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.
Japanese dubs of /co/ things are my jam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdrIArTLkVU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65RlzAYwE3M
Ive seen clips of the Japanese dubs of king of the hill and the boondocks. Now that's some interesting shit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SIHPjLDhb0
>Japanese dub of boondocks
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.
well for one they have no idea what whitewashing is
>>92139572
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.
>>92139596
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.
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.
>>92139572
seriously, what do they say in place of "nigga"?
>>92139495
Hiw hard is it to draw an afro?
>>92140160
but what happens when they air the "teacher says the n-word" episode?
>Eltingville Club in Japanese
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xWQdwNyfC4
>>92140087
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!
>>92140262
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.
>>92140207
翻訳者のメモ:ニガは友達です
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6uRVCTmGaw
https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=58390461
I'd be more interested in what third world countries think of American stuff. What does Nigeria think of Adventure Time?
>>92140667
Well, we know what Uganda wants in an action movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEoGrbKAyKE
How about this, I heard that they dubbed power rangers once.
Power rangers, the show made from cutting up footage from an already existing and popular show in japan, got dubbed back into Japanese.
That's some crazy shit right there.
Steven Universe's japanese dub(it's pretty bad)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt5QeVrf6fs&t=35s
>>92139495
>Star is Rin and Marco is Joseph Joestar.
Whoa.
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.
>>92141305
christ these voices are terrible
This reminds of a Yahoo answers where someone wanted to find the the Japanese dub of ATLA, and they're just called a weeb
Have some dubs OP:
>Ed Edd n' Eddy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RlWeFW3Kkg
>Spongebob
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke9r-ldeX6g
>Samurai Jack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63MEREmY_Hw
>Phineas and Ferb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Mp1eH4V_g
>Gravity Falls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM1UbFE-tUM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-dhZbGx84s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJapXoq2-VY <-Big series spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA20jnZSrgc <--This one's a spoiler for the S2 finale.
>Steven Universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvfNhNkbpNg
>Gumball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dGGY_JpYAo
>>92141305
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.
>>92140467
>:ニガは友達です
>>92142190
Mabel's Japanese VA is so cute that it's no wonder she is liked there.
Ed Edd n Eddy has a decent dub
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnL7j-XRX60
>>92141305
>Garnet sounds like a guy
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.
>>92144973
do you have a favorite western cartoon?
I also hear Anime is more popular in the U.S. than in Japan
How does Japan feel about Samurai Jack? Do they like it too, or does it not seem like anything special to them?
>>92144973
Found a clip from the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JewEcSK7Lk
>>92145035
What? Where are you getting this stuff?
>>92140467
Translation please? My kanji game is wack
>>92144973
Kansai dialect has a weird relationship in regards to dubs. For English dubs it often gets translated into either southern accent or Brooklyn accent.
>>92145109
I meant while its popular in Japan some take it to a whole new level here in the U.S.
>>92144878
It's voiced by Mitsuki Saiga (a woman) though.
>>92139495
God bless our Lord and Savior Gashi Gashi
>>92145035
>I also hear Anime is more popular in the U.S. than in Japan
>>92140727
I unironically enjoyed watching the whole thing.
Didn't had a blast like that sinceItalian Spiderman
>>92145265
>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."
They dubbed the simpsons. I wonder if they still are?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w8fm7OvsTQ&t=17s
>>92151436
>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.
everyone there loves Disney
>>92141447
Jonathan actually
even better
>>92139495
westabo
>>92139495
That's very interesting.
Can you explain how is their take on the usual cartoons /co/ usually talks about? You've read some of their forums, right?
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.
>>92141210
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.
>>92139495
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.
>>92139495
>>92145762
>>92155506
It's a shame I can't find anything good on 34, besides Bubblegum and Wyldstyle.
Damn it Gashi-gashi.
>>92155969
Zim had a dub?
>>92144973
Are you a foreigner working in Japan or are you actually Japanese?
>>92139495
Why's it always gotta be Japan? Why can't we talk about what Russia or the Turks or whoever thinks?
>>92156939
http://www.nickjapan.com/character/invader_zim/index.html
>>92157296
Why would we want to talk about unhappy poor rapists?
>>92157843
You talking about the turks or the ruskies?
>>92158082
Yes.
>>92157296
Because deep down we're all weaboos who want Japan to like the stuff we like so we feel validated.
>>92158168
Its sad but i've come to realize this is true.
>>92158168
Not me, I hate Japan because cartoons cant be waifus only Anime girls can and that makes me mad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LdnfpXq-dQ
>>92153212
Wtf is Monster doing in this picture? It's really out of place.
