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Aster Selene
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As far as Korean dubs go, this isn't surprising at all. Most Korean children's dubs attempt at least a facade of relocating the area it takes place in to Korea, even in 2015.
I think the reason they're still doing this in contrast to other countries that have started phasing out this practice is that there's still quite an anti-Japanese stigma among certain adults, particularly an older generation of adults that's extremely bitter against Japan for the Japanese occupation incident, and many of them would still be less than enthusiastic at the idea of letting kids watch something too Japanese. (There were quite a few concerns about whether Big Hero 6 would make it to Korea; it did, but Tadashi's name had to be changed.) The circumstances behind why such a thing still has to happen are sad, and I hope that in the future the situation will allow for it not to be as much of an issue. |
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Wandering Samurai
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I actually was amused by this, all it means to me is that it's harder for the Chinese to bootleg the movie.
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TsukasaElkKite
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The fact that South Korea still does this is laughable.
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GATSU
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Gee, I didn't know 4Kids had a Korean branch.
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Hoppy800
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This is as bad as Doraemon's US localization, the whole film is ruined.
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Mexican Batman
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Even the US dub crew would cringe at this bastardisation.
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XerBlade
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Really? Because the Funi English dub changed this much and more (much more), in the 123 episodes (130 by their count) they did. It's far worse.
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Mr. Oshawott
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If Korean anime fans feel that they're the only people that are getting shafted with cut, whitewashed versions of popular shounen anime shows, they can worry no more. The U.S. has more than their fair share of anime shows like Detective Conan: Case Closed that are grossly edited and/or whitewashed as well.
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NiPah
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Really? What kindof changes did Funimation make to Detective Conan that was worse then this? |
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malipro
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It doesn't sound like they're doing much different than the likes of western dubbing companies back in the day (Not just in North America, mind you- hell, look at Germany).
I agree with Aster about the stigma adults might have, though. It seems to be more of a case of "Do Not Lose Customers" than anything else. Last edited by malipro on Wed Sep 09, 2015 5:59 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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XerneasYveltal
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Culture shock issues. They can happen when it comes to localization.
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Kutsu
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nobahn
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It's my understanding that WWII is still very much an issue with older South Koreans (have no idea how it's viewed in the North). |
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Aster Selene
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Very much so (even among adults who weren't directly there for the issue). The difference between the issue in companies like 4Kids vs. here is that in the case of 4Kids et al., they're changing it because they think if they don't they're going to alienate kids. In the case of Korean releases, they're worried they're going to turn off the kids' parents who would let the kids watch it due to the political climate. (Mind you, whether this is actually true is up for debate. Big Hero 6 still sold quite well in Korea and it's Japanese all over, although the fact it's not overtly Japanese other than in visuals and technically does take place in a US-like city with non-Japanese residents probably helped. But generally speaking, networks tend to be err on the side of caution.) |
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Gasero
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People should not be making such drastic changes to culture and geography in a global society. I benefit much more when the culture depicted in a show remains as is.
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