We all know that a lot of dubbed anime doesn’t come close to the original, but whether it’s good or not is a matter of personal taste. The two main anime that come to mind are YGO and Pokemon, simply because I grew up with them and then realized how stupidly they were altered XD Pokemon actually wasn’t that bad. The voices were pretty close to the original (the main characters, anyways) and there’s really no part of the story to drastically change since it’s so simple. The only thing I had a problem with was whenever the characters ate riceballs, they either called it “jelly-filled donuts” or just flat out edited it to turn them into burgers/sandwiches:
YGO was insane, though X.X other than the fact that they edited out any guns (and therefore caused some henchmen to look like they were awkwardly pointing), they changed the story AND the characters themselves, AHHHH >O<
A good example would be KAIBA….and this is basically his overall outlook/personality:
Jap Kaiba – “I don’t believe in this fate or destiny stuff. I create my own future with my own hands, I go up the ladder of life with my own strength…..however, I can’t let the future of others be ruined just because of me, or break a promise.”
Dub Kaiba – “Screw those occult-loving dweebs. No matter what they say, each one of us are alone in this world and we all work on our own. Get anywhere near my brother or my company and you’re SCREWED.”
Yeah, he was still skeptical in the Japanese version, but at least he was a bit more considerate and he grew nicer as the arcs passed. There was actual character development. GASP. In the dub, however, he remained a skeptical bastard until the end of the Memory World arc when he said “Maybe there is some truth to this junk” but no one really heard him and he immediately denies ever saying it. Nice going.
[For a more in-depth thing about Kaiba (cause I got no life+lots of time like that), HERE it is.]
Yami’s personality was also REALLY different…..so different that it kind of makes me sad T^T
Jap Yami – “I’d be willing to stay with Yugi even if I don’t find my memories, cause we’re so awesome together– nah that’s a lie, Yugi’s nothing without me. He can’t even confess to the girl he likes without me telling him. Hell, he can’t even dress awesomely without me giving him tips.”
Dub Yami – “I already know I’m from Egypt and I kind of know why I’m here, but I’m gonna be all anal about finding out every detail of my past anyways. Oh, and I can’t even tell if I’m evil or not cause people keep giving me different backstories.”
YEAH……that’s right…..fashion tips. I remember one scene REALLY well where Yugi replaces the string of his puzzle with a chain and Yami’s just all “That looks good on you, but wouldn’t it all look better with some accessories, like some bracelets?” xDD I remember laughing so hard at that scene, I just can’t forget it. Also that one ep where Yugi forces Yami to go on a date with Tea, he’s trying on clothes and Yami says “Are you going on a date? Well, it’s about time, now GO GET EM!!!” oohho man….. I would like to share a quote from the dub Yami though, that I really liked :D it’s from the Battle City finals:
“How foolish! It’s our past that makes us who we are today! You can’t ignore where you came from. Don’t you know? It’s our history that shapes our future!”
Also, one more big character change: Bakura. He appears for only half the series and yet he’s the main final boss of the whole damn thing. He’s a MASTERMIND~! But they changed a lot of the stuff in the middle, cause 4kids is just evil that way. More evil than Bakura.
Jap Bakura – “Slowly but surely, I’ll let all these events flow since they’ll all lead right into my ultimate plan – to open to door of darkness. At the same time, I don’t know shit about my own past, all I know is that gathering all the items will release the door and that’s somehow good for me. I also put all actors to shame. You won’t know if it’s me or Ryou talking cause I’m just that good at acting.”
Dub Bakura – “With all the Millennium Items, I’ll be able to obtain power greater than that of the pharaoh and rule the world!! Unlike the pharaoh, I know everything about my past and everyone else’s BWAHAHHAA. And I desperately need Ryou so I think I’ll keep forcing him to let me use his body. And act extra British so that no one will know. Ever.”
Originally, Bakura was supposed to be plotting the whole thing that happened in the Memory World ever since freakin DUELIST KINGDOM. Yeah, he’s been planning that the whole damn time. Every time he talks to himself, it’s something about opening the door of darkness. But in the dub, they kept this quiet until around the actual arc everything happens…..well, that and the dub Bakura is a lot more forceful with Ryou. He’s just like “You’re not going anywhere and you’re gonna help me obtain those items whether you like it or not!” while in Japanese, he’s very simple “DOOR OF DARKNESS, DOOR OF DARKNESS” xD
Other general stuff would be like how they’re constantly going on about saving the world X.X on top of that, every single villain wants to take it over. That alone just killed all the villains’ personalities =___= except for Pegasus, they got his story generally right….and maybe even Zigfried xD
Marik: He only wanted to torture and kill Yugi ….yeah, it’s that simple. No “taking over the world” or “obtaining the pharaoh’s power”.
