Forum - View topicAny chance that in-Universe English dubbed singing can ever make a comeback?
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Naftali Poritz
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I feel that as of right now, English dubbed singing of any kind is almost extinct, including in-universe singing, where the singing is essentially part of the script, except if any lines are considered singing, they are not included in the English dub script. In the 2000's, most companies started to stop dubbing in-universe singing, doing it less and less, and not even minor brief singing, such as karaoke, brief acapella, and now even including tone deaf singing or even rapping. They don't let the English voice actors do any kind of singing, and literally all singing in English dubs only use the original Japanese audio (or original singer). This has especially been true in Sentai Filmworks and Netflix dubs, as if they forgot how to dub singing. FUNimation was the last company to hold out, and until 2014 dubbed singing in all instances where during episodes, the characters were singing on screen. Then during broadcast dubs, they mostly refrained from dubbing singing, and only half the time, went back and dubbed the singing for Blu-ray. Them when Crunchyroll merged with FUNimation over a 1 year period from fall 2021-Spring 2023, they stopped dubbing singing completely, and especially since the Funimation sunset, you can no longer stream the blu-ray uncut versions of Funimation/Crunchyroll titles (which included English dubbed singing in the past).
Is it that the American distributers and dubbing companies lost interest, and don't care if in the English dub it goes from an English speaking voice, to a Japanese voice that sounds nothing like the English voice, and therefore no consistency. Plus we never get to hear the English voice actors sing in anime. I remember Christina Vee only singing in Sailor Moon. Despite her being able to sing, and doing lot of youtube covers, the dubbing crews never have her actually sing in anime. I am wondering if in-Universe English dubbed singing of any kind can ever make a comeback? It was nice when I got to hear the English dub voice actors actually sing in the anime in the past. I wish that the in-universe singing would make a comeback, and that Licensors, Localization and dubbing companies would go back to doing in-universe English dubbed singing when the characters are singing on screen as part of the episode plot. What are your thoughts on this? |
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