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manapear
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Right~!? I already know they Americanized the names in the game, but I hope the next time something like this comes around, it isn't changed. I was actually quite proud of the recent Beyblade for not changing their names and keeping the Japanese. It may not have been spoken perfectly, but it was refreshing and nothing was lost! |
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Freyanne
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Gosh that OP song.
 It reminds me of 4Kids for some reason, but even 4Kids OPs were pretty good (even if they were infamously bad for some of them...).
I can see it being catch, but the singer sounds ....flat(?).
If Yokai Watch becomes really popular in the States, I believe it will be more of "Bakugan/Beyblade" levels of popularity than "late 90's/early 00's Pokemon or YuGiOh" popularity. That said, I do hope Yokai Watch becomes a hit here. I am actually looking forward to the games and seeing what this series is all about. Heck, it did basically "de-throne" Pokemon in Japan after all. |
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mewpudding101
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Wow, the opening was bad! lol The lyrics were just... painful. They weren't flowing at all.
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Thatguy3331
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I know I'm beating a dead horse but MAN I can't remember the last time I heard a terrible dub opening like that was. If anything I think the only interesting thing about this is it's rise in popularity reaching pokemon level. From the outside I don't really see a whole lot of appeal but I am curious.
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TsukasaElkKite
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TPCI keeps some of the original music (battle themes). |
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Jex2193
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I......No. This song is the worse thing I've heard in a while. I swear it might be worse than some of the 4KIDS openings >_>
I like Doraemon despite the changes, but I fear for this dub. I've been watching the anime fansubbed and it's actually pretty enjoyable, but it has a bunch of parodies I'm sure kids here aren't going to understand at all (*off the top of my head* looking at you Conan, Kamen Rider, and Black Jack parodies/references). They might get the Layton one, but.... Anyway, my point is, they're probably going to be cut out for the most part and most of the plots will be changed. I think Doraemon gave me too much hope. |
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Mizerous
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4Kids is not the only company to make things Murican hell I would not be surprised if they called this Monster Watch.
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SEGAtheGENESIS234
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I guess Disney
 thought Doraemon was lonely. But with this news, Disney probably saw Doraemon as something successful, so now they might open their gates for more anime.
But this dub, UUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHH. Judging by the intro, I can TELL this will make the Doraemon dub look like it was unaltered (keep in mind, I like the Doraemon dub). And after reading some of the dubbing company's other works, I can definitely say they are no Bang Zoom! Entertainment. I'll have to keep my fingers crossed for this dub. Maybe it will be like the same way Doraemon came out (you know, when everyone was upset with all of the changes and thought Doraemon was something made by 4Kids, but then everyone accepted and enjoyed the dub after it premiered). But who knows. We'll just have to wait and see it. |
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Mr. Oshawott
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"Flat" only describes the half of it. From my perspective, it sounded like the singer isn't even trying. Even flat-sounding songs have some degree of emotion put into them. |
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belvadeer
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Yeah, these companies seem to think North American kids are too brainless or uninterested to know what Japan is. The irony is that learning about another culture at a young age is a good thing since they absorb information readily and can build up a good database as they get older. Not to mention, younger age groups are becoming regular anime fans these days. It's not a newly blooming phenomenon for anyone anymore. The reason given for Doraemon's changes was to be accommodating of American culture, though it does seem overtly silly. For one thing, the changes have been an odd mix of things that clearly shows a lack of consistency. We know about the infamous cross band-aid to garlic pizza change (yes, Japan doesn't given a flip about Christianity, but they were simply going for the "crosses frighten Dracula" angle with that one) and the even more infamous case of Shizuka's doll becoming a notebook for the time capsule episode. (What was the reason for that change again? To avoid her being represented as too girly?) But other cases such as Nobita's uncle giving him dollars instead of yen and changing the chopsticks to forks and knives is really unnecessary in addition to being somewhat insulting to viewers (I think by now even an eight year old would know what yen and chopsticks are). The simple word alteration of phantom thief becoming a magician was probably an "it's all about morals" concern, since Disney doesn't want to encourage little kids to steal from one another or whatever (though I think it has to do more with the term phantom thief not really being well known here as it is in Japan). Of course, despite these changes, the English dub's one saving grace is the fantastic voice acting for literally everyone in the show, with Johnny Bosch and Mona Marshall really driving the energy into Nobita and Doraemon's lines respectively. I can tell they're having fun whenever their characters panic and run around screaming (which is all the time really). Brian Beacock, Kaiji Tang and Cassandra Morris are also great in their roles as Suneo, Gian and Shizuka too. And there are times the dub does add some amusing punch to the dialog. XD Last edited by belvadeer on Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:57 am; edited 2 times in total |
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ParkerALx
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Damn, that opening song is terrible, which is made all the more worse by how catchy the original tune is. As for the Americanizations, at least they didn't rename the show "Ghost Watch" like I had feared. It's still pointless to change the character names and setting, of course, though not all blame should go to Disney. the Japanese rights-holders had to sign off on these adaption choices at some point, and might have been the driving force behind many of them for all we know.
Isn't there a point in the series where Keita travels to the United States? I wonder how'll they'll handle that little plot development. 
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epicwizard
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I kinda knew that Disney X-D would be the one to air Yo-kai Watch since it seems that Cartoon Network doesn't like anime all that much nowadays. As for the dub's opening theme, I don't think it's all that bad, though it would've been awesome if it was a dubbed version of the first Japanese opening theme.
I agree! I understand them changing the names of most of the Yo-kai since their names are puns on Japanese words, and no American kid would fully understand the puns. But them changing the names of the humans was just completely unnecessary! |
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Kadmos1
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The 11/22/13 Answerman, "Poop on a Platter", actually relates to local-ization aspect. Someone named Michael* asks about what went wrong with the 4kids version of One Piece. This person also pointed out about how Toei did have involvement with cast choices, scripts, and edits.
One explanation that Justin gave was that not many companies cared for a cartoon's artistic integrity and were more concerned about a lot of money to be had. Justin also mentioned the following:
*This was me who asked that question. |
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EricJ2
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Although, fact is, US kids' censors don't want the idea of "ghosts" in a kids' TV show. (Which is why the original Scooby-Doo kept having to pull masks off of fakes at the end.) Most US kids don't know the classic Yokai out of a GeGeGe no Kitaro episode, let alone the crazy ones from Watch, so the lyrics do a good silly job of explaining they "play tricks", which is as good an explanation as any to start with.
Shizuka in the Japanese episode wanted to put her doll in the time capsule hoping it would be valuable in a hundred years-- The dub instead had her hoping her diary would become famous in a hundred years. Same ambition, but different. |
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AtoMan
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Naruto Shippuuden never aired on European D channels, sadly. The original did, to some extent, though... I hate how they either don't reveal the details or simply ignore the bigger market (isn't D a niche channel in US? In several European countries it is - or at least was - bigger than Disney Channel)... considering the only good programming on D is pretty much non-Disney.
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