So, I got this weird fascination about understanding people from one culture and their reception to media and other cultural aspects from another.
I admit, I go onto the Japanese internet sites to observe Japanese people discuses western things that I also like. I never talk to them because I'm nowhere near good enough at Japanese to really converse. Plus I don't want to be that weird foreigner posting in where I don't belong, so yeah.
It seems like Japanese dubs often do a really great job of matching the original voices, but the dub of Dexter's Lab had no accent for Dexter, and that's just shameful.
Hudson Howard
well for one they have no idea what whitewashing is
Brandon Long
I know right? Its weird that they would dub the boondocks of all shows, given how much cultural context in regards to black people in America that the show revolves around.
From what I understand, Japanese things don't ever include accents other than regional Japanese ones. The only exception are Chinese accents. If you watching the original Japanese version of Hetalia, the only character with an accent is China.
Connor Cook
holy shit I'm the same and I even imagine what the japanese dub would sound like when watching western shows and cartoons, how they'd butcher he names and the voice actors etc.
Brandon Foster
seriously, what do they say in place of "nigga"?
Cooper Reyes
ニガ
Nicholas Butler
Hiw hard is it to draw an afro?
Brayden Nelson
but what happens when they air the "teacher says the n-word" episode?
Ayup, as a fan of the_cartoon_that_shall_not_be_named, its been torture that season 3 still hasn't been dubed and might not ever. Goddamn I want to hear Japanese Treehugger, Moondancer, and Coco Pommel.
The show is on Japanese Netflix, and its know enough to even be referenced in the Watamote manga (another show that needs a 2nd season), so common Japan, deliver!
Christian Edwards
You know what else is on Japanese Netflix? Samurai Gourmet. That show is a deep, deep look into Japan right now. Also comfy as fuck.
Where can you find japanese dubs of western cartoons? There are some old cartoons I'm interested in hearing the dub of but they aren't up on youtube or seemingly anywhere else.
Jack Harris
christ these voices are terrible
Bentley Cruz
This reminds of a Yahoo answers where someone wanted to find the the Japanese dub of ATLA, and they're just called a weeb
I appreciate Amethyst's Japanese VA. She does a decent enough job of communicating her rough, rowdy nature even if it doesn't exactly hit the spot like the eng voice does. That Garnet is unforgivable though.
Elijah Morris
>:ニガは友達です
Benjamin Diaz
Mabel's Japanese VA is so cute that it's no wonder she is liked there.
I live here in Japan. And honestly aside from a huge Disney obsession Japan's relation to american cartoons is no different than any other country.
In regards to interesting dub stuff though. For South Park they gave every character a Kansai dialect cause it was the only way they felt they could convey the course and foul language into Japanese well.
Caleb Powell
do you have a favorite western cartoon? I also hear Anime is more popular in the U.S. than in Japan
Gavin Ortiz
How does Japan feel about Samurai Jack? Do they like it too, or does it not seem like anything special to them?
Kansai dialect has a weird relationship in regards to dubs. For English dubs it often gets translated into either southern accent or Brooklyn accent.
Evan Phillips
I meant while its popular in Japan some take it to a whole new level here in the U.S.
Adam Flores
It's voiced by Mitsuki Saiga (a woman) though.
Brayden Garcia
God bless our Lord and Savior Gashi Gashi
Caleb Jackson
>I also hear Anime is more popular in the U.S. than in Japan
Elijah Morris
I unironically enjoyed watching the whole thing.
Didn't had a blast like that since Italian Spiderman
William Clark
>some take it to a whole new level here in the U.S.
Think carefully about what constitutes fan activity in Japan and the US, and which requires more actual money, time, and personal devotion. Doing stupid, attention whoring things online is not "taking things to a whole new level."
Camden Gray
They dubbed the simpsons. I wonder if they still are?
>I wonder if they still are? I see some zombie Simpsons in there, so probably yes.
I remember Japan went ballistic when they replaced the original voice actors with celebrities in the Japanese version of the movie. I didn't know Japan cared that much until then.
Anthony Peterson
everyone there loves Disney
Jonathan actually even better
Benjamin Bennett
westabo
Parker Thompson
That's very interesting. Can you explain how is their take on the usual cartoons Sup Forums usually talks about? You've read some of their forums, right?
Logan Fisher
Gashi-gashi is my nigga
also yeah, as a weeb that spends all their time on a weeb board it's fun seeing the other side sometimes.
Andrew Ortiz
It was more than once. Dunno how often they did it but I know SPD got one at least, pretty sure the original as well.
Joseph Barnes
I have a Japanese friend. He doesn't know much about western cartoons, but he said he saw an episode of the Simpsons in his English class and I think he likes it. He seems way more shocked that I like Japanese cartoons. Trying to get him to watch Invader Zim, which got a dub, but is probably hard to find now.
Benjamin Gray
It's a shame I can't find anything good on 34, besides Bubblegum and Wyldstyle. Damn it Gashi-gashi.
Ryan Fisher
Zim had a dub?
Oliver Gomez
Are you a foreigner working in Japan or are you actually Japanese?
Matthew Taylor
Why's it always gotta be Japan? Why can't we talk about what Russia or the Turks or whoever thinks?
Wtf is Monster doing in this picture? It's really out of place.
Christian Butler
>Why can't we talk about what Russia
Russia likes bannable offense equine show a LOT and much less creepily Gravity Falls.