>>92157296
>Why can't we talk about what Russia
Russia likes bannable offense equine show a LOT and much less creepily Gravity Falls.
...
>>92160948
...You beat me to it. Also, has Turkey done anything /co/ related besides Turkish Batman?
>>92145265
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'.
How about it when American cartoons and characters are 'anime-fied'?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ej7ZlS2oQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ODtsNMNJXk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L45lW6Hi9w
>>92157296
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)
>>92161723
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.
>>92145219
it says translator's note: nigga means friend.
come on post some westaboo art
>>92161844
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
>>92139495
>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
>>92162277
I thought you had an entire distinguished translation community descended from the fucking Soviets with rules and shit.
>>92163643
This
>>92144973
Every non-earth character in Star vs. also has a Kansai dialect apparently.
>>92151436
>Bart calls Homer "Oyaji" (old man) instead of Homer
Okay.
>>92139495
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.
I love this kind of shit
>We Bare Bears
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V55ySD4oWY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfGbeMchHzc
>Chowder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgN1dftU3FU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7LCQ5z4FkI
>Teen Titans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIaRG-SpWkg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TANVaUwCK98
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUyIlJAfMtk
>>92151436
huh. lisa's VA sounds perfect, the others dont sound anything like the originals
>>92142190
>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.
>>92139495
>dat pic
Dohoho, the tumblr drama was hilarious.
Nip fans of /co/ stuff is generally referred to as Westabos.
I wonder how the japs would feel about Warhammer 40K. If there are any that know what it is.
>>92142190
Japanese Aku (that sounds weird) does not ham it up as needed.
Couldn't they just hire Mako to dub it in Japanese?
>>92164109
There's the accent to consider anon. 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.
>>92139495
Wait, didn't Gashi got flak-gunned by some fanatic SU tumblrites for drawing garnet white?
>>92164000
Homer sounds like a drunk version of his old German voice.
>>92164081
I know that Chinese like it.
>>92142190
the japanese dub of ed edd n eddy knocks my fucking socks off. the voices are so accurate
>>92164148
of course they did
>>92145035
>I also hear Anime is more popular in the U.S. than in Japan
Obviously it isn't.
>>92161723
Being an otaku doesn't mean being "sickly obsessed," and the perception of otaku in Japan has changed since the 90s.
>>92164148
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.
>>92157593
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.
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 themselveswhich was probably Savinos plan all along :^)
>>92163643
Are you me ?
>>92163643
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?
>>92165857
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. http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm30987679
>>92166329
>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.
>>92164148
The whole pic is ugly as shit
He deserved to be blasted for it
>>92163643
OP here. It was only one example.
Want to see some anime dubbed into Arabic?
japan sure does love aquamarine! theres already so much fanart!
>>92145090
One anon told a story once about that. He was working as an English teacher in Japan and he was tasked with showing the children something in English. So he put Samurai Jack on and the children fell in love with it. They were running around the class pretending to be Jack and Aku while another child did fanart of the show. It was a really cute tale.
>>92157296
Because this website, on average, puts Japan on a pedestal.
>Japanese artist who really loves mecha
>Reads Last Stand of the Wreckers, falls in love with Transformers
>Ends up becoming regular artist on Optimus Prime
>Discovers 2000AD, falls in love with ABC Warriors and Nemesis the Warlock
>Art editor for 2000AD finds her online
>Ends up drawing Blackblood strip for the 2000AD FCBD special written by Pat Mills
Kei Zama is a fucking treasure.
>>92169302
>Ends up drawing Blackblood strip for the 2000AD FCBD special written by Pat Mills
ARE YOU TELLING ME THIS YEARS FCBD HAS A BLACKBLOOD STORY?!? Pls say yes, Khaos Khronicles is fucking amazing.
>>92170147
Would I*ssss*lie to you?
I remember there being a poll of too 100 anime and Tom and Jerry was on it.
>>92170305
Oh my. I know what I'm looking forward to now.
>>92139987
In regards to Boondocks: On one hand I agree. On the other hand, a lot of people besides America are well aware of rap culture, famous black entertainers, and America's constant tension with the black community. It isn't a show like Veep or Silicon Valley where if you don't know the subject matter, they are basically speaking gibberish. Boondocks does a good job of being funny even if you don't relate to or understand 100% of the context.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OlyKLB4YV-Q
Best
Jap
Polish
Latin spaish
Deutsch
Worst
Portuguese
Russian
French
>>92168368
>>92165946
>getting this trigger
Kek
>>92165946
There's also Korea you bitch. Why doesn nobody except e-sports fags ever mention Korea?