Yami Marik: A sadist and somewhat of a masochist. He doesn’t give a shit about taking over the world, he just wants to torture others. Oh yeah, and he didn’t send his father to the Shadow Realm, he stabbed him to death with the Millennium Rod. Oh wait, that wasn’t the rod, it was originally called the Millennium Axe. That’s right. An AXE.
Dartz: He was misguided by the Orichalcos and believed that all humans were evil. He continued to live on the earth for 10,000 years (kept alive by the power of the Orichalcos..?) to try and revive the Orichalcos God (or Great Leviathan in the eng ver). After reviving it, he would destroy the current world and create a new one, much like the once perfect Atlantis. He actually did see Atem in Egypt but wasn’t able to confront him cause it was during the time when Thief Bakura was causing mayhem, therefore preventing Dartz from doing anything. Oh, Bakura.
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[WARNING: from here on out are spoilers for certain movies.....continue IF YOU DARE.]
Speaking of which, that new YGO movie that’s coming out, I WANNA SEE IT~!!! Of course, it’s BEEN released in Japan (in January, actually) and they even gave out special cards to everyone who watched it in theatres. We won’t be getting that cause America sucks like that xD but Dan Green’s in it, so I’m good 8D I’m starting to wonder why I keep spelling theatres like theatres x.x that kind of spelling is usually used in French and is changed to -er in English…..so why the hell do I spell it like thatttt >O< well yeah anyways, here’s Paradox himself:
Oh yeah, I forgot, the movie’s called “Yu-Gi-Oh!: Chouyuugo! Jikuu wo Koeta Kizuna!” which basically means “Super Fusion! Bonds That Have Transcended Time!”. Luckily for us, it’s simply called “Bonds that Transcend Time”. You can read the wikia there to get the story and all. I watched small parts of it and I can already tell that it’s gonna be a pretty serious movie. Not like heart-wrenching, but a hell of a lot better than the first one, FOR SURE XD for one thing, people actually DIE. I don’t know how the hell 4Kids is gonna work around that, but whenever familiar characters die early in the movie, you know something serious shit is gonna go down :P also, the villain, Paradox, isn’t much of a villain if you consider his motives. He comes from a future in utter ruins…..because of CARD GAMES. How the hell the whole world got so destroyed by card games is beyond me, but he seems to be one of, if not the only, survivor…..and yet he has such cool hair and clothes, AND a motorcycle that’s able to go through space and time (he also has really awkwardly placed spikes on his outfit). I don’t know, either.
His goal was to go back in time to prevent Duel Monsters from being created so that the future doesn’t end up being so crappily desolate. He does this the wrong way though, he goes to Yusei’s era first and then continues to go back from there. If he just went straight to Yugi’s era then it would’ve been fine but NOOO =___= he just had to take Yusei’s Stardust, just like a shitload of other villains already tried to do. Because he changed the different eras in a backwards order, time and space started to deteriorate, along with reality. Or something like that. Yeah, his methods weren’t that great, but he was considering the future of the world, willing to sacrifice a few people to make sure people even continued to exist as a whole at all. But of course, he duels the three main protagonists and he loses. Of course. Cause main characters automatically have the power to win EVERYTHING no matter what crappy situation they’re in. And you know what that means. The world will continue on its path to a distant destruction, created by cards. CARDS.
This movie’s coming out in the spring, with no set date or even month XDDD
Oh and the art director for this movie is TAKAHIRO KAGAMI. That means the animation is gonna be AWESOME! I LOVE KAGAMI~~
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You know what else is being released this spring? THE NEW POKEMON MOVIE!!! That’s right! It’s called “Gen’ei no Hasha: Zoroaaku”. Title in English is “Phantom Ruler: Zoroark”. Critics didn’t give it great ratings…..well, it’s Pokemon, wtEFF are you expecting? It’s an interesting idea though, that this new Pokemon was able to transform into Ash….like an evil Ash XD bad news is – dubbing voice actors are differenttt AAHHHH it’s just not the same if Eric Stuart isn’t voicing Brock and James, it just isn’t~ T^T I mean I really wanna see it, but I think I’ll be heartbroken to find that I won’t be hearing Eric Stuart’s voice…..DANGIT XD I really like the animation for Pokemon movies, though. Like a lot of anime movies, the animation is a lot more fluid and they use a lot of 3D for the environment so it just makes everything look prettier :D
I have to say, Zorua looks adorable and Zoroark looks somewhat cool :DD I’m just glad that Raikou makes some kind of appearance in a movie FOR ONCE and that Celebi is also back *^^* I’m still a hardcore Suicune fan though :D WATER POKEMON~!!
[This is completely off topic, but I wanted to let the world know that I have started to upload tsutaya07's videos cause his account was suspended and I wanna keep the love for tegaki projects going. Here's my channel and enjoy: IxYamikoxA]
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