English Dub?

animedark said:
Hopefully it'll be on regular DVD when released and not just blue-ray.

VerneJules said:
Dub is very good, I know many series with great dubs because they have a good dubbing company. But I have lots of questions for 4kids as a dubber...

If only dubbing companies can just stick with how the series goes and not blow up the stories and the scenes... *sigh* Why can't they just dub it only for the purpose of translations? Why do they always have to remove the blood, guns, etc.? Why did 4kids remove important episodes in One Piece rather than the fillers just because those episodes had low ratings in Japan (leaving lots of plot-holes for One Piece dub)? Why do they have to replace cigarettes with lollipops? Why do they have to make badass villains talk like childish American bullies? Why do they have to change the names of the characters (especially those that already have names in english like Godwin-Goodwin)? Why do they have to Americanize a Japanese series' culture? Why do they have to change the skin color of black characters? Really, why can't they just stay away from series that have content not suitable for children rather than force-modify(ruin) them?

Honestly, what 4kids is doing to the shows is so immature. There are lots of animes out there that do not contradict to their 'for kids' way of thinking. There are lots of highly-rated and popular animes out there that primarily targets kids. Why not just take those rather than typical-shounen animes that target teens?

And for anti-subs here: If it's only about the translation, dub is great. But ruining the reputation of a series we respect by force-modifying it is like a big insult against us fans. You do understand that, right?

On another note, aside from the show-ruining 4kids dubs, the reasons of anti-dubbers for watching subs is just simple. Animes usually applies Japanese culture. Hence, it is hardly possible to translate japanese terms (eg. tsundere), puns, and jokes, and imitate how the characters are supposed to talk. Well, I do wish they realize that they should just do what subbers do - which is to just keep the words which they cannot translate rather than thinking up of something else to replace them.

sd95 said:


I agree with this guy...

DistantTraces said:

I'm actually overjoyed that they didn't dub the last season of GX because they would have just ruined Judai completely for me. >.<

animedark said:
Cool! I hope it gets released to all theaters and not select theaters. I would go see it!

Any actual release date yet for when it will be out in theaters?

animedark said:
@Syb3rStrife and malvarez1: You two are so lucky! I want to see it! *sighs* Guess I'll have to wait until it comes out on DVD and I have yet to see a release date for it out on DVD.