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Dubbing

Meet Mr. Digital Paintbucket! I have noticed that in [little] kid shows like Magical Do Re Mi, most Japanese text is kept like on signs and stuff like that. Also crosses aren't dubbed out on those kind of shows, but are dubbed out in Tokyo Mew Mew and Shaman King. Not that I have anything against Magical Do Re Mi, its just that it annoys me so much to see Japanese kana go in my favorite shows. Yu-Gi-Oh! kept almost all the Japanese kana and that was nice. I used to watch Yu-Gi-Oh! and I liked it, but as the new seasons like the "Battle City Tournament", and that "Waking the Dragons" thing came on, the episodes just became stupider and stupider (it was also the fact the the thing was mangled by dubbing). It didn't help much with Yugi saying, "It's my destiny.", or "The fate of the world rests in our hands." every 3 minutes. The "Dualist Kingdom" story arc was the best in my opinion. Man, I am SO getting off track. 

Getting back on subject, dubbing really takes away the anime's original luster that makes it so good. 4Kids claims that their goal is to bring the hottest shows from Japan so that America can enjoy them, but all their doing is dubbing the crap out of them and it's getting to the point where the dialogue is completely wrong and doesn't fully explain anything. It's like their watching the shows muted and trying to guess what the characters are thinking/saying. Most of the designs and stuff like that on the characters' clothes, ect., is taken out for absolutely no reason and sometimes are dubbed out once and never dubbed out again (ex. Lettuce's swimsuit in Episode 18 (English version).

Also in Tokyo Mew Mew (English version) when Kish (Dren) first meets Ichigo (Zoey) he kisses her. No big deal right? Well, while he's kissing her he says, "When you least expect it...*smooch* expect it.*smooch*" in a singsong voice. Now what is wrong with this? Well, you shouldn't be able to talk while in a lip lock with someone. That's impossible without breaking the kiss. Momo insists that he said that while coming down, THEN he kissed her. I have yet to prove to her that I am right.

Ok, this rant is now over.

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