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This Week in Anime - Why You Shouldn't Sleep on Dragon Quest

I... think I'm gonna need a little bit more context on why Jean-Karlo hates Koichi Sugiyama so much.

I’m doubtful Dragon Quest will ever get a dub when most of the other Toei shows that simulcast on Crunchyroll haven’t had dubs unless they were already licensed by someone else. Like Appmon and the new Digimon reboot still don’t have dubs and neither do the recent Gegege no Kitaro or Healin Good Precure.

And it's still fun and breezy, but like... who cares about the Avan Strash when Dai could be learning Gigaslash?.

Over the last couple of days, I was wondering why there were no episode reviews of Dai showing up thinking, "Is nobody on ANN going to cover Dai? I think some extra word of mouth might help the series reach new fans." So it's much appreciated to see a feature on it. Also *sigh* I feel like the only one who liked Your Story. I feel like the worst problem was that it was just too much to adapt in a 2 hour movie.

Also *sigh* I feel like the only one who liked Your Story. I feel like the worst problem was that it was just too much to adapt in a 2 hour movie.

Also, it's so baffling we haven't heard anything about a dub yet. No one seems willing to pick it up. Is SE working on something behind the scenes maybe with that console game also coming out (It'd be cool to see it get a British dub like the games and obviously Viz and Funi couldn't do that)? Is it just because of COVID? You'd think Viz would come out and announce an official English release of the manga too as it's NEVER been printed in English before.

I don't think things like Kitaro or Precure can really compare since Dragon Quest is a game franchise that's at least fairly well known out here. I just can't see why they'd go through the trouble of having the subs use the localized names of they weren't at least considering a dub. I won't pretend I know how it works, I'm just going to theorize Toei's demands must be higher than the norm.

That's a good point about Digimon. I'm sure it'll be dubbed eventually. I wonder if they're trying to find a place on TV networks hence the lack of someone like Funi or Viz announcing it. I don't think things like Kitaro or Precure can really compare since Dragon Quest is a game franchise that's at least fairly well known out here. I just can't see why they'd go through the trouble of having the subs use the localized names of they weren't at least considering a dub. I won't pretend I know how it works, I'm just going to theorize Toei's demands must be higher than the norm.

Eh a lot of fans do.

The Dragon Quest games are known sure but have always been niche compared to Japan and especially compared to Final Fantasy & Kingdom Hearts plus aside from recent entries like XI, Square Enix hasn't helped matters with how they have handled the franchise in the west over the years.

You're grossly overestimating how many people care about his views.. He was recently awarded as a cultural icon of Japan. I'm not sure why Square-Enix would want to fire him to begin with. He's an industry legend and considered a master composer in Japan. I've only seen a handful of westerners complain about his political views, which aren't exactly uncommon in Japan. And I'd say even in the west most people don't care.

I’m doubtful Dragon Quest will ever get a dub when most of the other Toei shows that simulcast on Crunchyroll haven’t had dubs unless they were already licensed by someone else. Like Appmon and the new Digimon reboot still don’t have dubs and neither do the recent Gegege no Kitaro or Healin Good Precure.

Cardcaptor Takato wrote:

I’m doubtful Dragon Quest will ever get a dub when most of the other Toei shows that simulcast on Crunchyroll haven’t had dubs unless they were already licensed by someone else. Like Appmon and the new Digimon reboot still don’t have dubs and neither do the recent Gegege no Kitaro or Healin Good Precure.

Digimon Adventure: has GOT to get a dub at some point, I'm sure of it. Unless Toei is being stupid.