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Guile
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The violence level in Pretty Cure alone is probably problematic for American audiences. When action cartoons were still being made, I remember a lot of them used those white flashes to censor actual direct hits being made to people. Since this is Netflix the standards might be looser than what Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network were willing to show back then, but the fact these are little girls being brutally beat up and knocked around it might be more of a problem compared to male heroes since violence against females is seen as more taboo in western cultures. Joker and the overall theme of despair would also probably be toned down alot And not to derail the thread, but heavily edited dubs are still being produced. Digimon Fusion is very heavily edited compared to Xros Wars, and Doraemon had a tons of edits as well. LBX was probably the most drastically altered since they cut out dozens of episodes and skipped certain storyline arcs. Pokemon's always had it's share of edits as well and Yokai Watch has had quite a lot of edits so far. Yu-Gi-Oh is of course still a product of the 4Kids era. |
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1dbad
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For Saban to be dubbing it alone, means the violence is either not an issue, or that they have found a workaround. While there is a limit to how violent a show for kids can be, the even bigger thing is the lack of blood. The fact that they're magical girls probably helps things too. Some tonedowns are possible, but it's not like the series is as dark as Evangelion or something. The fact the girls are able to counter darkness most of the time in the series (by arguing or proving things aren't as bleak as they seem), makes there not be much need in covering it up.
Edits are a bit of a different thing. Even an anime with nothing wrong will still have some content removed, solely to make time for more commercials. And while Digimon Fusion and Doraemon (which in Doraemon's case, it seems the edits were requested by Japan themselves) may have edits, the storyline and character personalities are closer to the original. LBX and Yu-Gi-Oh! are more outdated in comparison, but there's some differences there too. Part of the problem with LBX was they were only able to dub half of the show, but it seems they'll actually dub the second season in full. And Yu-Gi-Oh! hasn't even been able to air a complete dub in the US since the original series. It's been a whole year and 4K Media can't even find a channel interested in airing Arc-V's dub in the US. |
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wonderwomanhero
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I'm so tired of Laura Bailey. I cannot stand hearing her voice anymore. She is in too many things. Also the recent race controversy with the new Uncharted game.... |
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Mr. Oshawott
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Whoa, I didn't know she was that prolific. The only titles that I heard of Laura was Kekkaishi, Soul Eater, and the gaming side of Persona 4. |
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DuchessBianca
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She's a pretty big and famous VA but if your strictly an anime watcher then you don't hear her much at all as she's only voiced a dozen or so roles in anime since 2010. For video games she's played over a hundred roles in that exact same time period as that pays more. I personally love her and I never get tired of hearing her but I understand that she is used maybe a bit too much when it comes to video games. |
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Stuart Smith
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She seems to pop up in quite few JRPGs I end up playing. Lucina in Fire Emblem, Rise in Persona 4, Reimi in Star Ocean 4, Serah in Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, Cheria in Tales of Graces, Dolce in Rune Factory 4, Catherine in Catherine, Hitomi in Devil Hackers. I can see her being labeled as over exposed when it comes to games, but she pretty much all but left the anime industry. Just in Digimon and Soul Eater are her recent roles I think. -Stuart Smith |
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Primus
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She was given that role before the character's look had been decided. Even if that wasn't the case, who cares? Very few voice actors actually look like the characters they portray. That's the beauty of voice acting. |
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Galap
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I wonder what motivation Saban could possibly have for editing this thing. I mean, that's just more effort on their part. Do they really think that people wouldn't watch the show if it were just traditionally translated and dubbed?
Also, I haven't watched any precure except for clips of animation, which can be really beautiful. I may want to watch it but before I do so I have to ask what the ratio is of well-animated fight scenes to the characters just faffing about. It'd have to be pretty dense in the former for me to want to watch it. |
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everydaygamer
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My interest in this show is honestly just curiosity at the moment. I mean what happened to those 8 episodes were they actually cut and if so why? I mean 1 or 2 episodes might be understandable based on what I've heard but 8 is a pretty large number.
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NeoStrayCat
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We're not sure yet if either of them were just filler episodes or 1 or 2 may be plot related, I head one of the episodes cut mentioned from forum peoples is kinda plot related, and it was supposed to be for a certain character and something. But I guess we'll know soon enough. Its coming close to be out soon! |
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Guile
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Precure fights range from beautiful and pretty, to fast and frenetic, to outragious and silly. When the Smile PreCure originally faced the Bad End Generals it was more serious and brutal, but when Beauty had her rematch with Joker it was more elegant and graceful. Of course, Beauty was stronger now than she was then.
I'm almost certain the Fujiwara episode will be removed, if only for licensing issues. I'm not sure how Japanese celebrities work in foreign dubs, especially in the ones aimed at little kids. |
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epicwizard
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That's exactly how I feel as well!
I don't think they cancelled Doraemon. Sure it hasn't aired on TV for the past few months, but maybe they're just taking it off their schedule for a brief period since they reran it plenty of times. The UK dub had a similar situation on Boomerang UK in which it was suddenly taken off their schedule back in October, but will return next Monday. |
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everydaygamer
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Yeah I can't see any news that says Doraemon is canceled and Disney tends to be pretty dumb with scheduling shows as any fan of gravity falls would tell you lol.
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Fipse
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It is not exactly hard finding a subbed version. |
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NeoStrayCat
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Well, the series is up now, not all 40, just 20 for now (And then the rest later). Now to watch it and then pass judgment later.
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