Forum - View topicNEWS: Little Battlers eXperience/Danbōru Senki Coming to Nicktoons
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marvel knight
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Why the hell did they have to change their names?
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TsukasaElkKite
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Because they don't think kids would understand Japanese names. |
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marvel knight
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So they had to change Ban to Van? I can understand their surnames but Ban is an english word by that logic. |
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Gasero
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I'm actually looking forward to Little Battlers. Seems like a perfect show to sell toys and it's not that bad in terms of action. More interesting than Bey Blade at least. |
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marvel knight
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Yeah , 4Kids was horrible that way , and i'm thankful they never changed any of the DBZ's names except for Mr Satan/Hercule. Yes , i have watched both this and the sequel with subs and i can tell you that its a great show. |
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rizuchan
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Japanese doesn't (naturally) have a "V" sound, so "Ba" is the closest approximation of "Va". The name "Ban" has been translated as "Van" in a few anime adaptations I can think of. Mind you, I'm only in this thread because I keep misreading "Little Battlers eX" as "Little Busters EX" and getting quite confused. 
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[quote="rizuchan"]
yey not alone on this!!!! |
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malvarez1
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Glad that Nicktoons will be airing more anime. I'll watch this.
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Mister Ryan Andrews
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Nicktoons? Man, that stinks. I guess all the guns will now be neon colored and shoot lasers instead of bullets now and people will be sent to the Shadow Realm instead of dying. Name changes indicate it's going to be one of those dubs...
Who licensed it anyway? It seems kind of dumb to license the anime but not the game it was based on and other merchandise. It's like Battle Spirits all over again where they only get a part of the franchise then wonder why it did poorly.. 
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Davy0
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We got one of those uh... what's someone like him called... "complainers"? You do realize that Nicktoons has aired anime that have said the words "die" or "kill", and have kept most things in tact in animes like Digimon Fusion, except for a few name changes and concept changes here and there. And also, you do realize that Danball wasn't even getting a lot of sponsors either, correct? No one had to take the rights of this anime, at all. Nicktoon would do a better job of it than Cartoon Network would. |
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Lynx Amali
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The thing you should be most worried about is the whole policy Nick has on 'seasons. Really hope YTV or Teletoon pick it up here in Canada so they aren't limited by the season style that Nick is. And BoA is bringing the kits. I'm not trusting Level 5 to bring the games over given how long it's been. If they do, it'll probably digital only like Inazuma Eleven. |
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samuelp
Industry Insider
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I happen to know that these "International Names" were chosen by Level 5 themselves from the very beginning.
They are used in every international market for the show and games. So don't go blaming nick, this is how the franchise was planned from the very start. |
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kanechin
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nelvana must be lazy, they kept most of the metal fight beyblade names the same.
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Primus
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The first words in this article are "Dentsu Entertainment". They're localizing the show. As for the associated products, the toys are coming. Japan didn't get the video game simultaneously with the show's broadcast either. The anime began in January, and the game came out in June. |
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ReNellGlover
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4Kids has BEEN dead since they became 4Licensing Corp. in Dec. 2012; both FUNimation and Viz Media changed Mr. Satan's name to Hercule for the edited versions of both the anime and manga, respectively. |
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