Nausicaa. Sailor Moon. Dragon Ball Z. Many shows have been plagued with awful edits, mistranslations, changed dialogue and plot, bad or changed translation, and horrible voice acting and poor subtitles. Only recently have uncut versions been released on DVD. What other anime could use a fresh "unfucked with" translation?
This includes kids shows which will probably never see an uncut version let alone a subtitled version.
-Transformers (subtitles would need to have Japanese version of story and names- Destrons, etc)
-Dragonball (still not released 100% uncut)
-Voltron (again, Japanese story version)
-Pokemon (major cuts include Kasumi's swimsuit scene, and the Porygon seizure sequence. A "view at your own risk" warning would suffice)
-Gundam Wing (subtitled)
What else could use a better translation? If you're downloading fansubs, compare them to the licensed US release in terms of what's been edited or changed.
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Anonymous2005-04-25 12:41 (sage)
Psst - Transformers is an American line hijacked by Japan!
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Anonymous2005-04-26 17:18 (sage)
Somehow, I don't think you're missing much by not watching Dragonball Z in Japanese.
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Anonymous2005-04-26 23:14
It's actually a lot more exciting when you can only guess what they're saying.
"Holy shit! Goku's gonna die this time! For real!"
Wow, really? I'm sorry to hear that... I haven't bought any R1 Gundam DVDs yet because I own the original LDs for most of them (including Zeta and Wing). Is Gundam Seed also a dubtitle?
Good, because I actually want to buy those disks one of these days. Thanks.
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Anonymous2005-05-09 18:07
>>10
I'd love to know if there's some validity to the "tomino steps in, tells translator the line from the script is actually NOT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING AT ALL, replaces it" story.
The dub script is very close, but there are some huge obvious things that any non-speaker (such as myself) can pick out and say THAT'S CLEARLY NOT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
Dear people-who-know-Japanese: how accurate are the R1 0079 movie scripts?
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Anonymous2005-05-17 10:40
i thought Zeta Gundam was dubtitled? for subs in the US on the dvds