm Reply with quote
walw6pK4Alo wrote:
enurtsol wrote:
I laugh that seems everyone suddenly cares when they didn't really care for this show before.

Oh, I don't personally give a shit about Dorrymans, just the principle of stupid and pointless edits.


Ah ok, that's fine. Better than some feigned outrage.


RokugoPeachMoon wrote:
enurtsol wrote:

To the fansubs ya probably never watched in the first place. Doubt you'd like it any better though. If it wasn't to your intrigue for years now, it wouldn't suddenly be to your taste just now.

1. Who are you to determine what people are watching/ interested in?

2. I guess certain people will go to the ends of the earth to apologize and make excuses for these edits (doesn't change the reality though).


Didn't determine it for him; he just determined it himself.
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RedHotPT



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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:38 pm Reply with quote
enurtsol wrote:
I laugh that seems everyone suddenly cares when they didn't really care for this show before.


I have watched before in my country TV (subtitled version and dubbed version).
And it was a great anime for children.
This series never needed any editing before.

I understand that some countries need some minor edits because what they see as appropriated for their children but this is just ridiculous.

If Disney need to make so many changes it would be better they do a complete new series. Maybe it would be cheaper.

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Altorrin



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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:39 pm Reply with quote
RokugoPeachMoon wrote:
4kids-level editing.

Why am I not surprised...........

walw6pK4Alo wrote:
I guess changing the name from Doraemon was the one thing that they wouldn't allowed changed, probably written into the contact.


Doesn't mean that they won't still butcher the pronunciation. You KNOW they will.

Was about to say this. It's gonna be awkward when the topic of Doraemon comes up and I'm the only one saying doh-RAH-eh-mohn and everyone else is saying Dorrymawn or do-Raymond.

Why the pizza, the tears, and the time capsule though... If the broadcast standards say to promote healthy eating, why did they add pizza...?
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#814635



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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:46 pm Reply with quote
Who cares about the edits, its a show for very young kids.
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Kutsu



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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:53 pm Reply with quote
#814635 wrote:
Who cares about the edits, its a show for very young kids.


So ? Just because it's made for young kids doesn't mean any kind of stupidity should be tolerated or encouraged. Young kids are probably smarter than we would like to believe. I'm sure a little exposure to some things they are not necessarily familiar with would not kill them.
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Setsura1



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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:56 pm Reply with quote
Oh......why?.......-.-
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ParkerALx



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PostPosted: Sun May 11, 2014 7:57 pm Reply with quote
penguintruth wrote:
Wow. How horrendously unnecessary and ridiculous all those changes are.

They might as well not air it.

CHOPSTICKS ARE TOO FOREIGN, GUYS. NOBODY IN AMERICA WILL KNOW WHAT CHOPSTICKS ARE. AMERICAN CHILDREN NEVER CRY, SO GET RID OF THAT, TOO.

Whoever is in charge of these changes is a feeble-minded simpleton.


I wouldn't go that far necessarily. None of these changes fundamentally ruin the main content of the show. Whether the adaptation is any good depends on the quality of the acting and the translation of the scripts. Either it will be good enough to stand as a quality Americanized product, or bad enough for a few laughs at least (I still think it was worth having 4Kids butcher Yu-Gi-Oh, if only because the ludicrous dub changes inspired an Abridged Series).

But yeah, whoever decided any of these changes were necessary must be some kind of moron. Changing the setting to some generic place in America is nonsense. Why not give American kids a chance to identify with people from a different culture? It's not as though they would be completely baffled by chopsticks for instance. I eat with chopsticks all time when I order Chinese takeout. Besides, even I knew that rice balls were rice balls in Pokemon when growing up with the 4Kids dub of the show, despite them being referred to as donuts. Rolling Eyes

Thank Jesus Disney isn't allowed to edit their domestic releases of the Studio Ghibli films.

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