So, do they think SU is gay as fuck too, Anon?
>>92170729
I wish disney would get their shit together and either kill it or give it an actual schedule.
It's like they're actively trying to sabotage it, the way they're treating it right now.
>>92163643
>frogposting
>calls people weeb on 4chan
>>92161723
Any hobby makes you that hobby's otaku.
However, the line gets drawn between those who show it in the public and those who keep it to private gatherings.
If you're a Youtuber, you use a vocaloid to read out what you say so people don't find out it's you.
If you orchestrate some music track, you censor your face and make sure your school uniform is not seen.
If you do cosplay, you hide them while you go to the con and only change once inside.
And so on. Hobby = otaku, but you are supposed to hide it, keep your power level hidden like your life depends on it. Because it does.
There are quite a few Japanese people who like happy tree friends, maybe not popular outside of internet people, but yeah.
Colorful horse show has a ton of followers, there is an entire twitter community based around this fandom. Uotapo is probably the most well known artist of the bunch. South Park and MLP gets subbed into English almost as soon as they air in English, so you can tell the fandoms for them are active.
Avatar the last-air bender and Korra are both unpopular and are barely ever brought up. Zim, likewise, is pretty unknown.
As far as comics are concerned, Ive read some of them say stuff along the lines of them not liking it because "its all shonen" and that stories that never end are uninteresting to jump into, so cape-shit is unpopular.
Old slapstick like tom and Jerry are pretty popular. So is Disney.
>>92165857
One thing I've noticed about most Western animated cartoons that I see lots of fan art, cosplay, and doujin from Westaboos of is that they usually seem to be either Disney or CN shows. Not sure why that is. Nickelodeon is just much rarer.
That said I've suddenly seen lots of Invader Zim lately. I do remember that there was an extremely short lived Japanese dub of Invader Zim. I started suddenly seeing Westaboo art of it before the new movie was announced, so I'm going to assume that a new fan translation there of the series or new comics among certain groups or something spurred the sudden interest and it became a meme.
>>92173989
Nick japan crashed and burned.
I think Nick shows end up on CN or Disney now. If I'm not mistaken.
>>92172785
not an argument
>>92173989
Zim has an ongoing currently, from Oni. That and the upcoming movie might have sparked some interest.
>>92174149
That does help explain it. I never saw a bit of it from Westaboos until suddenly just a little while ago.
>>92174129
The only one I can think of off-hand is The Fairly OddParents which was picked up by Disney Channel Japan. I don't think it's airing there at the moment, though.
I wonder if the general style of Nick shows is a turn-off to the Japanese for some reason. I can't think of one at the moment that really succeeded.
>>92174489
It's Nick as a channel has no presence in Japan. CN and Disney, however, do have a channels there.
>>92173850
Kids in Japan didn't liked MLP though, only the first 2 seasons ever aired.
>>92175890
The nips are huge pirates though. I'm sure those who wanted it found a way.
>>92140242
Why would they dub a pilot that never got picked up?
>>92174489
Spongebob seems popular but that show is loved pretty universally.
>>92171075
>>92163643
>>92157296
Because Korea or whatever shithole you're posting on has the media presence of paint drying up on a wall.
Russians have no Hollywood or Anime. Germany has no Hollywood or Anime. Korea has no Hollywood or Anime. Cubans have no Hollywood or Anime.
The only time those countries show up is for a movie about a couple who have sex and talk a lot about their problems, or a non-sense movie about childhood and innocence lost to sex. Or about taboo sex between man and gay/tranny/dog. Or the lost of virginity to war sex and rape in the trenches.
It's like you faggots can only bother to do anything if it's artsy and sex and boring.
>>92158168
speak for yourself
i hate the artstyle the voices are too high peak the animation is lazy (except very fast/cheap action scene) and every girl behaves like a infant with is annoying qs fuck not cute
>>92178204
The fuck are you talking about japan is one of the bunker at those things, you can find from pedo,zoo,xeno ,poke all of them + the most degenerat feshis you can even imagiend
>>92175890
Maybe it was because they only aired it Tuesday mornings after most kids had already left for school. Its like they wanted it to fail.
>>92178204
Best Korea has Lt. Vixen and Cuba has Pavita, that's good enough for me
>>92163643
I mean, most Asian nations are either authoritarian or third-world, with draconian censorship policies that strangle their creativity, so I'd say it makes sense to look into the ones that allow free speech, like Japan or South Korea. Especially since those two are US allies.
My Japanese friend once told me all the Scooby cast has different names in Japanese.
