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Jul 30, 2022 10:56 AM
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What are some of your pet peeves in dubbed anime?
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Jul 30, 2022 11:10 AM
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I have a bunch of issues with Dragon Ball's Greek dub:
Bad Acting

Characters having multiple voice actors in the same series.

Original and Z, GT, movies and Super having completely different casts.

Bad guys having a stupid distortion effect when they speak that carries over even when they join the good guys.

The original Dragon Ball's opening carried over to the entirety of Z and a remixed version even used to Super.

Son Goku's name being one word (pronounced sogoku)

Even with all those issues the series managed to be extremely popular which is definitely saying something.
Other things like Freeza being a girl named Freezer and Yamcha pronounced Yamka didn't bother me as much.
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Jul 30, 2022 11:21 AM
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1) Changing the iconic opening sequence to something else. The Portuguese dub of Dragon Ball Z does a surprisingly good job, but the same can't be said for the English version. The English dub opening of Sailor Moon is completely different from the original as well.
2) Removing whole episodes, even if a series was already originally meant for children. The English dub for Smile and Doki Doki precure comes to mind. Outright removing 20+ episodes is ridiculous.
3) Removing portions from the original series that made it unique. One example is the removal of rock-paper-scissors in Glitter Force
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Jul 30, 2022 11:23 AM
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Just how long I have to wait to watch it, some a anime from over a year ago gets dubs now...
Jul 30, 2022 11:34 AM
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JaniSIr said:
Just how long I have to wait to watch it, some a anime from over a year ago gets dubs now...

Lucky Star got it's German dub this month. Only took them 15 years.
Jul 30, 2022 11:38 AM
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The localization of Cardcaptor Sakura is every critique I have with anime localization in a single package.

Jul 30, 2022 11:53 AM
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Giving characters random accents.

Megan Hollingshead not having more roles
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Jul 30, 2022 11:55 AM
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If Monica rial is voicing one of the main female characters, I'm gonna watch the sub instead
Jul 30, 2022 12:15 PM
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The only real issue I have with watching dubs is how when I watch one, then some weeb has to tell me about how I shouldn't be watching dubs, and when I say I liked a dub better, watching said weebs treat me like I'm stupid.

Cut it the hell out.
Jul 30, 2022 1:00 PM
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TheBlockernator said:
Giving characters random accents.

Megan Hollingshead not having more roles
Megan Hollingshead is the true Mai Valentine.
Jul 30, 2022 1:30 PM

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If Monica rial is voicing one of the main female characters, I'm gonna watch the sub instead


Because she sucks as a VA or because of what she did to Vic?

Both of those have soured her with me.
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We're freaking out that we're running out of time, but to do what? Should i stop and think of that? Is there something i could do to slow it down? Live in a day for once, instead of watch it sprinting by
Jul 30, 2022 1:47 PM

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A lot of 90s and early 2000s anime were heavily Americanized when they were dubbed. The biggest example I can think of is Detective Conan, or, as they call the English version, Case Closed. Not only did they change the name(for some strange reason), but they also changed the names of the majority of the cast, like Kogouri Mouri to Richard Moore.
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Jul 30, 2022 1:49 PM

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TheBlockernator said:
GOD_USOPP34 said:
If Monica rial is voicing one of the main female characters, I'm gonna watch the sub instead


Because she sucks as a VA or because of what she did to Vic?

Both of those have soured her with me.

I just don't like her voice at all, she's my least favorite dub va
Jul 30, 2022 2:15 PM
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MrSpenfo said:
A lot of 90s and early 2000s anime were heavily Americanized when they were dubbed. The biggest example I can think of is Detective Conan, or, as they call the English version, Case Closed. Not only did they change the name(for some strange reason), but they also changed the names of the majority of the cast, like Kogouri Mouri to Richard Moore.
Most Americanization came from the 4kids, DIC, Saban, Nelvana, and Tokyopop dubs back in the 90s and 2000s.
Jul 30, 2022 2:54 PM

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Sometimes it's make-or-break especially when that lead character is the main vocal point. There's no blemishes to be covered up with other leads and/or the main plot. So it was espescially prevalent when that Frozen Bond movie primarily featured Emilia (Re:Zero). The hearing experience was so jarring that I had to wait all the way until my subbed watch to fully appreciate what the original intention was. And don't get me wrong, Kayli Mills is a respectable cover artist for directly covering the OP songs but I needed Rie Takahashi's rendition of Emilia all throughout the entire anime adaptations so far because I hated the character the first go around.


And my head was also hurting everytime dubbed Tanya spoke with her English voice. Isekai Quartet was such a singular painful experience that I had to mentally block out for one character despite the own respective variety of talent in their cast.
Jul 30, 2022 6:58 PM
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The opening being changed to it's own language, it just doesn't sound right.

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