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Now from what I understand, the people in Japan seem to care less on what happens to material. I mean, if it gets popular beyond, hey, that's good right? (Though this is what it seems to be from what I seen.) But then here in America you seem to have people more concerned over it than the actual originals themselves.
But putting that aside...since we care about another country's quality of shows in different places, do we care about our own cartoons.
EXAMPLE... (Boondocks Japanese dub; omgwtfbbq)
(yeah I made this whole rant that might start drama just to show this)
Let's start naming certain things that are so odd about it. For anyone unaware of the series, it's a cartoon based on a comic strip, that satires American culture and your typical racial stereotypes for the fun of it all.
First: African American people are non-existent in Japan.
Second: Is the "DON'T DROP THE SOAP" joke common in Japanese culture?
With a couple more in my head...this is where the irony runs in: the difficulties of properly translating Japanese in-jokes in dubs.
And watchers of Avatar the Last Airbender? Well okay. That wasn't as strange compared to earlier since the show really is Asian-based. But, if you are a fan and focus on details on the show, you would know that there are hardly any Japanese connections at all, but rather, Hindu and Chinese themes.
So. Share any other samples of this awkward situation~
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Huh, I never knew that.
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(You know those silly Avatar shorts parodying anime chibi style?; At some point in-script one of the characters couldn't get away saying "chibi" but had to go saying "tiny" commenting on the art style of one of the other people.)
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I BELIEVE I saw Spongebob dubbed in Japanese once. To be honest, it was rather interesting, but it didn't have subs, sadly, so I don't know if the dialogue was awkward or not.
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Powerpuff Girls Z is really good though in Japan. Completely revamped, some are cool Butch, and the others... Mojo Jojo.
I am not so sure about that Girl show with an agency called Whoop. There is no way ANY Seiyuus can make this good.
W.I.T.C.H. would be nice, or Winx
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2avdf289OY
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Nonetheless Powerpuff Girls Z was a complete remake, as with Witchblade (with the anime version being more popular than it's opposing original version).
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Here is a quicktime clip:
http://ppgcom.gooside.com/mpg/tscm160.mpg
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Totally spies isn't american, it's a french show filled with various fetishes.
Also, I saw Grim adventures and Fosters in japanese. Grim adventures was fucking horrible. And fosters was Ok.
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But I'm just overall against Marathon cartoons in general because of how exaggerated "LOLANIME!" they try to make their shows.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfsJx8J4EBA
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Totally spies isn't american, it's a french show filled with various fetishes.
Also, I saw Grim adventures and Fosters in japanese. Grim adventures was fucking horrible. And fosters was Ok.
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Totally spies isn't american, it's a french show filled with various fetishes.
Also, I saw Grim adventures and Fosters in japanese. Grim adventures was fucking horrible. And fosters was Ok.
Ben 10 gained a Japanese dub
And Martain mystery is also french
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WHAT. THE. HELL.
(Like how are the racism jokes understood?)
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Not really. It is rare to see a lot of them but that doesn't mean that the predjudice towards color isn't present in Japan. A lot of Asian countries actually prefer whiter skin too.
Hmm, I'm sure they'd tweak the shows a bit to cater to the taste of the population just as they do to Japanese shows in America. It doesn't really seem like that much of a big deal though.
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