Scooby is Kuruppa, Shaggy is Boropin, Fred is Handsome, Velma is Megako, and Daphne is Jenny.
Also the show is called Yowamushi Kuruppa; it's kinda like reverse 4kids.
>>92175890
Actually MLP was canceled in Japan because of poor merch sales. A lot of foreign shows need to be supported by impressive merch sales to be considered worthwhile over there unless they are being airred on a western funded network like Cartoon Network.
Equestria Girls has proven very popular on Japanese Netflix, but for some reason they have not dubbed any of the special shorts.
>>92181155
>Shaggy = Boropin because looks like trashed.
>Fred = Handsome because he is handsome.
>Velma = Megako because glasses.
Makes sense.
>>92182139
The ones that still get me most are Kuruppa which I guess is supposed to be "Crooper" and Jenny.
>>92181209
>Equestria Girls has proven very popular on Japanese Netflix,
Is there any source backing this up? I'm not saying you are wrong, i'm just wondering if there is a netflix rating thingy I can look at to see how well its doing.
>>92157296
Nips are far more alien to us than Russians and Turks, it's like of like watching a cat trying to cutely figure out a can of tuna that's been opened just enough for it to smell the tuna vs. watching a homeless man rip open a can of tuna before passing out and pissing himself.
>>92139495
Do the Japs often wonder what western fans think about anime? Do they have threads almost exactly like this one where they post English dubs and lurk English subbed streams to see what weeaboo's think about their newest shows?
>>92183808
Not that I know of. They did dub all four movies though. Starting with the original and Rainbow Rocks, and was popular enough to warrant commissioning of the other 2 as they came out.
If you want to view the dubs I can try and dig them up for you.
>>92140262
>referenced in the Watamote manga
Where did that happen?
>>92184506
>>92183808
For what it's worth. Also I believe it's called My Little Pony Girls over there.
>>92184241
They think we are filthy pirates and kinda don't care for the most part.
Although western fandom looking at eastern stuff is apparently kinda weird.
I have a friend who is into BL and anime while being raised in Japan but they didn't even know what bara was till I mentioned it once, even though they like DBZ and are into baras now but they didn't know that was even a thing, also a lot of the stuff that is popular here doesn't really show up on their radar over there it seems.
Like certain mangaka they know and love have no translations in English but some creators are super popular over here are literal whos over there.
>>92140631
I wonder what honorific they use as a stand-in for gruncle.
>>92141305
Pearl's voice is different but it fits well enough.
Garnet is 100% voiced by a guy holy shit haha!
Steven is fine.
Worst-Character has the closest voice to the original.
>>92151436
Homer and Lisa's voice are great. Marge I could get used to. Bart's is the worst.
>>92163003
>come on post some westaboo art
k
go disney?
This is sickening. I'm so tired of yellowwashing in media! Every time they cast an Asian actor in a voice role that was meant to be played by a white actor it's taking away work and denying adequate representation of minorities. It's like they're actively trying to get us to forget that these people exist!
>>92174321
>>92184970
>They think we are filthy pirates
Takes one to know one. A good chunk of nyaas traffic is/was from japan. At least that was the case last time I went there ~6 years ago.
>>92185768
The fun fact is that East Asians don't give a shit about whitewashing, in fact they love white people (see that Chinese flick that hired fucking Matt Damon for the main role).
Casting a "wrong asian" (i.e. a Chinese for a Japanese role) and you see a lot of hate.
>>92186189
It's not like they don't have that going on at all but on average they are more likely to buy merch and stuff for the things they like, also it feels like some of them are kinda oddly clueless about that stuff.
Not anime/toons but I am always surprised at how not many people over there hack their 3ds or anything compared to anywhere else.
>>92184241
There are niconico videos about western reactions to things, like a group of videos from 2010 about how westerns have ranked top favorite or least favorite shows and characters and such.
We have funny opinions, apparently.
>>92153212
>dat Murray
I forget how much I liked Sly Cooper until something reminds me of it. Shame there is no cartoon like it. I watched Mystery Inc recently and kept thinking that if the creative team behind it made a Sly Cooper series it'd come out perfect.
>>92146420 >>92140727
Fuck I have been looking for this. thankyou based anon.
>>92184970
>Like certain mangaka they know and love have no translations in English but some creators are super popular over here are literal whos over there.
Sounds like they're talking about Kubo and Bleach.
>>92187546
Bleach wasn't big in Japan?
>>92140125
They just say, nigga, right? It must be one of those words thats super hard to translate into another language.
>>92178369
>voices are too high
Like in cute girls do cute things shows?
There is plenty of anime that doesnt have high pitched female voices