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I'm German and I don't know anyone who likes Japanese honorifics in the German dub. 
Most people are rather confused when they suddenly hear these in the German dub.
Most people are rather confused when they suddenly hear these in the German dub.
. Yet in Austria it’s still comon to use Title in front of a name like Mag. DR. dipl. Ing … maybe it’s a culture things here …anyway we’re all agreed here it’s ridiculous in other language than Japanese
Talking specifically about the Latin American dub, if they have changed the voices, hell would have broken loose. Toei did it with Dragon Ball Kai (Toei’s most successful product in Latin America) because they didn’t want to pay a lot nor the actor’s union and they did a recast.
The result? No one to this day wants to watch it. zero merchandise was produced and it flopped in all markets, it was removed from schedule or send to dead hours and no one cared and were super angry asking for the old cast to come back. Televisa after this HUGE failure replaced it with broadcast of the original series (which had more rating by the way).
The directors of TOEI Latin America who were already infamous for other things, were replaced after this disaster and when it came to dub the movies and Super, they brought the old cast back.
And today (even if there hasn’t been new episodes of Super), there’s merchandise, broadcasts of the series (old one and super only), in the morning I just saw some album stamps in my local seven eleven.
So basically is nostalgia, and even some have compared to Japan in regards that voice actors are highly respected. Most casual fans loved the dubbing, some complained about some voices but all in all the biggest problem is still the same: everyone hated the honorifics and English terms mixed in.
That’s the hot topic now in Latin American groups, translation not acting.
The result? No one to this day wants to watch it. zero merchandise was produced and it flopped in all markets, it was removed from schedule or send to dead hours and no one cared and were super angry asking for the old cast to come back. Televisa after this HUGE failure replaced it with broadcast of the original series (which had more rating by the way).
The directors of TOEI Latin America who were already infamous for other things, were replaced after this disaster and when it came to dub the movies and Super, they brought the old cast back.
And today (even if there hasn’t been new episodes of Super), there’s merchandise, broadcasts of the series (old one and super only), in the morning I just saw some album stamps in my local seven eleven.
So basically is nostalgia, and even some have compared to Japan in regards that voice actors are highly respected. Most casual fans loved the dubbing, some complained about some voices but all in all the biggest problem is still the same: everyone hated the honorifics and English terms mixed in.
That’s the hot topic now in Latin American groups, translation not acting.
The thing with Kai is that it was the same thing but "remastered", I kinda get why the fans were mad (Disney did the same for their DVD home releases and I still annoyed by that), but with Crystal being another adaptation, I was expecting new and younger voices...
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I’m almost certain it’s not about Disney but related to a similar word in Spanish that is a slur.
Brenda Nava (Sailor Moon translator) once commented she was asked to alter names that could sound bad in Spanish, she cited Inuyasha as an example where the protagonist Kagome was renamed “Aome” due to “Kago” sounding similar to pooping but in stronger terms .
Is a theory but I don’t have doubts.
Brenda Nava (Sailor Moon translator) once commented she was asked to alter names that could sound bad in Spanish, she cited Inuyasha as an example where the protagonist Kagome was renamed “Aome” due to “Kago” sounding similar to pooping but in stronger terms .
Is a theory but I don’t have doubts.
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I'm loving that the Sailor Moon the brand is on Netflix. I have been watching the English dub. The dialogue is still awkward. I do think the double movie benefited the story overall and kept the storyline moving along. The Amazon Quartet looked great and felt more present but Nehelenia didn't feel as threatening as she did in the 90's anime. Now we just need to wait another 5 years for Stars.
My favorite part was human form Artemis of course.
My favorite part was human form Artemis of course.
I was with 5 Austrian guys and no one was shocked about them even knew what it means without being anime fan . Yet in Austria it’s still comon to use Title in front of a name like Mag. DR. dipl. Ing … maybe it’s a culture things here …
anyway we’re all agreed here it’s ridiculous in other language than Japanese
. Yet in Austria it’s still comon to use Title in front of a name like Mag. DR. dipl. Ing … maybe it’s a culture things here …anyway we’re all agreed here it’s ridiculous in other language than Japanese
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MsImagination and Yamoon
oh yeas, I know the story of altering names so it would sound like spanish bad words (kagome, chi-chi), but its kinda funny how the changed Pluto to Plut but keep "mamo-chan" lmao
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