Benjamin Fisher
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Austin Rodriguez
...You beat me to it. Also, has Turkey done anything Sup Forums related besides Turkish Batman?
Ryan Williams
Nah, the term 'Otaku' came from Japan bub. And Otaku over there means fans who are sickly obsessed with pop-culture (often anime and game related) not just people who are a bit cringy about their affliction or anime.
Bodypillows, waifu-collecting, cosplay, figure collecting etc. they do it on a much bigger scale than the US. Still, Otakus aren't seen as 'normal'.
Jaxson Taylor
How about it when American cartoons and characters are 'anime-fied'?
Well in Russia most SU fans prefer to watch Steven Universe subs only Because the official dub is atrocius. When a new dubbed episode is released, we only watch it ironically, to see how they fuck up next. The dub really is bad, voice actors randomly change, a lot of lines and jokes are wrong, and obviously the censorship. Also, they sometimes translate episode names weirdly... Like "Back to the Barn" is translated as "Dancing from the barn" (тaнцyeм oт capaя) And "Catch and Release" translated as "Peridots fish" (Пepидoтoвa pыбкa)
Noah Bennett
Preach. As much as we think "nerd culture" is accepted, it's really not. Yes, Walmart now sells video game and comic book t shirts to adults. No, that doesn't make them better.
Brayden Johnson
it says translator's note: nigga means friend.
Nolan Perez
come on post some westaboo art
Gavin Cruz
That Transformers one is fucking hype, holy shit half that shit in there doesn't even fucking happen
Speaking of which, if you cunts want to have a bad time look up Transformers Kiss Players
Jayden Young
>So, I got this weird fascination about understanding people from one culture and their reception to media and other cultural aspects from another.
mentions only japan
right because japan is the only other country that exist besides us and canada
Weeb
Landon Torres
I thought you had an entire distinguished translation community descended from the fucking Soviets with rules and shit.
Levi Thomas
This
Liam Edwards
Every non-earth character in Star vs. also has a Kansai dialect apparently.
Charles Ortiz
>Bart calls Homer "Oyaji" (old man) instead of Homer Okay.
Ryder Murphy
I liked to read the strange (to me) things that some other countries like Russia said and did about Gravity Falls, although plenty was not that different from America I guess, though some things were.
huh. lisa's VA sounds perfect, the others dont sound anything like the originals
Landon Bennett
>P&F Welp, everything is pretty spot on and then Candace starts singing. I wonder what the elevens think of Welcome To Tokyo, or Stacy/Ginger in general.
Cooper Sullivan
>dat pic Dohoho, the tumblr drama was hilarious.
Nip fans of Sup Forums stuff is generally referred to as Westabos.
John Wright
I wonder how the japs would feel about Warhammer 40K. If there are any that know what it is.
Noah Myers
Japanese Aku (that sounds weird) does not ham it up as needed. Couldn't they just hire Mako to dub it in Japanese?
Jonathan Robinson
There's the accent to consider user. Same reason they didn't let Arnold do the German dub of Terminator, he sounds cool in English but in German he sounds like a farmer.
Landon Bell
Wait, didn't Gashi got flak-gunned by some fanatic SU tumblrites for drawing garnet white?
Michael Watson
Homer sounds like a drunk version of his old German voice.
Nolan Jones
I know that Chinese like it.
Carter Scott
the japanese dub of ed edd n eddy knocks my fucking socks off. the voices are so accurate
Anthony Peterson
of course they did
Samuel Johnson
>I also hear Anime is more popular in the U.S. than in Japan Obviously it isn't.
Being an otaku doesn't mean being "sickly obsessed," and the perception of otaku in Japan has changed since the 90s.
Alexander Johnson
It was autismal screeching over the light effect in her hands. They were adamant it was a whitewashing attempt.
Understandly Gashi was quite confused about it.
Jonathan Perez
It's too bad that Nickelodeon Japan crashed and burned so badly. It would've been neat to see how shows like The Loud House would've been handled. I guess Nick could always license it out to Disney Japan or whatever if they wanted.
Leo Young
Speaking of TLH, how does the elevens like that? I know they fansubbed Tiny Pastel Equine and I could see the same thing happening there, if it doesn't have an official dub.
I'm assuming they love it since the harem/ss/ doujins practically write themselves which was probably Savinos plan all along :^)
Adrian Bell
Are you me ?
Logan Walker
I mean theres europe which is being taken over by muslims at the moment and some parts of africa where people with sticks are dancing around their huts but I mean is it relevant?
Owen Morales
Honestly, I haven't seen much interest in TLH at all among Japanese westaboos or whatever you want to call them. You could probably count on one hand the number of TLH art pieces on Pixiv that are drawn by actual Japanese artists.
The fact that Nickelodeon has zero presence in Japan right now doesn't help, and shows which are decently popular like Gravity Falls or Adventure Time have the full weight of Disney and CN behind them. They also have a cuter and softer look to them, which probably appeals more to them than TLH's look unfortunately.
That said, someone did do a sub of the first ep fairly recently, so maybe they're slowly becoming aware of it. nicovideo.jp/watch/sm30987679
Elijah Wilson
>nico Oh wow, I haven't been there in forever. Can't remember my old account and can't be assed to make a new one. >implying i have or want a social media account
Shame it was the first episode that got subbed, I remember that as pretty awful.
Isaiah Wright
The whole pic is ugly as shit He deserved to be blasted for it
