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Ath
 Posts: 4 Location: Mitcham, South London |
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They're actually going through with this? Wow. I just came back from Bangladesh on holiday and Doraemon is huuuuuuuge there, all my cousins watch it and everything. Can't see what the point of banning it is though.
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FireChick
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Okay. I've heard of anime being banned for dumb reasons, but this has to be the dumbest reason to ban an anime EVER. I mean, really! What's wrong with speaking in Hindi?! Why are people concerned about language of all things?!
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trunkschan90
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Can't they just dub it in Bengali
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mdo7
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That's what I wonder  . I checked and I don't see any strain relation between Bangladesh and India and Japan, I didn't hear anything about any diplomatic tension between Bangladesh and Japan.
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Ath
Posts: 4 Location: Mitcham, South London |
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Basically Doraemon is shown on Disney X D India, and they show it dubbed in Hindi...and it was pretty much ALL they showed 24/7. Since most satellite TV in Bangladesh is just formed of Indian channels with a few Bangladeshi terrestrial channels, Doraemon became super popular amongst the kids since there aren't any Bengali dubbed kids cartoons on the terrestrial Bengali channels from what I could tell (a hell of a lot of dramas and soap operas though, my Mum loves watching em even here in the UK
 ) All my relatives out there who are kids watch Doraemon and quote from it and there's Doraemon merchandise everywhere. This all happened recently though, as when I was last there in 2006 this wasn't the case.
But yeah it's still a stupid decision from the government. Banning a popular show to "protect our culture" is really not going to do anything but upset kids. |
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shiranehito
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Yes, of all the stupid reasons to ban anime, this is perhaps the dumbest one. If they don't want to influence the kids to speak Hindi, why not just dub it in Bengali? There's no reason to ban the anime at all.
There's a popular cartoon show from my neighboring country, and the kids started to speak in that neighboring country's language. There's no ban or something like that, even though both of the countries are not in good terms. |
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hikaru004
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My thoughts exactly. If the country wants to preserve their culture which includes their language, then the show needs to be dubbed in Bengali. |
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Chagen46
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It may seem dumb to you, but to the Bengali and linguists like me, preserving a dying language is highly important and something that people can be highly invested in. It's a large part of culture, and I certainly understand the sentiment behind the ban. I may be excoriated for this but I fully support it now that I understand the reason for the ban. Preserving culture is more important than consuming entertainment.
I'm not fully fluent in the situation but in cases like this Bengali is almost certainly stigmatized and considered "low-class" and therefore the show would not have a chance to get dubbed into it. |
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marie-antoinette
 Posts: 4136 Location: Ottawa, Canada |
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Yeah, language politics can get pretty damn tricky (for example, one reason English was chosen to be one of India's official languages was because it wasn't connected to the caste system and thus wasn't as politically charged as the other languages/dialects they could have gone with). Presumably, Doraemon isn't the only thing affected by the movement to try and keep Bengali alive.
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Majin69Mori
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It may seem dumb, but the situation is pretty much what it is. The doraemon fan kids here in BD are worse than hardcore otakus fyi. Half the kids these days speak in a lame mixture of hindi and english, let alone Bengali -_- They're labeled as "smart" .... you dont know the horror... And yeah Bangladesh and Japan doesnt have any strain between them, but india is another case... Check again xP Theres been a lot of things going on between these two countries- since 1971 LOL So I wholeheartedly agree with the ban :3 Justice wins 
Btw bangla dubs suck worse than anything, I dont think theres any pro voice actors in the country anyways. Glad it didn't go that way |
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joseikun
Posts: 2 Location: sao paulo |
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Thats a really shame its not permited in bangladesh, doraemon reminds me my childhood, it was really great!
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yotsubafanfan
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I just feel bad for the kids, I mean they don't understand what's going on, all they know is their favorite TV show will no longer be on, I also feel bad for the parents that are going to have to deal with them.
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Echo_City
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Who doesn't love government censorship?
After all the fuss (which has come to nothing) about trying to make natural-born US citizens learn a non-English 2nd language & immigrants to the US learn English as a 2nd language I'm mildly shocked & amused to learn of a nation that is blatantly proscribing something that might, possibly, as an unintended benefit create a bi-lingual nation, because it is feared to be too successful in teaching a 2nd language. I don't know about you guys, but I very much doubt the efficacy of this "insidious plot" to teach the Bangladesh kiddies Hindi via a cartoon: I've heard the weeaboos speaking to each other "in Japanese" for years now; I don't think the Bengali gov't has anything about which to worry.
I'm just imagining the uproar that would result if the USA cracked down on Univision. Though come to think, we should have banned Teletubbies. Did no one think that while it might teach kids to learn to read English it might lead to them learning to speak gibberish, the show ultimately being a British plot to take back the US as a colony?!  
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partysmores
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UGHHHH. People will find any excuse to get anime off of television in every country. First that news story about School Rumble getting pulled off a kids TV channel after the parent of a 5-year-old flipped out (despite the fact that it aired at a time when 5-year-olds are supposed to be ASLEEP), and now this.
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Chagen46
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I find it strange how a bunch of white americans here think that they have any right to comment on a situation happening in halfway actoss the world in asia.
You people do not know what it's like to be oppressed linguistically. Stop talking like you do. |
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