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NEWS: Digimon Adventure: Anime's English Dub Premieres This Spring

I'm glad the dub is finally coming out but it's weird it's like a month away till it's out and we still don't know who any of the other cast members are or where it's going to be released at. I'm going to be frustrated if this gets dumped on the Microsoft Store and never talked about again like the Dragon Quest dub.

I hope this isn't a gag dub like the original.

Did the English version of the original Digimon Adventure make several changes in its dub? I only saw the movie and it was weird the fact that they combined 3 different movies into one

Silver Kirin wrote:

Did the English version of the original Digimon Adventure make several changes in its dub? I only saw the movie and it was weird the fact that they combined 3 different movies into one

Oh yes. I first got into Digimon back when Xros Wars was new and went back to watch all the previous series. I checked out the American dubs from back in the day out of curiosity and they were full of things like non-stop jokes, tons of censorship, and the entire music being replaced. I remember they changed the final villain of Adventure into some jokester who talked about pizza toppings which was crazy.

I remember when Tri got an English release they reused some of the old VAs and even still replaced the Japanese theme with a new 'Digirap' for the sake of nostalgia and used their Americanized names. I really hope they don't touch the Japanese music and names again. The fact they're using new VAs might indicate it'll get a proper release this time.

Los Nido wrote:

Silver Kirin wrote: Did the English version of the original Digimon Adventure make several changes in its dub? I only saw the movie and it was weird the fact that they combined 3 different movies into one Oh yes. I first got into Digimon back when Xros Wars was new and went back to watch all the previous series. I checked out the American dubs from back in the day out of curiosity and they were full of things like non-stop jokes, tons of censorship, and the entire music being replaced. I remember they changed the final villain of Adventure into some jokester who talked about pizza toppings which was crazy. I remember when Tri got an English release they reused some of the old VAs and even still replaced the Japanese theme with a new 'Digirap' for the sake of nostalgia and used their Americanized names. I really hope they don't touch the Japanese music and names again. The fact they're using new VAs might indicate it'll get a proper release this time.

You know they did all that because it was suppose to be more of a children’s show and some of the stuff they do in the original Japanese version of the show is not appropriate for children in the US

Sevokevo Royuki wrote:

Los Nido wrote: Silver Kirin wrote: Did the English version of the original Digimon Adventure make several changes in its dub? I only saw the movie and it was weird the fact that they combined 3 different movies into one Oh yes. I first got into Digimon back when Xros Wars was new and went back to watch all the previous series. I checked out the American dubs from back in the day out of curiosity and they were full of things like non-stop jokes, tons of censorship, and the entire music being replaced. I remember they changed the final villain of Adventure into some jokester who talked about pizza toppings which was crazy. I remember when Tri got an English release they reused some of the old VAs and even still replaced the Japanese theme with a new 'Digirap' for the sake of nostalgia and used their Americanized names. I really hope they don't touch the Japanese music and names again. The fact they're using new VAs might indicate it'll get a proper release this time. You know they did all that because it was suppose to be more of a children’s show and some of the stuff they do in the original Japanese version of the show is not appropriate for children in the US

Despite this, it was still one of the more accurate dubs for it's time. The "tons of censorship" was minimal, changing things like poop to "sludge", and removing Buddhist mantras. They went ham with the voices and jokes, but the overall story was still serious and intact. During the Etemon arc they made it very clear that dying in that world equals dying, period. And characters still died plenty. The original score and insert songs are wonderful, but there's no denying the dub themes(maybe not the vocal ones) are iconic in their own right.

It's all pretty moot for this thread though, as Adventure: is a poor, pale imitation of everything good with the original series.

I think the possibility of nostalgia pulling in more viewers is the only reason they're dubbing this instead of Ghost Game, which I'd assume we'll get a dub of anyway down the line. It's a much better series in most aspects.

Oh yes. I first got into Digimon back when Xros Wars was new and went back to watch all the previous series. I checked out the American dubs from back in the day out of curiosity and they were full of things like non-stop jokes, tons of censorship, and the entire music being replaced. I remember they changed the final villain of Adventure into some jokester who talked about pizza toppings which was crazy.

I remember when Tri got an English release they reused some of the old VAs and even still replaced the Japanese theme with a new 'Digirap' for the sake of nostalgia and used their Americanized names. I really hope they don't touch the Japanese music and names again. The fact they're using new VAs might indicate it'll get a proper release this time.